COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE
Lincoln Parish
201 N. Vienna St.
Ruston, Louisiana 71270
(318) 251-5134
Fax: (318) 251-8697
E-mail: Lincoln@agcenter.lsu.edu
Website: www.lsuagcenter.com
LINCOLN PARISH 4-H
Clover Chat
November 2008
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sigma Lambda Chi Meeting. . . . . . .. . . . . …..November 17th
6th Grade 4-H Wii Fit Tournament. . . . . . . …..November 25th
Scavenger Hunt Due Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …November 30th
Beef Poster Contest Due Date. . . . . . . . . . . . ...December 19th
Dairy Poster Contest Due Date …. .…. ………December 19th
Christmas Cookie Contest Championship ……December 23rd
Jr. Award Excellence Due Date . . . . . . . . . . . .January 7th
Key Club Award Due Date……………………January 7th
Honey Bee Essay Due Date…………………...January 26th
4-H Foods Festival……… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. February 16th
4-H Pet Show Results
Most Unusual or Any Other
Name
School
Placing
Joseph Pearce
Grambling Middle
Magnet School
Choudrant Elementary
School
Ruston High School
1st
Laura White
Mercie Colvin
Sigma Lambda Chi Meeting
The next Lincoln Parish 4-H Sigma Lambda Chi
meeting will be held November 17th at the 4-H
office. We will be bowling turkeys while tailgating.
There will be a discussion and sign up for 4-H U. It
is important that you attend so that you can hear
about each contest and learn about cost to attend.
Name
Placing
Destiny Thompson
Darby Rowland
Jamie Johnson
Hico
A.E. Phillips
Glenview Elementary
1st
2nd
3rd
Name
Cutest Dog
School
Placing
Madraline Sandefur
On Nov. 25th, the 6th Grade 4-H Wii Fit Tournament
will be held at the OWL Center, located at 1523 Hwy
563 in Dubach, from 1:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Wii’ll
see which 6th grade 4-H member is the fittest of the
fit – no really – Wii’ll just be funnest of the fun!
Early Enrollment Winner
Our Early Enrollment Winner is Amber Smith
He Has a Name!
Our 4-H mascot has been named! His name is
Feisty! The lucky 4-H’er who named ole Feisty is
Emily Colvin from A.E. Phillips.
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I.A. Lewis
Methodist Children’s
Home
I.A. Lewis
1st
2nd
3rd
Name
Best Trained Dog
School
Placing
Emily Higginbotham
Madison McBrian
Katelyn Mall
A.E. Phillips
A.E. Phillips
Hillcrest Elementary
1st
2nd
3rd
Name
Smallest Dog
School
Placing
Kaely Richardson
Peyton Farris
Kellie Morrow
Choudrant Elementary
Glenview Elementary
Choudrant Elementary
1st
2nd
3rd
Name
Ugliest Dog
School
Placing
Brittany Malone
Kalyn Red
Lauren Walters
Ruston Junior High
Choudrant Elementary
Bethel Christian
1st
2nd
3rd
Name
Biggest Dog
School
Placing
Elizabeth Parker
Laura Ingram
Loron S.
from Glenview Elementary.
3rd
Best Dressed Cat
School
Brittany Colvin
Lee J.
6th Grade 4-H Wii Fit Tournament
2nd
Bethel Christian
Bethel Christian
Methodist Children’s
Home
1st
2nd
3rd
Name
Best Dressed Dog
School
Placing
Katelyn Mall
Shelby Holtzclaw
Aubri Skinner
Hillcrest Elementary
Glenview Elementary
Cedar Creek
1st
2nd
3rd
Name
Ugliest Cat
School
Placing
J.J. Cummings
Choudrant Elementary
1st
Name
Best Long Haired Cat
School
Placing
Ryan Howard
Sarah Grace Patterson
Choudrant High
Bethel Christian
1st
2nd
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Name
Ryan Howard
Sarah Grace
Patterson
Biggest Cat
School
Placing
Choudrant High
Bethel Christian
1st
2nd
Best Short Haired Cat
School
Name
Chelsey Echols
Emily Higginbotham
J.J. Cummings
Choudrant Elementary
A.E. Phillips
Choudrant Elementary
Eat solid fats and added sugars less often. These add
extra calories and provide few nutrients or sometimes
even none at all.
