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Category Archives: Bosque 4-H
Lucky Clover Golf Tournament
Attention all golfers and 4-H supporters! The Lucky Clover Golf Tournament is coming up on Saturday, June 4. This tournament is the annual fundraiser for Bosque County 4-H, and it allows us to send our 4-H youth to leadership camps, state qualifying contests, and State 4-H Congress. The funds raised at the golf tournament also allow Bosque County 4-H to award scholarships to graduating seniors. The 18th Annual Lucky Clover Golf Tournament will be held at Bosque Valley Golf Course on June 4. The cost is $50/person or… Read More →
Bosque 4-Hers Make a Showing at Ft. Worth
The Fort Worth Stock Show kicked off this past week and Bosque County 4-Hers were there. Bosque County was represented during the heifer show by three youth as well as one junior team in the Plant ID Contest. Maggie Chaffin was the first to show last Saturday. Maggie did very well as she competed in a very large Polled Hereford heifer class. Maggie walked out of the ring smiling with a 6th place finish. This was Benjamin and Matthew Murphy’s first appearance showing heifers at Fort Worth. They… Read More →
Central Texas Youth Fair
The time has come to begin getting your entries in for the 2016 CTYF which will be held March 1-5. Entry forms can be found at the Extension office or on the Central Texas Youth Fair page of our website, http://bosque.agrilife.org/4-h/central-texas-youth-fair/. Entries must be postmarked or handed in by February 1. Late entries will be accepted through February 15 but entry fees will double February 2 – 15. Rabbits, Home Economics, Ag Mechanics and the Cake Show are all options still available for getting an entry into this… Read More →
District Food Challenge Contest
On Wednesday, December 3 the 4-H District Food Challenge Contest was held at the Bell County Expo Center. Bosque County sent three teams to compete, one Senior Division and two Junior/Intermediate Division. The Senior Team, “Savory Sisters”, needed to take 1st place to have the opportunity to advance to the State Competition. Darcy Wyatt, Emily Murphy, Mackenzie Errington, Lia Worley and Emma Guillory did an outstanding job, and the judges agreed, as they were awarded 1st place and will be headed to College Station in June for State… Read More →
One Day 4-H Community Service Project
Every year the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program participates in a statewide community service project called One Day 4-H. On this one day throughout the state 4-Hers everywhere get together and perform all types of community service projects in their community. For the first time, this year each of the 254 counties in the state had the opportunity to participate in the same project together. This year One Day 4-H honored the Texas A&M Forest Service for 100 years of serving Texas. The Texas A&M Forest Service donated… Read More →
Household Water Conservation
Think for a moment about the amount of water you personally use on a daily basis. A typical family uses 60-80 gallons of water per person per day so this would mean that a family of four would use 240-320 gallons each day. Now think about this water amount times the number of people who live on your street, in your town, your state. That insignificant amount of water your household uses on a daily basis, when multiplied by the millions of households in Texas, becomes a very… Read More →
2015 Bosque County 4-H Banquet
The Bosque 4-H Banquet will be held Luau Style on June 12th at Clifton Park, next to the pool. The Awards Banquet and Dinner will begin at 6:00pm, to be followed by Officer Inductions and a Party at The Clifton Pool. Dress will be 4-H appropriate, but with the Luau Theme in mind (no swimsuits at the Banquet). Participation in events and projects by Bosque 4-Hers from the 2014 – 2015 year will be recognized. The Star Award winners will be announced. Star Awards are a series of… Read More →
4-H Youth and the Lucky Clover Golf Tournament
The youth are our future. Everyone has heard or made that statement before. Well, now is the time to invest in our future! The youth of Bosque County 4-H continue moving forward to the next steps in their lives. Those steps may be high school, college, technical school or the work force. The 4-H continues preparing youth not only be productive members of society but confident leaders throughout their lives. The 4-H is dependent upon YOU to make this possible, through donations, sponsorship and volunteering your time and… Read More →
4-H Photography Workshop
On Monday, April 13 at 6:00pm Leigh Gilbert, owner of Lovleigh Photography in Meridian, will be leading another 4-H Photography Workshop. All 4-Hers interested in participating are welcome and should meet at the Extension office at 5:30pm. The workshop will take place at Meridian State Park and the lesson will be “Taking Your Camera Off Auto”. Leigh will teach techniques of the other settings on more advanced cameras. However, you don’t need a camera with advanced settings to participate, any camera you have will be fine. Participants will… Read More →
Houston Livestock Show Results
Bosque County 4-Hers had a great 2015 Houston Livestock Show. Madysin and McKenzie Hicks were the first to compete with their swine. This was the first major show competition for both of these young ladies. They put in a lot of time and effort into the swine they raised, and their showmanship in the ring was outstanding, but they did not make it to the sale ring. Next to compete was Maggie Chaffin and her heifer Shania, excelling and earning the first place trophy for their class. Maggie… Read More →