Outstanding Year for Scotts Valley 4-H Club at County Fair

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 County Nights and Carnival Light in accordance with the County Fair theme showing shops representing what the Scotts Valley 4-H club does. It also added a performance stage this year to allow all 4-H clubs to perform and show their skills. The 4-H Youth Development Program serves over six million youth nationally. Scotts Valley 4-H Club is offering a wide variety of projects in 2015-2016 including Archery, Canning, Computer/Tech, Cooking, Dairy Goats, Dirt Bike Riding, 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, November 9th, 2015 at Community Covenant Church in Scotts Valley. Website: www.scottsvalley4h.org

The following is an alphabetical list of the Scotts Valley 4-H Club Members who received recognition at the County Fair:

Elizabeth Bahr-Pen and Pencil Drawing of faces-1st Place, Ceramic Ice Cream Cone-Honorable Mention, Ceramic Hamburger-Honorable Mention, Flower Arrangement-2nd Place, Viking Weaving Bracelets-1st Place, Green Dragon Laying Down treats-2nd Place-2nd Place, Hamburger Peanut Butter Cookies-2nd Place, Snow Camp Bag-2nd Place, Photo Apricot in the Strawberries-1st Place, Monster High-1st Place, Shark Veggie Creature-1st Place, Bread Pig Veggie Creature-3rd Place, Cat on the Guitar Quilt-1st place-Best of Section-Best of Show Youth.
Sharon Bahr-Ceramic Painted Turtles-1st Place & Special Award, Ceramic Painted Octopus-Honorable Mention, Acrylic Painting of a Zebra-3rd Place, Watercolor Picture of a Sunset-2nd Place, Flower Arrangement-3rd Place, Big Ocean Cookie-2nd Place, Viking Weaving Bracelets-1st Place -Special Award, Watercolor of a Dalmation-1st place- Special Award, Snickerpoodles Cookies-1st Place, Camp Craft - Snow camp Bag-1st Place, Chalk Pastel picture of a Guinea Pig-1st Place-Special Award, Photo of a Torch Lily-3rd Place, Photo of Lavender-3rd Place, Pet Shops-2nd Place, Orange Kitty Veggie Creature-1st Place, Cantaloupe Turtle Veggie Creature-2nd Place, Legos: Pop Star Tour Bus-2nd Place, Dancing in the Moonlight Quilt-1st Place.
Meagan Beauchamp Sea Shell Collection-1st Place, Flower Arrangement-2nd Place, Flower Arrangement-2nd Place.
Rachel Craig- Photography First Place, Photography-Third Place, Photography-First Place, Flower Arrangement-Second Place, Cookies-Third Place,Cookies-Third Place
Julia Georgi: Computer Video Game-Best of Show, Computer Animated Movie-Best of Show, Computer Video Game: Safari/Leo-First Place, Computer Video Game: Plankton Challenge- First Place, Computer Animated Movie: Mail Dragon-1st Place, Computer Animated Movie: Music Video-1st Place,First Place – Digital Art, Second Place – Digital Art, 3rd Place – Digital Art, Honorable Mention – Digital Art
Irene Ervin - Floral Arrangement-2nd Place, Veggie Creature “Mr. Penguin”-1st Place, Veggie Creature “The Fluffy Family”-3rd Place
Madalynn Hein-Pumpkin Paw art - 2nd place,Tiger Stripe art - 3rd place, Kyogre art 2nd place,Viking Weaving bracelet-1st place, Colored bag camp craft-1st place, Flower arrangement-1st place, Vanilla fat cat fruit/veggie creation-Special Award &1st place, Strawberry Fish fruit/veggie creation-2nd place
Madisyn Hein-Mermaid Art - 3rd place, Fairy Tail’s bravest team art - honorable mention, Tree Swing art - 3rd place,Viking Weaving Bracelet - 2nd Place,Colored bag camp craft - 2nd place,Flower arrangement 2nd place,My Demon Army fruit/veggie creation - 1st place,Orange fish, Green fish, Yellow fish, Lemon fish fruit/veggie creation - 1st place
Bronagh Linn received a 1st and 2nd in quilting.
Josh McLoughlin-Best of section on his goat cheese.
Rylee Messer received 3- 2nd place ribbons for her art submissions.
Evan Roach-First place-special awards for his flower arrangements,Thomas the train collection-3rd Place.

There are six 4-H Clubs in Santa Cruz County- Aptos, Corralitos, Felton, Quail Creek, Scotts Valley, and Soquel. To contact a club near you, go to http://cesantacruz.ucanr.edu/Youth_Development/Clubs/

Submitted by Irene Ervin (age 12), SV 4-H Club Reporter, with assistance from Mom/Club Leader Sheree