National 4-H Week

October 7-13th

4-H Camp Slogans Due

October 22nd

National Character Counts Week

October 21st—27th

Paws for Poetry

Forms due to 4-H Leader

October 19th

Party with the Pumpkins

St. James Tourist Center

October 25th

Annual Pet Show

Lutcher High School

October 27th

Broiler Chick Orders Due

November 1st

Mandatory Livestock Mtg.

Lutcher High School

November 7, 2012

4-H Food Fest

St. Peter Chanel School

November 20th

National Character Counts Week!

October 21st—27th

“Travel the World with 4-H!”

October 2012

Join in the celebration:

Wear green and white,

Wear a badge,

Make a sign to display,

Tell others about 4-H.

To celebrate this

week, we are sponsoring a

“Show Our 4-H Pride” Con-

test. We would like each

club to create a display to

put outside in front of your

school. Some things the

judges will look for are: cre-

ativity, involvement of 4-

H’ers, if your display publi-

cizes 4-H and originality. We

want the community to see

them, so be creative. We

will award 1st and Honorable

Mention to the deserving

winners. Judges will drive

by schools Tuesday, Octo-

ber 9th. Email photos to

kguidry@agcenter.lsu.edu

4-H’ers are reminded that

they are role models for others

and should demonstrate the six

pillars of character every day.

The six pillars of character are:

Trustworthiness, Respect, Re-

sponsibility, Fairness, Caring

and Citizenship.

During the month of Octo-

ber, we should work on helping

others develop RESPECT. Re-

spect involves following the Gold-

en Rule (Do unto others, as you

would have them to unto you),

being tolerant of differences, us-

ing good manners, and being con-

siderate of the feelings of others.

Let’s promote character in our homes, schools and

communities!

National 4-H Week!

October 7-13th

www.stjames.agcenter.lsu.edu

If you are interested in learn-

ing more about certain pro-

ject areas or need help in

completing some of your 4-H

projects, you may be interested in join-

ing a Special Interest/Project Club.

All 4-H’ers interested in the fol-

lowing Project Clubs should contact the

4-H office at stjames@agcenter.lsu.edu

or 225/562-2342:

Foods & Nutrition

Shooting Sports

Photography

Gardening

Fitness

The Project Clubs will meet according

to the regular correspondence notifica-

tion.

SPECIAL INTEREST/PROJECT CLUBS

What’s the Buzz about

Louisiana 4-H?

Are you interested in know-

ing more about Louisiana 4-H? If so,

check out our state website at

www.louisiana4h.org. By visiting the

site you will gain access to cool games,

leadership opportunities, Camp Grant

Walker, 4-H University, and various oth-

er topics of interest. You can access

our parish website at:

www.louisiana4h.org/en/our_offices/

parishes/St.+James/Features/4-H.

Happy searching!!

Strawberry Sale to benefit 4-H Educational Programs Deadline to order—October 22

The strawberry sale is part of fundrais-ing for the 4-H Youth Program. The va-riety to be sold will be Camarosa and they will be $23.00 per 100 plants. Under 100 plants will sell for .30¢ each. Please place your order by call-ing (225)562-2320 before October 22nd. All orders have to be paid in advance and will be available for pickup at the St. James Parish AgCenter Office at 2430 Louisiana Ave./Lutcher or at the St. James Agri-culture Center in Vacherie on Hwy. 20. To order your plants, send a check or money order made out to cash along with your address and phone number to 2430 Louisiana Ave. Lutcher, LA 70071 and you will receive a call the last week in October when the plants

will be ready for pickup.

Districted Driving

For every second your eyes aren't’ on

the road, you miss a lot you need to

see. Keep your eyes and mind on the

road when you’re driving.

Don’t drive distracted.

Healthy Lifestyle 5K, 2 or 1 Mile Fun-Run–Walk

Gramercy Recreation Park -5:30 p.m.

Pre-register by: 10/1/2012

T-shirts: Will be provided to those that

pre-register. Pre-registration is encour-

aged however same day registration will

also be available. Race day registration

will begin at 4:30 p.m. with race begin-

ning at 5:30 p.m.

Age Categories:

8 and under; 9-12; 13-15; 16-18; 19-29;

30-40; 40-50; 50 and over

Male and Female in each

For More information a flyer is attached

to this newsletter.

Party with the Pumpkins St. James Parish Tourist Center Thursday, October 25th

Character Counts Week

October 21-27, 2012

More than 4 million young peo-ple in over 50 countries are expected to celebrate Character Counts Week October 21-27, 2012. Character focus-es on six pillars that we should base our daily actions on. They are: trust-worthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring & citizenship.

Character Counts Art Contest Rules

Think of a message and drawing related

to one of the pillars of character. Draw

or color your bumper sticker or book-

mark. Be neat and make sure all words

are spelled correctly. You can enter ei-

ther or both of the categories. Your

entry should show one (and ONLY ONE)

of the “Pillars” of character.

