LSU AGCENTER CAMERON PARISH

OCTOBER 2016 CALENDAR

October

3 South Cameron

Meetings

3 Junior Leader

Meeting @ Office

5 Hackberry Meeting

5 National Youth

Science Day

Grand Lake Meetings

8 Cameron Cooks Up

A Storm– Grand Lake

9 Shooting Sports

Practice– 2:00 PM

4-10 National 4-H Week

14-18 Cal Cam Fair–

Sulphur

23 Shooting Sports

Practice– 2:00 PM

22-Nov 8 State Fair of

Louisiana–

Shreveport

November

South Cameron Meetings

Livestock Judging Clinic– Burton

Hackberry and Johnson Bayou

Meetings

Grand Lake Meetings

13 Shooting Sports

Practice 1:00 PM

16-18 Challenge Camp

4-H Night with the Tigers

Livestock Showmanship Clinic– Burton

27 Shooting Sports

Practice– 1:00 PM

Fall 4-H Foundation Fundraiser: Sweet!

Cameron Parish 4-H is having a sweet potato sale again this year. This sale begins October 1 and will continue through November 6th . Those of you who would like to help sell tickets can pick them up at the 4-H Office, or call the office at 337-905-1318, and we will mail you a book of tickets. They will also be available at October Club meetings. Remember if you take a book to turn it back into us, whether you have sold all the tickets or not. We want to make sure we don’t miss anyone’s order. Please contact the 4-H office with any questions!

Fashion Club-Join us for our first

meeting on November

10 at 5:30 at the 4-H

Office! Open to grades

4-7! September

meeting was cancelled

due to a conflict with a

football game!

Nov 10

Jan 26

Feb 23

March 23

April 27

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The weather held out and we had a great turnout at the Cameron Parish Beach Sweep at Rutherford Beach!

71 participants showed up to help clean up the beach. We had a great turnout and are looking forward to

next year!

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Southwest Region

Challenge Camp

November 16-18, 2016

Camp Grant Walker

Pollock, LA

4-H Youth will actively

participate in:

- Outdoor Challenge Activities

- Indoor Challenge Activities

- Teambuilding Activities

- Group Challenges

AND MUCH MORE…..

Sign-Up!! Only 13 spots available!!

Name ___________________________

Boy___ Girl____ T-Shirt Size_______

School _____________Grade 7th

Phone Number _________________

Email Address __________________

Parents________________________

Return this cutout with the $25 deposit by October 7 to be eligible to attend. Total cost for the first 13 campers will be $50. If we have any additional spots, they will be $65. Please make checks

payable to Cameron 4-H.

LSU AgCenter

Cameron Parish

10098 Gulf Highway

Grand Lake, LA 70607

Are you Ready for

the Challenge?

State Fair of Louisiana starts

October 25th.! Livestock exhibitors,

please turn in your Exhibitor

Information Form by October 7th.

Possession Dates for Spring Livestock Shows:

Broiler Chicks must be ordered by October 7th

Meat Rabbits, does must be owned and bred by October 11th through the 15th

Breeding Rabbits, November 1st

November 7th Beef Breeding and Commercial

November 7th Dairy Breeding and Commercial

November 7th Market, Commercial, and Breeding Sheep

November 7th Market, Commercial, and Breeding Goats

December 5th Market, Commercial, and Breeding Swine

Parish Show: January 18-21

District Show: February 1-4

State Show: February 11-18

State Rabbit Show: March 4

Mark your calendars for Cameron Cooks this year, which will be held at

Grand Lake High School on October 8!! This will be our first parish contest so come out and participate! Winners will move on to the Regional Competition in April held in Crowley!! Visit our website www.lsuagcenter.com/cameron for rules, category list, and a recipe form you can type on!

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Cameron 4-H Agents:

Brittany Bourg

bbourg@agcenter.lsu.edu

Bradley Pousson,

bpousson@agcenter.lsu.edu

LSU AgCenter

Cameron Parish

10098 Gulf Highway

Grand Lake, LA 70607

Phone: (337) 905-1318

Fax: (337) 905-1320

www.lsuagcenter.com/cameron

If you have a disability which requires special assistance for your

participation in any of our 4-H activities, please contact the 4-H

Office so that preparations can be made.

Any adult interested in volunteering with 4-H contests/

activities – give the 4-H Office a call and we will add your name

Horse Enthusiasts!!! The Cal Cam Horse Club will kick off the year on Tuesday October 11th at the Burton Coliseum Outdoor Arena with an overview and registration meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m. Demonstrations will be presented by veteran members on safety and what you can learn in the Horse Club. We ask that you do NOT bring your horses to the first arena meeting. The office meeting will be held on Tuesday October 25th at 6:00 p.m. Registration packets will be given out at the meeting with instructions. Hope to see you there!

Shooters!!

Our first practice will be held on Sunday October 9th at the Front Ridge Shooting Range. This will be a shotgun ONLY practice. Air Rifle and Archery practice will be held on Friday October 14th at 4:30 at the 4-H office in Grand Lake. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Bradley. We are trying different things with the Shooting Sports program this year and would like to know what we can do differently.

Project Clubs Spotlight: Horse Club and

Shooting Sports!

https://www.facebook.com/

pages/Cameron-Parish-4-

H/620338061380699

Scan this QR code

for the website!

Scan this QR code for

the Facebook page!

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Grand Lake

Fall Fest

2

National 4-H

Week >>>>>

3 South Cameron

Club Meetings

Junior Leader

Meeting 6:30 at 4-H

Office

4 5 Hackberry

and Johnson

Bayou Club

Meetings

6 Grand

Lake Club

Meetings

7 8 Cameron

Cooks Up A

Storm–

Grand Lake

Cafeteria

9

Shooting Sports

Practice- 2:00

10 11

Horse Club

Meeting–

Arena

12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23

Shooting Sports

Practice- 2:00

24 25

Horse Club

Meeting–

Office

26

State Fair of

Louisiana

Begins >>>>

27 28 29

30 31

October 2016