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November 4-10 State Fair Cooking Contests 5 Cloverbuds Meeting, Red River Research Station, 6:30-7:15 pm 7-9 AgMagic at the State Fair - FUN! FUN! 12 Pick-up State Fair Entries, 12:00-6:00 pm…NO EARLIER 13 Nature Club Meeting, Cypress Nature Center, 3:30-5:00 pm 15 Clover Nation Participation (CNP) Meeting, Boardwalk, 6:00-7:00pm 16 Fashion Camp Sign-up ends 22-23 Thanksgiving, 4-H office closed December 7-9 Citizenship Camp, Grant Walker Educational Center, Pollock
8 Pecan/Poultry Cookery Contests, WT Lewis Elem., register 9:30 am 14 Design a T-Shirt entries due in the 4-H office by 4:00 pm 14 Adopt-a-Cottage gifts picked up at school clubs 24 4-H office closed for holidays, reopens January 2, 2013
January 10 Award of Excellence, Key Club & Honor Cord applications due in the 4-H office
by 4:00 pm 17 Sign-up for Challenge Camp begins – February 21-23, 2013 26 NW District Livestock Show, State Fairgrounds 26-27 Fashion Camp at Grant Walker Educational Center, Pollock 31 Honey Bee Essays due in the 4-H 0ffice by 4:00 pm 31 Food & Fitness Camp sign-up begins
4-H Office PO Box 370 Benton, LA 71006 318/965-2326
Packages of Ink Pens, boxes of Markers and/or boxes of Paper Clips (Teen Challenge) and boxes of Mac & Cheese (NW LA Food Bank) will be picked up at the November meetings. In January, packages of Ramen Noodle Soup (NW LA Food Bank) Toothpaste and/or Deodorant (Teen Challenge) will be picked up at the club meetings. Please make note of this on your calendar as we will not have a December newsletter to serve as a reminder. Remember, bring in Community Service items
and receive Clover Bucks!
Pick Up State Fair Exhibit Entries ~ November 12th ~12:00-6:00p.m., Only
We are still accepting applications for ages 5-8 years for this 4-H based program. Our next meeting will be November 5
th, 6:30-7:15pm, at the Red River Research
Station, 262 Research Station Drive, Bossier City 71112 (you travel south on Hwy. 71, past Curtis Elem. and Parkway HS…there is a big red barn with LSU AgCenter painted on the roof…turn right on that road just before the barn). For details on this exciting new group, contact Valerie Collom at [email protected].
CLOVERBUDS
Our annual Design-a-T-Shirt Contest has just begun. Think up and draw out as many ideas and phrases for a new 4-H T-Shirt. Show your 4-H spirit to the whole parish and submit each idea on a separate sheet of paper with your name and school written on the back. Entries must be turned in to our office by:
Friday, December 14th, at 4:00 p.m.
Fax 965-3712
100 CLOVER BUCKS for each entry!
We will have a sign-up meeting for the Shooting Sports program on:
DECEMBER 4, 2012
Bossier Instructional Center
(next to Airline High School)
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Any 4-H’er may participate, but you must have a parent or guardian present to sign the forms. If you bring a non 4-H’er friend, they will have to fill out a 4-H enrollment form and pay an enrollment fee of $5 as a Member-at-Large. Our coaches will be on hand to answer your questions. Fees for each discipline are $10 to $20. Equipment is provided by the Bossier Parish 4-H and practice dates will be given for each discipline. CONGRATULATIONS to COLTON MADDEN for being selected for a second year to represent Bossier Parish as a State Shooting Sports Ambassador.
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The next meeting will be on Tuesday, Nov. 13, from 3:30 to 5:00pm at the Cypress Nature Study Center. If you missed our first meeting, make plans to join us for a little walk in the park at our Nov. meeting. We will track animals around the Nature Center and lake area. Dress for hiking by wearing closed-toe shoes, long pants and using repellant is a must. If you have questions, contact the Nature Center at 965-5800.
