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Gillespie County
95 Frederick Rd.
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
4-H NEWSLETTER
Don’t get caught out in
the cold without your
Gillespie 4H Pullover!
Gillespie 4-H OCTOBER 2020
Gillespie County Extension Office http://gillespie.agrilife.org
Facebook Page Gillespie County—Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Texas 4-H http://texas4-H.tamu.edu
Texas 4-H Center http://texas4H-ctr.tamu.edu
Quality Counts https://www.texaslivestockvalidation.com/qc/qcregister.aspx
Phone: 830-997-3452
ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY The Gillespie County 4-H program and the Texas A&M Agrilife Exten-
sion Service supports the Texas Education Code requirements to be
labelled as an official “extracurricular activity”. Please keep in mind
that in all 4-H competitive events 4-H members must be eligible to
compete. This applies regardless of the day or time during the week
the event is held. Eligibility requirements apply to all 4-H members
whether they are enrolled in public, private or home school. Eligibility
is determined by the school, not the county Extension agents. Parents
should address questions about a student’s eligibility to the school.
If your 4H member is participating in a 4-H related event and will miss
school, we will submit an excused absence request to the school on
their behalf if they are officially enrolled in 4H for the current year.
NOTE: CHANGE IN STATUS OF SCHOOL ENROLLMENT (3 WEEK WAIT-
ING PERIOD BEFORE MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE)
Consistent with UIL rules, the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program
has adopted a three (3) week waiting period upon change in status of
school enrollment (i.e. from public to home, public to private, public
to public, private to public, private to home, private to private, home
to public, or home to private) before the 4-H member is eligible to
participate in extracurricular activities.
NOTE: 4H MEMBERS MUST BE ACTIVELY ENROLLED IN 4H ONLINE
FOR THE CURRENT 4H YEAR BEFORE WE CAN REQUEST AN EXCUSED
ABSENCE
All 4-H members must be officially enrolled (in an “active” status on
4H Online) to be considered an official 4-H member. No excused ab-
sences can be requested for any youth who is not enrolled in the
official 4-H enrollment system (4H Online).
2020-2021 ONLINE 4H ENROLLMENT—COMPLETE THIS MONTH
BEFORE IT INCREASES TO $30 http://texas.4honline.com
ALL 4-H members and adult volunteers MUST re-enroll online in 4-H
Online each year. If you do not re-enroll, then you will not be consid-
ered an active 4-H member or volunteer and you will not be able to
participate in 4H events or receive excused absences for 4H-related
school absences.
Texas 4-H charges an annual enrollment fee of $25.00 per member (8
years old and in the 3rd grade – 12th grade). 4-H members in the 1st or
2nd grade will not be charged an annual enrollment fee. All adult vol-
unteers will be charged a $10.00 enrollment fee and will be required
to take two online trainings before volunteer enrollment is complete.
Adult volunteer enrollment will include a background screening if you
have not had one in the previous three years.
REGISTER FOR FALL ROUNDUP CONTESTS Registration Dates: October 19th—October 30th on 4H Online
Please note that ALL participants must register, even if it is a team
event. Each team member must register. The Gillespie 4H Adult
Leaders will cover these contest registration fees, so please select
“4H Check” as your payment option.
Juniors: 3rd (and 8 yrs. old)-5th Graders
Intermediates: 6th-8th Graders (NOTE: juniors may move up to com-
pete in the intermediate divisions, but intermediates cannot move up
to the senior division)
Seniors: 9th-12th Graders
Contest Schedule:
Tuesday, December 1st
8:30am—Entomology in Kerrville
Wednesday, December 2nd
Food Show in Kerrville
8:00am—Juniors
11:00am—Intermediates
2:00pm—Seniors
Thursday, December 3rd
8:30am—FCH Quiz Bowl, Horse Quiz Bowl, & Livestock Quiz Bowl
Tuesday, Dec. 8th—Wednesday, Dec. 9th Online Through Zoom
1:30pm—Educational Presentations
Thursday, December 10th Online Through Zoom
1:30pm—Public Speaking
Leadership
COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL – NEXT MEETING Date: Monday, November 16th
Time: 6:00pm
Place: Gillespie County Fairgrounds
Attention Club Presidents and Council Delegates! Your club has elect-
ed you to represent them at a county level. This means you are
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to attend the County 4-H Council Meetings.
