January 2015

IMPERIAL COUNTY 4-H INTERCOM

Events & Deadlines

January 8th – Leaders Council Mtg. 6:00pm at the

Farm Bureau

10th - No Go No Show Training (10am

Juniors 11am Seniors) at the IVEXPO

10th - No Go No Show Training (6:30pm

Juniors 7:30pm Seniors) at the IVEXPO

17th - No Go No Show Training (10am

Juniors 11am Seniors) at the IVEXPO

16th – 18th

-Teen Involvement Confer-

ence in Mountain Center (1 1/2 hour drive)

19th – 4-H Office Closed

22nd - Livestock Leaders’Meeting ,

6:00pm at the Fairgrounds livestock office followed by Fair Livestock Meeting

31st – Large Animal Pre-Fair

31st – Small Animal Pre-Fair

31st – Plant and Flower Show

February 1st – Fair Entry Deadline

5th – Leaders Council Meeting

14th – Fair Clean Up—mandatory

8am-11am

16th – 4-H Office Closed

19th – Livestock Leaders’ Meeting

21st - Fair Clean up and begin barn

decorations

26th – Livestock Weigh and Check in

begins

27th Swine Weigh-in

27th – March 8th- Fair

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Thursday

January 8, 2015

@ 6pm

Farm Bureau

Thursday

January 22, 2015

@ 6pm

Fairgrounds

Livestock office

California Mid-Winter Fair & Fiesta “No Go – No Show” Code of Conduct

There are three training sessions scheduled at the IV Expo,

(building TBA) Parents and Leaders are encouraged to

attend. Saturday, January 10, 2015, JUNIORS– 10am–11am SENIORS– 11am–12pm Wednesday, January 14, 2015 JUNIORS– 6:30pm–7:30pm SENIORS– 7:30pm–8:30pm Saturday, January 17, 2015, JUNIORS– 10am–11am SENIORS– 11am–12pm

“No Go-No Show” Code of Conduct Training is required once every

three years for new and returning exhibitors. Attendance listing for the

No Go-No Show Code of Conduct trainings is available on the IVE web-

site: ivexpo.com If your name is not on the list, you are required to

attend training for the upcoming fair. If your name is on the list, the

year listed reflects when re-training is required. (4-H Primary Exhibi-

tors are exempt)

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Teen Involvement Conference (TIC)

When: J anuary 16-18, 2014

Where: Pathfinder Ranch

35510 Pathfinder Rd., #104

Mountain Center, CA

Ages: 13-19

**ATTENTION** Club Reporters and other officers, have something to share? Want to have an article featured in an upcoming intercom? Submit your pictures and articles by the 20th of each month to the 4-H office via email smabatti@ucanr.com, fax (760) 352-0846, or mail your article to 1050 E. Holton Rd Holtville Ca 92250

The December meeting for Southwest Valley 4-H was held on Tuesday, December 9 at 7:00 P.M. at the Ben Hulse Elementary School Cafeteria. During this meeting there was a Yoga health demonstra-tion by Becky McWane. Our members learned about how to wake up and stretch as well as stretching throughout the day and being more active.

In the meeting Jayden Taylor went over the plans for the parade of lights again and they were to place lights all around our bikes so that we could ride them through the parade. We also asked for chair or co-chair people as well as committee members to organize the large animal pre-fair which we are co-hosting.

The Hospitality Officers randomly selected members to select presents provided by the club at the end of the meeting. The healthy living food snacks at the monthly meeting were grapes, bananas, straw-berries, and marshmallows put together to look like the Grinch because it’s almost Christmas and our last meeting before Christmas.

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 13 at 6:30 P.M. at the Ben Hulse Elementary School Cafeteria.

