May 2010 Issue Four Riverside County, Calif.

Inside this Issue:

County Meeting

Reports

County Calendar

Important Details

From the Coop

I Pledge My HEAD

I Pledge My HEART

I Pledge My HANDS

Prize Winning

Members

The Back Page

This Month’s Contributors: (in alphabetical order by first name)

Amanda Penicks, Norco Mustangs & The 4-H’er Poultry Reporter

Devon Bean, Summer Camp Head Councilor & Small Animal Reporter

Kacey Bradshaw, Woodcrest Pacers

Lyndsay Hiatt, Ramona Rancheros

Lynn Warren, 2010 Horse Team Coach

Maria Bradshaw, Woodcrest Pacers

MaryEtta Bollman, 4H NOW Committee Chair

Rebekah Hickman, Tumbleweeds

Stacy Frazee, Woodcrest Pacers

Summer Frazee, Woodcrest Pacers

Susannah Buchanan, Rockin’ Rangers

Susan Marsh, County Pride Committee Adult Advisor

Victoria Hickman, Tumbleweeds

Sheyanne Stewart, The 4-H’er Editor

The “Salute to Veterans” Parade

Reported By: Amanda Penicks Norco Mustangs 4-H Club

On April 17th four clubs from Riverside

County 4-H participated in the 5th Annual Salute to Veterans in a parade in downtown Riverside. The clubs represented were: Norco Mustangs, Murrieta Mustangs, Woodcrest Pacers, and the Tumbleweeds. And I have to give credit to Ramona

Rancheros (Nadine Hyatt) group for coming but being turned away by police and not being able to get through road closures. We had 20 youth members walk the parade and their parents and leaders all wearing our matching tee shirts. We had a great time. Members from the Norco Mustangs brought chickens, dogs, and a cavy (guinea pig). Some clubs brought banners and signs representing their projects. One of the announcers at the judges’ booth stated that she had been a former 4-H member raising swine & cavies. I would like to thank Susan Marsh for entering Riverside County’s 4-H clubs in the parade and ordering the matching tee shirts for everyone. Maybe we can get more participation from other clubs if we enter another parade! We have so many clubs.

Riverside County Council The County Council meets

the third Monday of each month

(except holidays) at the County

office (21150 Box Springs Rd

Ste 202 Moreno Valley 92557)

April 19th Meeting Highlights:

Nominations for new County Council Officers will

take place at this month’s meeting on Monday May

17th . Please see the “Important Details” page for

more information.

Meetings: 3rd Monday of each Month at 7:00pm

Riverside County Small Animal Advisory The Small Animal Advisory meets on the second Monday of each

month at the 4-H office in Moreno Valley at 7pm.

The Small Animal Advisory held a Rabbit, Cavy &

Poultry show on Saturday April 24th at the Norco

Fairgrounds. Please see our “Prize Winning Members”

page for the Rabbit & Cavy winners!

The Small Animal Advisory is holding a Summer

Knowledge Bowl Series in June & August. For more

information please refer to pages 5 & 6 of the newsletter.

There is also a Knowledge Bowl Study Group scheduled

to meet Fri May 21st at the County 4H Office at 6pm.

Pizza will be provided. Please bring your own beverage.

Meetings: 2nd Monday of each Month at 7:00pm

Riverside County Horse Advisory The Horse Advisory meets at the 4H office in Moreno Valley the first Monday of each month at 7:00pm. Horse Highlights

Riverside County Dominates the State Horse

Classic! Please read page 9 for the full story… May 7th—Free Horse Drill Team Show. For more

information contact Lynn Warren at: lynn@showcaseminiatures.com

Horse Camp this summer will be the 3rd week in July (the 18th—22nd) Stay tuned for more information

Meetings: 1st Monday of each Month at 7:00pm

Contact Information University of California Cooperative Extension

RIVERSIDE County

21150 Box Springs Road, Ste 202

Moreno Valley, CA 92557-8718

Phone: (951) 683-6491

Fax: (951) 788-2615

Jeanne Lothridge

Title: 4-H Youth Development Program Representative II

Email: cjlothridge@ucdavis.edu

Phone: (951) 683-6491 Ext. 229

Reports from April’s County Meetings

June 2010 7th 7:00 pm Horse Advisory Mtg

14th 7:00 pm Small Animal Advisory Mtg

21st 7:00 pm County Council Mtg

NEW officer elections! Come use your VOTE

25th July Newsletter DEADLINE!

