Liberty County 4-H Clover Chronicle

Volume 5 , Issue 6 February 2011 Alexis Cordova,

County Extension Agent - FCS Ron Holcomb,

County Extension Agent - AGNR E-mail: liberty@ag.tamu.edu

Educational programs of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin. The Texas A&M University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.

February 17th 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Church of Christ 3201 N. Main, Liberty, TX

Bring your list of 4-H

activities and service &

$2 donation toward Pizza!!

If you submit a Complete Record-book by June 13th receive

10 points on your Award Log!

Get started…. 1. Find your favorite Project/

Category (i.e. Beef, Citizenship) 2. Take a look at the Record-

book forms and keep notes. Bring your laptop if you have one. Tools and Forms can be found at: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/youth/recordbooks/index_youth_recordbooks.php

Texas AgriLife Extension Service Liberty County

2103 Cos Street, Liberty, TX 77575 (936)336-4558 or (281)593-0405, Ext. 221

liberty-tx.tamu.edu

County Council and Volunteer Leaders Monthly Meeting will be held on Monday, February 28th, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at the Liberty County Extension Office in Liberty.

Orange Co. Livestock Show February 26, 2011

Swine, Lambs, Goats, Steers, and Heifers

Hardin County Youth Fair February 12, 2011

Steers, Breeding Beef, Swine, Lambs & Goats Entry Fee: $25.00 per animal

For further information: Laura Comer—(409) 454-8765 Mary Brottem—(409) 782-7493

Record Book Workshop

Mark Your Calendar!

For further information: Vidor FFA Advisor—Tim Singleton -(409) 951– 8932 Tommy Harrington—(409) 504– 5210

Evadale FFA Jackpot Show February 5, 2011

Goats, Steers and Heifers $20 Entry Fee

For Information: Josh Hargis (409) 429-8075 or

Hargisshowpigs@gmail.com

The Veterinary Science Skillathon is a competitive event designed to test the knowledge and skills that a 4-H member can gain through his or her involvement in a Veterinary Science project. There are several components to the contest. The Written Exam is to test the partici-pants' subject matter knowledge. The Skills Exam tests the hands-on or expe-riential learning and is the largest com-ponent of the contest. The Quiz Round requires participants to think on their feet, as well as analyze risks as far as losing points for incorrect answers, and this part is generally the most fun for the participants. Finally, the Communication portion of

the contest helps to develop public speaking skills. 4-H’ers and parents who may be inter-ested in participating in this contest must submit application by March 18, 2011 If anyone is interested please contact JoLynn at the Extension Of-fice.

Texas 4-H Veterinary Science Skill-a-thon

Member Spotlight Liberty County 4-H Mounted Drill Team Member, Hannah Duty, right attending the Fashion Clinic on December 16. The members who attended learned about the Color Wheel and how to mix colors using icing and decorated cupcakes!

Mikenzie and Mikayla Yates of Dayton 4-H are smiling after show their Breeding Beef Project at the Fort Worth Livestock show—Mikayla placed 1st out of 8. Mikenzie 1st out of 13. Congratulations. Note* If you would like for your picture included in the Member Spotlight just send a picture with a brief article of what you have accomplished.

Bits, Bytes, and Bots Technology Camp:

June 6-10, 2011

Career Camps for 2011 include: Medical, Activity, Safety, and Health (M.A.S.H.) Camp: June 27-29, 2011

Junior Fed Beef Career and Leader-ship Program:

June 27-29, 2011

Need to clean out the book case?

Looking for new or gently used children’s books for children up to age 5!

Bring 10 books to Extension Office by February 11th

to receive 1 pt. Books donated to children in Liberty County!

Children’s Book Drive

A significant focus that many will be seeing in 2011 in Texas 4-H is the introduction of career camps. These experiences will allow 4-H, and non-4-H, youth the opportu-

nity to explore careers and learn about those careers.

Texas 4-H Agriculture Advocacy Tour: July

Texas 4-H Water Camp: TBA

For more information contact the Liberty County Extension Office. 2011 National 4-H & FFA Beef Quiz Bowl Contest

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) hosts first annual National 4-H and FFA Beef Quiz Bowl Invitational Contest that will be held March 1-2, 2011 for all 14-19 yr. olds interested 4-H and FFA Members in addition to teams from across the nation. The contest will be conducted in accordance with the “Texas 4-H Quiz Bowl Guide”. The guide and other resources can be found at http://agrilife.org/beefquiz/. There is no limit to the number of teams a county can enter. Visit HLSR website for Entry Forms and info. http://rodeohouston.com/ Deadline February 1, 2011.

4-H Opportunities

Food Challenge Clinic February 15, 2011 $ 6:00 p.m.

