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M I C R O S O F T Colorado Co. 4-H M A R C H 2 0 1 7

Updates from your county extension office

The Colorado County 4-H Council will sponsor the annual Easter Com-

munity Service Project with the help of the 4-H Clubs in the county.

We will provide the WCJC Senior Citizens program with Easter bags

for their clientele. We will meet to assemble 100+ bags at 6:00 p.m.

on Monday, March 20, 2017 prior to the Council and Leaders meet-

ings. We need a variety of toiletry items and ask each club to donate

100 of one item to fill the bags. At the present time clubs have

volunteered to bring the following items: 4-H Horse Club—

toothbrushes and toothpaste, Eagle Lake—handkerchiefs, Frels-

burg—bar soap, Sheridan 4-H – washcloths, Wild Clover—razors,

Garwood—lotions and lip balm and Whispering Oaks—straws.

Other suggested items include tissue packs, shampoo, antibacterial

wipes, and other toiletry or personal items. Please contact the Ex-

tension Office to let us know what item your club will provide. Items

need to be brought to the Extension Office on or before March

20th.

One team and two individuals participated at the S.A.L.E. Consumer

Decision Making Contest on February 18, 2017. This contest is a com-

petitive event that enables 4-H members to practice making deci-

sions based on information about a situation and four available mar-

ketplace options. The Senior team of Amelia Stavinoha, Nicole Hoel-

scher and Laurece Silcox placed 12th with Amelia placing 7th high

individual. There were 42 teams and 127 contestants. In the Inter-

mediate division there were

two individuals—Malarie Mican

placed 17th and Robert Stavi-

noha placed 33rd out of 121

contestants. Thanks to

coaches Joan Trojacek and

Patti Glaeser and all other par-

ent/leaders who assisted.

Easter Community Service & CDM

P A G E 2

The 2017 Texas 4-H Photography Contest rules and guidelines have been released. The theme for

this year is “Reflections” and includes photos shot off any natural or artificial reflective surface. Examples of

this theme would be, but not limited to, photos from lakes, a window pane, a mirror, or a polished/waxed car.

4-H’ers are encouraged to be creative when thinking about reflections in everyday life. Changes for 2017 in-

clude photos must be 8X10 in size with a quality resolution and all photos must be the original work of the 4-

H member submitting the photograph. This contest is for 4-H members in the 9th—12th grades and the entry

deadline for the county contest is April 3rd,. The state deadline is April 15, 2017. Rules and categories can be

found online at http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/projects/photography-video/. Those that advance to State will upload

their photos in 4-H Connect.

Photos may be submitted only one tine and in one category. Following are the 15 categories for the

2017 contest: Animals—Domestic; Animals Wildlife; Catch-All; Details & Macro; Digital Darkroom; Domi-

nant Color; Elements of Design; Food; Marine/Aquatic; Nature & Landscape; Night Photography; People;

Plant/Flora; Storyboard; and the 2017 Theme . When entering photos for judging they should be labeled as

follows: category_colorado_last name_first name.

The A&M Vet Diagnostic Lab is celebrating its 50th year by sponsoring a Coloring, Art and Photog-

raphy contest for Kindergarten through 12th grade 4-H members. The coloring page and other contest guide-

lines are available at the Extension Office. Entries will be uploaded to 4-H Connect by the deadline of April 1,

2017. For more information please contact the Extension Office at 979-732-2530 or TVMDL at 979-845-2679

2017 Texas 4-H Photography Contests

Six 4-H members competed at the San Antonio Livestock Show in February. Adalyn Rod-

gers, Amelia and Robert Stavinoha exhibited heifers in the Junior Beef Heifer show and the

Simbrah Superbowl. In the SALE show Robert and his cow/calf pair were senior champions

and Amelia placed 3rd and Adalyn 11th in their classes. Amelia was Grand Champion showman

in the Superbowl show and Robert placed 6th and Adalyn 7th in their age divisions. In the

heifer show Robert was Reserve Champion and Adalyn placed 10th in her class. Amelia and

Robert also participated in the commercial steer show where they placed 10th & 11th in a

field of 58 exhibitors.

Brooke and Zane Wanjura and Amelia also participated in the Beef Skillathon. Brooke was

14th out of 21 Juniors and Amelia was 14th and Zane 53rd out of 72 contestants in the Sen-

ior division. Jakelyn Primrose and Brooke and Zane also participated in the Youth Rodeo. All

of these 4-H members, along with Emily Hasse and Mackenzie Thames will be participating in

either the Houston Livestock show and/or Rodeo Austin. GOOD LUCK to all of them.

4-H’ers Place at S.A.L.E.