4-H Award of Excellence Applications for junior members are available at the 4-H Office and will be due on January 10, 2013. The requirements are as follows:
Must be under 14 years of age by January 1
st of the club year
application is made.
Must have at least two (2) years of 4-H club work, including award year.
Must score at least 100 points on
the application.
This year, in an effort to recognize 4-H members who are graduating, Louisiana 4-H will offer a special “4-H HONOR CORD.”
For 4-H youth to receive the 4-H Honor Cord, they must meet the following requirements:
Must be an enrolled 4-H member in good standing.
Must be a graduating senior.
Must have been enrolled in 4-H for 3 years of their high school career.
Must have participated in at least one state sponsored 4-H program in the last 3 years.
Must fill out the application form and turn in to the parish 4-H office by the deadline date.
4-H Clubs.....we need your help! Our service project for December is the Adopt-A-Cottage at the NW Louisiana Development Center. We will collect Christmas present donations from the school clubs on December 14
th and
wrap them up for residents of the Center, all in the spirit of giving. Contact Ms. Jeannie if your club is interested in adopting a cottage.
STATE HONEY BEE ESSAY CONTEST
Topic: “Reducing the Usage of Bee-Killing Pesticides in My Community”
Cash prizes for 1st
, 2nd
, and 3rd
places.
The essay is due January 31, 2013, by 4:00pm in our 4-H office. The contest is open to active Louisiana 4-H Club members only. Cash prizes and plaques will be awarded to the three top winners. For a complete set of rules and an entry form, please call our office at 965-2326.
WOW!!! October’s Community Service drive was OUTSTANDING! You all donated 2,618 packages of Craisins, Raisins and Nutri-Grain Bars for Chimp Haven, and we are certain they will appreciate your generosity. The top donating schools are: Craisins Raisins Nutri-Grain Bars
Elm Grove Elem 38 Princeton Elem 174 Curtis Elem. 764
Benton MS 34 Elm Grove Elem 169 Princeton E. 242
Apollo 25 Apollo 94 Elm Grove E. 199
Thanks to our Cloverbuds group who donated 136 packages.
CONGRATULATIONS to the following 4-H’ers who participated in the 4-H Talent Show. The top three winners in each category were: Under 14-Dance: Grace Willcox & Bella Anthony, Princeton Elementary; Caroline Dupree & Jillian Cochran, Greenacres MS and Shelbi Barnett, Apollo Elementary; Vocal: Catie Colvin, Haughton MS; Avery Jeffcoat, Cope MS and Kayla Carmer, Apollo Elementary; Instrumental: Nissa Bumpass, Princeton Elementary and Alona Ray, Apollo Elementary; Other: Jadyn Hodge & Hailey Barron, Princeton Elementary and Ava Harris & Jada Harris, Apollo Elementary; Over 14 Vocal: Faith Watson and David Rost, Haughton High School. These winners will now compete in the State Fair Talent Show to represent Bossier Parish. Other parish talent show participants were Melanie McGee & Jada Hardy, Kerr Elementary; Ka’Nijah Taylor, Barksdale Air Force Base; Hollie Payne, Princeton Elementary and Morgan Kunath, Apollo Elementary.
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4-H KEY CLUB AWARD
This award gives recognition to 4-H club members who have shown outstanding leadership ability in their club and in their parish. The object of the program is to encourage project growth. The basic requirements are as follows:
Must be 16 years of age by January 1
st of the year
application is made.
Must have three (3) years of 4-H club work including award year.
Must have completed one year of active Junior Leadership work excluding award year.
Must score at least 140 points on the application and score card.
These awards are sponsored by the Louisiana 4-H Foundation, and all applications are due in the Bossier Parish 4-H office by January 10, 2013.
Please call the 4-H office at 965-2326 to obtain these application
forms.
When: December 8, 2012 ~ Where: WT Lewis Elem., 4701 Modica Lott Rd. ~Time: Registration, 9:30–10:00 am Please read all the rules!
