Archer City 4-H Happenings

2012-01-25T08:55:00.000-06:00

The next Archer City 4-H meeting will be held Tuesday, February 21st.

Information on the 2012 Dog Project --

On Sunday, January 19th, from 2:00-3:00, Pam Allen is doing a talk on dog obedience. She is also bringing a dog to do an obedience rally demonstration. Rally is one of the events offered at the Texas State 4-H Dog Show, so make plans to attend if you are thinking about participating!

On Sunday, February 5th, from 2:00-3:00, Michelle Nestor will do a presentation on using dogs for therapy.

Both activities will take place at the Archer County Extension Office. Check back for more dog project dates soon!

If you have any 4-H related news/results/pictures, please e-mail them to: musicalreiner@yahoo.com. Thanks!!!

Stock Show

2012-01-01T13:11:00.001-06:00

The Archer County Jr. Livestock Show is coming up January 6th and 7th!!!

Livestock ---
The show barn in Archer City will be open to animals on Thursday, January 5th, in the evening. Weigh in for animals is between 7 and 9 AM the following morning in the show barn. Classes will be divided up by weight after all weights have been taken and will be posted in the barn.
You must turn in your sale card(s) by noon on Saturday! If you do not, you will not be allowed in the auction that night, which starts at 7:00 PM. The order of the sale will be available around 6:00 PM Saturday night.

Home Economics Projects ---
Bring projects to the Activity Building between 9 and 11 AM Friday morning. The projects will be available for pickup around 4:30. If you enter photography, please leave your photo(s) at the building because they will be displayed during the buyer's dinner Saturday night.

If you take any good pictures at the show, please e-mail them to musicalreiner@yahoo.com . Thanks!

Happy New Year, and Good Luck to all participants at the 2012 Archer County Jr. Livestock Show!!!

2011-12-10T14:09:00.001-06:00

Some important dates...
The club will be doing Angel Tree shopping on Thursday, December 15th. We will be meeting at the Walmart on Highway 79 at 5:45 PM and this will last about an hour. Kids will shop for Christmas presents for four children in the community who may not get any gifts this holiday season. Parents are welcome to stay and help!

We are having a Christmas party on Tuesday, December 20th, instead of the regular meeting! Come to the activity building at 7:00 PM and go on a hay ride and sing carols. We will make s'mores afterwards!
While kids are out caroling, parents are needed to roll breakfast burritos to freeze for the stock show concession stand.

Also on the 20th - Late stock show entries are due! There will be a $25 late fee. If you plan on showing an animal or participating in the home economics division, you must turn in your entry by this date because no entries will be accepted afterwards!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

2011-11-27T12:59:00.001-06:00

The Archer City 4-H club will be volunteering at the Clay County Animal Shelter on Saturday, December 3rd from 9:30-12:30. We will be doing jobs like helping with animals and preparing for the Henrietta Parade that evening. For more information, contact stacisbarn@gmail.com. We'd love to see you there!

Clay County Animal Shelter
509 North Carroll Street
Henrietta, Texas

Big thanks to all who brought donations for the shelter to the November meeting!!!

Please e-mail 4-H related news, pictures and results to musicalreiner@yahoo.com. Thanks!

Trick-or-treat!

2011-11-02T12:57:00.002-05:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Thanks to everyone who trick-or-treated for canned goods on Halloween. We collected a lot of cans to be donated to the Archer City Food Pantry!

County Banquet

2011-10-31T08:23:00.002-05:00

The annual Archer County 4-H Banquet was Sunday, October 30th. From Archer City, Cori Hash, Ashton Dunkel, Alexis Shanes, Sidney Dunkel, Tanner Hash, and Blake Dunkel were recognized for completing 4-H Record Books. Gold Star (Senior) and Silver Star (Junior) awards were also presented. Tanner Hash (left) received a Gold Star, Alexis Shanes (center) received a Silver Star, and Adam Hoff (right) received a Gold Star. Congratulations to all 2010-2011 4-H participants!

Halloween and Fundraiser Update

2011-10-21T13:06:00.005-05:00

OCTOBER MEETING RECAP

At the October 4-H meeting on Tuesday the 18th, there was a teamwork program! Groups of five or six kids were given a marble and pieces of PVC pipe and they had to get the marble across the room and into a cup by making a 'bridge' with the pipe. If a group dropped their marble, they had to start over. The activity clearly showed the importance of working together.

