Rusk County 4-H Clover Files

Website: rusk.agrilife.org/

~ 113 East Fordall Street, Henderson, Texas 75652 ~ 903-657-0376

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the AgriLife Extension is implied. The Texas A&M University System, US Department of Agriculture and the County Commissioners Court of Texas Cooperating.

 CARLISLE 4‐H CLUB    Kristan Hart 216-7076 March meeting will be held at the Rusk County Youth Project Show set-up day, March 24

HORSE 4‐H CLUB Agent 657-0376 LEVERETT’S CHAPEL 4‐H CLUB  Randy Tidwell 570-4377 rtidwell@leverettschapelisd.net 1st Monday, 6:00 p.m. Leverett’s Chapel Ag Building LIVESTOCK 4‐H CLUB Ryan & Jennifer Ellis 658-4404 3rd Monday, 6:00 p.m., Extension Meeting Room MT. ENTERPRISE 4‐H CLUB Martha Lee 822-3411 March meeting will be held at the Rusk County Youth Project Show set-up day, March 24 ROUND‐UP 4‐H CLUB Mike O’Quinn 987-9119 March meeting will be held at the Rusk County Youth Project Show set-up day, March 24 TATUM 4‐H CLUB Katrina McKee 720-6711 Melissa Steph 812-2083 March meeting will be held at the Rusk County Youth Project Show set-up day, March 24

RUSK COUNTY 4-H CLUBS

March 2014

Adult Leaders Meeting Our next meeting will be

April 7th at 6:00 p.m. in the Extension Meeting Room.

Stay up to speed on things upcoming, see photos, and read about things Rusk County 4-H’ers are doing.

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Rusk County 4-H

County Events and Information

Attention council officers and delegates, we will have a meeting April 7th during the adult leader meeting. Please make plans to attend as we will work on parliamentary procedure.

Egg Decorating Contest

Registration Deadline: Currently and to Check-In Time Where: Rusk County Extension Office Room 115 East Fordall Street Henderson, TX 75652 When: April 16, 2014 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - entry/check in 11:00 a.m. - judging begins Around 1:30 p.m. - pick up Entry Fee: $1.00 per entry Age Division: Pee Wee - 3-5 years old Junior - 6-11 years old Intermediate - 12-13 years old Senior - 14-18 years old Adults - 19 plus *Any entry not picked up by 5:00 p.m. will be discarded. For more information contact the Rusk County Extension Office at 903-657-0376. Contest Rules 1. Any size or shape bird egg may be used and eggs must be real. 2. Raw eggs will not be allowed. For example, use hard boiled egg, or egg shell may be emptied or blown. 3. Contest is open to all Rusk County Citizens. 4. Each egg will receive a blue, red or white ribbon. 5. A “Best of Show” certificate will be awarded. 6. Special Recognition Certificates will be awarded to the following categories: A. Cutest G. Funniest B. Biggest H. Best Painted C. Smallest I. Ugliest D. Out of this World J. Most Original E. Scariest K. Most Beautiful F. Happiest L. Most Bizarre 7. There is not a limit on the number of entries a participant my enter. 8. Entry fee goes toward annual Rusk County Extension Education Club sponsored scholarships for Rusk County Residents.

Sponsored by the

Rusk County Family & Consumer Sciences Committee

Egg Decorating Contest Entry Form

Name:____________________________________

Address: __________________________________

Age Division: _______________________________

Enrollment fee $25

Youth Advisory Board Rusk County is looking for smart young men and women to serve on its youth board. This board serves the entire county and assists the 4-H agent with educational planning for local school districts and the county programs offered through Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. If you know anyone who would make a great youth board member if you would please notify me by either phone or email I would really appreciate it.

