County Food Show

October 3, 2009 several Premont Cactus 4-H members "Discovered the Treasure of Flavors" at the County Food Show. Pre 4-H members, Bailey Smith (Fun Fruit Kabobs), Laynie Bowman (Dirt Pudding) and Emily Kalinec (Fruity Frogs) had a wonderful time.

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Junior members: Lauren Bowman (Caldo by Grandpa Jesse), Ryan Kalinec (Chew on This! Pencil Snack), Chance Russell (Fruit Caterpillars), and Jake Russell (Salmon Celery Trees).

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Intermediate members: Thomas Bowman (Grilled Flank Steak Argentine Style).

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Senior members: Meagan Saenz (Chinese Pepper Steak), Brianna Saenz (Banana Nut Muffins).


Congratulations to all participants!!!!

National 4-H Week Oct 4 - 10, 2009

Wear your green with Pride!!!!

Jeff Gordon proudly supports 4-H

4H One Day!

One day can make a difference.
One day 4-H is going to change Texas.
This October 10th, all over our state, 4-H clubs will be going out into their communities to lend a helping hand in exciting new ways. What will you do?

Choose something as simple as mowing a local neighbor's lawn, or organize hundreds of your 4-H friends and design a project that benefits your entire county. Whether you work by yourself or with other community groups-it's all good!

Sponsors and donors, we need your help! Get behind this unprecedented opportunity for outreach and help us show Texas, our country, and the world why 4-H IS the future!

Be creative-the sky's the limit! Let's join together and show everyone the power of 4-H one day!

Over the next few weeks, all the info you'll need to get organized and plan your one day 4-H service event will be available online and through your local 4-H leaders.

What will you do, one day?

Premont Cactus 4-Her's Shine at Awards Banquet

 

"4-H...Green Out" Saturday, August 15, 2009 Annual 4-H Awards Night The audience was dazzled by the Mistress of Ceremonies Miss Meghan Martinez and the many outstanding 4-H members. Premont Cactus was proud to have so many honored. Outstanding Junior - Lauren Bowman; "I Dare You" Award- Brianna Saenz; Outstanding Senior - Meagan Saenz; Hall of Fame - Meghan Martinez. Many other Premont Cactus 4-Her's were recognized for their many county, district and state competitions. Incentive awards were give to the following: T-shirts: AJ Palacios, Emily Kalinec, Ryan Kalinec and Tilden Whitefield; Zippered Portfolio: Laynie Bowman; Briefcase: Thomas Bowman; Duffle Bag: Lauren Bowman, Meagan Saenz, and Meghan Martinez; Jacket: Brianna Saenz 2009 Award Pins: Laynie Bowman - Foods & Nutrition Lauren Bowman - Foods & Nutrition; 2 years AJ Palacios - Swine; 1 year Thomas Bowman - Beef; 2 years Brianna Saenz - Citizenship; 4 years Meagan Saenz - Citizenship; 4 years Meghan Martinez - 8 years Congratulations to all our outstanding 4-Her's! Keep up the Good Work!!!!!!

August 2, 2009 Meeting

First meeting of the 2009 – 2010 clubs year was held August 2, 2009 at the Casa Real. The meeting was called to order by President Meagan Saenz. Lauren Bowman led the club in the Pledge, 4H Motto, Pledge and Prayer. Minutes from the previous meeting were read by Secretary Thomas Bowman. Travis Brown made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Trevor Martinez. Travis Brown read the Treasurer's report. The July bank balance is $400.82. A motion by Aaron Lee seconded by Lauren Bowman was made and the report was approved.

Old Business: Record book winners were recognized: Laynie Bowman, Pre 4-H; District awards: Lauren Bowman (Foods & Nutrition); AJ Palacios (Swine) blue ribbons in the Junior Division. In the Intermediate Division: Thomas Bowman (Beef); Brianna Saenz (Citizenship) blue ribbons. In the Senior Division: Maegan Saenz (Citizenship) 2^nd Place and Meghan Martinez (Poultry) 1^st Place. Meghan Martinez advanced to State competition.

