McCulloch County
114 W. Main, Brady, Texas 76825
325-597-1295
http://mcculloch.agrilife.org/ http://mcculloch-tx.tamu.edu/
email Vance -vschristie@ag.tamu.edu
Jacque- jabehrens@ag.tamu.edu Office- mcculloch-tx@ag.tamu.edu
4-H NEWSLETTER
JANUARY 2012
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CLUB MEETINGS & MANAGERS
4-H OFFICERS
Clover Kids 4H-(K-2)- Ruthie Garcia, Cathy Jones -1/10 @ Park
Tuesdays 4:00 Extension Office
Brady Elementary 4H-(1-5)-Carrie Ross, Kym Appleton
2nd Tuesdays, 3:30 Ms. Ross’ Rm #125
Meeting date: Jan. 10
Brady Middle 4H- (6-8)- Amy Christie, A.J. Allsup
Friday, Jan. 13, 2:05-2:35. BMS Cafeteria
Other dates are: Feb. 3 and Apr. 20
Brady Senior 4H-(9-12)- Hollis Moore, Teresa Keese
Thurs., Jan. 19 at 12:30
Rochelle 4H-(1-12) -Lorette Murray, Dee Farris
Mon., Jan. 23 at 5:00 in Gym
Local Clubs: Meet Jan. Feb.& Apr
McCulloch 4-H - (ALL 4-Hers) - Tammy Hemphill, Teri Trull.
County Club: Meets Mar. 1 & May 17.
4-H ENROLLMENT
EVERYONE who has not already enrolled for the 2011/12 year
will need to re-enroll on 4-H Connect:
https://www.4honline.com/Login.aspx?id=53
It is mandatory that all 4-H leaders & youth annually enroll to
be eligible to participate in 4-H. You cannot participate in
shows, projects, activities until you complete this process.
Cost is now $25
4-H PHOTOGRAPHY
The 2012 Photography rules and guidelines are located on the
Texas 4-H and Youth Development website:
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/library/files/projects_photography_
guidelines.pdf
We will be meeting at the extension office at 4:00
Wednesday, January 18 where we will take the van to take a
tour of the trains and some photo opportunities at 510 N
Bridge Street starting at the Gulf Colorado Train office. The
theme for this year is “Trains”. This theme requires 4-H
members to take photos of all types of trains. The train
theme includes both real and model trains. Photo subject
must be either the engine or a train car. Photos of just train
accessories such as stations/depots, signs, tracks, etc. are not
allowed. All necessary safety precautions and laws must be
adhered to during photo capturing. Some examples of this
category include: train engine, train car, old caboose, etc.
Brady Elementary
President – Tatum Christie
V.President-Ryder Ross
Secretary – Courtney Rowen
Treasurer – Mason Allsup
Council Delegate-Wade Appleton & Georgia Tucker
Brady Middle
President- Tanner Christie
V. President- Cole Speck
Secretary- Kamry Keese
Council Delegate- Micah Trull
Brady Senior
President-Tanner McBee
V. President- Devin Keese
Sec./Treas.-Kacy Keith
Council Delegate-Kristyn Jacoby & JC Jones
Public Relations-Shelby Watson
Rochelle
President-Sierra Murray
V. President-Trisha Mitchell
2nd V.Pres. – Kara Nelson
Secretary – Tymber Wallace
Council Delegate – Jake Farris & Jodee Farris
McCulloch 4-H & 4-H Council
President-Devin Keese
1st V. Pres.-Victoria Barksdale
- Programs
2nd V. Pres. – Tanner Christie
- Recreation
3rd V. Pres. – Rex Ross
- Membership
Secretary- Kristien Hemphill
Treasurer- Tanner McBee -D7 Community Project
Parliamentarian – Colt McBee
Reporter – Micah Trull
Health & Safety- Kamry Keese
Council Delegates – Makenzie Schwertner, Kacy Keith, Sierra
Murray, Kara Nelson, Trisha Mitchell, Jayce McKinney, Courtney
Rowen, Cole Speck, Kaitlin Cox, Ryder Ross, Tatum Christie
4-H Adult Leaders
President –John Dagen
V. President- Randy Ross
Secretary- Teri Trull
Treasurer – Angie Garner
All programs and information of the Texas AgriLIFE Extension Service are available to everyone without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap, or national origin. We will seek to provide reasonable
accommodations for all persons with disabilities for this meeting. We request that you contact the McCulloch County Extension Office at 325-597-1295 as soon as possible to advise us of the auxiliary aid or service you will
require. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.