FOOD DRIVE
The club is in the process of doing a food drive for the Archer City Food Pantry. At the October meeting a collection of canned items and other non-perishables was started. On Halloween the club is trick or treating for canned goods! If you are interested in participating, dress up and be at the Archer County Extension Office at 6:30 on the 31st. There will be goodies for all participants afterwards!!!

WREATH SALES ARE BACK!!!
Once again, the club is doing a wreath selling fundraiser! Each 4-Her is requested to sell 3-4 freshly harvested, 24 inch wreaths from Minnesota. Orders need to be in by November 11th. The wreaths will be delivered the week after Thanksgiving. Wreaths are 25$ each if a local 4-Her is going to deliver it to you, or for 33$ you can drop-ship the wreath anywhere in the US. To order a wreath, ask a 4-H member or call the Archer County Extension Office at (940)-574-4914. A portion of the funds gathered from selling wreaths will be donated to the Archer Service Center. The Service Center does meals on wheels and is in need of financial support to keep serving the community. Thank you for your support!

! Important Dates !

The Archer County Awards Banquet is going to be held Sunday, October 30, at the Holliday Elem. School Cafeteria, at 3PM. The Holliday 4-H club is hosting this year's event with a dessert reception. ALL ARCHER COUNTY 4-H MEMBERS WILL BE RECOGNIZED! Also awarded at the banquet will be the Archer County Gold Star and Silver Star awards. Make plans to attend and support Archer County 4-H!!!

The club is putting together a Safety Fair to be held in conjunction with the Archer City Fall Festival. Some participants include the Sheriff's office and the Ambulance. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Staci Shanes at (940)-224-9558

The next Archer City 4-H meeting will be Tuesday, November 15th at 7 PM at the Archer County Extension Office. Hope to see everybody there!

If you have 4-H related news, results, or pictures, please e-mail them to:

Alexis Shanes, Webmaster: musicalreiner@yahoo.com

Sam Shanes, Reporter: goatslovesam@yahoo.com

And we will try to get them on the blog and maybe in the newspaper! Thanks!

Banquet

2011-10-10T13:36:00.002-05:00

The Archer County 4-H banquet will be held Sunday, October 30th at the Holliday Elementary cafeteria, at 3:00. Hope everybody can make it!

10/5/2011

2011-10-05T08:37:00.004-05:00

Archer City 4-H Club celebrates National 4-H week at the September meeting.

Officers for the 2011/12 4-H year were elected on September 20th. They are (left to right): Sidney Dunkel, Secretary; Ashton Dunkel, President; Caleb Conrady, Vice President; Brady Kyle, Treasurer; Alexis Shanes, Webmaster; Sam Shanes, Reporter.

The next 4-H meeting is October 18th. Please bring a canned item to be donated to the Archer City food pantry!

On October 29th there is going to be a safety fair in conjunction with the Archer City Fall Festival. Watch for another update on the blog with more information next week!

October 31st-Halloween!!! The 4-H club is going Trick-Or-Treating for canned goods to donate to the food pantry! All participants will be sweetly rewarded!

Please e-mail upcoming activities, results and pictures to musicalreiner@yahoo.com or goatslovesam@yahoo.com so they can go in the Archer City newspaper or on this blog!!!

Don't forget to Join 4-H

2011-09-27T09:09:00.002-05:00

If you haven't joined 4-H online, I want to encourage you to do so. It takes about 10 minutes (and if you have trouble, call the office 574-4914...it take a little bit of effort...not super user-friendly). This link will take you to 4-H Connect, where you can create a profile to join. There's a $20 fee per 4-Her to join, but this goes up after October 25th, so be sure to join now!

What's coming up in 4-H? CLICK HERE to download the Calendar of Events for this fall.

If you would like email updates (best way to stay in touch with 4-H activities) please join our Google Group -- see the link to the right. We'll send out reminders for meetings, events, etc.

If you have any questions about 4-H, feel free to call Extension Agents Kathryn or Justin (574-4914) or Doug & Jill Dunkel (631-4658)

CLEANUP CREW --

And a BIG THANK YOU to the families who helped clean up the County Show Barn a few weeks ago. Your "bravery" with all the spiders & the dead bat (yuck!) was much appreciated!!!!

LIVESTOCK PROJECTS --

If you need help looking for a livestock project to show (lambs, goats, cattle, chickens, rabbits, etc) you MUST talk to Justin and let him know ASAP that you need help. Otherwise he will assume you've got it under control! If you'd like his advice/help with your animal, please give him a ring as well.

