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January 2014 Fort Bend County 4-H Program
The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County
Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating. Educational programs conducted by
the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension serve people of all ages regardless of socioeco-
nomic level, race, color, sex, religion, handicap or national origin. Individuals with
disabilities who require an auxiliary aid, service or accommodation in order to
participate in any Extension activities, are encouraged to contact the County
Extension Office at 281-342-3034, for assistance five days prior to activity.
Fort Bend County Extension 1402 Band Road, Suite 100 Rosenberg, Texas 77471
(281) 342-3034; fax (281) 342-7000 http://fortbend.agrilife.org
Joe W. Mask, CEA 4-H & Youth Development
[email protected]
Timothy Sandles, EA-CEA 4-H & Youth Development [email protected]
Angela Bosier Program Assistant
[email protected]
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4-H members ages 13-19 will have an opportunity to
hone their 4-H project skills during several programs at
the Teen Leadership Retreat to be held Jan. 10-12 at the
Texas 4-H Conference Center on Lake Brownwood.
The Teen Leadership Retreat will have 4-H volunteers,
4-H specialists and college professors conducting hands
-on educational workshops with 4-H members from
throughout the state. The retreat will begin with
registration at 7 p.m. Jan. 10, followed by general
orientation at 9 p.m., then an adult chaperone
orientation at 9:30 p.m.
The retreat will include 5 different educational
workshops on January 11th and the day’s activities will
conclude with an evening dance. The retreat will finish
up the weekends activities at 10 am on Sunday, January
12th.
Individual registration is $115 for youth and $80 for
adult chaperones. The fees include two-nights lodging,
four meals, snacks and program fees. Each county
sending 4-H youth to the retreat must also provide adult
chaperones for the weekend. Online registration begins
November 1st at http://texas4hcenter.tamu.edu.
Are you ready to demonstrate your skills in selecting
the best 4-H photograph? Well get ready because at
the 2014 Texas 4-H Roundup intermediate and senior
4-H members will have the opportunity to participate
in the Photography Judging Contest. Just a like
consumer decision making, or livestock judging,
participants will have six classes of photographs to
evaluate and place into the correct order! In addition
to the placing classes, 4-H members will have a
couple of problems classes to evaluate and judge as
well.
Are you nervous? Don’t be! Go to http://texas4-
h.tamu.edu/photographyjudging for the photography
judging contest rules, powerpoints on how to judge,
and other great resources for how to set-up and score a
contest. Additionally, there are forty sets of practice
classes that you can use to train yourself and your
teams. The state-wide contest will be held on Tuesday
(June 10, 2014) of Texas 4-H Roundup. For more
information about Texas 4-H Roundup and the
contests available, visit the event website.
Contest information and resources for the 4-H Healthy
Lifestyles Invitational are now available at texas4-
h.tamu.edu/healthy_lifestyles. The invitational contest
will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Texas 4-H
Roundup. Class topics, a resource list, contest details,
and scoring information are all available in the contest
packet posted online. Example classes from the 2013
contest are also posted online as a point of reference for
youth, volunteers, and agents. Please contact the 4-H
Department if you are interesting in this contest.
January 24-26, 2014-Texas 4-H Conference Center,
Brownwood. Texas 4-H Archery Camp is open to any
youth 4-H member wanting to improve their shooting
knowledge and skills in recurve and compound archery.
The camp is also open to certified 4-H archery coaches
desiring to learn more about coaching archery, archery
equipment, archery games, and improved shooting
skills. Youth participants should have beginning or
intermediate experience in shooting archery and
understand the basic archery safety, range rules and
whistle commands. Adult and youth participants must
provide their own equipment. Registration will open
December 5, 2013 and close January 9, 2014 via 4-H
Connect. Registration fee TBA.
Dates: January 31 – February 1, 2014
Location: Yegua Center at Somerville High School
616 8th Street. Somerville, TX 77879
Entry Fee: $10.00
Entry/Registration Deadline:
Contest Summaries to Extension Office Jan 6th.
Contest Summaries due January 10, 2014.
Online registration will close on 4-H Connect
on January 20, 2014.
