Gillespie County

95 Frederick Rd.

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

4-H NEWSLETTER

Don’t get caught out in

the cold without your

Gillespie 4H Pullover!

Gillespie 4-H OCTOBER 2020

Gillespie County Extension Office http://gillespie.agrilife.org

Facebook Page Gillespie County—Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Texas 4-H http://texas4-H.tamu.edu

Texas 4-H Center http://texas4H-ctr.tamu.edu

Quality Counts https://www.texaslivestockvalidation.com/qc/qcregister.aspx

Phone: 830-997-3452

ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY The Gillespie County 4-H program and the Texas A&M Agrilife Exten-

sion Service supports the Texas Education Code requirements to be

labelled as an official “extracurricular activity”. Please keep in mind

that in all 4-H competitive events 4-H members must be eligible to

compete. This applies regardless of the day or time during the week

the event is held. Eligibility requirements apply to all 4-H members

whether they are enrolled in public, private or home school. Eligibility

is determined by the school, not the county Extension agents. Parents

should address questions about a student’s eligibility to the school.

If your 4H member is participating in a 4-H related event and will miss

school, we will submit an excused absence request to the school on

their behalf if they are officially enrolled in 4H for the current year.

NOTE: CHANGE IN STATUS OF SCHOOL ENROLLMENT (3 WEEK WAIT-

ING PERIOD BEFORE MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE)

Consistent with UIL rules, the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program

has adopted a three (3) week waiting period upon change in status of

school enrollment (i.e. from public to home, public to private, public

to public, private to public, private to home, private to private, home

to public, or home to private) before the 4-H member is eligible to

participate in extracurricular activities.

NOTE: 4H MEMBERS MUST BE ACTIVELY ENROLLED IN 4H ONLINE

FOR THE CURRENT 4H YEAR BEFORE WE CAN REQUEST AN EXCUSED

ABSENCE

All 4-H members must be officially enrolled (in an “active” status on

4H Online) to be considered an official 4-H member. No excused ab-

sences can be requested for any youth who is not enrolled in the

official 4-H enrollment system (4H Online).

2020-2021 ONLINE 4H ENROLLMENT—COMPLETE THIS MONTH

BEFORE IT INCREASES TO $30 http://texas.4honline.com

ALL 4-H members and adult volunteers MUST re-enroll online in 4-H

Online each year. If you do not re-enroll, then you will not be consid-

ered an active 4-H member or volunteer and you will not be able to

participate in 4H events or receive excused absences for 4H-related

school absences.

Texas 4-H charges an annual enrollment fee of $25.00 per member (8

years old and in the 3rd grade – 12th grade). 4-H members in the 1st or

2nd grade will not be charged an annual enrollment fee. All adult vol-

unteers will be charged a $10.00 enrollment fee and will be required

to take two online trainings before volunteer enrollment is complete.

Adult volunteer enrollment will include a background screening if you

have not had one in the previous three years.

REGISTER FOR FALL ROUNDUP CONTESTS Registration Dates: October 19th—October 30th on 4H Online

Please note that ALL participants must register, even if it is a team

event. Each team member must register. The Gillespie 4H Adult

Leaders will cover these contest registration fees, so please select

“4H Check” as your payment option.

Juniors: 3rd (and 8 yrs. old)-5th Graders

Intermediates: 6th-8th Graders (NOTE: juniors may move up to com-

pete in the intermediate divisions, but intermediates cannot move up

to the senior division)

Seniors: 9th-12th Graders

Contest Schedule:

Tuesday, December 1st

8:30am—Entomology in Kerrville

Wednesday, December 2nd

Food Show in Kerrville

8:00am—Juniors

11:00am—Intermediates

2:00pm—Seniors

Thursday, December 3rd

8:30am—FCH Quiz Bowl, Horse Quiz Bowl, & Livestock Quiz Bowl

Tuesday, Dec. 8th—Wednesday, Dec. 9th Online Through Zoom

1:30pm—Educational Presentations

Thursday, December 10th Online Through Zoom

1:30pm—Public Speaking

Leadership

COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL – NEXT MEETING Date: Monday, November 16th

Time: 6:00pm

Place: Gillespie County Fairgrounds

Attention Club Presidents and Council Delegates! Your club has elect-

ed you to represent them at a county level. This means you are

STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to attend the County 4-H Council Meetings.

