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4-H Council Chairman - Kellie Mae Davis

1st V-Chairman -Jacee Sellers

2nd V-Chairman - Isaiah Chisum

Secretary - Emily Robertson

Reporter - Tony Soria

Delegates at Large -

Hannah Porter & Emma Chisum

4-H Lefors Pirates Delegates

President - Chaston Mouser

Reporter - Kyree Yearwood

Council Delegates - Braxton Mouser & Brody Seeley

North Fork Delegates

President - Jacee Sellers

Reporter - Isaiah Chism

Council Delegates -

Brinley Cox & Savannah Sellers

McLean 4-H Club Delegates

President - Paislye Armbrister

Reporter - Aubrye Arbrister

Council Delegate - Savvye Fuller

Council Delegate - Mallery Reynolds

Soaring Eagle Delegates

President - Katie Davis

Vice President - Austyn Davis

Secretary - Alleigh Waters

Reporter - Clara Robison

Top of Texas Delegates

President - Brycen Epperson

Reporter - Emma Chisum

Council Delegate - Thomas Shantin

North Fork Club Managers Misty Guy & Candace Sellers

Soaring Eagles Club Manager Deborah Davis

Top of Texas Archery Managers

Chad Epperson &

Angie Bowman-Epperson

4-H Lefors Pirates Club Managers Dana Davis & Krista Elrod

McLean 4-H Club Managers

Kristy Reynolds & Jennifer Banks

Clover Kids Club Manager

MJ Brown

ADULT LEADERS COUNCIL

Chairman - Chad Epperson

1st Vice-Chairman— Amanda Weaver

Secretary– Denise Smith

Treasurer—Shelly Youree

Co-Treasurer-

What is inside? Page 1: Pecan Sales Page 2 - 3: Contest Results Page 4: Council News Page 5: Club News

Page 6 - 7: Projects Info Page 8: TOT Livestock Page 9: Livestock Majors Page 10: Coming up Page 11: Calendar

4-H Futures & Features

December 2018

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS & A SAFE WINTER BREAK FROM SCHOOL!

The Gray County Extension Office will be closed Monday thru Wednesday, December 24th thru the 26th

CONGRATULATIONS ON ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL

PECAN AND NUT MIXES FUND RAISER!! The following sold at least $750 and have earned a hoodie:

Anleigh Bowers, Eli Richardson, Emma Chisum & Paisley Armbrister,

The following sold at least $1000 and have earned a jacket:

Caitlynne Budd, Duncan Youree, Makayla Green, Makenzie Green,

Maya Bailey, Hudson Scribner, & Tony Soria.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU

parents and leaders for taking time from your busy schedules to help

with selling and stopping by to sort and pick up the orders.

“You Guys” (that’s Colorado for “Y’all”) are awesome!!

County wide 4-H Family Christmas Party: December 16th from 3 - 5 @ the Gray County Annex.

Boys bring salty snacks and girls bring sweets. Everyone in Gray County 4-H is welcome!

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BIG FUN IN D-1, 2018

Congratulations to the Gray County 4-H Food Challenge teams! Left: The Intermediate “Kids in the Kitchen”, (Savvye Fuller, Paislye Armbrister, Mallery Reyn-olds and Wes Shaw) placed 2nd in the Breads and Cereals competition. Right: The Intermediate “76ers” (Emma Banks, Hallei Rose, Quinn Billingsly, & Ashlyn Stone) competed in Nutritious Snacks. Below Left: “The Four

Chefs”, (Clara Robison, Mallory Beason, Karsen Buck & Dylan Robison) placed 3rd in the Junior Main Dish. Below Right: “The Sizzlin Sisters”, (Kate Shaw, Kaylee Glass, Lauren Hagler, & Delaney Masters) placed 1st in Junior Bread and Cereals!

Congratulations to the Gray County 4-H Food Show Participants

Above: Tony Soria placed 1st in Intermediate Main Dish, Tyler Stone competed in Junior Fruits & Vegetables, Eli Richardson placed 3rd in Junior Nutritious Snacks, & Ashlyn Stone who competed in Intermediate Nutritious Snacks.

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REMINDER: Event Registration Changes In 2017, the Adult Leaders made the decision that families need to prepay for their event registrations

with a check or money order. The payment will be returned to you after you have attended the event. If

you were unable to attend the event, your payment will be deposited and serve as a reimbursement to

the Parent Leaders Account. The purpose for this is to prevent wasting Council funds on members for

events that they were unable to attend.

Congratulations Victoria Swift!

Victoria Swift, a Gray County 4-H Team Eagle shooter, was presented with a National

Rifle Association qualification award on October 29th, after competing over the last sev-

eral months.

The American Rifleman qualification program is a progressive course of fire requiring

shooters to meet nationally defined scoring criteria in each of the prone, kneeling, and

standing positions.

NRA Marksman 1st Class

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Available at the Gray County Annex, now thru Christmas and until sold out, are extra nut mixes, pounds of pecans, gift baskets and more.

