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1 JASPER COUNTY 4-H NEWS September 2013 Butterfly Capital of Texas New Address: 103 E. Houston St. Jasper, Tx Chadd Caperton Agriculture and Natural Resources Cindy VanDevender Family & Consumer Sciences 145 attended 4-H skate night The August meet-n-greet at the skating rink attracted a number of new families to learn more about 4-H programs in Jasper County. They also brought in 2 big boxes of canned food donations for the Jasper SHARE pantry; all in all, a good start to a new 4-H year. Participation fees remain the same for , $20 if you register by Oct. 31, and then $25 from November 1 on. Registration must be done online, and you may not remember what you used a year ago. If you forgot your address or password, DO NOT create another profile in 4-H Connect. Call our office to help get you logged in. Attention educators, home-schoolers & daycare providers: 5th Annual East Texas Child Care Conference Literacy in the Garden Saturday, Sept am to 1 pm in Newton For more information contact: 5 Clock Hours plus 1 Additional Hour for SIDS/SBS/EBD Cindy VanDevender Phone: c-vandevender@tamu.edu Or Cathy Pearson Phone: Cathy.Pearson@ag.tamu.edu Register for the new 4-H year at: Provisions from the American Disability Act will be considered when planning educational programs and activities. Please notify the Jasper County Extension Office at , five days before an event if you plan on attending an Extension educational program and need specialized services. Educational programs to serve people of all ages regardless of socio-economic level, race, sex, religion, disability or national origin. The AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M System, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the County Commissioners Court of Texas Cooperating.

2 photography! Texas 4-H Photography Rules for 2014 contest are now available online at: This year s theme is What s Your Why? Capture photos of why you are in 4-H photos of friends, projects, community service... Texas State Preservation Photography Contest for 4-H and FFA Showcase Texas Agriculture in a photo and your name and photo might be selected for display for a year in the Texas State Capitol Agriculture Museum starting in January Deadline for submission is Oct. 15; read more at texas4-h.tamu.edu; for rules and guidelines, go to the Texas 4-H photography website. East Texas Photography Club PHOTO CONTEST Adult and Junior Division rules are available from our office of the Jasper Chamber of Commerce in Milam St. For Juniors, rules are: Limit of 5 photos per contestant Must not be smaller than 8x8 nor larger than 8x12 Must be matted 11x14, black or white only, no oval or decorative mats allowed, no frames allowed Photos will be judged in two age divisions, 4 to 12 and A $2 entry fee is required for each photo. Juniors also have the option of entering in the adult division if they prefer, but adult entry fee is $3 per photo. You may enter any subject, any photo that has not previously won an award in this contest year olds also have the option to enter in adult categories, judged by subject, and the entry fee is $3 per photo. Deadline for all photos is 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26. Photos will be on exhibit for Butterfly Festival/Fall Fest, Oct. 5. 5th annual One Day 4-H! Saturday, Oct. 12, Texas 4-H and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service celebrate One Day 4-H! saying Thank You to the state for supporting our us for more than 105 years. More than 40,000 youth & adults have participated in more than 847 projects, reached more than 1.1 million citizens and contributed more than $6.1 million in volunteer time. Please join in and make the 2013 One Day the largest one yet! Visit the site includes for materials from our partners, logos and links for signing up, ordering t-shirts, yard signs to place at project sites, & posters. Because of our new sponsorship with TransCanada, ONE DAY T-SHIRT ARE ONLY $3.80 EACH! ORDER BY SEPTEMBER 25 th! At this price, everyone involved can show their pride in One Day 4-H! No late orders will be accepted. A few quick facts: Yes, you can recruit non 4-H friends. No, your project does not absolutely have to be Oct. 12; if you have another project date, read up and register your event for credit. Why register? So your efforts can be counted and recognized. Even individual project can be counted. Check the website out! Thank you all for helping us make a difference in One Day. Toby L. Lepley, Ph.D. 4-H and Youth Development Specialist Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program

3 Calendar September 7 Tractor Supply, Deerfest, 8 am 2 pm 10 Livestock meeting 14 YMBL steer tag-in, Buna Ag 9 am 18 YMBL steer entries due to YMBL office (must be notarized), cash or money order only! 23 County Council, 6 JNEC in Kirbyville 27 Food Workshop, 6:30 pm, in Jasper 28 County steer tag-in, 8-12; there will be a hoof trimmer available and cost is $35/hd. October 1 Gold Star Banquet in SFA, 5 pm 8 Houston broiler orders due 12 One Day 4-H Beef Clinic sponsored & hosted by Sullivan s 14 Archery practice begins at Livestock barn, 6 8 pm; contact instructor Michelle Webb, Recordbook award Commissioners Court, 9 am East Texas Show Star Series 28 County Council, 6 JNEC in Kirbyville Texas 4=H Youth Development Foundation BIG LEAGUE EVENT Saturday, Sept. 28, 7:05 pm Astros vs Texas Rangers at Ballpark in Arlington 15% discount for 4-H families at all Texas LaQuinta hotels use the TX4H booking code November 1 Ft. Worth Stock Show Entries due 8 Food Workshop, tba, south county H Jr Leadership retreat 15 All other major stock show entries due County 4-H Council meetings are generally 4th Mondays of each month at the JNEC community room in Kirbyville at 6 pm Council meetings are open to everyone! They re back! Farmers market t-shirts, aprons & shopping bags. Don t wait, they ll sell out fast. Jasper County Farmers Market is open Sept. 7 Nov. 9, 2013 Saturday mornings, 8 to 11 a.m. at Hwy 190 & 96 in the Tractor Supply parking lot. The market is run by Jasper Master Gardeners, who are always on hand to answer garden questions. New vendors welcome! It s only $5 a spot, and that s only to help offset our advertising and other expenses. Market booths are open to local growers, craftspeople with hand-made items, or local non-profits who would like to have a table for a fundraiser. For questions, call our office at or go to jasper.agrlife.org; vendor packets available online, $5 per Saturday. NATIONAL 4-H WEEK OCT FIND IDEAS FOR WAYS TO PROMOTE 4-H AND CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES AND ACHIEVEMENTS District 5 events, activities and more, Subscribe to blog to receive notices