This meeting is open to any 4-H member to attend. (It’s just that Dele-

gates and Presidents are the only ones that can vote!)

COUNTY ADULT LEADERS ASSOCIATION MEETING Date: Monday, November 16th

Time: 7:00pm

Place: Gillespie County Fairgrounds

The Adult Leaders Association of Gillespie County is open to any

adult or volunteer with interest in bettering the Gillespie County 4-H

Program. Please come and check it out! All 4-H volunteers and

parents are encouraged to attend.

Livestock Quiz Bowl / Horse Quiz Bowl

Quiz Bowl Contest Opportunities The quiz bowl contests provide an opportunity to demonstrate

knowledge on a specific subject matter in a competitive setting.

Livestock Quiz Bowl

District Contest is Thursday, December 3rd in Kerrville

Registration Dates: October 19th—October 30th on 4H Online

Senior Teams (9th-12th graders) must consist of four (4) youth and

Junior and Intermediate Teams (3rd-8th graders) may consist of 3-

4 youth. An exception to the age division is that juniors may move

up to compete with an intermediate team but intermediates nor

seniors may not move up or down to a different age division. There

are no individual entries in this contest

Texas 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl Supplement – this includes the list

of resources that questions can be pulled from. https://texas4-

h.tamu.edu/events/roundup/

Horse Quiz Bowl

District Contest is Thursday, December 3rd in Kerrville

Registration Dates: October 19th—October 30th on 4H Online

Senior Teams (9th-12th graders) must consist of four (4) youth and

Junior and Intermediate Teams (3rd-8th graders) may consist of 3-

4 youth. An exception to the age division is that juniors may move

up to compete with an intermediate team but intermediates or

seniors may not move up or down to a different age division. There

are no individual entries in this contest

Texas 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl Supplement – this includes the list of

resources that questions can be pulled from. https://texas4-

h.tamu.edu/events/roundup/

CLUB OFFICER TRAINING

Wednesday, October 7th

6:00pm

Location is TBA

Presidents, Treasurers, & Secretaries Only!

All other officers should get with club managers or with our 4-H agent,

Taylor Osbourn, regarding duties for this upcoming year.

Food & Nutrition FOOD SHOW

Date: County Food Show is October 26th

Place: Gillespie County Extension Office

Entry Deadline: Friday, October 9th @ 5:00pm

District Food Show – Wednesday, December 2nd (entry period is Oc-

tober 19th through Friday, October 30th on 4H Online)

Youth members will choose a recipe to prepare. Participants will

bring a dish prepared at home to the show to be presented to judges.

Each member will enter one recipe into the County Food Show.

Beginner: 1st & 2nd graders

Junior: 3rd, 4th, & 5th graders

Intermediate: 6, 7, & 8th graders

Senior: 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th graders

This year’s 4-H Food Show theme is GROCERY GAMES…Let your local

food sources guide your healthy recipe selection with only $10 to

spend!

Texas is a diverse state, in more ways than one! Some of us live in a

metroplex with access to major supermarkets and aisles upon aisles

of options. Others live in small towns supplied by a convenience store

or a larger store if we are willing to travel. A few of us find fresh food in

our own backyard garden. The rest of us are somewhere in between!

This year, we want you to be creative by using YOUR local food sources

to create a dish on a budget. This year’s Food Show will be especially

unique as 4-H’ers bring foods created from the supermarket, the

small-town convenience stores, the dollar stores, and even the gar-

den! What are you bringing to the table? Remember to keep in mind

good nutrition and healthy preparation methods as you select your

recipe.

FAMILY COMMUNITY HEALTH QUIZ BOWL

District Contest is Thursday, December 3rd in Kerrville

(entry period is October 19th through Friday, October 30th on 4H

Online)

This contest helps participants increase their knowledge of basic

nutrition, consumer information, food and kitchen safety, food prep-

aration skills and storage, and nutrition and health.

The contest follows a ”game show” teaching method and teams will

compete against other teams.

FOOD CHALLENGE CONTEST County Contest: Spring 2021

District Contest: April 2021

The Food Challenge is a team event, with each team made up of

three to four 4-H members. Each team is randomly assigned to one

of four categories—main dish, fruit and vegetable, bread and cereal,

and nutritious snacks. The two phases of the contest include:

(1) Preparation—From a set of ingredients provided, representative

of one of the four categories, team members must work togeth-

er to develop a recipe and prepare the dish within 40 minutes.

