Assumption Parish 4-H Family Spook Night Everyone is Invited Thursday, October 22, 2015 @ the 4-H AgCenter Facility 119 Robin Street, Napoleonville 6:00-8:00 pm Cost: $1.00 and we ask that everyone bring a bag of candy for trick or treating. Pumpkin Decorating Contest October 22, 2015 Registration will be held all day 8:00am-6:00pm. All pumpkins must be registered for 6:00pm. Doors will be closed @ 6:00 pm and not opened for late registration. October 1 Jr. Leader Meeting October 4-10 National 4-H Week October 21 Unite Against Bullying Day October 22 Spook Night Pumpkin Contest At 4-H Office November 7 Ground Beef, Egg, Poultry & Sweet Potato Cookeries November 17 Beef Poster Contest The 4-H Office is now excepting orders for Broilers. Orders and money for broilers is due Nov. 6, 2015 to the 4-H Office. Broilers can be November 18-20 Challenge Camp purchased for 40 each with a minimum of 25. Checks or money orders can be made payable to: Assumption 4-H Foundation. Broilers are scheduled to be in the first week of January. For more information call the 4-H Office at 985-369-6386. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chick Order Form Name Phone Address School # of Chicks x.40 = Total Due Make check payable to: Assumption 4-H Foundation and return to: 4-H Office, 119 Robin Street, Napoleonville, LA Dear Parents, Members and Leaders, I look forward to seeing everyone at Assumption 4-H Family Spook Night. I encourage the whole family to come out and enjoy a night of fun. Thanks for your continued support. Margo L. Castro Associate Extension Agent Assumption Parish 119 Robin Street Napoleonville, LA 70390 (985) 369-6386 www.lsuagcenter.com
The Parish 4-H Ground Beef, Egg, Poultry and Sweet Potato Cookery Contests will be held on Saturday, November 7, in the Ag Center Warehouse. Registration will be 8:30-9:30 am. Rules : Dishes are to be brought in a disposable dish. Dishes should contain servings enough for five-six samples. A copy of the recipe for the entire dish with title of recipe at top. Place 4-H ers initials and grade only on back of recipe for easy identification by the 4-H agent. DO NOT write 4-H ers name or school on recipe. 4-H ers do not stay for the judging. The dishes will be judged and ribbons will be distributed at the club meetings. Ground Beef Cookery Contest 4-H ers will exhibit a prepared main dish using at least one pound of ground beef. Ground Beef main dishes may be entered in one of three categories: 1. Low-Calorie Main Dish a dish which provides less than 300 calories per serving. 2. Quick & Easy - a dish that is ready to serve in less than one hour. 3. One Dish Meal - a dish that provides food from at least three of the main food groups. No appetizers unless it can be served with rice, noodles, bread or crackers. Soup is an entrée as long as it has ground beef. Egg Cookery Contest 4-H ers will exhibit a prepared egg dish using at least 4 eggs. Egg dish may be entered in one of the three categories: Appetizers and Salads Desserts Main Dish Dishes with raw eggs in the final product will not be judged for food safety reasons (and will receive the lowest ribbon). Example: raw eggs in dip or ice cream. Poultry Cookery Contest Bring to the contest a prepared poultry dish. It may be any: Appetizer Soup Main dish Salad Snack Page 2 This contest includes five categories: 1. Chicken a dish which contains a minimum of 2 pounds bone-in chicken or 1 pound deboned chicken meat. Contestants should purchase whole chicken or identifiable chicken parts, such as wings, thighs, legs or breasts. (This dish SHOULD NOT include special processed chicken, such as marinated chicken strips, chicken nuggets, chicken franks, smoked chicken, canned chicken, etc.) Chicken includes any of the following: Fryer Capon Roaster Broiler Baking Hen Cornish or Game Hen 2. Processed Poultry Products a dish which includes a minimum of 12 ounces of processed (value-added) poultry products. Value-added poultry products are poultry meats which have undergone special processing. Marinated, breaded, seasoned and reformed products are examples of special processing techniques. Some product examples are listed below: SPECIAL NOTE: ALL DISHES CONTAINING ANY TURKEY ITEM, (WHOLE, PART, OR PROCESSED) SHOULD BE ENTERED INTO THIS DIVISION. Ground Turkey Turkey Bacon Turkey Sausage Smoked Turkey Turkey Ham Turkey Rolls Ground Chicken Chicken Nuggets Chicken Franks Smoked Chicken Chicken Strips Canned Chicken 3. Other Poultry Meat a dish which contains a minimum of 2 pounds bone-in or 1 pound deboned meat from a bird other than chickens or turkeys. You may choose poultry meat from any of the following: Duck Quail Pheasant Pigeon Guinea Goose Grouse Ostrich Emu Dove (Continued on page 3)
(Continued from page 2.) Sweet Potato Cookery Contest Bring to the contest a prepared sweet potato dish. It may be entered in one of the two categories: 1.) Dessert Dish 2.) Any Other Sweet Potato Dish Dish must contain a minimum of 1 cup fresh, frozen or canned sweet potatoes. An over-all winner will be chosen in each category to represent the parish at the Area Sweet Potato Cookery Contest. For food safety reasons, please remember to keep "Hot Foods" hot and "Cold Foods" cold. There will be a Mandatory Archery parent informational meeting on November 3, 2015 at 6:00 pm at the 4-H Office. Any 4-H ers that are interested must have a parent attend. This meeting will discuss rules, regulations, and answer any questions. There are different type of waste collection. These include: Drop Off Centers where waste materials are dropped off at a specified location. Buy Back Centers where certain material are exchanged for money. Curbside Collection where recycling vehicles are used to pick up waste material intended for recycling along residential streets. Page 3