Congrats to the Archer County 4-Hers who showed at the T-O Fair!

Great meeting!

2011-09-21T06:21:00.002-05:00

Thanks to everyone who attended the 4-H meeting last night. Give Alexis a few days and your new webmaster will have all new information on our site!

4-H Meeting!

2011-09-20T10:01:00.000-05:00

Kicking off the official 4-H year with a 4-H meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 at 7 pm at the Extension Office. We will be electing officers, going over online enrollment and other important notes for this year. Hope you can make it!

Christmas Wreath Fundraiser

2010-11-03T17:32:00.000-05:00

Our club is selling fresh balsam Christmas wreaths this year! Sales go from now til November 11th. Wreaths are $25 each, and feature super fresh Minnesota balsam and velvet bows. These are very nice, high quality wreaths!

If you don't have your sales forms, call Jill at 631-4658 to get them!

New 4-H Year!

2010-09-22T11:17:00.000-05:00

Thanks to everyone who came to the first 4-H meeting of the 2010-2011 year! The new officers are:
President: Cori Hash
Vice President: Caleb Conrady
Secretary: Megan Weede
Treasurer: Brady Kyle
Reporter: Maura Gibson
Web Master: Austin Cooper

If you missed the meeting, below is the agenda with some important info on it, as well as an Upcoming Events Calendar.

4-H Meeting, September 21, 2010

Upcoming Events Calendar

And if you want to watch the slide show, CLICK here:

IMPORTANT IMFORMATION

2010-09-17T09:21:00.002-05:00

THE FIRST 4-H MEETING TO KICK OFF OUR NEW 4-H YEAR WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 7 P.M. AT THE ACTIVITY BUILDING IN ARCHER CITY.

KIDS IN THIRD GRADE THROUGH SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL ARE ELIGABLE TO BE IN 4-H!!!!

IF YOU PLAN ON SHOWING ANY ANIMALS IT IS IMPORTANT YOU MAKE THIS MEETING!!!!!!!!

IF YOU NEED HELP FINDING YOUR ANIMAL PROJECTS OR IF YOU NEED TO ORDER RABBITS WE WILL HELP YOU AT THE MEETING. THESE THINGS NEED TO BE DONE ASAP!!!

ANYONE WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR SEND JILL THE PICTURES OF YOU DOING YOUR 4-H INVOLVEMENTS! JILL IS PUTTING TOGETHER A SLIDE SHOW AND SHE NEEDS LOTS OF PICTURES OF KIDS IN THERE PROJECTS!!!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THIS UPCOMING MEETING TO KICK OF A WONDERFUL NEW 4-H YEAR! :)

IMPORTANT IMFORMATION

2010-09-04T15:33:00.002-05:00

OUR FIRST MEETING WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 21ST

IF YOU NEED ANY SHOW ANIMALS PLEASE CALL JUSTIN AT:
574-4914
THERE IS A WAITING LIST FOR RABBITS SO PLEASE CALL JUSTIN ASAP!!!

IF YOU HAVE ANY 4-H PICTURES PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO JILL@DUNKELDESIGNS.COM THEY NEED TO BE TO HER BEFOR THIS MONTHS MEETING FOR THEM TO BE IN THE SLIDE SHOW

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE RANGERS GAME! ARCHER COUNTY HAD THE LARGEST GROUP OF 4-H MEMBERS THERE! THANKS FOR MAKING IT A SUCCESS!!!

HUNTER SAFETY COURSE

2010-09-04T15:23:00.002-05:00

HUNTER SAFETY COURSE:
WHEN: September 25-26
WHERE: Archer County Shooting Sports Complex
100 W. South Street- Archer City
WHO: Youth ages 9 and over/ and adults
Session time schedule: Saturday 9-25 8 a.m.- 12 noon, 1-4 p.m.
Sunday 9-26 1:30- 4 p.m.

LUNCH WILL NOT BE FURNISHED SO BRING A SACK LUNCH

Instructor: Marvin Henry, Cert. TPW Hunter Ed. Instructor
COST: $15 you can pay at the first session
CLASS SIZE: Limited to 25 students
pre-register by calling Marvin Henery at 631-3474 or 574-4868 ot the Archer Co. office of Texas AgriLife Extension at 574-4914

Busy Summer

2010-08-15T11:42:00.003-05:00

Our 4-H club has been very busy this year. We have had the County, District, and State Horse Shows. All of the riders at the shows have brought home ribbons and helped us to win high point district at the state show!

