Extension Educationin Tarrant County

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Dear 4-H Members and Families,

It is almost time to start another Public Speaking project series with Dr. Jeff Johnson.  As many of you know, Dr. Johnson and his Toastmasters International friends have been leading this project for 31 years.  With experience and a passion for public speaking, he leads even the most reluctant 4-H youth through fun and amusing exercises to become confident leaders and speakers.  This project is a great aid to every 4-H member, especially those who would like to serve as officers at the club or county level.

Please see the following details:

• There are only 8 spots.  By signing up you are taking one of these limited spots.  If your schedule changes and you cannot attend all eight weeks, you will be depriving another youth of the opportunity to attend.
• The project meets every Thursday from 6:50 p.m. to 9 p.m. from September 8th to October 27th.
• Meetings take place at the Extension office located in downtown Fort Worth.  If you have never visited the office, please see this link for directions and parking information.
• It is very important that members be present and ready at 6:50 p.m. each week.
• You may miss one or two meetings, but please consider signing up at a different time if you already know you will need to miss two or more days.
• Parents may stay and sit in on the course, as well as younger siblings, as long as they do not distract from the program.  There is also plenty of space elsewhere in the conference center for parents and siblings to spread out their own work or to read quietly.  WiFi is available.
• Register for this project by completing this form.
• Members who have taken Public Speaking in the past can take the course again.  If it has been less than a year since you took Public Speaking, you may be asked to relinquish your spot to a member who has not taken the course before.
• Registration will close as soon as we reach our limit, or on September 1st at 5pm.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Kate Marshall

Tarrant County Extension Agent – 4-H & Youth Development

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

200 Taylor Street, Suite 500 | Fort Worth, TX 76196

p: (817) 884-1553 | f: (817) 884-1941

kate.marshall@ag.tamu.edu | https://tarrant-tx.tamu.edu

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Good morning,

I hope this email finds you all well and gearing up for a new school and 4-H year! With that, we are preparing for a spike in Quality Counts enrollments and want to help you be prepared for a smooth season! To help, I have attached several newly updated resources to help students/families, you as agents and ag teachers, and to help provide to your schools for IT use. Please view the list of attachments below and distribute as you see fit to those in your county/school programs. Also, please direct all technical/login related questions to: learnonline@ag.tamu.edu.

• Instructions to Access QC Numbers – Step-by-step guide to finding your county or school QC roster on www.texaslivestockvalidation.com
• QC Enrollment Instructions – Step-by-step instructions for students/families to register and begin taking Quality Counts! This should be sent with any reminders or communication to take the course as it has the link to begin online.
• Quality Counts Email SPAM Wording – This should be utilized by all FFA advisors/ASTs. Please send this to your school IT department to prevent the QC emails being caught by district IT firewalls.
• QC FAQ – ASTs – Helpful guide for Agricultural Science Teachers related to QC.
• QC FAQ – CEAs – Helpful guide for all County Extension Agents related to QC.
• QC FAQ – Students/Parents – Please send this to all exhibitors/students/families who are taking Quality Counts.

As a reminder, Quality Counts is required for major livestock show entry and must be completed each grade level division (junior – grades 3-5, intermediate – grades 6-8, senior – grades 9-12). It does not have to be renewed every year.

Instructions to Access Quality Counts Numbers[86]

Quality Counts FAQ – AgriculturalScienceTeachers

QC Enrollment Instructions – UPDATED[36]

Quality Counts FAQ – County Extension Agents[74]

Quality Counts Email SPAM Wording[20]

Quality Counts FAQ – Students.Parents[59]

Let us know if you need anything!

Best,

Dottie Goebel, PhD

Extension Program Specialist

Texas Youth Livestock and Agriculture

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

2473 TAMU

College Station, TX 77843-2473

www.texasyouthlivestock.com

Dottie.Goebel@ag.tamu.edu

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Dear 4-H Members and Families,

The Tarrant County 4-H Dog Project will be meeting the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, starting the 1st Tuesday of September.  We will be meeting in the gym of Meadowbrook United Methodist Church from 4:30-6:30 PM.  We will be working on the skills needed for the Tarrant County 4-H Dog Show on April 1st.  