LIVESTOCK JUDGING
SWINE MANAGEMENT TIPS
Contest Results:
HOT Judging Contest:
McCulloch Jr. 2-Katie Cox, Kristen Hemphill, Micah Trull-2nd in
Sheep & Goats, 3rd in Questions. McCulloch Jr. 3-Walker
Bauer, Riley McKinney, Tatum Christie, Cole Short-2nd Swine
Katie Cox- 7th overall, 2nd Sheep & Goats, 5th Questions
McCulloch County Sr-Jake Farris, Victoria Barksdale, Cole
Speck, Bryce Short 4th Overall, 2nd Beef
Victoria Barksdale-4th Overall
District 7 Contest:
Sr-7th Overall-Cole, Bryce, Victoria & Jake
Intermediate 1-Tanner Christie, Weston Bauer, Katie Cox, Isla
Dodds-2nd Overall, 4th Beef, 2nd Sheep
Intermediate 2- Kristen Hemphill, Jayce McKinney, Micah
Trull-6th Overall, 2nd Beef,
Isla Dodds-8th Overall,
Katie Cox-5th Beef
Micah Trull-3rd Sheep & Goats
Jr. 1-Walker Bauer, Tatum Christie, Rylee McKinney, Ryder
Ross-5th Overall, 3rd Beef, 2nd Sheep & Goats
Walker Bauer 9th Overall, 6th Sheep & Goats
Ryder Ross 7th Sheep & Goats
Cole Barksdale 10th Sheep & Goats
Wade Appleton 7th Swine
Congratulations to all Livestock Judging Team members,
those newer team members are really to be commended for
learning a great deal in a short period of time. Watch your
emails for information on the Spring Judging Contests at the
Major Shows.
Be sure to worm your swine project on a monthly basis, and
then start brushing and conditioning skin and hair on a daily
basis. If you need to borrow clippers or help in learning
how to clip your pig, contact Vance.
NUTRITION QUIZBOWL D7 RESULTS:
Junior/Intermediate Team (Broc-Elites): 5th place – Kristen
Hemphill, Faith Magee, and Jayce McKinney
Junior/Intermediate Team (Sugar Haters): 8th place – Holly
Magee, Rylee McKinney, and Alicia Garcia.
FOOD CHALLENGE D7 RESULTS:
Junior Team : 2nd place – Holly Magee, Rylee McKinney,
Courtney Rowen, and Alicia Garcia.
rd
Intermediate Team : 3 place – Kristen Hemphill, Faith
Magee, Jayce McKinney, Bailey Jacoby
MAJOR SHOW TRAVEL MEETINGIf you are entered and attending a Major Livestock Show,
your parent/s need to attend a travel meeting on January
10th, at 5:30 pm at the Extension Office. This will be the last
chance for Vance to make travel decisions and will allow us
to better coordinate hauling of livestock.
SHOW CATTLE MANAGEMENT TIPS
Deworm regularly rotating between types. Hoof Trimming on
a regular basis will be critical from now until show time. A
weekly bath will help skin and hair coats. You will not have
to fight dandruff as bad if you will wash, brush and blow your
calves on a regular basis, and they will be in much better
shape when it comes time to clip them. Also be sure to
check for lice. I would not be a bad idea to go ahead and
treat them with Coral or another permethrine based spray.
LAMB AND GOAT MANAGEMENT TIPS
Exercise of your lambs and goats needs to increase this
month. In general, they should be run every third day hard
and fast, although right now this depends greatly on their
maturity and amount of cover they are carrying. If you
need to borrow clippers or help in learning how to clip your
goat, call Vance.
CONSUMER JUDGING
Good consumer skills can help you get more for your money.
Consumer Decision Making gives youth the opportunity to
make wise decisions when shopping. Consumer Decision
Making is a judging contest designed to teach kids to
observe, compare and make consumer based decisions
based on facts. 4-Hers use their consumer knowledge to
rank similarly based products to fit a given scenario. Kids
learn to organize their thoughts and to defend their decisions
in oral reasons.