We have also had Share the Fun, District Show, and State Round Up. And we competed in the Horse Judging contests at District and two of our seniors Cori Hash and Megan Weede made it to state.

Cori and Megan also had a Team Horse Demonstration on Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome. The competed at District and got first. They moved on to State and got second. And finally they made it to the National competition help in Oklahoma City, where they reseived third place.

The record books have been completed and the results are:
Sr. Horse- 1st Cori Hash
Sr. Beef- 4th Megan Weede
Int. Swine- 2nd Tanner Hash
Int. Horse- 1st Ashton Dunkel
Jr. Sheep- 2nd Maeley Herring
Jr. Vet Science- 1st Sydney Dunkel

We our very proud of every single one of our 4-Hers. you have done a fantastic job at competitions and a even better job representing Archer County 4-H congradulations and keep up the good work.

Way to stick in there even in this heat!!

Up Coming Events

2010-08-15T11:37:00.003-05:00

We have many up coming events this year. In September we have our SHOT Show (Stock Horse of Texas). This was a great learning experience for everyone and we had alot of fun. This will be our second year to host this so we are going to need volunteers. This is a major fundraiser for our club.

We will post more information about the show when the time gets closer to it.

Lets hope it doesn't rain this year!!!!

New Year

2010-08-15T11:29:00.003-05:00

The new 4-H year is coming up pretty quick, so those of you wanting to join now is the time. We will post when the first meeting is and you are more then welcome to come or you can contact our Extension Office at 574-4914. There are many different things you can do in 4-H. There are also great learning experience and oppertunities in 4-H and we would love you to be part of our club

2010-04-21T16:55:00.002-05:00

The 4-H group at the district competition. They all did very well. The skit group got first! Megan and Cori got first in an informative horse presentation and are movig on to state! Caleb got third in a vet science informative presentation! Katie got fifth playing her violine and her brother also competed with his violine! Ashton got best of show in her photography catagory! congradulations to all who competed!!!

Horse Validations

2010-04-07T21:21:00.001-05:00

Horse Validations are due May first!!!!! Please get them in... The sooner the better... If you have any uestions please contact the extention office .

TSC Fundraiser

2010-04-07T21:03:00.003-05:00

Tractor Supply is having a nation wide promotion and fund raiser for local 4-H clubs, and Archer City is participting.

WHEN: Sunday, April 11, 2010
WHERE: Tractor Supply~ Southwest Pkwy, Wichita Falls
WHAT: Help TSC promote 4-h through paper clover sales. We will assist cashiers by encouraging customers to purchase paper clovers for a dollar in support of our local 4-H clubs. We will thank customers by carrying bags to thier cars. We will have a table set up with a display board, posters, and an electronic picture frame showing our 4-H members in action. We wil discard record books, photography and any craft items made ect. We will hand out green balloons and suckers and visit with customers and explain what 4-H means to us.
WHY: To show TSC how much we appreciate their efforts in raising money for our County, State, and National 4-H
TO SIGN UP: Contact Caleb Conrady: 423-6567 or wconrady@comcell.net

Sorry for the short notice but we just found out about this great Community Service oppertunity. we need pictures of you doing your project!!! Please email Caleb ASAP.

Bring pictures, crafts, or other items that you would like to show off. People like to see what all we have done in 4-H!!!!

Meeting

2010-03-21T11:23:00.002-05:00

The next 4-H meeting will be held March 23rd.

If you have taken any pictures please email them to me so I can post some recent pictures on the website.

Stock Show Reminders

2010-01-02T11:28:00.002-06:00

Hey Archer City 4-Hers...

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a happy New Year! we have just a few reminders abut the stock show.

Animals:
If you need help clipping and getting ready for the stock show please call Justin ASAP to get on the schedule. during cold weather please remember to break the ice often and be sure they have clean water.

Cookies for the Stock Show:
Dont forget our club voted to run the concession stand. we need EVERY family to bring at least 2 dozen cookies or brownies to put in the "meal deals" we will sell. Please wrap 2 cookies or one brownie and put them in plastic bag or wrap. please bring these to the concession stand friday morning when all projects are checked in.

