Inside this issue:

Calendar 1

Leaders Page—2017 2018 Enrollment for Adults and Youth

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Policy and Procedure, Camp Updates, State Updates

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4-H Shooting Sports Workshops, County Record Book Judging Results, REF, State Fair Pictures

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Preston Scholarship Winner—Essay Duncan Cline

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Scribes 6

North Area Facebook 7

December 2017 Mendocino Roundup

4-H Calendar of Events

December ____________________________________________

25.....Christmas— UCCE Office Closed

26-29.... UCCE Office Closed. Please call in if you need to

Come to the Office, staff will be working

January _____________________________________________

6.... County Council Meeting - 9am-12pm—Ukiah

15.... Round Up Scribe Articles Due to UCCE Office

16....I & R Committee and Governance Committee 6-8pm

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2017-2018 4-H THEME

LEADERS PAGE

http://cemendocino.ucanr.edu/4-H_Program/Adult_New_Enrollment_and_Re-Enrollment/

2017 2018 ENROLLMENT

How you enroll has changed this year! Please go to our UCCE Mendocino Page with the links below to see how to apply online with your

phone, tablet, laptop or desktop.

http://cemendocino.ucanr.edu/4-H_Program/Youth_Member_Enrollment_and_Re-Enrollment_117/

Adult Re-Enrollment Re-apply annually by December 31 All 4-H volunteers must be appointed annually. If you are a current 4-H Adult Volunteer, to contin-ue in the next year you need to re-apply and be re-appointed by December 31st to continue with no break in service. Re-application process Update your 4hOnline profile. 1. Log in to 4hOnline to update your profile to enroll for the new year. Please make sure the email address in the system is correct and one you check regularly. Do not create a new profile, just click "Forgot My Password". Take the Returning Volunteers Training in the online eXtension system. 2. You will receive the login information sent to your Family email after you update and submit your 4h online profile application for the new year. (go to https://campus.extension.org/enrol/index.php?id=1410. You will need to use Mozilla Firefox as your Internet Browser. Get approved as a 4-H Volunteer. 3. The County Director reviews and approves 4-H volunteer appointments after all the application requirements and mandatory trainings are com-pleted.

Renewing Members All 4-H members must re-enroll by December 31st each year. In Mendocino County, if you are taking a market animal you need to renew by October 15th. If you are a current 4-H member under 18, your parent or guardian can renew your membership in 4hOnline. See the Instructions for renewing membership in 4hOnline Membership Renewal Process

Update enrollment. Select the "Enroll for (current program year)" for the renewing member.

Update personal information. Make sure all of your personal information is up to date, including email address. Email is the primary way you will receive communications outside of club and project meet-ings.

Mendocino County 4-H Member Agreement

New in 2017: Your Health History form is now in 4hOnline. Please fill in completely - this can be ac-cessed for participation in 4-H events and activities.

Update your 4-H participation. Only select the club, projects and groups that you will be participating in for the new year. Remove any clubs or projects that you will not be actively participating in.

Submit your program fees. Your membership re-newal is pending until your Club Leader confirms payment and your County UCCE Office reviews that all renewal information and fees are submitted.

Participate! Check your Family email account for the confirmation that your renewal is active. Once your membership is active, you may participate in 4-H events and activities!

CAMP UPDATES

http://cemendocino.ucanr.edu/4-H_Program/4-H_Summer_Camp/Camp_Teen_Staff/

Policy and Procedure

When meetings are being conducted at or on private property, your office needs to be aware that these meetings are taking place, and when they are being held. In addition, the owner is required to sign the Attachment D and provide a copy of their declaration page of the property/homeowners' insurance page. UC will sign the Attachment as well and provide our generic certificate. This serves as documentation that these are sanctioned 4-H activities in the event of an injury, or incident.

This is the same procedure used when some-one provides their barn or property for trail rides or training, as well as when there are Master Gardener Tours, or pruning demonstra-tions.

