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Texas A&M AgriLife Extension presents 4-H highlights; four local students named Houston Livestock Show scholarship recipients
Summary
County extension staff reported a busy spring for 4-H and extension programming; the court heard from four scholarship recipients and several summer interns supporting county programs.
Staff from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension updated the Commissioners Court on 4-H activities and county extension programming and introduced scholarship recipients and summer interns.
The presenter said the extension office and 4-H had a busy spring, highlighted livestock validation events and the stock-show program. Extensions staff reported that steers validated in the county numbered roughly 260 and said participants brought back more than $1 million in prize money to local youth through stock-show projects. The presenter also flagged concern about continued federal funding for the SNAP-Ed nutrition education program and said the county would know more about that funding in mid-July.
Four scholarship recipients were recognized; each received Houston Livestock Show scholarships reported in the meeting as $20,000 awards. Recipients who spoke included: Madison Halukka (Wildcat 4-H member, plans to attend Texas A&M, majoring in animal science), Lana Brickie (Shallowater 4-H member, plans to attend Texas A&M, majoring in animal science), Kendra Messer (Friendship 4-H Club member, plans to attend Texas Tech University, majoring in agricultural communications), and a fourth recipient (a student named Stone Beach was noted as unable to attend). Presenters noted 34 youth attended state 4-H Roundup with many placing in the top three.
Extension staff also introduced summer interns working through Texas Tech and the AgriLife Extension internship programs; those interns spoke briefly about agriculture and nutrition activities they are supporting, including a program called "Cultivate, Create, and Cook" (nutrition and cooking education) and community nutrition research.
Ending: Extension staff asked commissioners to note the economic and educational benefits of 4-H activities and to be aware of possible federal SNAP-Ed funding changes this summer.
