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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Nights at Thompson-Boling Arena UPCOMING EVENTS January 20-21
January 30-31
January 30-31
February 1
February 1
February 20
February 20-21
February 21
February 23
February 27-28
February 27-March 1
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 NIGHTS AT THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA Tennessee 4-H has partnered with UT Athletics to offer 4-H Night at Thompson-Boling Arena. The game is scheduled for Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. and will feature the Lady Vols basketball team as they take on Mississippi. Tickets are available at the reduced rate of $7.00 plus a $1.00 processing fee. The group ticket order Web site is up and running at www.groupticketwindow.com/groupticket/college/TennesseeUniversity/group, so 4-H members can begin ordering tickets. The Web site for 4-H Night is also available at 4h.tennessee.edu/4hnight/. There you can download color and black/white flyers for promotion. We hope you will promote this wonderful opportunity to your 4-H members. Justin Crowe Interested in learning more about service learning and how to incorporate service learning projects into your 4-H program? 4-H Service Learning 101 is being offered for agents and program assistants who would like to learn more about the elements of service learning and how to incorporate those into their 4-H program. This training is being offered twice with times that should accommodate your schedule. Note that the two trainings are the same, so there is only need to register for one. The trainings will be offered via Centra. They will be held on January 7, 2009 from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. EST and on January 8, 2009 from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. EST. Registration is open through January 5, 2009 in SUPER. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact the state 4-H youth development department. Justin Crowe 4-H SHOOTING SPORTS INSTRUCTOR TRAINING The next Tennessee 4-H Shooting Sports instructor trainings are: January 30-31, 2009 at Buford Ellington 4-H Center in Milan February 27-28, 2009 at Ridley 4-H Center in Columbia This training is for any Extension agent or volunteer who wishes to be a certified instructor in the 4-H Shooting Sports Program. The training fee is $60.00 and the lodging fee (optional) is $10.00. All fees must be submitted with the registration form by the deadline. Form 600B: Adult Activity and Event Acceptance Form must be brought to training. Each volunteer's F809: Adult Volunteer Leader Application should be on file in the county 4-H office prior to participation. Participants staying at the 4-H center should bring bed linens or sleeping bag, pillow, towels and other personal items. Download registration forms at 4h.tennessee.edu/shootingsports/index.htm. Daniel Sarver HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM TENNESSEE 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT The members of the Tennessee 4-H Youth Development Department want to wish you and yours a happy holiday and the best of everything in the new year. Please go to 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/images/holiday.pdf for our holiday message. Steve Sutton POLK COUNTY 4-H HONOR CLUB IS OOBERTASTIC Polk County recently initiated 22 new members into the 4-H Honor Club. 4-H agents Greg Paxton and Donna Calhoun say positive peer pressure motivated many of these teens to complete their applications for membership. According to one new initiate, “oobertastic” is the new slang for “cool.” Remember Honor Club is a recognition program. Honor Club recognizes members for participation in educational opportunities; membership does not involve winning any kind of competition. Members receive points on the application form just for participating. Any 4-H’er meeting a minimum number of points can achieve Honor Club recognition. An active Honor Club is an indication of a quality teen program. Congratulations to 4-H agents Greg Paxton and Donna Calhoun on making opportunities available that would enable such a large number of applicants to be accepted. Steve Sutton SOME HOLIDAY THOUGHTS FROM A FELLOW EXTENSION AGENT Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem “Twas the night before Christmas” in 1822. His poem has long been a tradition in households during this season ever since. On the evening of Thursday, December 11, 2008, the Montgomery County Extension office was not so quiet. Karla Kean and her Master Gardener group were busy stirring in the cafeteria with their annual Christmas party, and in the not so quiet library outside the Extension office the 4-H horse project group celebrated their Christmas party (there might not have been any sugar plums as their dreams might reveal but there was plenty of sugar to keep them busy for a while). After the busy night we had, I sit down at my desk reflecting and writing on what I had just witnessed. Two strong programs celebrating the holiday season and another successful year. Sure budget cuts and economic problems are all around them; however in the midst of all the stress they never once backed down from what matters the most. As I think about Clement C. Moore’s poem I remember a discussion I once had in a college course, some people claim Henry Livingston as the true author. I don’t know. But the ownership of the Montgomery County 4-H program belongs to more than the Extension agents... it belongs to the people it serves and the fine group of volunteers. As I finish this note, I cherish a line from the poem written in 1822... “He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work.” I now understand why Jolly Old Saint Nick is able to bring presents to all good boys and girls around the world. He doesn’t complain about it because he loves it and everyone depends on his sack full of toys. This is how I felt tonight when I saw everyone smiling and cherishing the friendship they have thanks to Extension and its program. T.C. Loughery STATE 4-H CONGRESS SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT As part of our 4-H service learning initiative, delegates to the 2009 State 4-H Congress are asked to collect items for two area agencies. First, the delegates are being asked to collect crayons and coloring books for the Children's Miracle Network, a program reaching youth through five Tennessee hospitals. The delegates are also asked to collect recreational items for area senior citizens. These items will benefit the senior citizen program of Metro Parks and Recreation in Nashville. Suggested items for the senior citizen collection include board games, large print word search books, large- print sudoku puzzles, playing cards and puzzles. For a complete list of items being collected and for a promotional flyer, please visit 4h.tennessee.edu/stcong/generalinfo/service.htm. Justin Crowe THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.
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