Study materials are available on line to prepare for the contests:
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/projects/consumer/consumer_dec
ision_making.php
Competition classes will come from the following study guide:
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/library/files/projects_consumer_d
ecision_making_additional_resources_11_12.pdf
Those interested in competing need to call the extension
office to get registered by JANUARY 12 so we can determine
if we need a county contest to see who gets to compete at
district. Four members in each age category will be able to
go to district.
District Consumer Judging contest is on February 24 in San
Angelo. Every Thursday starting on January 5, I will set up a
class for members to come in and practice judging. It will be
a come and go but just let us know what time you will be
here.
SHOOTING SPORTS
RifleThe Rifle Group will meet every other Sunday.
Next meeting will be Jan.08. & 22 at 1:00 AND 3:00 pm at
County Barn. Getting ready for the competition Season.
For more info contact Travis Murray at 456-0514.
Postal League Awards:
Cheyenne Riggs-4th Intermediate Light Rifle
Sam Dagen-10th Junior BB Gun and 14th Junior Air Pistol
Sebastian Myers-19th Junior BB Gun
Kristen Hemphill-2nd Junior BB Gun
Kamry Keese-19th Intermediate BB Gun
Anna Riggs-10th Intermediate Air Pistol
Courtney Hemphill-3rd Senior 3P Rifle
Kyla Swenson-2nd Intermediate Sporter Air Rifle
Ashleigh Swenson-1st Senior Sporter Air Rifle
Archery - will begin meeting soon.
Shotgun – Met on December 15 for a practice shoot that was
filmed by “Friends of NRA” with John Duff and will be aired
on National Television later this year.
All programs and information of the Texas AgriLIFE Extension Service are available to everyone without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap, or national origin. We will seek to provide reasonable
accommodations for all persons with disabilities for this meeting. We request that you contact the McCulloch County Extension Office at 325-597-1295 as soon as possible to advise us of the auxiliary aid or service you will
require. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.
LEADERS 4 LIFE
Leaders 4 Life is a contest on knowledge of parliamentary
procedure, 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, and
information from the 4-H Handbook. District Leaders 4 Life
contest is April 4 in Grape Creek. Teams can have from 4 to
6 members. We will have a planning/training meeting on Jan.
19 at 4:30 and then practices for junior/intermediate
members on Thursdays at 4:30 starting January 26 and for
senior members at 5:30 on Thursdays starting Jan 26.
These times can be changed if needed.
4-H HEALTHY LIFESTYLES INVITATIONAL
Courtney Dodd, Extension Program Specialist
The classes and resources for the 2012 4-H Healthy Lifestyles
Invitational Contest are now available at:
http://texas4-h.tamu. edu/projects/healthy_lifestyles/.
Previous contest classes are also posted on the web site. The
contest is held during Texas 4-H Roundup and is open to
intermediate and senior 4-H members. Youth may compete
as teams or individuals.
SHARE THE FUN 2012!
Laura Huebinger, Extension Program Specialist
Do you have a talent to share with your fellow 4-H
members? Singing? Dancing? Playing an instrument? Acting?
Then sign up for Share-The-Fun! Guidelines have been
released and you can plan on the same six categories as last
year:
Celebrate
4-H,
Choreographed
Routines,
Musical/Instrumental,
Solo/Band
Performance,
Poetry/Prose, and Vocal. An entry can be an individual or in
teams of up to nine 4-H members. Check out the Texas 4-H
Roundup webpage for the rules and more information!
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/library/files/youth_roundup_cont
est_sharethefun_letter.pdf
2012 TEXAS 4-H OUTDOOR CHALLENGE
Derrick Bruton, Extension Program Specialist
Are you up for a challenge? Do you love the great outdoors?
If so, mark your calendars for June 30-July 1, 2012 for the 4th
annual Texas 4-H Outdoor Challenge to be held at the Texas
4-H Conference Center in Brownwood.
Grab a friend. Learn, practice, and train to compete in a
series of ten outdoor events that will challenge you
physically and mentally. Are you the ultimate Texas Outdoor
Challenge team? Join us next summer to find out!
Stay tuned for further contest details and announcements
next spring. Visit our website at: www.tinyurl.com/tx4hoc If
you have questions, please contact Derrick Bruton
(d-bruton@tamu.edu).
