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Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service Hidalgo County 4-H Times June 2014 1 | P a g e
September
Inside this issue:
Agent’s Corner
2 4-H Event Calendar
3
4-H News
4
4-H News
5
4-H News
6
4-H Congratulations
7
4-H Congratulations 8
4-H News in Agriculture
9
4-H News in Agriculture
10
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION September 2014, Volume 24, Issue 1
Hidalgo County 410 N. 13
th Ave
Edinburg, Texas 78541 Ph: 956-383-1026 Fax :956-383-1735 http://hidalgo.agrilife.org
Want to write about your 4-H experience? Submit your article to the 4-H Spotlight!
Email [email protected]
This newsletter can be viewed online @ http://hidalgo.agrilife.org
September 6 Horticulture Workshop
RGVLS- Mercedes
September 13 STAR Show Steer
Validation
September 16 Ambassadors Meeting,
6:30 pm, Extension Office
September 22 Swine Validation Tag
Order Deadline
September 23 County Council and ALPA
Meeting, 7 pm, Extension
Office
September 27 Hidalgo County 4-H
Achievement Night
September 27 District 12 4-H Shooting
Sports Coaches Training
Coming Up Next Month:
October 7 Ambassador Meeting,
6:30 pm, Extension Office
October 18 4-H Country Hoedown
October 21 Lamb & Goat Validation
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4-H NEWS
Hello 4-Her’s and 4-H families,
Time is moving quickly and here we are at the beginning of another 4-H year! Happy 2014-2015 everyone! Every club was successfully chartered and enrollment on 4-H Connect is open for everyone! The 4-H County Council officers sponsored at Kickoff party last month and everyone had a great time playing a real life murder mystery game. Thank you to all the officers for doing a great job planning the party! Please remember all club voting delegates are required to attend at least 3 County council meetings to vote in May but ALL club members are welcome!
Brand new for this 4-H year is a 4-H ANNUAL EVENT CALENDAR! Take a look on page 3 to find the calendar for all County, District, and other important dates for project competitions and 4-H events. Please start planning your projects early! And don’t forget about Achievement Night! Club managers can pick up tickets at the Extension office or anyone can come by to purchase. Please submit any silent auction items to Janice Ciomperlik.
On a sad note, we will be saying goodbye to Barbara Storz, our Horticulturist. Ms. Barbara will be retiring from Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service with 16 years of service! Congratulations to Barbara and we thank her for all her hard work and knowledge that she has passed down to the Hidalgo County 4-H youth. She will be dearly missed!
We are very excited to start a new year with great events coming up! We encourage everyone to participate and let’s make this the best 4-H year yet! As always, thank you to the parents and volunteers that help make us 4-H strong! Please contact the Extension office for questions and we are here to help you with any of your project needs.
Sincerely,
Brad Cowan, County Extension Agent
AG/Natural Resources
Andrea Valdez, County Extension Agent
Family & Consumer Sciences
Barbara Storz, County Extension Agent
Horticulture
COME JOIN US AT THE 4-H COUNTY COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER MEETING
It’s “Movie Night” at 4-H County Council this
month! Come grab a seat and some popcorn for
some fun! Wear your favorite movie shirt and be
entered for a prize!
September 23 @ 7 pm @ Extension Office
ALL CLUB MEMBERS AND VOTING DELEGATES
WELCOME!
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4-H NEWS
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4-H NEWS
4-H NEWS
Rural Youth Loans
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s/ Farm Service Agency (FSA)
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA)
makes operating loans of up to $5,000 to eligible individual rural youth,
ages ten (10) through twenty (20) to finance income producing,
agriculture-related projects. Project must be of modest size, educational
and initiated, developed and carried out by rural youth participating in 4-
H clubs, FFA or a similar organization.
For more information and applications, contact Vidal Saenz, Extension
Agent CEP (Farm Advisor) at (956)383-1026.
To view the fact sheet, just follow the link: http://hidalgo.agrilife.org/4-h-youth-development/4-h-newsletters/
2013-2014 Hidalgo County 4-H
Foundation Summer Camp
Scholarship Program
Don’t miss out on your opportunity for the
Hidalgo County 4-H Foundation Summer
Scholarship!! Deadline is September 30, 2014.
For more information including eligibility
requirements and application visit :
http://hidalgo.agrilife.org/4-h-youth-
development/
**YOU COULD RECEIVE $150 SUMMER
SCHOLARSHIP IF YOU APPLY AND ATTENDED
LEADERSHIP LAB OR OTHER 4-H CAMP**
4-H NEWS
ALL HORTICULTURE
PARTICIPANTS: THIS IS THE ONE &
ONLY WORKSHOP!
COME TAKE ADVANTAGE!
4-H NEWS
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4-H NEWS
Hidalgo County 4-H Foundation presents the
25th Annual
4-HCountry
Hoedown
October 18, 2014
At Mario’s Banquet
&Conference Center
Mission, Texas
Join us for an evening of dinner,
auctions, drawings, and dancing!
