March 2015

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4-H Rabbit Club

4-H Shooting

Sports

4

Caldwell 4-H

Frenstat 4-H

5

Turkey Meeting @

Expo 7:00p.m.

6 7 Registration for

steers-entry 9-11

a.m.

Fairgrounds BCFA

8 Somerville 4-H

Daylight saving time

begins

9

Snook 4-H

10

4-H Dog Club

11

Cooks Point 4-H

Deanville 4-H

4-H Horse Club

12

13 14 BCF Commercial Heifer

tag-in 9-12 p.m.

Caldwell Livestock

Commission

15 16

4-H Stitch &

Design

17

St. Patrick’s Day

18 19 20

21

22 23

County Roundup

paperwork due to

Extension office

24 25 26

Broiler Meeting

7:00p.m.

Deadline for order-

ing turkeys

27 28

29 30

Tunis 4-H

31

100 West Buck Street, #105 Caldwell, TX 77836

Phone: 979-567-2308 Fax:979-5672370

E-mail: burleson@ag.tamu.edu

Website: http://burleson.agrlife.org/

Spring Break

2015 March Newsletter

Community Garden 2

National 4-H Congress 3

4-H Has Talent 3

“Big Time in D9” 4

Fortworth Show results 4

San Antonio Show results 5

Inside this issue:

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BIG SPRING CLEAN Burleson County Big Spring Clean will be held April 18-25, 2015. Many activities will take place including the Trash Dash 5K, Bicycle Rodeo (April 18), City-Wide Garage Sale, Trashin’ Fashion Show, the Trash Bash Street Dance, and much

more. For more information please call (979)567-2308.

2015 BCF Rule Books Rule books for the 2015 BCF are currently available from your club manager or at the Extension Office. All exhibitors are encouraged to get a copy and become familiar with the rules (new & old) pertaining to the competition (s) in which they

plan to participate. The BCF board approved a few new rules for the 2015 BCF. So learn’em and follow’em.

County Camp in Brownwood County camp is a co-ed camp that features traditional camp experiences and offers activities such as kayaking, swim-

ming, shooting sports, environmental education, art, dancing, and much more! Camp will take place July 6-8, 2015 (session II). Registration is $180 for youth and $85 for adults. Early registration is March 1-June 14. Late registration is

June 15-23 and requires full payment. Camp T-Shirts can be ordered at the time of registration with a $25 non-refundable deposit through June 14th. All payments must be received by June 23. To register go to

texas4hcenter.tamu.edu . For more information call 325-784-5482 or e-mail texas4-hcenter@ag.tamu.edu .

*IMPORTANT BURLESON

COUNTY FAIR DATES *

March 5, 2015- 7:00 p.m.

Turkey Meeting-Expo

March 7,2015- 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Registration for Steers- entry

fairgrounds BCFA

March 14,2015- 9:00 a.m.-

12:00p.m. Commercial heifer

tag in - entry Caldwell Livestock

Barn

March 26, 2015- 7:00 p.m. Fair-

grounds BCFA Broiler meeting

& EXPO Deadline for ordering

turkeys

April 10, 2015- Scholarship

Application BCFA due

April 20, 2015- 7:00 p.m. Expo

Rabbit Meeting

Caldwell 4-H- will meet on Wednesday, March 4th at the Caldwell Intermediate School Cafeteria at 7:00 pm. John Grange will

be discussing the new programs and contests that 4-Hers may participate in. Come listen and bring a friend!

Cooks Point 4-H-will meet 7:00 p.m., Wednesday March 11, 2014 at Cooks Point Community Center. Mr. Carl Homeyer is

scheduling our speaker. Our Community Project is the Baby Shower items discussed during out meeting in February. If you

need to know how many meetings attended, please check the attendance record available during our meetings.

Goat Club will not be meeting in March. The club’s next monthly meeting will be held on April 9th @ 6:30pm in the First Baptist

Church Family Life Center.

Rabbit Club - A big shout out to Mrs. Deanie Gold. We want to thank her for her awesome "heart health" presentation in Febru-

ary. David Caldwell will visit Rabbit Club in March with a presentation on the contributions animals make to science and medi-

cine. We will meet at our regular time - March3rd at 7:00 p.m. at St Mary's Gym.

Frenstat 4-H will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday, March 4th at 7:00 p.m at the Frenstat Recreation Center.

Snook Donkey Basketball 2015 Agent, Tina Roehling Landon Eldridge Morgan Myers

Thank you Burleson County 4-H!!

2015 4-H Shooting Sports Ambassadors

Caldwell Community Garden — Community Service

Trent Stefka, Macy Narro, Tanner Stefka, Keith Ramon, Landon Eldridge,

Konnor Eldridge, Dillon Narro - Great job!

Event Openings…….

The District 9 4-H Photography Contest

is now open for registration. The rules

and guidelines are located on the Dis-

trict 9 4-H web page. The Photography

Contest will close March 29, 2015. Pho-

tos will be displayed at “Big Time in D9,

the 4-H Roundup in Alvin, Texas.

The District 9 4-H Horse Judging Con-

test is now open for registration also.

The Horse Judging contest will be held

at the Dick Freeman Arena on TAMU

campus. Any additional information can

be found on the District 9 4-H website.

This contest will close March 22, 2015.

Fort Worth Livestock Show Results — Great Job!

IT’S THE “BIG TIME IN D9” 4-H ROUNDUP 2015, MAY 1-2, 2015

4-H contests will be held in one 2-day weekend! It will be like a 4-H-a-palooza-fun for the whole family! 4-H members can participate in one or more con-tests; everyone can watch most contests and events to learn more; and there will be family activities, including a BBQ cook-off and big award presenta-

tions each day! You can come for one day or both. You can stay for a few hours or the whole time. Advantages are: 1) There is only one weekend you will have to schedule around other activities; 2) Only one weekend to travel for almost all district contests; and 3) There will be a good balance between com-petition and fun! You will have to plan and prepare carefully if you want to participate in several contests (so that it is a possible drawback to those of us

who wait to the last minute)! Reasonable accommodations will be made to allow 4-H members to participate in as many contests as they would like. 4-H Pit Master Food Challenge- BBQ Cook off

Date: May 1-2, 2015 Location: Alvin Community College Entry/Reg. Deadline: April 2,2015

Entry: $20.00 per Brisket, Spare Ribs, and Chicken entry per, $5.00 per burger entry per team. For more information go to

http://d94-h.tamu.edu/eventsandcontest/bigtime/bbq-cook-off/ Food Show

March 29: County 4-H Food Show at Snook ISD Cafeteria *Awards presentation will be held immediately following Food Challenge

April 10: Food Show entries/paperwork due to district office April 12: Deadline for district entries on 4-H Connect

May 1-2: District 9 4-H Food Show Food Challenge

Call the Extension office (567-2308) to sign up to participate in the Food Challenge. Teams will be 3 to 5 members who must all be in the same age cate-gory (Juniors, Intermediates, Seniors). If you have a team in mind, please let us know. But if you don’t have a team yet, that’s ok too. We will make final

team assignments after the workshop depending on how many we have entered in each age group and how many coaches we have. Adult leaders, if you would like to coach a team, please call and sign up too! We would like each team to have their own coach.

March 29: County Food Challenge at Snook ISD Cafeteria. This will serve as the county qualifying event for the District Food Challenge. April 12: Deadline for district entries on 4-H Connect

May 1-2: District 9 4-H Food Challenge Educational Presentation Training

Have you considered participating in Roundup with an Educational Presentation (sometimes called a method demonstration or illustration or illustrated talk)? Is there a topic you are interested in sharing with others but need help putting it together? There are close to 20 categories you can enter an Educa-tional Presentation in for 4-H Roundup. Share the Fun and Public Speaking are also major parts of Roundup. If interested, please contact Tina for training

dates and times. OTHER CONTESTS

Of course there are many other District 4-H contests that you can compete in, both as an individual and as teams. All of these contests, and their related projects, provide valuable learning experiences for youth. However, currently in Burleson County there are not large groups participating, and often there

is not a county qualifying event required. This does not make these projects any less important or worthy of participation. Any registered 4-H member can participate in any project or contest, all that is needed is a desire to learn and a little bit of patience and persistence in learning the requirements. And,

certainly a dedicated adult leader willing to assist is really helpful too! Remember there are loads of information on the Texas 4-H and District 9 4-H websites! If you can’t find what you are looking for online, or any time you have questions about ANY 4-H project or area of interest and you just want to talk to someone about it, please do not hesitate to call us at the Extension

Office! 567-2308

2015 State Roundup The 2015 Texas 4-H Roundup will be held in College Station, TX on the campus of Texas A&M University from June 8th to the 12th, 2015. For more infor-

mation check out http://texas4-H.tamu.edu/files/2014/12/roundup_guide_2015.pdf

Goats: Levi Monroe – 8th place Light Weight Market Goat and Advanced to the fi-nals in Senior Showmanship Cameron Rutherford – 10th place Medium Weight Market Goat Colby Rutherford – 4th place Medium Weight Market Goat Tyler Monroe – Participated Goat Livestock Judging: Team – Levi Monroe, Tyler Monroe, and Colby Rutherford: 4th place overall team Levi Monroe – 3rd place High Individual Tyler Monroe – 28th place High Individual Colby Rutherford – 41st place High Individual

Heifers: Mackenzie Groce – 2nd place Simbrah Heifer Jalynn Urbanosky – 5th place Angus Heifer Joshua Urbanosky – 4th place ORB Heifer Steers: Kodi Schroeder – 8th place Light Weight Angus Rachel Novosad – participated with a Hereford Steer Barrows: Dyson Drgac and Daeghan Drgac participated with Cross Barrows Calf Scramble: Abby Homeyer caught a calf. Congrats!

San Antonio Livestock Show Results—Congratulations!

Junior Breeding Boer Goat: Tanner Stefka – 2nd place Tyler Monroe & Levi Monroe participated Junior Breeding Lamb: Garrett Tittle – 2nd place Wade Tittle participated Junior Breeding Heifer : Jalynn Urbanosky – 3rd place Angus Grace Fritcher - 1st place Charolais Josh Urbanosk – 3rd place Chianina Mackenzie Groce – 10 place Simbrah and 6th place Simmental Junior Breeding Swine : Landon Eldridge participated Junior Market Goat: Colby Rutherford – 9th place Participated: Cameron Rutherford, Truitt Baldwin, Laramie Cass, Kay Hardin, Michael Kaatz, Levi Monroe, Tyler Monroe, David Schoene-mann III Junior Market Lamb: Participated: Wade Tittle, Garrett Tittle, Laramie Cass, and Tyler Monroe Junior Market Barrow : Sam Waldrip participated Simbrah Superbowl : Mackenzie Groce – 2nd place and 4th place in showmanship Junior Market Steers: Emily Alford – 3rd place Brahman Steer Mackenzie Groce, Josh Urbanosky, and Jalynn Urbanosky participated Junior Market Barrows: Daeghan Drgac – 9th place Light Cross Market Barrow Dyson Drgac and Sam Waldrip participated Junior Market Broilers: Nikolas Faust and Tyland Lackey participated Junior Turkey Hens: Nikolas Faust – 22nd place Turkey Hen Junior Turkey Toms: Nikolas Faust – 11th place Turkey Tom Livestock Judging: Senior Division Team: Raynie Bentke, Tanner Stefka, Landon Eldridge, and Tyler Monroe – 1st place High Team Overall Landon Eldridge – 7th place High Individual Tyler Monroe – 15th place High Individual Tanner Stefka – 23 place High Individual Raynie Bentke – 46 place High Individual

Team: Kodi Schroeder, Lauren Wilkes, Levi Monroe, and Evan Black-ledge – 91st placed High Team There were 254 Senior teams and 848 participants in the Senior Divi-sion Juniors: Team: Mackenzie Groce, Kaitlin Schroeder, Colby Rutherford, and Joshua Urbanosky – 2nd placed Junior Team Joshua Urbanosky – 10th place High Individual Colby Rutherford – 15th place High Individual Kaitlin Schroeder – 42nd place High Individual Mackenzie Groce – 106th place High Individual Team: Tess Homeyer, Emily Wilkes, Jalynn Urbanosky, and Luke McClosky – 41st place Team Ernie Homeyer also participated in the Junior Division There were 115 Junior Teams and 359 Participants Pictures: Senior Team: Raynie Bentke, Tanner Stefka, Landon Eldridge, Tyler Monroe Junior Team: Joshua Urbanosky, Kaitlin Schroeder, Mackenzie Groce, Colby Rutherford Calf Scramble: Sami Scott caught a calf. Congrats!

Sincerely,

Tina Roehling

CEA-FCS

John Grange

CEA-AG