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FAYETTE COUNTYNovember / December 20114-H NewsletterInside this issue:Animal Science2Major Shows2FCS Projects3Poinsettia Sales3Opportunities4Crossword Puzzle5Calendar6-7Annual 4-H Chili Cook OffTraditions stand and we are having the annual 4-H club chili cook-off in conjunction with the next county Council meeting on November 17, at the Ag Building. Deadline to enter a team is November 14. The rules are as follows:1) 4-H teams must notify the Extension Office of their intent to participate byNovember 14, 5 pm.2) Each 4-H Club is invited to participate with one team consisting of (2-6) 4-Hmembers in the Chili with Beans category and one team in the Chili withoutBeans category. (You may have only one team or two different teams with oneteam in each category. Parents should not help make the chili.)3) If a club wishes to make HOMEMADE cornbread (brought already baked-ready to eat) to compete with, there will be a BEST CORNBREAD CONTEST. (Thehomemade cornbread is to be made by the 4-H youth.) Bring your recipe withyour pan of cornbread.Display CaseNovember — WardaDecember — Swiss AlpJanuary — Pure CountryFebruary — RTCMarch — SchulenburgApril — FayettevilleMay — FlatoniaJune — La GrangeJuly — WinchesterAugust — Shooting Sports4) Three (3) lbs. of hamburger meat will be provided for each chili team. Allother ingredients and equipment should be brought by 4-H families (i.e. hotplates, spoons, spices, etc.) Chili should be ready to be judged at 7:00 p.m.when the Fayette 4-H Council meeting and chili cook-off judging will take place.The doors will be open at 4:00 p.m. for teams to begin setting up. Meat will behanded out at 5:00 pm for cooking to begin.5) Awards will be provided for Best Chili with Beans, Best Chili without Beansand Best Cornbread. NEW!!! The 1st place chili teams will receive a 25check for their club.6) Anyone may attend the Chili Cook-off and the 4-H Council meeting that willbegin at 7 p.m. while the judging is taking place. The winners of the contest willbe announced at the conclusion of the Council meeting. New and experienced 4H members and families are invited to participate. At least one adult leadershould supervise each team

Page 2Animal ScienceImportant DatesFort WorthSchulenburg Stock Show: *Hog, Lamb & Major Show:Goat Tag In — Nov. 15*Swine Validation — November 28and 29 from 4-6pm at the FayetteFCJLS: *Hog Tag In — December 10 from Co. Fairgrounds8 to 10 am at the Fayette Co. Fairgrounds,Carmine and Fayetteville High School*Broiler ArrivalThe deadline to sign up forFort Worth Stock show isNovember 10. All othermajor shows are on theMajor Show Sign up Night,Monday, November 14.San Antonio — January 10Flatonia: *Rabbit Tag In — December 10HLSR/STAR/FCJLS — January 27Major Show Sign Up Night / Quality CountsThe Major Show Sign Up Nightwill be Monday, November 14from 1 to 7 pm at the Agricultural Building. You can pick upthe forms earlier but must turnthem in on November 14.There will be a notary present.Basicinformationregarding the 20112012 Major Shows isnowavailableonline.The Major Shows are requiringparticipants to pass a qualitycounts test.Quality Counts sessions will beoffered on Thursday, November 3 from 4-6pm and Monday,Coastal Bend ClassicAnyone showing livestockshould mark Saturday, December 3 on their calendar.This day is the Coastal BendClassic,YouthLivestockClinics and Shows. It will beheld at the San Patricio Co.Fairgrounds.November 7 from 5-7pm at the AgBuilding. Participants will be giventhe opportunity to take and pass thetest.In order to sign up for Major Showson November 14, you must have yourQuality Counts Verification number.NO EXCEPTIONS!Speakers and Judge include:Clinic topics will include Facility Maintenance, Feeding& Nutrition, Hoof Trimming,Animal Health, Handling &Transportation, Showmanship, Fitting & Show Prepand Quality Assurance.Beef — Dave AllenGoat — Glen MartinLamb — Sarah BristerSwine — Kelton MasonQualityIf youCounts— Dr.need assistance,call Chris Boleman today and set up an edu

Page 3Family and Consumer ProjectsClothing WorkshopFood Show / Food ChallengeThe Clothing Workshop willtake place on December 19-20from 9-4 at the Fayette CountyAg Building. Topics / Activitieswill include Fashion StoryBoard, making a skirt, community service projects, fashiondesign, personal care, etc. Thecost is 10 for both days.Please RSVP by December 12.The Fayette County Food Showwill take place on Saturday, October 29 at the Church of Christin La Grange, starting at 9 am.Not interested in the individualcompetition. Try the Food Challenge, a team event. You andyour team members will create adish based on the given ingredients. Similar to the Iron Chef.Up Coming Events:District Food Show: December 3County Fashion Show: March 5District Fashion Show: April 28Inside Story HeadlinePoinsettia SalesThe pick up date will be DePoinsettias sales are in fullcember 8th at the Ag Buildswing. The last day to selling.poinsettias is November 1st.Money is due to your clubmanager by the 1st. Remember 20% of your salesgo to your club if the moneyis turned in on time.National 4-H Week ActivitiesNumerous activities took placeduring National 4-H Week, October 2-8. They included donatingitems to the Animal Shelter, Military and Fire Victims, Clean upthe 4-H Garden, making cookiesfor teachers, can food drive, etc.Thanks to everyone who participated in events during thisweek to promote 4-H.Council FundsRemember in order to benefitfrom Council Funds you mustsell at least 10 poinsettiasand/or omelet supper ticketsAND work the omelet supper.

