September 1, 2016 Goliad County 4H Newsletter Please read this letter carefully, and keep it for reference. There is extensive information in this letter to inform you of the upcoming events for the 4-H year. If you have any questions concerning any of these items, please feel free to call the Extension Office at 645-8204. PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS 4-H members participating in 4-H projects must attend 6 out of 9 meetings during the 4-H year to remain in good standing, be eligible for summer reward trips, and be eligible to participate in 4-H projects the next year. 4-H members planning to exhibit animal projects in the Goliad County Livestock Show must be in good standing with their club membership by attending 75% of their local club meetings (five of the seven club meetings from September to March) during the 4-H year before Fair time to be eligible to show their animals in the annual show in March. Please be very aware that participating in the County Fair (livestock or homemaking) is a set of separate rules from 4-H. You have to be a 4-H, FFA, or FCCLA member to participate but they have their own set of rules that you are expected to follow to be eligible to participate. NO PASS - NO 4-H ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION Since 4-H is recognized as an extra-curricular activity by the Texas Education Agency, the "No Pass - No Play" rule will be in effect on all 4-H activities. It is important for parents to stress good grades all year long. Parents should work with the teachers to make every effort to see that your child is passing.
PECAN AND PEANUT SALES Attached are the order forms for each 4-H member in your family for the pecans, peanuts and snack mixes. You will be taking orders until October 18 th, and your order forms must be brought to the Extension office by NOON on Tuesday, October 18 th. Do not collect money until you deliver your orders in November. Be sure to tell your customers that we do not have a delivery date as yet because that will depend on the company supplying the products BUT it will be delivered in time for Thanksgiving! Also the prices have increased, please assure customers these are the same prices pecans are selling for in the stores. But these are fresh pecans!! Each 4-H member is asked to sell a minimum of 20 pounds of the products. REMEMBER --All order forms are due no later than NOON on Tuesday, October 18th. Orders received after that deadline WILL NOT be honored. Late orders will not be accepted. Additional order forms are available in the Extension office. Watch the 4-H Column for the delivery date. 4-H WEEK OCTOBER 2-8, 2016 National 4-H Week is October 2-8 2016!! Make plans with other 4-H members to promote 4-H. We would like to encourage everyone to wear their 4-H t-shirt or just a green t-shirt with a 4-H pin on Wednesday, October 5 th. Make a goal to tell at least one friend about 4-H and all the fun projects it offers! Other ideas would be to announce at your church, or at school during morning announcements, hand out 4-H pencils, stickers, pens, or flyers, or put up signs in local business windows. The Louisiana 4-H Program has reached out to Texas 4-H to ask for our help in assisting with the flood relief efforts in southern Louisiana. As we all know, the southern part of the state was recently devastated with record rain fall right at the time youth were planning on going back to school. Due to the rains and the damage experienced many youth in the region have not been able to return to school, much less been able to shop for school supplies. The Louisiana 4-H Program is asking for donations of general school supplies which can be distributed to the youth of southern Louisiana. Please drop off supplies at the Extension office.
In addition to the Louisiana School Supplies: For 4-Hers that also want to do an additional community service activity on One Day 4-H, Saturday, October 8 th, Goliad State Park and Historic Site is looking for volunteers to help with trail maintenance along the Aranama Nature Trail near Mission Espiritu Santo. An organized volunteer cleanup will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. While some tools will be available, volunteers are encouraged to bring gloves and pruning clippers for trimming small branches. Refreshments will be provided. Attention Club Leaders-This Fall the park is also looking for volunteers to assist with planting native trees and shrubs. Please contact Park Superintendent, Brenda Justice at 361-645-3405 if you are interested in organizing a day for your club to come out and volunteer CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BIKE RIDE The Annual Missions Tour de Goliad Bike Ride will be on Saturday, October 15 th. We have been asked to work the SAG stops once again. Clubs are asked to get volunteers as in the past. We have also been asked to make homemade cookies. You can bring them to the Extension office by NOON on Friday, October 14 th. The bike riders really appreciate how Goliad County 4-H ers do such a great job at the SAG Stops! Working the SAG stop or making cookies counts as a community service! Additional information and details will be forthcoming as it is provided from the Chamber of Commerce. 9-1-1 ADDRESS SIGNS Attached are several order forms for 9-1-1 signs. We are once again coordinating the effort to get highly visible address signs spread throughout the county to assist EMS in finding addresses in emergency situations. Cost of the signs this year is $15.00 or $16.00 depending on the size of the sign. Order will be placed mid November. This is NOT a fundraiser. However, this is an excellent community service project, and everyone is encouraged to get involved. Additional forms are available in the Extension office, or you can duplicate on your own as needed. As the order forms with payment are collected in the Extension office, orders will be placed. When the finished signs arrive, calls will be made to the buyers to come by and get their signs. If anyone needs assistance mounting the signs, we can offer to help. Be sure to remind sign buyers that the purpose of these signs is to clearly mark the entrance to their home. Appropriate places to mount the signs are gates and fence posts located directly at the entrance.
