DATES TO REMEMBER
June
27 – County Fashion Show at 5:30 p.m. at the Home Economics Building at Youth Fair Barns
28 – Steer Validation 4:30p.m.-6:30p.m. at Bob Clark pens
28 – State of Texas Lamb and Goat Validation at 10:00a.m. at Extension Office
July
4- Extension Office Closed for Independence Day
12 – Horse Club Meeting 6:00p.m. at Extension Office
13-16 – County Camp at Texas 4-H Center
21 – District Record Book Judging
23-30 – State 4-H Horse ShowBROWN COUNTY 4-H LEAVES MARK AT STATE ROUNDUP
4-Hers participated in Texas 4-H Roundup (June 13th-17th), held manually in College Station on the campus of Texas A&M University. Roundup is a qualifying and invitational event for youth that have successfully placed in a qualifying event at the district level or signed up to compete in an invitational event at the state level. It includes approximately 50 different contests and workshops that test 4-H members from across Texas on decision making, public speaking, organization, and working with others. These contests include such things as Fashion Show, Food Show, and assortment of judging contests, and educational presentations.
All the teams and individuals from Brown County did exceptionally well in their competition, which had at least 35 teams participating in each contest. The county agents are very proud of all 4-Hers who participated and it was a pleasure to work with everyone. Each team/individual put in months of hard work, dedication, and practice; therefore it showed during Roundup.
The following is the placing each team/individual:
2nd Nutrition Quiz Bowl: Rachel Cannon, Cassie Goforth, Sierra Goforth, Lucchese Gordon
18th Consumer Decision Making: Lucchese Gordon, Blair Davis, Leeza Hudspeth
6th Food Challenge: Rachel Cannon, Caleb Cannon, Sierra Goforth
12th Horse Judging: Lindyn Davis, Josh Hernandez, Jordan Cadenhead, Emily Vagher
Invitational Livestock Judging
- 8th- Sr. Team: Blair Davis, Leeza Hudspeth, Delaney Hudson, Chasity King
- 16th – Intermediate Team: Colton Edgar, Colby Breeding, Miller Baugh
3rd Healthy Lifestyles Invitational: Rachel Cannon, Caleb Cannon, Sierra Goforth, Cassie Goforth
- 3rd High Individual – Cassie Goforth
- 9th High Individual – Caleb Cannon
Educational Presentations
- 1st – Family Life: Kyle Locke
- 2nd – Horticulture: Matt Hill
Photography
- Best of Show – Blair Davis
- Blue Ribbon – Caleb Cannon
- Blue Ribbon – Rachel Cannon
COUNTY FASHION SHOW
The Brown County 4-H Fashion Show is set for June 27, 2011 at 5:30p.m.. The location of the County Fashion Show will be at the Home Economics Building at the Youth Fair Barns. The categories you can enter in are as follows: Buying, Constructions, Storyboard, and Non-Apparel. The buying category you can enter dress type and pant type. The construction category you can enter dressy, single garment, specialty, and sportswear/casual. The non-apparel category you can enter non-apparel sewing, jewelry, and embellished apparel. The deadline to turn in entry forms is June 20, 2011. If you have any questions, please contact the Extension Office.
4-H VOLUNTEER CONFERENCE
The Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program will be sponsoring a state-wide leader training on July 29-31, 2011 in San Antonio to prepare the new generation of 4-H volunteers to lead and instruct our members. If you would like more information please contact the Extension Office.
A&M AGGIE LAND LAMB & GOAT CAMPS
Texas A&M is hosting a three day program dedicated to teaching parents and students the fundamentals of feeding, nutrition, health, facilities, selection and showmanship. The Lamb Camp will be July 15-17, 2011 and Goat Camp will be July 22-24, 2011. The location of the camp will be in College Station, Texas at the Pearce Pavilion. The cost of the camps is $120 per camper and $60 per adult. Anyone ages eight years old and older are eligible to participate. If you would like more information contact the Extension Office.
2011 JR. RODEO SCHEDULE
July 8-9 – San Saba Jr. Rodeo
July 15-16 – Western Heritage Cowboy Church Jr. Rodeo
July 21-22 Lometa Jr. Rodeo
July 29-30 Star Jr. Rodeo and Richland Springs Jr. Rodeo
August 4-6 – Elm Grove Jr. Rodeo
August 12-13 – Best of Texas Finals, Mullin
August 19-20 – Brown Co. 4-H Jr. Rodeo, Blanket Rodeo Arena
