A Few Selections from the February Newsletter

 Council News

Council Meeting – NOW ON SUNDAYS!!

The next 4-H Council Meeting will be February 20, at 2:00 pm at the Extension office. 

The 4-H Council consist of officers and delegates from each club in Kaufman County, but any Intermediate or Senior 4-Her can attend the meetings.  The County Officers are elected each year to serve all of Kaufman County.

Items for discussion this month:

=Voting on the First Section of Bylaws, =Second section of Bylaw discussion, =Ag Day Planning at the County Fair =Fundraiser opportunities, =County Roundup Planning, =District Community Service Project

Camps, Clinics, Workshops

Summer 4-H Camping Opportunities – all held at the 4-H Conference Center:

·        4-H Fishing, Wildlife, STEM Camps; June 15-17, 2022

·        Horizons Camp; June 26-30, 2022

·        Prime Time I; July 10-13, 2022

·        Prime Time II; July 13-16, 2022

·        Junior Leader Retreat; November 11-13, 2022

Crafting Workshop for County Fair

Decorating Cookies not quite what you want to try for the county fair?  Then join Pandora Bonner and the Livestock club on February 21^st at the fairgrounds to make something for the county fair Creative Talent Show. 

Cookie Decorating Workshop

February 27th at the County Extension Office Come Learn basic cookie decorating techniques and make and take some treats home! Ages 8-18  Please bring $5 to help with costs of the workshop.

Participants will learn the basics of decorating techniques to create tasty treats to take home or Just in time to enter the County Fair!!!

If you can not attend, but still want to learn the techniques you can go this YouTube site.

Cake Decorating on Youtube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MZn7dAgwfo

Happy decorating!!

Club Communications

Club and Project Meetings

Robotics Project - Meets weekly on Friday nights. Location changes so please contact Mr. Dreher at txdrehers@gmail.com for more information on robotics team practices.

NEW DAY!!! Kemp 4-H Club: Meets on the 1^st Tuesday at the Kemp City Hall at 7:00 p.m.  Contact Treasa Richardson.

Silver Spurs 4-H Horse Club: Meets on the 2^nd Tuesday at the extension office at 6:30 pm. Contact Amy Wolfe (arw1309@gmail.com) for location.

NEW DAY!!! Livestock 4-H Project Club: Meets on the 3^rd MONDAY at the county fairgrounds at 6:30 p.m.

NEW DAY!!! County 4-H Council – Meets on the 3^rd SUNDAY at the County Extension Office at 2:00 pm.  Two representatives need to attend from each club.

County Liners 4-H Club- Meets on the 4^th Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Terrell.

Shooting Sports 4-H Club: Meets monthly on set dates throughout the year. Contact Kelly Crawford at simmentalover@gmail.com

Scurry Rosser 4-H Club - Meets on the 3^rd Thursday at 6:30 pm monthly at the High School Cafeteria in Scurry.

Project Talk

County Fair Livestock Prep

We are less than 30 days away for the county fair.  At the end of the newsletter is some important reminders for the county fair move in and show days.  Right now we are trying to get around and weigh projects.  If you need help with that please contact me before Wednesday, February 9^th.  The 4-H Scales are traveling and we can help see where your projects are in weight. 

County Fair Creative Talent

The Deadline to sign up for the Kaufman County Creative Talent contests is February 11^th.  Go to KCJLS.com and look up the Creative Talent Rule Book to look at all the opportunities to show off your favorite hobbies and talents.

 Texoma Robotics Contest

2022 T.E.L.S. Youth Agrobotics ChallengeTop of Form

Grayson County 4-H is providing a competitive event for youth to showcase their skill and knowledge

within the robotics project.

The 2022 T.E.L.S. Youth Agrobotics Challenge will be a semi-blind challenge. Teams can look up known challenges on the Texas 4-H Robotics page.  This Agrobotics Challenge will be using the 2021-2022Texas 4-H Ag Emergency 911Challenge rules and known objectives can be found at the Texas 4-H Robotics Webpage.

Junior and Intermediate Division Teams will follow the rules of play for Junior Division. T.E.L.S. Youth Agrobotic Rules for TELS  NO challenge mats will be available for purchase, but teams can download the challenge mat and have it printed.

Entry is in team format only. Teams may have 2 to 6 members and must compete within their specific age division. At least one team member is required to be active members of Texas 4-H or FFA for this event.

The cost to enter is $60 per team. Teams can pay by credit card or by mailing checks to Grayson County 4-H, Attn: Agrobotics, 100 W Houston A-G-1, Sherman, Texas 75090.

Bovine Care 101
Now with 5 additional activities, this series from the University of Tennessee Extension brings kids an up-close look at how cows work (they grow fungi in their stomachs?!), and what it takes for farmers to take care of them. By the end of each activity, kids will have newfound knowledge as well as a fun craft to take their bovine knowledge to the next level. Get started by clicking here.  (4-H.org//4-H at home)