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1 N. Main St., Suite 309 / Courthouse Annex, Cleburne 76033
Phone: (817) 556-6370 Fax: (817) 556-6375
E-mail: [email protected] Website: johnson-tx.tamu.edu
FEBRUARY 2012
Johnson County Staff:
Kristen Greer
County Extension Agent
4-H & Youth Development
Zach Davis
County Extension Agent
Agriculture & Natural Res.
Tarren Oswald
County Extension Agent
Family & Con. Sciences
Kathy El-Jabsheh
Office Manager
Melissa Zaborowski
Part-time Secretary
In this issue read:
County Show Schedule 1
FCS News 2
State Photography Contest 2
Horse News 3-4
Shooting Sports 4
Livestock News 5
Calendar 6-7
Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability or national origin.
The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.
Saturday - February 4 Queen & Ambassador Contest @ Cleburne Conference Ctr., 6pm; personal interviews during the day
Monday - February 27 Set-up Night 4pm @ Posse Grounds (all livestock exhibi-tors are asked to come help cleanup and prepare grounds for the show)
Tuesday - February 28
3pm-5:30pm—Poultry & Turkeys Arrive
4pm-6pm—Youth Fair items may be checked in
6pm—Turkeys & Poultry Show
4:00-6:00pm at the White Building (Posse Grounds).
ALL Ag Mechanics (wood and metal) must be in place by 8:00pm @ the Blue Barn.
No Council or Booster Meetings in February
Meetings resume Tuesday, March 6
We will be having a “Council Adventure Night”
(location to be announced at a later date)
Wednesday - February 29 ALL livestock in place by 2pm (exception Poultry)
8am-12noon, Youth Fair items accepted (judging begins at 1pm)
1pm -- Rabbits in place and weigh-in
2pm -- weigh Steers, Goats and measure Dairy Heifers
2pm to 3pm -- sign in Beef Heifers with Superintendent
3pm -- Breeding Rabbits Show followed by Market Rabbits
4pm -- weigh Swine
6pm -- weigh and classify Lambs
7pm -- Dairy Cattle Show Attention Youth Fair
Exhibitors:
Pay close attention to the rules for Youth Fair entries. If you are enter-ing a Baked or Canned Good--all entries must be accompanied by the recipe typed in black ink on 1-side of a 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of plain white printer paper with no clip art, colored ink or added decorations.
Thursday - March 1
7:30am -- Breeding Meat Goats & Market Goats Show
1pm -- Market Lamb Show, followed by Breeding Sheep
Saturday - March 3
11am -- 4-H sponsored BBQ Dinner
12:30 -- Scholarship presentations, Youth Fair &
Ag Mechanics
1pm -- Market Animal Sale
Friday - March 2
7:30am -- Market Hog Show
3pm—Exhibitor Meeting for Auction
6pm -- Beef Heifer Show
4pm-8pm—Release of all non-sale Market Animals
FCS News
The District 8 CDM Contests are planned for Saturday, March 3 in Waco. There are (3) divisions (junior, intermediate and senior) and up-to three teams in each division may go representing Johnson County.
If your club has a team that you would like to sign-up or if you would like to learn more about Consumer Decision Making contact Tarren Oswald no later than February 3.
Hey everyone! The Fashion Storyboard con-test is just around the corner! The design brief this year is “ Around the World” - Use your fashion passport to explore people, places, culture and fashion around the world. Use what you learn about other parts of the globe to in-spire your creation. Have fun picking out your fabric and paper!!! It’s a great time to start getting creative and thinking of ideas for your wearable, accessory, non-wearable, or pet clothing design.
If this contest sounds like fun to you, please contact Tarren Oswald for more information or to sign up.
Entries must be emailed to Kristen
Greer at [email protected] no later than April 1 for preliminary judging. You will be notified if your photos advance to the state contest and official state entries will be com-pleted by the Extension office. For contest rules and guidelines please visit:
h t t p : / / t e x a s 4 - h . t a m u . e d u /photography_contest
For 2011-2012 the theme is “Trains.” This theme allows 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 train accessories such as stations/depots, signs, tracks, etc are not allowed. All necessary safety pre-cautions and laws must be adhered to during photo capturing.
Hey Senior-level 4-H’ers! the State 4-H Photography Contest is just around the corner!
