THE ACORNICLE

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President – Haley Grigsby	Vice-Pres. - Chelsea Smith & Safari Fabrizio
Secretary – Rachel Bradley	Corresponding Sec. – Jessie Krempp
Treasurer – Christina Dietzer	Reporter – Jannettie Krempp
Supply Officer – Rachel Bradley	Historian - Chelsea Smith & Forest Sallee
Teen Council Rep - Haley Grigsby	Recreation – Lindsey Smith
Sgt. at Arms - Savannah Donston	Clover Buds - Jessie Krempp
Song Leaders – Jack Sullivan, Liam Sullivan, & Adam Madla

I’m sorry I had to miss the March unit meeting. My cervical spinal surgery went well and I’m on the road to recovery. Thank you for your cards, flowers, good wishes, and prayers!

Our big event this month will be the Eastern San Diego County Jr. Fair BBQ and Auction. We will be running the bake sale booth inside the dining hall. The bake sale will be from 11am to 3pm, the same hours as the BBQ dinner. Please bring goodies to sell at the booth and if you can volunteer to help run the booth, please contact Jessie Krempp. We also need to donate items to the fair board to be sold at the auction. If you have any items you’d like to donate, or if you’d like to donate cash that the fair board can use to buy items to sell at the auction, please contact Kathy Quick.

I hope by now you have a copy of the Eastern San Diego County Jr. Fair book, if not, please call me as I have a few copies left. I still have some entry forms too. All entry forms and fees are due at our April 5^th unit meeting. Project leaders, please be sure to come to the April unit meeting to sign entry forms, or arrange to sign them prior to the unit meeting. Sorry, no late entries will be accepted.

Thanks to all of those who helped out at Super Saturday! Great job to everybody who showed at Area 5 Field Day!! Big turn out from our club! Keep in mind that our club is in charge of the dessert booth at the East County Jr. Fair. Jessie Krempp is the chairperson. Also, we will need to supply some auction gifts. East County Jr. Fair entry forms are due at our April unit meeting (April 5) remember - No Exceptions!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully the pet treat sales are going well, you can get more at the next meeting. Hope to see you all on April 5th at our next unit meeting!

We are still collecting items for the ESDCJF BBQ & Auction on March 20th. So, if you have something you would like to donate to either event, please contact Mary.

The pre-sale tickets for the BBQ are $8/each and Mary has them if you would like to buy them. Tickets will also be available the day of the BBQ. Pre-sales help the fair board to determine how many meals they will need to prepare. Don’t forget we will also be manning the bake sale booth. Please sign up to help with this at the March unit meeting. If you are signed up in the Community Service project group, please be sure to help with this bake sale. I hope those of you who are gifted with the talent of baking will bring baked goods in support of our booth.

Last year the BBQ lunch was great and the auction was a lot of fun too! Please give the ESDCJF your support!

March 26^th – Home Arts and Design Day, and County Presentation Day at Twin Peaks Middle School, 14640 Tierra Bonita Rd., Poway

April 9^th – Cuyamaca College – Petting zoo and community outreach, we will be selling pet treats at this, 9am to 4pm

April 16^th – Kiwanis Chili cook-off/car show – we will be selling pet treats at this, 9am to 3pm

The Board will meet at the Bradley’s home, Monday, March 21^st at 6:30pm. All board members are encouraged to attend. All are other club members and their parents are also welcome and encouraged to attend! Please call Mary for information and directions.

***Special note, due to scheduling conflicts, starting in January, the board meetings will be held on the 3^rd Monday of the month at 6:30PM at the Bradley’s house.

In April we have 2 big community events - Saturday April 9, the Cuyamaca College Spring Garden Festival; and the next Saturday April 16, the Kiwanis Chili Cook-off and Car Show. At Cuyamaca College we will have a petting zoo and we will also be selling our pet treats. At the Kiwanis event we will just be selling pet treats. At both events we'll be given the opportunity to showcase just what 4-H is all about. This could be a great time to show the public what we do and how much fun we have doing it!

Cuyamaca College expects to have approximately 7,000 visitors and the Kiwanis are expecting approximately 1,000 visitors. So as you can see this could really be a GREAT opportunity for us to recruit new members and possibly some new project leaders. I have ordered more pet treats in anticipation that this could also be a great time to sell them and make some money for the club. If you can attend one or both of these events, please do so. Please let me know which event(s) you can attend and what animals you can bring to the petting zoo.

I would also like to propose that we have a poster contest. Please put together a poster of your favorite project or projects in 4-H. We will display the posters at both events. If you want to do a group poster that would be okay too! I'm not sure what the prizes will be, but I'll come up with something really good! So get your creative juices flowing and bring your posters to the April unit meeting.

Please be sure to check the online calendar <www.jamul4h.org/calendar> to make sure your meeting dates and times are listed and correct. Please send any corrections to our webmasters at: webmasters@jamul4h.org.

Archery - Contact Charla Cranor. This is a crossover project with the Alpine Amigos 4-H Club.

Meets at the Dulzura Community Center – contact Dana Mottola for more info.

Community Service Projects – These will come up as the year goes by – contact Mary Bradley if you would like to be involved in them. Very important for high school students if they need community service hours as part of their graduation requirements!

Computer and Website Design Project - This month's meeting was held at the Petersons, since the Fletchers were out of town. Lindsey did a great job at the meeting, adding pictures to the Photos Of The Month, and updating the Dog Project page. Check it out! The project meetings are held on the Sunday after the Unit Meeting, 5:00 to 7:00 pm, at the Fletchers. The next meeting will be April 10, 2011. If you are interested in learning about designing and maintaining our club’s web site at www.jamul4h.org, please contact Gene Peterson, or Kevin Fletcher. Also check the web calendar for any last minute changes at http://jamul4h.org/calendar.

Dairy Goats – The 1^st and 3^rd Friday of each month from 5 to 6pm. Contact Karen Smith for more info.

Dog Project- We meet every Thursday evening at St Pius Church at 5 pm call Karen Smith for more info. (The meetings may move back to Wednesday.)

Horse and Pony Project – Meets at the Nunn Family Ranch – Contact Nancy Grigsby for more info.

Pygmy Goats and Sheep – Contact Margaret Drown or Kelli Helms for more info. This is a crossover project with the Japatul 4-H Club.

Sewing/Fashion Revue – Contact Jaime Dyer to set up an appointment for sewing lessons. This is a crossover project with the Japatul 4-H.

Shooting Sports/Air Rifles – Meets at the Vista Antique Tractor Museum in Vista. Please contact Bill Woodall for more info. This is a crossover project with the Buena Vista 4-H.

Small Animals (Cavies, Rabbits/Meat Pen Rabbits, and Poultry/Meat Pen Chickens) – Contact Karen Smith, Britney Grigsby, or Kelli Helms for meeting time, location, and more info.

Meat Pen Turkeys, and Heritage Turkeys – Please contact Dana Mottola or Jennifer Krempp.

Remember, if you have any questions about something you have read here or anything else 4-H related you can call Mary. Also, please be sure to check our club’s website calendar. Dates and times of meetings are subject to change. Your project leader’s will make every attempt to contact you if there is a change, but you will also need to be proactive by checking the calendar and your email account for changes and up-to-date information!