 Eat enough fat-free or low-fat milk or milk products for
calcium and lean meats or beans for iron.
 Choose plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole-grain breads
and cereals.
You can use visual cues to help you figure out how many
servings of a food you are actually eating. These common items
will help you visualize the size of common measures of food:
Small computer mouse = about ½ cup
Baseball =
about 1 medium fruit or 1 cup
8-ounce glass =
1 cup of milk
2 9-volt batteries =
about 1 ½ ounces cheese
6-inch plate =
1 tortilla (6 inches)
Deck of cards = about 3 ounces of meat, poultry or fish
Try these tips to help you eat enough but not too much:
 Skip the urge to eat from a bag. Measure out one
serving and put the rest away.
 Buy packages that contain just one serving.
 If you buy a big package, put small amounts into
separate bags or containers. Eat just what is in one of
the smaller bags.
 Slow down when eating so your stomach has time to
talk to your brain. If you eat too fast, you may eat too
much and get stuffed. Allow your stomach 20 minutes
to let your brain know it is full.
Placing
1st
2nd
3rd
Bicycle Rodeo Winners
1st Plaee : Garrett Woods
2nd Place: Marshall Langley
3rd Place: Jonah Roberson
The winners received ribbons and a brand
new helmet as prizes donated by Turbo
Goat of Ruston.
WIN $100.00 FOR YOUR
PARISH 4-H !
An old trophy or a photo of a 4-H’er having
fun can win $100.00 for your parish 4-H foundation!
A Centennial Scavenger Hunt sponsored by the
Louisiana 4-H Foundation will take place through
November 30, 2008 to find photos, medals, trophies,
clothing, demonstration materials, record books, 4-H
camp memorabilia, etc. for developing exhibits in the
Louisiana 4-H Museum.
Cash prizes of $100.00 will be awarded by
December 31, 2008 to parish 4-H foundations whose
residents submit the best entries in 20 categories. See
the list of categories at
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/4hmuseum and click on
the link to “Centennial Scavenger Hunt.”
For more information contact: Rose Anne
St. Romain, 4-H Museum Coordinator,
E-Mail: rstromain@agcenter.lsu.edu Office:
(318) 964-2245 Cell: (225) 937—2114.
Ms. Margaret, our secretary, has a great idea for us to
be able to help others and be of service to our
community and fellow students. We will hold a
parish wide food drive to benefit the RPAR
Backpack Program for Kids. As fortunate as many of
us are, it may be hard for us to believe that there are
some children in Lincoln Parish that go home on the
weekends or during the holiday season to a home
where they have very little food to eat. So, RPAR
developed the Backpack Program for Kids so that
children who benefit from school lunch during the
school week don’t spend the weekend or holiday
season hungry. Backpack meals are sent home with
these children to be eaten during times that school in
not in session. This is what we need you to do – get
everyone to participate, involve your whole school,
turn your food drive items in at your school, and
collect only pop tarts, peanut butter,
spaghetti o’s, and pudding cups. We will pick up
all of the food items your club/school collects during
the end of November and first of December and then
deliver it to RPAR. The club that collects the most
items will receive an ice cream sundae party and a
personal visit from Ms. Margaret!
Eat Enough . . . Not Too Much
When you don’t eat enough, you may miss out on nutrients that
you need for energy and for good health. Your body needs
nutrients to grow strong and healthy. If you eat too much, you
may get more food energy (calories) than you need to grow and
move. This might result in weight gain also. The best solution
is to eat enough, but not too much.
Here are some tips to help you eat smart:
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Senior Division
4-H Beef Poster Contest
Vocal
1st place The Lonidiers/ Hawkins
2nd place Sarah Blalock
3rd Place David H.
Instrumental
1st place Michael Thompson & Jacob Cain
Dance
1st Place Rebekah N.