The project is open to any 4-H member.  All breeds and sizes of dogs are welcome, the dog just needs to be able to walk on a leash and be kept under control.

Please let me know if you are interested in participating.  My email is evpoodle@gmail.com. 

Thank you,

Renee Raschio

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Dear 4-H Members and Families,

FYI for our 4-H Shooting Sports friends. Please see the flyer below regarding the Tarrant County Friends of the NRA event on August 26, 2022.

Kate Marshall

Tarrant County Extension Agent – 4-H & Youth Development

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

200 Taylor Street, Suite 500 | Fort Worth, TX 76196

p: (817) 884-1553 | f: (817) 884-1941

kate.marshall@ag.tamu.edu | https://tarrant-tx.tamu.edu

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Happy August everyone!!

August has gotten here faster than most of us would have liked, it’s hot and school is starting right around the corner.  With everything else it is also time to order those Validation tags again.   Please keep in mind these tags are for the Spring run of shows: Fort Worth, San Antonio, San Angelo, Houston, Austin and TCJLS.   If you tagged an animal in June for the State Fair and Heart of Texas, please know that they MUST be revalidated to be eligible for the Spring run.

Below you will find the order dates for tags as well as the price of the tags on early orders vs late orders.  DO NOT BE LATE!!  These deadlines will be strictly adhered to!!!!  Please be aware that tag orders open today!!

PAY ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING DEADLINES!!!!  THERE ARE SOME DIFFERNT DATES FOR DIFFERENT SPECIES!

******!!!!!!!! SHEEP/ GOAT !!!!!!!!!!*******
Tags ordered August 1 – August 31 will be $20 each (Sheep/Goat)
Tags ordered September 1 – September 16 will be $35 each (Sheep/Goat)

*********!!!!!!!!!! HEIFER TAGS!!!!!!!!!!**********

Tags ordered August 1 – September 16 will be $20 each  (Heifers Only)

**NO LATE ORDERS FOR SHEEP, GOAT, OR HEIFERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 5PM ON SEPTEMBER 15**   (NO EXCEPTIONS)

(These options will be removed from the order form at 5pm on September 16)

*********!!!!!!!!!! Swine Tag Orders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**********
Tags ordered August 15 – September 16 will be $20 each (Swine Only)
Tags ordered September 16 – September 30 will be $25 each (Swine only)

****If you know what you are needing for swine tags prior to these dates you can go ahead and order them before August 15. But if you need do and need additional tags call the extension office to change your order.****

!!!!!! NO LATE ORDERS FOR SWINE WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 5 PM ON SEPTEMBER30!!!!!   (NO EXCEPTIONS)

(Order form will be closed at 5 pm on September 30)

Here is the link for the order form: State Livestock Validation Orders-October/November Validations – Google Forms

If you have any questions, please let me know.   Validation dates have been set and will be released next week at the TCJLS meeting.  An email will being going out with them at that time as well.

Jacklyn Jones – Doyle
Ag & Natural Resources Extension Agent

Tarrant County

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

200 Taylor St.  Suite 500

Fort Worth, Tx 76196

Tel:   817.884.2828

Fax:  817.884.1941

jacklyn.jones@ag.tamu.edu

http://tarrant-tx.tamu.edu

https://www.facebook.com/agrilife.tarrant/

http://AgriLifeExtension.tamu.edu

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Dear 4-H Members and Families,

Here is your August 2022 Tarrant County Newsletter!!!  Click on the link below to see all important due dates coming up!!!

August 2022 Tarrant County 4-H Newsletter

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Good afternoon, everyone!

