TGC 4-H Newslettercounties.agrilife.org/tomgreen/files/2011/09/5-MAY-2016-Newsletter... · Summer Reminders Recordbook & Year-end Info Jr. Fashion Projects Club News Camps Available

May 2016

Special points of interest:

D7 Horse Show

TGC 4-H Movie Night

Contests Results

Summer Reminders

Recordbook & Year-end Info

Jr. Fashion Projects

Club News

Camps Available

TGC 4-H Newsletter District 7 HORSE Show Info!

There will also be an Invitational 4-H Show hosted by the Burnet 4-H Club on June 13th where 4-H youth/agents/ adults are welcome to participate. It will include speed/roping events (Barrel Racing, Pole Bending, Stakes Race). Check out D7 4-H website for more information on the events. **For the District 7 Horse Show, which will be held Tuesday, June 14th at the John Kuykendall Event Center in Llano, TX, all entries will be completed and submitted ONLINE thru 4-H CONNECT. Registration opens on May 9, 2016 and MUST be completed by May 23, 2016. Absolutely no late entries accepted!!!! Complete Registration REQUIRES completion on 4-H CONNECT AND turning in printed forms to the Extension Office. Registration thru 4-H Connect involves signing in under your online member profile, selecting the event to register for and then completing all the necessary info for your event; this infor-mation is certified thru our office. All active 4-Hers are already enrolled so there is no need to complete all the profile & family information AGAIN. You can call our office to let us walk you thru the process of registering. The complete information, rules & guidelines, letters, District FORMS, and links to 4-H Connect can be found at the District 7 4-H website at: http://d74-h.tamu.edu and click under District Events, and click on Horse Show. State Forms and other information are also included on this site. Please let us know if you have any questions or if you need assistance in the process. You are welcome to come to the office to complete or handle the registra-tion process thru our office com-puters. It is advisable to get started on this process ASAP.

If you were a participant in the Tom Green County Jr. Livestock Show as a live-stock exhibitor and have turned in your Thank you notes for your donors - please be advised that the premium checks will be ready soon to be picked up after we send out notifications (BY EMAIL) that they are here. If we do NOT have verifi-cation or checked that your notes have been completed and mailed, your check (from County Show only!) will NOT be re-leased. Please complete your Thank You’s as soon as possible. If you attended any other major stock shows including San Angelo Stock Show, Houston, San Antonio or Austin and have not picked up your floor check or place-ment check - please check with our office for verification and pick up. We can mail your checks if you desire but nothing will be mailed without your approval or notifi-cation. Most checks have a 90 day limit and will then be null and void so PLEASE come by or call the office as soon as pos-sible to claim your checks.

A Big Thanks!

Inside this issue:

D7 Horse Show 1

Thanks—Children’s Fair 1

Livestock Exhibitors 1

4-H Contests Results 2

Reminders 2

Silent Auction Info 2

Shamrock Shuffle 2

Gold Star Info 3

Recordbooks 3

Year End Awards 3

Movie Night & Mtg 3

Validation Info 3

Clothing & Textiles Pro-jects & Jr Fashion Show

4-5

Camp Info 5

End of School Dance 6

Club News 6

Upcoming Events 7

Tx 4-H Camps Flyer 8

Inside Out Movie 9

Calendar 10

Thanks to everyone that worked, helped, and provided animals at the Annual Children’s Fair sponsored by San Angelo Healthy Families. The 4-H Petting Zoo did a good job again this year and lots of children and families attended. The County will receive a check for OUR portion and will help to fund upcoming expenses thru the Adult Leaders Associa-tion. Congratulations and thanks again for everyone’s help!

