Inside this issue:

Major Stock Show

Results

2

Project News 3 & 4

Club Corner 7

Calendars 8 & 9

Dallam & Hartley 4-H March 2014

Dallam & Hartley Counties

401 Denrock

Dalhart, Texas 79022

Phone: 806.244.4434

Fax: 806.244.7434

Mike Bragg Dallam & Hartley County

CEA-Agriculture and

Natural Resources

Kay Rogers Dallam & Hartley County

CEA-Family & Consumer

Sciences

Shelby Campbell Dallam & Hartley County

CEA-4-H & Youth

Development

Janet Harrison Dallam & Hartley County

Program Assistant

Marsha Hightower Dallam & Hartley County

Administrative Clerk

. . . Greetings from my warm and cozy office!

Man, it’s good to be home for a short while before I hit the road one last time for this

year’s major stock show season. So far Ft. Worth, San Antonio and San Angelo have taken

place and Dallam & Hartley Counties have had an awesome show season!

With all my traveling lately it got me to thinking, “how many miles, on average, does a per-

son drive per year?” Interesting fact #1--According to the US Department of Transporta-

tion a female of the age group 20-34 drives 12,004 miles per year. I have no doubt that I

come very close to that each year! While I’m home the clothing and textiles project is

kicking off with the ‘Bi-County Textiles & Arts Extravaganza’. This is such a fun evening of

projects to help everyone get in the mood for the fashion and art spring season! Interest-

ing fact #2-- In the 1800’s fashion “shows” were called fashion “parades”. American retail-

ers adopted the concept in the early 1900’s and in 1903 the first fashion show was held in

New York City. As show season wraps up and spring contests begin, I want to wish all the

kids good luck and happy spring!! Shelby

CLOTHING & TEXTILES PROJECT IMPORTANT DATES

Monday, March 3-TEXTILES & ARTS EXTRAVAGANZA 5:00pm-7:00pm

FASHION STORYBOARD TRAINING, to be announced

Tuesdays, March 4, 18 and 25, April 1-PILLOWCASE COMMUNITY SERVICE, after school, 3:30pm March 4-Dalhart

March 11-no meeting March 18-Texline March 25-Hartley April 1-Channing

Friday, March 28-CRAFT RODEO in Dumas, 6-9pm

Monday, April 14-PAPERWORK WORK DAY, 4-5pm or by appointment

Tuesday, April 15-MODELING AT “THE LEGACY”, 4:00-5:15pm

Wednesday, April 16-PAPERWORK AND SCRIPT due to office by 5pm

Thursday, April 17 & Monday, April 21-INTERVIEW PRACTICE, 4:00-???, sign up for a time

Sunday, April 20 - REGISTRATION due on 4-H Connect for District Fashion Storyboard

Tuesday, April 22-BI-COUNTY FASHION JUDGING & FASHION SHOW, 4:00-7:00pm

Saturday, May 3-DISTRICT 1 FASHION SHOW, FASHION STORYBOARD, NATURAL FIBERS CONTEST, ARTS&CRAFTS CONTEST, Amarillo, 9am

(refer to http://d14-h.tamu.edu/events/clothing-textiles-project/ for more information)