May 2010 3rd 7:00 pm Horse Advisory Mtg

7th Free Horse Drill Team Show

8th Showmanship/Trail

Clinic & Gymkhana at the Yucaipa Arena

10th 7:00 pm Small Animal Advisory Mtg

12th 9:30 am 4-H NOW Committee Mtg

15th

South Sectional Field Day & Fashion Revue

at Mt. San Antonio College

17th 7:00 pm County Council Mtg

NEW officer nominations!

21st 6:00 pm Sm Animal Knowledge Bowl Study Group

28th June Newsletter DEADLINE!

29th State 4-H Field Day

Summer Camp Update Reported By: Devon Bean Head Camp Councilor

Summer Camp is fast approaching and it is not too early to start getting ready. Many times I have heard that summer camp is expensive and families can not afford to send their kids. While this may be true, our summer camp is comparable to other week long camps. However with that being said, many clubs are working to enable their members to attend camp. Glen Avon is having a pancake breakfast to fundraise to send their members. Alvord Aggies 4-H is going to organize some car washes to help its members pay for camp. There are many ways a club can fundraise. If you would like to attend camp and can’t afford it, approach your club with idea for fundraising and a willingness to work for it. The councilors are working hard to make sure this year’s camp is going to a memorable experience and worth the work you will put in to get there.

Orange County Youth Expo 2010

Hi my name is Lyndsay Hiatt, I am a member of the Ramona Rancheros 4-H club in Hemet, CA. This year the 4-H Orange County group opened up the Youth Expo to the out of county clubs. This was the first year they had ever done so. My sister and I attended this event and it was really a lot of fun. There were a lot of booths to check out and lots of things to participate in. They had Science projects, face painting, Pygmy goats, cows, and a pig having babies, and a sheep that had a baby Lamb. There was also a Poultry show going on and let me tell you I had no idea that there were so many different types of chickens. They had a scavenger hunt for all of us to complete, and a Pancake Breakfast every morning. I entered 4 rabbits and 12 cavies. I also did the Cavy Knowledge test and the Cavy Breed ID test as well. My cavies did very well. I have a Golden Agouti American that took Best In Show and my TSW Teddy took Reserve In Show. I got two very nice ribbons and got to have my picture taken with the judge Valerie Jump (see photo to the left). I had a great time and met some new friends and got to visit with some old ones… all in all I had a great time.

4-H Entry Deadline!

County Officer Nominations and Elections Submitted By: Mary Etta Bollman

Are you looking for a way to be more involved in Riverside County 4-H? I know you are! Why not consider becoming a County Council Officer? Elections will be held in June, nominations will take place in May and June at the County Council meetings. These offices are two-year commitments. Tony was absent at the April County Council meeting. He will be able to speak much more effectively than I, about the open offices and the duties there of. Here is what I have gleaned on my own. This year the offices of President and Treasurer will be up for election. Normally, next year we would elect the Secretary and Vice-President; HOWEVER, Carlisle Tiss, our Vice-President, will not be able to complete the second year of her term because she is heading off to college in Florida. (Yay, Carlisle!). There are several ways we can go about filling that position, but it will need to be filled eventually, since Carlise’s mom won’t spring for the air-fare to shuttle her back and forth for the meetings. There are also positions for Historian/Recorder, which, in my humble opinion, could just as easily be the positions of Historian and Recorder. Our County Bylaws do not have specific job descriptions for the officers, so I have included the link for the Bylaws Template below, which will give you a rough idea of the duties. According to the Riverside County Bylaws, we should have a “Fair Relations Committee” and a “Youth Representative” elected also. The Bylaws are supposed to be re-vamped at some point and we can add to the permitted offices at that time if we wish – I think.

If you would like to review the descriptions of the jobs of the officers go to http://www.ca4h.org/policy/chapter8/index.asp then go down to the bottom. Under “Supporting Documents

and Forms” you will see “Bylaws” click on “4-H County Council Bylaws.” The entire document is very interesting but Article II has the officer descriptions. Sorry this is so unwieldy but that is how I found the descriptions. I didn’t design the web

site, (If I had, I fear, it would be far worse).

As I said, we expect Tony back in May. He can give the official rundown at that time.

