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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 4-H GIS Update UPCOMING EVENTS November 28-December 2
November 29
December 6
December 6-7
January 20-21
January 30-31
January 30-31
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/08-index.htm 4-H GIS UPDATE Tim Prather COFFEE COUNTY PARTICIPATES IN NAILE 4-H DAIRY QUIZ BOWL
The Coffee County team began the competition by defeating the team from Kentucky. They went on the meet the team from Illinois. They won after phase A and B against the Illinois team, but lost during phase C. The next match was against the team from Alabama which they defeated (something the Tennessee football team failed to do). The final match was against the team from Washington, eliminated our team from further competition. This year 20 states were represented at the contest. Teams competed in a series of one-on-one elimination contests until the top team was chosen. Competition between teams was divided into three phases. The phases consisted of a 50-question quiz, five higher degrees of difficulty team questions and a toss-up round. Competition points are awarded for correctly answering questions about the dairy industry and closely related areas. The competition encourages youth to develop a more complete knowledge of dairy animals and related subjects. While on the trip, the team also visited the Louisville Slugger Bat Museum and the Churchill Downs Museum. While at Churchill Downs, the team members also watched a horse race. The team was coached by Extension agent Steve Harris. Becky LaLonde, 4-H volunteer, also accompanied the team on the trip. Steve Harris FREE FINANCIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES Interested in providing financial education programming for middle or high school youth? If so, then check out the NEFE High School Financial Planning Program (hsfpp.nefe.org/home/). The UT Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Department has free copies of the 2006 HSFPP student guides, which would certainly be helpful to you as your work with your 4-H members in the area of financial education. According to Dr. Ann Berry, this program would work well with high school students or middle school youth. Dr. Berry indicated that this particular program would also work well with at-risk youth. If you would like to order copies of the 2006 student guides (note that the content has not really changed compared to the latest edition, only the graphics), please e-mail Kimberly Lindsay at klindsa1@tennessee.edu. Be sure to include the number of student manuals you need. (Sorry, but there are no instructor manuals available.) Kimberly can have those shipped to you. Looking for some fun for the whole family, or your whole county 4-H program? There is still time to order tickets for the Head, Heart, Hands and Hoops 4-H Night at Thompson Boling Arena. Join us as the Vols take on UT Martin in what will prove to be an exciting basketball event! Game date is Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. For more information and to order tickets, please visit 4h.tennessee.edu/4hnight. Deadline to order tickets is Monday, November 17, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. Justin Crowe LEAD AND LIVE CONFERENCE A HUGE SUCCESS The Tennessee Governor's Highway Safety Office sponsored the first "Lead and Live" youth conference November 7-9, 2008 at Paris Landing State Park. Over 100 youth attended the event from all across Tennessee. 4-H Youth Development was represented by Anderson, Henry and Hickman counties. The conference centered on drinking and driving, using seat belts and other road safety issues. A highlight of the conference was keynote speaker, Blake McMeans. His meaningful, emotional presentation centered on making the right choices and what happened when he made a wrong choice one night after drinking. Breakout sessions included "youth in action" presented by MADD (Mothers against drunk driving) and Century Council's Alcohol 101 demonstration. "Street Smart" was a program presented by S.A.F.E., a Florida organization which stressed the importance of using seat belts. This program, presented by two Florida firefighters/EMT's, allowed youth the opportunity to see first-hand the results of not wearing a seatbelt. Youth were walking out of that session calling home and encouraging parents, friends, brothers and sisters to never go anywhere without seat belts on! On Saturday night, youth and adults enjoyed "Thinkfast", an interactive game show, followed by a video dance competition and finally a dance. Keynote presenter, Bobby Petrocelli, spoke on Sunday morning and inspired youth by telling them that they were all special and each had a purpose in life. He encouraged participants to make the right decisions and think for themselves. He told the emotional story of losing his wife to a drunk driver and encouraged youth to promote a good self image and to not give in to peer pressure. The Tennessee's Governor's Highway Safety Office looks forward to making this an annual event and I would encourage more counties to attend next year. My 4-H'ers all want to attend next year. Jeanna Crowder, a 10th grader from