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February 2023 Cloverleaf
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Best Theme:
1st Durham Parkview East
2nd Biggs
3rd Cohasset
Most Creative Booth:
1st Shasta
2nd Nord Cana
3rd Lone Pine
Best Overall Booth:
1st Shasta
2nd Nord Cana
3rd Lone Pine
Thank you to everyone that came to help setup, take down, and support Fun Night!
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February 18th at Butte Community College 8:00 am
Entries are due by February 10th at 5:00pm
Presentation Day is an opportunity for youth to exhibit their communication and public speaking skills. Communication and public speaking are one of the top-rated job skills by employers. This event is a one day, event where youth have the opportunity to give one presentation to a set of evaluators, who will evaluate their presentation and give them feedback.
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Event Details:
Date: March 4th, 2023
Registration Start Time: 8:30am
Event Start time: 9:15am
Location: Chico Women’s Club
About: Rainbow Craft Field Day provides youth who participate in a variety of skilled projects to come, exhibit, and speak about the projects which they have made. This event is not specific to a single project but invites any member to show off their makings.
If you have any questions or problems, please contact the 4-H Office at 538-7201 or the organizing club, Lone Pine 4-H, at lonePine4HClub@gmail.com
| Fashion Revue will be combined with Rainbow Craft Field Day this year. You can participate in both events. | |
Please note-
Certain categories require that the 4-H member be in a clothing/textile project to compete! Please see the link below for category specifics and descriptions.
Event Details:
Date: March 4th, 2023
Registration Start Time: 9:30am
Event Start: 10:00am
Location: Chico Women’s Club
Address: 592 E. 3rd St.; Chico, CA 95928
About: Fashion Revue is an event for youth who are interested or involved in Clothing and Textiles, Quilting and Consumer Science Projects. This is an opportunity for youth to showcase garments, designs, and projects made, they are evaluated and get to show off their hard work to other youth during the Butte County 4-H fashion show.
This event is hosted by Palermo 4-H Club and this year will be held on the same date, at the same venue as Rainbow Craft Field Day. Any questions contact Tonya Ainslie, hamblintonya@gmail.com
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Support Cooperative Extension! Come bowl with us!
2023 Bowl-a-Thon and 4-H Silent Auction
Save the Date
March 25th, 6-9 pm
Bowlero
2397 Esplanade
Chico, CA 95926
Organized by
Support Group of Butte County UCCE
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Butte County CattleWomen Scholarship
The Butte County CattleWomen is the local unit of California CattleWomen, Inc. Beef promotion, consumer education and legislation concerning the beef industry are our major concerns. We want to honor a student who is planning a career in an agricultural related field, preferably (but not required) with an emphasis on beef production and promotion. Any graduating senior entering college in the field of agriculture, or currently enrolled in college may apply for this scholarship.
2023 Butte County CattleWomen Scholarship information and application is attached. Please provide the information and application to 2023 graduating students that plan on furthering their education in any agriculture related field, i.e.: Production Agriculture, Agriculture Business, Nutrition, Agriculture Public Relations, Veterinarian Science, Agriculture Journalism, Agriculture Law, Rangeland Management, Equipment Repair.
Butte County CattleWomen will be awarding at least one $1,000.00 award for an Agricultural Scholarship to outstanding student(s) meeting the criteria. Additionally, one $1,000.00 scholarship, in memory of Dorothy Moffitt, may be awarded to a Gridley or Biggs 2023 graduating senior that will be enrolling in college in the field of agriculture, at the discretion of the Moffitt family.
Application, transcript and two letters of recommendations must be received by March 30, 2023, and must be submitted to:
Butte County CattleWomen
c/o Gail Tozier
2401 Flag Canyon Rd.
Oroville, CA 95965
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact either Gail or myself at the emails provided below. If you would like to have a representative of the Butte County CattleWomen Scholarship Committee speak to a class or group of students, we would be pleased to arrange that as well.
Thank you!
Rochelle Livingston
Butte County Cattlewomen Scholarship Committee
rochelleL@rocketmail.com
Gail Tozier
Butte County Cattlewomen Scholarship Committee Chair
tzranch@gmail.com
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NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
Applications are now being accepted for nearly 20 college scholarships offered through North Valley Community Foundation. Applications to the 18 scholarships managed by NVCF and details about each scholarship can be viewed at www.nvcf.org/scholarships. The deadline to apply for most scholarships is April 21.