During the preparation phase, teams must also prepare a

presentation for the judges.

(2) Presentation—Team presentations should explain the prepara-

tion steps, nutritional value of the dish, functions of the nutri-

ents, food safety practices and concerns related to preparation

and storage of the dish, serving size and cost of the dish.

Please contact Shea Nebgen at s-nebgen@tamu.edu or 830-997-

3452 to sign up.

Ag Product ID Workshop & Virtual Contest Opportunity

Educational Presentations & Public Speaking

Educational Presentations & Public Speaking Registration Dates: October 19th—October 30th on 4H Online

District Contest is Tuesday, December 8th—Thursday, December

10th Online through ZOOM

3rd-12th grade 4H members may participate

Public Speaking Contest:

1. Public Speaking is an individual contest. No team entries.

2. No props, visual aids, or audio/video recordings are permitted.

3. Time limit for public speaking presentations is 5-8 minutes.

4. Topic should relate to current events that are relevant to youth

5. Public Speaking Rules and Score Sheets can be found at:

http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Public-

Speaking-Score-Sheet.pdf

Educational Presentation Contest:

1. Entries may involve 1 to 2 4-H members. All members will need

to have a role in the presentation.

2. Projectors and computers will be provided for each contest

room by the superintendent. 4-H Members will need to bring their own easel and/or slide clicker.

3. The Time limit for Educational Presentations is 12 minutes for

presentation and 9 minutes for set up/take down.

The 2021 Roundup Guide is available on the Texas 4-H website.

Website link: https://texas4-h.tamu.edu/events/roundup/.

Refer to it for specific rules for each Educational Presentation Con-

test.

Educational Presentation Scoresheets can be found at:

http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Educational-

Presentations-Score-Sheet.pdf

Educational Presentation Category Choices:

Agricultural Technology & Farm Safety

Animal Science

Beef

Health & Wellness

Horse

Open (General)

Open Ag & Natural Resources

Open Family Community Health

Promote 4-H

Safety & Injury Prevention

Join Texas 4-H on Tuesday, October 6th at 6:30 pm via Microsoft

Teams to learn more about Ag Product Identification. This contest

provides youth the ability to further their knowledge and skills

when evaluating ag products grown in Texas. Pre-registration is

required via https://tinyurl.com/yxe9mlnn .

Then be sure and get registered on 4HOnline between October 1 –

28, 2020 for the Virtual Ag Product Identification Contest. This

contest will be held on Tuesday, November 10th.

If you would like for Taylor Osbourn or Brad Roeder to come and look at your animal projects, please contact our

office and set up an appointment with them.

GCYLS

ATTENDANCE RULE

For those who are planning on exhibiting animals at the 2021 Gillespie County Youth

Livestock Show, the attendance requirements have been waived. For the 2022 Gillespie County Youth Livestock

Show, please plan on attending at least half of your club meetings. If you have any concerns or further questions

about attending meetings to meet GCYLS attendance requirements, please contact Taylor Osbourn at 830-997-3452.

Food & Nutrition

LAMB & GOAT VALIDATION A parent or guardian must be present during validation!!!

The following dates have been set in October. You and your animals

MUST make one of the validations to validate your lamb/goat project

to be able to show your animals in any of the 2021 livestock shows.

FREDERICKSBURG – Fairgrounds

Monday, October 19th from 3:30—6:00pm

HARPER - The Hay Barn @ 25076 US-290 in Harper

Wednesday, October 21st from 4:00pm—6:00pm

If you have a major conflict, call the Extension Office ASAP. Please

don’t wait until the last day to call because we may not be able to get

with you before the deadline. Don’t forget that a parent must accom-

pany each exhibitor.

Breeding Sheep & Breeding Goats

Ownership and registration deadline for breeding sheep and goats is

October 1st . The animal must be recorded in the association Herd-

book in the exhibitor’s name only by October 1. A copy of the registra-

tion papers must be provided at validation.