Livestock Exhibitors

Page 2 TGC 4-H Newsletter

Summer Camp Info: Just a reminder for ALL persons interested in attending the annual County Camp, Prime-Time or Horizon camps at the Texas 4-H Center at Lake Brownwood, ALL RES-ERVATIONS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE CAMP MUST BE DONE THRU ActiveNetwork at the Texas 4-H Center at: http://texas4hcenter.tamu.edu and look for the “register” button in middle of page.. PLEASE NOTE !!! 4-H CENTER CAMP REGISTRATION HAS BEEN EX-TENDED TO JUNE 14. REGISTER FOR CAMPS FROM THE 4-H CENTER WEBSITE. Submit $25 de-posit or pay full amount at time of registration. Family may add supplemental payments up till June 23 at which time ALL FEES ARE DUE. Total cost for the camp varies for each camp. Final payment of the camp can be paid by credit card. The annual camps are open to anyone! All 4-H members AND non-members must be between the ages of 8 yrs old and going into 3rd grade thru 18 years old. You DO NOT have to be a member of 4-H to attend the camps. If you have questions, please call. District 7 Leadership Lab: will be held at the Texas 4-H Center in Brownwood, on June 22 thru June 24. (Wednesday-Friday). This is the annual District meeting and election of officers, open to all District 4-H Council officers plus representatives from each county. All partic-ipants must be at least 13 years of age by the date of Lead-ership Lab. Registration is done online thru 4-H Connect which will open on May 16th. If you are wanting to run for a District Council position, all applications must be turned in to the County office by June 3rd . Please check letter, agenda, forms and links to 4-H Connect thru the District 7 website at: http://d74-h.tamu.edu and click un-der District Events and look for Leadership Lab for guide-lines and to complete the forms.

Contests Results Important Reminders: Various contests for District 7 4-H Events

have taken place over the past several months. Tom Green County has had numerous teams and individuals which have placed very well. All Senior age WINNERS in the top 3 plac-ings of each contest, will be advancing on to State Roundup in June. Below is a list of winners in various project areas and Congratulations to everyone on a job well done!! Horse Judging - Coleman (4-1-16): Senior - 1st place: Ryleigh Hyles, Payton White, Dakota Smith; Junior Team 4th-Susannah Man-ning, Hailie Beckwith, Sierra Miller, Abby Walker; Michaela Eoff - 8th place. Consumer Decision Making Contest - San Angelo (2-19-16): Sen-ior - Taylor Hoelscher, Emily Moeller, Shelby Scherz, Ashley Wilde; Robin Morris 8th, Jill Kellermeier- 20th; Intermediate team 11th-Andraya DeRusso, Caroline Holtman, Mattie Sanford, Grace Wilde; Junior individual-Katelynn Holtman, 25th Duds to Dazzle Contest Coleman (4-7-16): No TGC Senior team; Junior Non-wearable 1st place -Paige Hohensee, Tristan Jones, Sierra Killam, Reagan Laminack, Emily Green; Intermediate-Non-Wearable: Kara Butler; Sierra Miller; Jillian Self; Chloe Jones, Addisyn Killam. Leaders 4 Life Skill-A-Thon -Grape Creek (3-28-16): Senior-2nd place & Advancing: Ashley Wilde, Emily Niehues, Taylor Hoelscher, Mackenzie Weadock, Tara Weber, Cassie Weishuhn; Senior-4th place: Emily Moeller, Trey Schwartz, Nathan Waldron, Matthew Allen; Jun-ior team-1st place-Connor Pence, Grady McCrea, Cody Moeller, Mark Holtman, & Grace Wilde. District 7 Food Show - Abilene (11-21-15): Senior Fruits & Vege-tables-Megan Crawford. Photography Contest -(5-7-2016) For the Junior/Intermediate Di-vision of the District 7 Photos, the complete listing of contest results from across the District and Best In Class & Best In Show winning photos will be placed on the District 7 website at: http://d74-h.tamu.edu under the Contest Results tab. Senior photos results will be announced during Roundup in June. Range Evaluation & Plant ID Contest (4-16-16) - Senior Team—Jesse Pfeuffer; Tate Jones, and Sutton Braden. District 7 Roundup - (5-7-15) Educational Presentations - and Sen-ior Fashion Show winners will be announced at Roundup on May 7th. Scholars - those who qualified for interview in Austin (4-30-16): Taylor Hoelscher, Meagan Crawford, Emily Niehues, Ashley Wilde, and Tara Weber. We wish all of the scholars good luck on receiving a scholarship at Roundup

REMINDER:

All clubs are asked to help find donations for the silent auction during the annual Shamrock Shuffle. Baskets of goodies—maybe with a theme or anything else that you would like to donate or put together, will be greatly appre-ciated. A lot of our attendees love to make the silent Auction very competitive. Last year all the “college” themed baskets were a huge hit!! All of the proceeds from the Silent Auction will be a fundraiser for the Parents and Adult Leaders Associ-ation. Those funds help 4-Hers all over the county to attend special functions as well as provide prizes for the end of year activities. If you have someone who wants to donate—please bring them to the Extension office by Thursday, May 12th.

