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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 03 - Issue 06 IN THIS ISSUE 168 x 6 x 6 = 6048 UPCOMING EVENTS February 15
February 28-March 1
March 1
March 1
March 8
March 21-23
March 30-April 5
March 31
April 12
April 13-15
April 15
April 15
April 30-May 2
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 The State Alumni Meeting/Volunteer Forum was a great success, with 168 participants, but the REAL success comes in what happens as a result of those 168 participants! Workshops and tracks at the forum were designed to prepare teens and adults to work with six or more young people for six or more impactful hours. Encourage your participants to use what they experienced at the fun event. We are in the process of creating an on-line record of the forum teens/adults who "do" six-for-six. Encourage your delegates to start neighborhood, community, project or school groups so they can make the "Six-for-Six Hall of Fame." Peggy Adkins 2003 TENNESSEE STATE 4-H CONGRESS ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SITE To begin the registration process open the web link ext1.ag.utk.edu/4H/4HRegist.nsf. This link MUST be opened using Microsoft Internet Explorer. Contact your district IT area specialist if you need assistance in opening the link. If you receive a security alert - click "Yes" to proceed. You will be prompted for your Lotus Notes user name and default password. Your default password is the first two letters of your birth month, last two digits of your birth year and last four digits of your SSN. Enter your information and click "OK." At the 4-H Congress electronic registration page, click "Create New Document" to enter information for each delegate, leader and agent. When finished, click the "Submit Registration" button at the bottom of the form. A new Congress feature is the opportunity for 4-H'ers to apply to be on the Congress technology team comprised of 2 representatives from each district. The technology team will produce a congress slide show, submit feature articles for the 4-H web site and other related functions. Please include specific technology related skills and interests with the registration information so that districts can make selections. If you have problems, please call your district IT specialist. District offices will share additional information regarding specific district deadlines. Jill Martz Junior high and senior 4-H members will have to opportunity to portray their 4-H involvement through their cameras in the 2003 4-H Photo Search activity. A 4-H'er may enter by submitting either a print and the negative, a color slide or a diskette containing the photo in a digital format along with a completed entry form. The information you will need to conduct your county competition is available online:
Each county is eligible to submit up to ten entries for district judging. All entries should relate in some way to 4-H. Entries should be mailed to your district office. Your district office will notify you as to the due date. Steve Sutton ACADEMIC CONFERENCE AND ELECTRIC CAMP WEB SITES UPDATED The Tennessee Junior High 4-H Academic Conference and 4-H Electric Camp pages have been updated and reflect the information for 2003. The URL for the Academic Conference site is www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/acadconf/. The Electric Camp site may be accessed through www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/elecamp/. These sites promote the events and contain information of interest for potential participants... including who may attend, program highlights, and what to bring. There are links from the sites to the registration and application forms as well as the Activity and Event Acceptance Form (F600A). Both sites also have guestbooks for 4-H'ers to use in asking questions, leaving messages for other delegates or reading what others have to say about the events. We hope these sites will be useful to you in promoting Academic Conference and Electric Camp with your 4-H members. You should be receiving registration materials from your district office in the coming months. Steve Sutton There was an error in last week's article about the upcoming 4-H All Stars High Council meeting. This year's agenda will not include district slide shows. Instead, each district will give a brief oral report during the business meeting. The slide shows will still be an integral part of the All Star Assembly at Roundup, since this is an ideal time for the district groups to share their service and leadership activities and encourage other 4-H'ers to become involved. The All Star newsletter will be coming out in a few days with further details about the High Council agenda and plans for the upcoming year. Lori Jean Mantooth COUNTY DAIRY PROMOTION CONTEST If you have not already received it, you should be receiving within the next few days information from Pat Wallin and Eric McClain on the 2003 County Dairy Promotion Contest. This event provides opportunities for 4-H members to build communication skills, citizenship and leadership skills, as well as skills in consumer science, health and fitness, dairy foods, and food and nutrition. If you wish to utilize this opportunity in your 4-H program, be sure to send your information sheet with the member's name and the request for materials by April 4. Remember: $200 will be added to the local county 4-H funds of the three overall state winners in each division. If you do not receive the information about the event, please let me know. The information can also be found on our web site at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/dairypromo/. We are also looking for 5-6 teen leaders who are not serving as June Dairy Month chairpersons