Texas Lamb Breeders Association (TLBA) tag numbers MUST be in the

lamb’s ear and be recorded on the validation form at validation. Mar-

ket lambs must have a yellow TLBA tag to be eligible to compete in

the San Angelo Stock Show or receive TLBA recognition at other ma-

jor shows. Wether dams must have a red TLBA ewe lamb tag to be

eligible to compete in the San Angelo Wether Dam Show.

The Texas Goat Breeders Association (TGBA) tag numbers must be in

the goat’s ear and recorded on the validation form at the time of vali-

dation. Market goats and wether does are eligible for this program

and will have the same green TGBA tag.

JACKPOT/PROSPECT LIVESTOCK SHOWS We have listed the information that we receive regarding jackpot and

prospect shows on our website: http://gillespie.agrilife.org > 4H >

Livestock/Show Animals > Jackpot/Prospect Shows.

Sonny Domsch Memorial Annual Prospect Lamb, Goat, Heifer, and

Steer Show—Saturday, October 10th in Jourdanton, TX

14th Annual Cowboy Classic Goat and Lamb Prospect Show—

Saturday, October 17th in Jourdanton, TX

Tyler Bowman Memorial Pig & Steer Prospect Show—Saturday, Octo-

ber 24th in Uvalde, TX

Double J Steer Show—Saturday, October 31st in Jourdanton, TX

South Texas Double Trouble Prospect Show—Saturday, November

7th in Jourdanton, TX

Fort Elliott FFA Alumni Lamb & Goat Camp—Saturday, November 7th

in Wheeler County

CTYF Showdown on the Bosque—Sunday, November 29th in Clifton,

TX

Bosque County Classic - Saturday, December 29th in Clifton, TX

HEIFER VALIDATION When: By Appointment before October 31st, 2020

Please contact Taylor Osbourn at 830-997-3452 or to tay-

lor.osbourn@ag.tamu.edu to set up an appointment

Cost: $15.00 per heifer

*You must bring original registration papers in owner’s name to vali-

dation!

If you are planning to show a heifer at a major stock show or the Gil-

lespie County Youth Livestock Show, then that heifer must be validat-

ed. If a heifer has been validated previously, and the ownership or

breed has changed, then it must be re-validated. If you are planning

to show a heifer that has been previously validated and the ownership

or breed has NOT changed, then she will NOT need to be validated

again. You must bring the original registration certificate with you to

validation. A parent needs to be present at validation to sign ethics

policy.

SAN ANGELO STOCK SHOW & RODEO CALF SCRAMBLE

We are accepting entries now!

If you have a 4H member who is interested in participating in this, they

accept the first 80 complete entries. Entries must be submitted by

December 1, 2020, but we would recommend that you enter as soon

as possible if you want to participate.

Must be 13-18yrs as of February 1, 2021

Rounds will be on Friday, February 5th; Saturday, February 6th; and

Saturday, February 12th. Rules and entry forms are available by visit-

ing https://www.sanangelorodeo.com/p/livestock/calf-scramble

Livestock Cont.

QUALITY COUNTS—IF YOU ARE GOING TO SHOW LIVESTOCK IN 2021,

YOU MUST COMPLETE THE QUALITY COUNTS PROGRAM FOR YOUR AGE

DIVISION IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY

Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show - requires that exhibitors in grades

3-12 complete this course and exam

Major Livestock Shows - will require that all exhibitors who compete in

junior/youth shows complete this course and exam

Exhibitors will access the course and exam at this web-

site: https://www.texaslivestockvalidation.com/qc/qcregister.aspx

Instructions For How To Complete Quality Counts Enrollment can be

found at this link

https://texasyouthlivestock.com/quality-counts/

See the following pages of this newsletter for more information!

Entomology

4H ENTOMOLOGY CONTEST District Contest is Tuesday, December 1st in Kerrville

Registration Dates: October 19th—October 30th on 4H Online

Identify selected insects and complete a written examination on in-

sects.

Counties may enter as many teams as they wish and up to 2 individu-

als in judging contests in each age division. All youth entered in each

age division will be eligible for high point individual awards.

Contestants will be required to bring two (2), sharpened #2 pencils

with good erasers and one clipboard.

Questions will be selected primarily from "Study Materials for 4-H

Entomology Contests."

