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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 03 - Issue 33 IN THIS ISSUE 2004 Beekeeping Essay Contest Announcement
And Rules UPCOMING EVENTS August 31
September 5-14
September 5-14
September 19-28
September 20
September 21-25
October 2-5
October 3-4
October 5-11
October 9-11
October 25
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ Online version of Ideas: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/ Ideas index: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/03-index.htm 2004 4-H BEEKEEPING ESSAY CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT AND RULES The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc. is again sponsoring its annual 4-H beekeeping essay contest. The contest is open to all active 4-H members. The contest announcement and rules may be found at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/links/beerules.htm and downloaded in Wordperfect format at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/attach/beerules.wpd. Essays must be received in the state 4-H office no later than February 1, 2004. Please encourage your 4-H members to participate. Our Tennessee 4-H’ers have been finalists in years past and received cash awards. Steve Sutton CURRICULUM OFFER FOR 4-H PROJECT GROUPS We have a special opportunity for counties with project groups! We have purchased computer, food-nutrition and sheep curricula from the National 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System, Inc. These high quality, experientially based materials will be offered free of charge to counties having identified leaders for these project group areas. Listed below are URL addresses for each curriculum. You should be able to click on them and get a description of the materials. If you would like to order any of the curriculum, please return the order form to the state 4-H office by October 1. You may access the order form at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/attach/4HCCSorderform.pdf. You will need to fill out the order form completely in order to receive the material, including the name and address of the person leading each project group. We will then send you a complete set of the materials (three youth guides) for each 4-H’er, as well as a set for the project leader with the Helper’s Guide. Each group receiving the material will also need to do a followup evaluation. This will be a simple one-page sheet to find out how the curriculum was used and what happened as a result of it being used in the project group. Again, these materials are for use with project groups. They are not to be passed out in inschool clubs. If you have questions or concerns, please contact me. Steve Sutton The following Web sites with curriculum resources may be helpful to you as you plan and prepare for the new school year. You might also want to share them with teachers and other educators. Many of these sites are science related, but have links to a wide range of other topics.
Jill Martz EIGHT 4-H’ERS SUBMIT SERVICE LEARNING PORTFOLIOS Eight Level II 4-H’ers have submitted service learning portfolios. The portfolios will be used to select state winners in service learning, who will join the Tennessee delegation to National 4-H Congress this fall. A committee will review the entries, conduct phone interviews if necessary, and announce the winners soon. Congratulations to the following young people for their service and leadership accomplishments:
Lori Jean Mantooth Congratulations and thanks to all counties who met the enrollment deadline. A brief look at the reports indicates that counties have been more diligent and accurate in reporting. As of August 22 nearly all counties were accounted for. This will facilitate getting the state report finished so that counties can rollover and begin a new enrollment year. New enrollment forms, with changes in race and ethnicity as determined by CSREES and USDA, are available from the enrollment web site at www.utextension.utk.edu/4h/blueribbon/. Please use these new forms to enroll your 2004 4-H members. If there are no glitches with the federal CES-237 report, rollover directions are anticipated to be available by the first week of October. In 2004 all activities collected on the supplemental form will need to be reported through the Blue Ribbon program. This will allow for more accurate reporting that reflects the scope of the Tennessee 4-H program. Jill Martz FINALISTS NAMED FOR MID-SOUTH FAIR ACTIVITIES Finalists have been named from among the 17 submitted entries for the 4-H Career Pursuit event and Agribusiness/4-H Public Speaking Contest at 4-H Day at the Mid-South Fair. The finalists include:
Congratulations to 4-H agents who made this opportunity available