4-H NOW! Come Join Us…

4-H NOW! is Riverside County 4-H’s committee for raising the awareness about 4-H programs in the community with the aim of forming synergistic relationships with business, government & exceptional individuals. What? Come find out! Enjoy our tangential conversations and hang out with really fun people (learn to use big words). Our next meeting will be on Wednesday May 12 at 9:30 am at the Denney’s restaurant at the 215 and 74 freeways. If you plan ahead and can let me know ahead of time that you are coming, write me at:

maryetta@obsessionmatrix.com If you prefer to remain spontaneous, that’s great too. See how inclusive we are? Hope to see you there!

Mary Etta Bollman, 4-H NOW! Chair

South Sectional Field

Day 4-H Dog Show Saturday May 15th at 9:00 am

Mt. Sac Sectional Field Day

Check-in 8:30—9:00 am

Entries were due May 1st

Day of the show entries accepted for twice the

pre-registration fees

Pre-entry fee: $5.00 per class or $12.00 for all classes.

For more information contact:

Heather Bean 951-278-9917 or 909-240-4600

sctshbean@aol.com

Small Animal Knowledge Bowl

The Small Animal Knowledge Bowl Committee is holding two knowledge bowls this summer -

June 19 at the Moreno Valley 4-H office, check-in at 8:00am, start at 9:00am.

The second knowledge bowl will be on August 21.

There are five different types of animals to show your knowledge -

Dog, Rabbit, Cavy, Poultry, and Small Goats (Nigerian Dwarfs and Pygmies)

For each type of animal, there will be -

Judging Posters, Breed ID, and Knowledge Bowl.

For small goats there will be body part id instead of breed id.

Entry fee is $2 for each species, $8 if you do all five species.

Teams will be made up of 3 kids - a junior (9-10), an intermediate (11-13), and a senior (14 and up).

Teams can have only one senior and must have one junior, but can have more than one junior.

For example you can have 2 juniors and one senior, or 2 intermediates and one junior.

Primary members count as an extra team mate.

You can enter individually and you will be put on a team, or you can sign up as a team.

There will be a small animal showmanship clinic and a clerking workshop for rabbits and cavies.

We are having a t-shirt design contest so bring a design for a t-shirt to be voted on at the June 19 Knowledge

Bowl. Participants will receive a free t-shirt if they participate in both contests.

Entries are due June 10 to Donna Hickman, 22390 Roxanne Rd, Colton, CA, 92324, (909) 514-1873.

List of Resources: ARBA Standard, Guide to Raising Better Rabbit/Cavies, Storey’s Guide to Raising Dairy Goats,

ADGS (American Dairy Goat Society), Dairy Goat Journal magazine, AKC Complete Dog Book, Poultry Standard

of Perfection.

Seaside Feather Fanciers Spring Fling

Three of our Riverside County 4-H members and their families attended the Seaside Feather Fanciers Spring Fling show on April 10, 2010 held at the Ventura County fairgrounds. There were 610 birds, give or take a few, entered in the show. Members from the Norco Mustangs included Heather Ross and myself

Amanda Penicks. Alexis Nachtmann represented Perris Panthers’ 4-H Club. Heather Ross exhibited Delaware and Cuckoo Moran winning Best Breed and Reserve

Breed with both the breeds. She also won Junior Champion Rosecomb clean legged with a partridge Wyandotte. Her New Hampshire’s won a first and second place. Heather exhibited 11 birds in all. I, Amanda Penicks exhibited only 6 birds. I entered Old English Game and Modern Game. I received 5- Best of Variety and 1- Reserve Variety, and 6- first place ribbons. Unfortunately, I did not realize the show secretary entered me as an open entry so competition was a little harder competing with the adults. But it’s okay I held my own.

Alexis Nachtmann entered 27 birds at the show and as you will read won many, many awards. Alex won Champion of the Junior Show, Best Jr. Bantam Duck, Best Jr.

Waterfowl, Best Jr. Continental, Best Jr. Heavy Duck, Best Jr. Light Duck, Champion Mediterranean By Jr., Res. Jr. Asiatic, Res. Jr. American, Res. Jr. Continental, Res. Jr. Heavy Duck. In open class she had the ABA Champion Bantam, Best Continental, Res. Heavy Duck. Not to forget her 4- Best of Breeds, 6- Reserve Breeds, 4- Best Variety, and 4- Reserve Variety.