This meeting is open to any 4-H member to attend. (It’s just that Dele-
gates and Presidents are the only ones that can vote!)
COUNTY ADULT LEADERS ASSOCIATION MEETING Date: Monday, November 16th
Time: 7:00pm
Place: Gillespie County Fairgrounds
The Adult Leaders Association of Gillespie County is open to any
adult or volunteer with interest in bettering the Gillespie County 4-H
Program. Please come and check it out! All 4-H volunteers and
parents are encouraged to attend.
Livestock Quiz Bowl / Horse Quiz Bowl
Quiz Bowl Contest Opportunities The quiz bowl contests provide an opportunity to demonstrate
knowledge on a specific subject matter in a competitive setting.
Livestock Quiz Bowl
District Contest is Thursday, December 3rd in Kerrville
Registration Dates: October 19th—October 30th on 4H Online
Senior Teams (9th-12th graders) must consist of four (4) youth and
Junior and Intermediate Teams (3rd-8th graders) may consist of 3-
4 youth. An exception to the age division is that juniors may move
up to compete with an intermediate team but intermediates nor
seniors may not move up or down to a different age division. There
are no individual entries in this contest
Texas 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl Supplement – this includes the list
of resources that questions can be pulled from. https://texas4-
h.tamu.edu/events/roundup/
Horse Quiz Bowl
District Contest is Thursday, December 3rd in Kerrville
Registration Dates: October 19th—October 30th on 4H Online
Senior Teams (9th-12th graders) must consist of four (4) youth and
Junior and Intermediate Teams (3rd-8th graders) may consist of 3-
4 youth. An exception to the age division is that juniors may move
up to compete with an intermediate team but intermediates or
seniors may not move up or down to a different age division. There
are no individual entries in this contest
Texas 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl Supplement – this includes the list of
resources that questions can be pulled from. https://texas4-
h.tamu.edu/events/roundup/
CLUB OFFICER TRAINING
Wednesday, October 7th
6:00pm
Location is TBA
Presidents, Treasurers, & Secretaries Only!
All other officers should get with club managers or with our 4-H agent,
Taylor Osbourn, regarding duties for this upcoming year.
Food & Nutrition FOOD SHOW
Date: County Food Show is October 26th
Place: Gillespie County Extension Office
Entry Deadline: Friday, October 9th @ 5:00pm
District Food Show – Wednesday, December 2nd (entry period is Oc-
tober 19th through Friday, October 30th on 4H Online)
Youth members will choose a recipe to prepare. Participants will
bring a dish prepared at home to the show to be presented to judges.
Each member will enter one recipe into the County Food Show.
Beginner: 1st & 2nd graders
Junior: 3rd, 4th, & 5th graders
Intermediate: 6, 7, & 8th graders
Senior: 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th graders
This year’s 4-H Food Show theme is GROCERY GAMES…Let your local
food sources guide your healthy recipe selection with only $10 to
spend!
Texas is a diverse state, in more ways than one! Some of us live in a
metroplex with access to major supermarkets and aisles upon aisles
of options. Others live in small towns supplied by a convenience store
or a larger store if we are willing to travel. A few of us find fresh food in
our own backyard garden. The rest of us are somewhere in between!
This year, we want you to be creative by using YOUR local food sources
to create a dish on a budget. This year’s Food Show will be especially
unique as 4-H’ers bring foods created from the supermarket, the
small-town convenience stores, the dollar stores, and even the gar-
den! What are you bringing to the table? Remember to keep in mind
good nutrition and healthy preparation methods as you select your
recipe.
FAMILY COMMUNITY HEALTH QUIZ BOWL
District Contest is Thursday, December 3rd in Kerrville
(entry period is October 19th through Friday, October 30th on 4H
Online)
This contest helps participants increase their knowledge of basic
nutrition, consumer information, food and kitchen safety, food prep-
aration skills and storage, and nutrition and health.
The contest follows a ”game show” teaching method and teams will
compete against other teams.