to serve in leadership roles for the chairperson training sessions at the June Dairy Month Kick Off luncheon on June 5, 2003. We would especially like to have teens who have been winners in the promotion event in the past or who are active in the dairy or dairy foods projects. If you would like to nominate someone, please send me a note with the name, address and brief statement about why you think they would be good in this leadership role. Steve Sutton CUMBERLAND DISTRICT TOPS RECORD BOOK ENTRIES The Cumberland District has submitted more 4-H achievement record books for spring judging than any other district in the state. There were 25 citizenship and leadership books submitted from 12 counties. Pickett County was the top county with seven entries. We hope to have the books judged and the state finalists announced by March 3. Steve Sutton The 2003 4-H Electric Camp is scheduled for June 24-27. Electric Camp is a fun-filled, rewarding adventure in electricity held at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The camp will feature learning centers staffed by electric utility professionals. Each learning center will use hands-on activities that allow the 4-H members to learn by doing. Previous electric camps have received rave reviews from the 4-H members, leaders and Extension staff that have attended. Electric Camp is for boys and girls enrolled in 4-H who are in the 6th and 7th grades as of January 1, 2003. (8th graders are NOT eligible to participate in Electric Camp.) Members do not have to be enrolled in the electric project to attend the camp. The cost for the 2003 4-H Electric Camp will be $110. This fee includes the cost of meals, lodging, field trips, insurance, programs, etc. Transportation fees are covered by members of the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association. Each district is eligible to send two adult volunteer leaders to the camp. Leaders should have an interest in the electric project. At least six camp assistants will also be selected to attend Electric Camp in a leadership capacity. Camp assistants must be senior 4-H members. You will receive registration material from your district office in the near future. Additional information is available on the web site at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/elecamp/. If you need copies of the tri-fold color brochure promoting the camp, please contact Mike Buschermohle at (865)974-6343. Steve Sutton Congratulations to Lincoln, Humphreys and Henderson counties for it's stellar support of the Alumni/Volunteer Forum, February 6-7 at Paris Landing State Park and to Central District for bringing the most adults and teens for hands-on training. Each number represents a teen or adult who is better prepared to work with young folks back home! That's what matters in our business of youth development.
Thank you for your support of this event. If your county wasn't able to participate this year, start recruiting now for the February 13-14, 2004 Forum in East Tennessee next year. Peggy Adkins We want you to know more about the people who work in the state 4-H office. We will be featuring a different staff member each week in Ideas. Keep reading to find out about another one of our team. Joy Taylor is a senior secretary and has been with the state 4-H office for almost two and a half years. She has extensive experience as a customer service representative working in banking and in retailing. Joy has also worked for the airline industry in various departments including flight operations, reservations and passenger services. Alice Ann Moore NEW REFLECTION TOOL SHARED AT LEADER FORUM At Volunteer Leader Forum last weekend, 4-H S.O.S. shared a great new tool for service learning reflection: the Service-Learning - Student's Guide & Journal. Robert Schoenfield, the creator of the guide, sent the following description of the book: "The Service Learning - Student's Guide & Journal is a new booklet that will help every high school and middle school student in the United States organize their Service-Learning project and improve their thinking and writing skills. "The Student's Guide & Journal will aid students in their pursuit of scholastic achievement while guiding and inspiring them to take their service to their community and the nation to a higher level of achievement. The Service-Learning - Student's Guide & Journal is a useful resource for any Service-Learning program such as: The Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning, The Martin Luther King Day of Service, environmental programs, tutoring and mentoring projects, helping the homeless and the hungry." If you would like more information on this terrific reflection tool or how to order copies for your county, contact the state 4-H office at LMantoo1@utk.edu or visit www.ServiceLearn.com. Lori Jean Mantooth STATE LIFESMARTS COMPETITION SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 8 Congratulations to the top 12 teams who competed in the LifeSmarts competition. The following teams have been invited to compete in the state contest.
There were 40 teams from 24 counties registered for the online competition. Twenty teams qualified for the state contest. There were 448 individuals registered with 446 completing at least one online quiz. The state contest will be held Saturday, March 8 at the Ward Center in Lebanon. Orientation will begin at 9:30 a.m. with competition beginning at 10:00 a.m. The competition is a modified double elimination contest allowing participating teams to remain in contention for the championship, even if they lose a round of competition. Alice Ann Moore THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK If things go wrong, don't go with them.
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