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254-897-2809
Somervell County 4-H
Newsletter
SEPTEMBER 2016
CLUB MEETINGS:
GLEN ROSE 4-H: SEPT 13
NEW LOCATION!!! COMMUNITY CENTER (107 SHEPPARD ST)
6:30PM
GLEN ROSE 4-H SHOOTING SPORTS:
SEPT 27 HOLIDAY INN
6:00PM
SEE YOU THERE!!!
4-H Open House
Hot Dog Dinner
September 1st
6:30-7:30 pm
Wheeler Branch
Reservoir Pavilion
It’s almost time to get started on a
new 4-H year. 4-H Connect will be
open for enrollment! If you would
like to participate in one of the many
projects like Shooting Sports, Food or
Photography, or would like to show
an animal, be sure to sign up now!
Enrollment is NOW OPEN!
https://4honline.com
Call 254-897-2809
or see attached information
for help with enrollment.
EVENTS AND UPDATES
254-897-2809
2017 LAMB/GOAT
MAJOR SHOW
VALIDATION
October 17th
GRISD Ag Barn
4-6pm
October 18th
NCTA
5-6pm
4-H Equipment Rental
The Glen Rose 4-H Club has
scales, clippers, a stock box,
and a bumper-pull trailer for
use, for a reasonable fee.
Call the extension office at
254-897-2809
for more information!
Clippers……..$10/ 2 days
Stock Box…..$20/ day
Trailer……....$25/ day
Text Message Reminders
We will be sending out text message
reminders again this year.
To sign up to receive
reminders:
Text the message
@glenrose4h to
81010.
Heart O’ Texas –
Waco
Livestock Entries Due!
If you are planning to
exhibit, please have your
entry forms to the office with payment
made to
Glen Rose 4-H Club
by September 8th.
Go to www.hotfair.com or see attached
forms for more information.
EVENTS AND UPDATES
We promise not to overwhelm you with text messages. We will
use them for meeting reminders and any important reminders,
such as livestock validation dates/deadlines, major project or
contest entry deadlines, project kick-off events, etc..
Shooting Sports
If you have questions about your project practice, please call your coach!
Be sure to sign up for Text Reminders!
For more information Contact Glen Rose 4-H Shooting Sports
Club Manager: Sonja Mausser @ (254) 396-6806
PRACTICES
Archery Practice Sept 18
Intro to Archery @ 2 pm
Old Dollar General Building
*Practices start Oct. 9
every Sunday 2 PM
Rifle Practice Sept 18
Uncle George’s
1st and 3rd Sundays @ 4:30
Shotgun Practice Sept 18
New Shooters
Uncle George’s @ 4pm
Sept 25
Returning Shooters
Lone Star @ 2pm
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 4-H
KICK-OFF
OPEN
HOUSE
Wheeler
Branch
6:30PM
2 3
4
5 6 7
8
H.O.T.
ENTRIES
DUE
9
10
ARCHERY
FUND-
RAISER
Dinosaur
State Park
8:00am
11
12 13
4-H CLUB
MEETING
Citizen’s
Center
6:00pm
14
15 16 17
GR 4-H
JACKPOT
SHOW
Oakdale
Park
8:00am
18 Intro Archery
2pm -Old Dollar
General Bldg
Shotgun– 4pm
New Shooters
Uncle George’s
Rifle- 4:30pm
Uncle George’s
19
20
21 22
23 24
25
Shotgun– 2pm
Returning Shooters
Lone Star
26
27
4-H SS
MEETING
Holiday Inn
6:30pm
28
29 30
SEPTEMBER 2016 Dates to Save
Oct 4 Rifle Practice
Oct 9 Archery Practice
Oct 10 Office Closed
Oct 11 4-H Mtg
Oct 16 Archery Practice
Shotgun Practice
Rifle Practice
Oct 17 Goat/Sheep
Validation
Oct 18 Goat/Sheep
Validation
Oct 23 Archery Practice
Shotgun Practice
Oct 25 4-H SS Mtg
Oct 30 Archery Practice
As always...
Call us if you need anything or have any questions.
We are here to help you!
Extra-Curricular Activities & 4-H Eligibility
As an educational agency, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service supports
the Texas Education code and academic responsibility of student 4-H members.
The Extension sponsored 4-H youth programs must comply with provisions of
the Texas Educational Code in order for the 4-H program to maintain status of
an extracurricular organization.
When 4-H members participate in competitive events or when a member is par-
ticipating in any 4- H event that will require him/her to be absent from school,
the Extension Agent must submit a written request to the appropriate school
official prior to the activity. The school will determine if the students are eligi-
ble for participation and notify the agent. If parents have any questions they
should contact the school administration.
TEXAS BOBWHITE
QUAIL BRIGADE
Turning lumps of coal into diamonds
By Winston Lagergren,
Somervell County 4-H Officer
Can a six ounce bird convert teenagers from a lump of coal into a diamond? Well, Bob White Quail has been doing just that for 24 years via the Texas Bob White Quail Brigade, a leadership and team development camp with the objective of turning out Ambassadors of Conservation. Long days starting at 5 a.m., the heat of the rolling plains of Texas, marching, classroom work, de-bating skills (“Quail Politics”), writing and speaking skills, presentations, anatomy, habitat studies, taxidermy, plant ID, radio telemetry, “ropes and cans”, the “human knot” and the “board walk”……they’re some of the “pressure and heat” needed to convert a lump of coal into a motivated conser-vation diamond. A modern day Aldo Leopold, as it were. Cadets fresh out of the Texas Brigades feel exhausted, happy, and relieved on their trip home from the 10 day camp packed into five days. I went to the Bobwhite Brigade in Coleman County, and I can say for myself and any other person who has experienced the Brigades, you will become educated, confident and most of all, motivated to evangelize proper wildlife management. Texas Bob White Quail Brigade was born in 1993, an idea of Dr. Dale Rollins, extension wildlife specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. It is an award- winning program that has been duplicated within Texas. The other Texas Brigades include: Buckskin, Waterfowl, Bass, Cos-tal and Ranch. It is used as a model in other states. "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” If cadets want to return to the Brigades as an assistant covey leader (herd leader, or school lead-er), they must complete ten projects before November 1st, and complete a book of accomplish-ments. 100 per cent of the cadets say they want to come back. However, only 10 percent return after competing, post camp, doing projects, research and educational presentations. The itinerary for the Brigades seems impossible to follow and be on time. A myriad of projects/studies as well as KP duty and “roost inspection”, has EVERY cadet and volunteer working from 5:30 a.ml to as late as 2:00 a.m. the next day. The Brigades pushes teenagers to expand their lim-its, and makes them work harder and dig deeper, to find that spark that will ignite their ability to go on. I feel this program pushed and stretched me to an entirely new level that can be applied to any challenge I might face in the future.
More information on the Texas Brigades can be found at http://www.texasbrigades.org/