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On January 15th five members of the Manzanita 4-H Swine group attended the Showtime Feeds Pig Seminar hosted by Vanella Farm Store in Durham, CA. There were over 150 Butte County 4-H members and parents in attendance.
Mr. Adam Mendoza was the speaker. Mr. Mendoza is from Modesto, CA and raised pigs for showing in his youth. He studied Animal Science at Modesto Junior College before attending CSU Chico and studying Animal Science. He graduated from CSU Chico in 2006. He is a sales representative at Farmers Warehouse Company in Keyes, CA. He also has a family business, No Limit Genetics, in Modesto, CA. They raise and sell high quality show pigs and breeding stock year-round. Because of this, Mr. Mendoza was able to speak to us about all aspects of our swine project.
The main topics that he covered were: Nutrition, fitting, showmanship, selection of animal and management of projects. He kept our attention by asking questions and then asking for the answer from the audience. If you got it correct, he would give you a hat or a product to use for our swine project. There were also several door prizes given out.
This was a very informative presentation. Thank you, Mr. Mendoza, for coming up to Durham, CA and for Vanella Farm Store for hosting the event.
By Alianna and Antonio Santillan
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Livestock Loans for Youth
California Women for Agriculture will be offering livestock loans to youth needing help purchasing their market animals for fair. The application is available on the North Valley CWA chapter website, you can find it here: https://www.northvalleycwa.com/jr-livestock-loans
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Livestock Fair Participation Agreement
At the August Council meeting, the Butte County 4-H Livestock Fair Participation Requirements and Agreement has been revised to align with California 4-H Policy.
It can be accessed online https://ucanr.edu/sites/Butte/files/372188.pdf.
Silver Dollar Fair
YQCA is a State and Fair requirement, not a 4-H requirement. Youth must have it completed prior to entering. This will be checked by the fair office staff.
The YQCA certificate needs to be emailed to livestock@silverdollarfair.org and include in the email your club or chapter name and species prior to entering. Please see the letter below for more information.
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Livestock Office Phone: (530)895-4666 or Email: livestock@silverdollarfair.org
All updates can be located on the website (www.silverdollarfair.org) along with local and state rules.
**YQCA must be completed prior to entering! Certificate must be valid thru May 28, 2023, for the Silver Dollar Fair. **
If you were in 4-H this past year, you must have completed and turn in your Record Books to your CCL for evaluation (all signatures required) no later than November 30th! If this was not done, you will not be qualified to show and sell an animal at the 2023 fairs.
Livestock members must have been enrolled in 4-H no later than October 20th to be eligible to show and sell at the Silver Dollar Fair.
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4-H Policy Reminder: Animal Ownership & Supervision Requirements
For 4-H members who are enrolled or plan to enroll in a 4-H animal project and who wish to show or exhibit their animal project(s) at a fair, exposition, sponsored shows, e.g., 4-H shows or other sponsored shows, now is a good time to review the timeframes of animal ownership and supervision members will need to meet for eligibility. Each category is outlined below. Sharing these timeframes with members will help ensure that youth in animals projects will be prepared for the 4-H year and fair season each year. See Ch. 7 of the policy handbook, IV. Fairs, Expositions, and Other sponsored Shows for more information.
· Poultry – must be owned and supervised for not less than 30 consecutive days and be enrolled in the project for not less than 60 consecutive days.
· Rabbits – must be owned and supervised for not less than 30 consecutive days and be enrolled in the project for not less than 60 consecutive days.
· Feeder and breeding animals – must be owned and supervised for not less than 30 consecutive days and be enrolled in the project for not less than 60 consecutive days.
· Market sheep, swine, veal and goats – must be owned and supervised for not less than 60 consecutive days.
· Market beef – must be owned and supervised for not less than 120 consecutive days.
· Horses – must be owned/leased and supervised for not less than 120 consecutive days. Male foals may be shown by 4-H members, but yearling and older stallions are ineligible as 4-H projects. The age of the horse shall be computed on the basis of a calendar year starting on January 1 of the year foaled; it is a weanling during the calendar year in which foaled, and a yearling during the first calendar year following its foaling date, regardless of year foaled.
· Llamas & Alpacas - must be owned/leased and supervised for not less than 120 consecutive days.
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A couple of changes to the entry process this coming year. ALL entries open on January 3rd! That includes ALL breeding and ALL market species.