New Business: Club voted and chose a design for the new club t-shirt. A grey shirt with a "Green since…" design was chosen. The club voted to pay for club member t-shirts in full. An officer training will be held Monday, August 17^th in Kingsville. Anyone interested in attending should RSVP by August 12^th. Fair paperwork is due August 28^th. All money is required in the form of cash or money order by this date. Paperwork can be turned into Tammy Martinez at Premont Automotive and Cathy Lee will take it to Alice for the club. Homemaking entry forms are due September 11^th in the Extension office.

August 15^th is Annual Awards Banquet to be held at the Merchant's building at the fairgrounds in Alice. The theme is "4-H Green Out" and everyone attending is asked to bring a main dish and a vegetable or dessert.

The South Texas Cattleman's Round-up will be held on August 4^th. 4-Her's are asked to donate baked goods or craft items to be auctioned. Proceeds are benefitting Driscoll Children's Hospital. Tessa Bowman offered to take any items to the sale barn on Tuesday.

Annual 4-H Enrollment for 2009-2010: This year, all 4-H families must complete their 4-H enrollment on-line on 4-H Connect. The website address is: http://texas4-H.tamu.edu Click on the 4-H Connect Link on the left hand side. There will no longer be the 4-H green enrollment forms, all enrollments must be completed on-line. All enrollments must be completed by September 15. If a 4-Her has a fair project and does not complete their 4-H enrollment by September 15, the youth will not be allowed to participate in the fair because they are not a current 4-H member.

Announcement of the Diez y seiz parade is coming up!

Creative/fun time: Creating a clothespin reminder notes for upcoming meetings and activities. These can be entered in the fair as a craft item.

Gretchen Saenz has agreed to become the new club leader as Mrs. Kalinec is unable to at this time. We welcome Gretchen and will support her in every way!

The September meeting falls during the Labor Day weekend. The club voted and the date is being changed to September 13^th. Mark your calendars!!!!!!

A motion was made by Justin Barrera and seconded by Trevor Martinez to adjourn the meeting.

Fight BAC

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Really Cool Games!

Become a Scrub Club Member, I did!!

Food Detectives fight bacteria!
Kids,
We need your help to fight an enemy...

Bacteria lives on the food you eat if it isn't cooked and handled properly. It also lives on dirty hands. Eeeww! Come with us, and we'll show you how to fight this disgusting enemy.

Posted by Lauren Bowman, 4-H member. Hoping this helps you fight bacteria!

Tree Planting Day!

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We did it!

Thank you for your hard work, shoveling, planting and sweating!!!!!

Keep up the great work!

Members present: Meghan Martinez, Meagan and Brianna Saenz, Isaac Salinas, Ryan and Emily Kalinec, Justin, Katrina and Jordan Barrera, Jake and Chance Russell, AJ Palacios, Thomas, Lauren and Laynie Bowman. Adults: Liz Kalinec, Tammy and Carlos Martinez, Kathy Russell, Katherine Barrera, Adolfo Palacios, Keith and Tessa Bowman.

Trees planted in the Bowman garden were: Kimbrough Satsuma, Valley grown Ruby Red Grapefruit and a valley grown Navel Orange.

Here are some action shots of our wonderful 4her's!

May 17, 2009 Meeting

The regular meeting of the Premont Cactus 4-H club was called to order by Pres. Meagan Saenz at 3:41 pm at the Hidalgo Park. The Pledge, M,P&P was led by Thomas Bowman. Javier Moralez read the Sec. report while Travis Brown read the Treasurers Report.

Recognition of our wonderful Seniors: Jacob, Meghan, Tilden and Gabriel. You have been great leaders and will be greatly missed. Good luck on your future endeavors!

District Fashion Show participant Lauren Bowman was congratulated for her success. In the Premont Centennial Parade, the 4-H float received the Best Overall Plaque. Thanks to everyone that came out and made the float beautiful. The next parade will be May 23rd.

Recognition of Meghan Martinez and good luck in her scholarship interview!

New Business: Fair books were handed out. Remember to look for validation dates!!! Leadership Lab will be held in Weslaco and Brianna Saenz will attend. The rodeo concession stand needs to be cleaned and painted. Volunteers are needed. Turkey validation is 5/28, Carcass Steer 5/30.