Other rules:

Entries must be in color (use cray-

ons, colored pencils or markers)

Entries cannot have anything clued

to them.

Entries should have your name,

grade & school on the back.

A 4-H agent will pick them up from

your leader at your October meeting.

If not, then you/your parents must get

it to the 4-H Office no later than Octo-

ber 22nd. Awards will be given.

The 3rd Annual Party with the

Pumpkins will be at the St.

James Parish Tourist Center on

Thursday, October 25th at 5:00

to 6:30 p.m. Children 0– 11 years of age

can wear their costumes and trick-or-

treat through the nature trail and pump-

kin patch! Come enjoy this safe trick-or-

treating event to celebrate Halloween.

Bring your trick-or-treat bags! Parking &

Shuttles available and encouraged at

Golden Grove Truck stop and Taylor’s Ex-

press on Hwy. 3125.

ANNUAL 4-H PET SHOW Lutcher High School October 27, 2012

4-H’ers with pets may want to get them groomed for the Annual 4-H Pet Show, which will be held on Satur-day, October 27, 2012, 9:00 a.m.—noon at Lutcher High School. We will have a “Pet Parade” big-ger and better than last year. Only one pet per member may be entered, and there is no charge to enter. An entry form is required. (These are attached to this newsletter.) There will be 6 animal categories you can show pets in: Dogs (large and small), Cats, Birds, Fish, Rabbits & any other pets. Judging will be different this year, too. Judges will choose which catego-ries to enter pets. Would you be able to answer these questions: 1. What kind of food do you feed your

pet? Why? How often? 2. How often should your pet be

bathed? 3. Is it important to take care of your

pets’ teeth? How? 4. Should your pet be vaccinated? 5. Is your pet on heartworm medica-

tion? Why or why not? 6. In case of a hurricane, do you have

an evacuation plan for your pet? Things judges may be looking for is if your pet is in healthy condition, is free

from parasites, is free of any obvious diseases or ill-ness, is not overweight or too lean and if it is clean and has a good appear-ance.

The Service Learning "Sigma Lambda Chi” 4-H meeting was held on Thursday, Octo-ber 4, 2012 at the St. James Parish 4-H AgCenter Office. For youth ages 13-19 years of age, that are interested in leader-ship, community service, meeting new people and making new friends, this is the place for you! Our first meeting was a suc-cess with numerous ideas for fun and ser-vice! Our next Sigma Lambda Chi meeting will be October 30th at 4:15 at the St. James LSU AgCenter office. Our first Jr. Leader community service project and so-cial event will be on Thursday, October 25th at the Pumpkin Patch. If you would like to be on the contact list for all social activities and service projects, send an email to stjames@lsuagcenter.com and give us your email address and/or cell number. Someone will contact you about events.

Junior Leader Club St. James Parish LSU AgCenter Office— October 30, 2012

This year, for all 4-H members who does

not have a pet or cannot attend the pet

show – you will be able to enter the

“Paws for Pets” Poetry Contest. To en-

ter the Paws for Pets Poetry Contest,

write/type a poem/story and attach a

picture of your pet or the pet you would

have if your parent would let you own a

pet. All entries are due to the 4-H of-

fice by October 19th. Winners will

be announced at the pet

show and November

club meetings.

Paws for Poetry Contest

What’s a good theme for 4-H

Summer Camp? Send us your

most creative ideas for a slo-

gan and artwork — in 7 words or less.

The contest is open to all 4-H Club

members. The winning slogan will be

one that is brief and “catchy”, cap-

turing the spirit of 4-H and Camp

Grant Walker. The slogan will be used

on all publicity for camp and on the

camp T-Shirt. The winner will receive

a $50.00 cash award. Think fast —

the deadline is October 22nd.

All entries must include the fol-

lowing: Full name and age of person

submitting slogan, Parish/4-H Club,

complete mailing address and tele-

phone number.

4-H CAMP SLOGAN CONTEST

4-H Challenge Camp 2012

This year 7th & 8th

grader 4-H’ers, who

want to be involved in a

few days of fun, learning

and getting to know other 4-H’ers—all

while spending some time outdoors at

Tickfaw State Park, should sign up for

Challenge Camp, November 12-14,

2012. Sign up with a 4-H agent by Oc-

tober 18th.

St. James Proud Anti-Litter Campaign Did you know that $40 million in tax payer dol-lars are spent yearly on litter throughout the state? Litter has become an issue throughout the parish in all neighborhoods. It cre-ates a negative perception of the community that we live in and an unsafe environment. Let’s do our part to keep St. James Parish clean! Each club is asked to form an Anti-litter Task Force that will organize educational opportunities and events in and around your school and community. Provide your Task Force Community list to the 4-H of-fice by October 19th. St. James will have a clean up/recycle day on Oc-tober 27th. Find out how your club can help!

