[Image: 4-H is Awesome]2009-10 4-H Calendar
TBA…………..September thru April Club Meetings
Sept. 30…….Area Adult Leader Training, Gonzales
Oct. TBA……Parish Shooting Sports Classes Begin
Oct 4-10……National 4-H Week
Oct 12……….State Fair (Shreveport) Exhibits Due at Parish 4-H Office
Oct. 22-Nov1…Greater Baton Rouge Fair, Gonzales
Oct. 22-Nov 8…State Fair of Louisiana, Shreveport
Oct TBA……..Parish Advisory Meeting
Oct 18……...Operation Military Kids Picnic, Port Hudson Park
WELCOME BACK!!
It’s a new school year, and we want you and other youth to renew your 4-H membership! One of the most important things you can do to help us is to spread the word about 4-H and get friends and family to join or re-join.
HOW CAN PARENTS, GUARDIANS, & OTHER ADULTS GET INVOLVED?
Here are just a few ways they can help: Attend Club meetings with their children. Attend club and parish-wide events. Provide transportation. Attend training workshops. Visit with the club’s leaders. Support their children in developing leadership roles. Be a good listener. Lend their support and skills to the club. Let 4-H members make decisions. Share skills and knowledge by volunteering to be a project leader (talk with 4-H Agents about project training needs. To help us know how we can help your parents become involved as a helper in the 4-H Program, please ask them to phone us 225-683-3101 or ask them to complete the volunteer section of the 4-H Enrollment card.
JR. LEADERS WANTED.
The next meeting of the Jr. Leader Club will be announced in the near future. All 8th-12th grade members will be invited.
CLUB OFFICER ELECTIONS.
Club Meetings will be led by Club Officers. If you are interested in running for the office of President, Vice-President, Secretary/Treasure, Reporter, or Community Service Chairman, ask for an Officer Declaration Form.
NATIONAL 4-H CLUB WEEK
October 4-10. 4-H clubs are encouraged toplan activities during this week such as "Green and White Day", decorate the cafeteria with 4-H clovers, and represent 4-H in Homecoming Parades.
Operation Military Kids (Teen Leader Opportunity)
Learn more about this program that serves the children of the military and help identify these children and their families and invite them to the October 18 Picnic. Involvement in this exciting community service program will sharpen teen leader skills in public speaking and personal communications. Teen participants will also develop knowledge and resources to plan seminars, camps, and events, like the Oct. 18 Picnic, that increase community awareness of military children and families.
Dan Klein Memorial Rodeo
Bull riding, calf roping, barrel racing, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, petting zoo, and kids calf scramble will all be part of the fun!!! Join us on September 18-19,2009 at Dan Klein Memorial Arena. Tickets can be purchased through the 4-H office and a portion of advance ticket sales will be donated to the East Feliciana Parish 4-H program. For more information call the 4-H office at 683-3101.
STATE FAIR EXHIBITS
4-H’ers are invited to exhibit project work at the 2009 Louisiana State Fair in Shreveport. Exhibits include Arts & Crafts, Clothing, and Forestry. Home Accessories, and Photography. Exhibits are due at the 4-H Office October 12. For more info, ask for the form on Louisiana State Fair Exhibits.
LIVESTOCK EXHIBITS
Animals to be Exhibited at LSU Shows. Steer possession date is August 1; these animals must be DNA validated (phone me for info on validations) by the family and extension agent during the week of August 10-15. The possession date for Beef, Dairy, Goat, and Lamb breeding animals and Beef and Dairy Commercial Heifers, Market lambs, Commercial Ewes, Market Goats, and Commercial Does is November 1 - the commercial and market animals, only, will be validated and classified November 2-7 at a location to be announced later. Possession date for Breeding and Market Hogs is December 1; Market Hogs will be validated during the week of December 1-5, also at a location to be announced later. Animals to be Exhibited at Southern University. Steer possession date is October 1. The possession date for Beef, Dairy, Goat, and Lamb breeding animals and Beef and Dairy Commercial Heifers, Market lambs, Commercial Ewes, Market Goats, and Commercial Does is November 30. Possession date for Breeding and Market Hogs is December 15. Southern University has not had a DNA Validation Program, and there has been no word of a future program. Additional info. Possession date for rabbits is one month before a show. For fancy poultry going to LSU, November 1. The deadline for ordering Broiler Chicks is July 30 for the La. State Fair and November 7 for LSU. Poultry are not exhibited at Southern. The Feliciana Bi-parish Jr. Livestock Show is held in late January; LSU District Show, in early Feb.; the LSU State, in mid-Feb.; and the Southern Univ. Show in late February/early March. For more information about the 4-H Youth Livestock Program, to include animal selection and management, please phone Ken Spoto at 225-683-3101.
