NATIONAL 4-H WEEK IS OCTOBER 2-8, 2016! BE SURE
Dates to Remember ……………
October, 2016
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2-8
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TBA
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27 – Nov. 13
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November, 2016
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December, 2016
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Club Meetings
Officers must be elected prior to
or during Oct. club meeting
Hand out membership cards
4-H “Socktober” Sock Drive for Flood
Victims Begins
AgMagic at the State Fair Hay Bale
Decorating Contest Entries Due
National 4-H Week
Jr. Leader Meeting – 6:00 – 4-H Office
Pet Show
Tractor Supply Fall Paper Clover Fundraiser
Talent Contest
State Fair BB Gun Contest Deadline
Catch Phrase for Camp Deadline
T-Shirt Design Contest Deadline
Officer Training
State Fair
State Fair Talent Show
Club Meetings
4-H “Socktober” Sock Drive Deadline
Jr. Leaders AgMagic @ State Fair
Jr. Leader Meeting
State Fair BB Gun Contest
Beef Poster Contest Deadline
4-H Night w/Tigers LSU game
Club Meetings
4-H cooking Contest
Jr. Leader Meeting
Records Workshop
T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST
Attention 4-H Members! Help design the 2017 Official State
Livestock Show T-Shirt that is sold at district shows and the
state show! Use your artist skills to design the back of the
Official Livestock show t-shirt. The winner of the design
contest will have their artwork printed on the shirt, receive a
free long or short sleeve State Livestock Show T-shirt,
$25 cash, and recognition. Submit your drawing in color to
either your parish 4H agent or to Becky Gautreaux, via email
by 4:30 pm on October 21, 2016 at
[email protected]. If you have an idea for the
t-shirt color include that as well with your submission.
Colored designs should only include purple, green, gold, and
white. Good luck 4-Her’s!
TO CELEBRATE YOUR 4-H CLUB DURING THIS WEEK
AT YOUR SCHOOL AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY!
4-H Pet Show
Date: 10/4/2016
Where: Railroad Park in Downtown Ruston
Registration: 5:30 p.m.
Show: 6:00 p.m.
All animals must be on a leash or in a cage. You may enter
only two of the following categories:
 Dogs: biggest, smallest, best dressed, cutest, and
ugliest
 Cats: best long haired, best short haired
 Most Unusual or Any Other Pet
 Best Hamster
You’ve Been Elected…Now What Do You Do??
Come to 4-H Officer Training!
If you are a club officer or are interested in being
a club officer, we will hold the Lincoln Parish 4-H
Office Training on Oct. 24 at Ruston Elementary
School. The training will begin at 5:30 p.m. and
will be done at 7:30 p.m.
This training is required for all
Lincoln Parish 4-H Club Officers.
My Heart Rate
My resting heart rate: 15-second heart rate
X4=
__________ beats per minute.
My heart rate after physical activity: 15-second heart rate
X4
=________ beats per minute.
My maximum heart rate:
beats per minute.
To find you maximum heart rate (MHR), start with 220 and subtract
your age. Example, for 16-year-old teen: 220 - 16 = 204 MHR.
To gain the greatest benefit for your cardiovascular system (heart and
blood vessels), set a goal to exercise at the heart rate between 70%
and 85% of your maximum heart rate MHR). That’s your target rate
zone.
My target heart rate zone:
to
beats per minute.
To find your target heart rate (THR) zone, multiply MHR by 70% to
85% of MHR.
Formula for low end of target heart rate zone: MHR X 0.7 = THR
Example, for 16-year-old teen: 204 X 0.7 = 143 beats per minute
(rounded).
Formula for high end of target heart rate zone: MHR X 0.85 = THR
For registration information about any events listed, call our 4-H
Office at 318-251-5134 or visit our Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/lincoln4h
Visit our website: www.la4h.org/lincoln
Example, for 16-year-ld teen: 204 X 0.85 = 173 beats per minute
(rounded).