Care packages for Soldiers - Dist 12 is collecting cards to send to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dune in the extension office by Wed June 17th.
Aluminum tabs are being collects by Dist 12 and are due in the extension office by July 9th.

The club has chosen to participate in the 4Hmilliontrees.org. On 6-7-09 at 4:00 pm trees will be planted at the Bowman residence.

On to elections and then the party!

Thanks to Tammy Martinez for being this years leader!!! You will be greatly missed. Liz Kalinec was handed the reins and the upcoming year will be fabulous too!

4H Million Trees Challenge

4-H Million Trees
The 4-H Million Trees Project was conceived after a Pacifica 4-Her decided to do something big to help combat global climate change. The goal of this project is to mobilize the approximately 7 million 4-H youth across the U.S. and Canada to participate in this project to plant 1,000,000 trees across the continent to help reduce atmospheric CO2. Clubs outside of the U.S. and Canada are also invited to participate.

Take a look at this amazing challenge!



Currently there is no one listed in Texas!
Premont Cactus 4-H could be the first!!!!!!

www.4hmilliontrees.org

Beef Project - Thomas Bowman

Texas Beef Council - great site for recipes, facts and fun!!!


Checkoff Celebrates May as National Beef Month With Retail Partnerships


Iowa Beef celebrates May as National Beef Month!




Help me spread the word......

May 2009 Newsletter

Follow the link to print or view the May 2009 JWC newsletter.

Calendar link May 2009!


Next meeting May 17, 2009

Hidalgo Park

Be ready for water fun activities!!!!!


Congratulations to our graduating Seniors!

Congratulations
Graduating Seniors!!
We would like to congratulate
our senior 4-H’ers who will be
graduating in May. We wish you the
best of luck as you embark on a new
chapter of your lives. 4-H’ers
graduating are: Jacob Chapa, Premont Cactus 4-
H; Meghan Martinez, Premont Cactus 4-H; Tilden Whitfield, Premont Cactus 4-H; Gabriel Moralez, Premont Cactus 4-H.
Congratulations to each of you. You
each have promising futures.

Premont Cenntenial Parade

 
 
 
 

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April 5, 2009 Meeting

The regular meeting of the Premont Cactus 4-H club was called to order at 4:15 pm. at the Casa Real recreation center by President Meagan Saenz. The pledge, 4-H motto, pledge and prayer was led by Monica Moralez. The secretary's report was read by Javier Morales. Treasure's report was read by Travis Brown.

Thanks to everyone who worked the Promotional Booth at the JWC fairgrounds.

Old Business: At last month's meeting Club manager Tammy Martinez challenged the members to a recycle craft contest. Each member was asked to make a craft from a recycled item. 1st place went to Ryan Kalinec, 2nd to Lauren Bowman and 3rd to Letty Lara. All participants have very creative projects. These can be entered in the fair in October!!!

New members were welcomed: Justin, Katrina and Jordan Barrera


and Isaac Salinas,
Gabriela Cantu and Letty Lara.

We are so excited to have you in our club!

The top picture is of Monica Moralez. She is going to New York this summer and presented a talk on the Statue of Liberty. Great job and can't wait to see pictures from the trip!


The creative juices were flowing after the meeting when Tammy offered to have the members paint or decoupage their wooden crosses and various shapes.

10th Annual Easter Celebration

The Premont Cactus 4-H had a wonderful turnout for the 10th Annual Easter Celebration. There were a total of 5 hunts with over 3000 eggs filled by our hard working members. 53 baskets filled with goodies were given to those whose eggs had a special number in them. Thanks to Dairy Queen for donating tokens that could be found in the eggs as well.

Travis Brown and his family had a petting zoo including turkeys, goats and baby chicks. Mrs. Sue Thompson, April and Tilden helped keep the animals happy.

Ryan and Emily Kalinec's family made crafts including a foam bunny which was a big hit!


Jake and Chance Russell, Kathy Russell and Letty Lara made cheeto puff carrots.

Meghan, Trevor, Tammy and Carlos Martinez were busy with multiple game booths. The "Shrek" game was a big hit with the older crowd!

Mrs. Sain with the help of Amy and Mark baked cupcakes and helped the children decorate them with candy, sprinkles and more. Mmmmm they were good!