More information: http://d94-h.tamu.edu/
eventsandcontests/shooting-sports/#Archery
Spring 4-H Manager Training will be held on
January 16 at 6 pm at the Extension Office.
Spring Manager Training
District 9 Archery Contest
Texas 4-H Archery Camp
4-H Teen Leadership Retreat
Texas 4-H Introduces Invitational
Photography Judging Contest
Healthy Lifestyles Invitational
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The Beekeeping Essay Contest is sponsored by The
Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc.
For over 50 years, the American Beekeeping Federation
has been serving the needs of the U.S. beekeeper. Any
youth interested in participating in the contest must
follow the instructions for the Texas selection process.
Each State Winner, including the national winners,
receives an appropriate book about honey bees,
beekeeping, or honey. Entries will need to be submitted
electronically no later than January 10, 2014. Rules
and guidelines can be found at http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/
project_entomology/beekeeping.
Information on the 2014 Recipe Rally contest, held in
conjunction with Texas 4-H Roundup, is now available
at texas4-h.tamu.edu/healthy_lifestyles. The contest is
open to intermediate and senior 4-H members. To
participate, youth (as a team or individual) create a video
of them demonstrating the preparation of a recipe while
highlighting nutrients, food safety practices, serving
size and cost analysis. The theme for the 2014 contest is
breakfast. All video entries are due by March 1, 2014,
with the top 6 finalists in each age division advancing
to participate at Texas 4-H Roundup.
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/files/2013/09/
healthy_lifestyles_recipe_rally_overview_2014.pdf
Beekeeping Essay Contest Texas 4-H Recipe Rally
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The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo invites students to participate in the fourth annual
Horticulture Competition.
Youth Exhibitors may choose from a variety of competition categories, including:
Dining with a Texas Flair Design: Exhibitors design a floral arrangement to enhance a
western themed table setting provided by the Show. Entries are limited to the first 100
participants.
Rodeo Cup Floral Design: Up to sixty exhibitors will compete on Sunday, March 9, 2014.
Each exhibitor creates a Wedding Bouquet and Interpretive Design. Ten finalists compete in
the Surprise Situation category.
Container Grown Plants: Exhibitors will plant and cultivate 3 or more examples of plant
life in a container.
Photography: Exhibitors will take a photograph representative of the theme
Texas Reflections and Shadows.
Landscaping: Individual and/or teams of exhibitors will come to Reliant Park on Sunday,
March 2, 2014 between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to create a miniscape using plant life native
or adapted to the Texas Gulf Coast region. Entries are limited to the first fifty entry forms
received.
Cash prizes will be awarded to the top 10 in each category, and the top 3 in each category also
receive trophies. All entries are displayed at Reliant Park during the 2014 Houston Livestock Show
and Rodeo.
For rules and entry forms visit the website http://hlsr.com/ExhibitorContestant/horticulture.aspx.
Please contact Laura Lambert at 832-667-1068 or [email protected] with any questions.
We look forward to seeing you at the 2014 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Youth Horticulture
Competition!
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On December 7, Fort Bend County 4-H had their annual
Food Show and Food Challenge Competition at the Fort Bend
AgriLife Extension Office.
Food Show Entries Participants:
Gabrielle Burley Giselle Burley-Ferguson
Niya Holster Sydney Sacra Travis Terry
Food Challenge Jr/Int Team
Country Cookers:
Brynn Bostick Niya Holster Tristyn Reed Trypp Reed
Tommy Smith
Food Challenge Senior Team
Three’s A Charm:
Alexandria Hornsby Victoria Hornsby Starr Swanson
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1. Fire up the grill—Use the grill to cook vegetables and
fruits. Try grilling mushrooms, carrots, peppers, or
potatoes on a kabob skewer. Brush with oil to keep them
from drying out. Grilled fruits like peaches, pineapple, or
mangos add great flavor to a cookout.
2. Expand the flavor of your casseroles—Mix vegetables such as
sautéed onions, peas, pinto beans, or tomatoes into your favorite
dish for that extra flavor.
3. Planning something Italian?—Add extra vegetables to your pasta
dish. Slip some peppers, spinach, red beans, onions, or cherry
tomatoes into your traditional tomato sauce. Vegetables provide
texture and low-calorie bulk that satisfies.
