4H Llama/Alpaca Project Meeting this Saturday 12/17 at 1pm - 7 Sisters Stables

Welcome to the 2012 4H Llama/Alpaca Project!!

Our first meeting will be Saturday, December 17th at 1pm at 7 Sisters Stables. Attached please find a map to the ranch. We are located ½ mile north of Hwy 78 at Witch Creek, near where Old Julian Hwy intersects Hwy 78.

This will be an exciting winter. We have 7 females who are pregnant and will be delivering over the next couple of months. Baby crias are always fun and having a group of them dancing in the pastures will be great fun….we are looking forward to sharing this special time with you.

I’m proposing the 3rd Saturday of the month at 1pm for our meetings. We can discuss this and see if another time is more convenient. But this does correspond with the two local shows – Riverside County Fair/Date Fest at Indio on President’s Day weekend February 18-19th and San Diego County Fair at Del Mar June 9-10th.

As always, you do not need to own a llama or alpaca to participate. Come and see what wonderful animals llamas and alpacas are….and learn about opportunities to show in halter, showmanship, and youth performance. We’ll also learn about fiber production and finishing, packing, and other topics of interest.

I’m looking forward to scheduling a day hike and picnic at our nearby Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve – West. So check your calendars and let’s set a date.

Looking forward to seeing you all…..

PS: If I’ve missed anyone who might be interested, please forward. If I’m sending you more than one email please let me know.

Linda

Linda R. Laird
llaird@cricketcommunications.com
linda@7sistersstables.com
(858) 220-2603

Ramona Stars Community Meeting

Hello Stars!

Tomorrow night, December 14th, is our Community meeting for December. We will be meeting as usual at the Home Ec building at the Ramona Jr Fairgrounds at 7:00pm.

A few items to give you a heads-up on...

* We will be signing holiday cards for the troops like we did last year after our meeting. If anyone has any extra holiday cards they would like to donate, that would be wonderful. Pens to sign with would be great as well.This can count as community service in your record book.

* We would like to have refreshments to share after the meeting to celebrate the holidays. The club will provide drinks. If everyone could bring some sort of desert to share, that would be great. We were thinking maybe a 1/2 dozen of cookies, brownies, candy canes, etc. That way we don't have too much leftover. If you can't bring something, don't worry, I am sure we will have plenty! Please stay anyway to talk with everyone.

** Check out our blog... http://ramonastars.blogspot.com/ Nathan Miller, our president, has been wonderful about getting this up and running. It is a way for everyone to see what may be coming up either for the whole club, or for a particular project. There is a link on the left side where you can subscribe via email to the blog so that you get notified when there is something new posted.

*** 4-H Onlie Record Book (ORB) - Please remember to check out the Online Record book. You can access it through the same way you access the enrollment page. There is a link and instructions on utilizing it. It is a great tool for everyone to use throughout the year. It allows for everyone to update after each project meeting or event so that there is not that much to do at the end of the year to turn in your record book. http://www.ca4h.org/4hbook/ You will sign in as if you are doing your enrollment, and then there will be a link

Rememer, if you can't make it to a meeting, please let a leader know so that you can be marked excused.

See you tomorrow!

December Community Meeting

Don't forget that the December Community Meeting is on Wednesday December 14th in the Home Economics building at the Ramona Fair Grounds.

Stars Horse Project

The Stars 4-H Horse Project had its first meeting on Sunday, Novemer 6, 2011 at C Bar S Ranch in Ramona. We currently have 5 members signed up for our group. I am really looking forward to having a great year together. Our next meeting will take place on Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 1:00 pm at C Bar S Ranch in Ramona. This meeting will require each member to bring their own horse. If the weather is bad, we will just have a meeting without our horses. If you have any questions or would like to join our group please give me a call at

619-247-4750. Happy Trails!!

Christine Snyder

Horse Project Leader

November Sheep Meeting

On November 16, 2011 the sheep group held its first meeting at Ruthann Keller’s house. We introduced ourselves, then elected officers and talked about the December Christmas Party. Don’t forget to bring your gifts. :)

Goat Group Fundraiser

Dear Ramona Stars Goat Group,

Our next fund raiser to buy a group set of clippers will be a garage sale at the Grange Hall ,or even better ,weather permitting, in the Grange Hall's parking lot. So as you're cleaning up and out for the Holidays please hang onto things that would sell at a garage sale. Also ask your friends and relatives to do the same.We'll have access to several large tables we can use but if you also have a card table or portable buffet table that would help . No date has been set but sometime in Feb. sounds good to me. Any questions give me a call.


Bernadette Faust (760) 789-3314

Welcome to the Ramona Stars 4-H Blog!

Welcome to the Ramona Stars 4-H Blog, this site will be used throughout the year for all projects in the Ramona Stars 4-H. This blog will be shared with the group leaders so that they can post anything they need to announce. If you are a group leader please go to the Contact page and send me an email so that I can allow you to post on this site. If you are just member of the Ramona Stars 4-H club no need to do anything just check this site for the latest news about your project.   

Enjoy,
Nathan Miller