2nd Place Amanda,
Kristen, Rebecah, Shakendra
3rd Place Rebecca E.
Every 4-H Club member is allowed to enter the 4-H
Beef Poster Contest. The purpose of the contest is to
learn more about beef and/ or beef products and their
importance to human health. You should make a
poster telling a story of beef and/ or beef products.
The finished poster should be appropriate for use on a
billboard. The rules are as follows:
 Poster must be on 11’ X 14” white poster
board only or they will be disqualified.
 Place your name, address, age, grade, and
parish on the upper right corner of the back of
the poster.
 Poster should generate positive images of
beef and beef products.
 Get ideas from magazines, parents, friends,
nutrion bulletins, Beef Ambassador Fact
Sheets, and meat publications. Materials are
also available from your butcher, super
market, the American Meat Institute, or
National Livestock and Meat Board.
 Do Not use copyrighted materials (i.e.
cartoon charaters, advertisements, logos, etc.)
that are copyrighted may not be used on the
posters and will be disqualified.
 Computer generated clip-art may be used on
the poster if it is not copyrighted material.
Divion I – 4th, 5th, and 6th grades
Division II – 7th, 8th, and 9th grades
Division III – 10th, 11th, and 12th grades
Posters are due to the 4-H office by
December the 19th.
4-H Dairy Poster Contest
Every 4-H club member is allowed to enter the 4-H
Dairy Poster Contest. You will need to design a
poster to convince people to eat and drink dairy
products. Be sure to follow the rules below or you
will be disqualified:
Must be on 22” x 28” white poster board
only.
Do not attach anything to the poster that is
more than ½ inch thick.
Print name, address, grade, school, and parish
on back of poster in the upper right hand
corner.
You should be able to read the poster in 15
seconds or less.
Divion I – 4th, 5th, and 6th grades
Division II – 7th, 8th, and 9th grades
Division III – 10th, 11th, and 12th grades
Posters are due to the 4-H office by
December the 19th.
Talent Show Contest Results
Junior Division
Vocal
1st place Aubrey Simmons
2nd place Katey Posey
3rd Place Emiley Bryant
Instrumental
1st place Abby Simmons
Other
1st Place Darby Rowland
2nd Place Terra Hinton
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JR. Award of Excellence
If your school 4-H club holds a 4-H
Christmas Cookie Contest and if you win
1st,2nd, or 3rd place in that contest then you
will be eligible to compete in the Lincoln
Parish 4-H Christmas Cookie Contest
Championship. The Championship round
will be held December
November Fun Fact
23, 2008 at the 4-H
Joe DiMaggio, the
Office and will begin at legendary baseball star,
was born November 25,
2:00 p.m. Since our
1914. DiMaggio was a 3focus this year is fitness time MVP winner and
13-time All-Star. At the
and nutrition – we
time of his retirement at
encourage you to add
age 36, he had the fifthsome nutrition to your
most career (361) and
sixth-highest slugging
cookie recipes with
percentage (.579) in
fruits, nuts, fiber, etc.
history. He is also the
This award gives recognition to a junior high school
4-H club member who has shown outstanding
leadership ability in their club and community. If
you have received this award in the past, you are not
eligible to enter a second time. The basic
requirements are as follows:
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 Must be under the age of 14 by January 1
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 4-H member for 2 years
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 Must score 100 points on application/
scoredard.
The application is attached to this newsletter. The
deadline for turning in your application is
January 7th.
Fast Foods Fit
Heading to a local burger place with friends?
Cruising the food court at the mall?
Ordering out for pizza? Most fast-food meals and
snacks are high in fat, calories, and sodium, and
they’re low in fiber, calcium, and other nutrients, too.
Most orders don’t have many fruits, vegetables, or
calcium-rich foods (such as milk)either. You can be
smart when ordering fast foods.
For enough fruits and veggies…
only player in baseball
history to be selected
for the All-Star Game in
every season he played.
