Jackson County Competes at District 11 Level Competitions

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1 B U S I N E S S N A M E Jackson Co. 4-H I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : MAY & JUNE Calendar 2/3 Updates from your county extension office M A Y Jackson County Competes at District 11 Level Competitions Round Up/ Texas 4-H Happenings. 4-H Contests/ Summer Camps News from the Agents/ Contact Us 4/5 6/7 8 District 11 Spring Spectacular Victoria, TX April 18, 2015 Junior Construction Everyday Living Parker Srp Olivia Sommerfeld Junior / Intermediate Photography Parker Srp: Food (3rd Place) Paden Bradley: Animals Domestic (3rd Place), Animals Wildlife, Catch-All, Details&Macro, Digital Darkroom, Dominant Color, Elements of Design, Nature & Landscape, People (3rd Place), Theme - Inspiration (1st Place) Cassidy Brown: Plant / Flora Sara Brezina: Animals Domestic, Elements of Design District 11 Rifle Victoria, TX April 17 & 18, 2015 Junior Individual Emily Allen (3rd Place) Paden Bradley Wyatt Young Cayden McLennan Junior/Intermediate Individual Waylon Budd (1st Place) Blaine Allen (2nd Place) Candido Hernandez Stephen Kelly Trevor Vasquez Intermediate Individual Colton DeBord (7th Place) Luke Bearden Miguel Hernandez Noah Baker Senior Individual Sydni Engelmohr (9th Place) Cassandra Hernandez Desiree Hart Junior Team Paden Bradley Wyatt Young Cayden McLennan Emily Allen Junior/Intermediate Team (1st) Stephen Kelly Waylon Budd Trevor Vasquez Blaine Allen Intermediate Team Luke Bearden Noah Baker Colton DeBord Miguel Hernandez Senior Team Desiree Hart Sydni Engelmohr Cassandra Hernandez

2 P A G E 2 May 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat H Council Lamb & Goat 6pm in JCSB Kitchen Classroom Poultry in JCSB Kitchen Classroom AG DAY at BRC for 4th graders Rabbit 7pm in JCSB Kitchen Classroom JCYF Rabbit Registration Swine 7pm in JCSB Kitchen Classroom Shooting Sports Coaches Training see page Shooting Sports Coaches Training see page Memorial Day Extension Office Closed 31 Animal Clinics will also be JCYF 4-H Club Meetings. Make sure to attend!

3 P A G E 3 June 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Commercial Heifer Registration BRC Swine Registration 7:30 STATE ROUNDUP COLLEGE STATION see page 4 for detailed schedule Outdoor Challenge D11 Horse Show Steer Progress Show 5:45pm - See page ALL FORMS DUE * See Below* Leadership Lab Brownwood JC Kids Camp 8:30 11:30 JCSB Kitchen Classroom Lamb & Goat Registration and Progress Show 8am Award Interviews at JCSB 9 am 12pm JUNE 25, 2015 County Record Books due by 12pm, Award Applications due, Project Certification Forms due

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5 P A G E 5 When: June 19-21, 2015 Where: Collin County Adventure Camp; Anna, TX Registration: 4-H Connect Opens May 1 May 31, 2015 Contest Fee: $30/per contestant 2015 JCYF Tagging Information Steers: April 13, BRC Lambs: June 27, BRC Commercial Heifers: June 6, BRC Goats: June 27, 8:30 BRC Swine: June 13, BRC Rabbits: May 9, 8

