4-H Mule Tales University of California Cooperative Extension—Modoc County

NovemberNovember--December 2014December 2014

NOV 6 4-H Enrollment, All Star & Hi 4-H Nominations, Pre-Registration for Presentation Workshop & formal New Leader Orientation Training due in 4-H Office by 5 pm. 12 Junior Show Board Meeting, 4:30 pm @ Farm Advisor’s Office Conference Room 15 PRESENTATION WORKSHOP @ Farm Advisor/4-H Office, Noon to 4 pm DEC 3 Club Reporting DUE by 5 pm– Budget, Calendar, Outreach Document, Program Planning Guide 10 Junior Show Board Meeting, 4:30 pm @ Farm Advisor’s Office Conference Room 31 Last date to appoint New Leaders JAN 10 Presentation Day Entry Forms due in 4-H Office by 5 pm. 13 Modoc 4-H Leader’s Council Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Farm Advisor’s Office Conference Room 14 Junior Show Board Meeting, 4:30 pm @ Farm Advisor’s Office Conference Room FEB 5 Science Saturday Registration Forms due in 4-H Office by 5 pm 7 MODOC COUNTY PRESENTATION DAY, 10-2, Cedarville @ Surprise Valley Elementary 11 Junior Show Board Meeting, 4:30 pm @ Farm Advisor’s Office Conference Room 28 SCIENCE SATURDAY, 8:30 to 12:30, Veteran’s Memorial Hall in Alturas

Congratulations

to our County Club Award Winners!

Surprise Valley 4-H took home two awards! They received the Outstand-

ing Club Award and the Big “E” -Most Enthusiastic Club Award! Congrat-

ulations SV! Keep up the Good work!!

Canby Hot Springs 4-H was awarded the Community Service Club of the Year for

2013-2014! Their club holds over 7 community service events and has 100% mem-

ber attendance ! Great Job 4-Hers!

4-H History Map Help record 4-H history by con-tributing to the National 4-H History Map: http://docs.google.com/forms/

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Submit your county’s most sig-nificant 4-H historical photo-graphs and tidbits. There is no better guide toward our future than to learn from and build up-on our past. Check out our National 4-H His-tory Preservation Program: hhtp:4-hhistorypreservation.com/

Likely Pine Burrs

Likely has selected their new 2014-2015 officers for the year. We have voted as follows, President~Anna Colbert, Vice President~Madelyn Bin-ning, Secretary~Audra Larsen, Treas-urer~Chantz Albrecht, Reporter~Sage Albrecht, and Sergent of Arms~Joel Torres. The first meeting of the year was held on October 6, 2014, after all of the official business was done, we had a little fun to celebrate National 4-H week! We made a poster with animal stickers, stamps, and anatomy, then we signed it and took a picture. On Oc-tober 22, 2014 we had a “Record Book Workshop,” As a club, we all went through and discussed the require-ments to make a perfect record book. We are looking forward to another year of great fun, agriculture, and service.

~Sage Albrecht

Congratulations to Likely Pine Burrs for

winning the #iam4h National 4-H Week Most Creative Photo Contest

If you missed the County Wide Officer’s

training this year, you missed out!

Last Saturday, Modoc County 4-H host-ed an amazing 4-H Officer’s Team

Training at the Forest Service Building

in Alturas. Each Officer was able to learn their requirements in each of the

their positions. The clubs worked on team building, played games, had

lunch, and met new people. Clubs that participated were Surprise Valley 4-H,

New Pioneer 4-H, Davis Creek 4-H,

Providence 4-H, Beiber 4-H, Winema 4-H, Likely Pine Burrs and Canby Hot

Springs 4-H. Canby Hot Springs won the Community

Service Club of the Year Award. With

that they received a $500 Cash Award from the Milano Foundation. Surprise

Valley 4-H went home with a $1000.00 cash award from the Milano Founda-

tion, earning the Big “E” (Enthusiastic) and the Outstanding Club of the Year

Award.

We would like to thank the leaders and

volunteers for their time, the Forest Service for the use of the facility, and

the presenters: Jacee Knighton, Michele

Dancer, Heather Hadwick and Cheryl Kunert. Special thanks to Heather Had-

wick for all of her time and efforts into the training.

Reporting from the training, Evan Bidwell, Reagan Dahle, Jake Cuz-ick, Jacob Worch, Miranda Linker, Jason Allee, Rebecca Allee, Gonzalo Ramirez

and Sage Albrecht

Revolution of Responsibility Service Learning Mini-Grants

4-H groups can apply for up to $1,000 to identify, plan, and carry out a

service-learning project in their com-munity. Projects will be focused on

three key content areas that form the core of all 4-H programs, Science,

Healthy Living and Citizenship. Let’s start dreaming Modoc 4-H! 2014 Application Dates

September 15, 2014 & November 15, 2014

Modoc County held their annual County Level Record Book Judging

on October 25, 2014 at the 4-H office in Alturas.

