County Banquet Set, Other Deadlines

Archer City 4-H eNews...
For many of you, this may be your first glance at Jill's trial of an eNewsletter for our club. I hope it serves as a way to keep families notified of upcoming events and activities. If you have something to add, please let Jill know. In the mean time, take a look around our website with our picture page, calendar page and more!

If you did not receive the 4-H Newsletter, you can download it HERE. New members are just getting added to the data base, so you may not have received the newsletter via mail or email.

4-H Calendar
I've set up a 4-H Calendar with a Google Calendar page. You can access it by clicking HERE, or there is a link on the right column of this web page. I will put shows, jackpots, workshops, meetings, etc. in this calendar. If you have something to add to the calendar, please let Jill know.

County Banquet
The Archer County Banquet is scheduled for Sunday, October 19th at 6 p.m. Traditionally, this event is Covered Dish, so invite all of your family and celebrate the accomplishments of 4-H.

Even if you are new to 4-H, we encourage you to come. ALL 4-H members (even newly enrolled ones) will be recognized at the banquet, so please make sure they sign in at the door.

Livestock Projects
Sheep & Goats -- If you plan on showing at a Major Stock Show, State tags MUST be ordered by Sept. 1. Call Travis at the Extension office to order your tag. Tags for the County Show will be due a bit later, but if you know you are showing a lamb or goat, please let Travis know.

Rabbits -- If you plan on showing rabbits, please tell Travis so he can put you on the Rabbit Order List. If you have questions about showing rabbits, call Jill or Travis.

Poultry -- If you are interested in showing a turkey or chickens, call the office ASAP to get your name on the poultry order. Chickens will arrive in November, Turkeys arrive soon. Questions about poultry? Call Travis or Jill.

Food & Nutrition Project

If you're interested in learning about cooking, baking or grilling and nutrition, join us at the Food & Nutrition Workshop, on Sunday, October 5th. This will be a 2-hour workshop, with several different stations the kids will "rotate" through. These stations will all be "hands on" with experiments and games. And yes, boys are welcome too! We had some boys last year, and I think they had great fun. We will also be discussing the County Food Show (scheduled for Oct. 19th at 2 p.m., before the County Banquet)

Participating in the County Food Show is optional. 4-Hers can come to the workshop even if they don't want to do the Food Show. At the Food Show, 4-Hers prepare a dish and tell a judge how they made it. Categories for dishes are: Main Dish, Bread & Cereal, Fruit & Vegetable, Nutritious Snacks and Desserts. If you'd like to participate at the Food Show, have some dishes in mind before you come to the workshop. Last year we had several kids qualify for the District Food Show by winning at the County Level. Two 4-Hers won their categories at District, against 23 other counties. We'd love for Archer to have a strong presence at the Food Show.

4-Hers can also prepare food for the Home Economics Show in January. If you're interested in the Food Project and have questions, give Jill a call at 631-4658.

Welcome to the Archer City 4-H web newsletter!

Welcome to the Archer City 4-H web newsletter!

Jill is still learning how to use this, but hopefully I can sent out an email when ever new information is posted.

If you have something you'd like to post, let Jill know! I'm going to try and post slide shows of recent 4-H events, like the State & District horse show, Quiz Bowl competition, Horse Judging contests, our putt putt party and anything else we've all done! If you've got pictures of 4-H things, let me know and I'll see if we can get them added!

Putt Putt Party was hot, but fun!

Thanks to everyone who joined us at the pool/putt putt party a few weeks ago! I hope everyone had a great time, sweating it out with the golf balls! We signed up a few new members. Who Hoo!

If you did not get a newsletter that Jill passed out at the Putt Putt Party, you can download the August newsletter here.

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Next 4-H Meeting is Tuesday, September 16 at the Extension Office at 7 p.m. We will make posters for National 4-H Week that is October 6-10. I'll have poster board and other materials... If you've got cool things to create posters with, feel free to bring them to the meeting.

We will also ELECT OFFICERS at the September meeting. If you plan to run for an office, come prepared to introduce yourself to the club, tell everyone what projects you're involved in and why you want to be an officer. Every candidate will get up and introduce themselves. Offices available: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, & Reporter.

Other news you need to know....

Livestock Project Information

Turkeys & Rabbits -- CALL the Extension Office to place your order. **The sooner we hear from you, the better! Rabbits are typically delivered around December 1. Turkeys will be delivered in September.

Lambs & Goats -- Validation tag orders are due in the Extension Office by September 1. State level tags are $9 each; County tags $5.

Pigs -- Tag order will be sometime in September (no definite date yet). Call the office to reserve your tag.
Heifer Validation -- in October

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PHOTOGRAPHY...

We will have a few photography workshops this fall to practice your skills! In the mean time, get busy taking pictures, anywhere and everywhere!

There will be new guidelines for the 2009 Photography Show at the Home Economics Show (during the stock show). We will adopt the District 4-H Photography format, with categories in: People, Animals, Landscape, Floral, Architecture, Still Life and Special Effects. (color & black/white)

Those winning each category will advance to District competition in the spring. So get busy taking those pictures!!!