STATE FAIR OF LOUISIANA BB GUN CONTEST
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016
Beef Barn: Arena C ~ La. State Fairgrounds ~ Shreveport, LA
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Must PRE-REGISTER (no registration on day of contest)
As 4-H Members – “We Pledge Our Hands To Larger
o Received By Oct. 19 (to receive 2 gate passes)
Service”. Let’s put our 4-H service hands to work.
o Final deadline: Nov. 4 (last day to register – no gate passes)
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COST: $5.00 per contestant (checks payable to Louisiana 4-H
We will be collecting NEW socks of all kinds and of
Foundation)
all sizes for men, women, and children. These socks
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DIVISIONS: (OPEN TO ALL YOUTH AGES 9-19)
will be donated to our Louisiana neighbors affected
o Divisions will be determined by number of participants in each
age group.
by the recent floods. Please collect NEW socks of
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Youth will compete against others in same age division.
all kinds and of all sizes for men, women, and
o TIMES TO SHOOT will be sent to participants after final deadline
children. Turn the socks in to your 4-H club leader
once divisions are determined.
Each age division will have a certain time to check in, starting
at school by Nov. 1st. Get your whole school and/or
with youngest, reducing wait time as much as possible.
community involved. So many of our Louisiana neighbors
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ORDER OF FIRE: 4 “grouping” shots at each of 4 positions (Prone,
were affected by the recent floods and lost everything. A
Sitting, Kneeling, Standing)
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EQUIPMENT: Everything will be provided (guns, ammo, targets, eye
warm pair of socks can be one of the most comforting things
protection)
so let’s send some comfort to our Louisiana neighbors from
o Do Not bring your own BB gun to the state fairgrounds – you
4-H. This would be a great project to do in honor of
must use guns provided)
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AWARDS:
National 4-H Week Oct. 2-8, 2016.
o
60% of entry fees will be given back as award premiums for top
5 in each age division.
4-H Camp Grant Walker Needs Your Ideas!
o Top 10 shooters in each age division will be recognized with
award ribbons.
“Catch-Phrase for Camp” Contest
What is a good theme for 4-H Summer Camp? Send us =================================================================
your most creative ideas for a slogan in 7 words or less. PLEASE PRINT: (deadline: Oct. 19 (receive 2 gate passes) OR Nov. 4 (no gate
passes)
Illustrations must accompany the phrase and will be
Name: _______________________________ Age (on day of contest) ________
4-H “Socktober” Sock Drive
for the Louisiana Flood Victims
part of the contest. The winning slogan will be one that
is brief and “catchy”, capturing the spirit of 4-H Camp
Grant Walker. The slogan will be used on all publicity
for camp and on the camp tee shirt. The winner will
receive a monetary award. Deadline is October 21st.
Submissions must also include the following:
 Your full name and age
 Parish/4-H Club
 Complete mailing address
 Telephone number
You may submit multiple entries.
School: _______________________________ Parish: _____________________
Mailing Address:
____________________________________________________________________
City: ____________________________ State: _______ Zip: ___________________
Parent(s): _____________________________________________________
Phone: ________________________
E-mail:
_____________________________________________________________________
Mail form & $5.00 fee to:
David Boldt
Every 4-H club member can enter the 4-H Beef Poster
4-H Youth & Family Development Department
Contest. You should make a poster telling a story of beef (checks payable to: LA 4-H
Foundation)
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Knapp Hall
and/or beef products. The finished poster should be
110 LSU Union Square
appropriate for use on a billboard. The rules are as
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-0106
follows:
QUESTIONS? Contact David Boldt at [email protected] or 225-578-3687
Beef Up Your Cash
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Poster must be on 11”X14” white poster board
only or they will be disqualified.
Place your name, address, age, grade and parish
on the upper right corner of the back of the
poster.
Poster should generate positive images of beef
and beef products.
Do not use copyrighted materials (i.e., cartoon
character advertisements, logos, etc.) Any
copyrighted material used will be disqualified.
Computer generated clip-art may be used on the
poster if it is not copyrighted material. Posters are
due to in the Lincoln Parish 4-H Office no later
than November 18th. Cash prizes will be awarded
at 4-H Achievement Day.
THANK YOU 4-H SPONSORS!!!!
Lincoln Parish 4-H sends out a Colossal Clover
THANK YOU to our sponsors for the Lincoln Parish
4-H Teen Leadership Kick-Off Event and the
Lincoln Parish 4-H Club Volunteer Leader Training
held in September. These sponsors donated door
prizes and refreshments for these 4-H events.
Please visit these Ruston businesses and let them
know how much we appreciate their support of the
Lincoln Parish 4-H Youth Development Program!
Celebrity Theaters
Rosemary’s Kitchen
County Market
Starbucks
Raising Cane’s