Holliday Christmas Parade...

Here is a photo from the Christmas parade on December 12th, sorry it has taken me so long to get this up...

Raffle Tickets and Entry Forms...

Just a reminder that Raffle tickets for double points are due tommorow , Friday, December4, 2009, if you will call Teresa at (940)-235-5304 she will come by and pick them up.

Also, Entry forms for County Show projects are due in the County Extension office tommorow December 4th. All entries turned in after tommorow will have a $10 late fee.

So, get those Tickets and Entry forms turned in!!

Just in...

This information was just relayed to me:
The County Extension agent will be validating Holliday FFA pigs this afternoon about 4:30 at the FFA barn at school. Any 4Her's who do not want to have make a trip to Archer City on Monday evening are welcome to bring their pigs to be validated tonight...

Update :Coming Up...

Several things coming up that I wanted to get out to everyone....

SWINE VALIDATION is Monday, November 23rd at the Show barn in Archer City from 6-8 pm.

All Entries for the Major Shows are due on November 23rd also.

The Archer County Junior Livestock Show entries are due in the County Extension Office on Friday, December 4th. Any entries received after that date will have a $10.00 late fee added to them... so get those entries in!!!

Our Photography workshop on Saturday was great. We did lots of brainstorming for our entries for the County Show, alot of talking about photography and even went out and took some photos! We will try to do another one in the Spring if anyone missed this one and is interested in attending one!!

The County 4H banquet on Sunday was great!! Thank you to those from Holliday 4H that attended... next year we would LOVE to see one whole table full of Holliday 4H-ers and their families.

DECEMBER MEETING: Will be on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the Methodist Church.
This will be our Christmas party of sorts, we are asking that everyone bring your favorite desert for the refreshments.
One of the activities will be making signs and discussing decorations for the 4H float in the Holliday Christmas parade... it will be on Saturday, Dec.12 at 10:00 am, we will be meeting at 9:30 am that morning to put the finishing touches on the float and get ready... Our theme will be "Going Green with 4H" so everyone wear green and a Santa hat.
This will also be our last meeting before the County Show in January.
We want everyone to attend this meeting for sure!!

COUNTY SHOW CATALOG : We received the books at the banquet on Sunday night, if you want to get a copy, contact us here by email and we will get you one,just remember all entries MUST be in by December 4th, so you will need to get your entries before the meeting. The book is also available for download on the County Extension website here. So you can download and print at least the entry forms from there.

If you have any questions about the upcoming events, leave a comment or email us at holliday4h@ gmail.com

See you at the next meeting!!!

Just a few things.....

Due to the Football game being so far away on Friday night, the photography workshop on Saturday is being pushed back to 11-1pm. We will be at the Holliday Public Library... if you need to know where that is call Deb Dyer at (940)-867-7797

The County 4H Banquet is Sunday, November 15th at 6pm at the County Activities Center in Archer City.. this is next to the Archer County Show barn... if you need directions, please contact Deb or Teresa Kloxin. This is a Potluck Dinner so bring a covered dish, your family and get ready to Celebrate the year in 4H in Archer County. We would like to see everyone there if possible. All 4H members there will be recognized...

Our meeting on Tuesday night was very well attended yet again!! We had two new families come to join us. Do you realize that we have had new members at every meeting this year??!! That is fantastic!!! We want this group to grow and this is exactly how we want to do it!! Thank you!!

I think that is all for now, i just wanted to update the info on the Photography Workshop and the banquet, there will be more info to follow probably this weekend or Early next week...

