2014-2015 2014-2015 County Council Officers August 2014 Adult Leaders Officers President Tiffany Crawford Vice President Melinda Maynard Secretary/Treasurer Teresa Womble President Samantha Mares Vice President Ka e Womble Secretary/Treasurer Amanda Roach District Delegate Pa on Maynard Inside this issue: CLOVER CORNER County Council Mtg. Adult Leaders Mtg. Awards Banquet Volunteers Needed Pictures Needed Public Spk. Workshop Club Officer Training 2 3 EVENTS 4 Foods & CDM training Trinity Trash Bash 4-H New Year 5 Volunteer Process 2014-2015 Enrollment For more informa on about 4-H Projects, opportuni es, programs, or ac vi es, please call 817-884-1291 or visit us at 200 Taylor Street, Suite 500 (building entrance faces Burne Street). CHEERS Co. Recordbook Results CHEERS 6-7 8 Contact Us: Business Loca on 200 Taylor St., Ste. 500 Fort Worth, TX 76196 Cindy Bryant County Extension Agent 4-H Tarrant County 4-H Mailing Address Tarrant County 4-H P. O. Box 1540 Fort Worth, TX 76101-1540 Phone: 817-884-1291 Fax: 817-884-1941 E-mail: CPBryant@ag.tamu.edu NFSwindle@ag.tamu.edu Website: Dist. Recordbook Results LIVESTOCK Livestock Show Entry Lamb & Goat Tag order State Fair of Texas Calendar of Events 9 9 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
County Council & Adult Leader Meetings The 4-H Youth County Council meetings are open to 4-H members age 9 and older. Meetings provide opportunities for youth to meet, share ideas, plan, and implement activities with other youth throughout the county. Each club is encouraged to send 2 3 representatives to each meeting. Club representatives typically include the President and 1 2 Council Delegates. The next County Council Meeting will be Monday, August 25, 2014. The youth meeting will begin immediately following the conclusion of the ALA meeting. The Adult Leader Association meetings provide an opportunity for adult volunteers to meet, discuss ideas, and plan and implement activities that support the youth of the county. The next Adult Leader Meeting will be on Monday, September 22, 2014. Awards Banquet Don t forget to mark your calendars and save the date of Friday, August 8, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. for this year s County Award Banquet. This is a fun family event which recognizes the youth throughout the county for their record book achievements and service during the year. The meal will be potluck so each family is asked to bring meal items. Please R.S.V.P. to the 4-H office to let them know how many will be attending for your family. Awards Banquet Resource Connec on 2300 Circle Dr. Fort Worth, Texas Awards Banquet Volunteers Needed We will need volunteers to help with the 4-H Awards Banquet. The jobs are varied: bringing food, setup, decorating, clean-up, serving, seating honored guests and checking in guests. If you can help with any of these please contact the 4-H office at 817-884-1291 or e-mail Cindy at CPBryant@ag.tamu.edu and Nanci at NFSwindle@ag.tamu.edu
Pictures of 4-H Members Needed Attention: Each year, the County Council members prepare a slide show of 4-H members involved in projects and activities. This is one of the highlights of the Awards Banquet. Parents. Please send 2-3 of your favorite 4-H pictures (in jpg format) by email to: TarrantYouthCouncil@gmail.com. The assembly and preparation of the slide show takes a significant amount of time, so we ask that you send the photos as soon as possible, but no later than July 31. Please title the subject as: Banquet Photos-last name 4-H Public Speaking/Toastmasters Youth Leadership Series Back by popular demand, the Youth Public Speaking Project begins September 4. The class will meet on Thursday evenings 7 9 pm, for eight weeks. This class is perfect for youth who would like to improve their public speaking skills. Dr. Jeff Johnson, from Toastmasters International, has graciously taught this program for us for over 20 years. His ability to help the youth overcome nervousness and present their ideas skillfully is a special talent. In order for youth to achieve their highest potential, attendance is very important. The class is offered free of charge to youth, ages 9 17. Pre-registration is required and classes fill quickly. Parents may register their children by sending an email to: NFSwindle@ag.tamu.edu. Club Of icer Training The 4-H County Council officers of 2014-2015 will be hosting a county-wide Club Officer Training on August 4, 2:00 4:00 p.m., at the Extension office (200 Taylor Street; Suite 500; Fort Worth). Topics will include: Leadership Qualities, Teamwork, Officer Responsibilities, 4-H Opportunities, and Putting FUN into Meetings. The event is offered free of charge and is open to all members (ages 11 18). Younger members are welcome if they will be serving in a club officer role in 2014-2015. Each attendee should bring a pocket folder with brads, paper, and a pen or pencil. Please RSVP by 7/31 so that we will be able to prepare the appropriate a m o u n t o f s u p p l i e s. R S V P t o : TarrantYouthCouncil@gmail.com
