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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 05 - Issue 32 IN THIS ISSUE Call For 4-H Activity Sheets UPCOMING EVENTS August 15
August 15
August 15
August 22-27
September 9-18
September 9-18
September 15
September 19
September 23-October 2
September 24
October 1-2
October 2-8
October 6-9
October 15
October 15
October 17
October 30-November 3
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas05 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas05/05-index.htm This is a reminder to encourage agents or volunteers who are interested in creating activity sheets. We are accepting the activity sheets for review. Most of the projects have a beginning and some supplemental activity sheets. However, we need beginning activity sheets for beef, sheep, swine and food science. We do not have intermediate or advanced level activity sheets for any of the projects. We have a process in place where the activity sheets are reviewed by a subject matter specialist and then by at least one member of the state 4-H staff and Wanda Russell in Marketing and Communications who assigns a Web publication number. Amy Willis, Extension program assistant, 4-H Youth Development is responsible for reviewing and posting the activity sheets on the Web site. We can have more than one activity sheet for each project and for each level. The activity sheets can supplement any curriculum you may use, including 4-HCCS materials. They can also be used as documentation in the 4-H project achievement portfolio. Agents who create activity sheets and have them published on the Web can use this as part of their promotion dossier. All information regarding the activity sheets including the template used to write them is on the Tennessee 4-H Web site. The link for the activity sheets and templates is 4h.tennessee.edu/projects/actsheets.htm. Please email activity sheets that need to be reviewed to Amy Willis at awillis2@utk.edu and to Alice Ann Moore at aamoore@utk.edu. Alice Ann Moore CARTER COUNTY PLACES 7TH IN NATIONAL 4-H FORESTRY INVITATIONAL Carter County’s 4-H forestry judging team represented Tennessee a the National 4-H Forestry Invitational held at Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Conference Center near Weston, West Virginia on July 24-28. The team included David Barlow, Nita Blackmon, Dustin Miller and Jonathon Scalf and was coached by Larry Nave and Buddy Farmer, Carter County 4-H volunteers. During the event, members compete for the overall team and individual awards in several areas... a written general knowledge exam; tree identification; topographic maps and compass reading; compass and pacing; forest insect and disease identification; forest site evaluation; and Forestry Quiz Bowl. The team this year made it to the second round of the Quiz Bowl competition. Team members also competed in a crosscut sawing contest, pulp wood tossing contest and log rolling contest, all of which were forestry skill fun competitions. Team members experienced several educational programs throughout the week including a program on “Night Sounds of the Appalachians,” “Snakes of West Virginia” and “Birds of Prey.” The national event was sponsored by International Paper Company Foundation. Additionally, the Tennessee team was supported by various forestry industries and individuals through the Tennessee 4-H Foundation, Inc. Camille Jessee IOWA 4-H’ER LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON TENNESSEE 4-H CLUBS Kristin Kemesrud, a member of the K.W. Hustlers 4-H Club in Clarke County, Iowa, wrote to the state 4-H office recently. They have just completed their county fair, and one of their projects for next year is to gather information from 4-H cubs throughout the United States and compare how 4-H clubs are alike and different. She is interested in receiving information specifically about 4-H projects at the fair including activities at the fair, entertainment at the fair. She would like photos any information about how clubs are unique are different. She wants to hear about 4-H experiences in other states. Her contact information is as follows.
She asks that you type "4-H Nationwide" in the subject box. I hope some of you will take time to respond to Kristin. This might make a good Honor Club project. Alice Ann Moore NEW NUTRITION, HEALTH AND FITNESS SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITY SHEET AVAILABLE A new supplemental activity sheet for the nutrition, health and fitness project is now available. The beginning Hand Washing sheet was developed by Janie Burney in conjunction with other specialists, the state 4-H staff and Marketing and Communications Services. To access the sheet, go to 4h.tennessee.edu/projects/actsheets.htm. Amy Willis STATE DAIRY JUDGING CONTEST TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 15 The 2005 State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest will be held on Thursday, September 15, at the Tennessee State Fair in Nashville. Competition will be held for junior high and senior teams, with the winning senior team representing Tennessee in the national dairy judging contest at the end of month. Senior team members must be in the 9-12th grades as of January 1, 2005. Junior high contestants eligibility will be determined by their regional office. Entry forms must be mailed to Gary Rodgers at grogers2@tennessee.edu by Thursday, September 1, 2005. The entry form may be found at animalscience.ag.utk.edu/dairy/dairy_4-H_judging_contest.htm. There will be no opportunity to add teams or contestants after the due date. However, up to one member per team may be substituted the morning of the contest. A policies and procedures manual has been developed for the Tennessee State 4-H Dairy Judging program. Please review the document carefully as it addresses several concerns and issues raised in the past. You may access the manual from the UT Dairy Extension site at animalscience.ag.utk.edu/dairy/pdf/4-H/TN4-HDairyJudgingManual2004.pdf. The schedule for the day is as follows:
A fee of $6 per contestant, agent, coach or adult leader will be charged and covers lunch. The fee is due at registration on the morning of the contest. Checks should be made out to the Tennessee 4-H Foundation. Steve Sutton TENNESSEE DELEGATION TO NATIONAL 4-H CONGRESS Tennessee will be represented by 33 young people from across the state at the National 4-H Congress, November 25-29, in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2005 delegation is anxiously awaiting the "Congress experience." They will participate in a program that includes a visit to Olympic Park, the Coca-Cola Museum and Underground Atlanta. Delegates will see the Carter Center and the Martin Luther King Center, attend a cultural event and tour other sites of interest. They will complete service projects benefitting the Atlanta community and be honored by past Tennessee Congress delegates with a luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Tennessee’s delegates to National 4-H Congress were selected as senior level II project winners during the 82nd annual Tennessee 4-H Roundup this summer at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. You can see the Tennessee delegation and read a brief bio of their project accomplishments at 4h.tennessee.edu/natcong. Check out the National 4-H Congress Web site at www.national4-Hcongress.com for additional information on the event. Steve Sutton TENNESSEE VALLEY FAIR 4-H ATTENDANCE AND EXHIBITRY CONTEST All East Tennessee counties are eligible for awards in the 4-H Attendance and Exhibitry Contest at the 2005 Tennessee Valley Fair. “East Tennessee” in this case, refers to Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Cumberland, Fentress, Scott and all counties east of these. (Please see page 15 of the Tennessee Valley Fair junior department catalog for further details.) A form may be downloaded from the Tennessee 4-H Web site to report the number of exhibits and attendance from your county.
Please complete the form and send to the state 4-H office by noon on Tuesday, September 13. (Email is acceptable to ssutton2@utk.edu.) Please submit only one form per county. Encourage your 4-H members to enter exhibits in the Tennessee Valley Fair. All exhibits will count 5 points each with the exception of animal exhibits which will count 15 points. The placings will be made according to the number of points scored on the form. Awards will be: 1st - $125; 2nd - $100; 3rd - $75; 4th - $50; 5th - $50; 6th - $50; and 7th - $50. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems
to solve.
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