Liberty County/Chambers County 4-H Food Challenge Clinic will be held in Liberty at the Church of Christ for teams of 3-5 4-H members. See chart to right for age divisions. Start putting your teams together and collect

items for your supply boxes. Deadline to register your team with the Extension Office is February 9. Cost: $5 per person. Visit the link below to find a supply list, contest rules and sample score sheet. http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/food_challenge/index_food_challenge.php

HLS&R Horticulture Contest

http://d94-h.tamu.edu/eventsandcontests/district-9-4-h-conference/

In 2009 Trinity Valley 4-H won the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Horticulture Contest. NOW!!!!!!!!!! It is you turn. All information about the Horticulture Contest in on HLSR website rodeohouston.com under the event section or contact the Extension office for more info. All entries must be into the HLSR online by February 4, 2011.

Houston Livestock Show Exhibitor Meeting

February 22, 2011 6:30 pm at the Liberty County Extension Office, Liberty, TX

ALL Houston Livestock Show Exhibitors MUST attend this meeting!

All Activities are Free

Calling all 9th-12th graders

AG4U

Visit the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, to experience AG4U — an action-packed, fun filled day that spotlights the importance of the agriculture industry in our daily lives. The capstone event is the Ag Leadership Forum, a town hall style meeting featuring professional, educational and student leaders in the agriculture community. Open to the general public, the forum is an interactive and enlightening look into Agriculture and what it means to each of us.

AG Identification Contest Video contest

Workshops Career and education fair

Complimentary lunch and hospitality area Electronic scavenger hunt

Agricultural Leadership Forum Door prizes

Clover: 5 to Entry Age Junior: Entry Age - 10 Intermediate: 11 - 13 Senior: 14 - 18

Entry age is 8 attending the third grade.

Age is determined as of August 31 of current 4-H year.

Fashion Storyboard Clinic February 24, 2011 $ 6:30 p.m.

The best storyboards create vivid visual images that are interesting and appealing to viewers. The Fashion Story-board Contest is a new contest that “tells the story” of the designer’s idea and replaces the Fashion Design contest. The storyboard includes original illustrations and flats, as well as, additional materials (such as photos from the internet or magazines, paper, fabric swatches, patterns, etc.) that have influenced the unique design. The purpose of the Fashion Storyboard contest is to give 4-H members an opportunity to create a storyboard of their original de-sign. The Fashion Storyboard Clinic will prepare you for this contest. The clinic will be held in Anahuac. All storyboard will advance to District. Refer to the website below for details. Deadline to sign up for the Clinic is February 18th with the Extension Office. Cost $5 per person. Location TBA

For more info on the contests above or District 9 4-H Conference (April 15-17) visit:

Guess Who!!!!

First person to guess correct will win a prize. Contact the Exten-

sion Office with your guess.

4-H Horse Project Validation - May 1st Deadline May 1st has and continues to be the deadline for a 4-H’er to validate a horse. May 1st is the absolute deadline for 4-Hers to validate a horse, which certifies that the project is owned by the 4-H’er or their sibling, parent, grandparent or

legal guardian. The process validates that the horse is owned and not leased or borrowed. Horses not validated on or before May 1 are ineligible for

District and State 4-H Horse Shows. Each 4-H horse project validated by a 4-H’er must be accompanied by a $10 fee.

A form must be filled out by the 4-Her for each horse being validated.

Entry Deadline: Wednesday, March 30, 2011

For Breading Beef, Breeding Swine, Livestock Judging, Ag Mechan-ics, Breeding and Market Rabbits and Home Economics Divisions -

all entries need to be submitted to CLSDD (not the Extension Office) All entries not postmarked by this date will be returned.

For further information and entry forms visit: www.clevelandlivestockshow.com

Note this is not a qualifying contest for the State Photography Contest

Date: April 16, 2011 - Part of District 9 4-H Roundup, Attendance is not required to compete. Location: On-Line Contest, photo display at H.E.A.R.T.S. Museum, Huntsville, Texas.

Entry/Registration Deadline: District 9 - Online entry using 4-H Connect must also be done by March 25, 2011. Entry Fee: $5.00 for each photo entered

Description/Objective:

To develop life skills in composition, light, story line, posing and

awareness. To encourage 4-H members to use photography as a meaningful

communications tool in their lives. To provide photography project showcase opportunity for 4-H

members. To continue sharing the message of 4-H To utilize photographs which can promote and strengthen the 4-H

program.

Enter District 9 4-H Photography Contest and/or State Photography Contest.

Pecan Pieces still available

at the Extension

Office for $8

Applications and instructions are available at: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/youth/

Click on “ Scholarships ” , in the right column.

High school seniors pursing careers in agriculture are eligible to apply for a $1500 Commitment to Agriculture

Scholarship Award. To ensure the future of American

agriculture, these scholarships help provide financial assistance to students based on their academic achievement and leadership skills. First established

in 1999, the program has awarded nearly $1.6 million in scholarships.

