The Scotts Valley 4-H Club earned blue ribbon for their Club’s Feature Booth in the Youth 
Department at the Santa Cruz County Fair again this year. The Feature Booth theme depicted Wilder Ranch as the local 4-H Clubs celebrated the 150th anniversary of the California State Parks system.
The 4-H Youth Development Program serves over six million youth nationally- more than Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts combined. Scotts Valley 4-H Club is offering a wide variety of projects in 2014-2015 including Archery, Canning, Computer/Tech, Cooking, Dairy Goats, Dirt Track Biking, Guitar, Leadership, Legos, Pony Grooming & Safety, Post-Impressionist Art, Poultry Care & Showmanship, Quilting, Sewing, Ukulele, and Wreath-Making. Visit their next Club Meeting on Monday, October 13th 6:30pm at Community Covenant Church in Scotts Valley. Website: www.scottsvalley4h.org
Brittany Belanger with Poultry Judge Terry Reader
The following is an alphabetical list of the Scotts Valley 4-H Club Members who received recognition at the County Fair:
Hannah Allison: Quilt-1st place, Bird Bath-2nd place, Jam-2nd place, Jam-2nd place •• Elizabeth Bahr: Floral Arrangement-1st, Tie Dye Shirt-1st, Dog Picture-1st/Best of Section, Bird Picture-1st, Quilt-1st, Painted Rock-2nd, Quilt-2nd, Charcoal-Special Award •• Sharon Bahr: Floral Arrangement-1st, Fine Arts-1st, Pastel-1st, Tie Dye Shirt-1st, Quilt-2nd, Pot-3rd, Space Art-3rd, Quilt-3rd, Fine Arts-Honorable Mention •• Brittnie Belanger: Bantam Hen-1st/Grand Champion of Show/Grand Champion Jr Division/Grand Champion Open Division, Bantam Hen-2nd, Bantam Hen-3rd, Poultry Showmanship-4th, Goat-2nd, Goat Showmanship-6th •• Bel Cantey: Primate Collection-1st, Haiku Poems-1st, 
Zucchini Relish-1st, Floral Arrangement-2nd, Photo Board-2nd, Ceramic Dolphin-2nd •• Rebecca Chalmers: Floral Arrangement-1st •• Sarah Chalmers: Floral Arrangement-2nd •• Irene Ervin: Floral Arrangement-1st •• Tarynn Gibbs: Quilt-1st, Zucchini Relish-1st, Webkinz Collection-1st, Poetry-3rd with special award, •• Madalynn Hein: Art-1st, Floral Arrangement-2nd •• Madisyn Hein: Floral Arrangement-1st, Art-2nd •• Nadia Kvamme: 4-H Record Book-1st, Fruit Jam-1st, Zucchini Relish-1st, 4-H Historian Book-2nd, Quilted Table Runner-3rd •• Bronagh Linn: Quilt-1st, Quilt-2nd, Painting-2nd, Painting-3rd •• Kieran Linn: Painting-1st, Painting-2nd •• Josh McLoughlin: Lamb Showmanship-2nd, Market Ready Ribbon, Lamb Showmanship next age group-4th •• Evan Roach: Floral Arrangement-1st •• Jonathan Schulze: Byzantine Bracelet-1st/Special, Chain Mail-1st/Special, Wall Sconce-1st, Floral Arrangement-1st, Zucchini Relish-1st, Necklace & Bracelet-four 2nds, Legos-2nd, Bionicals-3rd, Veggie Creature-3rd •• Ellie Sembrat: Cake-1st place/Best in Section/Best in Show, Photography-2nd, Photography-2nd, Photography-honorable mention •• Jeanette Sembrat: Cake-1st/Best in Section/Best in Show, Clay Bird Bath-1st, Cathedral Quilt-2nd, Painting-2nd
There are five 4-H Clubs in Santa Cruz County- Boulder Creek, Corralitos, Felton, Scotts Valley, and Soquel. To contact a club near you, go to http://cesantacruz.ucanr.edu/files/161768.pdf
Submitted by Bel Cantey (age 11), SV 4-H Club Reporter, with assistance from Mom/Club Leader Joell Cantey.
Captions:
Scotts Valley 4-H Club’s Feature Booth depicting Wilder Ranch State Park won blue ribbon 9-7-2014
4-H Members at Floral Arranging Activity at Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds 9-6-2014
Brittnie Belanger (with Poultry Judge Terry Reader) shows off Grand Champion Poultry Awards 9-12-2014