Page 3 TGC Newsletter

CREDIT SHEETS ARE DUE TO OF-FICE BY JUNE 1st!!!!!! Please remember to keep working on your recordbooks. It is much easier and less stressful to work on those project record keeping plans through the year rather than waiting until deadline to remember all your activities. DEADLINE FOR RECORDBOOKS IS JUNE 15. Credit sheets are due to the office by June 1st. The annual 4-H Banquet is scheduled for September at the 4-H Building and plans are still being finalized. Awards will include: GOLD STAR - for 4-Hers 15-19 years old, completed 3 years in 4-H and 3 projects turned in a completed Awards program Record-book, exhibited leadership skills/ club officer, jr. leader, participat-ed in community service activities, participated in at least 3 of the following areas: citizenship, educational presentations, camps, or public relations. SILVER STAR - for 4-Hers 12-14 years old, completed 2 pro-jects, turned in a complete Awards program recordbook, partici-pated in community service activities. BRONZE STAR - for 4-Hers in 3rd grade or 9 yrs old thru 11 years, completed 1 project, turned in a complete Awards Program recordbook, and participated in community service activities. I DARE YOU - for 4-Hers 14-19 years old, completed 3 years in 4-H and 2 projects, turned in a complete Awards Program Recordbook, exhibits a potential for leadership. For more information on these awards, contact Jaye or Courtney at the Extension office.

Gold Star Requirements The Gold Star Award is the highest county achieve-ment award and will be awarded only once in a member’s 4-H career. Counties have award quotas based on the num-ber of senior 4-H members. The award is presented to the most de-serving young people without regard to sex. The following are mini-mum requirements that must be met. The member must be at least 15 at the time of application and must have completed at least 3 years in 4-H, including the current year. The 4-H member must submit an awards program recordbook in the year he or she is to be considered for the award. The 4-H member must have completed projects in three different project areas, have submitted appropriate record forms, and have participated in one or more activities in at least three of the following areas: * Educational Presentations * Citizenship activities * Projects * Project exhibits * Camps * Leadership labs * Public relations (speeches, poster displays, radio, TV, newspapers) * Other (includes exchange programs, fundraising, State & National Congress, Note: The requirements for projects and activities do not all have to be completed in the current year. They may have been accomplished over the entire period of time the person has been in the program. The member must have exhibited leadership skills by serving as a 4-H officer or committee chairman (club county, district or state), and/or as a junior or teen leader in an activity or project with or under the supervision of an adult volunteer leader. The 4-H member must have participated in one or more community service activities. Examples are working with or counseling junior 4-H members; participating in community service projects (individual, group or club); and motivat-ing other 4-H members through participation in demonstrations, pro-jects and/or exhibits.

Year End Awards

RECORDBOOKS - Now is the time of the year to be thinking and work-ing toward completion of your 4-H Record book. Rec-ord keeping is going to be an important part of your life. You will keep records in high school, at work, in college, and even if you own your own business or work for someone else. Now is the time to learn how to keep good records. The most im-portant thing about 4-H record keeping is to find a way that you are comfortable with to collect information. 4-H wouldn’t be the same without records. They’re an important part of completing each project. They help you set some goals, keep track of your attendance at 4-H meetings and functions, record your demonstra-tions and talks & a lot more. Record book forms are available online and can be downloaded using Word or PDF format. You will be able to edit, add pictures and print out your information from your own personal computer. * NEW forms and availability of the Recordbook progress for Seniors, Intermediates and Junior age divisions can be found on the Texas 4-H website at: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/recordbooks There are also a number of instructional brochures and other info if you are new to the recordbook process on the Reports site. There is also an excellent PDF workbook called Family Guide for Recordbooks on the Texas 4-H website listed above that may be of benefit to you. The 4-H agent can set up a one-to-one meeting if someone needs the additional assistance. If you have questions, or need more information - please feel free to give Jaye or Court-ney a call and they will be glad to help.

County Council & Adult Leaders Mtg - “Movie Night”

    There will be a Tom Green 4-H County Council and Adult Leaders’ meeting on Friday, May 13th at the ASU– Texan Hall beginning at 5:30 pm. Officer elections will be held for both groups along with review and plans for upcoming con-tests. There will be pizza for all members and Movie Night will provide entertainment from the Disney & Pixar Movie — “Inside Out”. All 4-H members are invited to attend the evening of en-joyment and celebration of end of school activi-ties. Please RSVP the number of family members that are planning to attend; call 659-6522. ASU-Texas Hall Theatre is located at in the ASU dorm off Jackson St. See flyer elsewhere in the News-letter for complete details on the movie. 

