JEFFERSON VOLUME 14, ISSUE 1 JANUARY 2016 COUNTY 4-H NEWS

Inside this issue:

County Food Show Club’s Corner—Important info 2 South 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. 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. () 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 ofice, 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 ofice. 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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