Table of Contents

Fair Exhibits Awards …………………..Page 2 Favorite Foods Day & Achievement Day Info & Entry Form…......Page 3

Club Info…..…...Page 9

County Info…....Page 10

Club Meeting/Leader Information…....Page 12

State Updates....Page 13

Calendar of Events….. …………...……Page 15

October, 2006

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Club Officer Training Day will be held on Saturday, October 28th at 10:00 am in the Dining Hall at the Fairgrounds. Each club should send their newly elected club officers, or at the very minimum, one or more club representatives, who will be responsible for training the new club officers for their responsibilities this year. There will be a trainer for each of the following Club Officer positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Reporter, Historian, Ser-geant at Arms, and Song/Rec. Leader. Each attendee will receive training for their officer position and be given materials to take back “home” to their club to refer to during the year. Your meet-ings will run much more smoothly when the officers are confident in their skills. All materials will be provided, just bring your club meeting binder. There will be games and a potluck lunch. Bring salad, side dishes and desserts. The 4-H Council will provide drinks and pizza for those officers

National 4-H Week – October 1-7, 2006 The first full week in October each year is celebrated as National 4-H Week! Clubs and other 4-H groups across America make an effort to let the public know just what it is they do in 4-H. Setting up a 4-H display, holding a community service event, or just inviting a friend to join your club are some of the ways that you or your club can join in the celebration and help get the word out. New club reporters can submit an article to the Cloverleaf about what your club is doing. Each elementary school in the county has been sent 4-H promotional flyers to distribute to its students during Na-tional 4-H Week. Ask your school about it if you don’t see them. Look for the article in the Trinity Journal telling about our county’s clubs.

Favorite Foods Day and Achievement Day will be held on Saturday, November 4, 2006 at the Fairgrounds Dining Hall in Hayfork. The Hayfork Timberjacks and Southern Trinity 4-H clubs will be co-hosting these events. Entry forms and instructions for FFD are inside this issue of the Cloverleaf. Be sure

to get your entry form and recipe for your Favorite Food in to the 4-H Office no later than Friday, October 27th, and your Cover Contest art entry to the 4-H Office no later than Friday, October 20th. There are still openings for judges for Favorite Foods Day, so any parent or leader who doesn’t want to miss out on sampling our members’ tasty foods, please call the 4-H Office and we will reserve you a spot! Achievement Day 2006 will immediately follow the potluck after Favorite Foods Day. This county event recognizes the accomplishments and service of both 4-H members and our volunteer leaders for the 2005-2006 4-H year. Join us in celebrating a successful year and in welcoming in the new 4-H year. Record Books will be returned, all 4-H year awards given and recognitions made.

The Trinity Livestock BBQ will be held on Saturday, October 14th from 11-4 at Lowden Park in Weaverville. All money collected, unsold tickets, and ticket stubs from each club need to be returned to the 4-H Office no later than Wednesday, October 11th. Please return them to your Club Leader before this date. Tickets may also be purchased the day of the event. 4-H families have been asked to supply the desserts for the BBQ. Each family please bring at least one large batch of cookies, brownies, pie, cake, etc. Wear your 4-H T-shirt and hat when you arrive to help out during your club’s work shift.

2006 TRINITY COUNTY FAIR AWARD WINNERS

Junior Quilts: Best of Division/First Place: Kelsey Ann Willburn, Southern Trinity 4-H Club Emily Lane, Grass Valley Creek 4-H Club Clothing & Textiles: Junior Best of Show/Best of Division/First Place: Aren Lane, Grass Valley Creek 4-H Club, fleece-lined jacket Senior Arts: Best of Show/First Place: Katherine Menard, Southern Trinity 4-H, wooden stool Olsen Stoneware Original Craft Award (two stoneware mugs): Eric Keyes, Trinity River 4-H, wooden mosaic eagle Junior Preserved Foods: Best in Division/First Place: Kelsey Ann Willburn, Southern Trinity 4-H Junior Floriculture: Best in Division/first Place: Brianna Rolff, Southern Trinity 4-H Aren Lane, Grass Valley Creek 4-H, cactus garden Agriculture and Horticulture Special Awards: Eric Keyes, Trinity River 4-H, largest Red Potato Junior Best of Show: Kevin Keyes, Trinity River 4-H Poster Contest Winner: Thomas Gamlen, Hayfork Timberjacks 4-H Horse Show: Cheyanne Noland, Trinity River 4-H, Jr. Western High Point, Jr. English High Point, Jr. English Pleasure Champion, Jr. Western Pleasure Champion, Local Western Pleasure champion for under 12 years, owner of Grand Champion Gelding and winner of the Fleet and Yogi Memorial Award for Division 108, Class 14 Sierra Brown, Trinity River 4-H, 13-17 Local Western Pleasure Champion

Savannah Brown, Trinity River 4-H, Fleet and Yogi Memorial Award for Division 108 Class , Class 12 Gymkhana: Taylore Sumner, Mountain View 4-H, High Point for 12 and under and Jr. High Point winner.

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You Are Invited to

FAVORITE FOODS DAY 9:30 AM

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2006 DINING HALL, TRINITY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS

4-H Favorite Foods Day is open to all 4-H members in Trinity County, whether or not they are enrolled in a foods project. Included is your ‘Favorite Foods Day’ entry form. Please attach a copy of your Favorite Food recipe. You may use your own paper for the recipe. It may be handwritten, or typed on a word processor as long as it is your work. Please make sure your entry form and your recipe reaches the 4-H Office no later than Friday October 27th. A DUPLICATE RECIPE CARD IS TO BE BROUGHT TO FAVORITE FOODS DAY AND DISPLAYED WITH YOUR ENTRY DURING JUDGING. A POTLUCK LUNCH will follow the Favorite Foods Day judging at 12:00 noon. Each family is asked to bring a potluck dish to share. Disposable dishware, utensils, coffee, tea and juice will be provided by the Trinity County 4-H Council. Remember - Mark Your Ca l enda r ! S a tu rday , November 4 t h

9 : 30 a .m . Favo r i t e Foods Day 12 :00 Noon Po t l uck Lunch 1 : 00 p .m . Ach i e vemen t Day 2006

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There are three activities you may participate in at Favorite Foods Day:

You may prepare and bring a Favorite Foods dish to be judged.

You can create and display an original centerpiece to be judged.

You can create a recipe program booklet cover to be judged. Winning entries in each category and age group will receive awards. Favorite Foods Rules Fill out the Entry Form, and prepare a complete written recipe for your favorite food on a piece of plain or lined 81/2 x11 inch paper. You may either hand-write your recipe or use a word processor as long as it’s your own work. Keep it simple and easy to read. Make sure both the entry form and recipe reaches the 4-H Office no later than Friday, October 27th. Be sure your recipe has all the correct measurements – it will appear in the program booklet. Prepare your favorite food and bring it along with a copy of your recipe to Favorite Foods Day ready to be served to a panel of judges Menu cards will no longer be used. Instead, please include the following information at the end of your recipe: Serving size, number of servings your recipe will make, and approxi-mate calories per serving. (You may have help from an adult with this last part). Only one food entry per member. Please bring only the needed dishware and serving utensils to properly serve 3 judges a small portion of your Favorite Food. You may bring a placemat or small tablecloth and other very small accent items for your presentation if you choose (this is optional). It is not necessary to bring an entire place setting. You will have the opportunity to show the judges your skill at setting up a complete place set-ting in a separate area with dishware and utensils provided. How well you follow the “Setting the Table” guidelines and picture will be part of your overall score. Practice at home before you come. **NOTE To insure food safety, all food dishes should be prepared with strictly fresh ingre-dients. If a hot dish is prepared the day before the event and is held overnight, it should be refrigerated immediately after cooking. You may reheat previously prepared foods in the din-ing hall kitchen if needed.

SETTING THE TABLE Put place mat even, and about ½ inch from the edge of the table Main plate and silverware should be placed about one inch from edge of the table Forks to the left of the plate, knife and spoons to the right of the plate Napkin placed to the left of the forks Usually the first used piece of silverware is farthest from the plate Glass at tip of knife – second glass to right of this – both parallel to the edge of the table Cup and saucer to the right of teaspoon Bread and butter plate above the napkin and forks

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More…… Be dressed neatly in clean clothing and be properly groomed. A 4-H uniform is optional and is not required. If you do wear the 4-H uniform, please wear the entire uniform just as you would at any other showmanship event. Participants should be prepared to introduce them-selves and their entry, properly serve the judges, and answer a question or two about their prepared food. Judges will consider four criteria in their placings: 1. The exhibitor’s appearance and performance (showmanship). 2. Completeness of recipe, nutritional – serving size information.

