October 1999

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November

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National 4-H Week is Here! October 3-9

The theme this year is again "Are You Into It?" To keep a strong, viable countywide 4-H each club needs to do their part. Some ideas to promote 4-H are:

Colusa County 4-H Welcomes New Members!

Clubs are still enrolling new members through this month. During this time as you are getting settled, the two best resources of information in your club are your project leaders and your Key Leader. Your Key Leader can provide you with information about any special club requirements, requirements that are county wide and special requirements for showing at the fair. Project Leaders can tell you what you need to do to get credit in your project. Make sure to ask about the following: A) Record Books B)County Activities and C)Attendance requirements.

The Colusa County 4-H News is a monthly newsletter that provides information about upcoming events, event planning meetings and trainings. You should be receiving the Colusa County 4-H News the month following joining. If you do not receive the newsletter first check with your Key Leader for the progress of your enrollment. You are also welcome to call the 4-H Office, University of California Cooperative Extension,(458-0570), to see if we have missed you on our mailing list. 4-H is "Making the Best Better", in a FUN WAY!

Reminder

ALL ENROLLMENT FORMS AND FEES ARE TO BE TURNED INTO YOUR KEY LEADER.

The 4-H office will not accept them from individuals. Key Leaders, please turn in club enrollment with one check for all fees collected by NOVEMBER 1st. Club enrollment forms and fees will be accepted after each club meeting from key leaders if they are complete. Remember to record Affirmative Action contacts.

County-Wide Projects

There are some opportunities for projects beyond what is offered in your local club. These are known as county-wide or cross-county projects. Sign up on your club enrollment form as you do for all other projects. If you have questions call the project leader at the phone number listed:

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Club reporters, project members, and leaders...Everyone is invited to write articles for your countywide 4-H Newsletter. We'd like to hear what your club and project groups are doing. Write us, fax us, call us, e-mail us, or just drop by. We'll take news anyway we can get it. Just get it to us by the 15th of the month!

Emerald Star

Colusa County has a star rank for members who have achieved their gold star rank and are looking for new challenges.

The Emerald Star is awarded for carrying out an approved plan of leadership in the 4-H program. Members write a plan, submit it for approval, and fulfill requirements on the Personal Development Report(PDR).

The plan may be for an event you initiate, a community activity that fills a need and involves 4-H members or the development of audio visual and/or teaching aids to enhance a project.

To apply, a member must be in 8th grade or above, hold a gold star rank, present the plan, be prepared to handle any financial costs to complete the project,or have club or council approval for spending their funds, and fulfill PDR requirements for the Emerald Star. Plans are due November 1st to the 4-H Office. Call or stop by for more information and plan forms.

State Leaders' Forum

All project leaders are invited to the State Leaders' Forum at beautiful seaside Asilomar near Monterey. To be held Nov. 5-7. Registration was due in Sept. so add a $10.00 late fee. Lots of great ideas. Council has sponsored leaders in the past and will again if you're interested. Call 458-0570 for more information.

Livestock Field Days and Events

Livetock Field Days will be in Colusa County again this year.

Project Proficiencies

Project proficiencies are available for the following projects:

They are designed to serve as a working checklist and reward system. Members track where they are in their project knowledge and skills are rewarded at the time. Skills are identified that are to be accomplished in order to earn medals in each of 5 levels of competency in the project. This recognition is available for every member (Danish system of merit), based on self achievements and NOT in competition with others. In addition, the proficiencies can act as a leader's guide for what to teach in the project.

Community Service

This time of year 4-Hers look for community service/community pride ideas for their individual, group, or club projects. The 4-H Office suggests the following:

Start a garden. Set aside a few rows whose produce is given to the needy.

Make quilts or toys to give to the local law enforcement or child services agency.

Help an elderly neighbor with yard work or fix-it chores.

Remember community service is helping without be paid. It's good for all your own personal four H's: Head, Heart, Hands, and Health, especially Heart.

New Council Officers

Congratulations to the newly elected Colusa County 4-H Council Officers:

A heartfelt thanks to the outgoing Executive Board: Dawn Brown, Jerry Seaver, Kara Alvernaz, and Linda Eveland. We appreciate their time and desire to serve our program.

New Livestock/Natural Resources Advisor

Welcome to Dr. Marc Horney who comes to us from El Paso County, Colorado. He will be serving Tehama, Glenn, and Colusa Counties. Should clientele need to see him, Marc will be in the Colusa office each Thursday, 10:00-2:00 or can reach him at the Glenn Co. Cooperative Extension Office by calling 865-1107 or by email: mrhorney@ucdavis.edu

Club Officer Training

Saturday, September 11^th Club Officers from Arbuckle, Maxwell, Princeton, and Stonyford gathered at Atwood Hall for the Fourth Annual Colusa County Club Officer Training.

Arbuckle FFA's officers and their advisor, George Green guided the officers through exercises designed to inspire, train, and build teamwork. The most popular segment was the Team Building Activities using low risk Ropes Course strategies. Each team left the day with plans for their club's year. Many thanks to the Arbuckle FFA officers and Mr. Green!