It is that time again and we need to get a jump start on entries for East Texas State Fair, State Fair of Texas, and the Heart of Texas Fair.  You will see that I have attached the worksheets for all the shows.  We will be having an entry night August 9th here at the Office from 5-7 pm.  We strongly encourage you make it to this entry night, but if you cannot please note that your entries will have to be in this office by 5pm Friday, August 12th.  WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ENTRIES AFTER THIS DATE!!!!  Please be sure to bring in your entries as well as your entry fees.

East Texas Fair – Entry Forms

East Texas Fair – participation form

Heart O’ Texas – Entry Worksheet

Heart O’ Texas – Team Contest Worksheet

Heart O’ Texas – Trap Shooters Worksheet

Heart O’ Texas – W9-Release

State Fair of Texas – Entry Worksheet

State Fair of Texas – Team Contest Worksheet

There are some new changes for the State Fair of Texas in terms of submitting your W9 to them.  Parents you will have to log into the portal system in order to enter this!!!

“Electronic indemnity and W9 signatures will require parents to log in and complete before entries will be accepted.  After parent access ends, AST/CEA will need to create entries for exhibitor before 11:59 P.M. on August 25 to avoid late fees.  Parents will be notified via email to collect signatures for entries made by AST/CEA during this period.
Parent Deadline: 11:59 p.m. August 22, 2022.

Log In « (bigtex.com)

You will not be able to log into the State Fair Portal until August 1st.  When you log in if you are asked to give a password for the exhibitor please use “220” as your password.  The reason for this is when I have to go in and complete the entry process for each exhibitor I will be asked for the password and if I don’t know it, I cannot complete the entries.

If you have any questions, please be sure and reach out.

Jacklyn Jones – Doyle
Ag & Natural Resources Extension Agent

Tarrant County

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

200 Taylor St.  Suite 500

Fort Worth, Tx 76196

Tel:   817.884.2828

Fax:  817.884.1941

jacklyn.jones@ag.tamu.edu

http://tarrant-tx.tamu.edu

https://www.facebook.com/agrilife.tarrant/

http://AgriLifeExtension.tamu.edu

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Tarrant County 4-H Members:

Are you new to your club officer role? Do you want to run for a club office in the future? Come and learn about each of the officer positions!

Make plans to join us on Monday, August 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Tarrant County Extension Office for a Club Officer Training.

Please RSVP so we can have supplies: https://tinyurl.com/tarrantofficertraining

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

Sincerely,

Miss Kate

Kate Marshall

Tarrant County Extension Agent – 4-H & Youth Development

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

200 Taylor Street, Suite 500 | Fort Worth, TX 76196

p: (817) 884-1553 | f: (817) 884-1941

kate.marshall@ag.tamu.edu | https://tarrant-tx.tamu.edu

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Dear 4-H Members and Families,

See flyer below for information from the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo Scholarships.

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Dear 4-H Members and Families,

It is hard to believe, but it that time again to start thinking about getting your TCJLS Market Turkey orders in.

There is a slight change to the ordering this year,  you MUST order in increments of 10 (i.e. 10, 20, 30).  This is due to how I must order the birds from College Station.  If you have multiple students that are looking to do turkeys this year, you are welcome to combine their order to make getting the correct increments easier.   4-Hers you are welcome to do the same thing.  However, before picking up of the birds I will need a full list of names of everyone who will be picking up birds.

Orders begin today July 13th and will close August 29th at 5pm.  No late orders will be accepted as I will be placing the order on August 30th.

Tarrant County 4-H and FFA Turkey Order – Google Forms

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out.

Jacklyn Jones – Doyle
Ag & Natural Resources Extension Agent

Tarrant County

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

200 Taylor St.  Suite 500

Fort Worth, Tx 76196

Tel:   817.884.2828

Fax:  817.884.1941

jacklyn.jones@ag.tamu.edu

http://tarrant-tx.tamu.edu

https://www.facebook.com/agrilife.tarrant/

http://AgriLifeExtension.tamu.edu