Page 2 Dallam & Hartley 4-H

FT. WORTH GOATS

Kullen Sorrels -12th place

Emma Lathem -13th place

MARKET SWINE

Tristan Vasquez -5th place

Allison Lackie -8th place

Leslie Batenhorst -9th place

Benjamin James -6th place

STEERS

Ben Bezner -Polled Hereford Breed

Champion

Lillie Skiles –Hereford Breed

Champion

Stewart Skiles -6th place

Garrett Moore -8th place

SAN ANGELO CTBR TEXAS STAR GILTS

Parker Ralston -4th place Cross

1st & Breed Champion Hamp

4th place Spot

4th place York

3rd place Spot

Taylor Heiser –4th place Cross

2nd & Reserve Breed Champion Spot

Nathan Woods –6th place Berkshire

Roper Thomas –Champion Poland China

JR. BREEDING GILTS

Parker Ralston –4th place Poland

1st & Reserve Breed Champion Hamp

5th place York

8th place Spot

STEERS

Stewart Skiles –2nd place European

Lillie Skiles—4th place European

Congrats to Bailey Dettle! Bailey has been invited to compete in

the 2014 Junior Olympic Shooting Championships in 3 Position

Smallbore Rifle. In January, there were qualifying matches held

across the country and Bailey participated in the qualifying

match at TCU. She shot a 522 on six targets. This was the

highest qualifying score in the state of Texas for girls age 11-

14. All of the scores across the country were sent to USA

Shooting and then they were compiled. Bailey was among 73 fe-

males in the United States that received an invitation to the

Junior Olympic Shooting Championships. The competition will be

held in April at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs,

CO. Best of luck to you, Bailey!

SAN ANTONIO JR. DAIRY SHOW

Anneke Boer –1st place 5 yr./aged

Cow

JUNIOR BREEDING GILTS

Michael Minnick –8th place

Britt Wilson –1st place

Alexi Paris –3rd place

BARROWS

Courtney White –9th place Berk

Konnor White –1st place Hamp

Maddy Bezner -1st place Hamp

Molly Fluhman –6th place Dark Cross

Tristan Vasquez –8th place Dark Cross

Leslie Batenhorst -2nd place Dark

Cross

Hattie Bezner –4th place Dark Cross

Taylor Heiser –8th place Chester

Cooper Lackie –3rd place York

Allie James –4th place Cross

MARKET STEERS

Lillie Skiles –Shorthorn Breed

Champion

Maddy Bezner -3rd place

Maine-Anjou

Stewart Skiles –3rd place

All Other Breeds

to the following 4-Hers for their award winning entries at Major Stock Shows!

Horse Validation Add-Ons Entomology We have not received “add-ons” as

of yet. If you showed under 4-H,

we will mail your add-ons to you as

soon as we receive the lists from

the Bi-County Stock Show board.

If you showed in FFA, your FFA

Advisors will have your “add-on”

sheets. Please write thank you’s to

your premium buyer, your add-ons

and anyone else you can think of

who has supported your livestock

project. Sale checks will be avail-

able about April 1st, 2014. It takes

the Bi-County Livestock Show Board

of Directors time to collect all of

the money owed from the sale.

Dallam & Hartley 4-H Page 3

Senior (Ages 14-18) 4-H Photography Contest

Horse Validation Instructions are

available for 2014. Please note the

first validation period runs March 1-

April 15, 2014 for $10.00 per

horse. The second validation period

runs April 16-May 1, 2014 for

$20.00 per horse. Validation and

payment is required on ALL horses

regardless if they were entered

this year or last. These instruc-

tions are also posted on the District

1 website:

http://animalscience.tamu.edu/files/20

12/04/2014-Horse-Validation-

Instructions-Families.pdf

NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

PEOPLE

PLANT/FLORA

STORY BOARD

THEME—”What is Your Why?

(Why are you a part of 4-H?)

Complete rules can be found at:

http://texas4-

h.tamu.edu/files/2014/01/13-

14_Photo_Rulesjan14.pdf

The Junior 4-H Photography contest will be held in August. Be watching

for more information.

Project News

Insects . . . . The Dallam County Entomology Pro-

ject is looking for members!

Please call the Extension Office to

begin attending bi-weekly meetings

on insect identification. Meetings

are “every other” Tuesday at

4:30pm. Teams will be attending

the District Entomology/ID Con-

test on April 28 in Amarillo!

Senior division photography entries

are due to the Extension Office in

digital format on Tuesday, April 1.