Respectfully Submitted by,

Dillon Sanchez

Southwest Valley 4-H Club News

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PDR#4 Helped organize event. PDR#5 donated item PDR 6#Submit Intercom or

news Article PDR#6 Gave presentation while at conference

PDR #6Submit Intercom or news Article

Large Animal Pre-Fair Date January 31st Location : TBA Time: TBA

-Sheep -Swine -Goat-Feeder Calf -Beef-

This is a great learning opportunity to test out your showmanship skills. Participants are judged just as they would be at the Fair and are given critiques so they know what to improve upon in the next month. They are given tips, and “real world” practice in order to polish their skills before the Fair. The hosting clubs will be sending out an email with location information!

Small Animal Pre-Fair Date January 31st

Location : TBA Time: TBA

Poultry-Cavies-Rabbits-Pygmy Goats- Dog

Do you have a green thumb? Come show it off at the Plant & Flower Show!

Plant & Flower Show

Classes: 1. Bulbs (3-5 bulbs) 2. House Plants 3. Cut Flowers (3-6 f lowers) 4. Flower Bowls 5. Herb Gardens (3-5 herbs)

6. Vegetables, 7. Trees & Shrubs 8. Cacti and Succulents 9. Dish Gardens & Terrariums 10. Miscellaneous

The annual Plant and Flower Show is a judging event where 4-Hers come together to show-case their gardening abilities. Individuals are able to bring 5 entries, 1 per class. Primary

members are encouraged to participate with their plants. 4-H members must be enrolled in

a Plant Science Project( s)

Date January 31st Location : TBA Time: TBA

For all three events on this page PDR#2 Exhibited plant or animal PDR #3-attended event PDR#5 -helped

setup/cleanup PDR#4 if chair/committee PDR#4 Helped organize event. PDR#5 donated item PDR

#6Submit Intercom or news Article talked about it to your club. PDR#7 Won an award at either event

The 4-H Christmas Market was a great success! The proceeds from the silent auction aid in refurbishing the still exhibits building located at the IVEXPO. 4-H members, leaders and community members donated home-made crafts and baskets of goodies to be auctioned off. We look forward to seeing you next year at this fantastic event! Thank you again to the 4-H members and Volunteers who helped.

4-H

Christmas Market

4-H members, organizing all of the items to be bid on!

JANUARY 11th – Smith’s Home

JANUARY 17th -18

th – Colorado River Small Stock Show, Kingman, AZ

JANUARY 25th – David Shelton’s Home

JANUARY 31st – Small Animal Pre-Fair, Location TBD

FEBRUARY 1st – Smith’s Home

FEBRUARY 8th – David Shelton’s Home

FEBRUARY 14th – Fair Clean-Up, Fairgrounds

FEBRUARY 15th – David Shelton’s Home

FEBRUARY 21st – Fair Clean-Up, Fairgrounds

FEBRUARY 22 - (Knowledge Only, no animals, quiz bowl style) –

Smith’s Home

RABBIT, CAVY AND POULTRY MEETING SCHEDULE 2015

RABBIT MEETINGS – 1:00PM CAVY MEETINGS – 2:00PM

POULTY MEETINGS 3:00PM

Contact:

David Shelton

(760)427-8590 or

Kristen Smith

(760)960-0966

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#Submit Intercom or news Article

The Verde sewing project is

selling handmade 4-H

scarves for $10.00! This is

a $5.00 savings please

contact Sherry O’Malley at

slomalley@iid.com to

place an order!

All Star Corner

The weekend of December 13 and 14 we traveled to Redlands to attend

the South Section 4-H TIC (Teen Involvement Conference) planning

meeting. On our way to the meeting Saturday night we took a side tour

and visited Candy Cane Lane which consisted of 50 decorated homes on

Minerva Rd in Cathedral City. Sunday morning, the TIC staff members

got down to business and finalized the program, activities and events for

the upcoming Teen Involvement Conference. We are really excited about

the event and are pleased with the 14 4-H members from Imperial

County who have signed up so far!!! It’s going to be an amazing event!

