VERY COOL 4-H Photography Workshop

Find out how to make the most of your 4-H Photography project during this 5 workshop series! 4-H’ers, leaders, and volunteers will learn from the pros. All participants must be 11 years old and older and have their own camera to bring to the workshops. All workshops will run from 9 a.m to 3 p.m with lunch included.
5 Workshop Package- $125 includes lunch and educational booklet from all workshops
Individual Workshop- $30 includes lunch and educational materials from individual workshop
Please contact Amy Dromgoole at 979-458-4227 or amy.dromgoole@tamu.edu for more information.

Cowboy Stadium Tour - Exclusive Offer for Texas 4-H'ers

On Saturday, August 27th the Cowboys Stadium will be open for a VIP tours for Texas 4-H members.  This is a great opportunity for you!! The Dallas Cowboys and the Cowboys Stadium have a special tour opportunity for Texas 4-H members. Located at the Cowboys Stadium is offering a $20.00 VIP Guided Tour of the facilities. See the luxury boxes, press area, players and cheerleaders locker rooms, and have access to the field to run, pass footballs, and kick field goals! Click here for all the details.

QR Codes - Kaufman County 4-H Has One!!!

Have you ever noticed the "black and white boxes" that have started to show up at restaurants, printed materials, and ads? Well it is the new technology called a QR or "Quick Response" code, also known as a 2D Barcode. It gives users information on their smart phones or cell phones in a instant.

To use this this neat technology you will need to have the "App" on your smart phone that will take a photo, then analyze or "scans" the barcode to redirect you to the web address.

So .... soon you will see new brochures and flyers exhibiting this new fun advertising.

Congratulations to the Record Books at District!!!

Congrats to the leaders and parents that helped the 4-H'ers have such a great showing at the district IV Record Book Judging!!

Memory Books
Ricky Gravelle - Third Place
Hannah Tackette - 2nd place
Andrew - 1st place

Junior Record Books
Rueben Stecher - 1st - Poultry
Isaac Stecher - 1st - Horticulture
Kevin Pagel - 3rd - Rabbit
Alicia Baird - 2nd - Clothing and Textiles

Intermediate Record Books
Hannah Celella - 2nd - Photography
Kaitlyn Pagel - 2nd - Rabbit
Quentin Gravelle - 4th - Poultry
Abby Celella - 2nd - Horse
MacKenzie Craft - 1st -
Sean Baird - 2nd - Theater

Senior Record Books
Megan Gravelle - 3rd - Horse
Clark Eastridge - 1st - Science and Technology
Cassie Boyd - 3rd - Vet Science
Kelvin Word - 1st - Sheep
Catlyn Wold - 3rd - Photography

Congratulations and Good Luck to Clark Eastridge and Kelvin Word with their State Bound Books!!! And congratulations to all of the Kaufman County 4-H'ers with their hard work.

NEW!!! Livestock Judging Resource

DV Auction and Texas A&M Livestock Judging Team are pleased to announce the launch of www.elitelivestockjudging.com, a web-based livestock judging website that educates youth about the principles of livestock judging through the interactive use of web-based videos.

This website features multiple-angle videos of individual animals in each class, class placings links, and in-depth reasons videos courtesy of the Texas A&M Livestock Judging Team. Individuals, 4-H clubs and FFA chapters can purchase a year-long subscription to the service, to which video content is updated frequently. “This innovative service allows youth across the world to participate in livestock judging in a convenient and cost-effective manner. With the dramatic increase in web-based technology acceptance in agriculture, we are excited to do our part in assisting in the education of future livestock producers through this exciting avenue” reports Brett Spader, Director of Marketing and Special Services for DV Auction. DV Auction teamed up with 11-time National Champion Collegiate Livestock Judging Team Texas A&M to provide direction on the project.

This service is a valuable resource for youth in the livestock industry, according to Texas A&M Livestock Judging Team coach Jake Franke “In today’s competitive livestock judging world, every learning opportunity must be utilized to ensure success. www.elitelivestockjudging.com creates a valuable resource to learn from some of the best in the business.”

To find out more, please log in to www.elitelivestockjudging.com or contact Brett Spader at brett@dvauction.com or (785) 633-5512.

Starting the New Year!! Club Manager/Project Leader Meeting

Two trainings will be offered for the club managers and project leaders for Kaufman County. They will be August 4th and 16th starting at 6:30 pm in the Extension Office meeting room. Topics on new programs and opportunities to managing the club and project meetings will be covered.

If you are interested in becoming a club manager and starting a new club in Kaufman County come to see what you can do to be involved in this fun and great organization.

For more information please call the extension office (972) 932-9069.

Changes to the State 4-H Horse Show

IMPORTANT CHANGES - 2011 STATE 4-H HORSE SHOW

This year, horses of exhibitors will be assigned to a specific stall at the State 4-H Horse Show at the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene, TX. Tack stalls paid for by exhibitors will also have an assignment, and every effort will be made to locate the tack stall as near to the exhibitor's horse stall(s) as possible.

IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS - 2011 STATE 4-H HORSE SHOW

It is important to remember that members of the State 4-H Horse Show management team and employees of the Taylor County Expo Center are not responsible for theft. Special care should be taken by the exhibitor to look after their equipment and belongings. It will be up to the exhibitor to provide chains and locks on any tack and/or tack stall.

For more information, please contact Teri Antilley at 979/845-1562