Navarro County 4-H Newsbreak

September 2011

One Day 4-H: One Day 4-H is one day for all the 4-H members, parents, leaders, and volunteers to step out into their communities and county and say “thank you” by giving back to them more than 103 years of support to 4-H in Texas. This day of community service is what ever each 4-H members, club, or county 4-H program wants it to be. It could be as simple as picking up trash and mowing the lawn for senior citizens to elabo-rate as hosting a 5K Walk/Run and raising money for a cause. Contact your Club Manager or County Extension Agent for more details.

NCYE Validation Dates & Entry Dates: (There will be a ZERO tolerance policy for late entries)

Upcoming Dates:

Sept 2nd– 4-H Entomology Meeting, Extension Office, 7:30pm

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 16th– Photography deadline, Extension Office, 5pm

Sept 17th– Club Manager Training, Basement Confer-ence Room, County Court-house, 9:00am

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

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

Oct 8th– One Day 4-H, County wide community service project within each club

Oct 17th– Major Lamb & Goat Validation, 4-7pm @ the Expo Center

Oct 24th– District 8 Gold Star Banquet @ Baylor Uni-versity

Oct 25th– NCYE Steer & Commercial Heifer Valida-tion, 4-7pm @ the Expo Center

Oct 27th– Fashion Show Workshop, 6pm, Grand Jury Room.

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 mem-bers 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 September). 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 person at your club meeting. Youth must be enrolled by October 31st to be considered a bon a fide 4-H member of Navarro County. New this year for enroll-ment is the PARTICIPATION FEE. There will be a $20 Participation Fee which has been set by the Texas 4-H & Youth Development. The fee is set state wide, there-fore all 4-H members across the state will pay $20.

Species Validation Date Time & Location Entry Deadline

Entry Deadlines:

Jan 9th:

Steers, Commer-

cial Heifers,

Lambs, Goats,

Swine, Poultry,

Llamas.

Feb 23rd:

Rabbits, Creative

Arts, Food, Honor

Student and Ag.

Mechanics.

**Entries must be

received by the

deadline. No late

entries will be

accepted!!

Steers & Com-

mercial Heifer

October 25th 4pm-7pm @ Expo Jan 9th

Lambs & Goats November 10th 4pm-7pm @ Expo Jan 9th

Pigs January 7th 8am-12pm @

Expo

Jan 9th

Meat Rabbits February 23rd 6pm-9pm @

Small Vernon

Room

Feb 23rd

Judging Contest: If you are planning on participating in any of the judg-

ing contest @ the NCYE then your team must sign up with Emily by Feb

29th. *This is different from last year*

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4-H Livestock…

Major (Spring 2012 Major Stock Shows) Validation Dates:

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 maxi-

mum amount is 75. IF YOU WANT TO SHOW POULTRY AT EITHER HOUSTON 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 Station.

Quality Counts Verification

Starting in 2012, Quality Counts verification will be required for all youth exhibiting livestock (market and/or breeding) at major livestock shows in Texas (including Ft. Worth, San Anto-nio, Houston, Austin, San Angelo, Sandhills, State Fair and Heart O’ Texas). The verification process will require exhibitors to pass an online test that measures their knowledge on quality assurance and character education content items.

The Quality Counts Program has now been in existence statewide for six years. The program outcome clearly demonstrates youth being more knowledgeable of best management practices associated with livestock pro-jects. More importantly, the program’s impact has demonstrated positive changes in personal character at-tributes as well as adoption of livestock best management practices.

Starting now, youth are able to go online (http://qualitycounts.tamu.edu/) to take the test and become veri-fied. A verification number will need to be provided at the time of making an official entry into a Texas ma-jor livestock show. Thus, youth will need to have completed and passed the test before the major livestock show’s entry deadline. A passing score has been determined to be 80%.

Youth educators and the major livestock shows in Texas believe strongly in Quality Counts. Collectively, they are confident that this significant step of requiring youth to be “Quality Counts Verified”, starting in 2012, will strengthen and enhance the youth livestock pro-gram in Texas.

All Navarro County 4-H Clubs will be having Quality Counts presentations at their October

meetings. Therefore it is imperative that every 4-H member attend their monthly meeting.

Navarro County 4-H members participating in any Spring 2012 Major Stock Shows must be

Quality Counts Verified by November 8th.

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

554-6430

Species Date Time & Location

Lambs & Goats October 17th 4pm-7pm @ the Expo

Pigs November 28th By appointments

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:

September 19th– 6pm

November 21st– 6pm

December 19th– 6pm

January 16th– 6pm

February 20th– 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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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 @ 7pm Crystal Price

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

Corsicana 4-H Watkins Construction 2nd Monday @ 7pm 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 Paula Butler

Navarro County 4-H

Horse Club

Willis Arena, Roane Road Begins 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

Corsicana Clover Kids Watkins Construction 2nd Monday @ 6pm Elizabeth Bailey