3. Food entry’s quality, flavor and eye appeal, and degree of difficulty for member’s age.

4. Exhibitor’s ability to properly set a place setting using dishes and utensils pro-vided.

FAVORITE FOODS DAY JUDGING POLICIES Centerpieces will be judged in a separate area of dining hall. Judges will not be permitted to handle the centerpieces. During Favorite Foods Day judging, the 4-H member may sit or stand at his/her place setting awaiting the judging process. No parents will be permitted to be in the immediate area while the judging of Favorite Foods or Centerpieces are in progress, unless they are serving as Judges. Score sheets used in judging Favorite Food entries and Centerpieces are based on the Dan-ish System and will be tallied as follows: Blue Award 75 - 100 Points Red Award 50 - 74 Points White Award 49 and Below There will be a County Winner and a Medalist award available in each age division: Primary: Grades K-3 (Primary participants will receive participation ribbons only) Junior: Grades 4-5 Intermediate: Grades 6-8 Senior: Grades 9-12 Trained and experienced Judges will be used whenever possible.

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CONTEST FOR ORIGINAL CREATIVE CENTERPIECE

Bring one original centerpiece (24” X 24” or less), designed for use on a dining table. Create your own theme. This centerpiece must be made from items gathered from Natural Sources and assembled en-tirely by the 4-H member. No adult help is allowed during set up on Favorite Foods Day please. No purchased and/or artificial ornaments or decorations allowed, i.e. ribbons, bows, plastics, candles, etc. PURCHASED NATURAL FRUITS, NUTS, AND VEGETA-BLES ARE ALLOWED. Artificial aids may be used to hold the centerpiece together, (i.e. glue, toothpicks, wire, string, Styrofoam), but the aids MUST NOT BE VISIBLE. There are no restrictions on the materials of which containers are made (paper, glass, wicker, plastic, pottery, etc.). Entries will be judged on overall appearance. Color, design and materials used should har-monize. COVER CONTEST for FAVORITE FOODS DAY PROGRAM The cover contest is open to ALL 4-H members; the winning cover design will be used on the cover of the Favorite Foods Day Recipe Book. RULES

The design itself may NOT be larger than 7 1/2” x 10”. Please use 81/2” X 11” paper.

Entries due at the 4-H office no later than Friday, October 20th in order allow time for judg-

ing and publication . Title of the theme: TRINITY COUNTY 4-H FAVORITE FOODS DAY

2006 (This title must be written somewhere on your cover)

All work must be your own design. Please be creative and have fun with this.

Design must be in black pen (sharpies are good) and on white paper. Hint: sketch in pencil

first, then draw over with black pen.

Light pencil not acceptable. No computer art. Write your name, age and club lightly in pen-

cil on back of design.

All entries will be displayed and given recognition at Favorite Foods Day.

**NOTICE** RULES MUST BE FOLLOWED FOR ALL CONTESTS OR YOU RISK DISQUALIFICATION.

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4-H ACHIEVEMENT DAY

TRINITY COUNTY 4-H ACHIEVEMENT DAY will follow the potluck lunch. This is an annual 4-H County Event which recognizes the accomplishments of the hardworking members who have successfully completed their project work, and also gives us an opportunity to acknowledge the efforts of our dedicated volunteer leaders, who give of their time all year long. Members’ yearly achievement pins and stripes, Leader recognition pins, Record book awards, Star ranking awards, Junior and Teen Leader recognition pins and patches, Club Charter Seals, and any other special awards will be presented. Please plan to attend to join us in marking the end of the 2005/2006 program year and welcoming in the new year. ----------------------------------------cut along this line--------------------------------------------

ENTRY FORM FOR FAVORITE FOODS DAY NAME________________________________________________ CLUB________________________________________-----________ AGE________________________ GRADE__________________ NAME OF FAVORITE FOOD________________________________________________ NOTE: PLEASE ATTACH A COMPLETE COPY OF YOUR FAVORITE FOOD RECIPE.

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Best October Birthday Wishes to our members: Savannah Brown ~ Trinity river 4-H

George Ann DeAntoni ~ Grass Valley creek 4-H

Kane Edwards ~ Mountain View 4-H

Michaela Haney ~ Mountain View 4-H

Cheyanne Noland ~ Trinity River 4-H

Jasmine Nortrup ~ Trinity River 4-H

Asia Sharp ~ Might Fine Swine 4-H Devon Taylor ~ Mountain View 4-H

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CLUB NEWS

Please let the 4-H Office know if anyone’s birthday was overlooked, and we’ll correct our records right away! Thank you!