2012 National WHEP Contest!! Spectacular plans are in the works!
More details will be announced soon!
2012 TEXAS 4-H OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP
APPLICATION NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE
Toby Lepley, Extension 4-H and Youth Development Specialist
The 2012 Texas 4-H Opportunity Scholarship Application,
Instructions, and Examples are now available for download
on the Texas 4-H and Youth Development website.
Many changes have been made for the 2012 scholarship
process. Please download and review all applications prior to
beginning the scholarship application process. Below are just
a few highlights:
• The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will be awarding
scholarships to public, private, and home school youth
starting in 2012.
• Courageous Heart applicants cannot be considered for
other Opportunity Scholarship categories.
• Grade Point Average can be submitted based on how high
school currently is calculating. This allows advanced
placement and dual credit courses to count accordingly.
However, application must reflect on what value scale
GPA is being calculated.
Visit http://texas4-h.tamu.edu to download all necessary
instructions and applications.
4-H HUNTING/WILDLIFE COACH TRAINING
Larry Hysmith, Extension Program Specialist
An action packed training for adult volunteers interested in
leading a group of youth in this dynamic project area. Gain all
the required training to coach a team in the Hunting/Wildlife
Shooting Sports discipline and more. Participants will come
away with instructor certifications in 4-H Shooting Sports,
Texas Hunter Education, and Leopold Education Project. In
addition, topics will include information about the Youth
Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC), Texas Youth Hunting
Program, and many more opportunities available through
hunting and wildlife programs and activities.
All programs and information of the Texas AgriLIFE Extension Service are available to everyone without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap, or national origin. We will seek to provide reasonable
accommodations for all persons with disabilities for this meeting. We request that you contact the McCulloch County Extension Office at 325-597-1295 as soon as possible to advise us of the auxiliary aid or service you will
require. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesdayy
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
JANUARY 2012
1
2
3
4
HOLIDAY
8
9
10
1 & 3- Rifle
11
3:30 Elem. 4H
4- Clover Kids
15
5
6
Odessa
Odessa
7
4 Consumer
Judging Practice
Teen Retreat
Teen Retreat
12
13
14
4 Consumer
Judging Practice
2:05 BMS 4H
16
17
18
19
20
21
HOLIDAY
4- Clover Kids
4 – Photography
Kerrville
Kerrville
Kerrville
“Trains” tour
12:30 BHS 4-H
4Consumer
Judging Practice
4:30 L4L Planning
Group Meeting
22
23
24
1 & 3- Rifle
5 Rochelle 4-H
4- Clover Kids
25
26
27
28
Ft. Worth
Ft. Worth
Ft. Worth
4 Consumer
Judging Practice
4:30 Leaders4Life
practice
29
Ft. Worth
30
Ft. Worth
31
Ft. Worth
All programs and information of the Texas AgriLIFE Extension Service are available to everyone without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap, or national origin. We will seek to provide reasonable accommodations for all persons
with disabilities for this meeting. We request that you contact the McCulloch County Extension Office at 325-597-1295 as soon as possible to advise us of the auxiliary aid or service you will require. The Texas A&M University System, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
FEBRUARY 2012
1
2
3
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
4
4 Consumer
Judging
4:30 Leaders4Life
6
5
7
8
4- Clover Kids
1 & 3-Rifle
9
10
11
San Antonio
4 Consumer
Judging
4:30 Leaders4Life
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
3:30 4-H
Elementary
San Angelo
San Angelo
San Angelo
San Angelo
4 Consumer
Judging
4- Clover Kids
D7 Horse Judging
4:30 Leaders4Life
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Angelo
San Angelo
San Angelo
San Angelo
San Angelo
San
Angelo
OutO
San Angelo
1 & 32-Rifle
Holiday
4- Clover Kids
4 Consumer
Judging
D7 Consumer
Judging
8:15
4:30 Leaders4Life
26
27
28
29
4- Clover Kids
Jacque Behrens
CEA-FCS
Vance Christie
CEA-AG/NR
All programs and information of the Texas AgriLIFE Extension Service are available to everyone without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap, or national origin. We will seek to provide reasonable accommodations for all persons
with disabilities for this meeting. We request that you contact the McCulloch County Extension Office at 325-597-1295 as soon as possible to advise us of the auxiliary aid or service you will require. The Texas A&M University System, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.