Photos should be taken at the high-

est resolution possible and then

emailed in digital format. Photo-

graphs must be in a .jpeg, .jpg, or .gif

formation. Files submitted may not

be larger than 2,048k (2MB). All

photographs entered must have been

taken by the 4-H member between

the dates of January 1, 2013 and the

time of entry. Photos will be judged

at the county level and then the win-

ner in each category will be submit-

ted to the State Photography Con-

test. Photos may be submitted only

one time and in only one category. If

you would like to participate, please

contact the Extension Office. Cate-

gories are:

ANIMALS-DOMESTIC

ANIMALS-WILDLIFE

CATCH-ALL

DETAILS & MACRO

DIGITAL DARKROOM

DOMINANT COLOR

ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

FOOD

MARINE/AQUATIC

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

Consumer Decision Making

The District 1 4-H Consumer Deci-

sion Making contest is scheduled

for Thursday, May 2nd at the Dis-

trict Office in Amarillo. Regular

weekly practice sessions for the

Hartley and Dallam teams will be

held until the District Contest in

May. Call our office for more in-

formation.

(Photos will be displayed during 4-H Roundup.)

Dallam & Hartley 4-H Page 4

Project News

SWINE

Back-to-Basics

Project meetings will be every Tues-

day during the month of July.

“We are getting back to the basics

with the swine project. If you show

swine or are interested in learning

more about swine this project is for

you. We will be learning about the

different breeds and characteristics

of swine as well as learning the ba-

sics of health and nutrition and se-

lection. We will be going on some

neat tours and having some guest

speakers join us during this month

long project.”

HORSE JUDGING

Horse judging practices

begin on Friday, March 7.

Practices will be held in

the Extension Office at 5:30pm on

Fridays (except spring break)

through April 4. The District Horse

Judging Contest is Friday April 11 at

the WTAMU Horse

Center in Canyon.

SAVE THE DATE for these District Events

Horse Judging – April 11, 2014. Registration March 21-April 4.

Livestock Judging – April 17, 2014. Registration March 28-April 11.

Soil/Range/Grass ID and Wildlife Contest-April 28, 2014. Registration

April 8-April 22.

Entomology ID-April 28, 2014.

Consumer Decision Making-May 1, 2014. Registration April 7-April 21.

Fashion Show/Storyboard-May 3, 2014. Registration April 7-April 28 for

Fashion Show. Registration for Storyboard April 7-April 20.

Rifle Contest-May 9-10, 2014. Registration April 11-April 25.

Fishin N Fun – June 2-3, 2014.

Leader Retreat and Office Elections – June 16-18, 2014.

District Horse Show - June 20-21, 2014.

4H POWER Camp – June 23-26, 2014.

Trap & Skeet Contest – June 27-28, 2014.

Record Book Judging – July 10, 2014.

Junior and Intermediate Photography –August 1, 2014

LIVESTOCK JUDGING TO

BEGIN

Livestock Judging Practices will be-

gin on Tuesdays, March 25. Work-

outs will continue through April 15.

The District Livestock Judging Con-

test is Thursday, April 17. Practices

will start at 4:30pm on Tuesdays in

the Extension Office.

SHOOTING SPORTS

TRAINING

March 29-30, 2014

Lubbock

There will be a 4-H Volunteer Lead-

ers Certification Training for

all disciplines:

***rifle

***shotgun

***archery

***pistol.

Registration is open on 4-H Connect

through March 6. Adults—if you

are interested, PLEASE SIGN

UP TODAY!

Ready for a challenge, an outdoor

challenge? Join in the fun during the

2014 Texas 4-H Outdoor Challenge

competition.

This year’s competition will be held

June 27-29 at the Collin County Ad-

venture Camp in Anna, Texas. Regis-

tration is open on 4-H CONNECT

from May 1st to May 31st. Cost is

$30 per person for contest and

$100 per person for meals, lodging,

and facility expenses. For more in-

formation go to:

texas4-h.tamu.edu/outdoor

HUNTER EDUCATION

Ginger Cleavinger will be offering

Hunters Education on the 2nd Satur-

day of every month from 8:00am-

2:00pm. Dalhart classes will be held

at Elm Tree Office Park at 3331 E.

Hwy 54. Fee is $15.00.

These classes will be for the

Home Study Program. Students

need to complete the online portion

at Texas Parks and Wildlife website:

www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/

Students will need to print

out the "Practice Exam" and take to

class for instructor verification.

Please check the schedule

regularly as the location may change

to surrounding towns.

If you are needing to get

Hunters Education done please don't

wait until it's to late or hunting sea-

son has started to get into a class.