Page 44-H OpportunitiesCrossroadsThe District 11 4-H Crossroads willoccur Thursday, November 18,through Sunday, November 20,2011 at the Raddison on NorthBeach in Corpus Christi. Crossroads is a three day career development, leadership program for 1419 year olds to participate in various projects that will impact lifeskills and help them in career exploration. After the event, futureleaders return to counties with theskills to cooperate with each otherto achieve individual and groupgoals.Career Topics will include MarineScience, Culinary, Vet Science, LawEnforcement and Sports Medicine.The deadline to register via 4-HConnect is October 24. Transportation will be provided.SALE Tour GuidesIf you are interested in serving as aSan Antonio School Tour Guide onFebruary 15, please let me know byNovember 16. SALE School TourGuides offer scholarships and addmoney onto your project if youmake the sale. This is a great leadership opportunity. I encourage allhigh school 4-H members to takeadvantage of this opportunity. I willprovide transportation.AG4UMark you calendars for Monday,March 5. This is an action-packedfun-filled day that spotlights the im-portance of the agriculture industry in our daily life. Registeronline at rodeohouston.com. Youwill also receive complimentarytickets to the March 5 Rodeo performance. If anyone is interestedin attending let Kayla know aswell.AggieFest JudgingAggieFest Livestock Judging Contest will take place on November5 at the Louis Pearce Pavilion inCollege Station. Entries are 20per individual. If you are interested let Kayla or Scott know.2012 Texas 4-H RoundupMark your calendars for the 2012Texas 4-H Roundup on June 11-15.It will be held at Texas Tech inLubbock. Are you ready for theChallenge? I know I am excitedabout venturing outside CollegeStation.District Community ServiceThe 2011-2012 District 11 4-HCommunity Service Project willbe “Kolors 4 Kids,” Start collecting coloring books and colors.You may bring them to your clubmeetings, council meetings,County and District Events. Wewill deliver them to Texas Children’s Hospital in the Spring.Jr. Leadership RetreatJr. Leadership Retreat is for 4-H members ages 9-14 and adult chaperoneswho want to participate in hands oneducational workshops. Jr. Retreatwill focus on increasing your knowledge and skills in 5 project opportunities — Healthy Lifestyles, Agricultural Products, Housing, Record SETand Outdoor Challenge. State 4-HCouncil members will take pride inshowcasing their creativity at the Saturday Night Theme Dance—-SuperLeaders! Dress up as your favoritesuperhero. To register go to texas4hcenter.tamu.edu. Need to register byNovember 4.The surest way not to fail isdetermine to succeed.—Richard Brinsley SheridanFEC 2012 Youth TourFEC will sponsor two students on aweek long, all expense paid trip toWashington DC in June. During thisweek, students will visit historicmonuments and museums, meet withUS Representatives and Senators,watch Congress in action from thegalleries and attend educational sesTeen Retreatsions. More information can be foundWant to get away for the week- at www.fayette.coop and to downloadend? Have a desire to learn lead- an application.ership skills? Mark you calendarand plan to attend Teen Retreat inBrownwood on January 6-8

Page 5Crossword PuzzleWe are trying something new and exciting to get people to read their 4-HNewsletter. Complete and turn in the Crossword Puzzle by the 15th ofNovember to be entered into a drawing to win a 100 or 50 4-H Scholarship (to be used to pay for 4-H events such as major show entries, summer camps, enrollment, etc). Don’t have time to come by the office, stickit in the mail. The winner will be announced in August. All answers canbe found in this Newsletter. Do not forget to put your name on it. HappyReading!Member Accomplishments4-H Members Participate at Washington County FairThe Fayette County 4-H Dairy Judging Teams competed in the Dairy Judging Contest on Saturday, September 17, 2011. The Senior Team placed 1st overall. Team members were Dillan Drabek, Allison Frerichs and Dakota Zapalac. Individually Dakota was 2nd high and Allison was 4thhigh.The Intermediate Team placed 4th overall. Team members consisted of Heather Matula, ErinMiksch, and Emily Miksch. Individually Erin was 2nd high.Individually Kaylie Zapalac judged as a junior and was 1st high individual.The Fayette County 4H livestock judging teams competed on Saturday September 17th. The intermediate team placed fifth overall of the 40 teams competing in their age group. The teamplaced fifth in the beef division, first in the swine division and fifth in the sheep and goats division. Team members were Greg Matocha, Haley Bertsch, Sierra Schulz and Madisyn Horndt.Greg Matocha was 8th overall and Haley was 11th.The Junior team placed first overall of the 21 teams competing in the junior division.There were 62 individuals competing in the junior contest. Individually, Emily placed thirdoverall, Nicholas placed 12th overall, and Philip placed 15th overall.