Of the 41 books entered, 31 received Gold.

Earning Gold from New Pioneer were Chance Galvin, Cody Sphar, Peter

French, Dawn Waterman, Brett Waterman, Scott Lewis, Megan Nelson, Chris-

tian Givan, Maverick Farnam, Morgan Warnock, Hayden Frederick, Lane Gal-

vin, Nash Warnock, Shelby Criner, Jenna Nelson, Kelly Roberts, and

Natalie Walton. Both Sara McCoy and Megan Banworth from Providence 4-H

Club received Gold. Jake Fields, Haley Dancer, Jesse Dancer, Grady Ingra-

ham, Riley Atkins, Lance Jayo and Jake Cuzick received Gold for Davis Creek

4-H. Gonzalo Ramirez, Victoria Alcala Ramirez and Briseyda Chavolla received

Gold for Winema 4-H Club. Gold Winners from Surprise Valley 4-H club were

Charly Simpson and Zane Still.

Hardy Ingraham, Mackenzie McGiffin, Leea Brown, Cedar Klugherz, Kristy

Sphar, Maddison Seely, Jeff Carey and Dakota Jayo all earned Blue Seals for

their books. Brett McGiffin took home a red seal for his record book.

Congratulations to all of our winners! Your hard work and dedication to 4-H

shines through in your record books! We will be offering a record book work-

shop in the spring to get everybody on the same page with the rules and

organization of the record book!

So watch your upcoming mule tales for a date!

Gold Winners receive a special record book pin for their efforts this year and

$15.00. Blue Winners will go home with $10.00 and Red with $5.00.

Winema 4-H Club held their first meeting

Oct 6th for returning members and new members to

start signing up for a new year. Also during this

meeting new officers were elected.

The New Officers are as follows: President/

Healthy Living- Victoria Ramirez, Vice President-

Adrian Brown, Secretary- Mickaela Sanders, Treas-

urer- Briseyda Chavolla, Stg. At Arms/Reporter-

Gonzalo Ramirez and Recreational- Josh Brown

This year Winema 4-H will be offering sever-

al projects including Sign Language lead by Terri

Moore whom translates for a High School Student at

Tulelake High School.

During our 2nd meeting on November 3rd we

started fundraising. Our fundraising started with can-

dy bar sales. We will be selling World’s Finest choc-

olate bars for $1.00.

Our Next meeting will be held on December

1st at 6:30 in the HONKER cafeteria and we will be

having a canned food drive at this meeting. Also in

December we will be having a pizza party to cele-

brate Christams.

COMMUNITY SERVICE with Winema 4-

H will start up again in December. We will be help-

ing the City Hall with the community tree lighting

ceremony held on Veterans Park on Main street in

Tulelake on December 5th. Then on December 19th

we will be helping the HONKER with their cookies

with Santa event.

Gonzalo Ramirez, Reporter

Winema 4-H Is in Full Swing

Surprise Valley 4-H: A New Year, and a Final Report

Well, this is the end of my being Club Reporter. The last 0. The final slice of cake. The end of the fajitas. The- well, you get the idea. The point is, my duty of being reporter is (sniff, sniff) over. (sniff).

We’ve had a good year though, and now that the new year has begun, we have many new members and new officers as well.

The new officers for Surprise Valley 4-H are: President: Charly Simpson, Vice President: Zane Still, Secretary: Mackenzie McGiffin , Treasurer: Maya Shultz, Sargent of Arms: Brett McGiffin , Reporter: Miranda Linker , Healthy Living Officer: Maddison Seely and

Facebook Page Administrator: Sydna Kennedy

This year, we have a lot of new Primary Members in our 4-H club, which gives more responsibility to the officers and older members. We had our sign-up meeting, which is also an ice cream social. We had a REALLY good turn-out. (the ice cream probably had something to do with it). We have new projects this year: Dogs, Communication, Scrap Booking, and various types of gardening projects. Surprise Valley 4-H has a facebook page, but now has an administrator. If you have something new for us to post, please contact me through the club. The Awards Night dinner is on Nov. 17 at 6:00. It is a potluck, so bring food! Hope to see you there! And also, congratulations to Miranda Linker, for being the new Reporter and all the other officers, have a great year!