Key Club Award
This award gives recognition to a high school 4-H
member who has shown outstanding leadership ability on
their club and community. If you have won in the past,
you are not eligible to enter a second time. The due date
is January 7th. The basic requirements are as follows:
Ask for tomato, lettuce, and other veggies on your
sandwich.
Order a fruit smoothie.
Get a salad instead of fries.
Load pizza with veggies.
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For enough calcium…
Drink low-fat milk with fast food.
Order cheese on a burger or sandwich.
Buy low-fat or fat-free yogurt if you can.
For less solid fat…
Order regular-size burgers, burritos, and tacos.
Split a small order of fries with a friend, or skip them.
Order grilled chicken.
Skip cream cheese, bacon, sour cream, and butter.
For less added sugar…
Order a regular-size soda or water.
Skip soda.
Skip fruit pies.
For more food variety…
Try something different: wraps, sushi, veggie
sandwiches, or __________________________
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Must be 16 years of age.
4-H Member for 3 years.
Must be in Jr. Leaders.
Must score 140 points on application form.
The application is attached to this newsletter.
Thanksgiving Activities for the
Family
Encourage your family to fit activity into our holiday get
together. Here are some fun games to
get you and your family moving.
Pumpkin Roll
Object of the Game: Cross the finish line with your
pumpkin first.
Needed:
• 2 sticks
• 2 large pumpkins (have some backup pumpkins for good
measure)
Playing the Game:
Have 2 racers link up at a starting line. Position one
pumpkin on its side in front of each racer.
On the starting signal, racers use their stick to push the
pumpkin down the race lane. First racer
to finish wins. Team up for a relay.
Turkey Hunt
Object of the Game: Find the most turkeys - great game
for small children.
Needed:
• 10-20 pictures of turkeys, place stickers or draw pictures
of turkeys on index cards
Playing the Game:
Pick one player to be leader. After all other players have
left the room, the leader hides all the
pictures around the room (or yard). On the starting signal,
begin the hunt. The hunter with the
most turkeys, wins.
Honey Bee Essay Contest
Topic: “The Dance Language of Bees”
Awards: Cash prizes to top 3 National Winners:
1st Place $750
2nd Place $500
3rd Place $250.
National winners receive an appropriate book about
honey bees, beekeeping, or honey. Due to the 4-H
office on January 26th. Rules:
1. Typed or computer-generated, double spaced,
12pt. (times or similar type style), on one side
of white paper following standard manuscript
format.
2. Write on the designated subject only.
3. All factual statements must be referenced
with bibiliographical style end notes.
4. A Honey Bee Essay Cover Sheet
(which is attached to this newsletter)
and a brief biographical sketch of the essayist
including date of birth, gender, complete
mailing address, and telephone number must
accompany the essay.
5. Length: the essay should be 750-1000 words.
The word count does not include the end
notes nor the bibliographical sketch.
6. Essays will be judged on: (a) scope of
research, 40% (b) accuracy, 30% (c)
creativity, 10% (d) conciseness (e) logical
development of the topic, 10%
Pumpkin Bowling
Object of the Game: Knock over bowling pins.
Needed:
• (10) 2 liter bottles
• Several small pumpkins (approx. 6 in diameter)
Playing the Game:
Set up the 10 pins/bottles in 4 rows (1 pin in row 1, 2 pins
in row 2, 3 pins in row 3, 4 pins in row
4). Mark off a starting line on the lawn several feet (10 feet
or more) from the pins. Give each
player two tries to know down the pins. Score as with
bowling or make it easy 1 pin is 1 point.
Most points wins.
Lincoln Parish 4-H Foods Festival
The annual Foods Festival will be held on February
16th at Grace United Methodist Church. Time and
contest rules will be included in the December
newsletter.
Amanda J. Simmons
Assoc. Extension Agent
(4-H Youth
Development)
Healthy Holiday Fitness
Challenge
Get Moving
Gary A. Stockton
County Agent
(ANR/4-H)
Membership and special accommodation for your participation in these
programs, please contact the 4-H Office at 251-5134. Participation in activities
and events are open to all citizens without regard to race, color, national
origin, gender, religion, age, veteran status, or disability. If you have a
disability that requires
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