New Club starting in Douglas City-Weaverville!! It will be called Pure Country 4-H Club. Tom and Carol Scherf have come from years of involvement in the Oregon 4-H Program and are bringing their love, knowledge and excitement of the 4-H Program. Club will expand on the integrity, gifts and skills of each member. Projects will include: Beef, Sheep, Home Ec., Presenta-tions, Livestock Judging, and Gardening while paying close attention to Record Books skills. First meeting will be the 2nd Thurs. of Oct. Call Tom or Carol as to place. 623-4231 evenings.

Trinity River 4-H Club proudly offers the following projects: Horses and ponies, swine, beef, sheep, pygmy goats, poultry and game birds, sewing, cooking, arts & crafts and Community Pride. All of these projects are a lot of fun and teach responsibility. We are able to learn how to ride properly, and showmanship skills on different animals. We learn how to properly feed and care for many species. Arts and Crafts are always fun, and community pride is really im-portant because we need to be willing to give back to the community that supports us. We still need leaders for a couple of projects for this year, but we are confident they will come! By Cheyanne Noland, Club Reporter

Hayfork Timberjacks 4-H Club’s past projects have been candy making, rabbits, camping and outdoor adventure, leadership, swine, beef, dairy cattle, poultry, electronics, photography, bee-keeping, veterinary sciences, gardening, sewing, food and nutrition, and arts and crafts. We are just voting in officers and will soon know what projects members are interested in. Our poul-try, photography, electronics and dog care and training projects are ready to start up, and some other possibilities are being discussed. Come join us for a great new 4-H Year!!!

Grass Valley Creek 4-H Club is located in Lewiston. We meet the third Wednesday of every month at the Lewiston Recreation Hall. Our club offers many different projects, including quilting, poultry showmanship, swine, sheep, candy making, backpacking, wood burning, crocheting, and probably even more this new year! Our club also does a lot of Community Service. We do fundraisers for different organizations, such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation. We also do other services, including a canned food drive. Grass Valley creek 4-H is a fun, active club, and if you like getting involved in the community, this is the club for you!

Southern Trinity 4-H Club is located in the Dinsmore/Ruth/Mad River area and has 10 mem-bers and 2 mini members. Our group stays busy all year. We go camping once a year. We also attend a play or movie each Christmas and invite along children who are not members of our club. We are helped with these events by the Trinity Trust Fund and Drug and Tobacco Free Fund. We also do community service. We made flower beds at our local health clinic, give away Easter dinner baskets to needy families in our area, and bake cookies as a thank-you gift for those who have done so much for us. We hope to do these projects again this year and to add a few more goals, such as sending Valentine’s Day cards to Veterans Hospital. We also want to have a St. Patrick’s Day dinner to help raise money for our 4-H Council.

Attention Club Reporters: We are again extending an invitation to you to submit your monthly articles about your club activities to the 4-H Office, along with any related digital photos. We must receive them by the 20th of each month. Send to: cetrinity@ucdavis.edu

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Thank you to Trinity River 4-H Club and Grass Valley Creek 4-H Club for holding fund raisers over the summer and donating $300 and $208 respectively to the 4-H Council operating expenses. The Council put out a plea last spring to the 4-H clubs to consider helping out 4-H at the county level in this way. Thank you to these two clubs for responding so quickly! The money donated will go towards the purchase of our awards for Achievement Day 2006! We appreciate your efforts.

The next 4-H Leaders Council meeting will be held on Thursday, October 5th in the conference room of the Juvenile Hall in Weaverville at 7:00 p.m. All council officers and representative leaders from each club please attend. Important programmatic matters will be discussed.

Club Leaders: Please keep an accurate record of your member’s attendance at your monthly club meet-ings. In August you will need to know if your members have attended at least 80% of their club and pro-ject meetings in order to be eligible to sell and exhibit as a 4-H member at the fair. You will also need to know this information when you are reviewing and signing your members Record Books. Please refer to the Attendance Table included in this Cloverleaf to help you determine what constitutes 80%. More on this will be sent to you. Please get your clubs completed enrollment forms and fees to the 4-H Office as soon as possible so we can get all your members into our computer system and on the mailing list for the year. Thank you.