Qualifications: · Does not have to be a 4-H member just a member of Rusk county

· Is 14 or older

· Wants to make a difference in their community

· Has a heart for serving others in their area

· Wants to see youth empowered/or wants to be an empowered youth

· Has the ability to make quarterly or biyearly meetings for the board

· Wants to serve

· Has ideas for new things in the community

4-H AGE DIVISION

If you want to compete in 4-H contests these are the age divisions.

Junior -ages 9 through 10

Intermediate -ages 11 through 13 Seniors -ages 14 through 18

(Ages are based on August 31st of current 4-H year .)

Bona-fide 4-H members must be 8 and

in the 3rd grade or 9 to 18 years old to compete in any 4-H event.

Livestock Judging

Judging practice will be Monday, March 10th,

6:00 p.m.

Land, Woodland and Plant ID Contests

Thursday, April 15, 2014

Kilgore Jr. College Farm on Hwy 135, 2 miles east of Overton. Registration will begin at 8:30 A.M. and the Contest will begin at 9:00 A.M. The Awards Program will be held at Noon.

County 4-H Round Up April 3, 2014, 6:00 p.m. Rusk County is hosting a 4-H county Round Up this year!! We will offer all of the same categories as the District 5 round up, please see the chart of Round up Events for you to choose from. We will

use the county level round up as a practice for the district level events. If you would like to present a presentation or participate in a contest at district please make plans to attend and participate in the county roundup.

Shooting Sport Program: Regular meeting - April 1 at 6:00 p.m. in the Extension Meeting Room Practices—for location contact coach

Archery March 9 at 3:00 p.m. AJ Cook, 903-539-1505 Rifle March 9 at 4:00 p.m. Daylen Borders, 903-363-8504 Howdy everyone! I wanted to let you all know that Sunday's rifle practice is at 4:00 p.m. We will still practice for 1.5 hrs. So, we should finish at 5:30 which should hopefully allow you to still go to Church and get home for dinner. Let me know if you need directions. My address is: 11798 County Road 181 North Overton, TX 75684 It's easy to find. From Henderson, Take Hwy 259 north and take a right on CR181. From Kilgore, head south on Hwy 259 and take a left to cross over the median at CR181. My house is about 2 tenths a of a mile on the left. Look for a bunch of old tractors and a red brick white trim farm house. Let me know if you need help or have questions! See you Sunday! Daylen Borders Shooting Sports Rifle Coach

March

Baleigh Smith 3/29 Bryce Borders 3/10 David Taylor 3/18 Emili Simmons 3/19 Emily Flores 3/16 James Nelson, Jr. 3/05 Kasey Hart 3/04 Katy Myers 3/12 Lindsi Hayes 3/18 Major McQuiston 3/25 Marissa Flores 3/31 Miles Blanton 3/07 Peyton Clifton 3/30 Tanner Kopp 3/29 William Dowling 3/18 Winter Curry 3/30

Cherry Dessert Contest Winners

Three Ingredient Cherry Fudge Three Ingredient Cherry Fudge Prep Time: 15 minutes plus chilling Serves: 12 Ingredients: 1 (16oz) can cherry frosting 1 (12oz) bag white chocolate chips ½ cup dried cherries Prepare a 9x9 pan by spray lightly with cooking oil. Over a double boiler, or in the microwave, melt white chocolate chips. When chips are melted, remove from heat and stir in cherry frosting, evenly. Spread in prepared pan and place in refrigerator to set for 20 minutes. Cut into squares or hearts, with a cookie cutter, and serve. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to a week. Brandelyn Cochran, Junior Division Grand Champion

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Monday - Nicci Ahart, CEA-4-H Tuesday - Nicci Ahart, CEA-4-H Wednesday - Liz Buckner, CEA-FCS Thursday - Liz Buckner, CEA-FCS Friday - Liz Buckner, CEA-FCS

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There are several scholarships available to our students through the 4-H program please take advantage of these opportunities if you will be graduating this May. Texas Farm Credit Scholarship

