June is Dairy & Candy Month
July is Anti-Boredom, Hot Dog & Language Month
August is Family Fun, Admit You're Happy & Inventor's Month
Spring -- Summer -- 2008
Dates to Remember:
June 4 – 6 – SE Horse Camp , Florida Parish Arena, Amite
5 -- 4-H Day at Capital, please call the office for details
6 – Northshore Horse Show, Florida Parish Arena, Amite
13 - Dairy Day Cookery, 9:30 a.m., James & Matt’s Farm across from Kirby Varndo’s farm in Boliver area
17 - 20 - 4-H University, LSU, Baton Rouge
24 - 27 - SE District Horse Show, LSU in Baton Rouge
23 - 26 - 4-H Camp at Camp Grant Walker, Pollack
July 8 - 12 - State Horse Show, Ike Hamilton Expo Center in West Monroe
14 - State Records due to LSU
26 - Tangipahoa Cattlemen=s Assn Open Beef & Dairy Show, Florida Parishes Arena in Amite
30 – August 2 – Southern Regional Horse show
September 13 - 4-H Day at LSU B LSU vs N Texas State University
Tangipahoa Parish Dairy Day: Dairy Day is held each year and sponsored by the Tangipahoa Parish Cooperative Extension Service to honor the Dairymen of Tangipahoa Parish. There will be an awards program and steak dinner for the participants of Dairy Day. Our Dairy Poster Winners from Achievement Day will be honored and we will have a Dairy Foods Contest. Dairy Day will be June 13, 2008 at James & Matt’s Farm, across the road from Kirby Varnado’s Dairy in the Boliver area. Please have your dish there by 9:30 a.m.
Rules for Dairy Foods Contest: Four Divisions: Appetizer, Salad, Main Dish and Dessert. You must use at least one cup of a dairy product in your dish. One-half of the dish can be exhibited and you must have a copy of the recipe with the dish, with your name and school on the back of the recipe. You may enter all four categories, but you may not enter more than one dish per category. Remember this is your first opportunity to start getting points for the 2008 - 2009 year.
4-H University: Potential 4-H University delegates for Tangipahoa Parish will be receiving a letter about attending 4-H University, you must be 13 years old as of January 1, 2008. If you are interested in going PLEASE, PLEASE call the office no later than May 26th and leave your name and phone number, so we can start planning for 4-H U. You MUST pay your money no later than June 4th . You will receive more information about this later. The earlier you call the better.
4-H Day at LSU Game; September 13, 2008… please call the office for details.
THANK YOU!!!!! HAVE A SAFE SUMMER!!! SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER!!!