Important Project Leader Suggestion: Your work with the youth in the 4-H program is very important and it is valued by your members. In or-der to insure your greatest success and least stress the following idea is suggested. Have a clear communi-cation with your members and their parent’s right from the first project meeting you hold. At that first meeting give the member and their parent or guardian a list of all the project meeting dates you will be holding for the year, and the expected cost of the project and time the member and their family should ex-pect to devote to the success of the project. This is especially critical for the market animal projects as those members must have at least 80% attendance at your project meetings before you are allowed to sign their fair entry form. Without your signature, they do not enter! A project consists of a minimum of 6 hours. If the project meetings held only add up to 6 hours, the member must be there for 100% of those 6 hours! Most projects have meetings which add up to way more than the 6 hour minimum, but not always. I had quite a few comments from parents at the fair who were concerned about their child’s project be-cause very few, if any, project meetings were actually held that they were aware of. Upon checking with project leaders, it appears that project meetings were held, but members were hard to contact, etc. So to avoid similar unhappy situations this year please communicate clearly with your members when your meetings will be held. Thank you Project Leaders for all the endless hours you put in to benefit Trinity’s children. You are appreciated!

Welcome to a new 4-H Club! Douglas City has a new 4-H Club this year. Carol and Tom Scherf bring many years of top-notch 4-H ex-perience to Trinity County. They will be offering projects in beef, sheep, home economics, presentations, and livestock judging. They are accepting new members for the “Pure Country 4-H Club”. Please see the club contact list if you would like to join their club. Welcome and thank you for volunteering!

Emerald Star Opportunities for 2006/2007 Updated Emerald Star application forms and information for the 2006/2007 4-H year are available for downloading on the County Extension website – see the back of the Cloverleaf if you still haven’t bookmarked this on your computer yet! The Emerald Star is a county award. To earn an Emerald Star, a 4-H member creates a project to carry out during the 2006-2007 4-H year. The pro-ject must benefit Trinity County 4-H as a whole. Acceptance of a proposal, evidence of work done, presentation to the 4-H Coun-cil, and completion of work, will result in the award of an Emerald Star at Achievement Day 2007. 4-H members who are 13 years and older, have earned their Gold, and have been a Junior/Teen Leader are eligible to work on an Emerald Star project. Applica-tions and letters of recommendation are due to the 4-H Office by December 1, 2006 for this years Emerald Star Projects.

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New Record Book Forms for 2006/2007 –that’s this year! By the time you read this, your Record Books will be turned in for the 2005/2006 4-H year. What a relief. As you are probably aware by now, the State 4-H Office has created a NEW style of record books forms which will be used this year by members throughout the state. New this year is the addition of the Platinum Star Rank. This is now the next step above the Gold Star. Three club leaders and I attended one of the statewide record book training days a few weeks ago. Our job now is to train other leaders and members in our county to use the new forms. We are in the process of planning our strategy to accomplish this. In the meantime, the NEW Record Book Manual, Personal Development Report, and Annual Project Report are available on our county website and on the state 4-H website for you to download and make copies of for all your members. We recommend that all leaders, parents and members take the time to look at the new forms and instruction manual so you will have some great questions for us at the trainings we will have for you. Please don’t wait to start recording all of your activities, the 4-H year started on September 1st, so anything you have done since then will go on these new forms. This will be a year of transition to the new forms, if you have questions at any time during the year about this please contact me at the 4-H Office.

“Self-Determined” Projects: There is always some confusion on what “self-determined” means. The question the often comes up is, “Since there isn’t a beef project leader in the club, can he/she do beef as a self-determined project?” The answer is NO. Self-determined is only for projects not listed on the project enrollment list. 4-H Leaders should use some discretion in counseling youth to sign up under the self-determined project area. The member must be old enough to determine his/her own objective, and a certified adult leader must provide sound guidance. A plan of action must be written and submitted to the Community Club Leader AND the 4-H Office. This can be a great method of teaching youth to organize and determine in what direction they want to move ahead.