Please visit our website: https://gray.agrilife.org/4-h/newsletters/fund-raisers/ and like us on Facebook to view the order brochure and pricelist.

Thank you for supporting Gray County 4-H, and we hope to see you soon!!

4-H YOUTH COUNCIL REPORT by Tony Soria

The Gray County 4-H Council met on Sunday, November 4 for their regular meeting. After the opening exercises, club reports were given by the club representatives and council chairs. One of the council goals of reaching a membership of 135 members has almost been reached with a current enrollment of 129 members! The Council discussed the County-wide Christmas Party and set the date of Sunday, December 16 at 3:00 p.m. at the Gray County Annex. ALL 4-H members and their families are encouraged to attend. Members will assist with the snacks. Boys will bring salty snacks and girls will bring sweet snacks! 4-H Members are also encouraged to participate in the County-wide Community Service activity. 4-H members should bring a package of new athletic socks to donate to the Socks-for-Soldiers activity. The Family Night at the Bulls was discussed and more details will be shared at the next meeting. The Council also appointed a committee to design an new Gray County 4-H T-shirt. Ideas can be directed to the t-shirt committee.

Next meeting is scheduled for January 13, 2019 @ 4:00.

ADULT/PARENT LEADERS COUNCIL The next Adult Leaders Council meeting is scheduled for March 7th, 2019 @ 6:30 p.m. in the Gray County

Annex. Discussion topics include Spring Fund Raisers and New County 4-H Shirts.

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McLean 4-H Club: 4:00 Monday, December 10, CHRISTMAS PARTY

Soaring Eagles: Contact Deborah Davis

Top of Texas Archery: 3rd Thursday every month 6:00 @ bull barn

Clover Kids: 5:30 December 10th @ GC Annex

BELLS WILL BE RINGING…

4-H COUNCIL: 4:15 Monday, December 10th @ United

NORTH FORK: beginning at 4:00 Tuesday, December 11th @ United

TOT Archery: 4:00 Thursdays 6th & 13th @ HOBBY LOBBY; Sunday December 9th

celebration of lights.

Lefors: 4:30 Wednesday, December 12th @ United

Air Rifle Practice every Monday at 6:30 at the Bull Barn.

Archery Practice every Monday at 6:00 at the Bull Barn.

Pampa & Mclean Food & Nutrition If you have not submitted your Project Record Form, it is due now.

No meetings until next year.

Photography Photography project meeting will be at

7:00 p.m. on December 13th at the Gray County Extension Office.

Robotics The Robotics Project meeting is scheduled at 6:00 in the Gray County Annex

on Friday December 7th.

Shotgun No meetings until March 2019.

Livestock BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR E-MAIL MESSAGES REQUESTING

HELP SETTING UP THE SHOWBARN FOR THE

TOP O TEXAS SHEEP, GOAT, & CATTLE SHOW

BEFORE JANUARY 5TH

Horse - McLean You’re invited to contact Billie Billingsley at 806-203-0396 for McLean Horse Project meetings.

Horse - Pampa 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the month at the Gray County Annex in the evenings.

Vet Science

Vet Science Meeting will be

at 5:15 on Wednesday, Dec 12th at the Gray County annex.

Please sign up for remind to be in the

communication loop.

Rabbits Rabbit Project meeting is to be announced.

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Excused Absences for School

Please inform the Gray County Extension Office as soon as you can of any 4-H activities that

you plan to attend outside of school so we can request your absence to be excused. Please note

that it is the parent of the 4-H member’s responsibility to call the child in for the absence.

Gray County

Jr. Livestock Show

Thursday, January 17th:

Lambs Dorpers, Goats Steers

& Heifers

Saturday, January 19th:

Swine & Premium Sale

The Gray County Buyers Club supports & helps fund the Gray County Livestock Show as well as the Top of Texas Jackpot Shows.

The Top O Texas lamb, goat, and cattle show will be January 5th & 6th. Stop by the bull barn and support your fellow 4-Hers and get in some volunteer time working the concession stands & helping where needed.

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February 25 - March 17 2019

February 1 - 17th 2019

February 7th - 24th 2019

GOOD LUCK LIVESTOCK PROJECT MEMBERS!!

HAVE FUN & BE SAFE TRAVELING TO AND FROM

YOUR STOCKSHOW DESTINATIONS

January 18th - February 9th 2019

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to you...

Kevin Kennedy….. Dec 07

Dorothy Martin…..Dec 09

Marcus Warmuth…..Dec 09

Quinn Billingsley…..Dec 13

Emily Hendricks…..Dec 18

(Jesus Christ’s Birth Celebration…..Dec 25)

And everyone else who has a birthday in December!

Pecan order pickups for deliveries;

Merry Christmas and Happy, Safe, New Year!

Livestock Majors

Spring Projects

Please call the Extension Office at 669-8033 for questions

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“We are better throughout the year

for having, in spirit, become a child

again at Christmastime.”

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806-669-8033

Gray County Extension Office

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Pampa, Texas 79065

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