THE ACORNICLE

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

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

It was great to see the wonderful turn out for our September kick-off meeting! I was very happy to see so many returning members and many first time visitors. If you were a visitor, I hope you’ll join us this year. 4-H is a lot of fun! It’s a great way to learn new things and make new friends!

A big thank you to everyone who has completed their online registration, turned in their medical health history, medical release forms, and paid their fees. The fees this year are $35/youth member and $10/adult volunteer. I will be processing the registrations and turning them into the county 4-H office. When your online registration and all of your paperwork has been completed, you should receive a confirmation of it via email. If you are a new volunteer, please be sure to complete your training, fill out your paperwork, pay your registration fee, and complete the Live Scan screening process as soon as possible. If you have any questions regarding this process, please give me a call.

Welcome everybody to a new 4-H year! Our first meeting of the year was a success! There were a lot of new faces, and I hope to keep seeing you guys at our meetings. Remember to watch deadlines for enrollment, they come quicker than you think! ***Remember than you may not attend your project meeting until you are enrolled in 4-H***. Be thinking about being a chairperson for the Jamul Parade. We really need someone to step up and be chairperson for this! Hope to see you all at our next unit meeting, which is October 4th!
-Haley Grigsby

The 2011-2012 board members will be installed at the next meeting. Please wear your 4-H best for the installation ceremony. Also, make sure Mr. Peterson takes your picture for the Club Board Members pictures on the web site.

President - Chelsea Smith.
Vice President - Rachel Bradley.
Treasurer - Christina Dietzer.
Secretary - Miriam Lopez.
Sgt. at Arms - Hope Gilces.
Historian - Ashley Whipple.
Reporter – Damian Reed.
Supply Officer - open position.
Recreation Leader –Rebecca Dietzer.
Song Leaders - Katie Raya and Alex Doar.
Cloverbuds Leaders - Tess Porter and Kelsey Gans.

Attention project leaders, parents, and youth members: Please be sure to check the club’s online calendar for project meeting dates and times. Also, if you have not completed your registration, you will not be covered by 4-H insurance until you do so. Please complete the registration process as soon as possible!

The deadline to turn them in to Mary Bradley is Oct 4^th. You must turn this in to receive credit for your 2010-2011 projects. If you are working towards earning your stars, please turn in the full record book. We will be holding our awards ceremony during our November business meeting. We want to reward you for all of your hard work, but we can’t do it without these important records/project reports. Call Mary if you have any questions. Thank you!

This year the San Diego 4-H County Council is going to be putting together a cookbook. This will the County Council’s big fundraiser and it is taking the place of calendar sales. They promise the cookbook will be out in time to purchase them and sell them for Christmas presents! They would like all recipes submitted to Robbie Cranor by Sept. 30^th. The recipe forms were available at the September unit meeting. If you would like to submit a recipe and did not pick up a form, please email your recipe directly to Robbie at FORD67@netmail.com, or contact Mary Bradley and she will email you a copy of the form. If you did pick up a form, please fill it out and mail it to:

San Diego County 4-H Office, Attn: Carol Hrigora, 9335 Hazard Way, Suite 201, San Diego, Ca 92123. The County Council would really like to get at least 6 recipes per club, so please take the time to submit one of your family favorites to them!

With a club of our size, communication is very important so all members are kept informed. When my wife and I were the Acornicle Newsletter editors in the 1980’s, the club members communicated with hand-written notes, telephone calls, and mailed letters. With today’s technology, we have email, cell phones, voice-mail, the club’s website, and on-line calendar to communicate with. Even with all this technology, good club communication does not happen without help.

- The club Reporter(s) should be reporting on the club activities and information presented at the Board and Unit meetings. The reports should be sent to the Editor to be included in the Acornicle.

- The club President should be sending a President’s Message to the Editor each month.

- The club Leader should be sending a Community Service Leader’s Message to the Editor each month.

- The Project Leaders should be sending project meeting information to the Editor each month.

- The Project Leader should encourage their Junior and Teen Project Leaders to send in project activity reports to the Editor each month.

- The Editor cross-checks the information and assembles it into the Acornicle newsletter.