We want to encourage more 13-year-old members to go online, register

and plan on having an awesome time! We want to remind everyone that

is going to the conference to “green out” your closet and please bring a

gently used coat( s) to donate – any size from infant to adult and any

color for the TIC Community Service Project.

The All Star team would like to con-

gratulate the Imperial County CAL

Focus team of Baylee Rose, Amy

Sanchez and Marty Cortez for putting

on a fun event and fulfilling their

“Plan of Action” by partnering up

with various 4-H Clubs, community

groups, individuals and businesses.

We were the guests of a group of

Brawley businessmen for the 11th

Annual Boy Scouts of America

Holiday Home Tour in Brawley. The

evening started with a scrumptious

dinner at the Brawley Stockmen’s

Club and then we visited four

uniquely decorated homes.

The All– Stars had another great month! All three of us had

fun participating and winning bids on three items during the

silent auction at the 4-H Christmas Market! The three of us

donated some photographs and cookie kits to the auction.

The University of California Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources (ANR) prohibits discrimi-

nation or harassment of any person in any of its programs or activities (Complete nondiscrimination policy statement can be found at http://ucanr.org/sites/anrstaff/files/107734.doc) Inquiries regarding ANR’s

equal employment opportunity policies may be directed to Linda Marie Manton, Affirmative Action Contact, University of California, Davis, Agriculture and Natural Resources, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA

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March

3/2/2015 WRLF 2015 Session 3 3/3-4/2015 IDI Statewide Staff Conference (San Die-go)

April 4/11-18/2015 National 4-H Conference

May 5/27-29/2015 4-H Animal Science Symposium 5/30/2015 State 4-H Field Day

June 6/19-23/2015 California Focus 6/28-7/7 Citizenship Washington Focus

July 7/14-18/2015 Leadership Washington Focus 7/23-26/2015 State Leadership Conference

August

4-H Youth in Action (YIA) Award

Deadline: January 12

Win a $10,000 scholarship!

More info.

YSA - Sodexo Foundation Youth Grants

Deadline: January 15 More info.

Captain Planet Foundation Grants Deadline: January 31 More info. 2015 Clean Tech Competition—NEW Entry Deadline: February 20 Paper Submission Deadline: March 6 1st Place: $10,000 Finalists: $1,000 for school or organization More info.

VolunTEEN Nation International Service Project Grants Deadline: Rolling More info.

January

1/5/2015 2015 State 4-H Horse Classic Planning Team Applications DUE

1/4/2015 Small Animal Science Field Day 1/15/2015 WRLF Registration DUE

1/16-18/2015 South Section—TIC Conference

1/17-18/2015 4-H Archery Certification Training

1/17-18/2015 Shooting Sports—Shot Gun Discipline 1/23-25/2015 North Central Section—CAL Conference 1/23-25/2015 South Central Section—LCORT Conference 1/27/2015 WRLF 2015 Session 1

1/31/2015 Spark Score Surveys Close

1/31/2015 Master Trainer Incentive Deadline

February

2/6/2015 2015 National 4-H Beekeeping Essay Contest 2/12/2015 WRLF 2015 Session 2 2/16/2015 State Ambassador Apps Due 2/17-18/2015 IDI Statewide Staff Conference (Davis) 2/25-26/2015 IDI Statewide Staff Confer-ence (Eureka)

2/28/2015 4-H Equine Field Day State Calendar 2015

DOJ Issues Solicitation for Coordinated Tribal Assis-tance Solicitation (CTAS) Deadline: 9 p.m. ET on February 24 This solicitation allows federally recognized tribal governments and tribal consortia to submit a single application for all funding opportunities supporting public safety, victim services, and crime prevention in tribal communities. Funding in several purpose areas is available for eligible applicants, including funding for OJJDP’s Tribal Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts and Tribal Youth Programs.

FAFSA Completion Commencement Video Chal-lenge

Deadline: March 16 More info.

The Paradigm Challenge

Deadline: May 1

More info.

Scholarships, Awards & Grants