August 2017

H A L E C O U N T Y 4 - H

HEADS HEART HANDS HEALTH

HALE COUNTY 4-H NEWS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

Bob Benson Memorial Golf Tournament The 2018 EXCELL/Bob Benson Memorial Golf Tournament will be held MONDAY, August 13th at the Plainview Country Club. If you are able to assist in furnishing a des-sert for this event contact the office at 291-

5270. Please bring to the office by 9:00A.M. - August 13th. REMEMBER - THIS LOOKS GREAT

IN YOUR RECORDBOOK!!

Achievement Banquet *The theme of the banquet is “110 Years of Greatness.” Abernathy is hosting the banquet and wants to give out

county 4-Hers the opportunity to display the project they are involved in. We are asking 4-Hers to create a center-

piece focusing on whatever 4-H project you want. It can contain pictures, items used for the project, etc. Please let

Angie Carver (292-6249) know by August 5th if you will be doing a centerpiece. The centerpieces can be brought to

the county office or to Angie by August 13th. They can also be brought to the banquet at least 30 minutes in ad-

vance. The centerpieces will be displayed on the tables and then can be taken home after the banquet. There are no

rules or regulations—just be creative!!!! THIS IS A GREAT RECORD BOOK OPPORTUNITY!!

*Zane Beyers, two year-old son of Todd and Moriah Beyers, was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year. To help

support this family, Hale County 4-H will hold a Silent Auction at our annual achievement banquet. County Coun-

cil is asking families to donate items for the Silent Auction. Please let Cathy know by August 10th if you would like

to make a donation. We are hoping to get five itmes per club donated to make the auction a success. If you are a

club leader or club president, please encourage your members to take part. Items can be of any monetary value.

Please bring these items to the banquet.

Club Meetings Schedule Meetings will resume in September.

Have a great summer vacation!

**REMINDERS** Hale County 4-H Achievement

Banquet - Sunday, August 19th at 3

p.m. at Abernathy

Elementary Cafeteria

Please RSVP by August 13th

August 2018

“Don’t Be Afraid to Fail…. Be Afraid not to

Try” - Unknown

A Great Big Thank You! • Thank you to CADEN, BERKLEY, & KELTON CARVER for decorating the bulletin board at the Extension Office in July.

• Thank you to all 4-Hers who helped with Broadway Treasures. Joshua & Michael Stewart; Jonci & Bo Wall; Jacquie Banda; Colby

Scott; and Dakota Peterson.

• Thank you to all 4-Hers who helped with Denim Christmas Stockings. Seth & Sterling Berry; Jonci & Bo Wall; and Olivia Gubser.

• Thank you to all the 4-Hers who helped with Red, White and Moo float and event. Joshua & Michael Stewart; Jonci & Bo Wall; Hector,

Isidro, & Suzi Hernandez; Desiree & Justice DeLeon; Harmony Morales; Kolt & Kleat Barrett; Jacquie Banda; Philip & Olivia Gubser; Callie & Kaitlyn Davenport; Contessa Bettis; Annabeth Allison; Dakota & Treyton Peterson; and Hagen Pate.

• Thank you to all the 4-Hers who have attended the Summer Cooking and Craft Classes. Joshua & Michael Stewart; Jonci & Bo Wall;

Evelyn, Brody, & Collin Mathis; Olivia Gubser; Mason & Kellin Hart; Carson & Justus Curry; Madeline & Miles Hamilton; Jaiden, Braid-en, & Azlyn Barbian; Kolt & Kleat Barrett; and Hanna Bozeman.

• Thank you to all the 4-Hers who attended the specialty tours in Lubbock. Colby & Colton Scott; Annabeth Allison; Hagen & Colson

Pate; Hanna Bozeman; Jonci & Bo Wall; Joshua & Michael Stewar; and Kolt & Kleat Barrett.

• Thank you to following families for helping with Operation Serve. Xander & Kadyn Littrell; Braiden & Jaiden Barbian; and Kolt & Kleat

Barrett.

• Thank you to the following 4-Hers for helping with Bar None Rodeo Concession Stand and events. Colby & Colton Scott; Treyton &

Dakota Peterson; Benjamin & Hanna Bozeman; Kolt & Kleat Barrett; Olivia Shellhammer; Jacob Mooney; Hagen & Colson Pate; Anna-beth Allison; Aubrie Rodriquez; Kylie Rowell; Kaden Jackson; Katee Prutzman; Sami Scott; and Miles Hamilton.