4 Events of Interest for parents or grandparents Chances are, someone you know has diabetes, and could benefit from these classes. PASS THE WORD, PLEASE! and Do Well, Be Well with Diabetes..is an educational program for people or family members with type 2 diabetes. This primary goal is to help participants learn how to manage their blood glucose in the ranges recommended by the American Diabetes Association. Cooking Well with Diabetes..is an educational program to help not only the person with diabetes, but also anyone who prepares food for those with diabetes. These lessons could also help anyone interested in preparing food with less fat, sugar, cholesterol and sodium. There will be hands-on cooking demonstrations as well as discussion of research findings on diabetes. Buna classes: Do Well, Be Well classes are Thursday mornings, Sept. 26 Oct. 31, 9 to 11 am at the Buna Fire Hall. Cooking Well classes are Nov. 7 and 14, same time and place. Jasper classes: Do Well, Be Well are Tuesday evenings, Sept. 24 Oct. 22, 5 to 7 pm at the Extension office kitchen. Cooking Well classes are Nov. 5 and 20, same time and place. Sponsored by: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and ETHAN East Texas Health Access Network Nutrition First Step to Diabetes Management One Diabetes Diet No Longer Sole Option to Managing Blood Glucose Nutritional Labels Diabetes and Exercise For Good Measure at Home and Eating Out, Diabetes Medicine Managing Complications Carbohydrates Foods and Food Demo Making Recipes with Fat Better for You & Food Demo Double Pleasure Side Dishes Reducing Sodium & Increasing Fiber & Food Demo $10 for the whole series of classes register by calling

5 Cake Boss Jasper County 4-H Food Workshop Come join us for a night of FUN learning how to decorate cookies, make fruit pizzas, cake stands, and much more!!! Date: September 27, 2013 Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Location: Jasper County Extension Office 103 East Houston Street Jasper, Texas Age: 9 to 18 years old Register by: Friday, September 20, 2013 at Things to Bring: Apron or your Daddy s old shirt South County Workshop will be Friday, Nov. 8, more information to come!!! Non 4-H members are welcome; cost for them will be $10. Provisions from the American Disability Act will be considered when planning educational programs and activities. Please notify the Jasper County Extension Office at at least 5 days before the event if you plan on attending and need specialized services. Educational programs of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin.

6 Butterfly Fest / Fall Fest Oct. 5, 9 to 4 pm in Jasper FREE kids activities at the Outdoor Learning Center and gardens Big book sale at the Fire Hall (next to the library) Master Gardener Plant Sale at greenhouse Free tours of Arboretum and Butterfly House; bring cameras for a great photo ops with butterflies Ride the Butterfly Express shuttle between Fall Fest on the courthouse square, and Butterfly Fest on Water Street. Enjoy a great day of inexpensive family fun Jasper Chamber of Commerce Please lend a hand can you donate something nice for master gardeners silent auction? It s for a good cause funds benefit the butterfly garden. Auction will be held in our new Jasper County Extension office at 103 E. Houston St., 9 am to 3 pm. Come & bid - maybe you ll be the one to win a treasure! Drop auction donations at our office or Brent Meaux s State Farm office next to the Post Office in Jasper. Sneak preview & early bidding at First Bank & Trust in Jasper the week of Sept. 30 Oct. 4. Multi-County HAY Clinic Fire Hall in Jasper, Oct. 15, 6 to 9 pm 1 CEU in IPM for private applicators Do you know what to look for in quality hay? Do you know why (or if?) you need to supplement what you feed your cattle? Compare hay and forage samples. Cost of program is $15 & includes your meal; get your hay tested $5 per sample (half price!), samples due by Sept. 27. See events: jasper.agrilife.org 4-H Livestock families: Entry forms at tag-ins At tag-in, entry forms must be 100% completely filled out, (species, age, name first and last, club, etc. and your signature). Please relay this information so that on the day of entry no one is turned away. Plan to stay for the duration (only a couple hours). We will also announce this on the website, Facebook page, and in newsletters from now until tag-in. No excuses for not having a properly filled out form but we all know there will be those who don t come to meetings or read the newsletter Please help me in getting the word to all our families so that all kids get to show the project that most will have already paid for and fed for many weeks. Thank you and as always call me with any questions. Chadd Caperton EAST TEXAS SHOW STAR SERIES OCT , 2013 The East Texas Show Star series provides educational opportunities for 4-H and FFA members to learn and practice their skills in the arena. The main purpose is to teach the basic principles of livestock management as they relate to facility maintenance, selection, nutrition, animal health, handling, showmanship & transportation of beef, swine, sheep & goats. Participants must attend the Saturday clinic to participate in the Sunday Prospect Show. Entries are due by Friday, Oct. 11, entry blank on the next page, one entry per exhibitor. This is your chance to give your child the experience in the ring that can make all the difference in the major shows coming up.

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