6 P A G E 6 Wanting to go to camp? Check out some of the great camps that 4-H offers for you this summer. Go to the following link and/or contact your extension agent for more details H Recipe Rally Information is on the 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Webpage. In the 4-H Recipe Rally, 4-H members are challenged with selecting, creating and/or altering a recipe and submitting a video of them demonstrating the preparation of the recipe. To participate, youth will submit their video entry online for a chance to be selected as a presenter at the Dinner Tonight with Texas 4-H Cooking School, held at the 2015 Texas 4-H Roundup. Recipes should be a healthy main dish that tie to the theme Bringing Texas to the Table. Please contact Hannah at the Extension office for more detail, Victoria County 4-H Whiz Bang Date and Time: Saturday, May 16th and Sunday, May 17th, 2015 Juniors & Intermediates shoot on Saturday, May 16th Senior 1 & Senior 2 shoot on Sunday, May 17th Registration Check In starts at 8:00 a.m. Mandatory Safety Orientation starts at 8:30 a.m. Shooting starts immediately following Safety Orientation. Location: Victoria Skeet and Trap Club (DO NOT MAIL REGISTRATION HERE!!) 2616 Perimeter Road, Victoria, Texas (map to range available on VSTC Website) Cost: $50 registration, plus $15 for Skeet, $15 for Trap, $20 for Whiz Bang $10 per Person for Two Man Team (Late fee of $25 for entries received after May 6th, 2015) Lunch: Meal will be provided for shooters. Additional Meal tickets $5 if purchased in advance. Concession Stand Available for Breakfast, Lunch, Beverages and Snacks Events: American Trap (50 Targets) American Skeet (50 Targets) Whiz Bang (50 Targets - Whiz Bang Qualifier) 2 Man Team Event (BOTH TEAM MEMBERS MUST SHOOT ALL 3 EVENTS)

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8 P A G E 8 What are the Agents Working On? 2015 Ag Tour The Jackson County Extension Field Crops Committee is conducting an Ag Tour of several grain and cotton crop demonstrations in the Ganado/Crossroads areas. Three hours of CEU s for your Pesticide applicators license will be available for $10. One in IPM, two in General. The Jackson County Ag Tour will be on Monday, June 15, It will start at the Hafernick Center at 4:00 p.m. Certified Crop Advisor hours may also be available. Tour stops may include a corn hybrid demonstration with cooperator Bures Farms, a Regional Agronomic Cotton Evaluation with cooperator Chris Hajovsky, a sorghum hybrid trial with cooperator Rick Hasdorff, a soybean variety trial with cooperator Jake Foltyn and a sugarcane aphid demonstration with cooperator Steve Andel. Tour speakers include: Dr. Josh Mcginty, Extension Agronomist from Corpus Christi; Dr. Gaylon Morgan, Associate Professor and Cotton Specialist from College Station; Dr. Robert Bowling, Extension Entomologist from Corpus Christi. A meal will be catered by Mustang Creek BBQ in the Hafernick Center after the tour. Speakers at the Hafernick Center will include: Dwayne Vincent, FSA program director; Millie Stevens, NRCS District Conservationist; Jeff Nunley, South Texas Cotton & Grain and Dr. Robert Bowling, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Entomologist, Corpus Christi; Colin Hlavinka, Hlavinka Equipment on Precision Farming & Mapping. For more information, call Jackson County AgriLife Extension ABC Child Care Conference Saturday June 27, :15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Just Do It Now Location 1619 Martin Luther King Blvd., Wharton, TX Early Bird Registration: $35 per person (includes catered lunch) Registration after June 5, 2015: $40 per person (includes catered lunch) No on-site registration 7 clock hours for credit ***Register early because space is limited*** For registration directions, please call the Jackson County Extension Office at (361) Sponsored by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Jackson, Matagorda, and Wharton County, The Crisis Center, Just Do It Now, and Wharton County FCS

9 Page 8 LIKE OUR NEW FACEBOOK PAGES! 4-H updates and current happenings in Jackson County will be posted to the Jackson County 4-H TEXAS page as they occur. You can find the page by searching the quotes or going to: JacksonCounty4HTEXAS Jackson County Extension (ANR and FCS) updates and current happenings will be posted on the Jackson County Extension TEXAS page. Find the page by searching the quotes or going to: TEXAS/ Extension Staff Mike Hiller, CEA - AG/NR mrhiller@ag.tamu.edu Hannah Glaeser, CEA-FCS hannah.glaeser@ag.tamu.edu Sarah Nyegaard, Office Manager snyegaard@ag.tamu.edu If you need any assistance or help is needed with any livestock projects, please call the office at to schedule a project visit. Important Websites Jackson Co. 4-H District 11 4-H Texas 4-H 4-H Connect Texas 4-H Alumni and Friends AgriLife Extension Office hours: Monday-Friday 8-5pm Close 12-1pm for lunch Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating