UPDATE: New Items Uploaded to County Website

UPDATE: 2011-2012 4-H Yearbook, Club Manager Training and One-pager with club info is now on the county website under the 4-H section in the PUBLICATIONS tab. Be sure to check it out!

Information Fair Flyers Available

I have poster/flyers for the 4-H information fair here at the office...I can also send you a PDF with them if you would like to put them up around the county!  Let me know if you want some. Don't forget the fair is 31 August at 7pm. Clubs should arrive 30 minutes early to set up your info boards!

MISPRINT IN NEWSLETTER!

 The 4-H Shooting Sports Group will NOT be meeting in August. The first meeting will be in September! Sorry for the confusion!

Youth Show Gala Needs Our Help!!!

Guadalupe County 4-H Clubs are requested to send one silent auction item representing each club in Guadalupe County.  Please drop your items off at the Extension Office or you are welcome to drop them off at the Knight of Columbus of Seguin on Friday September 16 from 9am to 4pm.  Also please encourage your members To pass along the letter and invite the community to support in silent or live auction items and to purchase tickets and attend this event.

Your invited to support with donations or attend the Guadalupe County Youth Show Gala held in Seguin, Texas September 17, 2011

Our focus of this event:
The focus of the Youth Show Gala is to continue to raise money's to have the best Youth Show for our children of Guadalupe County and to build future dreams.

This event supports ALL Guadalupe County 4-H and FFA members of the Marion, Seguin, Navarro, Samuel Clemens, Steele and Cibolo Creek Clubs in Guadalupe County.  Over 650 exhibitors.  

Please help us help the agriculture youth of your community.  Please see attached information for details of the fun filled evening.  Tickets available to pickup at Marion State Bank and 4-H Extension Office in Seguin Micro Beef Seguin, Gift and Gourmet Seguin, Cascades Seguin and many other locations please see attached list or call Debra Reiley 830-305-0456.

For more information please contact any committee member or the County Office!

Please join us.  And please share with others.  We need your support for this event!

Guadalupe County Youth Show Gala Committee

REMINDER: County 4-H Officer and Club Manager Training

Hey everyone, dont forget TOMORROW, August 2 at 3pm is the County 4-H Officer Training here at the county offfice...also tomorrow night is the Club Manager and Leader Training at 6pm....hope to see y'all here!!!

District Record Book Results

Hola everyone! Here are the results of the judging. Your books will be available for pick up tomorrow (friday) at the office...if you have questions as to your book, let me know and i'll try to answer them! If you are a state winner, you MUST registeron 4-H connect for the state contest. Be sure to read the letter in your book as well!


Junior Books

Public Speaking- Shannon Anderson -1st place
Swine- Karson Kelso- 1st place
Gardening and Horticulture- Collin Schlather-1st place
Goats- Taylor Maberry- 7th Place

Intermediate Books

Shooting Sports- Amanda Dick- 3rd Place
Sheep-- Rayanne Muenich-- 2nd Place
Goat-- Travis Brothers-- 3rd place
Entomology-- Doriann Damerau-- 1st place
Consumer and Family Science-- Heather Perkovich-- 1st place
Food and Nutrition-- Skyler Spain-- 8th place
Gardening and Horticulture-- Jaycie Braune-- 2nd place
Poultry-- Cheyenne Gonzalez-- 3rd place
Photography-- Lorie Kaye Schneirs-- 4th place

Senior Books

Clothing & Textiles-- Kimberly Rennspies-- 1st Place and Qualified for State
Plant and Soil Science-- David Germann-- 1st place and Qualified for State
Swine-- Haley Fortune-- 4th place
Sheep-- Jalynn Muenich-- 4th place
Poultry-- Cameron Ahrens-- 5th Place
Goat-- Ashley Brothers-- 7th place
Food and Nutrition-- Clark Flinn-- 4th place
Photography-- Austin Schneirs-- 1st place and Qualified for State


Congratulations to all our participants!!!!!

Texas 4-H Volunteer Conference Registration Extended

A late registration option is available for the 4-H Volunteer Conference, scheduled to be held in San Antonio July 29-31.  This has been made available to volunteers due to an overwhelming response and requests by many still wanting to register for the conference.  The late registration fee is $150 and will be open on 4-H CONNECT until this Friday, July 15th. Thats THIS FRIDAY!

More information about the conference is available at:  http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/volunteers/conference/volunteer_conference.php

Texas 4-H Outdoor Challenge

Guadalupe county takes 5th and 3rd in intermediates boys and 2nd in senior girls at the Texas state 4-H Outdoor Challenge!

2nd place Senior Girls- Jessica Powers and Lyndsey McNelly

3rd place Int. Boys- Austin Cowan & Will Carey

5th Place Int. Boys- Joel Powers & Drew Hernandez

Next time you see these kids, congratulate them! They did awesome and represented Guadalupe Co. very well!!!

Recordbooks are DUE for District Tomorrow!

Don't forget that record books for district are DUE Tuesday, July 12 by 5pm...I will not be in the office Wednesday or Thursday to get them from you, so I need to have them tomorrow! Good Luck to ALL of you going to District!!!

County Officer Training And Club Manager Training

Attention all Club Leadership Teams AND County Council Officers! We will be holding our county council officer training here at the County Extension Office at 3pm on August 2! This is for all club officers and county officers!

All Officers MUST attend and be on time!If you do not attend, you must have a reasonable reason. Again, ALL OFFICERS from clubs and council MUST attend!!!!!

Following the County Officer Training, We will hold the Club Managers meeting at 6pm. This meeting is for ALL managers, not just new ones. EVERYONE MUST ATTEND!!! If for some reason you cannot attend, you should set up a time to meet with Matt Miranda to go over your officer responsibilities! I just want to make sure everyone know what they are doing and aren't left with no clue on what to do!  

Caldwell Co. 4-H Family Needs Our HELP!

This is from the caldwell co. agent, we need to try and help!

Last night, the Rink family, one of the families in the Caldwell County 4-H program lost their house to a fire. The Caldwell County Extension Office is collecting donations to help them out. There were four members of the family living in the house, Mike (dad), Heidi (mom), Margaret (17), and Lillian (12).

Clothing needs for the Rinks: Heidi is woman’s size 20/22. Mike's is men's pant size 33/34 and shirt size L/XL. Margaret is ladies pant size 12/13 and ladies S/M shirts. Lillian is children’s size 14/16 pants and children’s M shirt. Shoe sizes sent earlier. Size 8 and size 10.

If you have any clothing, toiletry, or house hold (i.e.: pots, pans, sheets, etc.) items that could be donated, anything would be greatly appreciated. You can mail or drop off items at the Caldwell County Extension Office and we will be happy to make sure they get to the Rink family. We are in the process of working on a way to receive monetary donations. Please let me know if you have any questions. 

 If you have ANYTHING you can donate, please drop it off here at the Guadalupe County Office!

Thanks

State Roundup Results!!!

We have the results of State roundup this year; Guadalupe County CLEANED UP!!!  All of the kids did very well and if you see them, you should congratulate them!!! Be looking for pictures soon!!!

Ariel Bitner

• $16,000 SALE Scholarship, 1st in Fashion Storyboard

Austin Langmeier, Matthew Murdoch, Brian Steffen & Ross Luensmann

• 1st place in State Livestock Judging Contest, will be going to North American International Livestock Expo in Louisville, Kentucky in November. Austin also got 1st Hi-point Individual overall and the team received numerous other awards as well!

Brian Drayton & Jalynn Muenich

• First in Horticulture Edu. Presentation

Wyatt Kunde

• 1st in Science, Engineering & Tech Poster

Kimberly Rennspies

• 2nd in fashion storyboard and Fashion Show Wool/mohair

Krystal Moczygemba

• 3rd in Public Speaking

Clark Flynn

• 7th in Health Edu. Presentation

Wayne Morse, Casey Lopez & Taylor Walker

• 10th overall in Livestock Judging; Taylor also got 2nd hi-point individual overall!

Lyndsey McNelly, Mackenzie Scoggin, Katy Buerger and Ariel Bitner

• 2nd in Performance in Horse Judging

State Roundup THIS WEEK!

Good Luck to all of our Texas 4-H State Roundup Participants heading to College Station this week! Yall have worked very hard to get to this point. I know you will all represent the district and Guadalupe County 4-H well! Again, Good luck and have a great time!

Matt (the 4-H agent!)

D-10 4-H Horse Show

Here is a little info on the upcoming District 10 Horse Show here in Seguin.

The Texas Association of Extension 4-H Agents will be selling the 2011 Texas 4-H Horse Show t-shirts this year.  To order yours by the July 1st deadline, complete the form (contact the county office for one) and either mail it in or BRING IT TO THE DISTRICT HORSE SHOW and turn it in to the Registration Office.  Money must be paid when order is placed! Shirts can be pickup at the Texas 4-H Horse Show on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday (July 25, 26, 28) from 10 am to 3 pm.

Bexar County will be selling District 10 4-H Horse Show t-shirts during the District 10 Horse Show on June 22-23!  Look for them in the stands. There will be no concession stand at the District Horse Show this year.  Please be sure to bring your own food and drinks. 

Registration will open at 10:00 a.m. on June 22.  Don't plan to arrive before 10:00 because we won't have possession of the grounds until then!

Recordbook Training and 4-H Advisory Board

Don't forget, THIS Wednesday at 3pm, we will have the final recordbook training here at the county office...If you need help with your books, need the forms or have any questions, come on out! At 6pm, the 4-H advisory board will meet here at the office as well, so if you are on that, you should attend!

EE Club Speeches!

Remember at County 4-H Roundup on March 21 that We told you We would be in contact with you about making your Roundup presentations for the June Extension Education (EE) Club meetings.  Well now is the time to sign up to do those. 

The EE Club members support our 4-H program throughout the year, and they so enjoy your presentations.  Giving the presentations is also a great means of improving your public speaking skills.  We had 17 presentations at Roundup, so let’s try to have at least 2 presentations at each EE Club meeting.  I realize there are many conflicts, but please make every effort to provide a presentation.

Below is information on each club, so please let me know which club you’d like to make your presentation ^{by  June 3rd}.  This will be on a first come, first serve basis, so you may want to have a 2^nd or 3^rd choice ready just in case.

            º Elm Creek EE Club - Wed., June 8, 1:30 pm, Seguin-1. Shannon Anderson,  Thank you

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            º Marion EE Club - Thurs., June 9, 7 pm, Marion1.

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            º Clear Springs EE Club - Wed., June 15, 2 pm, Seguin-Jerrick Krudwig, Thank you

We will need intermediates or juniors and Seniors to give these presentations just in case some are at state roundup. It can be an educational presentation or a musical/share-the-fun presentation. Once I have the list of who is going to what clubs to make their presentation, I’ll follow up with further information.

I look forward to hearing back from you.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!!

Matt

Kingsbury Adult for Youth Bake Sale

The Kingsbury Adult For Youth club will be having a bake sake THIS SATURDAY, June 4 from 10am to 3pm at the Seguin Tractor Supply!!! The money from the event will go to fund 4-H youth scholarships and projects! Come on out, help out our youth and get some yummy homemade treats!

County Officer Training & Club Manager Training

Attention all Club Leadership Teams AND County Council Officers! We will be holding our county council officer training here at the County Extension Office at 3pm on August 2!

All Officers MUST attend and be on time!If you do not attend, you must have a reasonable reason. Again, ALL OFFICERS from clubs and council MUST attend!!!!!

Following the County Officer Training, We will hold the Club Managers meeting at 6pm. This meeting is for ALL managers, not just new ones. EVERYONE MUST ATTEND!!!

Stay Tuned for more information in the July Newsletter, the Blog and Facebook! 

Host a Kid from Across the World!!!

The 2011 Summer Exchange Program needs YOUR help hosting kids and chaperones! Your family could host a Japanese or Greek youth (or Chaperone) and give these kids a chance to come to Texas and experience our culture!!! The kids will be staying for one month, July 23-August 19. Adult Chaperones will also need a place to stay during that time too! Please Contact Laurie Palmer at 830-303-1251 or the county office for details! Let's give these kids a chance to see what it's like to be a Texan!

4-H Outdoor Challenge

The Texas 4-H Outdoor Challenge is July 9-10 at the 4-H in Brownwood.  Register on 4-H Connect for all contestants from May 16 through June 15.  There will also be an option for non-contestants to reserve lodging and meals.
 
CONTEST FEE
Contest registration fee (per person) = $30  (does not include any meals nor lodging)
 
LODGING/MEALS COSTS PER PERSON (optional for contestants and non-contestants)
Option 1:  Friday/Saturday night lodging + 5 meals = $110
Option 2:  Saturday night lodging + 4 meals = $70
Option 3:  no lodging; but do need 5 meals = $60
Option 4:  no lodging; but do need 4 meals = $50
 
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
July 9
Breakfast
8:00 a.m.   Registration Begins
9:00 a.m.   Contest Orientation
9:30 a.m.   Events Begin (order may vary by age division)
                      Archery
                      Shotgun
                      Canoeing
Lunch
                      Rifle
                      Camping
                      Safety
Supper
                      Swimming
                      Free Swim
 
July 10
Breakfast
                      Wildlife ID
                      Fishing
                      Knots
Lunch
                      Awards
                      Depart
 
* Meals noted above are for those who reserve such as part of registration. 
 
EVENTS
There are 10 events for this year's Outdoor Challenge.  Those are listed in blue above in the schedule.  Rules and resources pertaining to each of those events and how they will be scored can be found on our website at:  http://tinyurl.com/tx4hoc
 
As a reminder, this is a contest, so all participants need to come prepared to compete in each of these 10 events.  There is no time in the schedule for training.
 I know Guadalupe had a big turnout last year so heres to hoping we can do it again!