Sydna Kennedy, 2013-14 Reporter

Our new officers for New Pioneer 4-H are: Brady Deaton, president; Chance Galvin, vice-president; Hayden Fredrick , secretary; John Thomason, treasurer; Jacob Worch,

reporter; and Peter French, sergeant of arms. Congratulations to the new leaders of New Pioneer 4-H. Thank you Shawna and Donna for serving us for so many years as

our leaders. On October 8th , we will have our “Get To Know Your Officers” trivia game. Each officer will make up two trivia questions about themselves, and one will be

related to 4-H. Jacob Worch, Reporter

New Pioneer 4-H Club Elects New Officer Team

Junior Livestock Show Board MeetingJunior Livestock Show Board Meeting

December 10, 2014 @ 4:30 pm at the 4December 10, 2014 @ 4:30 pm at the 4--H officeH office Questions or concerns, email JLS Advisor Teri Brown, idoshoes@hotmail.comQuestions or concerns, email JLS Advisor Teri Brown, idoshoes@hotmail.com

The Board met in November and set the date for the 2015 Show! The Board met in November and set the date for the 2015 Show! Junior Show will be heldJunior Show will be held

June 8June 8--12, 201512, 2015

More Fun

Modoc County Cattlemen and Cattlewomen Bret Hill Memorial Scholarship and Project

Conditions and Requirements: 1. Must be between the ages of 9-16 or grades 4th -10th and enrolled in 4-H or FFA and the Beef Project. 2. Must be enrolled in a 4-H club in the Modoc Council or Big Valley, Surprise Valley, or Alturas FFA chapter. 3. Must have a suitable place to keep and raise heifer- fences, shelter, health, and feed. 4. Must breed heifer to a suitable bull. Applicant is responsible for this. 5. Must keep accurate and complete records on the heifer and present to MCCA/MCCW at the end of the year. 6. Must show at the Junior Livestock show and one fair (Modoc District, Intermoun-tain, Lake County, or Tulelake Butte Valley Fair) as a heifer and again as a cow/calf the following year. If chosen, you must send a copy of your entry forms to MCCW, 30 days prior to event. 7. Must be selected from a herd based in Modoc County which may encompass bor-dering property in Lake (OR), Lassen, and Washoe (NV) Counties and preferably with the guidance of a MCCA/MCCW member and 4-H or FFA leader. The scholarship will cover the current price of a commercial heifer, if a registered or purebred heifer is se-lected the member is responsible for the difference. 8. In the case of death of the animal, the program is terminated. MCCA/MCCW is not responsible for a replacement animal. 9. Application must be received by November 15, 2014. 10. Must include the following in the application: a. Explain why you are applying for the Heifer Project. b. Describe area in which the animal will be kept include pictures of shelter, fencing and give approximate dimensions of area. c. Enclose a budget of expenses which may be incurred for the first year of the pro-ject- feed, vet, breeding and any others. d. A brief history of yourself and your plans should you be awarded the project. A letter of support from parents/guardians and 4-H leader or FFA advisor. I thoroughly understand the above conditions and agree to them. _______________________________ ____________________________ Member signature Date Parent/guardian Signature Date _______________________________ Please Return Applications to: Leader or Advisor Signature Date MCCW ATTN: Bret Hill Chair

P.O. Box 711 Alturas, CA 96101

Modoc County Cattlemen and Cattlewomen Bret Hill

Memorial Scholarship and Project Please use this cover sheet for your application. Name:_________________________________________ Age:___________ Phone:_______________________________________ Grade:___________ Mailing Address:_________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ 4-H or FFA Chapter:_____________________________________________ Year in 4-H or FFA:_______________ Year in Beef Project:_____________ Leader or Advisor:_______________________________________________

MISSING Red Sheep Stand

With McGiffin written on it Left at Junior Show

If you have it or have any leads Please Call

McGiffin’s at 279-2160

Chico State Swine Day January 24th 8 am-2 pm

@ CSUC University Farm Professional Key Note Speaker

Live Project Pig Auction Raffle Hog

Lunch included with $5 entry Swine Education Workshops

chicostateswineunit@gmail.com 530-898-6025

4-H MuleTales Newsletter

The MuleTales newsletter provides your family with im-

portant information about the 4-H Youth Development

Program. Each bimonthly issue provides information

about meetings, events, activities and due dates. We mail

one copy to each 4-H family who has one or member en-

rolled in 4-H. Please share your newsletter with others in

your home.

We encourage clubs and individuals to submit articles

and photos. All information must be received in the 4-H

Office by the 3rd Monday of each month. The best way

to submit information is to email it to:

hhadwick@ucanr.edu

For more information check out the Modoc 4-H

Webpage at http://cemodoc.ucdavis.edu.

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