2009-2010 DISTRICT 4H Calendar

DATE EVENT LOCATION
10/28/09- Food Challenge- Jacksboro
11/14/09- Food Show- Vernon
11/18/09- Nutrition Quiz Bowl- Vernon
11/21/09- Leaders for Life- TBA
3/12-13/10-District Indoor Archery Contest- Graham
3/26/10- Meats Judging- Tarleton State University
3/20/10- Range/Soils/Grass ID- Breckenridge
4/10/10- Rifle Contest- Wichita Falls
4/14/10- District Roundup- Vernon
4/17/10 - Fashion Show- Jayton
4/22/10- Horse/Livestock Judging- Vernon
5/15/10- District Trap Shoot- Iowa Park
6/7-11/10- State Round Up- College Station
6/12/10- District Dog Show- Graham
6/14-16/10- Teen Leader Lab- Brownwood
6/23-26/10- District Horse Show- Vernon
7/8/10 -District Record Book Judging - Vernon

Something cool we thought we would share....

This is about a 4H group that was on Extreme Home Makeover... pretty cool story!!
http://4-h.org/news/?p=569

Eagle Band is heading to STATE!!

Since we have several members who are in the Holliday Eagle Marching Band, I just wanted to take this opporunity to congratulate our members on advancing to the State Marching Contest in San Antonio on November 2nd. We wish you the best of Luck in your competition... bring home the hardware!!!

2009 Fall Trash Pick Up...

We just got through with our Fall Trash Pick up for a community service, we had 7 kids and 4 adults join us for this on a beautiful fall afternoon. Thanks so much to all those who came and helped us!!

ANNOUNCEMENT:TRASH PICKUP!!!!

We are going to be doing our Trash Pick up on Sunday, October 2, 2009 at 2pm... our part of the Adopt a Highway, is at the corner of Hwy 368 and FM 1954, we will meet at that point and work our way two miles East. We need as many folks to show up for this so it won't take us long to do this. In the event it is raining, we will have reschedule for a later date.

Be watching your email for a reminder later in the week!!

NEWS....

We met on October 13, and Elected our officers for 2009-2010, they are :
President-Kyra Kloxin
Vice President- Laira Kloxin
Secretary-Madaline Sewell
Reporter-Seth McSpadden




The following picture is a group of everyone who were at the meeting...

UpComing Dates for Validation

Livestock Validation Dates
In order to show in the County Stock Show or any major stock show, you must validate your animal. Please put these dates on your calendar. Bring your animal to the show barn at the date/time below and $5 for county validation or $9 if you plan to show at a major show.

Sheep, Goats & Heifers — October 24, 2009 from 8-noon.
Dairy cattle — November 7, 2009
Swine — November 23, 2009 from 6-9 p.m.
Rabbits — First part of December, TBA

Welcome to the New 4H year!!

It's a new year for everyone, new school year, new 4H year as well. We held our first meeting of the year on Sept 8th at 6:30 pm. The purpose of this meeting was to get a little organized and make some plans for the year.
We have some new exciting things coming up in the next few months so be sure and come to the meetings and participate!

* We have a new County Extension Agent this year. His name is Justin Gilliam, he comes to Archer County from Throckmorton, we are very excited to have him. We are hoping to have him as a guest at an upcoming meeting so everyone can meet and get to know him. Welcome to Archer County Justin!

* The next meeting will be held on October 13, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the Methodist Church. Some of the agenda is below:
* Election of Officers for Holliday 4H Club
* Club T-shirt for County show
* Set date for Trash pick up later in October.
* Brief discussion of photography and set up possible workshop in Early November.

* If you haven't already please make a point to send us an email(click on email on the right side of this page) to make sure we get your email address to send out updates and notices.

* This website is going to serve as our main mode of communication this year. We will update with information for meetings, upcoming deadlines , information about the county show when it becomes available. Please be sure and bookmark it and check back often. If you have any questions or comments you can either email us or just leave a comment at the bottom of the posts.. we will answer you as soon as we can.

COMING UP:
Information about the Archer County Junior Livestock Show, as information becomes available we will be putting up here. As soon as the show board meets that information should be posted shortly after. So be sure and check back here.


We just want to take a second to say thank you for your participation in Holliday 4H this year. We are going to try very hard make this year the best yet for these kids. If you know of any kids that are interested in joining 4H this year, be sure and let them know of our meeting dates, the URL to this website(www.hero4h.blogspot.com) or our email address(holliday4H@gmail.com). We will be sending home notices from school for the next meeting as well.