Henry County said, "This absolutely ranks #1 on my list of any conference I have been too in my life." Another stated, "It was getting harder and harder to stand up to peer pressure from school and other friends. After this conference and hearing the speakers and seeing photos of what could happen, I am now prepared to continue taking a stand and can tell others what I have learned and seen." Check out a photo of the participants, along with Blake McMeans, at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/images/lalconf.jpg. Michele Atkins THE LEADERSHIP SERIES: THE FISH! PHILOSOPHY Once again, we are pleased to offer another program to The Leadership Series! We are sharing with you more leadership activities that you can use with your 4-H members. As a reminder, each of these activities highlight a different aspect of leadership. They are simple activities that require very few, if any, materials. They are designed in a step-by-step format that provides a list of materials needed, detailed instruction, and background/objective information. In many cases, there is an evaluation and/or follow-up included. The workshop program is entitled The FISH! Philosophy. This workshop is based on the book “Fish!: A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results” by Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul and John Christensen. The PowerPoint may be downloaded at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/attach/fish.ppt. The handouts may be downloaded at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/attach/fish_philosophy.pdf. The purpose of this program is to show young leaders what can happen to themselves, their team and those they serve when they choose four “behaviors” that bring high energy, passion and a positive attitude into whatever the task at hand may be. Specific workshop instructions/facilitator notes are included in the "notes" section of the PowerPoint. As a result of this activity, 4-H’ers will be better able to answer the following leadership life skills questions:
This activity was specifically designed for advanced level 4-H members. It works well for adult-level training as well. I hope you find the activity useful. If you have any questions, ideas or suggestions, please contact me at lbelew@utk.edu or 865-974-7239. Lori Belew LINCOLN COUNTY DAIRY TEAM REPRESENTS TENNESSEE AT NAILE The Lincoln County 4-H dairy judging team competed in the North American International Livestock Exposition Invitational Youth Dairy Judging Contest in Louisville, Kentucky, on November 9, 2008. Team members were Chris Martin, Cody Brown and Briana Stewart. The team placed 18th of 20 teams. Chris Martin was 6th high individual in the Holstein breed. The team enjoyed horse racing and tours at Churchill Downs. They also toured downtown Louisville, Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium and other sights in Southern Indiana. Dan Owen MAKING 4-H "ACTIVITIES" COUNT IN SUPER! After the 2008 county 4-H Youth Development enrollment reports were in locked in August, several agents asked what year (2008 or 2009) should be used in the enrollment module when entering activities. At the time, the behavior expected from SUPER enrollment was that it would not make a difference once the 2008 reports were locked. In looking at 2009 4-H enrollment reports, the only item that is affected is "activities," meaning it is date sensitive. In other words, the date selected for the activity corresponds to the date of the report. The positive of this feature is that it allows for a running history of what 4-H members have participated in for each year. Please make sure when entering an activity for a 4-H member, select 2009 for all activities entered since reports were locked in August to ensure the entry will be counted in the 2009 4-H Youth Development enrollment report. Carmen G. Burgos YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NEWSLETTER PROVIDES INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you a youth development newsletter entitled The Asset Manager. The newsletter is a monthly publication from Ann Saylor and Susan Ragsdale. Ann and Susan are founders for The Center for Asset Development at the YMCA of Middle Tennessee. They also assist us with the 4-H Southern Region Teen Leadership Conference. The newsletter features ideas, activities and general information regarding youth development that you may find useful with your respective county 4-H programs. An attachment can be downloaded at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/nov_asset_mgr.pdf. For additional information, please visit www.theassetedge.net. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
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The Coffee County 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl team represented Tennessee at the 29th Invitational 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl during the North America International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky, November 7-9. Team members Tiffany LaLonde, Deborah Anderson, Kate Shrader and Ariel McDonald had previously been named state champions at the June Dairy Month Kick Off luncheon in Nashville. 
