zadavis@ag.tamu.edu

254-897-2809

Somervell County 4-H

Newsletter

APRIL 2016

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

REMINDER!!!

April 4-H Meetings

Glen Rose 4-H Club

April 12,2016 Somervell County Expo

6:00 pm

Glen Rose 4-H Shooting Sports Club

April 26, 2016 Holiday Inn

6:30pm

2016-2017 Officer Elections Both clubs will be electing officers for the new 4-H year during the APRIL Meetings.

This is a great way to learn leadership skills. If you’re interested in running for office,

you will need to prepare a quick speech on why you would be perfect for the job!

Leadership Lab

Leadership Lab is held annually in June and 4-H members from ages 13-18 may

attend. This event provides a variety of leadership, recreation, and project

enhancement workshops that participants are challenged to take back to their own

county and implement. Entries will be due in May! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Glen Rose 4-H Club Officer Positions

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

Reporter

Glen Rose 4-H Shooting Sports Club Officer Positions

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

Reporter

Parliamentarian

The last 4 years have been so much fun.

I’ve made some great friends and memo-

ries with wonderful kids and families. I

will really miss that. I can’t say Thank

You enough to everyone for your support.

Glen Rose is an amazing town, full of

some of the very best people. Thank you

for letting me be part of it. I’ll be around

until April 29th. If you need anything,

don’t hesitate to give me a call! I hope to

still see you around at 4-H events in the

future.

Thanks again,

Brianne

Johnson County’s gain, is our loss.

Brianne will be transferring to the

Johnson County Extension Office in

May. As many of you know, she has

been splitting her time servicing both

Somervell and Hood Counties. She

has been a true asset to our communi-

ty, and we will miss her greatly.

Please stop by to see her before she

leaves. She is usually in the Som-

ervell County Office on Tuesdays and

Wednesdays.

LIVESTOCK UPDATES

zadavis@ag.tamu.edu

254-897-2809

CLICK HERE

for Horse Validation

Instructions

PLEASE READ THE

INSTRUCTIONS

CAREFULLY AS THERE

ARE TWO SETS OF

DIRECTIONS BASED ON

IF YOU ARE VALIDAT-

ING A NEW HORSE FOR

2016 OR REACTIVATING

A HORSE THAT WAS

ENTERED LAST YEAR

INTO 4-H CONNECT!

2016 Heifer Validation $10 each and due by April 14th.

Late orders are $20.

2016-2017 Steer Validation $15 each and due by April 14th.

Late orders are $25.

2016 State Fair of Texas

Lamb and Goat Validation $15 each and due by April 14th.

Late orders are $25.

No orders will be taken after June 1st. Remember: ordering a tag does not enter

you for any show!

See attached order forms

2016 Texas 4-H Calf Roping and

Break-A-Way School

June 19-23, 2016

$425 for the week

Fee includes: group insurance, meals,

lodging, use of practice calves, and

stall rent (one horse per applicant)

Tarleton State University Challenge Arena

12 years and older may participate. Click HERE for more information.

Take Photos!

Be sure to take pictures of you and your pro-

ject and/or team practicing or competing.

Send them to us and we’ll put them on our

webpage. This will allow us to let the com-

munity know what we’re up to.

Also, you’ll have great

pictures for your Record

Book, which will be due

in just a couple of months!

Click HERE for more information about

Record Books.

Shooting Sports

Shooting Practices

Apr 3- Shotgun Practice (All Shooters)

Uncle George’s 3:00 pm

Apr 3- Rifle Practice

Uncle George’s 4:15 pm

Apr 5- Archery Practice

Old Dollar General Bldg 6:30 pm

Apr 10- Shotgun Practice (All Shooters)

Lone Star 2:00 pm

Apr 17- Rifle Practice

Uncle George’s 4:15 pm

Apr 19- Archery Practice

Old Dollar General Bldg 6:30 pm

Apr 24- Shotgun Practice (All Shooters)

Uncle George’s 3:00 pm

Practices are subject to change. Be sure to

checks for information about practices.

If you have questions regarding your

project practice, please call your coach!

Be sure to sign up for Text Reminders!

For more information contact

Glen Rose 4-H Shooting Sports

Club Manager Sonja Mausser- (254) 396-6806

District Rifle Contest Age Divisions: Jr/Intermediate & Sr

District Contest: May 14 (Register by April 29) The District Rifle Contest is a

competitive shooting contest with several different categories. Seniors can qualify for State at the

Texas 4-H Roundup. Click here for more information.

SAVE THE DATE...STATE GAMES!!! Shooting Sports State Games are open to all 4-H members – you do not have to

qualify to compete, but you must be actively involved in a shooting sports

project at your local club with a coach. Fees are involved.

Rifle: July 11-16, Austin Rifle Club, Manor

Archery: July 17-23, National Shooting Complex, San Antonio

Shotgun: July 19-23, National Shooting Complex, San Antonio

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

2

3 RIFLE

Uncle George’s

4:15pm

SHOTGUN

(All Shooters) Uncle George’s

3pm

4

Quiz Bowl

Practice Extension

Office 4:30pm

5 County

Roundup

4-H SS

ARCHERY Old DG Bldg

6:30pm

6 7 8

9

10

SHOTGUN

(All Shooters)

Lone Star

2pm

11

Quiz Bowl

Practice Extension

Office

4:30pm

12

GR 4-H

CLUB MTG

EXPO 6pm

13

14 TAG ORDERS

DUE!

