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                        4-H Newsletter                                                                                                                                 April 2005

           

Note from the 4-H office –

 

Dear 4-H Members,

 

4-H shares information with those across the nation. Louisiana 4-H Youth Development Program has completed a cooperative program with Josephson Institute of Ethics and the Louisiana State University Ag Center Research and Extension. Below is a small sampling of selections for the “Good Ideas to Help Young People Develop Good Character” unit.

 

See if youth members in your club or project can compose their own. Send it in next month and it will be published!

 

Title it: Character Quotes…

 

TRUSTWORTHINESS

“Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promises” – George Washington

 

“Character is much easier kept than recovered”-Thomas Paine

 

RESPECT

“Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength” – Eric Hoffer

“Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

RESPONSIBILITY

“What you do matters, and one person can make a big difference” – Unknown

“They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself” – Andy Warhol

FAIRNESS 

“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done” – Longfellow

“The person who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything” – Edward Phelps

CARING

“It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice” – John Marks Templeton

“Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day” – Sally Koch

CITIZENSHIP

“The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth” – Chief Seattle

“Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at 

doing” – Quincy Jones

 

DECISION MAKING

“We are our choices”- Jean Paul-Sartre

 

“Nothing is so contagious as an example, so make it good” – Duc De La Rochefoucauld

 

QUOTES FROM KIDS

 

“It was the summer after fourth grade that I came to realize that the connections we have with other people is necessary for our survival” – James Walker, age 11

 

“A friend will never write you off” – D. Fischel

 

“Friendships multiply joys and divide grief” – T. Fuller

 

Last County Orientation and Fingerprinting for this Spring

 

Monday, April 25, 2005, 7-9 PM at the 4-H office is for all adult volunteers who missed the Fall Orientations and Fingerprinting. 

Please do not bring children, as this is an adult meeting. County orientation and fingerprinting is a requirement in order to be a 

chaperone, driver, project leader/assistant or event coordinator. Hand rolled prints will be taken free of charge on the 25th. 

Effective May 1, 2005, DOJ will no longer accept fingerprint cards from the county offices and only electronically transmitted 

prints will be accepted. Information on where, when and the cost is forthcoming.

RSVP the 4-H office with your name and club – 925-646-6543 or llwhalen@ucdavis.edu    

California State Fair: New DNA Collection Requirements

A quick note to inform all counties that will have youth taking livestock to the 2005 California State Fair, the NEW 

DNA collection requirements and the deadline dates for requesting DNA testing kits has now been posted on the 

California State Fair website at www.bigfun.org 

Got Photos?

L. Richmond, your Contra Costa All Star 2004-2005 needs photos!

I don’t want anybody to be left out of the slideshow on Achievement Night 2005! Please send your favorite 

captured 4-H moments  by email to: shoot4thestarz03@yahoo.com 

4-H County Drama Project

Lewis Carroll’s 

Alice in Wonderland

Adapted by Charlotte Chorpenning

Directed by Bill Toaspern

Cast and Crew of All 4-H Members

Friday, April 8,           7:30PM

Saturday,  April 9,      7:30PM

Sunday, April 10,       2:30PM

Friday, April 15,         7:30PM

Saturday, April 16,     2:30PM

Old School House Theatre

2050 Oak Park Blvd.

Pleasant Hill, CA

Reservation Hotline 925-932-1238

Adults $5, Children (under 12) $2

Reservations recommended. Tickets available at the door.

Countywide Showmanship Clinic 

When: April 9, 2005

Leaders meet at 8:00AM, Clinic begins at 9:00AM

Where: Contra Costa County Fairgrounds, Antioch

Come learn about showing the following animals: 

Beef, Sheep, Swine, Goat, Horse, Llama, Poultry, Pigeon, Rabbit, Cavy and Dog.