Mark Your Calendar!! Steer Validation for 2016-17 Show Season, Thursday,

June 16th at 8:00 AM at Thomas Livestock Barns State Fair of Texas-Sheep & Goat Validations—

Thursday, June 16th at 6:00 PM at the TGC 4-H Bldg.

Page 4 TGC 4-H Newsletter

Jr. Fashion Project - Clothing & Textiles

There will be two separate 4-H Sewing Workshops this year for all 4-H members wishing to construct or purchase an outfit. There are NEW categories this year so please read the information below. The upcoming workshops will be held from 9:30 AM until 3:00 PM on the following dates and places: ** Tom Green 4-H Building - June 1,2,& 3. ** Wall Elementary School Cafeteria-June 15-17 Each 4-Her is asked to come to the first meeting ready to sew; therefore, you will need to bring the following items: *Sewing machine & attachments (if you do not have a machine, there will be extras that you can borrow-contact Courtney to verify.) *Material (washed & dried), Pattern, Thread to match, Scis-sors, pins & pin cushion, marking pens, measuring tape, seam ripper, accessories (anything your pattern calls for such as in-terfacing, elastic, lace, buttons, zipper, etc.) AND a sack lunch. All interested leaders and teen leaders are invited to help with these workshops. Even leaders that do not sew can be put to work on arts and craft projects. All available help would be appreciated. The Tom Green County Fashion Show will be held at the Tom Green 4-H Building on Thursday, June 30th beginning with judging at 9:30 AM and Fashion Show at 11:30 AM. The District 7 Jr. Fashion Show will be held Tuesday, July 19 at the Grape Creek Baptist Church.

Each county may send a total of 48 winners to the District contest as follows: 24 - Juniors; 3rd grade –5th grade as of 8-31-15. 24 - Intermediates - 6th—8th grade as of 8-31-15. (12 in Construction & 12 in Buying in each age div.

Participants may wear purchased blouse/shirt if the participant has constructed a skirt/pants or vice versa. The 4 categories in the Construction Division include: Construction Division: 1.) Dressy - garment worn to activities such as church, weddings, banquets and special occasions; examples: dresses, dressy skirt/blouse, dressy coat/pants. 2.) Everyday Living - includes casual sportswear, weekend-wear, sleepwear, clothing for school, casual after-school events, or hang-ing out with friends. 3.) Re-Fashion - The result of modifying existing clothing or fabric item (such as table cloth or curtain) into something more fashiona-ble. The main purpose of ReFashion is creativity, as well as sewing skills. The member designs and sews a wearable garment from pre-viously used garments or fabric item. The completed garment is different from its original use, not just an alteration. (Examples: neck ties sewn together to form a skirt or taking old t-shirts and making them into a skirt.) 4.) Special Interest - Entry should be something that reflects a spe-cial interest of the participant, such as equestrian clothing and riding apparel, dance costumes, hiking clothing, or rock climbing clothing.