Workers for the concession stand:
At the 4-H christmas party we had a sign in sheet for workers at the concession stand. We still need more workers!!! We need 3 or 4 parents(one who can grill burgers)and some kids.
Friday morning (when animals check in, poultry and rabbits show)
Jennifer and Bode Pierce
Christy Self
The Dunkles
Bud and Brenda Conrady
Friday afternoon (when lambs and goats show)
Dunkles
Friday evening (during the pig show)
Coopers
Nicholas Denton
Mackenzie Gillispie
Gibsons
Taggarts
Saturday Morning (beef cattle and dairy show)
Kyles
Pierces
Herrings
Erica Baxter
Saturday night (during the auction)
Coopers
Conradys
Taggats

Archer County 4-H Banquet

2009-11-14T10:30:00.005-06:00

Archer County 4-H Banquet

The Archer County 4-H banquet will be Sunday November 15 at 6 p.m. The banquet will be held in the Archer County Activity Building. As most of you know we have themes at these banquets. This years theme is "We are Wild About 4-H" We will have a guest speaker and a potluck dinner. Please bring a dish to pass. Following the dinner the awards will be given and we will honor the friends of 4-H.

We will be setting up and decorating for the banquet at 1:15 p.m. if you are avaliable please come and help. We will greatly appreciate the help.

Biofuel Blast Results

2009-10-27T21:39:00.002-05:00

Biofuel Blast Results

I just wanted to remind you not to forget to sign onto the National 4-H web site and register then go to the Results Gadget and complete the 4 question quiz.

We need everyone to do this because the county in Texas with the largest number of participants will receive $400 for their club!!!
And each of us will have a chance to win one of 5 ipod touch's for ourselves. The ipods are drawn out of all participants who posted results online, so if you don't post you don't have a chance of winning.
So, go to www.4-h.org/NYSD/ <http://www.4-h.org/NYSD/> and
1. Register (choose Archer county)
2. Go back and sign in 3. Click on "The Experiment"
3. Click on "Experiment Guide" (right under "The Experiment")
4. Scroll down and you will see 'Learn More" on the bottom right.
5. Click on "Results Gadget"
6. Then complete the 4 questions.If you don't have an email address, don't worry.

You can still complete the quiz and give credit to Archer county.
We only have until Fri. Oct 30th to do this. Help our club win!!

A special thanks to the Conrady's work on the Biofuel presentation at this months meeting! Great job and I hope everyone had alot of fun!

this months meeting

2009-10-18T20:02:00.003-05:00

this is just a friendly reminder to those who are planning on coming to our meeting this month to bring those old clothes you dont use. this is all for our 4-H community service project. so please bring any clothes you do not use or need. we would greatly appreciate it

this months meeting will be this tuesday. that will be october 20

4-H foods workshop

2009-10-18T19:54:00.002-05:00

This years 4-H food workshop was a blast. we had four stations. the stations were: the germ detectors, food pyramid, smoothies and the food challenge. at each station it gave the kids a chance to learn something new.

there is going to be a new part to the food shows this year, it is called the food challenge. in the food challenge you will have a list of ingredients and a recipe with a clue on it. there are no directions just a list of the amount of ingredients you can use. the food shows are very fun and you get a chance to try new things. so i encourage all of you to come out and try our 4-h food challenge

One Day 4-H

2009-10-18T19:48:00.002-05:00

One Day 4-H was a total hit. Although our 4-H group was not there more then and hour and a half the Archer show barn looks great. The kids worked very hard. We swept the floors, picked up trash, and cleaned the bleachers. We are all proud of our 4-H kids and the parents involved in helping us out. We did a great job so lets keep up the good work!

Up coming events

2009-10-08T21:09:00.001-05:00

4-H Foods Workshop on Sunday, Oct. 11 from 2-4 at the Archer Activity Building.This is a hands-on activity where kids will go through stations cooking, learning about nutrition, making fun after school snacks and try the 4-H Food Challenge.Cost is $5 for each 4-H member for food & supplies.***Please RSVP to Jill at 631-4658 so she will know how much food to bring.

Don’t forget about One Day 4-H. Our 4-H Club is cleaning the County Show Barn so it will be clean for the 4th grade “Ag Day.” We are cleaning on Saturday, October 10 at 10 a.m. Please bring any push brooms, scoop shovels, etc. that you have handy. We will wipe down the bleachers, sweep & anything else necessary. If we have a good turn out, we should be finished in about 1 hour.--

Community Service Project for October --- One family in the club works with foster care parents in the area. They are always looking for good hand-me-downs for children who are placed with foster families on an emergency basis. Often these kids just have the clothes they are wearing. Please gather up any outgrown clothes, jackets, etc. that are still in good shape to donate to the foster parents clothes closet. Bring them to the October meeting.