Contra Costa County Citizenship and Leadership Development Day CCCCLDD by J. Richmond

This year CCCCLDD is going to be so much fun! We are going to have games, pizza, and guest speaker Brian Green from 

Pixar. He is going to come and speak about the Incredibles, animation, teamwork, and the new movies that Pixar is working on. 

You don’t want to miss this exciting night. At CCCCLDD we will also be collecting items for our community service projects. We 

will be collecting money for the Tsunami relief and for the battered women’s shelter. We will also be collecting kids books for the 

community service project, “Books for the Barrios”. Last but not least, we will be collecting videos for children’s hospitals, for when 

the kids are in the hospital and they have nothing to watch.

When: April 23, 6:00 to 9:00PM. Registration and pizza starts at 5:30PM

Where: Farm Bureau Hall in Concord, 5554 Clayton Road

Cost: $5.00 includes pizza, salad and drinks

RSVP: By April 11 to Sue Richmond at hennypennypoultrygal@yahoo.com

Fashion Revue 2005 submitted by April Ward

"Stitches in Time"

Knightsen Elementary School

1923 Delta Road, Knightsen

Fashion Show at 1:00pm

"Stitches in Time" is the theme for this year's Fashion Revue.  We will step back into the 1960's and work our way to 2005 by 

displaying and honoring past Contra Costa County Fashion Revue winners.  We'll show it all- beehive hairdos, polyester pantsuits,

 fanciful prom dresses, and everything in between.  Don't miss this event of the year- or forty years...  See you in

Knightsen!

 

CLUB NEWS

 

Briones 4-H

Community Service submitted by Karen Luckhurst

Briones forgot to let you all know what happened on Valentines Day.  Paul Bailey and  Jacob, Connor and Seth Kozlowski, went to the Veterans Hospital in Martinez.  They handed out over 100 red carnations to the patients there.  The boys had a great time doing this and they visited with some of the men there. Some were very interesting and full of history. They loved being remembered and asked the boys to come back and visit any time.  It was a very rewarding experience.

 

UCD Sheep Barn Tour submitted by Helen Compton

On Sunday, March 13 the Briones Sheep Group and several other 4-H clubs went to the UC Davis sheep barns for their annual tour. We learned a lot about selection, showmanship, and taking care of our lambs. First we went through the barn, which had all of the brand new lambs in it. Then, we went through the second barn that had all of the older lambs and sheep in it. Our tour guides were UC Davis students who live in special dorm rooms in the barns. We even got a chance to practice showmanship with the lambs there. It was a lot of fun.

 

Pleasant Hill 4-H

Community Service submitted by Donna Rammell

The Pleasant Hill 4-H club has done a couple of community service projects this year. They include working at the Contra Costa Food Bank where the club helped to sort food, box and package for shipping to various agencies throughout the county. Also, we make cash and food donations consisting of canned and dry goods at monthly meetings.

In April the club will be helping with a walkathon at Heather Farms Park to help raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of America. We will assist with setting up booths and registration for the events which are expected to last all day.

 

Goat Project  submitted by Kaylynn Rammell

We have 4 young pygmy goats at Borges Ranch. Their names are Rain, Midnight, Riot and Garth, Garth is actually the oldest one. Our Pleasant Hill goat project has recently gotten together at Borges Ranch and gave each of the goats a shot that would protect them from tetnus and overeating. The small group of us also trimmed the goats hooves so they don’t develop hoof problems in the future. Everyday one of the project members goes up to the ranch and cleans the goat pen and feeds them grass, hay and their favorite, goat chow. At other meetings, which are usually held on Sunday afternoon, the goat owners and other members round up the pygmies and take them for a walk in the beautiful Mt. Diablo hills. During the summer after the normal 4-H season is over, we take the goats out to the Contra Costa County Youth Fair and show the goats in showmanship and conformation shows. Most of our members have done this before so they are in the more competitive advanced group but they still have fun. This will be the group members had older pygmies that are now retired in an old apple tree pasture in Grass Valley. So it will be exciting to see how the smaller does will react to all the constant action.

