CULINARY ARTS

GENERAL RULES

1.	Any boy or girl who is nine years of age or in the third grade and has not completed his/her high school education and is regularly enrolled and is in good standing of an Ector County 4-H Club or is regularly enrolled in the high school Vocational Agriculture Program and is an active member of the Odessa FFA Chapter, is eligible to enter the Culinary Arts Division of the Junior Livestock Show. Exhibitors must be enrolled in public or private elementary or secondary school in Ector County. Home school students are eligible provided they meet 4-H/FFA criteria and home school guidelines for the state of Texas.

2.	To comply with State and Local School District Laws and Regulations, all Exhibitors must be eligible to participate in extracurricular activities in accordance with State Board of Education, Rule 19 TAC 97.113, Extra Curricular Activities. 4-H members will be required to have certification of eligibility from their respective principals.

3.	Culinary projects of Exhibitors who do not meet the eligibility requirements as stated in rule 2 will not be allowed to be exhibited in the show.

4.	The culinary projects entered must be the work of the individual student exhibitor.

5.	The Board of Directors of the Ector County Junior Livestock Show has the final and absolute right to interpret all rules and regulations.

6.	All protests, except those of the Executive Committee, must be in writing and must be accompanied by a deposit of $50.00 which will be forfeited if the protest is not sustained. Any protest must state the cause of the complaint and must be delivered to the Ector County Livestock Association President immediately after occasion of such protest.

7.	An exhibitor cannot enter more than one (1) project in any one class, but may enter one project in any or all classes.

8.	There will be a fee of $5.00 per entry.

9.	There will be first (1) through third (3) place ribbons awarded in each age division of each class, with participant ribbons beyond third place. One "Best Over All" ribbon will be given.

10.	The entry form and entry fee will be due in the Ector County Extension office, 1010 East 8th Street, Odessa TX 79761 by 5 p.m. Wednesday. January 5, 2009. Entry fee is non-
refundable.

11.	Entries will be brought to the show barn by 9:30 am on Saturday, January 10, 2009. Judging will be begin at time (TBA). Participants do not have to be present during judging.

12.	EACH ENTRY IS TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RECIPE. Type or print the recipe on a 4X6-inch card with the exhibitors' name on the back. Recipes become the property of the Culinary Arts Division of the Ector County Junior Livestock Show and none will be returned.

13.	No mixes of any kind are to be used. This includes cake and frosting mixes, quick bread and yeast bread mixes, cookie mixes, etc.

14.	All entries must be on or in disposable containers and thoroughly wrapped & fastened with clear plastic wrap, and labeled.

ENTRY CLASSES

A.	Quick Breads	C. Candies

B.	Cakes	D. Cookies

AGE DIVISIONS

Junior	8 (& in the 3rd grade) thru 10

Intermediate 11 thru 13

Senior	14 thru 18

YOUTH ENTRY FORM

Culinary Arts Division

Ector County Junior Livestock Show

January 10 , 2009

Name_________________________________________________________________________

Address_______________________________________________________________________

City __________________________________________________________________________

Telephone____________________________ Age: ___________as of August 31, 2008

Check the classes you are entering. Fee is $5.00 per entry.

ENTRY CLASSES

________Quick Breads ________Cookies

_________Cakes _________Total Entries

_________Candy _________ X $5.00

___________ TOTAL ENTRY FEE

AGE DIVISIONS

Junior 8 (& in 3rd grade) thru 10

Intermediate 11 thru 13

Senior	14 thru 18

Circle your Entry Division:	Junior or Intermediate	or	Senior

I have read and understand the rules of the Culinary Arts Division of the Ector County Junior

Livestock Show.

___________________________________ ___________________________________

Exhibitor's Signature	Parent or Guardian's Signature

ENTRY FORMS AND FEES ECTOR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE

DUE: 5PM, January 5, 2008 1010 East 8th Street

ONE ENTRY PER FORM Odessa, TX 79761

Make checks payable to:	Ector County Livestock Association