JEFFERSON VOLUME 14, ISSUE 1 JANUARY 2016 COUNTY 4-H NEWS
Inside this issue:
County Food Show Club’s Corner—Important info 2 South Texas State Fair 3 Our annual er, 3rd; Santashia Whittington, 4th; County Food Sassidy Whittington, 2nd; Joshua County Roundup 3 Show was held Yeary, 6th; Grains—Julian Lopez, Annual Lock-in 3 on December 5, 1st; Kendall Polidore, 2nd; A’Maya 2015 at the Ex- Shelvin, 3rd; Protein— Duane Da- Project Updates 4 tension office. vis, 4th; Lacee Hadnot, 1st; Lily Rifle Safety Meeting 5 We had 9 Clover Kids and 53 4- Havelszky, 3rd; Kennerson Jeffer- Her’s submit entries this year. A big son, 5th; Julia Mobley, 2nd; Sana- Upcoming Livestock Shows 6-7 THANKS to all our judges for their tashia Whittington, 7th; Rakina time. Also, thanks to our Club Man- Whittley, 6th; Intermediate/ agers, Project Leaders and parents Fruit & Vegetable—Blake Dubois, for making our event a successful 1st; Nicole Yeary, 2nd; Protein— one, especially Mikayla Mewa and Jeremiah Collier, 1st; Joshua Poole, friends for putting bags together. 3rd; Abigail Smith, 2nd; Grains— The participants were as Breanna Breaux, 5th; Isaac follows: Clover Kids— Deville, 4th; Grace Mobley, Vallie Deville, Addison 1st; Sarah Morton, 3rd; Caraway, Tiffany Mobley Alyssa Sahualla, 2nd; Chel- and Lauryn Wooten. sea Tyler, 6th; Senior/ Grains—Lairen Calhoun, Special Awards: Gar- 2nd; Wesley Deville, 1st; nishing—went to Jun- Mikayla Mewa, 5th, Noah Jefferson County Extension Office: ior, Lily Havelzsky, Intermediate Landry, 4th; Faith Tyler, 3rd; Abigail Smith & Senior, Faith Tyler; Dairy—Noah Deville, 1st place; El- 1225 Pearl Street, Suite 200 First Timer—went to Elizabeth Beaumont, TX 77701 sie Morris Thomas, 2nd; Pro- Parker; Dairy Commodity— Office: 409-835-8461 Fax: 409-839-2310 teins—Valerie Hill, 1st place; Fruit Sassidy Whittington, Junior and El- & Vegetable—Jaalah Baaheth, sie Morris Thomas, Senior; Beef Office Hours: 3rd; Naamah Baaheth, 1st; Kennedy Mon-Fri: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Commodity—Lacee Hadnot, Jun- Simon, 2nd; Congratulations to all Closed: 12-1 p.m. for lunch ior; Abigail Smith, Intermediate; our participants! Our 1st, 2nd and Rice Commodity—Blake Dubois, http://jefferson.agrilife.org 3rd place 4-Hers will represent Jef- Intermediate, Faith Tyler, Senior. ferson County Junior/ Dairy—Jodi Deckard, 1st; on April 30- Colton Key, 3rd; Eric Walker, 2nd; May 1, 2016 at Starla Garlick Fruit & Vegetable—Victorya District. CEA 4-H & Youth Development Malbrough, 7th; Elizabeth Parker, [email protected] 5th; Leilani Raven, 1st; Emily Walk- Clubs Corner………………….. Important: remember .Music and Memory a bags for 3 nursing attending your club non-profit organiza- homes. While there they meetings is an im- tion that brings per- sang Christmas Carols portant part of your 4-H sonalized music into and delivered stockings membership. If you miss the lives of the elderly to nursing homes put 2 or more consecutive or infirmed through together by Some Other meetings, you are ineli- digital technology. Place. gible to participate in You can donate your Amelia 4-H Collected any county or district original CD’s, gently dog and cat food for event including the used iPods & MP3 Paws. South Texas State Fair. players or purchase a Lonestar 4-H made blan- new one, that will go The next Adult kets for the Linus Project directly to residents in Leaders meeting and collected toys for a Music & Memory will be held on Shepherds Inn. January 19th, Certified Nursing Mid-County 4-H collect- 6:30 p.m. All club Home, College Street ed toys for the Blue San- managers, par- Health Care Center ta program. ents and project and The Oaks here in leaders are en- Beaumont. Lucky Clover 4-H col- couraged to at- Hamshire-Fannett 4- lected toys for the Toys tend. These H club collected gifts for Tots Drive and coats Youth Council Christmas meetings are held 4 for Buckner’s Chil- for the homeless. They meeting times a year in which to dren’s Village. They also toured the Beavers discuss upcoming con- sent 30 gifts to Buck- Christmas Tree Farm tests themes, funding ner’s. where they learned opportunities, etc. R.E.A.C.H. 4-H Club about the trees. District Community We collected canned Service—Do you have goods for Some Other any gently used iPods Place and 3 hours you no longer need or helping them sort and use? Our District-wide prepare for their service project will be Thanksgiving food collecting digital audio bags. In December systems to donate to . . they made ’goodie’
4-Her’s in the News
Congratulations to Elsie Mor- Congratulations to Savannah ris Thomas for being selected Westbrook for getting a hard to be a 2015-16 Texas 4-H luck calf at the Heart O’ Tex- Shooting Sports Ambassador. as Fair and Rodeo.