Entomology Contest resources can be found by visiting

https://entomology.tamu.edu/extension/youth/4-h/4h-contest/

Quality Counts

Quality Counts

8th-12th GRADE ROBOTICS

HAVE ROOM FOR 3 TEAM MEMBERS

NEED ADULT VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH CONSTRUCTION

AND PROGRAMMING

Project participation fee is $50.00 per team member, and current

enrollment in 4H is a requirement.

The robot game challenge for this season can be found at this link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYS0--eeUCM

If you have any ideas on how to construct a robot to take on this

challenge, please consider joining our team!

Practices are on Sunday afternoons from 4:00—6:00pm at the

First Baptist Church Gym, and practices will begin on Sunday,

October 4th. Tournaments will be in January, February, and March

2021.

Contact Carly Jenkins for more information at 830-997-3452 or

by email to carly.jenkins@ag.tamu.edu.

Robotics 3RD-7TH GRADE ROBOTICS—PARTICIPANTS FORM A TEAM AND

MAY CHECK OUT KITS Participants will form their own teams and at least one parent will serve

as the coach and will check out a “kit” from our office to prepare for a

competition. Or, if 4H members want to just check out a kit and work

together to build a robot and learn to program, they can do that also.

There is a $25.00 fee per team member to check out a kit.

Six to seven weeks is the approximate time to prepare for the average

competition. We have 6 kits available to check out.

Kits include: LEGO™ Mindstorms Core Set, LEGO™ Mindstorms Ex-

pansion Set, Laptop, Instructional Book, storage container for assem-

bled robot, and large rolling trunk for equipment (optional)

For individual contest rules, participants will need to check the show’s

website.

We have summarized the contests that we are aware of on our website

http://gillespie.agrilife.org > 4H > Robotics > 3rd-7th Grade Robotics.

Guadalupe County Sumobot—Spring 2021

Fort Worth Livestock Show—January 2021

San Angelo Livestock Show—February 2021

San Antonio Livestock Show—February 2021

Houston Livestock Show—March 2021

Rabbits

TEXAS 4-H RABBIT PROJECT EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP SERIES

Due to COVID-19 restrictions and Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease, the

tough decision was made to cancel the 2020 Texas 4-H Rabbit Extrava-

ganza that is normally held this month. However, we still wanted to be

able to provide an educational opportunity to all of the project mem-

bers during this time.

Therefore, on behalf of the Texas 4-H Rabbit Advisory Board, I am happy

to announce our 2020 Texas 4-H Rabbit Project – Virtual Educational

Series! We will be offering four different workshops starting on Thurs-

day, September 24, 2020. We will alternate weeks with the next three

workshops being scheduled for October 8th, October 22nd, and Novem-

ber 5th. These are all going to be held on a Thursday evening at 6:00pm

via ZOOM.

All interested participants, will need to register on 4-H Online (https://

v2.4honline.com/#/user/sign-in) in order to receive the meeting links

prior to each workshop. There will be no fee attached to this event, we

are just needing everyone to register online in order to participate.

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Miscellaneous

OCTOBER 2020 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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18 19 District Roundup

Registration

Opens / Lamb &

Goat Validation in

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20 21 Lamb & Goat

Validation in

Harper

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25 26 27 28 29 30 District Roundup

Registration

Closes

31

Last day to

validate a

heifer

Club Announcements

Cave Creek— will have Trash pick-up and Meeting on Sunday, October 11th. Meet at the “Y” at 4:00 PM.

Cross Mountain— Cross Mountain 4-H Club will meet on Tuesday, October 20th at 7pm. We will meet at Fredericksburg Christian Fellowship

Church, 157 Schmidtzinsky Road.

St. Mary’s— will meet on Monday, October 12th at 7:00pm in the St. Mary’s School Cafeteria

Willow Creek—will meet o Tuesday, October 6th at Fort Martin Scott at 6:30pm

Wrede—will meet Monday, October 12th at 6:00pm at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park at Pavilion #5

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*If your club is not listed, contact your club managers for monthly meeting announcements. Just because your club is not listed, doesn’t mean

that they aren’t meeting this month.

CEA – Ag & NR Shea Nebgen CEA-FCS Taylor Osbourn CEA – 4H Beth McMahon CEA - Horticulture

The members of Texas A&M AgriLife will provide equal opportunities in programs and activities, education, and employment to all persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity and will strive to achieve

full and equal employment opportunity throughout Texas A&M AgriLife.

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