 

STATE NEWS

 

4-H Incentives and Recognition Statewide Award List

http://ca4h.org/4hresource/ir/index.asp

 

Recognition for 4-H Members

2005 Statewide 4-H Scholarships

Deadline: April 30 to the California 4-H Youth Development Office
    Questions: Contact Jazz Stables a jstables@ucdavis.edu
    General 4-H Scholarship (in memory of Mabel W. Jacks)
         Eligibility: High School senior or high school graduate, in California 4-H when graduated.
         Donor: Mabel W. Jacks Scholarship Fund.
         Award: Five, $700 scholarships
    Vocational Ed. 4-H Scholarship (sponsored by the Samarin Family)
         Eligibility: High school or equivalent graduate who at the time of graduation are/were 4-H members, those who are seeking training at a vocational/trade or junior college vocational program.
         Donor: The Samarin Family through The California 4-H Foundation
         Award: $1000 award

 

4-H Calendar   2004 - 2005

 

Please email Sue Richmond with any updates to the calendar at hennypennypoultrygal@yahoo.com

 

April 2005

1-3 Sectional 4-H Citizenship Conference Walden West Conf. Center Saratoga

3 Swine Rodeo – Knightsen 4-H

4 Record Book Committee meeting   6:00 pm 4-H Office

4 Field Day planning meeting   6:00 pm Round Table, PH

4 County Council meeting    7:30 pm  4-H Office

8-16 “Alice In Wonderland” reservations  925-932-1238

Old Schoolhouse Theatre 

9  Countywide Showmanship Clinic  9:00am  Antioch Fairgrounds

Leaders  8:00am

16 Dog Field Day     10 am  Hansen’s Ranch

18 Fashion Revue Modeling Workshop  7:15 pm 4-H Office

20 Pre-Camp Staff meeting 6:30-8:30 Concord High

23  CCCCLDD* 5:30-9 pm  Farm Bureau Hall, Concord

23 County Fashion Revue* Fashion Show 1:00 pm Haley or April Ward

Knightsen Elementary

23 State Council meeting      Pomona

25 County Orientation and Fingerprinting 7-9 pm  4-H Office

26 Youth Fair meeting    7:30 pm 4-H Office

30 County work weekend     Las Posadas

30 State 4-H Scholarship/Awards due date   Check Website

30 1 Camp Staff work weekend TBA

 

May 2005

2 Record Book Committee meeting  6:00 PM 4-H Office

2 County Council meeting    7:30pm  4-H Office

7 Sectional Fashion Revue   Sonoma County 4-H Center

10 County Fair entries are due    

21 Sectional Youth/Leader Council    Woodland

21 4-H Horse Show/call Mark Johnston or 8:00 am Antioch Fairgrounds

your horse leader

24 Youth Fair meeting    7:30pm 4-H Office

28 State Presentation Day      UC Davis

 

       

                                               

 

 

June 2005

1 Enrollment deadline SLC

2-5 Contra Costa County Fair

TBA Youth Fair forms due

6 Record Book Committee meeting   6:00 pm 4-H Office

6  County Council meeting   7:30pm 4-H Office

19-25 County Camp- Las Posadas      Angwin, CA

25-29 Citizenship Cal Focus Conference   

July 2005

4 Parades various cities in Contra Costa Co.

TBA State I & R Books due to 4-H Office (last year 7/15)

12-16  Youth Fair  Antioch Fairgrounds

TBA  County Field Day * (during Youth Fair)  (lead clubs-Delta, Diablo) 

August 2005

TBA State Youth Leadership Summit  UC Davis

TBA State Technology Conference     UC Davis

4-7 State Leadership Conference        UC Davis

 

12-9/5 State Fair expanded schedule www.bigfun.org

 

COUNTY EVENT * = required for 100% county attendance pin

 

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