1. Contestants may enter only one (1) dish in each division (2 dishes total). 2. The dish must be prepared the night before & chilled in refrigerator. 3. All dishes must be transported to the contest on ice, in an ice chest. 4. The contestant must be a Bossier Parish 4-H club member. 5. All contests are open to all age groups and all ages will compete together. Our Cloverbuds will have their own
division (see below).
Contestants should bring a dish prepared by them to the contest. A copy of the recipe must accompany the dish. The required recipe form may be picked up from your club leader. The recipe must make only one standard dish. The ENTIRE dish must be exhibited at the contest, i.e. if the cookie recipe yields 3 dozen, then 3 dozen cookies must be displayed for the contest. Anything used to enhance the appearance of the dish must be in or on the serving container.
**DISHES NOT CHILLED & TRANSPORTED ON ICE IN AN ICE CHEST WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. ~Microwave Ovens will be available for judges to reheat foods~
Division Rules:
You may enter only 1 dish in each division -- Each 1st place dish will compete at the Area Cookery Contest in Bossier City, LA.
PECANS: (minimum of ½ cup pecans must be used; may be whole, chopped, halves or pieces) -Cookies -Candy -Other (may include a main dish, salad, appetizer, etc. but NOT a dessert item) -CLOVERBUDS ONLY (ages 5-8) – Pecan Cookies, please follow the rules above.
POULTRY: Chicken: (contains minimum of 2 pounds bone-in chicken or 1 pound deboned chicken - may include chicken nuggets, chicken strips, canned chicken, etc.)
-Other Poultry Meat: (contains minimum of 2 pounds bone-in or 1 pound deboned meat from a bird other than chicken. Examples: turkey, duck, quail, dove, emu, ostrich, pheasant, pigeon, guinea, grouse)
Pick up the required recipe form from your 4-H club leader.
Or download it from our website: www.lsuagcenter.com/bossier
Click on cookery contest (right margin), then click on cookery recipe form (right margin)
The annual Officer Training meeting was held on October 11th at Plantation Park Elementary School. The officers present were: Apollo Elementary – Morgan Kunath, Nicole Higgins, Megan Grove, Colton Ferguson, Kylen Brown Barksdale Air Force Base – Hailey Cunningham, Ka’Nijah Taylor Curtis Elementary – Kylie Fennell Elm Grove Elementary – Haley Welch, Sierra Humphrey, Jasmine Tate Elm Grove Middle – Maddie Saucedo, Alyssa Fyfe, Dominique Cobbins Haughton Middle – Madison Waldron, Skylar Belcher, Sidney Lain Kerr Elementary – Cynthia Williams, Cassi Craig, Melanie McGee, Jada Hardy Legacy Elementary – Madison Simms, Raegan Bates, Audrey Smith, Madison Joiner, Madi Schafehen W. T. Lewis Elementary – McKenzie Murphy, Marisa Shepherd, Avery Meeks, Avery Colle, Sydni Ellen Littleton Princeton Elementary – Kelly Avant, Nissa Bumpass, Aidan Weinreber Stockwell Elementary – Camry Belcher
December is a short month at school for our leaders and members. As usual, we will not have club meetings in December and there will not be a December Newsletter.
Happy Holidays!
CLOVER NATION PARTICIPATION… is our new club for homeschooled youth, youth who missed the deadline for signing up at their school club or for youth who may not have a 4-H club at their schools. We had 9 members attend the first meeting! If you think you may want to join this club, the next meeting will be held on Thursday, November 15th, 6:00-7:00 p.m. at the Boardwalk. The group will be meeting outdoors past the water fountain, next to the old bowling area where the picnic tables are located. Contact Ms. Kristena, our 4-H leader, at 210-7158, 746-1319 or [email protected].