Goliad County Fair The 2017 Goliad County Livestock Show/Homemaking rules are available on the Extension website at http://goliad.agrilife.org/goliadcounty-livestock-exposition/. The 1st Fair Association meeting will be on Tuesday, September 13 th at 7:30 p.m. at the Julie Wimberly Memorial Homemaking Building. Parents of animal/homemaking exhibitors should be aware of the rule concerning their attendance at these meetings. Parents of animal/homemaking exhibitors must attend a minimum of two Fair meetings AND two Fairgrounds workdays, as well as sign up by March 1, 2017 (available Jan. 3 rd ), to work in one of the designated work areas. 4H members must also be in good standing with their club membership by attending 75% of the local club meetings (5 of the 7 meetings) Be sure to refer to the Fair Association rules so you are informed. Animal and Homemaking (new) registration deadline is December 15 th 2016. You will be notified when online system is available. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to call. (reminder: if you participated in 2016 show, you must have turned in a recordbook (4H or FFA) to be eligible to participate in 2017 show) BROILERS ORDER DEADLINE!! If you are interested in raising broilers for the county show, Houston or Star of Texas, please call the Extension Office and place your order. The deadline to order birds is September 15 th. The pickup date TBD for late January. Must be ordered in lots of 25. You must enter for each show including the Goliad County Fair. If you have any questions, please call the Extension office. RABBITS If you are interested in showing rabbits in the 2017 Goliad County Fair, you are strongly encouraged to start calling breeders now and speaking for your bunnies. Validation will be in February. There is New Rabbit Learning Resource to learn about the rabbit project with new rabbit videos on the Texas Youth Livestock website. To access and use go to: http://texasyouthlivestock.com/rabbit/ Hope these help. COMMERCIAL HEIFER VALIDATION Commercial Heifer Validation is set for the third Saturday in September from 8am 10am this year on the 17 th. However if you have a veterinarian appointment for calfhood vaccinations, dehorning, etc., Goliad County Fair permits early validation. You must contact either your County Extension Agent or AgriScience Instructor and check their availability. If you should have questions concerning the Commercial Heifer Project you may contact this office or Rodney Butler, GCF Commercial Heifer Chairman.
STEER VALIDATION Validation will take place on Saturday, September 17 th at the Goliad County Fair Barn from 8 a.m. 10 a.m. If you have any questions, please give the Extension office a call. MAJOR SHOW HEIFER VALIDATION If you are interested in showing a heifer at a major show in 2017, that heifer project must be validated. The process will involve taking a hair sample, marking any identifying brands, and reading or tattoos and possibly tattooing the project if the breeder failed to do so. There will not be any ear tagging, however a $10 validation fee will be assessed. Please contact this office by September 15 th Spring validated heifers are eligible for 2017 shows and will not have to re-validated. Once a heifer is validated she is eligible for shows for her entire show career Major Show Swine Tags Major show swine tag orders are due September 23 rd. Price will be $10 per tag. Please call the Extension office to place your order 361/645-8204. Checks needs to be made payable to Goliad FFA. Please be aware of the upcoming validation date for goats, lambs and swine projects, which is Saturday, December 3, 2016. SHOOTING SPORTS NEWS - ARCHERY, SHOTGUN, RIFLE ARCHERY - For more information contact David Schoener 361/645-1680 GOLIAD 4H SHOTGUN PROJECT will meet at the Edwards Range. Call 361-645-4544 or 645-4514 for information and directions or email Debbie.bego@ssa.gov. GOLIAD 4H HOT SHOTS - Hot Shots 1st meeting / practice will be September 17 at @ 9:00 am at the Victoria Trap & Skeet Range. Any questions please call Rhonda Hahn 361-655-6764. RIFLE If you are interested in the Rifle Project, contact Nicole Friedrichs at 361-645-4865.
4 -H COLUMN Stay informed of upcoming events, activities and opportunities by reading the weekly 4-H Column in the Goliad Advanced Guard and it will be emailed to you as well. Also, your news items can be included in the column. Please email your article to the Extension Office by Friday noon and it will be included in the following week s column. * * * * * * * * * Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid, service or accommodation in order to participate in Extension programs are encouraged to contact the Extension Service to determine how reasonable accommodations can be made. Sincerely, Brian D. Yanta County Extension Agent-Ag. Goliad County Tracy Berger 4-H Program Assistant Goliad County 329 West Franklin Goliad, Texas 77963 361-645-8204 tberger@ag.tamu.edu Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating