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

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UPDATES FROM YOUR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE

It was a very happy valentine’s day to the residents of Southbrooke Nursing Home when they received a visit from county council members. The members pic-tured below worked in pairs and walked down the halls to deliver valentines and hold conversations with residents.

Valentine Love

P A G E 2

March 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 HLSR Begins

Rifle Practice

@6pm

2

3

Rifle Practice

@6pm

4 County Photography&

Storyboard Contest

Deadline

5

6

Senior @ 4pm

7County ROUND UP –JCSB @5:30

Ganado &Industrial

Spring Break County Photog-

raphy & Story-board Judging

8

La Ward @

7:30 Rifle Practice

@6pm Ganado

& Industrial Spring Break

9 Ganado&

Industrial Spring Break

10 Ganado &

Industrial Spring Break

Rifle Practice @ 6pm

11 Ganado &

Industrial Spring Break

12 Star of Texas

Rodeo Begins

13 Registration Deadline for

District Photography

14 Edna Spring Break

15 Edna Spring Break

Ganado @ 7pm @ KJT HALL

NO RIFLE

16 Edna Spring Break

17 Edna Spring Break

NO RIFLE

18 Edna Spring Break

D11 Storyboard, Spring Spectac-

ular and Horse Judging Dead-

line—Online

19

20 HLSR Ends Saddle @2pm

Texana @4pm Aggie Judging

clinic– College Station

21

22

Rifle Practice

@6pm

23 24 County Fashion Show 4pm

Rifle Practice @ 6pm

25

26 Star of Texas

Rodeo Ends

27

28 29

Rifle Practice @ 6pm

30 31

Rifle Practice @6pm

P A G E 3

April 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2

3 4

5

Rifle Practice @

6pm

6

7

Rifle Practice @ 6pm

8

9

10 Saddle @ 2pm Council @3pm

Senior @4pm

11

12 Ganado @7pm La Ward

@7:30 pm

Rifle Practice

@ 6pm

13 14

Rifle Practice @

6pm

15 State 4H– Photography–

Srs. Only

16 D11 Horse Judging–

College Station

Shooting Sports Extravaganza

in Brownwood

17 Texana @ 4pm

18 19

Rifle Practice @6pm

20 D11 Rifle Regis-tration Deadline

Clover @5:30 pm

21 Booster @ 5:30

Rifle Practice @6pm

22

23 Multi-County

Re-Fashion

Retreat

24 25 26

Rifle Practice

@6pm

27 28

Rifle Practice @6pm

29 30

D11 Spring Spectacular in Victoria

P A G E 4

Blaine Allen placed 4th in his class of Limousin steers. There were 32 exhibitors in his class. He sold his steer in the San Antonio Livestock Exposition Junior Market Steer Auction on Saturday, February 27th. Blaine had worked with his steer for nearly a year. Feeding, watering, washing, grooming, walking, etc. Congratulations to Blaine.

San Antonio Live Stock Show

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County Updates!

2016JacksonCountyMajorLivestockShowParticipants:

Houston: Broilers:ColetonDavis,HaleyDavis,BradyDavis,Emma Sulak,JacobSulak. Heifers:ChloeSchoeneberg Lambs:SamuelHoerster Rabbits:DanielRoman Steers:BlaineAllen 2Jrand1seniorteam—FoodChallenge,FoodShowAustin: Broilers:BradyDavis,HaleyDavis, Lambs:SamuelHoerster As of right now we do not have any Turkeys for the 2016 JCYF Poultry Registration March 26, 2016, 8:00-9:00AM @BRC Steers Tagging - April 11, 2016 6:00 – 7:00 PM @ BRC

Multi‐CountyRe‐FashionRetreat!Amulti‐countyre‐fashionretreatwillbeheldwithJackson,Victoria,DeWitt,Calhoun,andLavacacountiesonApril23rdattheVictoria4‐HCenter.Par‐ticipantswillneedtocleartheirschedulefortheentireday.Itisopenforall4‐Hages.WewillbemeetingattheVictoria4‐HCenter,travellingtoadis‐countclothingstoreinVictoria,andwillworkontheirarticleofclothingoncewereturnfromthediscountclothingstore.Weaskthateach4Hpartic‐ipantbeaccompaniedbyanadult.PleasecontacttheJacksonCountyExten‐sionOf icetosignupifyouareinterestedinattendingorformoreinfor‐mation.

Club Updates! SaddleClub—DonatingnonperishablestoHelpingHands.SeniorClub—DonatingcannedgoodstoHelpingHands.GanadoClub—WrappingCandyfortheCommunityEasterEggHunt.Memberswillnominateindividualsforof icerpositions.Newof icersappointedinApril.

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District 11 Food Challenge and Food Show

Placing for each team

Food Show Hannah Janssen 1st place

With Fall Sweet Potato Salad

Food Challenge Camo Cooks 1st Place

Jr/Intermediate Main Dish

Zesty Chefs 1st Place Jr/Intermediate Fruits &Vegetables

Spice Girls 1st Place Senior Nutritious Snacks

Zesty Chefs—Jr/Int. Camo Cooks– Jr/Int. Kyleigh Anderle Cecilie Russell Cameryn Webernick Lauren Watkins Sara Brezina Kate Smith Ashley Cykala Coy Smith Spice Girls-SRS. Brenna Anderle Emily Bubela Sydni Engelmohr

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County Photography Contest! The Jackson County Photography Contest will be judged on March 7th. The deadline to bring in photos is March 4th. You should bring an 8 x 10 photo in size to the Extension Office by 5pm March 4th. Judges will be here Monday, March 7th to judge. On March 8th everyone is welcome to come to the kitchen to see the photos and plac-ings. The ones from junior/ intermediate with 1st place in each category will advance to District Photography. The Senior photographs placing 1st will advance straight to State. Make sure to label the photograph in the correct category. You can find the different categories at the following link: http://d114-h.tamu.edu/files/2010/08/2016-D11-Photography-Guidelines.pdf If interested in this competition and wanting more information please call the office at 361-782-3312.

RIFLE UPDATES

Juniors Team 1 1st Place Team Emily Allen 264 Peyton McCarroll 243 Cayden McLennan 243 Amanda Budd 240 Juniors Team 2 6th Place Team Paden Bradley 239 Quade Kramer 176 Coy Smith 172 Enrique Valdez 156 Juniors Team 3 7th Place Team Jacob McCoy 199 Brody Miori 194 Jace Chaney 181 Caleb Matula 42 Juniors Individual Placings 1st Emily Allen 264 4th Peyton McCarroll 243 5th Cayden McLennan 243 7th Amanda Budd 240 9th Paden Bradley 239 17th Jacob McCoy 199 20th Brody Miori 194 23rd Jace Chaney 181 24th Quade Kramer 176 25th Coy Smith 172 28th Brady Peters 163 30th Enrique Valdez 156 35th Caleb Hajovsky 131 44th Caleb Matula 42

Junior/Intermediate Individual Placings 13th Cecilie Russell 211 20th Tyler Garza 177 Intermediate Team 1 1st Place Team Colton DeBord 241 Waylon Budd 233 Luke Bearden 216 Colby DeBord 201 Intermediate Team 2 5th Place Team Blaine Allen 207 Rayanne Mercer 187 Matthew McCoy 182 Intermediate Individual Placings 4th Colton DeBord 241 5th Waylon Budd 233 8th Luke Bearden 216 11th Blaine Allen 207 12th Colby DeBord 201 16th Rayanne Mercer 187 18th Matthew McCoy 182 Senior Individual Placings 8th Sydni Engelmohr 246

Congratulations to all! Job well done at the LaWard Meet

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Extension Staff

Mike Hiller, CEA - AG/NR mrhiller@ag.tamu.edu Hannah Krebs, CEA-FCS hannah.glaeser@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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