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Welcome to the official start of summer 2015. Congratulations to all graduating seniors! We wish you the best of luck with your future plans. Don’t miss out on the great 4-H and Youth summer camp and program opportunities. Kingsville/Kleberg-Kenedy Summer Youth Programs are scheduled to begin on June 8th. See flyer inside!

District 12 4-H Archery Match is June 6th in Benavides. Good Luck to KKC 4-H’ers competing!

Texas 4-H Roundup will kick off on June 8th-12th. Great job to all of the KKC 4-H’ers receiving Texas 4-H Opportunity Scholarships and competing in Ag Product Id, Fashion Storyboard, Fashion Show, Duds to Dazzle and Consumer Decision Making contests. We wish everyone the best of luck!

District 12 4-H Leadership Lab will also be held this month. D e a d -l i n e t o r e g i s t e r i s J u n e 4 t h .

District 12 4-H Horse Show is June 19th at Richard Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown. Good Luck to the KKC 4-H’ers participating.

The Kleberg-Kenedy County 4-H Newsletter contains information on activities, events, and deadlines that 4-H families need to keep up to date with happenings in the Kleberg-Kenedy County 4-H program. It also brings educational items of interest to encourage further research by readers.

4-H Greetings

KLEBERG-KENEDY COUNTY

4-H NEWSLETTER: JUNE 2015

Inside this issue:

Recognition/Good Lucks 2

KKJLS Checks/Thank yous 2

Horse News 3

Gardening Project 3

Leadership Lab 4

Texas 4-H Roundup 4

State Steer/Heifer

Validation

4

Recordbooks 5

Summer Camps 6-8

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office

Kleberg & Kenedy Counties

729 East Yoakum Avenue

P.O. Box 1119

Kingsville, Texas 78363

Telephone: 361.595.8566 Fax: 361.592.7741

Website: http://kleberg.agrilife.org

Email: [email protected]

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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

Kleberg-Kenedy County AgriLife Extension Service complies with the law set forth by legislature

regarding eligibility and school absences. Members competing or simply participating in a 4-H

event (food show, fashion show, livestock show, etc.) must be certified as eligible to participate by

their respective schools. School officials will be provided with a list of students entered in competi-

tive and/or non-competitive 4-H events. Should a student be ineligible due to their respective School

District’s Policy (grades, absenteeism, discipline, etc.), school officials will be notified in writing of

their ineligibility status by our office.

Congratulations to all of the District 12 4-H Photography Participants!

The results have finally arrived!!!!!

Amy Mathis (Junior): Animal Domestic– Red Ribbon

Plant & Flora: Blue Ribbon

Miles Mathis (Intermediate): Animal Wildlife– Blue Ribbon

Plant & Flora: Blue Ribbon: BEST OF CLASS

Jessica Pena (Intermediate): Animal Domestic–Blue Ribbon: BEST OF CLASS

Catch All– White Ribbon Details and Macro– Red Ribbon

Dominant Color– Red Ribbon Elements of Design– Red Ribbon

Food– Blue Ribbon: BEST OF CLASS Theme– Red Ribbon

Clancy McFall (Senior): Animal Domestic– Red Ribbon

Details and Macro– White Ribbon Digital Darkroom– White Ribbon

Dominant Color– Blue Ribbon Nature & Landscape: Red Ribbon

Plant & Flora– Red Ribbon Theme: Blue Ribbon

Recognition:

School Eligibility:

KKJLS Check Requirements:


If you made the Auction Sale, you will need to complete THANK YOU letters and PRO-

JECT RECORD forms prior to receiving your livestock show check. Checks are now

available at the Extension Office.

Project Record Forms and 2015 KKJLS Check Requirements/Sale Packet can be down-

loaded from our county website (http://kleberg.agrilife.org) under 4-H Publications.

Red Ribbon Exhibitors (exhibitors that did not make the sale but received re-sale value), please

come by to pick up re-sale check. As always red ribbon exhibitors are encouraged to send thank

you letters to your add-on supporters.

