Navarro County 4-H Newsbreak

August 2011 New Enrollment & Re-enrollment Information:

August 1st starts a whole new year of 4-H!! This is the time when we need to start new and re-enrollment for Navarro County 4-H membership. All 4-H members wanting to participate in ANY 4-H event for the 2011-2012 year will need to complete a green enrollment form.

Green forms will be handed out at your first 4-H club meeting of the year starting in either August or September (some clubs will start in Septem-ber). If you have completed enrollment in the past years on 4-H Connect, you will not be able to do that this year. This year all 4-H enrollment will be in per-son at your club meeting. Youth must be enrolled by October 31st to be con-sidered a bon a fide 4-H member of Navarro County.

New this year for enrollment is the PARTICIPATION FEE. There will be a $20 Participation Fee which has been set by the Texas 4-H & Youth Devel-opment. The fee is set state wide, therefore all 4-H members across the state will pay $20.

District 8 Recordbook Contest Results:

Upcoming Dates:

Aug 6th– Annual 4-H Ban-quet, Expo Center, 6:00pm

Aug 9th– Fall Stock Show Sign Up, Extension Office, 5-7pm.

Aug 10th– State Record-book judging, Dallas

Aug 13th– Back to School/Stay in School Rally, Fullerton– Garrity Park, 9am-12Noon.

Aug 15th- County Council Meeting, Grand Jury Room, 6pm

Aug 27th– Green Out Day at the Ballpark in Arlington.

Aug 29th– deadline for or-dering Major Lamb & Goat tags for Spring 2012 Majors

Sept 2nd– 4-H Entomology Meeting, Extension Office, 8pm

Sept 6th– PALA, Grand Jury Room, 6:30pm

Sept 8th– Food Challenge Workshop, Extension Of-fice, 6:30pm

Sept 15th– Food Challenge Workshop, Extension Of-fice, 6:30pm

Sept 17th– Club Manager Training, Basement Confer-ence Room, County Court-house, 9:30am

Sept 19th– County Council Meeting, Grand Jury Room, 6pm

Oct 3rd– PALA, Grand Jury Room, 6:30pm

Name Age Division Category District Placing

Bonnie Mikula Senior Beef 4th

Ryan Dillman Senior Food and Nutrition 4th

Dave Clemons Senior Rabbit 1st

Elizabeth Bailey Senior Leadership 4th

John Gage Senior Sheep 2nd

Taylor Bailey Intermediate Photography 2nd

Cody Carroll Intermediate Plant & Animal Open 1st

Emily Stovall Intermediate Leadership 2nd

Parker Jackson Intermediate Food and Nutrition 3rd

Tristan Arteaga Junior Sheep 2nd

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4-H Livestock…

Plan on showing in the Fall?

Major Lamb, Goat & Swine Tag Orders– If you plan on showing at the Major Stock

Shows in the spring of 2012, (I know its still early!) please come by the Extension Office and

order your tags. Tags are $9.00 each, and you are able to show at the Texas Major Live-

stock Shows! Deadline for ordering tags is August 29th. Swine exhibitors have until Sep-

tember 9th! Late tags after August 29th are $20!! (If you validated your lamb, goat or pig for

the State Fair of Texas and you are planning on showing in the Spring then you have to re-

validate your animal)

Fall Stock Show Sign Ups- North Texas State Fair & Rodeo in Denton, West Texas Fair

in Abilene, East Texas State Fair in Tyler, State Fair of Texas in Dallas and Heart O’ Texas

Fair & Rodeo in Waco. Sign up for these shows will be Tuesday, August 9th from 5-7pm in

the grand jury room at the County Courthouse. Exhibitors and parents must be present to

sign up, bring your check books and social security numbers! Heifer exhibitors don't forget

your papers!!

Houston & NCYE Poultry Orders– the deadline to order birds for the Houston Livestock

Show and the Navarro County Youth Expo Poultry Shows is September 16th. Birds can be

purchased in increments of 25 and are $1.25/bird. The minimum amount to order per youth

is 25 and the maximum amount is 75. IF YOU WANT TO SHOW POULTRY AT EITHER HOUS-

TON OR THE NCYE YOU MUST PURCHASE YOUR BIRDS BY SEPTEMBER 16TH. THERE

ARE NO LATE ORDERS!! ORDERS WILL BE PICKED UP JANUARY 31, 2012 in College Sta-

tion.

Quiz Bowls– We have Beef Quiz Bowl and Horse Quiz Bowl! Each have a district contest

and can advance to state at the Texas 4-H Roundup! Quiz Bowl is done with a team of 4 and

can be with any 4-H member in the county. We also have Livestock Judging! Quiz Bowls

and Livestock Judging are in the Spring, generally after all the Major Shows are over with.

Don’t just settle for showing your animals, be competitive on a district and state level! Quiz

Bowl teams will meet in November and December! District Contest will be in April.

If you have any questions please feel free to call Emily at 903-654-3075 or 682-554-6430

County Council

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Project Trainings & Workshops

Navarro 4-H County Council meets every third Monday of the month.

If you are interested in Leadership Development, Community Service and expanding your 4-H involvement

on a county and/or district level then Council is just the place for you!

Council Meetings are always open to all 4-H members in Navarro County. However, it is highly encouraged

that if you are your club president and/or your club council representative then you are expected to attend

Council meetings.

This September we will have Officer Elections. Applications can be found online at http://

navarro.agrilife.org/ under the publications tab.

Council members will also be recruiting at the Back to School/Stay in Scholl Rally on August 13th.

