THE ACORNICLE

JAMUL CHAPARROS 4-H CLUB NEWSLETTER

March 2011

Editors: needed - e-mail – _mbradley@hotmail.com
Newsletter articles need to be submitted by the Friday following the Unit Meeting

Community Club Leader Mary Bradley - e-mail – l_mbradley@hotmail.com

E-mail address is: email@jamul4h.org

Jamul Chaparros 4-H Website - www.jamul4h.org

Club Officers

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


Community Service Leader’s Message

 

Hello Jamul Chaparros! 

 

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 5th 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.

 

Thank you!

Mary

 

President’s Message

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!

Until next time,

Haley

 

Eastern San Diego County Jr. Fair in Lakeside

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!

  

Upcoming Events

March 19th – Flat horse show at Tumbleweeds Arena

March 20th – Eastern San Diego County Jr. Fair BBQ and Auction

March 21st – Board meeting at the Bradley’s house 6:30pm

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

 

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

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

April 16th – Gymkhana horse show at Tumbleweeds Arena

 

Board Meeting

The Board will meet at the Bradley’s home, Monday, March 21st 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 3rd Monday of the month at 6:30PM at the Bradley’s house. 

 

Upcoming Events in April

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.

 

Attention project leaders

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.

 

Project Info~  Please check the online calendar for the latest changes:

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

 

Arts & Crafts/Photography/Woodworking/Horticulture/Leatherwork -

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 1st and 3rd 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.

 

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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!

 

Also please visit the County Newsletter for more information at:

http://cesandiego.ucdavis.edu/newsletterfiles/newsletter545.htm