Deadline for applications is April 1, 2014. They will give away 5 $2,000 scholarships based on academic achievement, leadership, participation in extracurricular activities, nomination letter and statement of goals and aspirations. Must declare an agriculture related field of study. Rusk county is in their territory of eligible counties. You must be nominated by teacher, counselor or administrator (I will serve as nominator for 4-H.) I can email applications to you. Texas Nursery & Landscape Association Scholarship TNLA is giving away $1000 scholarships to deserving students. Must be going to for an Agriculture degree with emphasis in entering the horticulture field after graduation. If you would like to apply for this scholarship visit http://tnlaonline.org/services/tnla_er

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Rusk County Youth Project Show Attention all parents and

4-H members The Rusk County 4-H clubs are responsible for keeping the areas around the cattle exhibits in the back of the Expo clean at all times. We are also responsible for helping out the FFA Chapters in setting up and taking down the arena. We have a strong group of members and

parents and want to do our share in keeping the facility clean during the show. Everyone’s help is needed so that no one group has to do all the work. The following assignments have been made:

Carlisle Hog Pens (set up and keep area clean) Henderson Clean up- the exhibition ring area during the show Set up lamb pens and other set-up under barn 4-H Help with set up and take down of ring. Keep Clean- Cattle area for duration show Laneville Set up- chicken pens Keep rabbit area clean Leverett’s Chapel Hog pens and other set up Clean up- keep area clean and trash dumped Mt Enterprise Set up Rabbit Pens Keep clean shop exhibition area Overton Set up Hog pens Clean up trash near Chicken area Tatum Set up Cattle area and panels Clean up trash Lamb/ goat area West Rusk Set Up Arena Help dump all trash cans All FFA and 4H will help to keep the expo clean! Grounds supervisor will need help dumping trash cans throughout the week so be sure to advise your members to lend a hand to help. All designated areas will be checked by Grounds several times daily. Please make sure your area is clean so that there are no complaints about the trash situation this year. Let’s work hard to make it the best show ever!

Website: rcyps.com

March 26-29, 2014

If you plan to show an animal at the

Rusk County Youth Project Show

and need to ask questions please call

903-657-0376.

Rusk County Youth Project Show Set-up Day

The Rusk County Youth Project Show set-up day will be Monday, March 24th, 3:30 p.m. (or as soon as you can get there) at the Ag Center. We need as many 4-H’ers, parents and leaders there as possible. Let’s make sure 4-H carries its weight at the 2014 Rusk County Youth Project Show.

2014 Rusk County Youth Project Show Schedule

Tuesday - March 25th 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. - Commercial Heifers ONLY Wednesday - March 26th 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Entry Check in OF ALL projects and animals Poultry Check in and Sifting Rabbit Check in and Sifting 8:00 p.m. - Market Steer Weigh in 10:00 p.m. - Gates Close Thursday - March 27th 8:00 a.m. - Judging of Shop Projects 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Divisions 4,5,6 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Division 1,2,3 8:00 a.m. Judging of Roasters, followed by Judging of Broilers ** There will be a 30 minute break between shows ** 9:00 a.m. - Judging of Creative Arts with results given Friday morning 11:00 a.m. - Judging of Market Lambs and Showmanship Judging of PeeWee Lambs Judging of Market Goats Judging of Breeding Goats followed by Showmanship & PeeWee Goats ** There will be a 30 minute break between Lambs and Goats ** 2:00 p.m. Interviewing and Judging of Commercial Heifers 6:30 p.m. - Results and Auction of Commercial Heifers 10:00 p.m. - Gates Close Friday - March 28th 8:00 a.m. - Judging of Market Hogs & Showmanship Judging of Breeding Gilts & PeeWee Hogs ** There will be a 30 minute break between shows ** 8:00 a.m. - Results of Creative Arts 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Public viewing of Creative Arts & Purchase of Non Auction Items 10:00 a.m. - Results of Shop Projects 1:00 p.m. - Judging of Breeding Rabbits Judging of Market (Meat Pen) Rabbits Showmanship and PeeWee Rabbits 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Check out of Non-Sale Creative Arts ** Doors locked at 4 pm, anything left will be thrown away- NO EXCEPTIONS ** 4:00 p.m. - Begin line up of Shop Projects 5:30 p.m. - Begin line up of Creative Arts 6:00 p.m. - Shop Projects and Creative Arts Auction 10:00 p.m. - Gates Close Saturday - March 29th 8:00 a.m. - Judging of Breeding Heifers, Heifer Showmanship 10:00 a.m. - Judging of Market Steers and Showmanship of Pee Wee Cattle 5:30 p.m. - Begin line up for Sale of Champions ** (Sale order- Steers, Market Hogs, Lambs, Goats, Rabbits, Broilers, Roasters) ** 6:00 p.m. - Sale of Champions