Buying Division: Each category can have three individual entries from Junior and Intermediate age divisions. The Buying Division will have four (4) categories: 1.) Dressy - garment worn to activities such as church, weddings, banquets and special occasions; examples: dresses, dressy skirt/blouse, dressy coat/pants. 2.) Everyday Living - includes casual sportswear, weekend-wear, sleepwear, clothing for school, casual after-school events, or hang-ing out with friends. 3.) Fantastic Fashions under $25 - This category is designed to expand the 4-H member’s shopping experience to include different shopping venues. Outfits must be purchased at a garage sale, con-signment store, Goodwill, Salvation Ary, or other retainl business. Receipts are required for everything that is visible during the inter-view, except shoes. Receipts for garage sales can be handwritten. This includes jewelry and accessories. Do not need to account for sales tax. 4.) Special Interest - Entry should be something that reflects a special interest of the participant, such as equestrian clothing and riding apparel, dance costumes, hiking clothing, or rock climbing clothing. Texas Natural Fiber Competition: 4-H members may also be eligible to compete in the Texas Natural Fiber Competition if the Natural Fiber eligibility requirements are met; Cotton minimum 65%, and Wool minimum 60%. Awards will be given in each of the Construction and Buying categories. A separate round of judg-ing will take place for the competition. Embellished Apparel Division: Apparel items must be wearable clothing (no bags) embellished with items such as beads, paint, dyes, etc. There are 2 categories and participant may enter only one piece in each category. Categories include: 1) Tops - includes t-shirts, blouses, jackets (no tank tops please; and 2) bottoms - in-cludes pants, skirts, shorts, capris. Jewelry Making Division which has 2 categories and each partic-ipant may enter only one piece in each category. Categories in-clude: 1) Jewelry Sets and 2) Jewelry Singles. Non-Apparel Division: All entries in this division must be hand or machine sewn. The non-apparel division will have 6 categories. 1) Pillows -may not be larger than 28"; 2) Quilts or Throws - may not exceed twin bed size. 3) Tote Bags - any size including hand-bags. 4) Small Electronic Device Cover - Cover to fit a cell phone, blackberry, i-pod, MP3 player, etc 5) Aprons and 6) other - items that do not fit in any other category. Fashion Storyboard:The 4H Fashion Storyboard is an industry inspired method of displaying original designs. The best story-boards create vivid visual images that are interesting and appealing to viewers. The storyboard “tells the story” of the designer’s idea. The storyboard includes original illustrations and flats, as well as additional materials (such as photos from the Internet or maga-zines, paper, fabric swatches, patterns, etc.) that have influenced the unique design. There are 5 categories that each item must be entered and 4-H members may enter only ONE storyboard. *NEW: for the 2016 Fashion Storyboards: #4HFashionStoryboard2016 Social media has become a stage to not only set fashion trends, but to launch designers. Social media outlets such as, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and YouTube are easily accessible, and conver-sational in nature. Fashion trends are created though social media, the trend is not “imposed” on the audience, but instead, it is made available for the audience, and the audience will have the freedom to adopt it or grasp onto part of it.

(Continued on page 5)

TGC 4-H Newsletter Page 5

More info can be found at under the D7 4-H website for Jr & Intermediate Fashion Show Guidelines or at the Texas 4-H Fashion Story-board website at: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/clothings-textiles/ Worksheets are available at the County Extension office for the Construction Division, and the Buying Division. A complete pack-et of information will be mailed out to all those who are interested in participating. These are due into the Extension office by Fri-day, June 26th. Participants do NOT have to participate in the 4-H Sewing Workshop in order to participate in the Fashion Show, but we need your worksheets no later than Friday, June 24th. You HAVE to be a 4-H member to participate in the 4-H Sewing work-shop. If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please call 659-6522 and let us know so we can be prepared. Also if you have any questions about the selection of patterns, material or buy-ing info, just call Courtney at 659-6522.