Riverside County 4-H Poultry Show Riverside County 4-H held Their first poultry show (rabbit and cavy shows were also run at the same time) last weekend at the Norco Fairground. The show went very smoothly as if we had done this many times before. I think it helps when some of the members have experience with the large open shows. We had members exhibiting poultry from the Norco Mustangs, Perris Panthers, and two new members from Alvord Aggies 4-H Club. Outside 4-H members included my friends from Santa Rosa 4-H Club, Katelyn Beckmann and Makayla Cozza from Somis 4-H club in Semi Valley. I would like to thank all the people involved with making this first show a success. The Nachtmann family for bringing in the show equipment including the set up and break down of equipment. My mother for securing the grounds, restrooms, hiring the judge, making sure the gates were open and for helping me to organize the classes. My dad for coming directly from work to help set up the heavy tables with Larry and Michelle Nachtmann and their son-in-law, Richard Rodriguez. Also, but not least the 4-H clubs who came just for the sole purpose of helping with cages by laying down the paper under the cages, adding shavings and water cups to each pen. The 4-H clubs who helped were from the Woodcrest Pacers, Murrieta Mustangs, Perris Panthers and the Norco Mustangs. Sheyanne Stewart from the Murrieta Mustangs set up a snack booth. Thanks to all who helped. After the show my friend Katelyn Beckmann and I held a showmanship clinic for all interested members. We taught members to evaluate their birds, walk the bird, proper 4-H dress code, taking the bird in and out of the cage, proper holding of the bird, and how to pose the bird. I believe everyone came away from the clinic learning something new.

Our first show had 9 exhibitors with 86 entries! Awards and pictures on the next page….

Reported By: Amanda Penicks, The 4-H’er Poultry Reporter

Top awards are as follows:

Amanda Penicks- Best of Show Alexis Nachtmann- Reserve of Show Alexis Nachtmann- Best Large Bird Alexis Nachtmann- Reserve Large Bird Amanda Penicks- Best Bantam Bird Alexis Nachtmann- Reserve Bantam

Other awards are as follows:

Alexis Nachtmann- 15 birds Rhode Island Red- Best Breed, Best American, and Reserve Large Breed. Plymouth Rock- Best Breed, Reserve American. Brahma- Reserve Breed. Polish- Reserve Breed, Best Breed, Best Continental, Champion Large Bird of Show. Cochin- Best Variety, Best Breed, Reserve Feather Legged, Reserve Champion of Show. Leghorn- Reserve Variety, Reserve breed, Best Variety, Best Breed. Runner Duck- Best Breed, Best Light Duck, Champion Light Duck. Pekin Duck- Best Breed, Best heavy Duck Tegan Thomason- 8 birds Polish- Best Variety (3) Cochin- Best Breed, Reserve Asiatic. Crevecoeurs- Best Breed. Modern Game- Best Breed, Best Variety. Lauren Barrios- 1 bird Cochin- Reserve Breed Heather Ross- 30 birds Cornish- Best Variety, Reserve Variety. Cochin- Reserve Variety, Best Variety (4) Brahma- Reserve variety, Reserve breed, Best Variety Modern Game- Reserve Breed, Reserve Variety, Best Variety. Wyandotte- Best Variety, Reserve Breed, Best Breed. New Hampshire- Best Breed, Best Variety, Reserve Breed, Reserve Variety. Rhode Island Red- Best Variety, Reserve Variety, Best Breed, Reserve Breed. Amanda Penicks- 14 birds Brahma- Best Breed, Best Asiatic, Best Variety, Best Feather Legged, Best Bantam of Show, Best in Show. Modern Game- Best Variety (3) Old English Game- Best Variety (5), Best Breed, Reserve Breed. Wyandotte- Reserve Variety. Call Duck Btm.- Best breed, Reserve Breed, Best Bantam Duck, Reserve Bantam Duck.

Also Showing: Samantha Barrios & Jenny McElroy.

