4-H Office

207 West South Street Office: (760) 873-7854

Bishop, CA 95314 Fax: (760) 873-7314

Inyo Mono County 4-H

Roadrunner Newsletter

Spring 2016

Calendar of Events

Apr. 25 Senior Scholarship Due to 4-H Office

Apr. 28 Record Book Workshop Patio Building, Bishop 3:30-5:30pm

May 2 Jr Livestock Auction Committee Meeting Eastern Sierra Comm. Bank 5:30

May 20 Livestock Field Day Lone Pine FFA Farm 1:00pm

Livestock Field Day

May 15, 2016 at 1:00 pm

Lone Pine FFA Farm

Mandatory for all 4-H members wanting to show at the

Junior Livestock Show & Auction.

More information on page 4

Mini Members are not required to attend Livestock Field Day.

Livestock Quiz Bowl immediately Following Livestock Judging.

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Mule Days Fund Raiser:

The 4-H Council will be selling Mule Day’s Magazine again this year as a fund raiser. The

main focus of the sales will be during the parade, on the parade route. In the parade?

Don’t worry there will be other times we will be selling Magazines during the weekend.

Council uses the money earned to pay for countywide events & awards. Please sign-up

with your Community Leader or at the 4-H office.

New Project: Fairgrounds Garden Project: Led by Michelle Denault

How would you like to create the flower beds at the Fairground? Learn how to design & plant flowerbeds to be

on display at the fairgrounds for the spring & summer. All ages welcome, mini members will need parent help.

First meeting, April 25, 4:00pm. at the fairground’s front gate. Nursery trip on April 29, Condition beds on

April 30, and start planting May 1. There will be a rotating schedule of maintenance thru May 20.

Contact the 4-H office if interested. 760-873-7854, or cjpeek@ucanr.edu

Community Service Opportunity:

The Department of Fish & Wildlife contacted 4-H for help cleaning fish at their Trout

Derby at Mule Days. They saw what a great job you do at the local fishing derbies.

Fishing times are: Saturday from 5:00 to 6:30pm and Sunday 12:00-1:30pm. Please sign

up at your next Community Meeting, or by contacting the 4-H office. They need sign-ups

prior to the event, so they know if they need to locate more volunteers.

Junior Livestock Auction Committee— Monday, May 2, 2016

5:30pm, Eastern Sierra Community Bank, Bishop. The Junior Livestock Auction

Committee is the volunteer committee that partners with the Tri-County Fairgrounds to

put on the Livestock Auction at the Junior Livestock Show & Sale. All 4-H Animal project

leaders encouraged to participate. Any 4-H parent of a member taking an animal project is

encouraged to participate as well. Come to the next meeting & see how you can contribute.

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2016 California 4-H Record Book: Callie’s Tip

Section 5: Collection of 4-H Work

In this NEW section to the record book you can include all 4-H events or activities that

you participated in that do not fall under project work. If you were in the Christmas

parade, helped at a fund raiser or community service event. Certificates from field day,

articles you wrote in the Road Runner, newspaper articles, fliers from events. Use this

section to highlight what a great 4her you are.

Judging Contest Results

Junior Division:

1st: Avery Wilson,

Bristlecone

2nd: Corde Peek,

Bristlecone

3rd: Larissa Simpson,

Sierra Crest

Intermediate Division:

1st: Jessi Ferrell,

Mt. Tom

2nd: Josi Ferrell,

Mt. Tom

3rd: Max Torres,

White Mtn.

Senior Division:

1st: Madalyn Batchelder,

Mt. Tom

2nd: Sarah Brown,

Lone Pine

3rd: Clarissa Castro,

Lone Pine

Team Judging Contest 1st Place Team:

Mt. Tom:

Jesi Ferrell

Madalyn Batchelder

Josi Ferrell

Alexis Eide

Tylar Banta

2nd Place:

Sierra Crest:

Natalie Blakey

Makayla Simpson

Justin Brooks

Larissa Simpson

Amelia Blakey

3rd Place:

Bristlecone:

Avery Wilson

Corde Peek

Kim Alderman

Aubrey Wilson

Sadie Dishion

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2016 Presenters

Demonstrations: A.J. Wilder, Independence, “Sick as a Bird”; Max Torres, White Mountain,

“Slap Shot”; Chloe Felgar, Bristlecone, “How to Blowup a Balloon without Air”; Jacob Pischel,

Independence, “Frenzied Folding”; Riely Phillips, Bristlecone, “Peanut Butter Cookies”; Nathan

Pischel, Independence, Knot so Trickey”; Blake Wilson, Bristlecone, “What’s up Dog?!”; Madison

Torres, White Mountain, “Picking a Pig”; Blake Phillips, Bristlecone, How to Feed a Bottle Calf”;

Samantha Burns, Bristlecone, “Claymation”; and Jacee Carpenter, Bristlecone, “Wrapping a

Hockey Stick”.