(Continued from page 4) via the Texas 4-H Center website and will be accepted on a first come first served basis until the camp is filled. District 7 Leadership Lab - to be held June 22nd thru June 24th to be held at the Texas 4-H Center in Brownwood. Estimated cost will be an-nounced later. District officers for the new year will be elected at this time. If you are interested in knowing more about this camp, please contact Courtney or Jaye. To be a District Council officer, every candidate MUST ATTEND the Lab and be prepared for interview and speech presentations. More information coming later. All Registration will begin in mid-April. Howard College Goat & Lamb Camps on the campus of Howard col-lege in Big Spring. Instructions in selection, health & management, feed-ing, exercising, washing-shearing, classifying and showmanship with hands-on instruction. Camp participants must be 9 yrs old or entering the 3rd grade. ONLY THE FIRST 200 PAID ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED! No refunds after May 1st! Both these camps fill up quickly so get applica-tion in early! Total Cost - $85 per person for meals and camp t-shirt or cap; If you do not bring your own goat, add $50 per goat provided by How-ard College. **Participants should make reservation at the area hotel of their choice; no housing will be provided. Meals by College Cafeteria (4 meals included) Goats - June 12, 13, & 14, 2016 Lambs - June 5, 6, & 7, 2016 For application, hotel listings or more information, contact the office. Aggieland Lamb & Goat Camp - Join in with others in Aggieland for a FUN and EXCITING 3 day program dedicated to educating students on the fundamentals of feeding, nutrition, health, facilities, and selection with plen-ty of showmanship and Quality Counts information! Lamb Camp is July 15-17, 2016 and Goat Camp is July 22-24, 2016. Register online at website: http://animalscience.tamu.edu/about/facilities/sheep-center/youth-camps/ Cost is $175 for children and Adults is $75 each. After May 1, 2016, a late fee will be added. Registration will be open to the 1st - 150 paid camp-ers!!! For more info check out the website or contact Cheyanne or Ciarra at [email protected] or phone: 979-845-7616. All camp participants must be accompanied by an adult and must be at least 8 years old or entering the 3rd grade. Aggieland Livestock Judging Camp - June 10-12, 2016 or June 13-15, 2016 in College Station; Cost is $300 per camper. For more info - contact Brant Poe- 979-845-7616. Blinn College Livestock Camp—The Blinn Judging Team will be hosting two Summer Youth Livestock Judging Camps. 2016 camps “Train Like A Champion” will be held on 2 different dates...July 16-18 and July 20-22. Cost to attend is $250 and deadline to sign up is July 1st. WTRC Camp Volunteer—The West Texas Rehab Center in Abilene is currently seeking teen volunteers to assist with their annual Camp Rehab event, May 31 – June 2, in Buffalo Gap. Volunteers are paired with special needs children, and provide assistance to them throughout the event. It is a great community service opportunity for 4-H members, and a very re-warding experience as well. I mention this because the rehab center has complimented our 4-H members in the past, and have said that our mem-bers are “perfect volunteers” for this type of event. (Shows that we have some really great kids in our program!) Texas Tech Sponsored Camps—Chef Camp (ages 13-16) and 2 differ-ent Fashion Camps—Glue, Glitter & Glamour (8-12 years of age) and Retail Management Camp (13-16 yrs) All to be held June 27th thru July 1st. Deadline to register is May 31st. For more information or registration forms for any of these camps, watch the Texas 4-H website for additional updates or con-tact the County Extension office.

SEE FLYER ELSEWHERE IN NEWSLETTER OF ALL CAMPS TO BE HELD AT THE TEXAS 4-H CENTER IN BROWNWOOD. SEV-ERAL **NEW** CAMPS ARE BEING SPONSORED.

CAMPS-Summer 2016 County Camp- Texas 4-H Center in Brownwood will host camp for Tom Green County with Session 1 that is scheduled for June 27-29 and Session 2, June 29-July 1, 2016. (Session 3-July 6-8) All youth ages (9-18 yrs old) are eligible to attend - all youth who have completed grades 2 thru 11. Persons do NOT have to be a 4-H member to attend. Sessions 1 & 2 cost will be $180 for youth and $85 for Adults which must be cleared with background checks to be eligible to register and attend. All registration will be done thru the online Registration program under the Texas 4-H Center site and payments can be made using credit card. Registration begins on March 1st thru June 14th with late registration to be held June 15-23 with a 5% increase as late fee. Adult volunteers are welcomed! Prime-Time - especially designed for younger youth with opportunities to meet new friends, develop new skills, and learn how to work with others. 3 night, 4 day event and covers all meals, lodging, refreshments, health care service, facility and programming fees. 4-H membership is NOT a requirement to participate in camp. Registrations will be accepted on a first come first served basis until the camp is filled. Register at the Texas 4-H Center site beginning on March 1st thru June 14th. Session I - grades 5-8, July 17-20; Total Cost $230 per participant Session II - grades 2-5, July 20-23; Total Cost $230 per participant Camp enrollment is based on grade completed in spring, 2015 and 4-H membership is NOT required to participate in any camp. Prime Time Extreme - camp for youth who have completed 8th thru 11th grade. This camp is similar to Prime Time I & II; high energy fast paced progrm and takes everything to the EXTREME. Programs include: ad-vanced archery, fishing kayaking, water games, advanced dance classes and challenge course for the Texas Screamer, Giant Swing, Incline Log, Color Glow Run and much more. Registration covers meals, lodging, health care services and programming fees for the 3 night, 4 day event and dates are July 11th -14th, 2016 with cost to be $230 per youth and $110 for adults. Horizons Camp - is a camp for youth completed grades 4th - 8th and featuring six different 4-H project learning programs. Each participant will select from one of the six programs to be offered – Jr Master Gardener, Robotics, Share the Fun, Leadership, Wildlife Adventure and Science Discovery/CSI. Camp will also include many fun activities at 4-H Center such as dancing, swimming and lots more. The camp will be held June 27th - July 1st with cost to be total of $280. Registration begins March 1st

Club News Subject: "End of School" 4-H Dance We have set the date of Friday, May 20th as our “End of School” 4-H Dance. It will be from 6-10 p.m. at the Sterling County Community Center. This year, we are opening the dance up for 4-H kids in grades 3-8th from Sterling, Glasscock, Coke and Tom Green Coun-ties. Sterling County will supply refreshments and there will be no charge. A flyer for publicity was email the end of April. Please make sure that all of your 4-H members are aware of this opportunity. Chad Coburn and Kandice Everitt, CEA TGC Rifle Club 4-H Shooting Sports Extravaganza held at the Texas 4-H Center in Brownwood, April 16th. The following Tom Green County Rifle Club kids competed. Trey Greeman-Jr-Smallbore Rifle Silhouette (16th) & 3Position(15th) Reese Kearby-Inter-Smallbore Rifle Silhouette (3rd) & Light Rifle(20th) Molly Horning-Sr-Smallbore Rifle Silhouette (8th) & Light Rifle(20th) Braden Peiser - Jr-Light Rifle and 3 Position Garrison Nikolauk - Jr Light Rifle (4th) and 3 Position (7th) Riley Nikolauk - Jr. Light Rifle (25th) and 3 Position (29th) Zane Wegner - Jr. Light Rifle(38th) and 3 Position (26th) Boone Harris - Jr. Light Rifle(47th) and 3 Position (20th) Tanner Grayson - Jr- 3 Position (6th) and 3D Archery(6th) Braden Peiser received 1st place medals in Light Rifle and 3 Position. Complete placings and scores for each division and category can be found on the Texas 4-H website: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016-Extravaganza-Results.pdf The District 7 4-H Rifle Contest was held in Baird at the Callahan County Shooting Range on Saturday, April 30th. In the team category, the junior division team of Trey Greeman, Boone Harris, Zane Wegner and Riley Nikolauk took 6th place. The junior division team of Garrison Nikolauk, Wyatt Young, Grayson Tanner and Braden Peiser took 2nd place. In the individual category, Braden Peiser came home with the1st place medal. We only had one person shoot in the intermediate age group so we did not have a team, but we should all be proud of Katie Pierson who did a fantastic job representing our county in the intermediate division. Shooting Sports Club Our annual TGC 4-H Whiz bang is fast approaching (Saturday, May 7th) and we are still in need of a few items for our concession stand. We still need canned drinks, Gatorade or poweraides, and cooked sausage for the breakfast burritos…. I think we have at least 4 cases of water at the clubhouse but we can always use more – water is a big seller especially if it is hot outside. Contact Susan Short if you are interested in donating. Reminder again about our clean up days: Sunday, May 1st; Thursday, May 5th and Friday, May 6th about 5:00ish. The more hands, the lighter the work load!!!

4-H Newsletter Page 6

TGC 4H Archery Club An honorary plaque was presented to Coach Larry on behalf of the Archery Club by the president, Sebastian Castillo. Thank you Coach Larry for your dedication to our club! You will be sorely missed. Wishing you and your family the best of luck on your new venture. The Archery Club will conduct their elections on May 5. Parents vs kids shoot will be held on May 12. End-of-Year party will take place at our last get-together on May 19. A large group of Archers participated at the State Indoor Match in Graham, Texas. All Archers had a great time and made new friends. Archer Chet Peters made a unique shot with his Robin Hood Shot at Graham. Way to go Chet!! Thank you coaches for the support that you give each and every Archer.

Christoval Club The Christoval 4-H club met on April 11th at the Hummer House. Mrs. Kathy Brown gave a presentation on hummingbirds and oth-er birds that make their home in Christoval. After her presentation we had our election of Officers. Our new President is Sage Pow-ell; Trey Greeman is vice President; Beth McCann is Secretary, Kolsen Uptergrove is Treasurer; Tatum Reeves is Reporter. Our next meeting is May 24th, we will be having our end of the year party at the Eldorado Swimming Pool. Have a great summer everyone. We also wanted to let everyone know that our Lone Star Cattle Raisers raffle raised $1700 dollars. So the Tom Green Livestock Show will be receiving $850 from the Lone Star Cattle Raisers and Christoval 4-H club, our club will be receiving $425. Thanks to everyone who supported us in this raffle. Twin Mountain Club This month, at the Twin Mountain 4-h meeting, we finalized our plan to buy members tickets to Schlitterbahn, for the End of the Year Party, and voted on it. Needless to say it was unanimous. We also elected new club leaders. This month our members also volunteered at the Children's Fair, at the Petting Zoo and the Snow Cone Stand. Sean Woodley, Reporter, signing off for the last time.