To qualify, high school seniors must come from a

farming family, plan to enroll as a full-time

student in an agriculture-

related program from an accred-ited school, and

commit to pursu-ing a career in

agriculture. Ap-plications are evaluated on

their academic record, leadership abilities, extracur-ricular activities and personal essays submitted as a part of the application

process. Applications are available online at: www.monsanto.com/scholarships.

Online scholarships must be submitted by February 15, 2011.

Scholarship Opportunity

Scholarships Due to Extension Office by February 4.

Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program awards several scholarships each year to applicants based on their 4-H experience, academic record and financial need. Scholarship values will range

from $1,000 to $16,000.

Awards Reminder Hope you are keeping up with your Point logs!

To review the NEW Awards Criteria & download a Point Log Visit the NEW Liberty County 4-H Website

http://agrilife.org/liberty4h

This year, all the 4-H members who turn in an Awards Point Log will be

recognized at the 2010-2011 Liberty County 4-H

Awards Banquet.

Date of the Banquet will be announced in the next Newsletter!

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Liberty County 4-H Council Fund Raiser

Don’t forget to bring your pennies to Extension Office.

Pennies don’t need to be counted . Please put your Club name on

container.

The 4-H Club that turns in the most pennies before May 31st will be awarded!

Are You Good with Web Design?

Alexis is looking for any 4-Hers who want to help design the NEW Liberty County 4-H site for 2010 - 2011! Great Technology Project Idea!!!

The following is a list of Liberty County 4-H members that participated in the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo breeding heifer show and their results. We recognize that some participated through their FFA chapter but nevertheless we wanted to acknowledge them also. We congratulate each one of them on their success. We also want to say thank you to the Liberty County 4-H leaders for their assistance during the show. Those leaders included Randy Klimitchek, Pam Klimitchek, Rob Chachere, Susanne Chachere, Jonathan Chachere, Matt Chachere, Alicia Chachere, Brett Addington, Susan Addington, James Yates, Jessica Yates and Tammy Robinson. A special thank you also goes to Mr. Mike Yates for his assistance during the show.

4-Her Breed Placing Number in Class Additional Awards

Sam Addington Shorthorn 4 8

Scarlet Addington Shorthorn 3 10

Mikenzie Yates Shorthorn 1 13 Participated in the Calf Division Show

Mikayla Yates Shorthorn 1 8 Heifer Division Champion

Clay Robinson Santa Gertrudis 2 15

Emma Robinson Santa Gertrudis 11 25

Jaclyn Robinson Santa Gertrudis 5 13

Wesley Walker Red Angus 8 13

Leighton Chachere Limousine 1 5 Calf Division Champion

Scott Chachere Polled Hereford 1 10 Division Champion

Keith Klimitchek Brahman 2 35 Participated in the Calf Division Show

Jake Thonsgaard Maine Anjou 10 21

Brock Clements Maine Anjou 3 10

Kale Rives Shorthorn 4 ?

Kennedy Rives Shorthorn 3 ?

Organization

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Dayton FFA

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Hardin FFA

Hardin FFA

Hardin FFA

Hardin FFA

Liberty County Fairs Well in Fort Worth Stock Show

Heifer Show Results

February: 3-20 - San Antonio Livestock Exposition 4 - Scholarship Applications Due to Extension Office 15 - Food Challenge Clinic - Liberty, TX 17 - Record Book Workshop - Intermediate (2 of 3) 21 - President’s Day - Office Closed 22 - HLS&R Participants/Exhibitors Mtg 6:30 p.m. 24 - Fashion Storyboard Clinic 25 - Volunteer Award Apps due to County Office. 26 - District Leaders for Life Contest 28 - VLAT & Liberty County 4-H Council Meeting March: 1-20 - Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 11-26 - Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo - Austin 24 - 4/3 - South Texas State Fair - Beaumont 26 - TAMU Judging Clinics 28 - VLAT & Liberty County 4-H Council Meeting 30 - Cleveland Livestock Show Deadline April: 9 - Multi District Horse Judging Contest 15-17 - District 9 4-H Conference—Huntsville 21 - Record book Workshop - Advanced 25 - VLAT & Liberty County 4-H Council Meeting

30 - Multi District Judging Contest (Livestock, Soil, Meats ID) 30 - District 4-H Rifle and Air Rifle Contest May: 1 - Horse Validation dues into Extension Office 2 -7 - Cleveland Livestock Show and Dairy Day 8 - Mother’s Day 10-13 - Dayton FFA Livestock show 23 - VLAT & Liberty County 4-H Council Meeting - (Election of Council Officers) June: 6 -10 - Texas 4-H Roundup 13 - All Record Books due 21-23 - District 4-H Horse Show 19 - Father’s Day 28 - 30 - District 9 4-H Leadership Lab

Visit the Liberty County 4-H Website at http://agrilife.org/liberty4h/ for more dates.

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