Swine: Overall Showman, Overall Grand Champion & Reserve Grand Champion: Eli Stinson Class 1: 1st Reed Bearden, 2nd Alexis Bearden, 3rd Kylie Maldonado Class 2: 1st Eli Stinson, 2nd Eli Stinson, 3rd Eli Stinson 9-11 Year Old Showmen: 1st Alexis Bearden, 2nd Kylie Maldonado 12-14 Year Old Showmen: 1st Eli Stinson, 2nd Reed Bearden Lamb: Overall Showman, Overall Grand Champion: Blake Shamsie Reserve Grand Champion: Faith Watson Class 1: 1st Kynadi Shamsie, 2nd Caroline Dupree, 3rd Faith Watson Class 2: 1st Blake Shamsie, 2nd Kalee Wich, 3rd Riley Lear Class 3: 1st Faith Watson, 2nd Riley Lear 9-11 Year Old Showmen: 1st Caroline Dupree, 2nd Riley Lear, 3rd Kynadi Shamsie 12-14 Year Old Showmen: 1st Blake Shamsie, 2nd Kalee Wich 15-19 Year Old Showmen: 1st Faith Watson Goat: Overall Showman, Overall Grand Champion Market Goat: Logan McGrath Overall Grand Champion Commercial Doe, Reserve Champion Market Goat: Lacy Fox Reserve Grand Champion Commercial Doe: Randy Fox Class 1 Market Goat: 1st Clint DeLaune, 2nd Caroline Dupree Class 2 Market Goat: 1st Lacy Fox, 2nd Logan McGrath, 3rd Logan McGrath, 4th Kalee Wich, 5th Randy Fox Class 3 Market Goat: 1st Logan McGrath Class 1 Doelings: 1st Logan McGrath, 2nd Jarrad Coleman, 3rd Lane Weeks, 4th Lacy Fox, 5th Matthew Weeks, 6th Clint DeLaune Class 2 Yearlings: 1st Lacy Fox, 2nd Randy Fox, 3rd Sam Balentine, 4th Jarrad Coleman Class 3 Aged: 1st Logan McGrath 9-11 Year Old Showmen: 1st Logan McGrath, 2nd Lacy Fox,3rd Matthew Weeks 12-14 Year Old Showmen: 1st Kalee Wich, 2nd Lane Weeks 15-19 Year Old Showmen: 1st Jarrad Coleman, 2nd Clint DeLaune, 3rd Sam Balentine, 4th Randy Fox Beef: Overall Showman, Overall Grand Champion Commercial Heifer, Overall Grand Champion Steer: Lacey Dodson Reserve Grand Champion Commercial Heifer: Caitlyn Thompson Overall Grand Champion Breeding Beef: Chloe Thompson Reserve Grand Champion Breeding Beef: Blake Shamsie Reserve Grand Champion Steer: Jarrad Coleman Class 1 Commercial Beef: 1st Alexis Bearden, 2nd Kylie Maldonado Class 2 Commercial Beef: 1st Lacey Dodson, 2nd Caitlyn Thompson, 3rd Chloe Thompson Class 1 Breeding Beef: 1st Chloe Thompson Class 2 Breeding Beef: 1st Lacey Dodson, 2nd Lacey Dodson Class 3 Breeding Beef: 1st Blake Shamsie, 2nd Amber Shamsie Steers: 1st Lacey Dodson, 2nd Jarrad Coleman, 3rd Sam Balentine ….and Congratulations to Blake Shamsie for winning the Troy Menard Memorial Award for being the Ultimate Showman at this year’s Bossier Parish Livestock Show! Our PeeWee showers were: Swine, Blaine Powers & Alyssa Ford; Lambs, Catherine Dupree; Goats, Catherine Dupree & Mason McGrath and Beef, Sonny LeVasseur. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR PARISH LIVESTOCK SHOW PARTICIPANTS!
The State Fair results were not available at the time this newsletter went to press :( All results will be
posted in our January newsletter.
Jeannie Crnkovic Jeannie Crnkovic Extension Agent Bossier Parish [email protected]
Allison Bruchhaus
Allison Bruchhaus, Ph.D. Assistant Extension Agent
Bossier Parish [email protected]
It is the policy of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, or disability. If you have a disability which requires special assistance for your participation in a meeting, please contact the 4-H Office at 965-2326 three days prior to the meeting so that special needs can be met