4-H Foods Project & Consumer Decision Making Training Day SAVE the DATE Saturday, September 6 th 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Location: 1005 Finch Circle Saginaw, Texas 76131 Topics will include: Mediterranean Eating Lifestyle & Break Out Groups for Cooking Demonstrations 4-H Food Challenge, Food Show, & related contest information 4-H Consumer Decision Making Project & CDM contest information Trinity Trash Bash Join us for the 23rd Annual Trinity River Trash Bash on Saturday, September 20 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Groups, families and individuals can choose any one of the nine locations listed in the registration form as a cleanup section. All volunteers are invited to the after party at the Panther Island Pavilion (located behind the TCC/ RadioShack campus), New Start Time from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with free food, door prizes and entertainment by Radio Disney AM 620. Register by September 7th and receive a FREE T-shirt. All packets will be available on the day of the event at the event site you designated when registering. Early pickup is available on Thursday, September 18th and Friday, September 19th from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm at the Trinity River Vision Education Center located on the street level. Packets contain Trash Bash t-shirts for participants who registered by the deadline, and trash bags and gloves for all registered participants. The gloves provided are one size fits all and the grabbers are limited so for those experienced trash bashers feel free to bring your own gloves and grabbers. For more information go to http://www.trwd.com/trinitytrashbash
New 4-H Volunteer Process for the 2014-2015 year As you know, background screenings have been conducted on Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service volunteers since the early 2000s and required for volunteers that have direct contact with clientele. In 2011, the introduction of a youth 4-H participation fee was accompanied by an option for payment by credit card. Since then, numerous requests have been made for volunteer screening to be payable by credit card as well. Based upon these requests and the work of a task force to investigate and discuss the process for 4-H volunteers to pay for their screening with a credit card, the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program is initiating a $5 application fee for 4-H volunteers. Starting with the 2014-15 4-H year, this fee will be assessed on an annual basis each time a 4-H volunteer creates or reactivates his/her profile in 4-H CONNECT. The application fee will cover the cost of volunteer screening and expedite the screening process when paid by credit card. An additional volunteer screening fee will not be assessed. Enrollment for the 2014-2015 Year 4-H Enrollment for the 2014-2015 year will begin on August 15, 2014. All youth members will be required to pay a $20 participation fee up to October 31, 2014, and a $25.00 fee from November 1st to the completion of the 2014-2015 year. Therefore, in order to take advantage of the lower participation fee and make sure your enrollment is active, all 4-H families should enroll between August 15th and by October 31st! Reminders for 2014-2015 All membership must be entered onto the 4-H Connect system and be in active status for membership to be granted. Any enrollment completed on paper forms will not be official until entered on 4-H Connect and given active status. A 4-H member will not be allowed to register for any event until membership is in an ACTIVE status. When preparing to re-enroll for the new year if you have forgotten your password to your family profile please contact the 4-H office and we will give you a temporary password so that you can get in. Please DO NOT create another family or member profile as this will only have to be deleted and delay your membership enrollment. Please contact the 4-H office if you have any questions regarding the 4-H enrollment process.