For more information, check out our website at http://tomgreen.agrilife.org

Tom Green County

113 W. Beauregard

San Angelo, Texas 76903

Jaye Chasteen

CEA-4-H & YD

Courtney Redman

CEA—FCS

Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status.

Joshua Blanek

CEA—Ag/NR

Allison Watkins

CEA—Horticulture

Upcoming Events:

May 7: District Roundup - West Tx Training Center May 7: Tom Green 4-H Whiz Bang-TGC 4H Shooting Sports Complex. May 8: Mother’s Day May 13: Council & Leaders Mtg. & Movie Night @ ASU, 5:30 May 14: Shamrock Shuffle, Wells Fargo Pavilion May 23: Deadline for all District Horse Show entries May 27: End of School for area Campuses May 30: Memorial Day - Offices Closed June 1: Deadline for Credit Sheets June 1-3: Tom Green 4-H Sewing Workshop, 4H Bldg June 6-10: State 4-H Roundup, TAMU, College Station June 13-14: District Horse Show - Llano June 15: Deadline for Recordbook entries June 15-17: 4-H Sewing Workshop-Wall Elem School Cafeteria June 16: Steer Validation - 8 AM - Thomas Livestock Barns June 16: State Fair Validation-Sheep & Goats, 4H Center, 6:00 PM June 24: Deadline for worksheets for all Jr. Fashion Show projects June 30: Tom Green County Fashion Show, 4H Building June 22-24: District 7 Leadership Lab, Texas 4-H Center, Brownwood June 27-29: Session I, County Camp - Texas 4-H Center, Brownwood June 27-July 1: Horizons Camp for youth - 4th - 8th grade, Brownwood July 4: County Holiday-Independence Day-Offices Closed July 12: District Recordbook Judging and Agent Planning event, 4H Bldg July 11-14: Prime Time Extreme (grades 8th - 11th) July 19: District 7 Jr. Fashion Show, Grape Creek Baptist Church July 17-23: Texas State 4-H Shooting Sports Games(Archery & Shotgun), San Antonio July 17-20: Prime Time Session I(grades 5-8) - Brownwood July 20-23: Prime Time Session II(grades 2-5) - Brownwood July 23-24: Concho River Classic & Jr. MGSC Banquet, 4H Bldg July 23-30: Texas State 4-H Horse Show, Abilene

Lily of the Valley

TGC 4-H Movie Night Friday, May 13th—5:30 PM

Council/ Parent Mtgs & Pizza ASU Texan Hall Theatre

Do you ever look at someone and wonder, “What is going on inside their head?” Meet the little voices inside your head. Disney Pixar presents an inventive animat-ed film that takes you on a journey from the Inside Out to discover the emotional roller coaster inside your head.

Upcoming Events:

June 2016

1-3—4H Sewing Wkshop, 4H Bldg 6-10—State 4H Roundup, College Station

13-14—D7 Horse Show, Llano 15—Deadline Record books

15-17—4H Sewing Wkshop, Wall Cafeteria 16—Validations: Steers, Sheep, Goats

19—Father’s Day 22-24—D7 Leadership Lab, Brownwood

24-25 Water Conference, 4H Bldg 27-1—County Camps & Horizon’s Camp

Tom Green County 4-H Events Calendar

May 20 1 6

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu F r i Sat

1 2 3 4 5 Wheat Tour-

Millersview

Veribest FFA Banq

6 7 D7 Roundup—ASU

TGC Whiz Bang-

Shooting Facilities

8 9 ABClub Mtg-4pm

10

CVMG Biz Mtg.5p

11 Agents Spring Admin

Mtg

12

Veribest Athle Banq

13 TGC 4H Mtg &

Movie Night-ASU, 5:30p

Central FFA Banq

14 Shamrock Shuffle Wells Fargo Pav.

6pm

15 16 17 18 Wildlife Wednes-

day, 12 noon

19 20

Lunch-N-Learn

21

22 23 Deadline for D7

Horse Entry Online

24 25 26

Food Challenge Pract-5p

27 End of School

Graduations

28

29 30

Memorial Day

31