- The Webmaster sends the newsletter out as an email to the club’s email list, and adds the Acornicle to the club’s website www.jamul4h.org. The on-line calendar is also updated with information from the newsletter.

If you, or someone you know, would prefer a printed and mailed copy of the Acornicle, give me 10 self-addressed, stamped (with Forever stamps) business-sized envelopes. I will print and mail the newsletter to you/them each month.

Sept. 20^th – Webinar for the new online record book program. Please contact Carol Hrigora at the county office for more info…858-614-7614.

Officer Leader’s Training – Oct. 8th – Twin Peaks Middle School, 14640 Twin Peaks Road, Poway, at 9am to noon. If you are a new officer, or will be holding a new office within the club, please be sure to attend this special training session. They will also be conducting training for new project leaders and volunteers. If you need a ride to it, please contact Mary Bradley, and we will see if we can form some car pools to go to it. See you there!

Teen Rock Climbing Event – sponsored by the SD 4-H Teen Council, please see your county newsletter for more info.

Decorating for the Jamul Parade – Sat. Oct. 15^th at the Smith’s house, more info to come – time TBD.

Jamul Parade and Petting Zoo – Oct. 16^th – Meet at Jamul Primary School before 8:30am.

I hope to see all of you at the Fall Festival to be held at JIS on Friday, Oct. TBD! We will host a petting zoo and community outreach. This is a great way to promote our club and you can have a fun time at the festival too!

On September 22^nd, the Board will meet at the Bradley’s home at 7pm. All incoming and outgoing board members are encouraged to attend. All are welcome and encouraged to attend! Please call Mary for information and directions.

Throughout the year our Club holds events and activities that require organization and leadership in the form of “Chairperson” and Committee member roles. These opportunities provide a learning experience for members in organizational skills, teaming and leadership under the guidance of an adult volunteer. As members grow in knowledge and ability they can take on bigger roles and pass on their acquired knowledge with less experienced members. This process has worked well in developing members skills and maintaining the events and activities our Club has come to expect and enjoy year after year. Upcoming events needing Chairs and Committee members will include the Holiday Party, Super Saturday Booth, ESDCJF Auction, Kiwanis Car Show, End of Year Potluck and Summer Party. Parents, please encourage your children to participate in Chairing and Committee membership whenever possible. The growth experience if invaluable and members will get a great sense of accomplishment.

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.

Sept. 25^th – Horse Tack sale in Descanso to raise funds for the County Horse Advisory

Oct. 8^th – Officer’s Training Day at Twin Peaks Middle School, 9am-noon

Oct 10^th -Teen Council at the County office, 6:30PM All teens are encouraged to attend and become involved in the Teen Council!

Oct. 15^th – Decorating the float for the Jamul Parade, meet at the Smith’s house, Jamul, call for more info

Oct. 22^nd – Noble Steeds Halloween Horse Show to raise money to feed rescue horses. This is not a 4-H event, but it is hosted by our 4-H assistant horse leader Patty Hyslop. It will be at the Nunn Family Ranch, Jamul. Please call Patty for more info.

Oct. 29^th – 4-H Horse Playday – Halloween Costume Contest –Time and location - TBD

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

Meets at the Dulzura Community Center 6pm – contact Dana Mottola for more info or Mary Bradley.

Leadership and 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 – At this month’s meeting, Adam learned how to update information about the Dog Project and enter captions for the Photos of the Month. The project meetings are held on the Sunday after the Unit Meeting, 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The next meeting will be on October 9, 2011 and held at the Peterson’s house in Deerhorn Valley. 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.

Dog Project- We meet at Smith’s Ranch at 4:30 pm. Call Karen Smith for more info.

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

Performing Arts – Meets at the Darroch Performing Arts Studio on 13910 Lyons Valley Road, please contact Fran Darroch for more info. (Jamul School of Performing arts is having a Rummage sale on Sat. Oct. 1st. They are asking for donations to sell to help keep the studio going.)

Sheep – Contact Margaret Drown 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 Club.

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 Club.

Small Animals (Cavies, Rabbits, and Poultry) – Contact Karen Smith, Britney Grigsby, or Kelli Helms for more info.

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!