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nabull3.gif (131 bytes) Posted 3/17/04 - The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors are considering cutting our 4H UC Cooperative Office in Santa Clara County. We have a large horse project in our 4H and I personally own 2 horses myself, so my first thought was to go to horse clubs for support.

Please consider sending email, calling, faxing and sending letters to our county supervisors to let them know that eliminating 4H is not the answer! Also, as we all know, they start in one county and how long before other counties are considering doing the same?

Unfortunately, our time is short, they will be meeting and voting very soon and we need to "bombard" them with pleas from fellow horse enthusiasts and make them realize how important 4H is to our youth! Please feel free to email me for more information and we appreciate if you would consider forwarding this information to the rest of your club: let them know how important 4H is to our kids and community!

Donald F. Gage, District One Supervisor:
don.gage@bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us Phone: (408) 299-5010 Fax: (408) 295-6993

Blanca Alvarado-Dist. 2
Tel: (408) 299-5020
Fax: (408) 295-8642
blanca.alvarado@bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us

Peter A. McHugh, District Three
Phone: (408) 299-5030
Fax: (408) 298-6637
primo.mchugh@bos.co.scl.ca.us

James T. Beall, Jr., District 4
Phone Number: (408) 299-5040
Fax Number: (408) 299-2038
jim.beall@bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us

Greg Von Wassenhove, Director, Agriculture and Resource Management
1553 Berger Dr. Bldg 1
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 918-4646

(Signed) Thanks!!
Karen Espitia
Calaveras Hills 4H
kespitia AT earthlink.net

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