**Upcoming 4-H meetings....Tues, Oct 20 @ 7 pm; Tues, Nov 17 @ 7 pm; Christmas party/mtg on Tues, Dec 15 @ 7 pm

Archer City 4-H starts the new year!

2009-09-27T18:11:00.001-05:00

The Archer City 4-H Club met for their first meeting of the 2009-2010 year. The new club officers are:
President: Cori Hash
VP: Caleb Conrady
Secretary: Ashton Dunkel
Tres: Brady Kyle
Reporter: Austin Cooper
Web Manager: Megan Weede

Successful Stock Show!

2009-01-15T09:06:00.003-06:00

Congratulations to everyone on their accomplishments at the Stock Show! There were more than 40 new participants this year.

The photographer has pictures from each division and the auction posted on his web site. You can order pictures directly from the site: http://www.shawnsmithphotography.com/

The pictures are very reasonably priced. Hopefully you'll find a few you like!

Update on Fall Events

2008-11-09T08:57:00.010-06:00

Congrats to everyone who participated in the Archer Co. Food Show. It was the largest food show in several years. Good luck to those advancing to district this Saturday in Vernon!

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Livestock & Home Ec Show Catalog
Everyone should have received the Show Catalog in the mail. It is bright Orange this year. The entry forms are inside the catalog. If you did not receive yours, or you need more entry forms, the catalog is available online at the Archer Co. Extension Web Page. You can download the catalog & forms directly by clicking here.

Entries for both the livestock show and home ec show are due December 5. There is a late fee for any entries past this date.

Livestock Jackpots -- there are several jackpots available that are great practice for both 4-Hers and their animals. I've linked the flyers for each jackpot to the LINKS section of this blog.

November 4-H Meeting
The next AC 4-H Meeting is Tuesday, November 18 at 7 at the Extension Office. Photographer Kelly Mobley will talk about things to consider when taking pictures for the photography contest (with the stock show). We will also plan the 4-H club's booth for Christmas on the Square (December 6th). If you'd like to help chair this committee, please notify Jill.

Rabbit Orders
Those who ordered rabbits, they will be in sometime around December 1st. We hope to have a more exact date soon, but now's the time to get ready for your little furry friends! When they arrive, you will be expected to take them home that day, so make sure you've got a hutch, feed, water dispenser, etc. Information on caring for your rabbits is available in a handout at the extension office.

Community Service Projects
Keep collecting the "pop tops" off of your favorite canned drinks. We will have a collection tub at the meeting. Remember, each 1 gallon jug of pop tops will pay for a child's chemotherapy treatment! This is a great way to help other kids out.

Also, if you've got nice, clean or new stuffed animals, bring those to the meeting as well for Operation Hugables. These stuffed animals will be given to kids whose parents are sent overseas in the military.

In early December, we will schedule a shopping trip to buy presents for someone on the Archer City Angel Tree. If you'd like to go, sign up at the November meeting.

Horse Quiz Bowl
There is a Horse Quiz Bowl Meeting on Monday evening, Nov. 10 at 6:30 at the Extension Office.

Foods Workshop Sunday!

2008-09-29T12:00:00.009-05:00

The AC Foods Workshop is this Sunday, Oct 5 from 2-4 at the Extension Office. We will cook a healthy and fun snack, play games & all kinds of fun food things. Cost is $7 per 4-Her to cover supplies and food. If you want to come or have questions, please call (631-4658) or email Jill (you can reply to this blog email) so she will have enough food & supplies for everyone. Interested in the County Food Show? Try to bring a recipe or idea of what you'd like to prepare.

If you missed the first meeting, or lost your Food & Nutrition Project Info handout, you can download another one HERE.

Way to go Club!---- Thanks to all the hurricane relief supplies you brought to the last meeting, we were able to donate 7 Disaster Kits to the Salvation Army! They were so excited to receive these supplies! Great job, everyone!

Livestock Project Validation Dates

Lambs, Goats, Beef & Dairy Heifers -- Sat. Oct 18 from 8-noon at the Show Barn. $5 per animal. You must validate/tag your animal in order to show

Pigs -- Mon or Tues, Nov 24 or 25th -- 6-8 p.m. $5 per animal.