Here is the line up for 2014:

March 8, April 12, May 10, June 14

July 12, August 9, September 13,

October 11, November 8,

December 13

Visit Texas Parks and Wild-

life to see when your favorite hunt-

ing season starts:

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/

huntwild/hunt/season/

Contact Information:

Ginger Cleavinger

806.333.2116 Cell

gingercleavinger@yahoo.com

"Like" me on Facebook at Dalhart

Concealed Handgun License

https://www.facebook.com/DalhartC

HL

https://www.facebook.com/ginger.cl

eavinger

Dallam & Hartley 4-H Page 5

This ‘n That

GREAT COMMUNITY SERVICE

From the Community Connect Co-

ordinator, Angela Treptow . . .

Mark your calendar and save the

date—the Dalhart Trash Bash is

Saturday, April 5th.

Come join us for the third annual

Dalhart Trash Bash! Last year we

had over 300 volunteers and col-

lected almost 10,000 lbs of

trash. Help us top those numbers

this year. Sign up is free but for

just $5 you can get an official

Trash Bash T-shirt in your size.

There will be a raffle and everyone

is invited to a free barbecue af-

terwards! If you plan on attending,

please register, so that we can plan

accordingly.

You can register online:

http://

www.dalhartcommunityeducation.org/

dalhart-trash-bash-2014.html

You can also register in person at the

DISD Administration Building located

at 701 E. 10th Street.

Channing Senior Citizens

need cookware and food

preparation equipment

for the Channing Commu-

nity Center. If you have

gently used or new

items, please drop them

off to our office or at

the City Office in

Channing.

Fashion Runway

Starring 4-H Youth from

Districts 1 & 2

Saturday, March 8th in Hereford

9:00am—Meet at the Hereford

Community Center

9:30—Travel to the Hereford Thrift

Store

10:00—Teams will return to Here-

ford Community Center and start

working on design project.

3:00—Fashion Runway will wrap up.

Teams are made up of 3-5 youth

who will purchase garments within

an allowed budget, at a local thrift

store. They will then travel back

to the community center where

they will design and create a new

garment to present to a panel of

judges.

Former design students will be

there to help provide an orienta-

tion and answer questions through-

out the day.

Cost $15.00

Another fun opportunity for Cloth-

ing & Textiles Project members . . .

High Fashion on the High Plains is a

new textile exhibit at the Panhandle

Plains Historical Museum in Canyon.

There is local history about the

items on display and we have heard

it is all, “Quite interesting”! Some-

thing you might want to try—the

exhibit runs through January 10,

2015.

Fish ‘n Fun

June 2-3, 2014

Where: Mesa Vista Ranch, Cottonwood

Lake. The Ranch entrance is north of

Pampa or south of Perryton on Hwy 70.

What: Basic fishing instruction, fishing

tournament

Why: To introduce youth to the life long

sport of fishing and outdoor recreation

Age: Must be in 3rd grade

or 9 years old as of Sep-

tember 1, 2014.

Dallam & Hartley 4-H Page 6

National 4-H Congress Fish ‘n Fun County Camp

2014 Texas 4-H Roundup, June 9-13,

2014, College Station, TX

Roundup housing is going to

be all off campus again this

year. Discount hotel blocks

have been announced!

Check out great prices on

great hotels! To receive

discount rates all bookings

must be made by May 17,

2014. Go to the following

website to obtain informa-

tion on hotels and rates in

the College Station area.

h t t p : / / t e x a s 4 -

h.tamu.edu/files/2014/01/

T e x a s - 4 - H - G r o u p -

Codes.pdf

SUMMER CAMP AT LAKE

ETLING IN BLACK MESA

STATE PARK

June 5, 6, 7

Participants must be currently enrolled 4-H members in a Texas 4-H and Youth Development county program.