FOOD CHALLENGE CONTEST County Contest: Spring 2021
District Contest: April 2021
The Food Challenge is a team event, with each team made up of
three to four 4-H members. Each team is randomly assigned to one
of four categories—main dish, fruit and vegetable, bread and cereal,
and nutritious snacks. The two phases of the contest include:
(1) Preparation—From a set of ingredients provided, representative
of one of the four categories, team members must work togeth-
er to develop a recipe and prepare the dish within 40 minutes.
During the preparation phase, teams must also prepare a
presentation for the judges.
(2) Presentation—Team presentations should explain the prepara-
tion steps, nutritional value of the dish, functions of the nutri-
ents, food safety practices and concerns related to preparation
and storage of the dish, serving size and cost of the dish.
Please contact Shea Nebgen at [email protected] or 830-997-
3452 to sign up.
Ag Product ID Workshop & Virtual Contest Opportunity
Educational Presentations & Public Speaking
Educational Presentations & Public Speaking Registration Dates: October 19th—October 30th on 4H Online
District Contest is Tuesday, December 8th—Thursday, December
10th Online through ZOOM
3rd-12th grade 4H members may participate
Public Speaking Contest:
1. Public Speaking is an individual contest. No team entries.
2. No props, visual aids, or audio/video recordings are permitted.
3. Time limit for public speaking presentations is 5-8 minutes.
4. Topic should relate to current events that are relevant to youth
5. Public Speaking Rules and Score Sheets can be found at:
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Public-
Speaking-Score-Sheet.pdf
Educational Presentation Contest:
1. Entries may involve 1 to 2 4-H members. All members will need
to have a role in the presentation.
2. Projectors and computers will be provided for each contest
room by the superintendent. 4-H Members will need to bring their own easel and/or slide clicker.
3. The Time limit for Educational Presentations is 12 minutes for
presentation and 9 minutes for set up/take down.
The 2021 Roundup Guide is available on the Texas 4-H website.
Website link: https://texas4-h.tamu.edu/events/roundup/.
Refer to it for specific rules for each Educational Presentation Con-
test.
Educational Presentation Scoresheets can be found at:
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Educational-
Presentations-Score-Sheet.pdf
Educational Presentation Category Choices:
Agricultural Technology & Farm Safety
Animal Science
Beef
Health & Wellness
Horse
Open (General)
Open Ag & Natural Resources
Open Family Community Health
Promote 4-H
Safety & Injury Prevention
Join Texas 4-H on Tuesday, October 6th at 6:30 pm via Microsoft
Teams to learn more about Ag Product Identification. This contest
provides youth the ability to further their knowledge and skills
when evaluating ag products grown in Texas. Pre-registration is
required via https://tinyurl.com/yxe9mlnn .
Then be sure and get registered on 4HOnline between October 1 –
28, 2020 for the Virtual Ag Product Identification Contest. This
contest will be held on Tuesday, November 10th.
If you would like for Taylor Osbourn or Brad Roeder to come and look at your animal projects, please contact our
office and set up an appointment with them.
GCYLS
ATTENDANCE RULE
For those who are planning on exhibiting animals at the 2021 Gillespie County Youth
Livestock Show, the attendance requirements have been waived. For the 2022 Gillespie County Youth Livestock
Show, please plan on attending at least half of your club meetings. If you have any concerns or further questions
about attending meetings to meet GCYLS attendance requirements, please contact Taylor Osbourn at 830-997-3452.
Food & Nutrition
LAMB & GOAT VALIDATION A parent or guardian must be present during validation!!!
The following dates have been set in October. You and your animals
MUST make one of the validations to validate your lamb/goat project
to be able to show your animals in any of the 2021 livestock shows.
FREDERICKSBURG – Fairgrounds
Monday, October 19th from 3:30—6:00pm
HARPER - The Hay Barn @ 25076 US-290 in Harper
Wednesday, October 21st from 4:00pm—6:00pm
If you have a major conflict, call the Extension Office ASAP. Please
don’t wait until the last day to call because we may not be able to get
with you before the deadline. Don’t forget that a parent must accom-
pany each exhibitor.
Breeding Sheep & Breeding Goats
Ownership and registration deadline for breeding sheep and goats is
October 1st . The animal must be recorded in the association Herd-
book in the exhibitor’s name only by October 1. A copy of the registra-
tion papers must be provided at validation.