LCES Sponsored 4-H Tailgate
Party and Football Game – Saturday, November 14, 2009, 7pm, Tiger Stadium – LSU vs. La. Tech. The LSU Athletic Department is providing 4-H members a great opportunity to participate in the LSU Homecoming football game against Louisiana Tech at the reduced price of $25. Tickets can be purchased by 4-H members, their families, and volunteers. Additionally, a large tailgate party is planned for all attending. Food and many door prizes will be provided and all activities will be at Parker Coliseum. Tickets must be ordered through the LSU at 8AM on Monday, September 21st. Phone the 4-H Office for more information.
NEWS FROM LAST SUMMER
4-H University (June 23-26) , LSU, B.R.
Representatives from East Feliciana in State Contests were Nadia Dinwiddie (Blue Ribbon in Creative Choice Fashion Review); Alicia Dinwiddie in Casual Wear Fashion Review; Anthony Dinwiddie and Jesse Reynolds in ATV Safety; Courtland Ray in Compact Tractor; and Delvon Green in 4-H Has Talent. Representatives in the Clover College Classes were Shelby Brown in Creative Forces; Christina Burge in Are You Ready for College?; Dezare Conerly in Operation: Military Kids; William “Bill” Dazet in Creative Forces; Joqualin “Jay” Dunn in Exploring the World of Sports; Lincoln Elbert in Operation: Military Kids; Trinity George in Forensics; Mynesha Holliday in Citizenship Louisiana Focus; Myesha Holliday in Citizenship Louisiana Focus; Timothy “T.L” Hollins in Exploring the World of Sports; Jasmine Hughes in Operation Military Kids; Wyatt McKenzie in Exploring the World of Sports; Blaine Pierre in Exploring the World of Sports; Ayisha Plain in Operation Military Kids; Travis Shropshire in Operation Military Kids; and Cekeisha Williams in Operation Military Kids.
4-H Camp (June 1-5), Camp GrantWalker.
During the week at Camp, the following boys and girls from East Feliciana joined in with over 400 other youth in activities such as swimming, archery, dancing, arts and crafts, and other educational classes: Campers and Adult leaders included Pamela and Allen Holliday, and Sandra. 4-H Staff included Lauren Kennedy, Ursula Shaw, Kenneth Spoto and Ryan Barnett.
Wildwood Wonderings (July 12-17).
On July 12, two 4-Her’s from East Feliciana Parish, Jeffrey Mahon and Seth Martin, traveled to Tensas Parish to meet with other 4-Her’s from Louisiana for a week of training in environment management. Educational activities included conceptsrelated to forested wetland ecology, wetland functions and values, water quality.
Community Service Ideas
Nursing home visits and greeting cards to residents; cleanup campaigns; magazine and used eyeglassdrives.
Pop the Top & Give Up the Tab!
You can help Ronald McDonald House Charities, an organization that provides a free place to live and other accommodations for cancer patients and their families while at the hospital. Look for the Tab Collection Bottles at your school or in the community.
October Meeting Program Ideas
Skits, Readings, Demos on project work or on subjects such as Adopt a Dog Month; Fire Prevention Week (4th-10th); National Children’s Day (8th); Child Health Month; National 4-H Week (4th-10th); Theodore Roosevelt Birthday; Roll film for cameras patented in 1881.
Character Word of the Month:
Tolerance (Respect)
Tolerance is accepting the differences of others. Each of us is different in many ways. These differences are acceptable and should be respected; they make each of us very special.
Check Out East Feliciana Parish’s new web pages! Find posted events & meet other 4-H’ers at www.facebook.com (you must have an account with face-book to go to the page) or http://groups.myspace.com/eastfeliciana4h. Look for 4-H & other activity photos at www.flickr.com (type: East Feliciana Parish 4-H)
4-H Agents
Kenneth Spoto
Lauren Kennedy
Ursula Shaw
made available by:
East Feliciana Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Office 4419 Idlewild Rd., Clinton, LA 70722 Phone: 225-683-3101 FAX: 225-683-3281 email: efeliciana@agcenter.lsu.edu.
A State Partner in the Cooperative Extension System
The LSU Agricultural Center is a state wide campus of the LSU System and provides equal opportunities in programs and employment. Louisiana State University and A & M College, Louisiana parish governing bodies, Southern University, and United States Department of Agriculture cooperating.