Council Meetings are set for the following dates:

August 15th– 6pm

September 19th– 6pm

November 21st– 6pm

December 19th– 6pm

January 16th– 6pm

Food Challenge Workshops

September 8th– 6:30pm

September 15th– 6:30pm

Grand Jury Room

Series will include Food Challenge rules, food and presentation preparation, district contest informa-tion, and new bucket check list. Great workshop for leaders and youth. R.S.V.P. to the Extension

Office.

Fashion Show Workshops

October 27th– 6:30pm

November 17th– 6:30pm

Grand Jury Room

Series will include new fashion show divi-sion, storyboard preparation, district contest

information and presentation building. Great workshop for leaders and youth. R.S.V.P. to

the Extension Office.

Got Bugs?

Friday, September 2nd at 7:30pm there will be a 4-H Entomology get together. We will go over

some entomology resources and the district 4-H entomology contest. Also, we will prepare your

very own kill jar used for collecting bugs later that evening out on the courthouse lawn. Bring a jar

with a lid to the meeting. R.S.V.P. to the Extension Office.

4-H Photography Contest

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4-H County Photography Contest There are several new changes to the 4-H Photography Contest this year.

Please pay careful attention to the following deadlines and category changes.

For the County Contest you will submit photo’s the same way we have in

the past. Mounted on the 8x10 inch foam board. The deadline for the Navarro

County 4-H Photography Contest will be Friday, September 16th.

When you turn in your photo’s for the county contest you must also submit a digital copy of your

photo’s on either a USB Flash Drive or a CD. Images must be JPEG/jpg format and must not exceed 1 MB.

Go to http://navarro.agrilife.org for all the new Photography Contest Rules and Guidelines.

There will be no black & white divisions. All photographs must have been taken by the 4-H member

between the dates of October 1, 2010 and time of entry. Photo’s may be submitted only one time in one cate-

gory.

Please note that this is NOT the qualifying contest for the state senior contest that will be held in the

spring of 2012.

The Theme category will follow the 2011 Heart O’ Texas

theme, “Enjoy the Ride!” Photos in this category could include auto-

mobiles, boats, or any mode of transportation, amusement park

rides, horseback riding, bull riding, etc. capture the spirit of the

theme!

Additional resources can be found online at: http://texas4-

h.tamu.edu/youth/photography/

index_youth_photography.php#themes

The Photography Contest letter can be found at: http://d84-

h.tamu.edu and http://navarro.agrilife.org

NEW 2011-2012 CATEGORIES

PEOPLE

ANIMALS - WILDLIFE

ANIMALS - DOMESTIC

MARINE/AQUATICS

ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

NATURE/LANDSCAPE

PLANT/FLORA

DETAILS & MACROS

DIGITAL DARKROOM

THEME

NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

FOOD

DOMINANT COLOR

CATCH ALL

A Note From Virginia

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I hope everyone

had a great sum-

mer and that eve-

ryone is anticipat-

ing another excit-

ing 4-H year. The

Extension Staff will

be planning excit-

ing workshops and

trainings this com-

ing year. We will

continue to keep

everyone up to

date on 4-H events.

If you ever have

any questions/

comments about

any 4-H activities

please call us at

903-654-3075.

Have a wonderful

school year and re-

member.

“A mind is a terri-ble thing to waste”

Navarro County 4-H Clubs and Meeting Times We’re on the web!

http://navarro-tx.tamu.edu

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Texas AgriLife Extension Service- Navarro County Emily H. Cooper- County Extension Agent, 4-H & Youth Development Virginia Mays– 4-H Program Assistant Paula Butler– County Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences 300 West Third Ave, Suite 305, Corsicana, TX. 75110 903-654-3075-phone 903-654-3026-fax Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8am to noon, 1pm to 5pm Office is closed on approved county holidays The newsletter can be found online at: http://navarro.agrilife.org/ Extension Programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.

Club Meeting Location Meeting Time Club Manager

Emhouse 4-H Emhouse Community Center 2nd Mondays @ 6:30pm Lisa Dillman

Frost 4-H Frost Baptist Church 2nd Mondays @ 6:30pm Lisa Bownds

Boys & Girls Club 4-H Boys & Girls Club, 1000 GW

Jackson Ave. (E.5th)

2nd Wednesday @

5:00pm

Sylvia Waters

Mildred 4-H Mildred High School Ag Shop 2nd Mondays @ 6:30pm Crystal Price

Dawson 4-H Dawson High School Cafeteria 2nd Saturday @ 5pm Justin & Tracy Woodall

Corsicana 4-H Fannin Elementary 2nd Monday @ 7:pm Jason & Edna Bailey

Blooming Grove/Barry

4-H

Blooming Grove Elementary

Cafeteria

2nd Tuesday @ 7pm Donnette East

Angie Lawhon

Becky Dickson

Kerens 4-H First Methodist Church 1st Tuesday @ 7pm A.J. Loscuito & Melodee Pugh

Rice 4-H Chatfield Community Center 2nd Tuesday @ 7pm James & Martha Williams

CCS– Discovery J.L. Collins Catholic School 2nd Thursday @ 3:45pm Dalia E. & Tammy Carroll

Navarro County 4-H

Horse Club

Willis Arena, Roane Road 2nd & 4th Sunday in the

Spring

A.J. Loscuito

Archery TBA Begins Fall A. J. Loscuito

Shooting Sports Navarro County Sheriffs

Shooting Range

Begins in late Fall Bart Latta, Ross Dickson