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Jefferson County 4-H News Jefferson County 4-H News Volume 15, Issue 10 OCTOBER 2017 Jefferson County Exten- sion Office: event. If you filled out an enrollment 1225 Pearl Street, Suite 200 National 4-H Week & One Day Event Beaumont, TX 77701 form or “green” form or did your enrollment online, you have a pro- Office: 409-835-8461 On October 2nd, the Jef- Fax: 409-839-2310 ferson County Youth file in 4-H Connect. The profile is permanent, even if you are inactive http://jefferson.agrilife.org Council will receive a proclamation for Nation- for a couple of years. If it is your al 4-H Week in Jefferson first time using 4-H Connect and CEA 4-H & Youth Dev. [email protected] County. On October 7th, all over our you have to register for an event, state, 4-H Clubs will be going out please call the 4-H office before so into their communities to lend a we can reset your password. Once helping hand in exciting new ways. you have your password, it is good What will Jefferson County do? for as long as you have a profile. If Since Hurricane Harvey had such an you forget your password, we can Inside this issue: impact on our communities, each reset it. NEVER create another pro- club will do their own ONE day of file. Always give yourself time to giving. Get with your club managers, register and not wait until the dead- Club’s Corner 2 and help decide what is something line. If you have any questions, Awards Program 2 you can do close to home that will please call. Update help someone. Upcoming events Food & Nutri- 2 Please report your activity or event, tion Workshop number of people who helped, etc. Many projects will get a late start this Major Livestock 3 Send pictures also, if have them to: year, so please be patient with the vol- Show Info. [email protected]. unteer project leaders. Open House 3 Looking forward to seeing your ONE Archery—The mandatory safety class will be held on October 26th. You 3 Day pics. South Texas must attend the safety class to partici- State Fair pate in the project. What is 4-H Connect? New Family Orientation—If you are 4HConnect is a web- new to 4-H, please join us for an infor- based system used to mal Q&A on 4-H and how the pro- enroll youth and ac- gram works. This event will be held on cept applications for adults in the October 30th, 6:30 at the Extension Texas 4-H Youth Development Pro- office, 1225 Pearl Street, Suite 200. gram. It is also used when you have Please RSVP by October 16th, 409- 835-8461. to register for a district or state Page 2 Jefferson County 4-H News Club’s Corner…………………... Youth Council meeting—Join the Youth Council at their Fall 4-H Fun-tober meeting on October 16th, 6:30 p.m. by dressing up in your favorite costume. Its going to be a ghastly good time!! New & returning 4-Her’s—enrollment time is now! The $20 fee will be paid by the Adult Leader Assoc. this year. The fee will increase to $25, December 1st which you will have to pay. Please check with your club manager for enrollment process. Awards Program Update Lauryn Wooten; Bronze Our Annual Awards Star Award: Addison Car- and Recognition pro- raway; Silver Star Award: gram was held on Au- Isaac Deville; I Dare You: gust 19, 2017 at the Wesley Deville & Logan Rockin A Café on Car- Perry; Gold Star Award: dinal Dr. The awards Logan Perry & Jonah program recognizes Romero.; BBQ King & Queen: Colton Austin & all our 4-H’er who par- Addison Carraway, for the 2nd year in a row. ticipate in any competitive county, district or Each year two of our volunteers receive recogni- state event, and some other events. The em- tion as outstanding leaders. This year those re- cees for the evening were Elsie Morris Thomas cipients were: Kristen Morton & Jennifer and Logan Perry. This Romero. The special award recipient for Rookie year’s theme was 4-H: A Leader was Sherry Watts; Friend of 4-H Award Key to the Future. On went to S.T.A.R.S. Pediatric; Distinguished Ser- the program this year, vice Award was awarded to Sams Western we had our District & Store. Certificates and 4-H earbuds were given State winning Fashion to all who participated in the South Texas State Storyboards on display. Fair. Thanks to all who made the 2016-17 year Our guest speaker was, and the awards program a success. a 4-H Alumni, Rebekah Maxwell, thanks again for your time. We would like to thank our sup- Food & Nutrition Workshop porters, and Rockin A Café for the facility and To help prepare you meal. We would also like to thank the adult for the Food Show, leaders, families, friends and of course our 4- there will be a work- Her’s. Special thanks to Paula Guajardo, Lena shop on Saturday, No- Morris, Janie Perry & Sherry Watts for helping with registrations and Brandi Sanford & Jaclyn vember 4th at the Ex- Carraray for decorations. During the awards tension office beginning at 9 a.m. to noon. This program many awards are handed out to clubs, workshop will cover 3 project lessons. Please leaders and distin- RSVP if you plan on participating in the work- guished guests. This shop. Even if you can’t attend the workshop, year’s recipients were: you can still do the Food Show on November Scrap Book: Reese 18th. The Food Show theme is “Fresh from the Satchfield of the Mid- Farm” and entry paperwork will be due Novem- County 4-H Club; ber 13th. This is a short turnaround so start Rookie of the Year: thinking about your recipes now. Volume 15, Issue 10 Page 3 South Texas State Fair Jr. Leadership Lab The South Texas State Fair Just a reminder: Junior Leader- will be held on March 22- ship Lab, “Be a Superhero in April 1, 2018. Here is a list 4-H”, is scheduled for Novem- of important dates, etc: ber 10 & 11, 2017 at Carolina Lambs, goats, swine Creek in Huntsville. The cost to attend is & F1 Heifers tag orders $75 and includes lodging, all meals, pro- due—October 11, 2017 ($2 fee for gram activities, insurance and facilities each tag) use. Registration deadline is October 13th Fair book with rules and guidelines is available through 4-H Connect. Please call the 4-H on-line, www.ymbl.org. If you need any more office if you’d like to attend and need help information, please call the Extension office, registering. 409-835-8461. Open House Major Livestock Show Information Our Annual 4-H Open House is on Octo- and Heifer Validation ber 3rd, 6-8 p.m. Please let all of your new If you are planning to show in any of the 4-H families and friends know so they can major livestock shows, Houston, San Anto- learn more about 4-H. This event is open nio, Austin or Fort Worth, etc. you will need to the public. We will have light refresh- to turn in entry fees and all necessary paper- ments and door prizes! work by the following dates: Fort Worth— Nov. 13th; All other majors—Nov. Rabbit Clinic 27th If you are interested in attending a Rabbit Please call the Extension office for the ap- Clinic, please RSVP to 409-835-8461. If propriate paperwork or visit the livestock there is enough interest, it will be held show’s website to download the forms. Re- sometime in November. member that you will need to have your Quality Counts verification num- ber for your entries. The Quality Scholarship Workshop Counts website is: There will be a scholarship workshop on qc.wieghatgraphics.com October 30th, 6:30 p.m. at the Extension office. If you are a senior this year, please Heifer Validation—All heifers will need join us for an informative workshop. Call to be validated in order to show in any of the to RSVP, 835-8461. majors, only if the heifer has not been vali- dated before. Heifer Validation for 4-H & FFA will be held in October, so call and let us know if you need to validate. The cost is $10 per heifer. You will need to bring origi- nal papers with ownership in the 4-Her’s name so we can scan them and upload them to the state site. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call the Extension office, 409-835-8461. Oct.4th-15th Non-Profit Org. US Postage PAID Beaumont, TX Permit #506 1225 Pearl Street, Suite 200 Address Service Requested Beaumont, TX 77701 Important Upcoming Dates: November 4th—F&N Workshop November 10th-11th—Jr. Lab November 14th—ALTF meeting November 18th—Food Show November 23-24—Office Closed OCTOBER Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 Open House 4 Fall Clover 5 6 Texas Rice 7 National 4-H Campaign Fest. starts ONE Day 4-H Week Starts 8 TRF ends 9 10 11 12 13 14 YMBL tag or- ders due 15 TSC ends 16 17 18 19 20 21 Youth Council mtg. 6:30 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Archery Safety Class 6:30 29 30 31 New Family Orientation 6:30 Educational programs of A&M Texas AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age or national origin.
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