**If you have anything for the

September newsletter, get it to the office by

Tuesday, August 21st at 4:00 p.m.!**

Bob Benson Memorial Golf Tournament If you would like to sponsor the Bob Benson Golf Tournament, please come by the Extension Office for a Sponsorship Application: DATE: August 13, 2018 Tee Sponsor $150.00 Green Sponsor $100.00 Tournament Sponsor $50-99 Door Prize Sponsor (Prizes that can be given as a door prize) Entry fee to play: $50 per person or $200 per team. Individuals are welcome. Entry fee will cover green fee, cart rental, lunch, beverages, and all the fun you can have. Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams.

Entries and Sponsors are due by August 3 2018.

Meals on Wheels Scholarship Hale County Meals on Wheels, Inc. awards scholarships to a senior student who is pursuing higher education and who meets the criteria listed below. Awards are based solely on the number of volunteer hours accumulated with our organization. Hours may be accumulated by students during their junior and senior year. Stu-dents can begin accumulating hours at the first of their junior year – so they have all that year and the summer after their junior year to get their hours in. Hours that count toward this scholarship must be performed between September 1, 2017 through April 15, 2019. You must take responsibility for keeping up with the dates and hours of your volunteer service and turn in the attached log to the scholarship committee. Dates and hours will be verified by the committee. All public, private, and homeschooled students living in Hale County are eligible for the scholarship.

TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER Nutrition Quiz Bowl

Nutrition Quiz Bowl is seeking members for the 2019 Contest. The contest is open to all age groups: Juniors, Intermediates and Seniors. You will increase your knowledge of basic nutrition, fitness, healthy lifestyles, food preparation, consumer information and food and kitchen safety. The first meeting/practice will be held Monday, August 20th at 4:30 p.m. for Junior, Interme-diates, and Seniors. Practice times will be discussed at the first meeting. Practices will be held at the Extension Office. If Cotton Center or Abernathy would like to set up practices in your town, contact Deana. If you are interested in participating, con-tact Deana to get your name on the list 806/291-5270.

Food & Nutrition Organizational Meeting A Food and Nutrition Organizational Meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 21st at 5:00 p.m. at the Hale County Extension

Office. Please bring calendars so dates can be set for County Food Show and Food Project activities. Host Club - Cotton Cen-

ter. If you would like to assist with the activities, please call the office. We need a chairman and perhaps co-chairman.

Food Challenge We are seeking members for the 2018-2019 Food Challenge Contest. This contest, modeled after such competitions as the Food Network’s “Iron Chief,” challenges teams of 4-H members to create a dish using only a pre-determined number of ingredi-ents. From these ingredients, team members must identify and prepare the dish, then make a presentation about it to the judg-es. The presentation will include information about the serving size, nutritional value, and the cost of the dish. The 4-H Food Challenge allows 4-H member to demonstrate their culinary and food safety skills to judges and observers. If you want to par-ticipate please plan on being present for the first scheduled practice for Tuesday, August 28th at 5:30 p.m. at the Hale County Extension Office. Review Food Challenge projects, rules, plating, math, and categories. Call the office by September to sign-up. The District Contest is scheduled for October 29th in Levelland.

Food Fight at the Tri-Sate Fair District 2 has been invited to participate in the Food Fight Contest at the Tri-State Fair. This would be a great opportunity for our Food and Nutrition kids to get some good experience. Since this contest is open up to other states, it can be considered a National Contest!! WHEN: Monday, September 17, 2018 WHERE: Rex Baster Building, Amarillo TIME: 12:30 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. COST: $10.00 (Registration will have to be completed on 4-H Connect) Registration: Entries will be accepted from August 30, 2018 thru September 10, 2018 Teams will select a recipe in one of the four categories:

• Cupcake Wars

• Edible Fruit Arrangements

• No Cook Snacks

• Veggie Head Sculpting

*Note: Fruits and Vegetables will categorize according to MyPlate. An example is a tomato is vegetable accord-ing to MyPlate. Receiving the category of your teams choice, will be on a first-come first-serve basis.

For more information on this contest or to register, call Audra at 291-5270.

SOUTH PLAINS FAIR ENTRIES The South Plains Fair will again be accepting handmade/homemade items for judging through their Youth Department. There are categories for clothing items, crafts, baked goods, jewelry, candy, canned goods and jellies. Prize money is given for first, second and third places. For each first, second and third you win, points are awarded and the 4-Hers with the three highest point totals gets additional prize money! Please have your entries to the Extension office each day. Beverly Wall and Mary Ann James will take all entries to the South Plains Fair. If you plan to turn in clothing, crafts, photography, canned goods, jel-lies, and jewelry please have them to the Extension office by: 4:00 P.M. - Monday, September 17th. If you are planning to enter bread, cake, cookies or candy, they need to be at the Extension office by: 4:00P.M. - Wednesday, September 19th. Open crop items need to be dropped off at the South Plains Fair by Friday, September 21st from 3:00 PM. to 7:00 P.M. or Saturday, September 22nd from 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Please call and let us know what you are planning to enter, or if you have any questions. This would look good on your learning experiences page in your record book! Mark your entries Hale County 4-H then your club name. The County with the most entries will receive a prize money award. Contact the office if you have any questions.