County Recordbook Results Clover Age Division Memory Book-Participation Jane Alcazar Valerie Barnthson Nicholas France Zoey McCarty Isabella Rodriguez Cali Whiddon Abigail Wooddell Junior Age Division Food & Nutrition Felicity Roberts-1st Lauren Timpf-2nd Joseph Daigneault-3rd Gardening & Horticulture Goat Halle Thrower-1st Cherokee Zarate-1st Andrew France-2nd Horse Personal Development Photography Poultry Makayla Campbell-1st Nash Milton-1st Madison White-1st Michael Norris-Part. Public Speaking Rabbit Elijah Page-1st Natalie Cain-1st Amyrah Lee-2nd Mason Cain-3rd Rabbit Cont. Safety Science & Technology Colby Keefer-4th Holden Wall-5th Grace Alcazar-1st Charlie Bryant Sheep Macie Morgan-1st Cadence Moore-2nd Kylie Moore-3rd Morgan Martin-4th Shooting Sports Dylan Pepper-1st Joshua Hays-2nd Intermediate Age Division Clothing & Textiles Katie Orr-1st McKalyn Milton-2nd Jessica Frank-3rd Georgia White-4th Food & Nutrition Garden & Horticulture Katie Scevers-1st Carissa Timpf-2nd Cameron Bolash-1st Goat Seth Chapman-1st Taylor Crawford-2nd Addisyn Mayhew-3rd Horse Leadership Poultry Peyton Ruder-1st Briggs Milton-1st Katie Whitfield-1st Cassie Porter-2nd Rabbit Science & Tech Sheep Cole Whiddon-1st Taylor Crawford-2nd Evan Guinn-1st Max Morgan-1st Shooting Sports Dillon Scott-1st
County Recordbook Results Continued Senior Age Division Beef Clothing & Textiles Allison Smith-1st Emily Frank-1st Dakota Millsap-2nd Communication & Expressive Arts Katie Womble-1st Denton Latham-2nd Patton Maynard-3rd Audrey Bledsoe-4th Entomology Food & Nutrition McCrae Milton-1st Cristina Guinn-1st Robert Scevers-2nd Katy Bell-3rd Gardening & Horticulture Goat Christopher Bolash-1st April Feeser-2nd Brianna France-1st Mariah Knagg-2nd Horse MaKenna Ruder-1st America Segovia-2nd Leadership Amanda Roach-1st Samantha Mares-2nd Robert Segovia-3rd Amber Greenwood-4th Photography Lauren Hamilton-1st Makenzi Waller-2nd Bailey Paniszczyn-3rd Poultry Rabbits Tressa Watkins-1st William Flannery-2nd Hannah Paniszczyn-1st Cloe Whiddon-2nd Science & Tech Sheep Gage Milton Dalton York Nathan Collins-2nd Hannah Collins-3rd Sheep Cont. Shooting Sports Morgan Green-4th Luke Womble-1st Graham Gunn-2nd Brandon Denson-3rd Shooting Sports Cont. Cassie Denson-4th Jared Bush-5th Chloe Kozak-6th Kathryn Kozak-7th Veterinary Science Wildlife & Fisheries Grace Bush-1st Heather Carney-2nd Malorie Lang-3rd Denver Brown-1st
CHEERS District Recordbook Results Junior Age Division Food & Nutrition Goat Horse Felicity Roberts-4th Cherokee Zarate-1st Makayla Campbell-3rd Public Speaking Rabbit Safety Elijah Page-1st Natalie Cain-2nd Grace Alcazar-1st Science & Tech Sheep Shooting Sports Charlie Bryant-2nd Macie Morgan-1st Dylan Pepper-2nd Intermediate Age Division Food & Nutrition Goat Horse Katie Scevers-5th Seth Chapman-3rd Peyton Ruder-3rd Poultry Science & Tech Sheep Katie Whitfield-2nd Evan Guinn-2nd Max Morgan-1st Shooting Sports Dillon Scott-2nd Senior Age Division Beef Clothing & Textile Communication & Exp. Arts Allison Smith-3rd Emily Frank-3rd Katie Womble-2nd Entomology Food & Nutrition Goat McCrae Milton-2nd Cristina Guinn-1st Brianna France-2nd Horse Leadership Natural Resources MaKenna Ruder-7th Amanda Roach-3rd Samantha Mares-1st Photography Poultry Rabbit Lauren Hamilton-3rd Tressa Watkins-2nd Hannah Paniszczyn-4th Science & Tech Sheep Shooting Sports Gage Milton-2nd Dalton York-2nd Luke Womble-1st