Page 2 VOLUME 14, ISSUE 1 2016 South Texas State Fair The South Texas State Fair will be held on February 2, 2016 March 24-April 3, 2016. Here is a list of All poultry pickup will be important dates, etc: from 4-6 p.m.; bring a box NEW: All steers must be dehorned when you pickup your birds. before the start of the fair’s weigh-in. New: Weight change on swine: Roaster pickup—January 6, 2016 240-280, plus or minus 10. Over (YMBL office) weight or under weight will be Broiler pickup—February 10, 2016 disqualified. (Ford Park) Fair book with rules and guidelines is Rabbit entry deadline—February 2, available on-line, ww.ymbl.org. If you 2016 need any more information, please call Breeding Beef entry deadline— the 4-H office, 409-835-8461.
County Roundup Our County Roundup will be held sources (Agronomy, Meat Science, Horticul- on January 15, 2016 at the Exten- ture, Shooting Sports), Family & Consumer Sci- sion of ice, beginning with registra- ences (Food & Nutrition, Consumer Life Skills, tion at 6:00 and contests starting at Housing and Home Environment), Promote 4- 6:30 p.m. This event showcases the H, Public Speaking, Safety & Injury Prevention many talents of our 4-H’ers. In the and Sheep and/or Goats. You may get copies of Share-the-Fun contests there are 7 the rules from the Extension of ice. We are also categories: Poetry/Prose, Vocal, Choreographed in need of judges for this and all our County Routines, Celebrate 4-H, Solo or Band Perfor- events. Entries are due by January 4, 2016. mance and Musical/ Instrumental and Please call for an entry form, if you have any Dramedy. Categories in Educational Presenta- questions or need more information, 409-835- tions are: Beef, Clothing & Textiles, Companion 8461. Animals, Health, Horse, Open, Ag & Natural Re- Annual 4-H Lock-in
The Jefferson County Check in will begin can have a head count. Youth Council will from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Also, bring your favor- host it’s annual lock-in and conclude around ite snack to share. Pizza on February 5th at the 11 p.m. Please RSVP and drinks will be pro- Extension office. by February 1st so we vided.
JEFFERSON COUNTY 4-H NEWS Page 3 Project Updates Vet Science—This project will begin in February and run approxi- mately 6 –8 weeks. If you are interested, please RSVP by January 25th, 409-835-8461. Horse Project—The next two meetings are: January 17, 3-4 p.m. and February 7th, 2:30-3:30 with an optional 30 minutes to ride or riding lesson, held at the Tyrrell Park Stables in Beaumont. Please call Cathy, 409-651-7704.
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17 18 Holiday 19 ALTF meet- 20 21 Rifle Safety 22 23 ing 6:30 Class 6:30 p.m.
24 25 26 27 28 29 District Ar- 30 chery Contest
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FEBRUARY Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 Lock-in 6
7 8 9 10 11 Fashion 12 13 Show entry deadline
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21 22 Youth Coun- 23 24 25 26 27 County cil meeting 6:30 Fashion Show 9-noon
28 29 Club Manag- er Training 6:30
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