2012 LA Connection

The 2012-13 State 4-H Citizenship

Board is offering a new and exciting

opportunity to take a road trip

through Louisiana. The event will

be held on December 7-9, 2012 at

the Grant Walker Educational Cen-

ter for 7th-9th grade 4-H members.

The Citizenship Board is excited to

showcase a variety of opportunities

that will connect 4-H youth to Loui-

siana’s richest traditions and cul-

tures. The schedule kicks off on De-

cember 7th at 6:00 p.m. and con-

cludes at 9:30 a.m. on December

9th. St. James can send a team to

this camp. Call the 4-H office be-

fore November 9th if you are inter-

ested.

Parish Livestock Show Lutcher Cow Palace January 25th-27th, 2013

If you would like to get involved in a

4-H Livestock Project, now is the

time to sign up. There will be a

mandatory meeting for all livestock

participants and parents on Novem-

ber 7th at the Lutcher High School

Auditorium. All livestock animals that

will be shown in St. James must be

registered in the 4-H Office. Entry

forms and signed rules and regula-

tions must be turned in by the fol-

lowing Animal Possession Dates: Par-

ish, District, State: Beef Breeding,

Lambs, Goats, Dairy, Chickens, and

Swine Breeding - animals will be DNA

tested the week of November 1-6,

2012 If you would like to order baby

chicks for the parish livestock show,

your order must be in to Mr. Ken by

November 1st. State chicks will cost

40 cents each and will be delivered

the week of January 1, 2012. Parish,

District, State Market Swine entry

date—December 1st. DNA test De-

cember 1-4th. Parish Rabbit Show—

January 26, 2013. If you have any

questions, or want to know more

about 4-H Livestock, call Mr. Ken at

225/562-2320.

Regional Rabbit Show

There will be a Regional Rabbit Show

on Monday, 19th, at the Lafourche Par-

ish Fair Grounds in Raceland. Youth

who are Louisiana 4-H and FFA members

within 30 days of Show may enter. En-

try forms and fees ($2.00 per rabbit)

will be accepted the day of the show.

Rabbit Registration—8:00 a.m. to 9:00

a.m. Registration Line will close at 9:00

a.m. Rabbit Grooming and Handling

Clinic at 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. Judging

will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m.

Youth can exhibit more than one

entry per class. A meat pen class will al-

so be judged. Youth must exhibit his

own rabbits. All judges decisions are

final.

The Louisiana 4-H Foundation

sponsors the Award of Excel-

lence for Jr. 4-H Members and

the Key Club Award for 4-

H’ers in Senior 4-H Clubs. A 4-

H’er can win either of these

awards only one time. Awards are pre-

sented at 4-H Achievement Day. Both

awards require an application which is

due no later than January 10th. Appli-

cations can be found on the St. James

4-H web page. No applications will be

accepted after the deadline. Gradu-

ating 4-H members can apply for a 4-H

honor cord to wear at graduation. Ask

your 4-H Agent for an application.

Louisiana 4-H Award Programs

October 4-H’er of the Month—Nydia Cooper

Nydia Cooper, a 4-H Member at Large from St. James is our October 4-H’er of the Month. Nydia has been very active as a 4-H member and served as a great promoter of the 4-H program. She regularly sends articles to the paper and sets up booths at community events to promote 4-H. She is a member of the photography project club and has been a 4-H Idol participant, as well as a strong safety project member as a sixth grade at Ascension Catholic. She is involved in other school and community events.

Congrats to Nydia and her parents,

Nadine Nelson and Machiavilli Cooper.

4-H Agents,

Kenneth J. Guidry Robin W. Hart

County Agent (4-H) Associate Extension Agent

St. James Parish St. James Parish

St. James Parish LSU AgCenter 4-H Office Box 64, Convent, LA. 70723

Phone: 225/562-2320

Web: http://www.lsuagcenter.com/ email: stjames@agcenter.lsu.edu

The LSU Agricultural Center, a statewide campus of the LSU System, and Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, a statewide campus of the Southern University

System, provide equal opportunities and employment. Louisiana State University and A & M College, Southern University and A & M College, Louisiana parish governing bodies, and United

States Department of Agriculture cooperating.

4-H Fashion Camp Camp Grant Walker January 26-27, 2013 “Fashionland … a Sweet Success” is the theme for the upcoming camp. If you want to learn more about fashion in a fun and friendly atmosphere, then this is the camp for you! A few educational activities for campers will include fleece scarves, sewing caddy, fleece flip-flops and a quilted pillow. St. James Parish is allowed to have two campers (13-19 years old) and one adult leader or junior leader can attend. To register for this camp please contact the 4-H office by November 15th. Spaces are limited.

All 4-He’rs and their families

are now eligible to join the

River Region Federal Credit

Union. See the attached

flyer to find out how you can start your

very own checking and savings account.

This is a great way to start learning

about financial responsibility.

River Region Federal Credit Union

October 2012

LSU AgCenter

Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service

St. James Parish 4-H Office

PO Box 64

Convent, LA 70723