Deadline to turn in Thank you Letters & Project Record Forms is June 30th!

http://kleberg.agrilife.org

The Wild Horse Desert Club had its year end party on Sunday, May 31st at Sam No-

ble Park in Sarita. Club awards were presented and the 2015-2016 officers were

elected.

The 2015-2016 Officers are:

President Philip Villarreal

Vice-President Renell Kraatz

Secretary Claudia Silguero

Treasurer Grant Garza

Reporter Maddy Carrier

Council Delegate Claudia Silguero

The Kleberg-Kenedy County Youth Garden Show was held on

May 21st at 5:30 p.m. at the Dick Kleberg Park recreation Build-

ing. About 30 kids, parents and teachers representing 6 schools

and 4-H members growing a garden attended to showcase their

fruits and vegetables. Various Prizes were given to largest and

smallest vegetables turned. Thank you to everyone that helped

to support this program in our schools. We provided lessons to

about 700 kids this year.

Horse Club News:

4-H Gardening Project:

District 12 4-H Horse Show

The District 12 4‐H Horse Show will be held on Friday, June 19, 2015

at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds located in Rob-

stown. Individual online registration will open immediately through

June 9, 2015 on 4-H Connect.

► NEW! Participants must upload their EIA (Coggins) test results

through 4-H Connect as part of their registration for each horse en-

tered. The test results must show a negative test dated no earlier

than June 19, 2014.


Major Show Steer & Heifer Validation

Texas 4-H Roundup:

Major Show State Steer & Heifer Validation will be held at the TAMUK

Pavilion on June 30th from 8:30am-11:30am. Important: Parent/Guardian

MUST attend validation with exhibitor to sign necessary documents. If

parent/guardian is unable to attend, please contact the Extension Office

361-595-8566 to complete paperwork prior to validation. This is the

ONLY State Steer validation to be held this year.

This year the 2015 State 4-H Roundup will be offering several intermediate and senior

level invitational contests. Kleberg-Kenedy County 4-H members will be traveling to

College Station to compete in the following contests.

Ag Product Id: Clancy McFall, Morgan Mathis, Miles Mathis , Austin Silva

Fashion Show: Kelsey Richerson

Fashion Storyboard: Haley Wagner, Clancy McFall

Consumer Decision Making: William Purdy, Joey Coufal, Haley Wagner, Russell Wagner

Duds to Dazzle: Sophie Purdy, Cassie Castro, Alex Hajek, Francheska Garcia

Good Luck to each of you!!!!

Interested in learning about leadership development, meeting new friends, and

having lots of FUN? District 12 4-H Leadership Lab is an excellent opportunity for

youth ages 12 years old and up to learn new and different activities, interact with

youth of the same age, meet new members from other communities and have plenty

of fun. Lab is scheduled for June 23-26th in Uvalde. Cost: $185/participant. County

Council will contribute money to participants attending to help offset the cost. If

interested, please register on 4-H Connect. District 12 4-H Election Convention is

set for Friday, June 26th in Uvalde. You can register for Election Convention when

you register for Leadership Lab. The deadline to register is June 4th.

4-H Leadership Lab & Election Convention:

TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER


Start working on your 4-H Recordbooks early!!!

Members completing a recordbook are invited to a recognition

party. Party Invitations will be distributed when recordbooks

are turned in. This is your encouragement to complete your

recordbook and attend the party. You are welcome to bring a

non 4-H friend to the party.

Recordbooks are DUE June 16th to the Extension Office.

If unable to attend the workshop, but are interested in

completing a recordbook, please visit the following website for

information: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/youth_recordbooks

This is a great project for the kids to share what they have

accomplished throughout the year and qualifies 4-H’ers for a

special County Awards Banquet in August which highlights

outstanding 4-H members.

Adult Volunteers interested in judging recordbooks at the

county and/or district level, please call ASAP. This is an

excellent opportunity to understand the recordbook process

and gain experience.

County judging will take place on June 18th.

Contact the Extension Office if you would like more information

on 4-H Recordbooks.

4-H Recordbook:

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