2017 Texas 4-H Photography Contests

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Projects & Contests County Roundup, which includes Educational Presentations, Public Speaking , SET poster

contest and Share-the-Fun acts, and Consumer Decision Making, Fashion Show, Duds to Daz-

zle, Storyboarding and SET contests will be held Wednesday, March 6, 2017. The contests

will be held at the County Ag Building and will begin at 5:30 p.m. The Fashion Show in-

cludes a construction and a buying division as well as the Duds to Dazzle and Storyboarding

contests. The District 11 Spring Spectacular is a combination of all the above mentioned con-

tests. It will be held April 7 & 8, 2017 at Victoria College Emerging Technology Complex.

Contests being held those days include Roundup, Fashion Show, and Consumer Decision

Making. Guidelines for all these events can be found at: http://dll4-h.tamu.edu/district-4-h-

spring-spectacular/.

2017 Horse Validation process has begun. The validation period is March 1 through April 15,

2017 for $10.00 per horse and $20.00 per horse for validation between April 16 and May 1,

2017. Horses that were validated in 2016 must be re-validated and any new horses must be

added. The validation process is completed through your family profile on 4-H Connect. In-

structions for validating your horse(s) can be found at http://horse.tamu.edu and click on the

State Horse Show. You will need to bring or email a copy of your Coggins test to the Exten-

sion Office by May 1, 2017.

It is time to begin preparing to complete a 4-H Record Book. Record book forms may be

downloaded from the Texas 4-H website at http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/recordbooks. 4-H mem-

bers planning to submit a record book are reminded that the books must be turned in to the

Extension Office no later than June 12, 2017. They will be sent to be judged on June 13th.

Members should note that a record book must be submitted in order to apply for the Bronze,

Silver or Gold Star awards. Please call or come by the Extension Office to receive a handout

that will give you step by step directions on completing the 2017 record book. You may also

set up an appointment to have one of the Extension Agents or staff review and offer sugges-

tions for your book.

Officer elections will be held at the May 15th meeting of the 4-H Council. The meeting will

begin at 6:30 p.m. and we will also begin making plans for the annual 4-H banquet at that

time. The guidelines for Council officers say that a member must have represented their club

on council for at least one year. Any qualified youth wishing to run for any or all Council

office will need to fill out an Officer Application and turn it in to the Extension Office by

May 8th. Applications will be available at the March meeting or may be requested from

the office. Offices will be voted on by secret ballot individually beginning with the

Chairman. Members may only serve two (2) terms in any office.

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The 2017 Colorado County Fair has been set for Wednesday, Sesptember 6, 2017 through Saturday,

September 9, 2017. Tag-ins for individuals planning to exhibit an animal in the 2017 Fair will begin in

April. Exhibitors may order, tag-in, validate and show animals in one or two departments of the

Junior Market Livestock and Poultry show, but may only sell one project. Each exhibitor will the

permitted to tag-in two animals in a department. A $5.00 per animal tag-in fee will be collected at time

of tag-in. At project tag-ins where there are more than one family member exhibiting, and multliple en-

tries are made, all animals may be tagged in under the name of the family. In such cases, this will re-

quire the identification of each animal to a given exhibitor at the time of official weight-in on September

6th. Market steers, commercial heifers, pen of three and scramble heifers will te tagged in at Colorado

Valley Veterinary Services, 1391 Hwy 71 Business, Columbus. Market hogs, goats, lambs and rabbits

will be validated at the Colorado County Fairgrounds.

Livestock entries must be submitted to the Colorado County Extension Office between the dates of Au-

gust 7 through August 18, 2017. This includes open show entries. Record books are mandatory for

market animals and will be turned in the the division chairman at the time of weigh-in on September 6,

2017.

Tag-in dates are as follows:

April 22, 2017—Market Steers, Scramble Heifers, Pen of Three Heifers and Commercial

Heifers—8:00—10:00 a.m.

June 2, 2017—Deadline to place order for broiler chicks. Chicks must be ordered

through Colorado County Extension Office.

June 10, 2017—Market hogs tag-in 7:00-9:00a.m.; Market Goats and Lambs tag-in 8:00-

10:00 am

August 5, 2017—Validate Rabbits, 7:00–10:00 am. Breeding rabbits can be tattooed at

this time.

Pen of Three Heifers, including fourth heifer will be weighed at Colorado Valley Vet Service , 1391

Texas 71 Business, Columbus on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 from 5:00 to 6:00 pm. Exhibitor must des-

ignate the three head that will show at this official weigh-in. Heifers must come from the same lot—no

mixing of two different pens. A mandatory interview and written exam will be conducted on Saturday,

August 26, 2017, at the Colorado County Ag Complex Fairgrounds at 1:00 pm. All entrants are re-

quired to participate in the interview and exam to be eligible to show in this division.