2016 Heifer 2016-2017 Steer

2016 State Fair

Lamb & Goat

15

DISTRICT

Range

Plant ID

Contest

16

GLEN

ROSE

ARCHERY

TOURNEY Expo

8:30am

17

RIFLE

Uncle George’s

4:15pm

18

Quiz Bowl

Practice Extension

Office 4:30pm

19

4-H SS

ARCHERY

Old DG Bldg

6:30pm

20

21

22

23

DISTRICT

Livestock

Judging

Waco

24

SHOTGUN

(All Shooters) Uncle George’s

3pm

25 26

4-H SS MTG

Holiday Inn

6:30 pm

27 28

29 30

DISTRICT

ROUNDUP

APRIL 2016

Extra-Curricular Activities & 4-H Eligibility

As an educational agency, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Ser-

vice supports the Texas Education code and academic responsibil-

ity of student 4-H members. The Extension sponsored 4-H youth

programs must comply with provisions of the Texas Educational

Code in order for the 4-H program to maintain status of an extra-

curricular organization.

When 4-H members participate in competitive events or when a

member is participating in any 4- H event that will require him/her

to be absent from school, the Extension Agent must submit a

written request to the appropriate school official prior to the activi-

ty. The school will determine if the students are eligible for partici-

pation and notify the agent. If parents have any questions they

should contact the school administration.

MAY Dates to Save

May 10 4-H May Mtg

May 14 District Rifle Contest

May 16 Sheep/Goat Clinic

May 24 4-H SS May Mtg

As always...

Call us if you need anything or

have any questions.

We are here to help you!

Text Message Reminders

We will be sending out text message

reminders again this year.

To sign up to receive

text messages

text the message

@glenrose4h to 81010.

We promise not to overwhelm you

with text messages. We will use

them for meeting reminders and any

important reminders, such as live-

stock validation dates/deadlines,

major project or contest entry dead-

lines, project kick-off events, etc..

Date: Sunday, June 26, 2016 through Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Location: T Bar M Resort & Conference Center, New Braunfels, Texas

Includes a trip to Schlitterbahn!

Registration on 4-H Connect: May 2016 (Exact dates TBD)

Registration Fee: TBD

Description: 4-H members who have completed at least the 8th grade at the time of lab may participate. The registration fee covers

2 nights of lodging, all meals, program activities, insurance, curriculum, and T-shirts. The attire is school appropriate

(casual). Each evening there is a dance and many kids want to dress up. However, there are kids who wear summer

clothes and each night is a theme dance so costumes are permitted.

Objective: To prepare teen leaders from the 21 counties in District 8 for leadership roles. These roles might be at the county level,

or county committees, or their clubs. The hope is that participants will take information back from Lab and share it with

members back in their counties. Lab is set up to be enjoyable and fun, but there is work too. Many workshops are set up

that will require concentration and serious participation. Speeches are delivered for officer elections. We work and we

play. Play time is set up with activities that build team work skills and camaraderie in the district.

Forms Needed: Upon submission of registration, please download the “Release Forms” packet with the following forms: Medical Au-

thorization and Health Statement forms. Don’t forget that a copy of your insurance card needs to be attached to your

release forms packet. All forms must be completed with the appropriate signatures. Reminder this year! Release forms

will need to be completed, signed, scanned, and uploaded to 4-H Connect during the registration process.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

PROGRAM INFORMATION:

Cost: West Texas A&M and Texas Tech: $200.00 Texas A&M University: $200.00 Program dates: West Texas A&M and Texas Tech: July 5-8 Texas A&M: July 18-21 Application is due by 5:00 p.m. June 1, 2016 Applicants will be notified by June 17, 2016 if they have been accepted/denied. An application does not ensure entrance into the program. The pro-gram is limited to 25 participants per short course. Top applicants may be required to complete an interview.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

These are exciting times for the Texas 4-H Livestock Ambassador program. The program has

been developing agricultural leaders and advocates for 8 years now. New for 2016, we are ex-

cited to include West Texas A&M University in partnership with Texas Tech University to con-

duct the Panhandle 4-H Livestock Ambassador Short Course. Ambassador candidates will split

time between the two universities to gain a better understanding of agriculture in the Texas Pan-

handle. Furthermore, in 2016 we will embark on an international agricultural experience to

South America. We plan to take 25 high performing Equine/Livestock Ambassadors to Uruguay

and Argentina.

Program Highlights and Impact:

Current Ambassadors report their service to an online reporting system.

Service Hours: 14, 564

Educational Contacts: 450,000

Program engagement

County, Regional and Major Livestock Show Responsibilities

Represent Texas 4-H and Animal Agriculture on TV, Radio and at the Texas Capitol

Making an impact in mentoring novice 4-H youth

NEW national and international travel experiences