One Best of Show Award will be presented to one photo in each divi-sion. Best of Show winners will be framed and displayed at the Texas 4-H State Headquarters office for a year, then returned to the winners after next year’s contest.
Also, each Best of Show winner will receive a $200.00 cash prize!
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Check it out! The brand new Deep In The Heart Movie hits Cinemark Thea-tres February 17th. Mr. Richard Wall-rath is a huge supporter of both the 4-H and FFA programs in Texas. This is a way that the 4-H Program can return the favor and support this movie! Make plans to fill the theatres opening weekend!
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The Johnson County 4-H Hippology Team, coached by Ed Bader, traveled to Denver, Colorado to the National Western Stock Show to compete in the annual Western National Roundup Hippology Contest. The contest was held in Fort Collins, Colorado where it was hosted by Colorado State University. Ten states competed in this year’s contest.
The Johnson County team representing Texas walked away with 1st place team honors in the “horse judging” division. As individuals, Darylann Reed took the honor of 1st place, TyloBader, 4th and Brianna Hogg, 6th.
In the “exams” division, the team placed 8th, with Brianna placing 10th as an individual. In the “stations” division, the team placed 4th, Tylo was 9th high individual.
Overall the team placed 6th out of 10 and Brianna was the 10th high individual.
Congratulations to Coach Bader and the team for a job well done!!!
Coach Ed Bader reported that there were 22 teams in the senior division at the January 14 statewide con-test, and competition was very tough in all age divi-sions. Teams came from all over the state. In the Senior Division, the team of Tylo Bader , Brianna Hogg, Darylann Reed and Matthew Reed placed 7th overall. The second Johnson County team, comprised of Felicia Crawford, Trevor Reed, Tarryn Howey and Lorenzo Serrano placed 15th. Taylor McClure also competed on a team with Williamson County 4-H members which placed 10th overall. The intermediate team of Kendra Serrano, Bailey McDaniel, Lana Lentschke and Linah Howey domi-nated the competition, placing 1st out of 15 teams. Kendra placed 2nd as an individual, Bailey, 6th, Lana, 8th and Linah, 10th out of 52 competitors. Also, in the Intermediate Division, Corey Gourley and Geor-gia Stewart competed on a team with 2 other 4-Her’s from Denton County which placed 5th overall.
In the Junior division, Calista Serrano & Isobel Simpson participated on the 8th place Junior team with 2 other 4-H’ers from Collin County. Calista placed 9th overall out of 37 individuals.
The Johnson County Horse Judging Teams would like to thank everyone who helped by furnishing horses, and special thanks to sponsors.
Back Row, L-R—Coach, Ed Bader, Darylann Reed, Tylo Bader, Brianna Hogg, Matthew Reed
For the most up-to-date information, go to the Johnson
County Horse Committee website:
http://www.johnsoncountyhorse.com
Holley Strevey of Grand-view 4-H and her horse, “Outrageous Sensation”, com-peted at the Ft. Worth Stock Show Paint Horse competition on January 14, where they had several 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th place winnings in vari-ous classes.
Holley was also deemed the “all-around high point youth” in “Novice Youth Showmanship”, winning a beautiful belt buckle.
Spring Horse Show Series
• March 24 • May 5
• April 21 ▪ May 19
Horse News
Shooting Sports News
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Ellis County 4-H will be hosting their 3rd Archery tournament on Saturday, March 3, 2012 begin-ning at 8am at the Ellis County Youth Expo Center.
This tournament is open to any 4-H member, regardless of experi-ence, between ages 8-18.
For the most up-to-date information, go to these websites:
Johnson County Shotgun Sports www.JC4Hshotgunsports.com or Texas 4-H site shootingsports.tamu.edu
The Texas 4-H Shooting Sports Program announces the 2012 Indoor Archery Match to be held March 8-10 in Bay City and March 16-17 in Graham and . 4-H’ers may compete in either match--but not both.
Registration will be done online via
4-H Connect. For more information p l ease v i s i t : h t tp : / / t exas4 -h.tamu.edu/natural
The fee for entry will be $20 per person. All entries must be post-marked or received no later than Monday, February 20, 2012.
Contact the Extension Office for further information and entry forms
Horse News
Feb. 11-12 - Diamond W Arena, Alvarado
The APHA Novice Youth / Novice Amateur Extravaganza will be held in Alvarado February 11-12. This is a joint effort between the Texas State Coordinating Commit-tee of the APHA and local open show committees.