Texas Lamb Breeders Association (TLBA) tag numbers MUST be in the
lamb’s ear and be recorded on the validation form at validation. Mar-
ket lambs must have a yellow TLBA tag to be eligible to compete in
the San Angelo Stock Show or receive TLBA recognition at other ma-
jor shows. Wether dams must have a red TLBA ewe lamb tag to be
eligible to compete in the San Angelo Wether Dam Show.
The Texas Goat Breeders Association (TGBA) tag numbers must be in
the goat’s ear and recorded on the validation form at the time of vali-
dation. Market goats and wether does are eligible for this program
and will have the same green TGBA tag.
JACKPOT/PROSPECT LIVESTOCK SHOWS We have listed the information that we receive regarding jackpot and
prospect shows on our website: http://gillespie.agrilife.org > 4H >
Livestock/Show Animals > Jackpot/Prospect Shows.
Sonny Domsch Memorial Annual Prospect Lamb, Goat, Heifer, and
Steer Show—Saturday, October 10th in Jourdanton, TX
14th Annual Cowboy Classic Goat and Lamb Prospect Show—
Saturday, October 17th in Jourdanton, TX
Tyler Bowman Memorial Pig & Steer Prospect Show—Saturday, Octo-
ber 24th in Uvalde, TX
Double J Steer Show—Saturday, October 31st in Jourdanton, TX
South Texas Double Trouble Prospect Show—Saturday, November
7th in Jourdanton, TX
Fort Elliott FFA Alumni Lamb & Goat Camp—Saturday, November 7th
in Wheeler County
CTYF Showdown on the Bosque—Sunday, November 29th in Clifton,
TX
Bosque County Classic - Saturday, December 29th in Clifton, TX
HEIFER VALIDATION When: By Appointment before October 31st, 2020
Please contact Taylor Osbourn at 830-997-3452 or to tay-
[email protected] to set up an appointment
Cost: $15.00 per heifer
*You must bring original registration papers in owner’s name to vali-
dation!
If you are planning to show a heifer at a major stock show or the Gil-
lespie County Youth Livestock Show, then that heifer must be validat-
ed. If a heifer has been validated previously, and the ownership or
breed has changed, then it must be re-validated. If you are planning
to show a heifer that has been previously validated and the ownership
or breed has NOT changed, then she will NOT need to be validated
again. You must bring the original registration certificate with you to
validation. A parent needs to be present at validation to sign ethics
policy.
SAN ANGELO STOCK SHOW & RODEO CALF SCRAMBLE
We are accepting entries now!
If you have a 4H member who is interested in participating in this, they
accept the first 80 complete entries. Entries must be submitted by
December 1, 2020, but we would recommend that you enter as soon
as possible if you want to participate.
Must be 13-18yrs as of February 1, 2021
Rounds will be on Friday, February 5th; Saturday, February 6th; and
Saturday, February 12th. Rules and entry forms are available by visit-
ing https://www.sanangelorodeo.com/p/livestock/calf-scramble
Livestock Cont.
QUALITY COUNTS—IF YOU ARE GOING TO SHOW LIVESTOCK IN 2021,
YOU MUST COMPLETE THE QUALITY COUNTS PROGRAM FOR YOUR AGE
DIVISION IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY
Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show - requires that exhibitors in grades
3-12 complete this course and exam
Major Livestock Shows - will require that all exhibitors who compete in
junior/youth shows complete this course and exam
Exhibitors will access the course and exam at this web-
site: https://www.texaslivestockvalidation.com/qc/qcregister.aspx
Instructions For How To Complete Quality Counts Enrollment can be
found at this link
https://texasyouthlivestock.com/quality-counts/
See the following pages of this newsletter for more information!
Entomology
4H ENTOMOLOGY CONTEST District Contest is Tuesday, December 1st in Kerrville
Registration Dates: October 19th—October 30th on 4H Online
Identify selected insects and complete a written examination on in-
sects.
Counties may enter as many teams as they wish and up to 2 individu-
als in judging contests in each age division. All youth entered in each
age division will be eligible for high point individual awards.
Contestants will be required to bring two (2), sharpened #2 pencils
with good erasers and one clipboard.
Questions will be selected primarily from "Study Materials for 4-H
Entomology Contests."