Pass Pioneers had a senior team and we had two more seniors that joined forces with Orange County to make a second team. The Pass Pioneers team had members Olga Lefebvre , Hannah Cox, Alice Miank , and Elise Hewitt. This was Olga’s first trip to Nationals and she won top overall individual for horse bowl, surprising all of us since all she did at the study sessions was giggle and laugh. Our Pass Pioneers team won first place and the combined Riverside and Orange County team won third overall and had members from Riverside County Carlisle Tiss and Rebekah Hickman. Despite all three of the leaders having car trouble on the return trip, we all had a great time. Riverside County overall dominated the contest and we will be sending 7 members of our County (and 2 adopted members) to the National 4-H Roundup next January. I also need to comment on a compliment given to our team members from the hotel manager where we stayed. She told me two different times that we had a great group of girls and they were a joy to have as guests of the hotel. I must say that is quite a compliment considering we had a large group of 12 teenage girls! That compliment made me very happy and proud to be their coach J National team members for 2011 are: Rebekah Warren and Jordan Riley will be doing their Team Demonstration Olga Lefebvre, Alice Miank , and Carlisle Tiss will be on the Horse Bowl team. Elise Hewitt, Hannah Cox, and our Fresno team member, Zach Provchy will be on the Hippology team. Formerly of Riverside County , transplanted to SD County, but still part of our team is Rebecca Tierce who will be on the Judging team. Just a note: Jordan Riley qualified for Nationals in all three contests she entered but had to choose one. Rebekah Warren also qualified for both of the contests she entered.

Riverside County dominates the 4-H Horse Classic, educational events at Reedley College !

Submitted By: Lynn Warren, 2010 Riverside County Team Coach

A total of 12 teenage girls and three horse leaders made the trip to Reedley College this last weekend for the State educational events, all vying for a place on the Nationals team to compete in Denver Colorado , January 2011. Saturday’s competition included Hippology, Horse Judging, and the public speaking events. Riverside County had two senior teams and two juniors competing in hippology. Zach Provchy, from Fresno County joined one of our senior teams. We also had one Senior team competing in the judging competition. Becca Tierce, who was formerly from our County but has since moved to San Diego County , also joined our senior judging team. The Pass Pioneers team of Rebekah Riley , Jordan Riley, Elise Hewitt, and Zach Provchy won the top team award. All four of the team members placed in the top ten with Jordan placing 2nd, Elise placing 5th, Zach placing 3rd, and Rebekah placing 9th. The Riverside County combined team placed second overall top team with members Hanna Cox, Rebekah Hickman, Olga LeFebvre, and Alice Miank . Olga placed 10th overall individual and Hanna won the honors of top individual overall!!! Both of our juniors did very well even though they didn’t have a full team Alexandra Tiss won 4th overall individual and Emma Riley won 2nd place overall. Our Horse Judging team comprised of Riverside County members; Jordan Riley, Rebekah Warren, Carlisle Tiss, and San Diego member Rebecca Tierce. Again all four of the team members placed in the top ten! Rebekah won the top overall individual, Jordan placing 2nd, Rebecca placing 4th, and Carlisle placing 9th. That evening the public speaking events were held. Jordan Riley and Rebekah Warren did a team demo titled “When the Stork Visits the Barn” and won first place. Rebekah Riley did an individual demo titled “Patience in a Hurry” and won 3rd place. Sunday’s event was horse bowl! Our two juniors, Emma Riley and Alexandra Tiss, were placed on a team with a Fresno county junior and the three of them won first place team! Emma won 3rd place overall individual and Alex won 4th place.

Alumni Memories Submitted By: Maria Bradshaw One of my best memories of 4-H is Summer Camp. When I went for the first time at the age of 9 my parents made me go, but after that week at Lawyer's I made them send me back every year. Throughout the years I kept in contact with my camp friends as pen pals and even saw each other at a few fairs, but we where never as close as we were at summer camp. When we all turned 14 it was our turn to be Wanna—Be’s. We arrived at camp a day earlier than the campers, but the water wasn't going to be turn on until the next day, so we had to go almost two days with out a shower....Gross! Thank goodness the water was on by the time our Wanna—Be initiation because they covered us with all kinds of leftover food. Oh and I can't forget the fact (though I would like too) that I lost my retainer in the trash after dinner on the night of our formal dance. My friends were out there in their dresses helping dig through the cans. We never did find them. This year I am excited to be able to send my own daughter to camp knowing that her memories will be just as good as mine.

