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Activities throughout the Course of the Year

Recruiting Team (All Year)
   
     Students make periodic visits to area schools for recruiting and good will.

Fundraising (All Year)
   
     Sell meat products, pecans, poinsettias for funding club projects and activities.

Farm Management (Everyday)
   
     Assist instructor and ranch foreman in maintaining, organizing, and implementing management practices.

Carlisle Junior Livestock Show (January)
        Open to any classification of student to show cattle, swine, sheep, goats.  Serve as arena assistants, assist superintendents, etc., announcers.

Area FFA Convention (February)
   
     Hosted 2001, 2000, 1999, 1995  (Over 900 in attendance)

Overton-New London Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet (February)
        Assist with meal preparation and serving.

Livestock Judging Clinic (March)
       
Practice judging for 4H and FFA Livestock Judging teams.

Rusk County Youth Project Show (March)
        Serve as announcer, ring stewards, arena assistants.

Kilgore FFA Project Show (April) 
   
     Serve as announcer, ring stewards, arena assistants.

Soil, Plant Identification, and Woodlands Judging (April)
   
     Host Rusk County and Smith County contests; members grade, tabulate, serve as group leaders, etc.

TJCAA Convention (April)
   
     Participate in leadership and academic contests, awards, officer elections.

Advantages to being a member of the Texas Junior College Agriculture Association

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Award's Banquet (May) 
   
     Honor guests and dignitaries who have assisted club during year. 

Kiddie Day (May)
   
     Annually host 650+ preschoolers for livestock exhibits and farm tours.

Texas 4-H Roundup (June)
   
     Assist exhibit booth for TJCAA recruitment

Texas FFA Convention (July)
       
Exhibit booth for student recruitment.

Area VI Longview District Agri-Science Teacher Meeting (August)
   
     Host agscience teaching from 30 area high schools in four counties.

Bull Test Center (August through February)
   
     Assist with weigh periods, sonograms.

Rusk County PRCA Rodeo (September)
   
     Ushers, ticket sales, concession stand workers.

Show Team (September - March)
       
Exhibit Angus cattle at various major livestock shows (East Texas State, State Fair of Texas, Houston Livestock Show and For Worth Stock Show).

Harvest Festival Livestock Judging Contest (October)
   
     Organize, administer, grade, tabulate, contest.

Waskom FFA Leadership Contest (November)
   
     Members and advisor judge creed speaking contest.

Christmas Parade (end of November, beginning of December)
   
     Organize, plan, and build award-winning floats with educational and agricultural theme for Kilgore, Henderson, Overton Christmas Parades. 

Club Christmas Party (December)
       
Collect gifts for underprivileged children; games, exchange gifts, fellowship.

FFA Dances (Occasionally)
   
     Sponsored FFA, 4-H dances at Rusk County Ag Center for area youth.

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Kilgore College Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Department
Bob Young, Ag Instructor and Farm Manager
2211 SH 135 E
Overton, TX  75684-2625
(903) 834-6255
(903) 834-6931  FAX
(903) 984-8531 Main Campus