Everybody ready for 4-H Summer Camp? Excited for a week filled with fun ac vi es? This year, camp will be July 1-5, 2018 at the Mendocino Woodlands. We are excited to return to this beau ful se ng, with new ac-

vi es and sessions being planned now. There will be an informa onal mee ng Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 6:30pm at the Ukiah 4-H office for any interested families and teens. The Youth Deans and Director have been selected and will be mee ng soon to begin planning the Counselor Training program. Tanner Whetzel from the Ukiah Shamrocks will be returning as the Director. Wya Ho-bart from Fort Bragg and Catherine Braider from Blue Heron will be the Deans. Teens, we are now accep ng applica ons for Summer Camp Counselors! You should have received an applica-

on in the mail and you can get it from the 4H website: h p://cemendocino.ucanr.edu/4-H_Program/4-H_Summer_Camp/Camp_Forms/ Counselor applica ons are due February 2, 2018 at 5 pm. You must be 14 by December 31, 2017 to apply as a counselor. Campers and CIT's registra on forms will be posted very soon. Informa on will be sent out via email and posted on the 4-H website. Cost this year is $200 for Teens and $250 for Campers/CITs. Payment plans are welcomed and some scholarships are availa-ble. Deadline for registra on will be in May. Parents, we are also looking for help planning camp and to be chaperones at camp. If you are interested in helping out, or just want to learn more about summer camp, we invite you to join us at the Mendocino Lake 4-H Summer Camp Steering Commi ee mee ng. We meet on the 4th Wednesday of every month from 6:30pm-8:30 pm at the Ukiah 4-H office. If you are in-terested please contact Tascha Whetzel at twhet-zel@pacific.net or Julie Frazell at jfrazell@ucanr.edu or (707) 263-6838.

County Ambassadors (previously known as (“All-Stars”) - A brand new, re-vamped handbook and administration manual for county ambassadors will be released by early July 2017. Contact your county 4-H office if you are interested in piloting this program.

I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the last bit of summer. I received confirmation that the 2018 State Field Day will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2018 @ UC Davis. I know State Field day has mainly been on the last Saturday of May, which usually is Memorial day weekend, but I decided to move it off of the holiday weekend for this upcoming year. Once the new Animal Science CES comes on board, we will send out more information. Thank you and hope you have a great weekend, Jessica Bautista, PhD Youth, Families, & Communities Statewide Program STEM Academic Coordinator jbautista@ucanr.edu | (530) 750-1341 Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday

2017 Record Book Results Name Club Place Hailey Musgrave Long Valley Gold Ryan Welter Mendocino Gold Jacob Welter Mendocino Gold Elisha Yager Mendocino Gold Joya Yager Mendocino Red Kaylee Slates Potter Valley Blue Noah Penry Potter Valley Gold Faith Ingram Potter Valley Gold Owen Powis Potter Valley Gold Chancelyn Johnson Potter Valley Gold Sutton Ingram Potter Valley Gold Quinton Powis Potter Valley Gold Calie Slates Potter Valley White Katie Brown Potter Valley Gold Marcella Vallejo Ukiah Gold Stephany Brundage Willits Gold

4-H Shooting Sports - Archery Workshop

April 6 – 8, 2018 A training course for the 4-H archery disci-pline will be offered as a workshop at the 2018 California Camping Conference. The conference will take place at Redwood Glen in San Mateo County. Early registration for the conference is $195 and includes meals, lodging, and course materials. Upon suc-cessful completion of the course, participants will be certified as archery volunteers and can instruct archery club projects and camp programs. Early registration is due by Febru-ary 16, 2018. Registration from February 17 – March 23, 2018 will be $230. To view the conference material or the regis-tration information, visit the Camping Web-site at: http://4h.ucanr.edu/4-H_Events/CampingConference_128/ For more information about registering for this course contact John Borba at (661) 868-6216 or email: jaborba@ucanr.edu

Cloverbuds showing Pygmy Goats at the REF 2017

2017 CA State Fair 4-H Cooking Throwdown - GRILL SEEKERS—Intermediate Champions!! Rory, Ariel and Joey

Hello my name is Duncan Cline, I am 17 years old

and this was my last year of 4-H. I have been in 4-H

for 9 years and I've learned so many things. I joined

4-H when I was 8 and I joined the shotgun project for

my first year. From there it has all grown. I have tak-

en over 25 different projects from archery, rocketry,

plant science, public speaking, leadership, rifle, shot-

gun, and computers.