Maria (Grande) Bradshaw 1984-1991 Woodcrest Pacers/Perris Panthers Alumni

If you’re interested in attending 4-H Summer Camp this July be sure to check out the official Summer Camp 2010 website. It’s jam packed with all the answers to your questions as well

as photos from camps past. http://riverside4-hsummercamp.webs.com

ATTENTION 4-H Alumni If you have an alumni memory or story that you would like to share on our “Loyalty” page next month we would love to publish it for you. Be sure to submit it to Sheyanne, Newsletter Editor at: ennayehs@yahoo.com

This month’s newsletter DEADLINE: Friday May 28th

From the May State 4H Newsletter 4-H Alumni Initiative- Share Stories and Return to 4-H

Roots at the Alumni Reunion The 4-H brand is only as good as the people who represent it and live it each day. Those who are knowledgeable and take pride in 4-H, feel secure and respected in their jobs, and are recognized and appreciated for the good work they do make excellent Brand Ambassadors. Each day, we should define what it is within 4-H that sparks our enthusiasm, creativity and drive. That will shine through when talking to others.

Recognizing that alumni are the program's best ambassadors, efforts are underway to re-engage as many alumni as

possible. If you are an alumnus, the 4-H Foundation wants to hear your stories, draw on your experience and expertise, and gather information about how 4-H has impacted your life and

the state as a whole. The 4-H Foundation is sponsoring a 4-H Alumni Reunion as

an opportunity for alumni to re-engage, learn about 4-H today, share stories and meet up with old friends. The Alumni

Reunion will be hosted by the 2010 State Ambassadors (formerly known as Diamond Stars) in conjunction with the

4-H State Leadership Conference. The Reunion will take place July 30, 2010, on the UC Davis campus. We are

inviting local 4-H organizations to encourage participation by their former members and to forward lists of alumni

(including contact information when you have it) so we can invite as many guests as possible to this event.

For more information, to be added to the mailing list for this event or to share your 4-H story, please contact Annette

Leeland at aleeland@ucdavis.edu. Rockin’ Rangers is Reborn!

Submitted By: Susannah Buchanan

Like the legendary phoenix rising from its ashes Rockin’ Rangers 4-H club rocks AGAIN!

Located in the Beaumont/Cherry Valley area our club is off and rockin’. We manned a booth at the Noble Creek Easter Egg Hunt on April 3 and held our second meeting at the Noble Creek Community Center in Cherry Valley . We elected acting officers and leaders discussed their projects. Our acting secretary is Hannah Snow, the acting treasurer is Richelle Boyd, the acting vice president is Britney Robinson and our acting president is Faith Tanner. Ms. Kathy Tanner was voted in as co-signature with the Community club leader Ms. Susannah Buchanan. We had a judging activity at the meeting that everyone enjoyed.

For information about the Rockin’ Rangers 4-H club call (951) 922-0158.

Woodcrest Pacers lend the warmth of their hearts to help those in need, keep cozy.

Report By: Summer Frazee & Kasey Bradshaw

Our Community Service project in April made blankets for Project Linus. Project Linus has thousands of Volunteers across the U.S ,

their mission is to provide warmth and security to little kids that are seriously ill and or hurt badly or in need. We made no-sew blankets in kid friendly prints. All together we made ten blankets . This was

a fun community serves project.

Murrieta Mustangs 4H Club Teams-up with Kohl’s

Submitted by: Sheyanne Stewart, Murrieta Mustangs Adult Volunteer

On April 10th the Murrieta Mustangs teamed-up with the employees of the Kohl’s “A” Team from Kohl’s in Menifee for an Earth Day Community Service Project. The two teams met early Saturday morning to clean-up the hiking trail and creek that runs past the Los Alamos Park in Murrieta. Everyone grabbed a pair of gloves and a trash bag, provided by the Murrieta Parks Department and the clean-up was on.

An abundance of trash was collected from lawn chairs to aluminum cans, from an old water pump to a high school ID card and so much broken glass it made us ask ourselves, what went on down here?

Everyone pitched in a helping hand, members and employees, parents and leaders, little sisters and husbands. The morning ended back at the beginning of the trail with ice water and donuts provided by the much appreciated mom, Lisa Decuir. The trash was hauled away by the ever-so-helpful mom, Shawn Horwitz. Thank you moms!! For our efforts to help our community the Kohl’s “A” Team of Menifee Kohl’s, headed by Mary Applegate donated $500 to our club for our 2009—2010 Bus Stop Shelter Community Service Project. Their donation added to the funds we have already raised this year brought us 2/3 of the way to our goal of $8000. Thank you Kohl’s of Menifee! We’re almost there. And because of our thorough job of cleaning the trail the city of Murrieta has been asked the Murrieta Mustangs to join forces with

them for a quarterly community clean-up. Great

job Mustangs!!

