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M I C R O S O F T Jackson Co. 4-H

A U G U S T 2 0 1 6

Updates from your county extension office

Sewing Camp!!

Individuals that participated in

the 2016 Sewing Camp held

here at the Jackson County

Extension Office. Kids went

to the second hand store next

door and picked out clothing

to refashion.

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AUGUST 2016

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

State Record

Book Judging

2 3 4 5 6

Club Officer

Training

Calhoun

County 10-3

7

8

Steer/ 2nd

Lamb& Goat

Progress show

@5:45

9

Ganado @ 7

LaWard @7:30

10

11

12 13

14

Council @ 3

Senior @4

Saddle @2

15

4H Connect

Registration

for NEW

YEAR

16

EISD Back To

School Bash __

Council officers

need to attend

17

Clover @ 5:30

18 19 20

21

Texana @4

22 23 24 25

Booster

Meeting

@5:30

26

27

28

29

30 31

Rabbit Tat-

tooing @

BRC from 5-

7

P A G E 3

SEPTEMBER 2016

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4 5

Office Closed

HOLIDAY

6

7

8

9

10

11

Saddle @ 2

Senior @4

12

13

Ganado @ 7

LaWard @7:30

14

15

16

17

Master

Gardeners

Plant Sale

8am—Noon

18

Texana @4

19

20

21

Optional

Weigh in 6-7

Clover @

5:30

22

23

Clover Café

List DUE!

24

25 26

Informed

Consent

Page From

Hand-

book

Due!

27

28

29 30

P A G E 4

4H AWARD CEREMONY

Parker Srp &

Kathryn Miller

Bronze Star Award

2016 Record Book

4H CLUB MANAGERS

SARAH BRADLEY

RAEANN ORTOLON

LESLIE KALLUS

JAMES BUDD

P A G E 5

Madalyn Maresh &

Hannah Janssen Booster

Scholarship

Kimberly Ortolon

Senior Award

Sara Brezina

Silver Star Award

P A G E 6

Upcoming Dates

August 6th

Club Officer Training in Calhoun County @ 10-3pm

Please All Officers please try to attend Make sure to call Calhoun

County office to RSVP

August 8th

2nd Steer Progress Show 5:45 Pm weigh in 6:15 Show

2nd Lamb & Goat Progress Show Directly after Steers

August 15th

Be sure to start signing up on 4H connect.

Texas.4honline.com

August 31

JCYF Rabbits BRC 5-7PM Tattooing

September 17th

Jackson County Master Gardeners are having there annual plant

sale in the Auditorium from 8-Noon

September 21st

Fair scales will be available for optional weigh in. By appointment with

the Livestock Superintendent from 6-7PM # 781-4980

September 26th

Informed Consent Form Due in the Extension office. Form located in

the back of the 4H Handbook

October 1st—9th

FAIR WEEK !!! July 20, 2017

Next Years 4H recognition night!

More dates will be added as they come up. If any questions please call

the office at 361-782-3312

Lamb & Goat Validation

It’s time to order ear tags for the 2016-17 Texas 4-H/FFA Lamb, Goat, Breeding Goat & Breeding Sheep Validation Programs. The deadline for ordering tags will be August 26, 2016. Tag orders MUST be postmarked by August 26, 2016. Order forms have been sent to County Agents only. Tags will cost $10 each for market lambs, market goats, wether dams and wether does. Validation for breeding sheep and breeding goats is $7.50 per head. You do not order ear tags for breeding sheep and breeding goats, but use their original flock tag. After the August 26, 2016 deadline, late tags may be ordered if needed at a cost of $20 per tag for lambs, goats, wether dams and wether does and late entries for breeding sheep and breeding does will be $15.00 per head. If you have any questions, please call the office at 361-782-3312.

YOUTH MARKET BROILER AND TURKEY DIVISIONS RULES AND ORDERING PROCEDURES 2017 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, and Rodeo Austin Only birds purchased through the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Poultry Science office are eligible to compete in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR), San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo (SASSR) and Rodeo Austin (RA) youth market poultry shows.

The price of turkey poults is $3.50 per bird ($87.50 per 25 poults).

The price of broiler chicks is $1.25 per bird ($31.25 per 25 chicks).

ORDER DEADLINES Turkeys: Orders must be postmarked by September 2, 2016. Broilers: Orders must be postmarked by October 15, 2016.

Broiler order forms will be added on September 1, 2016.

Upcoming Dates

August 6th

Club Officer Training in Calhoun County @ 10-3pm

Please All Officers please try to attend Make sure to call Calhoun

County office to RSVP

August 8th

2nd Steer Progress Show 5:45 Pm weigh in 6:15 Show

2nd Lamb & Goat Progress Show Directly after Steers

August 15th

Be sure to start signing up on 4H connect.

Texas.4honline.com

August 31

JCYF Rabbits BRC 5-7PM Tattooing

September 17th

Jackson County Master Gardeners are having there annual plant

sale in the Auditorium from 8-Noon

September 21st

Fair scales will be available for optional weigh in. By appointment with

the Livestock Superintendent from 6-7PM # 781-4980

September 26th

Informed Consent Form Due in the Extension office. Form located in

the back of the 4H Handbook

October 1st—9th

FAIR WEEK !!! July 20, 2017

Next Years 4H recognition night!

More dates will be added as they come up. If any questions please call

the office at 361-782-3312

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Extension Staff

Mike Hiller, CEA - AG/NR

mrhiller@ag.tamu.edu

Katelyn Sutherland, Office Manager

katey.sutherland@ag.tamu.edu

If you need any assistance or help is needed

with any livestock projects, please call the

office at 361-782-3312 to schedule a project

visit.

AgriLife Extension Office hours:

Monday-Friday 8-5pm

Close 12-1pm for lunch

Important Websites Jackson Co. 4-H http://jackson.agrilife.org/ District 11 4-H http://d114-h.tamu.edu Texas 4-H http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/ 4-H Connect https://texas.4honline.com Texas 4-H Alumni and Friends http://texas4hfriends.org

Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, reli-

gion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status.

The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating

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