One of my favorite things that I have done in 4-H has

been shooting sports. I started out shooting round

robin shotgun competitions and I am currently com-

peting in multi-gun shoots. Multi-gun is a sport using

up to 3 guns; rifle, pistol and shotgun, in a competi-

tion of speed and accuracy in a tactical situation. The

course changes in every match. I use the safety and

shotgun skills I learned when I first started 4-H. This

is one example, of many, where my projects have

turned into my passions. If you would like to see

some of my progress, check out my youtube channel

by searching Duncan Cline. I also use my speaking

skills and leadership skills within this passion as I

work with the Ukiah Gun Club to bring this sport to

Ukiah.

The second area that I am thankful for the experi-

ence is my computer project, I am now working on a

state committee as a member of the California Edu-

cation Technology Leadership Team. I go to Davis

four times a year and I just got back from Yosemite

for a leadership planning meeting. I worked 12

hours at State Field Day and soon will be going to

U.C. Davis again to work as a leader at State Lead-

ership Conference. I will serve on this committee at

least one more year, and probably more.

PRESTON SCHOLARSHIP WINNER—ESSAY

The most exciting opportunity I was able to take ad-

vantage through 4-H was my position as a National

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)

Ambassador. I am one of seven in the country who is

nationally recognized as leaders in STEM and are

currently serving our home states and at national

events. I led a local STEM project this year. Last

year I flew to Washington D.C. twice to help with Na-

tional Youth Science Day and the world's largest sci-

ence and engineering festival. I will continue to

serve on this committee for the 2017-2018 year and

will be flying to New York for NYSD in October 2017.

I have been very interested in computers and cyber

security for a long time. I was able to earn my

presentation proficiency by giving prepared speech-

es about cyber security and I hope this has been

able help local people protect their online pres-

ence. I plan to continue my education in the Com-

puter Science field at Mendocino College and then

transfer on to complete my degree. I am thankful for

the opportunities that 4-H has given me.

Thank you,

Duncan Cline

SCRIBE’S ARTICLES

Hello 4-H Families,

Tonight we start a new year, I am very excited to get this year going. I really hope that we as a club can recruit some new members and leaders. Talk to your family, your friends, maybe you know some-one who is interested in joining our team. We al-ways have room for new members and leaders. Maybe an adult that wants to take on a new project, or an existing project that doesn’t have a leader now. There is so much more out there that we can do for projects. If you have the time, go on to the 4-H website and look at all the possibilities that are out there. Sewing, quilting, knitting, fly tying, wood working, mechanics, leather working, etc… Tons of projects! Hailey Musgrave Long Valley 4-H

The Fort Bragg 4H met on November 8th for a general meeting. The meeting started off with our Officer Reports. The first officer,s that spoke were the Sergeant of Arms' - Trevor and Temple. They talked about the Recreation winner, Sofia. Skylar Kendl was the next to present the attendance as our Secretary. We had no official Secretary's re-port. She did report on attendance though. Next. our Treasurer, David, reported. He also stated that there was not a Treasurer's Report at this time. The Secretary and Treasurer's report will be stated next meeting. After that was The Club Store reporter, Lane, with updates of what is not stocked and when the orders would be placed. There were no scarves and small and medium hats. Stacey Anderson explained how a new order was coming in soon and that if you needed any certain sizes to ask her before the next order gets put out. After Stacey explained the Club Store Hunter Kendal explained the Historians Book and asked if any-body has or could take pictures of their 4H experi-ence, or anybody's. Then Sylvan has nothing to talk about with the Recreation. Next was Old Busi-ness, Lane talked about the window display that was put up for 2 weeks at Furniture Mart, and how Fort Bragg gave us $50 for the display. Then Tre-vor talked about our old Halloween that was a suc-cess, with food and activities. After that Wyatt talked about the potluck that was going on the night of the general meeting. He also talked about after the potluck there would be awards. Then Lane, again, talked about the Wreaths Across America, which is happening at the Rose Memorial Cemetery on December 16th, starting at 8:00. Next Hunter Kendal talked about the Fire Relief Donations where there was a basket to donate money.