State Ambassador News – The Concours De’Elegance Statewide 4-H programs are supported through the generosity of many sponsors, both individuals and groups or companies. September 23, 2006, in Murphys, California, saw one such event. The Concours De’Elegance, held in the beautiful Ironstone Vineyards, celebrated it’s 10th year as a strong supporter of the California 4-H program. Origi-nally starting as a small dinner and car show, the event now hosts hundreds of magnificently restored and preserved cars, dating from 1907 to present day. The California State Ambassadors, including my-self, attended the event to represent 4-H along with many Calaveras county members. As a State Ambas-sador I had a wonderful time talking to the event founders and attendees. The team later attended a luncheon, discussing and introducing the 4-H program to the car show participants. Since 1993, the event has raised $375,000 for the use of youth programs across the state. by: Emily Lane, 2006-2007 California 4-H State Ambassador, Grass Valley Creek 4-H Club President

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It’s time to tickle your funny bone! Sit back and enjoy! Q: What do dogs say when they have a party? A: Raise the ROOF! *****************************************************************

Q: Hey, Spot, what did you think of the math test? A: (Spot) It was really RUFF! *****************************************************************

Q: Why did the Basenji carry a tree around with it? A: So it could bark! (Just in case you were lost on that last one, the Basenji is the world’s ONLY barkless dog!)

Hope you enjoyed this issue of 4-H Funnies fea-turing my new project, dog care and training. -Ann Gamlen,Hayfork Timberjacks 4-H

4-H FUNNIES 4-H Forms on the Net: 4-H Record Book forms are on the inter-net. They are easy to access. Here’s how: ● Access the internet ● Type in the address: fourh.ucdavis.edu. Press enter. ● Select the form you want and print it….OR ● Click on the file drop down menu, select “save as” ● Save on a disk on the A drive or to a file in Word. ● Each time you need to fill out the form, copy it, fill it in and print it. This is a great way to start off your record keeping for the com-ing year. It is a very “user-friendly” program!

4-H CLUB LEADER/MEETING INFORMATION

Grass Valley Creek 4-H: Club #111, Meets third Wednesday of the month at the Lewiston Recreation Hall in Lewiston at 6:30PM. Cecile Cody, Club Leader, 778-0415

Hayfork Timberjacks: Club #102, Meets first Monday of the month at the Livestock Quonset Hut at the fairgrounds, 6:00PM. (If that Monday is a holiday, then the meeting will be held the following Monday instead). Kathy Johnson, Club Leader, 628-4221

Mountain View 4-H: Club #123, Meeting times vary ~ Call Club Leader ~ held at Round Table Pizza in Weaverville. Michelle Haney, Club Leader, 623-2853

Southern Trinity 4-H: Club #108, Meets last Wednesday of the month at Southern Trinity High School, but call Ronie Millsap, Club Leader, 707-574-6472 to verify date/time.

Trinity River 4-H: Club #106, Meets second Sunday of the month. Contact Club Leader, Nancy Keyes, 629-2918

Mighty Fine Swine 4-H: Club #125, Meets first Monday of the month at Round Table Pizza, Weaverville, 6:00PM Mary Beth Brinkley, Club Leader, 623-3881

Zenia 4-H: Club #109, Call Yolanda Henrikson, Club Leader, for club meeting date/time/place,707-923-9634

Pure Country 4-H: (NEW!) Club #126, First meeting October 12th, Contact Carol Scherf, Club Leader, for club meeting time and directions, 623-4231.

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County information (Cont.)

How to Figure Out a Member’s % Attendance

**Figures of 0.49 are rounded down to the nearest whole number and figures of 0.50 are rounded up to the nearest whole number.

Meetings Held in 4-H Year

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

100% 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

90% 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

80% 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

70% 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 10

20 % 1 Missed Meetings

1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3

4-H and FUNDRAISING All 4-H units, including clubs, project groups, Teen Council and All Stars, must submit a viable plan before doing any fundraising in the name of 4-H. Contact Audra Lane, 4-H Pro-gram Representative, for your approval of 4-H fundraising ideas. Ask yourself...Does the fundraising effort support the educational goals of 4-H? Why are you raising the funds?

STATE UPDATES The dates for the 2007 Citizenship Focus Program are:California Focus June 22-26, 2007Washington Focus #1 - Road to Democracy June 23-July 2, 2007Heritage Trail I June 23-30, 2007Washington Focus #2 - Global Journey July 14-25, 2007Heritage Trail II July 14-21, 2007The National 4-H Center is requiring contract commitments for the Washington Focus Program in November so on-line registra-tion will take place on the California 4-H web site from Oct 1 - Nov 6, 2006. We may be able to add additional delegates through January on a first-come, first-served basis. Registrations for California Focus registrations will be open until January 29, 2007.