The purpose of the Louisiana 4-H Beef Poster Contest is to learn more about beef and/or beef products and their importance to human health. Make a poster telling a story of beef and/or beef Products using a catchy title. Posters will be picked up at the November meetings or they can be brought to the 4-H Office on November 17, 2015. Rules are: 1. Poster MUST BE on an 11"x14" WHITE poster board only. Cut your regular poster in four to make an 11 x14 poster. 2. Do not attach anything to poster that is more than 1 inch thick. 3. Be sure to place your name, address, grade, school and parish on the back upper right corner of the poster. 4. Division CB - 3 rd Division II - 7 th, 8 th and 9 th Division I - 4 th, 5 th and 6 th Division III -10 th, 11 th and 12 th Hints: Get ideas from magazines, parents, friend, nutrition bulletins and meat publications Meat Institute or the National Livestock and Meat Board. The 4-H Club Pledge I pledge-- my head to clearer thinking my heart to greater loyalty my hands to larger service and my health to better living for my club, my community, my country and my world. It is the policy of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age or disability. If you have a disability which requires special assistance for your participation in any of our activities, please contact Margo Castro at 985-369-6386 or mcastro@agcenter.lsu.edu. Page 4
Halloween is a fun time for kids. It's fun to get dressed up in a costume and parade around the neighborhood or go to a party. Treats are a part of the fun. However, treats don't have to be candy. Lots of kids today are health conscious and want to know which foods to eat. Things that you can do so that you don t indulge in too much candy: Before you go trick-or-treating, try to eat a healthy meal so they're not hungry when the candy starts coming in. Put the candy out of sight the day after Halloween. If you are having a Halloween Party, ask mom to serve healthy choices. Instead of candy ask to have fruits and vegies or other healthy choices such as, mini boxes of raisins, sugarless gum, trail mix, corn nuts, small packages of popcorn or pretzels, packages of sugar-free cocoa, small bags of roasted pumpkin seeds, or little pre-packaged cheese and crackers or non-edible things like pencils, tattoos, or stickers. Be mindful of the amount of candy and snacks eaten and to stop before feeling full or sick. Eat it in moderation. Learn the difference between Go, Slow, and Whoa foods. In 2005, the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (part of the National Institutes of Health) suggested kids start thinking about whether foods are Go foods, Slow foods, or Whoa foods. Go, Slow, and Whoa can help you to help make better choices. Go Foods are foods that are good to eat almost anytime. They are the healthiest ones. Examples: skim and low-fat milk. Slow Foods are sometimes foods. They aren't off-limits, but they shouldn't be eaten every day. At most, eat them several times a week. Examples: waffles and pancakes. Whoa Foods are the foods that should make you say exactly that Whoa! Should I eat that? Whoa foods are the least healthy and the most likely to cause weight problems, especially if a person eats them all the time. That's why Whoa foods are once-in-a-while foods. Examples: French fries and CANDY. Robin Landry, Area Nutrition Agent Please Note Our Office Hours have Changed! Monday Friday 8:00 am 4:30 pm We are now closed for lunch from 12:00 12:30 Page 5
2015-16 Assumption Parish 4-H Calendar of Events October 1 Jr. Leader Meeting, 4-H Office 4-10 National 4-H Week 9-12 Fall Break (School) 22 Pumpkin Decorating Contest, 4-H Office 22 Spook Night, 4-H Office 30 4-H Dues and Enrollment Cards Due November 7 Ground Beef, Egg, Poultry & Sweet Potato Cookery 17 Beef Posters Due 18-20 Challenge Camp 23-27 Thanksgiving Holiday (School) 26-27 Thanksgiving Holiday (4-H Office) Jr. Leader Meeting, 4-H Office December 12 Seafood, Rice, and Sugar Cookeries 12 Pet Show 18 Recycled Art Items Due 21-Jan. 4 Christmas Holidays (School) 24-Jan. 1 Christmas Holidays (4-H Office) Jr. Leader Meeting, 4-H Office January Club meetings as per schedule 18 Martin Luther King Holiday (School & 4-H Office) 22 Duct Tape Contest Due 23 Parish Livestock Show 23-24 Fashion Camp 29 Character Education Posters Due Jr. Leader Meeting, 4-H Office February No Club Meetings 4-6 District Livestock Show 8-12 Mardi Gras Holiday (School) 9 Mardi Gras Holiday (4-H Office) 12 Dairy Posters Due 13-20 State Livestock Show Jr. Leader Meeting, 4-H Office March 7-11 Demonstration Days 11-13 Jr. Leadership Conference 17 Sew with Cotton Garments Due 18-20 Food & Fitness Camp 22-23 Ag Day 24 Project/Record Books Due 25-April 1 Easter Holiday (School) 25 Easter Holiday (4-H Office) Jr. Leader Meeting, 4-H Office April May No Club Meetings 4-H Awards Banquet Jr. Leader Meeting, 4-H Office Garden Contest Jr. Leader Meeting, 4-H Office June 21-24 4-H University 4-H Day at the Capitol July 4 Holiday (4-H Office) 4-8 4-H Camp, Camp Grant Walker Summer Jr. Leader Awards Trip State Horse Show District Horse Show Records, clothing and lists/applications for 4-H U due to 4-H Office - To Be Announced Page 6