February Meeting

February meeting was held the 23rd beginning around 6:30 that evening. Each child got to tell what animal they show, photography, and food projects they did and what they placed. Thank you notes were talked about. Each and every child that sold something at the auction will need to write a note to anyone that added - on or bought the item. Kids then got to enjoy a video that was made by shawnsmithphotography based on the County show. It was great!! Everyone seemed to really, really enjoy watching it. Thank you Shawn for all your hard work!!

Upcoming 4H Events

March 21 & 22-Working Cow Horse Clinic in Holliday

April 1st- Soils Judging Contest

April 16-District Competition

April 22- Horse & Livestock Judging held in Vernon

May 1st- Horse Certification Due

May 16- Trap Shooting Contest

FEBRUARY MEETING:

Monday, February 23, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Holliday Methodist Church..
More details to come.

Photos From the Show are UP!!

The photos from the show are ready to be viewed already!! The link is www.shawnsmithphotography.com
Shawn did a great job capturing the show in photos. Thank you SHAWN for all your hard work!!
You guys be sure to check them out and order a bunch!!

Archer County Jr. Livestock Show

Last weekend was the annual Archer County Junior Livestock Show and Sale.
The Holliday 4H chapter of Archer County did very well again this year, we are very proud of all the kids and their projects. Great job to everyone who participated!!
Results for Holliday 4H:Livestock Portion Only
Mitch Lundy-Grand Champion, 1st Place, Class 4 Goat
Seth McSpadden-Reserve Grand Champion, 1st place, Class 3 Beef Heifer
Madaline Sewell- 1st Place, Class 1 Rabbits
Grayson Nichols- 1st Place, Class 3 Market Goat
Kyra Kloxin-2nd Place, Class 3 WOPB Market Swine
Abigail Sissom- 2nd Place , Class 7 Yorkshire Market Swine
Dalton Dyer- 2nd Place, Class 5, Duroc Market Swine
Malea Lundy-3rd Place, Class 1 Goat, Intermediate Showmanship
Kendall Stubblefield- 3rd Place, Class 10 Hampshire Market Swine
Mackenzie Lundy-3rd Place, Class 2 Goat
Lexie Coats- 3rd Place, Class 5 Goat
Michaela Burnet-4th Place, Class 2 BOPB Market Swine
Laira Kloxin-4th Place, Class 1 Market Goat
Henry Pitts-4th Place, Class 15, Cross Market Swine
Hannah Sissom- 4th Place, Class 6 Yorkshire Market Swine
Gage Balthrop- 4th Place, Class 1, Rabbits
Blayne Boyd-4th Place Class 3 WOPB Market Swine
Chris Beck-5th Place, Class 1 Market Goat
Adam Cuba-5th Place, Class 3 Rabbits
Ross Myers- 5th Place, Class 3 Market Goat
Addyson Nichols- 5th Place, Class 4 Market Goat
Cassie Kunkel- 5th Place, Class 3 Rabbits
Sadie Kunkel- 6th Place, Class 2 Rabbits
Lloyd Wright Jr-6th Place, Class 2 Goat
Audrey Hardin- 10th Place Class 1 Rabbits
Mikah Kidd-11th Place, Class 1 Rabbits
Grant Gravitt- 11th Place, Class 3 Rabbits

Congratulations to all the participants in this years show!! Looking forward to next year!!

If anyone was left off this list, please let us know ASAP so we can get you on it!

New Year, New Website!!

Thank you so much for visiting the Holliday 4 H site! As you can see its pretty much bare bones right now but soon there will be lots of information about us, our chapter and how YOU can get involved!!
We are VERY excited about the new year and have some really fun stuff planned. This will be the place to check for Meeting dates, times and places, any special events that we will be having and events that you will need to know about.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at holliday4h@gmail.com .