Website: rcyps.com

District Events and Information

Sunday, March 9 at 2:00 AM

4-H Horse News Horse Practice: March 9th, 2:00 p.m. at Kilgore Saddle Club Horse validation March 1-April 15 on 4-H Connect

Rusk County will be hosting a county level horse show in conjunction with the East Texas Horse Show Association at the Kilgore Saddle Club. If you are interested in the horse program please contact the extension office for more information. The Horse show is scheduled for April 19, 2014 and will start at 8 AM. Keep on the lookout in future newsletters for more information and a class list. We will pay minimal fees this year for the horse show so come out and take advantage of the lower fees and have a great time showing horses. Horse Judging Team: If you are interested in learning more about horse judging then please give me a call or shoot me an email at the extension office. Horse judging is similar to livestock judging but with horses. It is a great way to learn more about your horse and what we look for in show horses or even just performance horses. Next practice: March 20th

Judging Contests Judging Contests Deadline to Register Event Location Contest Date

Livestock April 1, 2014 TAMU April 26, 2014

Range & Pasture Grass ID April 1, 2014 TAMU April 26, 2014

Meats Judging & ID April 1, 2014 TAMU April 26, 2014

Soil Judging April 1, 2014 TAMU April 26, 2014

Specifics

Remember...you don’t have to be an expert to participate in these contests. They are intended for you to learn about the particular subjects and to have fun. So, get some 4-H friends together and enter one of the categories together... For more information, please contact the Extension Office.

Celebrate 4-H 1 to 9 people May be a 4-H based story line, promoting 4-H, community service, a project or activity. This category may also address a specific youth issue and present ways in which this issue can be addressed through 4-H efforts. May incorporate music, vocal selections, and/or choreographed routines but these aspects cannot be more than half of the performance. Four (4) minutes for set-up and break down; maximum of six (6) minutes for presentation for a total of ten (10) minutes per act.

District V 4-H Roundup

Educational Presentations April 11, 2014 SFA April 26, 2014

Share-the-Fun (see Specifics) April 11, 2014 SFA April 26, 2014

Leaders4Life April 11, 2014 SFA April 26, 2014

Horse Quiz Bowl April 11, 2014 SFA April 26, 2014

Beef Quiz Bowl April 11, 2014 SFA April 26, 2014

Entomology Contest April 11, 2014 SFA April 26, 2014

Taxidermy Contest April 11, 2014 SFA April 26, 2014

Event Deadline to Register Event Location Contest Date

Choreographed Routines 1 to 9 people No speaking to form a skit or story line. The act requires choreography and can be demonstrated through twirling, pom pom squad routines, jump rope teams, basketball dribbling exhibitions, or dance (jazz, tap, country & western, ballroom, etc.). Sign language presentations to music have been added to choreographed routines.

Four (4) minutes for set-up and break down; maximum of six (6) minutes for presentation for a total of ten (10) minutes per act.

Musical / Instrumental 1 to 9 people Musical presentation may be musical instruments accompanied by background tape or an instrumental performance only. Four (4) minutes for set-up and break down; maximum of six (6) minutes for presentation for a total of ten (10) minutes per act.