Annabel Chapa had many Easter themed craft activities that kept little hands busy!

The Bowman's served over 250 hotdogs courtesy of the JWC Precint 4, Commissioner Javier Garcia. Thank you Sebi Palacious for serving Gatorade to our thristy hunters!

Thomas Bowman and AJ Palacios along with Adolfo and Lazara had a roping dummy booth. The roping dummy was made from PVC by AJ and his dad. These lil' cowboys had great fun!


Chris, Abel, Monica and Javier Moralez, Meagan and Brianna Saenz, Aaron Lee were in charge of the multiple Egg Hunts. The group enjoyed seeing many happy faces. A special thanks to everyone who donated their plastic eggs back to the group for next years Easter Celebration.


Many Thanks to the Bikers who donated the Jumping thing and Mrs. Duque for providing hours of jumping fun.

Without the many hours of preparation by Tammy and Carlos Martinez, Cathy Lee, Annabel Chapa, Liz and Eddie Kalinec, Kathy Russell (the signs were great), Chris and Able Moralez, Adolpho and Lazara Palacios, Tessa Bowman, and Sue Thompson, the celebration would not have had the huge success on it's 10th year anniversary.

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A special thanks to our donors:
Dairy Queen, JWC Pct. 4,

Easter Celebration Preparations

Lights, Camera, Action! JWC Fashion Show 2009

 

Premont Cactus 4-H Winners - Three members of the Premont Cactus 4-H Club competed March 27 in Alice. Pre4-H'er Laynie Bowman received a blue ribbon for her Chambray sundress entered in the Casual Construction Division. Lauren Bowman received a blue ribbon and will represent Jim Wells County at district with her patchwork skirt and blouse entered in the Junior Casual Construction Division. Meaghan Martinez received a blue ribbon and will also represent Jim Wells County at district with her Turquoise taffeta gown entered in the Senior Formal Buying Division. District competition will be held April 25th in Kingsville.

2009 JWC Roundup

 
 
 

A link to the Share-the-fun act "The 4-H Force"

County Photo Participants

Brianna Saenz, Intermediate, People, Color, Blue ribbon
Brianna Saenz, Intermediate, Plant/Flora, Blue ribbon
Ryan Kalinec, Junior, Animals, Color, Red ribbon
Emily Kalinec, Pre 4-H, People, Color, Blue ribbon
Meagan Sarnz, Senior, Animals, Color, Blue ribbon
Lindsay Whitney, Senior, Animals, Color, Red ribbon
Meghan Martinez, Senior, Animals, Color, Blue ribbon
Meghan Marintez, Senior, Animals, Color, Blue - Alternate
Meghan Martinez, Senior, Architectural Elements, Color, Blue - Alternate
Meagan Saenz, Senior, Architectural Elements, Color, Class Winner
Meghan Martinez, Senior, Landscape, Color, Blue ribbon
Aaron Lee, Senior, Natural Landscape, Color, Red ribbon
Aaron Lee, Senior, Natural Landscape, Color, Blue ribbon
Tilden Whitfield, Senior, Natural Landscape, Color, Blue - Alternate
Lindsay Whitney, Senior, Natural Landscape, Color, Red ribbon
Meghan Martinez, Senior, People, Color, Blue ribbon
Meghan Martinez, Senior, People, Color, Blue ribbon
Meagan Saenz, Senior, People, Color, Blue ribbon
Lindsay Whitney, Senior, People, Color, Blue ribbon
Tilden Whitfield, Senior, Plant/Flora, Color, Class Winner
Meagan Saenz, Senior, Plant/Flora, Color, Blue ribbon
Meghan Martinez, Senior, Special Effects, Blue - Alternate
Tilden Whitfield, Senior, Still Life, Color, Class Winner
Meghan Martinez, Senior, Still Life, Color, Blue ribbon

Good Luck Class winners at the District Photo Contest on April 8, 2009!

Iron Chef Winners - Feb 2009 Meeting

 
Laynie and Emily
 
Ryan, Monica, Lindsey and Thomas
 
The celery stick car!


The team of Monica Moralez, Lindsey Sliva, Thomas Bowman, and Ryan Kalinec were the top winners. All three teams demonstrated great team efforts and creativity!