Entomology Contest resources can be found by visiting
https://entomology.tamu.edu/extension/youth/4-h/4h-contest/
Quality Counts
Quality Counts
8th-12th GRADE ROBOTICS
HAVE ROOM FOR 3 TEAM MEMBERS
NEED ADULT VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH CONSTRUCTION
AND PROGRAMMING
Project participation fee is $50.00 per team member, and current
enrollment in 4H is a requirement.
The robot game challenge for this season can be found at this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYS0--eeUCM
If you have any ideas on how to construct a robot to take on this
challenge, please consider joining our team!
Practices are on Sunday afternoons from 4:00—6:00pm at the
First Baptist Church Gym, and practices will begin on Sunday,
October 4th. Tournaments will be in January, February, and March
2021.
Contact Carly Jenkins for more information at 830-997-3452 or
by email to [email protected].
Robotics 3RD-7TH GRADE ROBOTICS—PARTICIPANTS FORM A TEAM AND
MAY CHECK OUT KITS Participants will form their own teams and at least one parent will serve
as the coach and will check out a “kit” from our office to prepare for a
competition. Or, if 4H members want to just check out a kit and work
together to build a robot and learn to program, they can do that also.
There is a $25.00 fee per team member to check out a kit.
Six to seven weeks is the approximate time to prepare for the average
competition. We have 6 kits available to check out.
Kits include: LEGO™ Mindstorms Core Set, LEGO™ Mindstorms Ex-
pansion Set, Laptop, Instructional Book, storage container for assem-
bled robot, and large rolling trunk for equipment (optional)
For individual contest rules, participants will need to check the show’s
website.
We have summarized the contests that we are aware of on our website
http://gillespie.agrilife.org > 4H > Robotics > 3rd-7th Grade Robotics.
Guadalupe County Sumobot—Spring 2021
Fort Worth Livestock Show—January 2021
San Angelo Livestock Show—February 2021
San Antonio Livestock Show—February 2021
Houston Livestock Show—March 2021
Rabbits
TEXAS 4-H RABBIT PROJECT EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP SERIES
Due to COVID-19 restrictions and Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease, the
tough decision was made to cancel the 2020 Texas 4-H Rabbit Extrava-
ganza that is normally held this month. However, we still wanted to be
able to provide an educational opportunity to all of the project mem-
bers during this time.
Therefore, on behalf of the Texas 4-H Rabbit Advisory Board, I am happy
to announce our 2020 Texas 4-H Rabbit Project – Virtual Educational
Series! We will be offering four different workshops starting on Thurs-
day, September 24, 2020. We will alternate weeks with the next three
workshops being scheduled for October 8th, October 22nd, and Novem-
ber 5th. These are all going to be held on a Thursday evening at 6:00pm
via ZOOM.
All interested participants, will need to register on 4-H Online (https://
v2.4honline.com/#/user/sign-in) in order to receive the meeting links
prior to each workshop. There will be no fee attached to this event, we
are just needing everyone to register online in order to participate.
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Miscellaneous
OCTOBER 2020 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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18 19 District Roundup
Registration
Opens / Lamb &
Goat Validation in
Fbg
20 21 Lamb & Goat
Validation in
Harper
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25 26 27 28 29 30 District Roundup
Registration
Closes
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Last day to
validate a
heifer
Club Announcements
Cave Creek— will have Trash pick-up and Meeting on Sunday, October 11th. Meet at the “Y” at 4:00 PM.
Cross Mountain— Cross Mountain 4-H Club will meet on Tuesday, October 20th at 7pm. We will meet at Fredericksburg Christian Fellowship
Church, 157 Schmidtzinsky Road.
St. Mary’s— will meet on Monday, October 12th at 7:00pm in the St. Mary’s School Cafeteria
Willow Creek—will meet o Tuesday, October 6th at Fort Martin Scott at 6:30pm
Wrede—will meet Monday, October 12th at 6:00pm at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park at Pavilion #5
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*If your club is not listed, contact your club managers for monthly meeting announcements. Just because your club is not listed, doesn’t mean
that they aren’t meeting this month.
CEA – Ag & NR Shea Nebgen CEA-FCS Taylor Osbourn CEA – 4H Beth McMahon CEA - Horticulture
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