Colorado County Fair clean-up days have been designated as Saturday, August 26, 2017 beginning with

a 8:00 am roll call and continuing to clean-up is complete and exhibitor packets are handed out; and

Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. and will continue to all areas are cleaned.

The Colorado County Livestock book is available on the Colorado County Fair website at http://

www.coloradocountyfair.org/ and at http://colorado.agrilife.org./.

Colorado County Fair Happenings

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Shooting Sports—Rifle Project will meet at the Bailey Range on March 12, 19, and 26.

Victoria Rifle Tournament—March 10-11

Bee County Rifle Tournament in Victoria—March 17-18

State Indoor Archery in Bay City—March 24-25

Colorado County Rifle Tournament in Victoria—March 31-April 1

Rifle Project will meet at the Bailey Range on April 2, 9 and 23

Austin County Rifle Tournament in Victoria—April 14-15

Extravaganza at 4-H Center, Brownwood—April 22

D 11 Rifle Tournament in Victoria—April 28-29

Colorado County 4-H Council— Meeting March 20th at 6:00 p.m. Members will put Easter bags to-

gether for WCJC Senior Citizen Program before meeting.

Club Managers & Leaders—Meeting March 20th at 6:00 p.m. District 11 and State 4-H Happenings & Updates!

Brooke and Zane Wanjura participated in 4-H Day at the Capitol, a program hosted by the Texas 4-H

Youth Development Program, on Wednesday, February 8th. They are members of Colorado County 4

-H Horse Club. These two 4-H members had the opportunity to sit in the House of Representatives

gallery and observe the activities of the legislative session, witness the recognition of 4-H Day at the

capitol by Legislators, and spend the afternoon in office visits with Representative Leighton Schubert

and Senator Lois Kolkhorst. Congratulations Brooke and Zane!

March 17—any 4-H members, especially Senior age members, interested in Range Grass ID and/or

Ag Product ID contests are asked to contact the Extension Office by March 15th for Ag Product ID

and March 17th for Range ID. These contests are open to all age divisions. Range ID contest will be

held in May and Ag Product ID will be held at Spring Spectacular.

March 27-31—D 11 Photography (Jr. & Int.)—4-H Connect deadline is March 10th

April 1—District 11 Horse Judging in College Station—4-H Connect deadline is March 10th

April 7-8—D 11 Spring Spectacular in Victoria—4-H Connect deadline is March 17th

April 14-May 11—Texas 4-H Roundup Registration for Senior age 4-H members who qualify

April 15—State 4-H Photography (Seniors only) deadline to enter

April 22—Multi District Judging contests @College Station. Registration deadline is March 31, 2017

June 3-4—State Indoor 4-H Rifle Match in Victoria. Registration will be on 4-H Connect

June 4, 5 & 6, 2017—Lamb Camp at Howard College G.C. Broughton, Jr. Agriculture Complex—

contact Extension Office for information

June 11, 12 & 13, 2017—Goat Camp at Howard College G.C. Broughton, Jr. Agriculture Complex—

contact Extension Office for information

Club Updates

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COUNTY HAPPENINGS

S.A.L.E. Consumer Decision Mak-

ing Participants. Clubs and 4-H

members—send your pictures

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Happy Easter!

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4-H updates and current happenings in Colorado County will be posted to the “Colorado County 4-H TEXAS” page as they occur. You can find the page by searching the quotes or going to: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Colorado-County/161170703915573 Colorado County Extension (ANR and FCS) updates and current happen-ings will be posted on the “Colorado County Extension page. Find the page by going to: pages/http://Colorado.agrilife.org.

Extension Staff

Stephen Janak, CEA - AG/NR

Stephen.janak@ag.tamu.edu

Hannah Krebs, CEA-FCS

hannah.glaeser@ag.tamu.edu

Peggy Jurica, Office Manager

pajurica@ag.tamu.edu

Sharon Grahmann, 4-H Program Asst.

srgrahmann@ag.tamu.edu

If you need any assistance or help is

needed with any livestock projects, please

call the office at 979-732-2082 to schedule

a project visit. Call 979-732-2530 for

other project information and/or assis-

tance.

AgriLife Extension Office hours:

Monday-Friday 8am-5pm

Important Websites Colorado Co. 4-H http://colorado.agrilife.org/ District 11 4-H http://d114-h.tamu.edu Texas 4-H http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/ 4-H Connect https://texas.4honline.com Texas 4-H Alumni and Friends http://texas4hfriends.org

Colorado County

316 Spring Street

Columbus, TX 78934

The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating 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 informa-

tion or veteran status.

The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating

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 for assistance ten days prior to the activity.