AGE: Participants must have passed their 14th but not their 19th birthday before August 31, 2013. Participants must have been

born during the period beginning September 1, 1994 and ending August 31, 1999. Intermediate 4-H age members (Ages 11 to

13, Birth Dates between: September 1, 1999 – August 31, 2002) are allowed to participate in the following events: 4K For 4-H

Walk and Run, 4-H Recipe Rally, Invitational Livestock Judging Contest and Workshop, Healthy Lifestyles Invitational

and Workshop, Wildlife Challenge, Ag Products Identification Contest, Discover Scientific Method: Science, Engineering, &

Technology Poster Competition, Invitational Photography Judging Contest, Invitational Poultry Judging Contest, Invitational

Meats Judging and Identification Contest, Invitational Swine Quiz Bowl, Swine Skill-a-thon, and the Vet Science Skill-a-thon. For more

information, go to http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/roundup

November 27-December 2

Atlanta, Georgia

Experience Leadership, Service,

and Learning in a new exciting way

with more than 950 4-H members

from across the United States!

Deadline for signing up is

April 16, 2014.

Monetary assistance for the trip is

available to 4-Hers in Hartley or

Dallam Co. who would like to at-

tend.

Join in Supporting the Texas

4-H Program through the 2014

Texas 4-H Roundup

Silent Auction!

The Texas 4-H Foundation is pleased

to announce they will host during the

2014 Texas 4-H Roundup the “I Sup-

port the Clover” Silent Auction. There

will again be the opportunity to earn

money for your local 4-H program by

submitting an item(s) on behalf of your

county. The auction will open May 1,

2014 for online bidding.

Call our office for more information!

Dallam & Hartley 4-H Page 7

Dallam Co. Scholarship Applica-

tions are due to the Extension

Office by March 15th! Come by

the Extension Office for an

application!

Club Corner Hartley Plainsmen 4-H

Club Meeting

Hartley Plainsmen will meet on Fri-

day, March 7th at 5:30pm in the

Hartley Community Building.

Come learn all about the Consumer

Decision Making Project.

Channing 4-H Club

Meeting

Channing 4-H Club will hold it’s

monthly meeting on Wednesday,

March 12th at 6:30pm at the com-

munity building in Channing. The

meeting will begin with a potluck din-

ner.

Dallam Darlins 4-H Club

Meeting

4-H for Families and

Friends 4-H Club

Meeting

4-H for Families and Friends Club will

meet on Monday March 3rd at the Rita

Blanca Coliseum at 7 pm. Our monthly

service project is turning in the can

tops for the Ronald McDonald House

in Amarillo. The Shields family is

bringing drinks and the Bridgman

family is bringing snacks. There are

only two more meetings left for this

4-H year. We will hand out officer

forms for those interested in running

for an office in the 2014-2015

year. These forms will be due to the

4-H office by March 31st. Elections

will be at the April meeting. We hope

to see all of you at the meeting!

Dallam Darlins will participate in the

Textiles & Arts Extravaganza for

their March meeting. Please join us

from 5-7pm at the Coliseum. Cost is

$10.00. There are several community

service opportunities available. You

can either bring toothbrushes and

toothpaste to the Extravaganza or

make a pillowcase during one of the

community workshops on Tuesdays. Dallam County 4-H

Council Meeting

Dallam County 4-H Council will meet

on the last Monday of March be-

cause of a busy month that includes

major stock shows and spring break.

Monday, March 31

6pm

Extension Office Meeting Room

Snack Pack 4 Kids

5:45pm at the Administration Bldg.

March 6th

April 3rd

April 30th

Texline 4-H Club

Meeting

The Texline 4-H Club Meeting will be

meeting on Tuesday, March 18th im-

mediately following the Pillowcase

Workshop. Officers need to meet

at the Community Building at 5:15pm

and the meeting will begin at

5:30pm.

Texas 4-H Night at the

Dallas Mavericks

Saturday, April 12th

vs. Phoenix Suns

7:30pm

***Discounted game tickets

***All 4-H Members have the oppor-

tunity to take post-game shot on

basket.

***$3 from each ticket sold will be

donated back to your county!

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Dallam & Hartley Co. Extension Office

401 Denrock Avenue

Dalhart, Texas 79022

Phone: 806-244-4434

Fax: 806-244-7434

Email: Dallam@ag.tamu.edu

Educational programs of the Texas 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.

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