For Clubs/Groups: The Dean Memorial Legacy Fund provides 4-H clubs and groups an opportunity to ask for funds up to $2,500 to expand the reach of 4-H, increase public awareness, or develop new and innovative projects. More information is available at http://ca4h.org/4hresource/ir/. Applications are due October 31, 2006.

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A Shooting Sports Leader Trainer Course - Rifle Discipline will be held in Bakersfield, CA on Saturday, October 7, 2006 from 9:00 a.m.– 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 8, 2006 from 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. Upon successful completion of the course, 4-H leaders will be certified in the shooting sports discipline of rifle. They will be certified as leader trainers and are eligible to serve as shooting sports lead-ers for clubs or counties and they may also instruct and certify shooting sports volunteer leaders. To get more information or register for the class contact John Borba at: jaborba@ucdavis.edu or 661-868-6216.

For Clubs/Groups: Youth Service America and the State Farm Companies Foundation are offering the State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant for youth across the United States. These grants, of up to $1,000 each, support youth (ages 5-25), or teach-ers/school-based service-learning coordinators in implementing service-learning projects for National and Global Youth Service Day (http://www.ysa.org/nysd/), April 20-22, 2007. Projects can address any number of themes including the environment, disaster relief, health, teen issues, education, interfaith dialogue, intergenerational relationships, homelessness, and literacy, among others. The deadline for application is October 16, 2006. The application and grant guidelines are available at: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10004016/YSA

Programs of Distinction is a collection of programs that reflect the high quality of 4-H youth development programs occurring in communities across the United States. It is supported by the 4-H system partners and coordinated through National 4-H Headquar-ters and the Cooperative State Research, Education and Exten-sion Service (CSREES). There is no entry deadline. For more information, visit: http://www.national4-hheadquarters.gov/about/pod.htm

The National Gardening Association and Home Depot Have announced the 24th annual Youth Garden Grant Pro-gram. Applicants must plan to garden in 2007 with at least 15 children ages 3-18 years old, and should demonstrate a child-centered plan that emphasizes children/youth learning and work-ing in an outdoor garden. For more information please go to: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002072/kidsgardening.

Citizenship DEFINING GOOD CITIZENSHIP People of character choose to be good citizens. They show a concern for people and work to make their home, school, neighborhood and country the best. True citizenship is active. No one can make a difference without becoming personally involved in making things better. It is not enough to hold a job, pay taxes and obey the law. An ethical person will take one more step and become a responsible member of family, school, organizations and commu- nity. CITIZENSHIP IN THE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND EXHIBITION COMMUNITY Livestock exhibitors, their families and sponsors are all members of the exhibiting commu- nity and are therefore responsible for knowing and obeying all rules, regulations and laws. People involved in livestock production and exhibition are responsible for knowing and fulfilling their responsibilities. They represent the exhibiting community as a whole. What they do or say reflects positively or negatively on the entire community. TO SHOW CITIZENSHIP, EXHIBITORS WILL:

● Know and fulfill responsibilities. ● Know and obey the rules, regulations and laws. ● Stay informed of recommended production and exhibiting practices and issues. ● Do their best to promote good character in the exhibiting community and in society as a whole. ● Protect the environment during the production and exhibiting of animals. ● Keep the show facilities clean and free of litter and trash, ● Volunteer to assist fellow exhibitors. ● Be a team player and add to the strength of the club by displaying only truly ethical behavior. ● Show respect to all of the stakeholders in the exhibiting community. ● Participate in making the world a better place by voicing an opinion and working to improve things. PARENTS WHO ARE GOOD CITIZENS WILL:

● Work to make their home, community and country a better place to live. ● Model good citizenship by following instructions and rules related to the project. ● Help the child to learn to win or lose gracefully. ● Help others at livestock shows; for example, sharing specialized equipment. ● Treat animals humanely. ● Protect consumers by ensuring that market animals are safe for consumption.

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DATE EVENT TIME LOCATION

10/1/2006 4-H Record Books due 4-H Office , Hayfork

10/1/06- 10/7/06 NATIONAL 4-H WEEK WHAT IS YO UR CLUB DO ING?