CLUB COMMUNITY COUNTRY WORLD

ATTENTION 4-HERS!!!! Please in-

vite your friends to join 4-H!!!

Promote 4-H Opportunity

Back to School Night

4-Hers are needed to promote 4-H at Back to School Night at Hale Center ISD, Petersburg ISD, Cotton Center ISD, Plainview ISD and Plainview Christian academy. Please contact the Hale County Extension Office at 806/291-5270 for more information.

Jacket Fund Donors Needed! With the Achievement Banquet rapidly approach-

ing, it’s time to build up the Jacket Fund. 4-H Jack-

ets are awarded to those 4-H’ers who won first

place at a District or State contest. If you would

like to contribute, send your donation to Beverly

Wall, 720 FM 400, Plainview, TX 79072 or con-

tact her at home, 293-1037 or on her mobile-774-

1040. Checks need to be made payable to: 4-H

Award Jacket Account. Making a donation will

add your name to the prestigious donor list!

Great 4-H Opportunity

The Monsanto Fund is proud to announce, for the third year in a row, America’s Farmers Grow CommunitiesSM. This program gives farmers the opportunity to win $2,500 for their favorite community non-profit organization. Through this program, more than $7.3 mil-lion has been donated to rural communities across the country. Any farmer that has 250 acres can apply for this opportunity. Please make sure to select Hale County 4-H when applying for this. This will not take more than 5 minutes to fill out. The deadline to register is November 1, 2018. Both Farmer and spouse can each apply for this program opportunity. Wouldn’t it be great if Hale County 4-H was granted $2,500!!!!

NEW FOR SUMMER Cooking and Craft Classes

All items made will be kept at the Hale County Extension office until South Plains Fair in the Fall. Items will be returned after the South Plains Fair. Mary Ann James will be teaching the can-ning classes. Mrs. James has won numerous canning awards at the South Plains Fair. Letti Cheyne will be teaching the craft classes. Miss Cheyne has won numerous awards at the Floyd County and South Plains Fairs during her 4-H career.

August Classes Date and Time: Tuesday - August 7th - Can Tomatoes 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. / Ollie Liner Center Tuesday - August 14th - Wind Chimes 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. / Ollie Liner Center (Please bring any type of metal items or groupings of items you wish. Also, look for interesting pieces to attach your chimes to. South Plains Fair entries may be no larger than 18”x18”x18”) Tuesday - August 28th - Can Apple Jelly 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. / Ollie Liner Center Cost: $5.00 per class *Please RSVP ahead of time if possible if you plan to attend. All items needed will be purchased by the individual teaching the class and they need an approximate head count. Clover Kids and 4-Hers are strongly encouraged to participate in these classes during the summer. That way Hale County 4-H will have a strong showing at the fairs. Please contact Beverly Wall for more information at 774-1040.

Hale County 4-Hers Compete at County & District with Record Books Recently 20 Hale County 4-H members competed at the county level and 17 at the district level with

their record books for the 2017-2018 4-H year. All of the books advancing to the district level had to

have won their category in which they competed at the county level.

Seniors:

Beef—Caden Carver: 1st County & 1st District; Hannah Hooper: 2nd County

Communication & Expressive Arts—Annabeth Allison: 1st County & 1st District

Entomology—Ryan Walden: 1st County & 1st District; Christina Collier: 2nd County

Natural Resources—Seth Berry: 1st County & 1st District

Personal Development—Philip Gubser: 1st County & 3rd District

Intermediates:

Consumer Education—Berkley Carver: 1st County & 1st District

Natural Resources—Sterling Berry: 1st County & 1st District

Plant & Soil Science—Kristin Ortiz: 1st County & 5th District

Sheep—Campbell Offield: 1st County & 1st District

Swine—Landry Miller: 1st County & 1st District

Junior:

Beef—Kelton Carver: 1st County & 1st District

Gardening & Horticulture—Carson Curry: 1st County & 1st District; Jaiden Barbian: 2nd County

Goat—Terrell Reed: 1st County & 3rd District

Swine—Sydney Miller: 1st County & 1st District

Poultry—Braiden Barbian: 1st County & 2nd District

Rabbit—Hanna Bozeman: 1st County & 1st District

Sheep—Mason Hart: 1st County & 1st District

The following Senior books advanced to state competition and will be judged next week in San

Antonio. Good luck!

• Beef—Caden Carver

• Communication & Expressive Arts—Annabeth Allison

• Entomology—Ryan Walden

• Natural Resources—Seth Berry

FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM!!!