The 4H family was hoping to retain some new rabbits as they were lost in the fire. There was no added business. Off to the new business. First Stacey An-derson talked about making some Christmas cards for Sherwood Oaks, 180 total. Wyatt Hobart talked about 4H camp and had a letter go out to all the old-er officers to sign up as a counselor or to be a teen staff. After that Ronda talked about the Facebook page and how 4H is on there. Teresa explained how google calendar works and wanted us to download it to keep up with meetings and other 4H purposes. Lastly was open announcements. The deadline for signing up to raise and animal is November 15th. There is a fire house party going on at the Fort Bragg Fire Department and they need dishwashers on De-cember 9th. Our Vice President Davis Pyorre signed up all the officers and other volunteers. Next Karen announced the next goat meeting was December 3rd, 1pm at her house. Lastly Wyatt adjourned the meeting and announced the awards.

Scribes—It’s a new 4-H Year—I would love to see your articles appear here. Send your articles by the 15th of every month to: tlboyd@ucanr.edu !

Northern Area Facebook

I hope everyone's settled into the new 4-H year. I have some updates. The following is a result of a lot of hard work from volunteers or is relevant for our members so please bear with me on the length... I've struggled to pass on information so I would hugely appreciate it if everyone could respond and just let me know they received this email...

1. Please help advertise the Northern Area Face-book page in your newsletters and on your county pages. I hope this group will help combat the well-known issue of communication. Since it's a group, any member can post in it, so ideally it will become a place where folks can share about local events, notable projects, or ask questions. I have been us-ing it to share updates about the Northern Youth Summit but don't be afraid to post in it and show our members how it can be used. Thanks to those counties that are members and share important posts!

2. The Northern Youth Summit (NYS) will take place January 26-28 in Richardson Springs (just north of Chico). Registration is open! Please share the link with your counties, it is for both registration and workshop presenters. If you know of good work-shops in your area and want to nudge people indi-vidually that would be amazing :) The committee is already operating but if any members would still like to join they can contact me.

3. The Area Presentation Days will be hosted by Lassen, Placer, Del Norte, and Yuba-Sutter this year. Lassen and Yuba-Sutter have already set theirs for March 24th, 2018. Can the staff in these counties send me the names and contact infor-mation of the volunteer(s) in charge of these events?

4. The Western Region Leaders' Forum is taking place March 1-4th, 2018 in sunny San Diego. I'm the Marketing Director for the planning committee so I'd be remiss if I didn't push their Facebook page as well. The deadline for workshops has passed but if anyone has a good workshop handy or knows someone who has a high caliber one, they can email wrlf2018@ucanr.edu. The confer-ence is going to be fantastic and a good place to use those professional development funds :) Reg-istration will open next month and will be ballpark $550 (nothing's confirmed so keep that number under your hat)

5. There is a great Handbook for New Families floating around.

6. Lastly, I'm actively recruiting more members for my program committee. I have about four mem-bers from Lassen, Del Norte, Butte and Colusa and would love more. This year our primary focus is going to be compiling educational materials for popular projects to help new project leaders get started.

If you're still reading, thanks for sticking with me! As always, let me know if there's anything I can do to help your county or if you have ideas for my committee!

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Ryan P. Cleland North Area Director | CA Management Board

Co-Assistant Director | CA State Leadership Conference

Advisor | CA State Ambassador Program

4-H Alumnas 2001-2011

890 N. Bush Street Ukiah, CA 95482 Phone (707) 463-4495 FAX (707) 463-4477

“Roundup” MENDOCINO COUNTY 4-H

December 2017

Web Sites National 4-H Council www.4-h.org California State 4-H Website: http://4h.ucanr.edu/ Record Book forms, officer manuals, Policy Handbook, opportunities for youth and leaders, etc. Click on Resources for links to electronic 4-H forms, policies, and opportunities. LikeusonFacebook@MendocinoCounty4-H Yahoo Groups for Community Club Leaders http://groups.yahoo.com/group/4h-ccl/ Valuable site for discussing issues, sharing information and resources for curriculum, materials and project ideas.

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University of CA Cooperative Extension , Mendocino

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Cooperative Extension—Mendocino County 890 N. Bush Street Ukiah, CA 95482

Linda Edgington 4-H Program Representative Mendocino 707.463.4495 lgedgington@ucanr.edu

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Gregory A. Giusti County Director, Mendocino & Lake Counties gagiusti@ucanr.edu

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