Closing dates will be as followed:
Steers: April 24, 2023
Hogs, Lambs, & Goats: June 23, 2023
Breeding, Rabbits, & Poultry (including turkeys): July 24, 2023
****UNLESS THAT SPECIE(s) FILLS BEFORE THE DATE****
In the case that the entry fills we will have a waitlist system in place. I will keep in touch if that becomes an issue.
For clarification of the rules. If you've entered a market steer nomination and decide to enter another species and pay for said species, we will remove your steer entry, allowing waitlist exhibitors to be moved up. NO exhibitor will have more than one paid entry on file with the fair. You are ALLOWED to have backup animals of the same species.
Local and species-specific rules should be published by Feb 1.
All entries will be processed through ShoWorks software starting with the upcoming 2023 Fair. Through this software exhibitors will be able to log into a previously made account if they have created one for other fairs (ex. Silver Dollar, State Fair). If they are new to the ShoWorks system, they will need to create an account that they can use for future years. No more account set up each year. Please see the image below for a walk through of the process.
Please contact Hope West at the Butte County Fair Livestock office for any questions 530-846-3626.
Butte County Fair Update:
Just wanted to reach out to all and remind you- SHOWORKS IS TO TURN IN PICTURES OF YOUR LIVESTOCK.
LIABILITY FORMS AND YQCA NEED TO BE TURNED INTO THE GOOGLE FORM.
I will discard emails that have livestock pictures, bills of sale, YQCA, and liability forms.
I appreciate those who have turned in their documents in the appropriate fields, I understand this is new, but soon this will become routine. I am not expecting you to have your livestock pictures and bills of sale in, however, I am expecting them to be turned into ShoWorks when you have the livestock before the following dates:
Steers: April 24, 2023
Pigs, Lambs, and Goats: June 23, 2023
Rabbits and Chickens: July 24, 2023
Linked below the Google Form, access to the liability form, and ShoWorks.
Please email the Butte County Fair Office if you have any questions or concerns!
ShoWorks
Liability Form
Google Forms for Lability and YQCA ONLY
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Important!
As of December 31, 2022 any volunteers that do not have an approved enrollment should not be holding any meetings because the Insurance only covers volunteers with completed enrollments.
Any youth members enrollments that are not yet approved may not participate in any activities due to insurance requirements.
If your enrollment is not approved check your spam emails from ldarby@buttecounty.net If you have any questions please call Linda Darby at the Butte County 4-H Office @ 530-538-7201
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Have A Question?
Who you should contact:
* Your Project Leader or Club Leader (CCL)
* The 4-H Office ( Maisie 530-966-1746 or Linda 530-538-7201 )
* Butte County Fair Office (BCF questions)530-846-3626
* Silver Dollar Fair Office (SDF questions) 530-895-4666
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Spark Achievement Webinars Continue
By popular demand, the series of Spark Achievement Program Webinars will continue in 2023!
Upcoming dates:
Feb. 9th and 22nd, 7 pm
Mar. 9th and 22nd, 7 pm
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Citizenship Washington Focus
National 4-H Council’s premier leadership and civic engagement experience for high school students. Through Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF), teens experience Washington D.C. like never before. Using the nation’s capital as their classroom, CWF connects young leaders from across the country to gain the skills and experiences to become effective change agents.
To learn more about the CWF 2023 program, download the program agenda below.
Quick Facts about California 4-H at CWF:
- The State 4-H Office coordinates all travel, lodging, registration, etc. for attendees
- CWF knows this, and will reject any registrations accidentally put in by individuals
- California 4-H offers two different trips for CWF
- Attendance at CWF plus additional days for fun and educational sightseeing exclusively available for California 4-H members (CWF Extended Trip)
- Attendance at only the CWF conference planned by National 4-H Council (CWF Only)
- California 4-H send all of our attendees during the same week to streamline logistics and keep costs low
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This year, our goal is to attend during the Fourth of July CWF Session (Schedule Linked Here); two counties have already expressed interest in attending this session
- This session has unique activities not part of the other CWF Sessions
- It may seem odd to encourage a 4-H trip during a national holiday, but celebrating Independence Day in our nation’s capital can be a once in a lifetime opportunity
- This event has a considerable cost
- Historically, team attendees have fundraised to obtain sponsorships for the trip
- All counties on our list (except for Modoc) should have funds with their Council or VMO raised by the bi-annual Tractor Supply Paper Clovers event
- This money is allocated for scholarships at 4-H camps, conferences, and other events that result and civic and leadership education
- Reach out to your local staff to learn more
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There are still some COVID-19 safety measures in place that everyone will want to review
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