Illustrated Talks: Amelia Blakey, Sierra Crest, “Minecraft”; Kayla Brown, Lone Pine, “BaaBaa

Sheep Breeds; Jessica Milsap, Lone Pine, “Sweltering Swine”.

Science or Engineering Talk: Aubrey Wilson, Bristlecone, “Whatever Floats your Boat”.

Prepared speech: Mahdi Ayman, Bristlecone, “What should the Presidential Candidates be

Addressing at Election”; Samantha Burns, Bristlecone, “Head, Heart, Hands, and Health Around

the World”.

Impromptu Speeches: Sara Brown, Lone Pine, “Healthy Living”; Natalie Blakey, Sierra Crest,

“Healthy Living”.

Educational Display Talks: Tylar Banta, Mt. Tom, Liquid Density? Yes!”; Sadie Dishion,

Bristlecone, “What type of Bubble Gum Blows the Best Bubble”; Justin Brooks, Sierra Crest, “The

Beefiest Tape”.

Interpretive Readings: Natalie Blakey, Sierra Crest, “The Familiars”; Cooper Peek,

Bristlecone, Mr. Brown Can Moo Can You?”; Lyndsey Rowan, Sierra Crest, “The World Below the

Brine”; Corde Peek, Bristlecone, “Ivan the Great”; Tylar Banta, Mt. Tom, The Raven; A.J. Wilder,

Independence, “Boy and Egg”.

Sunday, May 15, 1pm, Lone Pine FFA School Farm on Muir Street

Coming from Bishop, Turn Left onto Muir, (In front of High School) the School Farm is at the end of the street.

Mandatory for all 4-H members wanting to sell or show an animal at the Junior Livestock Show.

Important! Please Read:

Unable to Attend 4-H Livestock Filed Day?

You must call the 4-H office by Thursday, May 12th to excuse yourself. Each 4-H member who does not

attend Livestock Field Day but wishes to show an animal at the Livestock Show and Sale will receive an

alternative assignment. 4-H members who do not contact the 4-H office and who do not complete their

alternative assignment will not be allowed to show an animal at the Junior Livestock Show and Sale.

Questions? Call the 4-H Office, 760-873-7854

First time attending the 4-H Livestock Field Day? Here’s what to look forward to!

Registration: from 1:00pm to 1:30pm

Judging will start promptly at 1:30 and conclude at approximately 3:15pm.

Livestock Judging will include Gilts, Market Hogs, Market Lambs, Breeding Ewes, Rabbits, Quarter Horses,

Goats, Chickens, and Market Steers.

When you arrive, you’ll be assigned to a group with a leader. Stay with your group the entire afternoon!

You will get a set of 6 individual judging cards and a Judging Sheet. Fill out the top information on the

Judging Sheet. It will stay with your group and be scored as the day progresses.

At each station, a moderator will teach you how to judge the animals. You will fill out a judging card for each

specie. Make sure you have your first and last name and club on all of your cards and judging sheet. Before

going to the next station the moderator will give the correct placing. You will turn in your judging card at the

end of each station.

Awards will be presented at the end of the days judging.

New this Year:

Livestock Quiz Bowl

Test your Knowledge in Swine and Beef.

Open to all members!

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2016 California 4-H Record Book

Format has changed. The following are sections that

need to be included in your record book this year.

Section 1: Preliminary Information

Section 2: Personal Development Report (PDR)

Section 3: My 4-H Story

Section 4: Project Report (s) - 1 report for each project

you complete.

Section 5: Collection of 4-H Work

Section 6: Leadership Development Report (s) - if a jr. or

teen leader.

Section 7: 4-H Resume - This section is for members 14-

18 years of age as of Jan. 1, 2016