Please go to Hale County 4-H Youth Development Facebook page and HALECOUNTY4-H on INSTAGRAM like us and follow us!!!! This will be a great way to keep updated on what is going

4-H Livestock Projects, Reminders & Results

Fall Fair Entries It's Fair time once again! All livestock entry forms

are due to the Hale County Extension Office by

3:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 2, 2018. Parents

and exhibitors can come by the office any time be-

fore then to fill out forms. Please keep in mind, we

will NOT take any orders over the phone.

Here are the links to each Fall Fair:

South Plains Fair (Lubbock)-

http://southplainsfair.com/

Tri-State Fair (Amarillo)-

http://www.tristatefair.com/

West Texas Fair (Abilene)-

http://www.taylorcountyexpocenter.com/

State Fair of Texas (Dallas)- http://bigtex.com/

Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo (Waco)-

http://www.hotfair.com/

Lamb & Goat Validation

Tag Order It's time to order lamb and goat validation tags for

the 2018 stock show season! All tags must be

ordered and paid for in full by Wednesday,

August 22, 2018. Please keep in mind, we will NOT take

any orders over the phone and LATE ORDERS WILL

NOT BE ACCEPTED! Order forms will be

emailed soon. If you have any questions, please

contact the office.

Tag Order Deadline: Wednesday, August 22nd

2018 State Horse Show

Benjamin and Hanna Bozeman competed at the State Horse Show in Abilene in July.

Dear 4-Hers and Parents,

Hale County would like to reward members for hard work throughout the 2018-2019 season. Enclosed is a requirement

list to receive the two rewards. The first reward is an exciting ‘End of the Year’ trip decided by Hale County 4-H Council.

This trip will be well worth a little hard work. This trip is for all ages who meet the simple requirements. The trip will be

completely funded by Hale County. This trip is to encourage everyone to come to the meetings and be active in your club.

The second reward is a check to reward members for their hard work throughout the 2018-2019 season who have partici-

pated in Hale County and District 2 contests. As most of you know, it can get expensive competing in district contests.

Hale County would like to thank all of those who have been active through the Hale County Fashion Show, Food Show,

Share-the-Fun, Roundup, Entomology, Quiz Bowls, Shooting Sports, and so many other fun and rewarding activities.

Therefore, if you turn in your required form by June 28, you will receive a check for the amount of the District 2

contests you paid out throughout the year at the Awards Banquet 2019. This is to encourage everyone to sign up for

all those fun events and know it will be rewarded at the end.

Required forms for both rewards need to be turned into the Extension Office by June 28. Effective this year: use contests

and events occurring between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. If the contest fall after July 1, please put it on the next

year’s incentive form.

We appreciate every member of 4-H and we want to give back, especially to those who try new things and making a dif-

ference to “Make the Best Better.”

Sincerely,

Hale County 4-H

NEW THIS YEAR!

4-H INCENTIVE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

For the ‘End of the Year’ Trip for 2018-2019:

• Must attend four meetings throughout the year and sign-in on the official roster

• Must work at least two hours at the Hale County Concession Stand at either Parade of Breeds, Running

Water Draw, or the Hale County Stock Show and sign-in on the official roster

• Must participate in one club or county community service project (of at least two hours)

• Must compete in two county contests

Incentive Reward Check Requirements for 2018-2019:

• Must attend five meetings throughout the year and sign-in on the official roster

• Must work at least four hours at the Hale County Concession Stand at either Parade of Breeds, Running

Water Draw, or the Hale County Stock Show and sign-in on the official roster

• Must participate in four hours of club or county community service

• Must turn in signed incentive form before July 1st to receive a check at the Awards Banquet

Hale County Extension Office 225 Broadway Street, Suite 6

Plainview, TX 79072 Phone: (806) 291-5270 Fax: (806) 291-5266

hale.agrilife.org

Connect with us!

Facebook: Hale County 4-H Youth Development Instagram: halecounty4h

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension is an equal opportunity employer and

program provider.

The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and

the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating

If you need any type of accommodation to par-ticipate in this program or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Audra Graves, Deana Sageser, or Jason Miller at the Hale County Extension Office at least two weeks prior to the program or event.

Audra Graves, CEA-4-H

Deana Sageser, CEA-FCH

Jason Miller, CEA-ANR

Sincerely,

August 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Make Sure you read your 4-H Newsletter for More Information on all 4-H events & activities!!

1Deadline to register

for Fall Fairs 2 6:30P.M. Pumpkin

Wall Art Class

3 4

5 6State 4-H Record-

books Judging 7 8 9 6:30P.M. Dough Art 104-H Leadership

Opportunity 11

12 13Bob Benson Golf

Tournament, Plainview 14 15 16 17 18

19 4-H Achievement

Banquet 20 215:00P.M. Food

Nutrition Organizational Meeting

22Deadline to order

Lamb & Goat Validation Tags

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