10/5/2006 Tr inity County 4-H Counci l Meet ing 7:00PMTC Juveni l e Ha l l Conf. Room, Weavervi l l e

10/9/2006 Columbus Day , 4-H Offi ce closed10/14/2006 Tr inity County Junior Li vestock BBQ 11 :00AM-4:00PMLowden Park, Weavervi l l e

10/21/2006Record Book Judging (judges only attend this) 10:00AM 4-H Office , Hayfork

10/28/2006 Countywide 4-H Club Offi cer Tra ining 10:00AM Dining Ha l l , Fa i rgrounds, Hayfork

10/30/2006Financia l Aid & Young Ci vic Leader Scholarship appl icat ions due Ca l i fornia 4-H YDP Offi ce

11/4/2006Trin ity County Favorite Foods Day/Achievement Day

Dining Ha l l , Fa i rgrounds, Hayfork

11/6/2006Wash ington Focus reg istration forms due Ca l i fornia 4-H YDP Offi ce

11/17/06- 11/19/0620 06 Californ ia 4-H S tate Leaders Forum Asi lomar, CA

11/23/2006 Thanksg iv ing Day, 4-H Off ice Closed

12/24/2006 Chr istmas Eve , 4-H Office Closed12/25/2006 Chr istmas Day , 4-H Offi ce Closed

1/29/2007Cal i fornia Focus registrat ion forms due Ca l i fornia 4-H YDP Offi ce

2/11/2007 Skat ing & Crafts Party TBA Fai rgrounds, Hayfork

3/10/2007 Tr ini ty County Presentat ion Day TBA Hawkins Bar Grange Ha l l

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION Trinity County 4-H Office Post Office Box 490 Hayfork, California 96041

University of California Cooperative Extension

The Cloverleaf is published monthly for the Trinity County 4-H Youth Development Program. UCCE exists in Trin-

ity County as a partnership of The University of California, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Trinity County.

Articles or photographs for the Cloverleaf are due into the UCCE Office by the 20th of each month. The Cloverleaf is also available online at the Trinity County 4-H Website.

OFFICE LOCATION: PHONE NUMBER Trinity County Fairgrounds, 4-H & UCCE Office (530) 628-5495 Hayfork CA FAX: (530) 628-1945

Trinity County 4-H Web Site: http://cetrinity.ucdavis.edu

Audra Lane - 4-H Program Representative amlane@ucdavis.edu

Visit the California State 4-H Website at: http://ca4h.org

The University of California prohibits discrimination against or harassment of any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer related or genetic characteristics), ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or status as a covered veteran (covered veterans are special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Vietnam-era veteran or any other veterans who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized) in any of its programs or activities or with respect to any of its employment policies, practices, or procedures. University policy is intended to be consistent with the provisions of applicable State and Federal laws. Inquiries regarding the University’s nondiscrimi-nation policies may be directed to the Affirmative Action/Staff Personnel Services Director, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources, 300 Lakeside Drive, 6th Floor, Oakland CA 94612-3550, (510) 967-0096.

University of California Cooperative Extension

The Cloverleaf is published monthly for the Trinity County 4-H Youth Development Program. UCCE exists in Trinity County as a partnership of The University of California, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Trinity County.

Articles or photographs for the Cloverleaf are due into the UCCE Office by the 20th of each month. The Cloverleaf is also available online at the Trinity County 4-H Website.

OFFICE LOCATION: PHONE NUMBER: Trinity County Fairgrounds Email address: cetrinity@ucdavis.edu 4-H & UCCE Office (530) 628-5495 Hayfork CA Trinity County 4-H Web Site: http://cetrinity.ucdavis.edu FAX: (530) 628-1945

Audra Lane - 4-H Program Representative amlane@ucdavis.edu

Tamila Medinnus - FSNEP Representative Carol Fall - Projects Specialist

Pam Coffey - UCCE 4-H Administrative Clerk II

pmcoffey@ucdavis..edu

Visit the California State 4-H Website at: http://ca4h.org The University of California prohibits discrimination against or harassment of any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer related or genetic characteristics), ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or status as a covered veteran (covered veterans are special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Vietnam-era veteran or any other veterans who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized) in any of its programs or activities or with respect to any of its employment policies, practices, or procedures. University policy is intended to be consistent with the provisions of applicable State and Federal laws. Inquiries regarding the University’s nondiscrimi-nation policies may be directed to the Affirmative Action/Staff Personnel Services Director, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources, 300 Lakeside Drive, 6th Floor, Oakland CA 94612-3550, (510) 967-0096.

Telephone: (530) 628-5507 tmedinnus@ucdavis.edu

cjfall@ucdavis.edu