4. Get creative with your salad—Toss in shredded carrots,
strawberries, spinach, watercress, orange segments, or sweet peas
for a flavorful, fun salad.
5. Salad bars aren’t just for salads—Try eating sliced fruit from the
salad bar as your dessert when dining out. This will help you avoid
any baked desserts that are high in calories.
ChooseMyPlate.gov
6. Get in on the stir-frying fun—Try something new! Stir-fry your
veggies—like broccoli, carrots, sugar snap peas, mushrooms, or
green beans—for a quick-and-easy addition to any meal.
7. Add them to your sandwiches—Whether it is a
sandwich or wrap, vegetables make great additions to
both. Try sliced tomatoes, romaine lettuce, or avocado
on your everyday sandwich or wrap for extra flavor.
8. Be creative with your baked goods—Add apples, bananas,
blueberries, or pears to your favorite muffin recipe for a treat.
9. Make a tasty fruit smoothie—For dessert, blend
strawberries, blueberries, or raspberries with frozen
bananas and 100% fruit juice for a delicious frozen
fruit smoothie.
10. Liven up an omelet—Boost the color and flavor of your
morning omelet with vegetables. Simply chop, sauté, and add them
to the egg as it cooks. Try combining different vegetables, such as
mushrooms, spinach, onions, or bell peppers.
In terms of first super bowl history facts, the very first super bowl game was played in the month of
January on the 15th of the month.
What year was the first Super Bowl played? The very first Super Bowl was played in the year of
1967. The first super bowl played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and was then named the AFL-
NFL World Championship.
Amazingly, the very first super bowl tickets were relatively inexpensive by today’s standards: tickets for
the first Super Bowl game ranged from six to twelve dollars. Today, the tickets are far more than that –
running right around six to seven hundred dollars!
Who started the Super Bowl?
The Super Bowl was started when the National Football League and the American Football League de-
cided to compete against each other. Now the NFL runs the Super bowl. Each year the two best football
teams compete to win the Super Bowl title. Every member of the winning team gets a Super Bowl
ring. A trophy is also given to the winning team.
Super Bowl Team History
In terms of Super Bowl Team History, the two teams that played in the very first Super Bowl were the
NFL Green Bay Packers against the AFL Kansas City Chiefs. The Green Bay Packers won the game and
the final score for the first Super Bowl played was an astounding 35 to 10. Since that time, the Packers
have gone on to win a total of three Super Bowls, the first, the second and the thirty-first respectively.
Other Super Bowl Facts
Several teams have yet to make it to the Super bowl. The existing NFL teams that have not yet made it to the Super Bowl include the Arizona
Cardinals, the Cleveland Browns, the Detroit Lions, the Houston Texans, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the New Orleans Saints. Meanwhile,
there are a number of NFL teams that have actually made it to the Super Bowl but that have not managed to win a Super Bowl game to
date. Such teams include the Atlanta Falcons, the Buffalo Bills, the Carolina Panthers, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Minnesota Vikings, the
Philadelphia Eagles, the San Diego Chargers, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Tennessee Titans.
http://www.historyoffootball.net/first_super_bowl.html
Final Score
AFL Kansas City Chiefs - 10
NFL Green Bay Packers - 35
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Upcoming Dates and Events to Remember
February 2014
14 Fort Bend County 4-H Roundup Entries Due to Extension Office
25 Fort Bend County 4-H Roundup; 6 pm, Extension Office
January 2014
1 Office Closed—New Year’s Day
6 District 4-H Archery Contest Summaries Due to Extension Office
8 RSVP deadline for the Recordbook training.
14 Recordbook Training; 6 pm, Extension Office
16 Spring Club Manager Training; 6 pm, Extension Office
16 FB 4-H Adult Leaders, Parents & Friends Meeting; 7 pm, Extension Office
16 FB County Council Meeting; 7 pm, Extension Office
18 District 9 4-H Council Meeting and Adult Leader Advisory meeting
20 Office Closed—Martin Luther King Jr. Day
20 District 4-H Archery Contest Entries & Fees Due (via 4-H Connect)
24 Texas 4-H Opportunity Scholarship Due to the Extension office
31-1 District 4-H Archery Contest
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