4-H Futures and Features July 2018 4-H Council

Chairman— Jacee Sellers

1st V-Chairman—Jacee Sellers

2nd V-Chairman—Kellie Mae Davis Secretary-Emily Robertson

Reporter-Isaiah Chisum

Delegates-at-Large— Hannah Porter and Katie Davis

4-H Lefors Pirates Delegates

President-Braxton Mouser

Council Delegate-Chaston Mouser North Fork

President-Jacee Sellers

Council Delegate-Gavin Hudson McLean 4-H Club

President-Wes Shaw

Council Delegate-Paislye Armbrister Soaring Eagle Delegates

President-Katie Davis

Council Delegate-Katie Davis Top of Texas Delegates

President-Brycen Epperson

Council Delegate-Jacob Loyd Council Delegate-Dorothy Martin

North Fork Leader Tonya Robertson Soaring Eagles Leader Deborah Davis

Team Eagle Leader Jeff Boyd

Top of Teaxas Archery

Chad Epperson 4-H Lefors Pirates Leaders Dana Davis

Krista Elrod

McLean 4-H Club Leader Valerie Fuller

PARENT—LEADERS ASSOCIATION Chairman—Chad Epperson

1st Vice-Chairman— Amanda Weaver

Secretary– Denise Smith

Treasurer—Shelly Youree

Co-Treasurer-Sara Rumrill

Gray County 4-H is now offering the Rabbit Project. Project Leader will

be Liz Beason. If you are interested in raising, caring for or exhibiting

rabbits, please contact the office at 669-8033. The first Project Meeting

will be held at the Annex on Thursday, July12 2 6:00 p.m.

Please mark your calendars to celebrate all of our 4-H

accomplishments of 2017-2018 on Sunday, August 12th at First

United Methodist Church. We will be having cookies and punch

and celebrating our youths accomplishments. If you have not

already turned in a Project Record, please do so as soon as

possible so that you may receive your year pin. If you want an

Award Medal, now is the time to work on your Record book. You

can stop by the Extension Office and pick up a copy of the Points

book or download it directly from our website

www.gray.agrilife.org. In order to earn your participation gift from

the Parent-Leaders Association, the Points book must be turned in.

All Project Forms, Record books and points books are due in the

office on or before Friday, July 6 at 5:00 p.m. If you need

assistance or don’t know where to find these documents, please call

the office!

Come out to the Annex on Tuesday,

July 17 to learn to make some

homemade jam! We will start at

1:30 and finish up around 5:00. We

need everyone who wants to join to

pre-register with the office so that

we can ensure we have adequate

supplies.

Brody Larkin, Tanner Mathias, Dayton

Adams, Trenton Richey, Emily Robert-

son, Jayton Whittington, Pratt Doucette

and Riley Coble represented Gray

County today at the Randall County

Trap and Skeet Shoot! All did awe-

some once again!

Trenton Richey won 1st in Skeet, 2nd

in Trap, and High Overall Senior! Emi-

ly Robertson won 2nd in Skeet and 3rd

in Trap!

Pratt Doucette won 1st in Miss and

Out! Trenton Richey and Tanner Ma-

thias won 1st in Two Man Trap!

June 16th these youth represented Gray

County 4-H and participated in the Red

River 4-H Fun Shoot! Emily Robertson,

Jayton Whittington, Pratt Doucette,

Riley Coble and Trenton Richey all did

great! Emily Robertson won High

Overall Intermediate Girls! It was a fun

day for all!

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CLUB NEWS

Air Rifle will begin meeting again when school starts.

Air Rifle

The Shotgun project will meet every Tuesday at 6:00 at the Pampa Trap and Skeet Club.

Shotgun

The Photography project is TBA. Please contact Project leader Amanda Weaver

for details.

Photography

All Club will begin meeting in September Have a great summer!

Pampa Horse project will meet Wednesday, July 18.

Horse

Practices will resume in August.

Archery

The Robotics project will resume meetings in September.

Robotics

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office will be closed

Wednesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.

The 4-H Youth Council will meet at the

Annex on September 9 @ 4:00 p.m.

4-H YOUTH COUNCIL

Council Meetings

The Adult leaders council meeting is

scheduled for August 7 at 7:00 p.m.

August 9-Club Manager Training.

Call the office for information.

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We want to take a moment to wish all of our 4-H youth

celebrating a birthday in July a VERY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

CallieLou Soto

Carson Ward

Maximillian Taylor

Sabrina Taylor

Hannah Phelps

Preslie Segura

Taylor Autry

Zachery Rogers

Sykora Guy

Emily Robertson

Emma Chisum

Joshua Hendricks

Riley Coble

Livestock Participants:

Remember to contact Ryan or

Deborah to Davis to get ticket books

to sell for the drawing for the Gator!

The funds raised by this help each

and every one of you in sales! It is

very important that everyone

involved in any livestock project

gets involved.

For the past seven years, Chad Epperson has been working non-

stop to build a thriving 4-H program alongside the agents in

Gray County. As a new volunteer, he led several food and nutri-

tion projects while also volunteering as a club manager. When

his son developed an interest in archery, Chad became a pas-

sionate archery coach and assisted CEA's around the district in

starting their own 4-H archery programs. In 2017 he helped lead

the first District 1 Archery Contest and is now certified as an

archery instructor. In addition, he led a shoot to raise funds for

Hurricane Harvey victims (over $400), and also assisted with

setting up the State WHEP contest in Gray county. He also has

filled in as a livestock mentor when Gray County was without

an Ag Agent. Most recently Chad worked to plan a statewide

indoor archery event to be held in Pampa in 2018, which

gave youth in the Texas Panhandle an opportunity to partici-

pate. He also serves on the District 1 program development

board leading the archery committee in programming efforts.

The heart of this individual is what makes his leadership

extraordinary. Chad regularly uses his personal funds to travel

to other counties within the district to assist with coaching and

encouraging leaders and agents. Chad received the Salute to

Excellence Award on Wednesday June 13, 2013.

Congratulations, Chad!

4-H Enrollment starts August 15 for the 2018/2019 year on 4-H Connect. The enrollment fee will

be $20.00 for the year from August 15 through October 31. Starting November 1, 2018 the

enrollment fee will be $25 for the year for 4-H youth. If you are already in the system, you do not

need to start a new profile, just go to your existing family profile and re-enroll. If you have an

incoming 3rd grader, please wait until September 1 to enroll. If you enroll a 3rd grader before that

date, the computer will code the membership incorrectly. If you need help enrolling, please call

the office at 669-8033. If you are new to the system, you will need to create a family profile and

add all youth and adults that will participate in 4-H and 4-H Connect. When enrolling, you will

have an option on payment. If you pay with debit or credit, the youth will be in the system

immediately (recommended). If you do not have a credit or debit card and need to pay with check

or cash, please contact the office.

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Don’t stop when you are tired, stop when you are

done.

-Unknown

Joan Gray-Soria

CEA—Family & Community Health

Michael Jeffcoat

CEA-Agriculture & Natural Resources

Sara Rumrill

Gray County Extension

Office Manager

Gray County Extension Office

12125 E. Frederic Ave., St. C

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Savannah McDonough is the winner of this

months photo contest!