Sheep & Goat Showmanship Clinic -- There will be a showmanship clinic immediately following validation for sheep and goats on October 18th (at noon.) This will be a great way to learn how to prepare your animal for the show ring. Now's the time to start practicing, teaching them to lead & brace. Hope you can make it.

Having trouble finding an animal to show? If you are looking for an animal, please call Travis at 574-4914 or Jill 631-4658 and let us know. We can point you in the right direction. Ownership deadlines are the validation dates listed above.

Still looking for an animal project -- Chickens are easy & inexpensive! Deadline is immediate, so if you're interested, call Travis at the Extension office 574-4914 or Jill 631-4658 for more info.

Veterinary Science I've scheduled a vet to speak at the October meeting on general veterinary care of animals (dogs, cats, horses, your livestock projects, etc). This will be the first in a series of lessons on vet science. Others will be "hands on" activities.

Archer City 4-H News ---- Jill has a one page newsletter you can download HERE. It has more information on photography, vet science, deadlines & dates. This same newsletter will also be mailed to all Archer City 4-H families. Please forward it on to anyone who might be interested.

Updated Dates & Deadlines ---- These dates are posted on the AC 4-H website calendar, but you can also download the latest version HERE.

Photography -- If you missed the meeting & want more info on the Photography project and contest, Download the Info sheet HERE. A local photographer is scheduled to be at the November 4-H meeting... Get busy taking pictures! :-)

Visit the AC 4-H Web Site for tons of great information: http://archer4h.blogspot.com Did you get this email forwarded to you? If so, you can sign up for the Archer City 4-H email list on our website. Just enter your address in the "subscribe to updates" box.
Next 4-H Meeting -- Tuesday, October 21st @ 7 p.m. -- Extension Office.

Congrats to the 2008-2009 Club Officers! President: Cori Hash; Vice President: Sidney Dunkel; Secretary: Maeley Herring; Treasurer: Megan Weede; Reporter: Karley Edge

Archer 4-H Can Help with Ike!!

2008-09-12T14:09:00.002-05:00

The Extension Office just received notification of a state-wide community service project to help those impacted by Hurricane Ike. 4-H members are asked gather some cleaning supplies from the list below so South Texas residents can have the needed supplies & buckets to begin the cleanup when they return home.

We will assemble these cleaning buckets at the Tuesday, Sept. 16th meeting. (Poster making may get put on the back burner!) We will place the supplies in 5 gallon buckets (with lids) and we will draw a 4-H clover on the buckets so recipients will know 4-H is here to help. Please only bring NEW supplies from the list. The buckets will be taken to the local Red Cross collection center. The Red Cross, in agreement with the State of Texas for disaster assistance, have the network to get these supplies to the distribution hub that services the effected areas.

You can purchase some of these items yourself, or ask your friends and neighbors to contribute. Don't feel like you must bring everything on the list, just bring what you can. If you have questions, please call Jill at 631-4658 or Kathryn, extension agent, at 574-4914.

See you Tuesday with your cleaning stuff!!!!

The items are as follows:
• Bleach, 82 ounces
• 5 gallon bucket with a lid
• 5 scouring pads
• 7 sponges
• 1 scrub brush
• 18 cleaning towels
• Liquid laundry detergent, 50 ounces
• Household cleaner, 12- to 16-ounce bottle
• Disinfectant dish soap, 16- to 28-ounce bottle
• 50 clothes pins
• Clothesline, 100 feet
• 5 masks, N-95 rating
• 2 pairs of latex gloves
• 1 pair of work gloves
• 24-bag roll of heavy-duty trash bags, 33- to 45-gallons.
• Air freshener, 8- or 9-ounce can

Any combination of these items will be accepted.

4-H Meeting Next Tuesday

2008-09-11T15:50:00.003-05:00

Just a friendly reminder that we will have our September 4-H meeting next Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Extension Office. We will elect officers, talk about fall project opportunities, community service projects, etc. and make posters for National 4-H Week.

At this meeting, we will take up a collection for the Local Food Banks. If you wish to bring any non-perishable food items, there will be a collection box at the meeting.

Also, the last chance to order rabbits will be at this meeting! If you have questions, please give Doug or Jill a call at 541-2257. See you then!

AC 4-H web & calendar, click here.

County Banquet Set, Other Deadlines

2008-08-28T09:21:00.005-05:00

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!

2008-08-20T08:32:00.008-05:00

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!!!