Poetry / Prose 1 to 9 people Acts which showcase poetry or prose are required. The act may NOT incorporate vocal, musical, and/or choreographed routine. This category does not require 4-H related material, however, if an original poem or prose piece showcasing 4-H is written, this would be acceptable. Every 4-H member entered in the category must be a part of the performance on stage. All material must be memorized. Four (4) minutes for set-up and break down; maximum of six (6) minutes for presentation for a total of ten (10) minutes per act.

Solo / Band Performance 1 to 9 people All 4-H members entered in the category must be a part of the act by playing a musical instrument, singing, or both (solo performance must play an instrument and sing). Participants MUST incorporate singing in the acts, but cannot incorporate skits, poetry, or prose. They may, however, move around the stage and incorporate choreography with their presentation for the purpose of enhancing their showmanship. Four (4) minutes for set-up and break down; maximum of six (6) minutes for presentation for a total of ten (10) minutes per act.

Vocal 1 to 9 people Vocal presentation may be done a cappella or with an accompaniment CD/tape. Four (4) minutes for set-up and break down; maximum of six (6) minutes for presentation for a total of ten (10) minutes per act.

State Level Activity 2014 Texas State 4-H Photography

Contest Rules and Guidelines Some of the changes are: • Theme Category is HOLIDAYS IN TEXAS. This theme

allows 4-H members to take photos of any holiday from January 1, 2012 to time of entry. The holiday season in Texas theme should have photographs that depict a Texas theme/flare or western heritage. Photographs can include nature, landscape, people, animals (domestic and/or wildlife) as long as the subject of the photograph is related to a holiday with a Texas/western basis.

• Formatting of photos has been simplified. • In 2013 all photos must be able to be printed at a 300 dpi

at a 3 X 5 inch size. Max memory size of 1.5MB • Both entry form and uploading of photos will all be done

on 4-H CONNECT between April 1-15. Time period for entry will be from April 1 to 15, 2014. For a copy of the rules and guidelines, please contact the Rusk County Extension Office.

Sierra Reynolds

participated in the

Market Barrow

Show and place 8th.

Great

Job!

State Events and Information The Texas 4-H Foundation is pleased to announce that they will host the “I Support the Clover” silent auction during the 2014 Texas 4-H Roundup. There will be an opportunity to earn money for your local 4-H program by submitting an item(s) on behalf of your county. The auction will open May 1, 2014 for online bidding. In order to be eligible, the county program needs to submit a silent auction form with description and photo of the auction item by Monday, March 31st. I thing this would be a great way to raise money for our 4-H program, that helps send many of you to camps, district and state level competitions and helps pay for many of our county level activities. The Top 10 items donated by county 4-H programs will receiving the highest bidding amounts, as compared to other county donated items, will be awarded as follows: …of the items selling price First Place 100% Second Place 75% Third through Six Place 50% Sixth through Tenth Place 25%

January 10-June 12th Bring your spare change to help district 5 win a prize. District 5 will be participating in a fundraiser for the Texas 4-H Conference Center. They are raising money to install two GaGa Ball Pits and a 9 hole disc golf course! Please help District 5 reach our goal in raising the most money in the state of Texas!

Turner Sugg and Ashleigh

Sugg participated in

the Sheep Skillathon

Texas 4‐H Roundup June 9‐13, 2014 

Until next time — Nicci Ahart County Extension Agent-4-H and YD Rusk County Liz Buckner County Extension Agent-FCS Rusk County

2013 Validation For Sheep and Goats Anyone wanting to validate sheep or goats for the 2013 State Fair of Texas needs to bring $8.00 per tag ordered to the County Extension office by April 11th.

!Major Steer Show Tags! Harvest Festival

If you need a steer tag for any major show for the

upcoming season please call us by April 11th.

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