This event helps raise money for
scholarships for qualifying Hidalgo
County 4-H Seniors!
For more info contact Mary Kelley
@ 956-929-4767
Welcome to Texas 4-H!
The Welcome to Texas 4-H document is
now online at http://hidalgo.agrilife.org
under 4-H Enrollment. This document is
good for both new and returning 4-H
families on guiding them through the
enrollment process on 4-H Connect.
Please refer to this document with any
questions or call the Extension Office
at 956-383-1026.
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4-H NEWS
2014-2015 Hidalgo County 4-H
Achievement Night
When: September 27, 2014
Where: Edinburg North Gymnasium
6:00 pm-10:00pm
Dinner, Awards & Dance
Purchase tickets through your club manager
or the Extension Office
Join over 10,000 other 4-H members in Texas on OCTOBER
11, 2014 as they step out into their communities to make
a difference in one day! One day 4-H is one day for all the
4-H members, parents, leaders, and volunteers to step out
into their communities and county and say “thank you” by
giving back for them more than 103 years of support to 4-
H in Texas. This day of community service is whatever
each 4-H members, club, or county 4-H Program wants it
to be. It could be as simple as picking up trash and mowing
the lawn for senior citizens to elaborate as hosting a 5K
Walk/Run and raising money for a cause. Go to
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/oneday for more info or project
ideas! Don’t forget to let the Extension office know about
your projects so you can be featured in the newsletter!
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4-H NEWS
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4-H CONGRATULATIONS
The Town and Country Intermediate Livestock Judging Team consists of (left to right): Tyler Denny, Jocelyn Boyle, and John Goldammer.
This summer the Town and Country 4-H
Livestock Judging went to State 4-H Round-Up and competed in the Invitational Livestock
Judging contest. They had a wonderful time and the placing’s were as follow: Tyler Denny - 9th High Point Overall Individual, 3rd High Point
Swine, and 6th High Point Sheep; John Goldammer - 4th High Point Sheep. They are looking forward to attending more Livestock
Judging competitions this year, and learning more about livestock.
This August, the 2014-2015 Town and Country officers
were inducted and are proud to be serving this year. The
officers are as followed (left to right): (Top row) Renee
Boyle (President), Dallas Goldammer (1st Vice-President),
Arianna Pulido (Secretary), Krista Olivarez (Treasurer),
John Chapa (Parlimentarian), Mr. Longoria (Club
Manager); (bottom row), Ashlyn Martinez (Country Council
Delgate), Bianca Garcia (3rd Vice President), Jocelyn Boyle
(Reprorter), and Tyler Denny (County Council Delgate).
They are very excited for the new year, and are looking
forward to the events and community service projects we
will be participating in.
The Town and Country Food Challenge Team
consists of (left to right): Bianca Garcia, Renee
Boyle, Krista Olivarez, and Remi Hargett. This
summer the Town and Country 4-H Food
Challenge Team went to State 4-H Round-Up,
and competed in the Food Challenge contest
at Texas A&M. They had a wonderful time and
they made an Asian Shrimp Stir-fry. They are
looking forward to competing again this year,
and using the knowledge they have gained for
more years to come.
CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU ARE A PRO!
Congrats to Daena Ciomperlik of New Horizons 4-H for winning the 2014 Southern Exposures Youth Nature Photo contest Division III
at Quinta Mazatlan and was featured in The Monitor. She took this great photo and represented
Hidalgo County 4-H!
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4-H NEWS IN AGRICULTURE
ATASCOSA COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION
“Sonny” Domsch Memorial Annual Prospect Steer, Heifer, Lamb and Goat Show
Poteet Strawberry Festival Grounds, Hwy 16, Poteet, Texas
(Non-Sanctioned Show) Contacts: Dale Rankin 830-769-3066 or Larry Wagner, Jr. 830-480-4114
4-H NEWS
ATTENTION CLUB MANAGERS
AND LEADERS:
This year is the 25th anniversary of
Hidalgo County 4-H Country
Hoedown! Your participation as a club
is greatly appreciated as we continue
our efforts to raise funds for these
scholarships. The club may participate
in several ways: as a table sponsor,
by donating an auction item or by
making a monetary donation. All
contributors are recognized in our
event program. If you have any
questions or would like to purchase a
ticket(s), please feel free to call at
956-929-4767 or email
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4-H NEWS IN AGRICULTURE
Educational programs of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or
national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.
District 12 Shooting Sports Coach’s
Certification Workshop
September 27-28, 2014
Jim Wells County Fairgrounds
Alice, Texas Registration September 2-21 on 4-H Connect
Hidalgo County Swine Validation
Tag orders due
September 22, 2014
At the Extension Office
$20 per tag
Please contact the Extension Office at 956-383-1026 for
questions.
Lamb & Goat Validation
October 21, 2014
Weslaco Ag Farm
10:00am-6 pm
Please contact the Extension Office at 956-383-
1026 for questions.