and encouraged Stephen Sutton $$ FUNDING FOR ‘EM $$: WANDA RUST NEWBY 4-H ENDOWMENT ESTABLISHED The Family and Consumer Education Clubs of Campbell County have established an endowment fund within the Tennessee 4-H Foundation in memory of Wanda Rust Newby. The endowment will benefit Campbell County 4-H members while providing a means of remembering Wanda and her positive influence on Extension clientele, friends and co-workers. The Campbell County FCE began the endowment project by printing a cookbook of Wanda’s recipes - her own, as well as those shared by her many friends. Cookbooks are still available by contacting Shirley Morgan, principal secretary in the Campbell County UT Extension office. Additionally, the Tennessee 4-H Foundation is accepting memorial gifts in support of the endowment. Those wishing to contribute may send their gift to the Tennessee 4-H Foundation/Wanda Rust Newby Endowment, 2621 Morgan Circle, 205 Morgan Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-4510. Wanda’s Extension career spanned 29 years. The impact of her work will be felt for many generations. She started Friends of Jacksboro Public Library which is a wonderful project that the FCE Women continue to raise funds for the library. She was past president of Historical Society in Campbell County. Wanda was a founding member of the Davis Chapel Community Association. She started the first cancer support group in the county which was about 20 years ago. She met with several groups in the county to teach and give her support to all. Wanda attended The University of Tennessee and was an avid supporter of UT. She even convinced UT presidents of years past that 4-H pumpkin painting was something they should try. Wanda is sorely missed by her co-workers, the Campbell County FCE members, and especially by her husband, James Newby, who treasures their time together watching the sun come up from their mountain home. I hope you will join me and the Campbell County FCE members in endowing the Wanda Rust Newby Fund. Mark Gateley NATIONAL 4-H PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST Do you have 4-H’ers who like to take pictures? National 4-H Council needs photos (taken from 1997-2004) to create the 2006 4-H calendar. Winning entries from county and regional fairs or the State 4-H Photo Search Contest would certainly be appropriate. Thirteen photographs will be selected. These original photographs will be gallery mounted and framed with a brass plate engraved with the title and photographer’s name will be attached. The winning photos will be on display at the National 4-H Conference Center from September 2004 through November 2004 and will be posted on their Web site. VERY IMPORTANT - Submissions will only be considered if they meet these criteria:
All submissions will be returned late August 2004, if not selected. Winning photographs will be returned on sooner than December 10, 2004. After final selection, the winners will be notified and asked for a signed release to use the photo for the 2006 4-H calendar. Both the photographer and parent/guardian must sign the release. A second photo will also be requested to be kept at the National 4-H Council. Please submit photos to:
The deadline for submissions is April 1, 2004. Steve Sutton OVER 40 VOLUNTEER LEADERS READY TO “SET SAIL TO SUCCESS” On October 2-5, 2003 over 40 volunteer leaders from across the state will converge in Eatonton, Georgia for the 2003 Southern Region Volunteer Leader Forum. The theme for this year’s event is “Set Sail to Success.” Congratulations to Rhea County who has the largest county delegation attending. Participation from each of the districts is as follows:
Be sure to connect with volunteers leaders from your county and district that are attending the forum to discover all the new ideas and knowledge they will gain. Congratulations are in order to Carmen Burgos, Brenda Clarkson, Patrick Hamilton, Linda Harris and Lori Jean Mantooth for being selected to present workshops at the forum. Patrick Hamilton WIN UP TO $300 FOR YOUR OCTOBER 4-H PROMOTION CAMPAIGN National 4-H Week is October 5-11, 2003. Has your county made plans for celebrating and promoting 4-H? 4-H promotion is a great way to launch the beginning of a new program year while highlighting school and community activities. We want to recognize Tennessee counties for outstanding promotional efforts... not only during National 4-H Week, but during the entire month of October! Some county program will earn as much as $300 for their 4-H promotional campaign. This money can be applied toward any need the county might have. How do you become eligible for this award? Simply post the 4-H promotional activities conducted in your county on the Web site at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/promo/ once they have been completed. Designate someone to be responsible for post each activity, taking care not to make duplicate entries. Activities may be conducted by individuals, clubs, project groups, Honor Club groups, All Star groups or Sigma Lambda Chi groups... to name a few. Just be sure your county is credited for the activity when the information is posted. Judging will be based on the information posted to the Web site. Criteria will include the number of promotional activities conducted, number of people involved, number of contact hours spent, creativity, media use, etc. Awards will be presented to the counties with the best campaigns... $300 for first, $200 for second and $100 for third. Deadline for all entries to be posted is November 14, 2003. National 4-H Week is a great way to market the wonderful things
going on in your county Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say
it.
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