It will be an APHA approved Nov-ice Youth and Novice Amateur Show PLUS an APHA PAC ap-p roved Op en A l l B ree d Show…..and if that’s not enough, there will be a clinic on Saturday conducted by professional trainers covering showmanship, horse-manship, equitation and trail.
Entry fees for both shows and clinic is only $50. For more information contact Guyann Gaines at 817.790.7511 or email her at : [email protected].
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LivestockNews
4-H families are eligible for exemption from sales tax on the purchase of animal feed, supplies etc. House Bill 268, passed during the 82nd Regular Legislative Session, requires, beginning Jan. 1, 2012, that a person claiming an exemption from sales tax on the purchase of certain items used in the production of agricultural and timber products must provide a registration number issued by the Comptroller of Public Accounts on the exemption certificate issued to the seller. Form AP-228 can be found online at: http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/agriculture/.
Congratulations to the D8 4-H members that participated this past Sunday in the District Dairy Judging Contest held in con-junction with the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo Dairy Judg-ing Contest! The Johnson County teams, coached by Larry Woolley, dominated the contest! The senior teams took 1st and 2nd respectively, Members included:
1st Place Team : Brayden Hawkins, who was high point individual; Paige Pollock (3rd high pt.); Maddison Holder (5th high pt.) and Shelby Estep.
2nd Place Team: Karen Zijlstra (2nd high pt.); Garrett Michael (4th high pt.); Jennifer Murphy and Donna Dezendorf.
The junior teams also won 1st and 2nd places. Members in-cluded:
1st Place Team: Leanne Pollock, high point individual; Thomas Harrington (4th high pt.) and Tucker Tilton.
2nd Place Team: Travis Tilton (2nd high pt.); Brigg Hawkins (3rd high pt.) and Saleton Morgan.
The results from the Ft. Worth Stock Show are beginning to come in and Johnson County 4-Her’s have started this show season off right! In the Dairy division, Jennifer Murphy placed 2nd with her Brown Swiss; J.W. Mathis, 3rd-Holstein; Donna Dezendorf, 5th-Jersey and Ethan Campbell, 7th-Holstein. In the Heifer division, Zena Goodwin placed 2nd with her Simmental; Emily Moore, 2nd-Charolais; Sarah Sharp, 4th-Santa Gertrudis; Chloe Bennett, 4th-Shorthorn; Darylann Reed, 6th-Beefmaster; Colton Thomas, 6th-Limousin; Kevin Thomas, 6th-Limousin and Bradley Pate, 7th-Limousin. In the Breeding Sheep division, Zena Goodwin won Reserve Champion and 1st in her class with her Hamp Ram; 2nd-Southdown; 2nd-Breeding Pair and 4th & 5th-Hamp Ewes. In the Breeding Swine division, Haley Estep won 1st place and Champion Duroc and overall Reserve Champion boar; Lindsay Tenery won 3rd-Berkshire; 1st place and Champion York and exhibited the overall Supreme Champion Gilt! Also in the swine division, Lindsey Jones had a 3rd place Duroc and 5th place York and Ellie Carroll, 5th place-Landrace. Congratulations to the exhibitors and their livestock projects!
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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4‐H Opportunity
Scholarship Deadline
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4 JCLAA Queen &
Ambassadors Contest
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San Antonio Livestock Show
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San Antonio Livestock Show
, 2/8—2/26
San Antonio Livestock Show
, 2/8—2/26
Johnson County Jr. Livestock Show
& Youth Fair 2/21—2/26
Houston Livestock Show
, Ft. Worth 2/283/18
San Angelo Livestock Show
, 2/11—2/26
San Angelo Livestock Show
, 2/11—2/26
San Angelo Livestock Show
, 2/11—2/26
Sunday
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6 Council / Booster Club
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District 8 Entom
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Houston Livestock Show
, 2/283/18
Houston Livestock Show
2/283/18
Houston Livestock Show
, Ft. Worth 2/283/18
Star of Texas Livestock Show
, Austin, 2/283/18
Star of Texas Livestock Show
, Austin, 3/93/24
Star of Texas Livestock Show
, Austin, 2/283/18
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Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Johnson County
1 North Main St., Suite 309
Cleburne, TX 76033
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