4-H Youth Livestock Show Entry Day-August 7 For those of you who are interested in showing in the following livestock shows, there will be a livestock entry day held at our office. The Ag Agent from Johnson County has kindly offered to come and assist us with the entry process for these shows. Due to us not having an Ag agent, this will be the only time entries will be done for the shows listed below. Please make this date a priority if you plan to participate in these shows. If there is no way you can come that day, please make arrangements with someone else to come and turn your needed paperwork and funds in. State Fair of Texas (Dallas) and West Texas Fair (Abilene) East Texas Fair (Tyler) and Heart O Texas Fair (Waco) Entry Day Thursday August 7, 2013 2:00-6:30 p.m. at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office 200 Taylor Street, Ste. 500 Fort Worth, Texas 76196 All questions must be e-mailed to either Sonia or Nanci at smbenavides@ag.tamu.edu or nfswindle@ag.tamu.edu, please give us 24 hours to get back with you as we are working with our family & consumer sciences agent and Ag agent(s) in other counties that have their own responsibilities as well. State Lamb & Goat Tag Orders Tag orders for the 2014Texas 4-H/FFA Market Lamb and Market Goat Validation will be Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Lambs and goats previously validated for the State Fair must be revalidated to be eligible for the 2015 livestock shows. The Texas 4-H/FFA Breeding Sheep Validation Program will again be conducted and required for breeding sheep planning to show at San Antonio, San Angelo and Houston. Fort Worth does not require breeding sheep validation. The necessary order form is on the 4-H website under Current Events. Payment must accompany order form. The cost is $11 per tag for lamb & goat and $5 per tag for breeding sheep. Payment must be made out to ELEC. No phone, fax or electronic orders accepted. Please contact the Ag Department if you have any questions regarding the validation process. State Fair of Texas Mark your calendars for Tuesday, October 7, 2014 for the annual Ag Awareness Day event! Join us for Ag-Awareness Day to learn how technology and agriculture are improving our lives. We look forward to seeing each and every one of you at Agriculture Awareness Day, Tuesday, October 7, 2014!
We re on the web, click on 4-H at h p://tarrant.tamu.edu August 2014 4 Club Officer Training-2-4 pm 7 Livestock Show Entry Day 8 Awards Banquet @ 6:30 p.m. 20 State Lamb & Goat Tag Orders due 25 County Council Mee ng 6:30 pm September 2014 1 2014-2015 4-H Year begins 4 Public Speaking Workshop begins 6:50 pm 6 Food & CDM Training 11 Public Speaking Workshop 13 Livestock Clinic 18 Public Speaking Workshop 20 Trinity Trash Bash 22 County Council Mee ng 6:30 pm 22 Adult Ldr. Mee ng 7:15 pm 25 Public Speaking Workshop Individuals with disabili es who require an auxiliary aid, services, or accommoda on in order to par cipate in mee ngs or events are encouraged to contact Cindy Bryant CEA-4-H at 817-884-1291 ten days prior to the event. TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM Tarrant County 4-H P.O. Box 1540 Fort Worth, Texas 76101-1540