Advanced Dairy and Livestock Record Form

This publication is erroneously listed for $.50 in the 4-H Catalog. It should be available free to 4-H members and leaders. In the future you can order these at no cost through Communication Services in Oakland. Long term plans are to have these forms on the website ( some forms already are) as a pdf file which can be downloaded by staff, volunteers and youth.

Jr. Grand National

Now Available in the 4-H Office are Scholarship Application, Merit Award Application and Cow Town Council Application. For more information, contact the 4-H Office at 458-0570

Colusa 4-H Goat Group

The Colusa 4-H Goat Group has been invited back again to America's Family Pet Expo at Cal Expo on October 15-17, 1999. If you are interested in participating you need to be enrolled in 4-H before this event. We had a lot of fun last year teaching the public about goats. For more information you can call Bonny Martin at 458-8052.

Did You or Will You Ever?

Eat Tomatoes? Advances in biotechnology make it possible to actually insert new DNA in some plants, such as tomatoes, which make them immune to certain insect pests.

Leader Certification

All new leaders are to attend one of the following leader certifications:

All three meetings are held in the CIP Conference Room. This certification is provided by the University of California Cooperative Extension staff to benefit both leaders and the overall 4-H program. It is a mandatory requirement for all leaders. If you have not been certified you must attend one of these meetings. All sessions will be the same. Once you attend, you need not attend another. It is not a yearly requirement.

If you enroll as an adult project leader, resource leader, transportation leader, key leader, etc. you must attend one of these meetings. Please do not put it off until the last meeting.

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2000 National 4-H Conference

The 2000 National 4-H Conference will be April 8-15, 2000 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Goals of the conference are to help selected youth and adults develop their maximum potential, to assist California 4-H in further development of a system for involving youth, volunteers and professional staff in 4-H planning, to provide an opportunity for contributions to National 4-H Program development, to provide a system for an exchange of 4-H programming ideas among states, and to prepare participants to represent and speak effectively.

Youth delegates must be at least 16 years of age or a junior in high school. Adult delegates must be twenty-five years of age or older. Applications must be post-marked by November 5, 1999.

For more information, contact the 4-H Office.

4-H Motto

The 4-H Motto is: To Make the Best Better

4-H Pledge

I Pledge:

My head to clearer thinking
My heart to greater loyalty
My hands to larger service
My health to better living for my club, my community, my country, and my world.

FYI

Coming this fall - look for 4-H fabric and sewing kits at Walmart and JoAnn's Fabrics.

Reminder from the Jr. Livestock Auction Committee

All market lambs must be docked according to Department of Food & Ag rules as if 10/6/97. (That means: Market labs must be docked such that the tail (dock) can be lifted. Mid-web is the recommended minimum length.)

2000 Washington Focus Programs - Tentative Dates:

Washington Focus #1

Global Journey July 8-19

- A 12 day adventure that includes travel to Philadelphia and New York

Heritage Trail July 8 - 15

- A 7 day adventure centered around the Citizenship Focus Program at the National 4-H Center.

Washington Focus #2

Road to Democracy

July 15-24 - A 10 day adventure that includes visits to Williams burg, Jamestown and Yorktown.

Heritage Trail July 15-22

-A 7 day adventure centered around the Citizenship Focus Program at the National 4-H Center.

Contact 4-H Office for more information.

Postal Shoot Results

Air Rifle:

Advanced Division

Brian Callahan, 4/27

Sitting 31, Standing 6, Prone 34 Total 71

.22 Rifle Open Sights

Advanced Division

-Brian Callahan, 26/74

Sitting 40 Standing 14 Prone 37 Total 91

-Amanda Richardson, 27/74

Sitting 21 Standing 26 Prone 34 Total 81

- Edwin Pendell, 39/74

Sitting 16 Standing 6 Prone 34 Total 55

- Eric Cose, 48/74

Sitting 11 Standing 6 Prone 19 Total 36

Intermediate Division

- Jeremy Pendell, 34/

Sitting 16 Standing 41 Prone 32 Total 86

- Wesley Minto, 83/

Sitting 17 Standing 16 Prone 10 Total 43

- Levi Gleason,

Sitting N/R Standing N/R Prone N/R

Air Hand Gun

Score 1 Score 4   Score 3  Score 4   Total

Intermediate Division

Rachel Corkill 6/16

53           34           44           30           161

Levi Gleason 7/16

N/R         N/R         N/R         N/R           0

Wesley Minto 8/16

N/R         N/R         N/R         N/R           0

Junior Division

Scott Callahan

N/R        N/R          N/R         N/R            0

.22 Hand Gun

Advanced Division

Eric Cose 10/43

67           85            74           53            279

Intermediate Division

Levi Gleason

N/R        N/R           N/R         N/R             0

Wes Minto

N/R        N/R           N/R         N/R              0

American Trap

Score1     Score 2       Total

Advanced Division

Brian Callahan

21              18               39 Silver Medal

Eric Cose

7               11               18

Amanda Richardson

N/R         N/R                0

Intermediate Division

Levi Gleason

14           10                 24

Rachel Corkill

10             8                 18

Junior Division

Scott Callahan

18          15                  33 Gold Medal

Black Powder Rifle,

Intermediate Division

Wes Minto

Standing N/R   Sitting N/r    Prone N/R

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