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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 04 - Issue 23 IN THIS ISSUE Don't Forget Roundup Registration Deadline UPCOMING EVENTS June 15-18
June 17
June 17-19
June 22-26
June 26
June 29-July 2
July 6-9
July 12-16
July 19-23
July 23-25
July 26-30
July 28-August 1
August 9-11
August 13
August 13
August 15
August 20-28
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ Online version of Ideas: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas04/ Ideas index: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas04/04-index.htm DON'T FORGET ROUNDUP REGISTRATION DEADLINE It is critical that all Roundup delegates (finalists, All Stars, volunteer leaders, Extension staff, etc.) be entered in the database by June 18. As you are probably aware, the Information Technology department is in the process of changing over the server and the database will not be available after the registration deadline. We need to get all the information in the database and then download it before they close the server. After June 18, all changes/additions will have to be made through your district office. The registration site can be accessed at http://ext1.ag.utk.edu/4H/4HRoundup.nsf. Alice Ann Moore FAQ ON THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE’S PROMISE AND AMERICA’S PROMISE Q: What do the Five Promises have to do with 4-H? A: The Five Promises, caring adults; safe places; healthy start;
marketable skills; and opportunities to serve, are already being
fulfilled by 4-H and practically every other youth service organization.
4-H Volunteer Leaders serve as caring adults, and 4-Hers are given
opportunities to serve through service projects, just to give a
few examples. The Five Promises provide a common language that
everyone can speak, and, thereby increasing awareness to youth
development and the individual needs of youth. By thinking in terms
of the Five Promises, a volunteer who is serving as a caring adult
by tutoring a student, can point someone to give his/her student
nutritional education and information that his/her student may
desperately need. LEWIS COUNTY 4-H GROUP RECEIVES WATER WORKS GRANT The Lewis County Home School 4-H Club was the grand champion winner of the Stream Savers Grant. This gives the club a grand prize of $500.00. This award is in addition to a $300.00 the group won as a November Stream Savers recipient. The club will be using their grant to fund various water quality activities including creek stomps, water quality education (youth and adult), and assisting with water quality activities at our county natural history museum. If you would like to see more information on the Water Works Stream Savers Grant Program, please visit the Web site at www.waterworks.com. Steve Sutton NATIONAL 4-H CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS SOUGHT National 4-H Headquarters, United States Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for youth and adult participation on the 75th National 4-H Conference Planning Committee. National 4-H Conference is scheduled for April 1-6, 2005. Known as the Secretary’s Conference, National 4-H Headquarters sponsors National 4-H Conference, a national working conference for youth and adult delegates. National 4-H Conference Planning Committee members serve in an advisory role during the planning phase and lead on-site during the conference. National 4-H Headquarters currently is accepting applications for 4-H professionals and youth who have strong technical skills, represent an 1890 institution or 1994 land grant university or are affiliated with a 4-H military program. The application process for youth delegates who attended the 74th National 4-H Conference and for National 4-H Youth Directions Council members is now closed. For more information and copies of the application materials, contact Maria Parisi, Conference Coordinator, National 4-H Headquarters, Families, 4-H and Nutrition, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, USDA at 202-720-8857 or mparisi@csrees.usda.gov. Patrick Hamilton Many record books were returned to agents/leaders participating in the state 4-H livestock and meats judging contests in Murfreesboro on June 1 or the June Dairy Month Kickoff luncheon in Nashville on June 2. The rest of the records were returned to the district offices. They will be making arrangements to get them back to the counties. Thanks! Steve Sutton UTM BLOCK AND BRIDLE CLUB TO HOST LAMB SHOW The University of Tennessee-Martin Block and Bridle Club will host the 2004 Skyhawk Classic Lamb Show, June 26 beginning at 4:00 p.m. Weigh in begins at 1:30 p.m. with a $5.00 entry fee per head. Download a flyer from www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas04/attach/utm_lamb_show_flyer.pdf. Steve Sutton All counties have the opportunity to nominate outstanding 4-H members to receive Tennessee’s highest level of recognition, the Vol State Award. Vol State recipients must be:
Each county may nominate two members plus one member for each 100, or major fraction thereof, senior members in the county. Members do no have to be a state finalist. However, if they are not finalists, the $125 registration must be paid for them. Please do not tell your members they have been nominated for Vol State. The recognition ceremony at Roundup is much more effective if the member does not know they will be tapped. Vol State nominees should be indicated during the online registration. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
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