Riverside County 4-H Member Spotlight The 4-H’er would like to spotlight a Riverside County 4-H member in each month’s newsletter. The “spotlight member” will be a member in good standing who has been a great example of the 4-H motto, To make the best better, during

the 2009—2010 4-H year. He/she must have participated in projects, community service, events, shows, etc. that represent the 4-H pledge. If you know a member who fits the above criteria and you would like to nominate him/her please contact the 4-H NOW Committee Chair with the information below. MaryEtta Bollman maryetta@obsessionmatrix.com Nomination Information:

1. Member’s Name, Age & Club 2. Your Name& Relationship to the Member 3. And why you are nominating the member (pictures of the

member are a great addition to add to the newsletter).

Rabbit Show A- judge Allen Barr Best in Show-Lyndsay Hiatt Reserve in Show- Heather Carpenter 2nd Reserve in Show-Jackie McLeavy Rabbit Show B- judge Stan Bell Best in Show- Lyndsay Hiatt Reserve in Show-Jackie McLeavy 2nd Reserve in Show- Lyndsay Hiatt Cavy Show A-Judge Allen Barr Best in Show-Lyndsay Hiatt Reserve in Show-Devon Bean 2nd Reserve in Show- Trenton Bean Cavy Show B- Judge Valerie Jump Best in Show-Lyndsay Hiatt Reserve in Show-Luke Hayden 2nd Reserve in Show-Victoria Hickman Showmanship Winners were….. Rabbit Junior-Victoria Hickman Intermediate-Trenton Bean Senior-Devon Bean Cavy Junior-Victoria Hickman Intermediate-Trenton Bean Senior- Devon Bean

Indio Fair Winner

This is Micaela Kruggel first year in 4-H and the Indio Fair was her first fair. She is from the Woodcrest Pacers 4-H

Club. She took her 11 month old Dairy Goat (Toggenburg) named

Marigold, & won first place in her Showmanship class & first in her breed class. She went on to compete in Master

Showmanship where she also took first place.

She also showed at the Indio horse show with her paint horse Lucy and took first in western pleasure, first in

Showmanship, first in trail, & first in English open. She won Over All Junior Champion!

Small Animal Advisory Rabbit and Cavy Show

Reported By: Devon Bean

Small Animal Reporter

On April 24th the Riverside County Small Animal Advisory held a rabbit and cavy show. The weather was great and overall the show went really well. Our entries were low but we all had a good time. There was a double rabbit show judged by Stan Bell and Allen Barr. We also had a double cavy show judged by Valerie Jump and Allen Barr. Almost everyone participated in showmanship for rabbit and cavy. Thank you to whose came and supported our show. The winners were…..

Cavy show: Best in Show Lyndsay Hiatt, Reserve in Show Devon Bean, 2nd Reserve Trenton Bean, judge Allen Barr

Rabbit show: Best in Show Lyndsay Hiatt, Reserve in Show Jackie McLeavy, 2nd Reserve Lyndsay Hiatt, judge Stan Bell

Rabbit show: Best in Show Lyndsay Hiatt, Reserve in Show Heather Carpenter 2nd Reserve Jackie McLeavy Judge Allen Barr

Word Scramble Answers

1. ampc= camp

2. diefl yda= field day

3. ogld asrt= gold star

4. nycmouitm eivsecr=

community service

5. jrpotce= project

6. rrdcoe okob=

record book

7. tiizphcesni=

citizenship

8. pleasedrih= leadership

9. adhe= head

10. rhtae= heart

11. shdan= hands

12. lehhat= health

13. reedal= leader

14. eemmbr = member

15. vcorel= clover

The Riverside County 4-H Program runs on the power of volunteers!

REMEMBER: There are County Council Board Member positions up for election.

Nominations are this month at the May County Council Meeting. Come use your VOTE!!

If you would like to volunteer on a smaller level we would like to invite you to attend one of

our county advisory meetings this month to find out how you can help.

Check the County Calendar on page 3 for dates & times. See you there…

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