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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 03 - Issue 07 IN THIS ISSUE 2003
Southern Region Leader Forum Workshop Proposals UPCOMING EVENTS 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 2003 SOUTHERN REGION LEADER FORUM WORKSHOP PROPOSALS The 2003 Southern Region 4-H Leader Forum will be held October 2-5 at the Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Georgia. Presenters are being solicited for the dozens of workshops that will be offered at the forum on a wide variety of topics. Workshop lengths are one hour; one and one-half hours; and three hours. All salaried and volunteer staff are invited and encouraged to consider this opportunity. Presenters are responsible for their own expenses to participate in the forum. Workshop proposal forms are available from www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/infoletter/2003callforproposals.pdf. If you cannot access this information, please contact me at the state 4-H office for a copy. Even though the original deadline for submitting workshop proposals is past, proposals are still being accepted. Fax your proposal to Bob Meadows today! Peggy Adkins CHARACTER COUNTS! IS HAVING A RELOCATION SALE The national office of CHARACTER COUNTS! will be relocating soon, and in order to reduce inventory they are having a HUGE moving sale. You'll find posters, banners, videos, bookmarks and much more offered at prices up to 50% off! These incredible bargains will only be available until April 10, 2003, and they want to make sure everyone has the chance to take advantage of the moving sale. Visit the following link to find the best prices on certification trainings and support materials from the Josepheson Institute: www.charactercounts.org/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=CCMP. As always, feel free to spread the wealth (and the website link!) to those who may be interested. Peggy Adkins McMINN COUNTY FIRST TO REGISTER CONGRESS DELEGATES Congratulations to McMinn County on being the first to register their State 4-H Congress delegation using the electronic registration process. The site may be accessed at: ext1.ag.utk.edu/4H/4HRegist.nsf and MUST be opened using Microsoft Internet Explorer. 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 the information for each delegate, leader and agent attending Congress. When finished, click the "Submit Registration" button at the bottom of the form. If notice a mistake was made after submitting your data, simply pull up the incorrect record and click the "Edit" button at the bottom of the page. Make your correction and then resubmit the record. If you have problems, please contact your district IT specialist. Check with your district office for information regarding specific district deadlines. Jill Martz 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. Jill Martz has been a member of the state 4-H staff since 1996. Prior to that appointment, she worked at the W.P. Ridley 4-H Center in Columbia designing, promoting and implementing the environmental education program. Jill's Extension career began in Rutherford County in 1988 where she was a 4-H agent for five years. Her prior work experience includes teaching junior high for 10 years in northwest Ohio where she grew up. Her 4-H youth experience took place in Allen County, Ohio. She began going to 4-H camp as a 4th grader, won first place at the Ohio State fair in tailoring, served on the junior fair board, and was a very active junior leader. Jill received a Bachelor's degree in vocational home economics from Bowling Green State University and her Master's from Middle Tennessee State University in vocational-technical education with a concentration in human sciences. She is currently working on her doctoral dissertation with plans to complete her Ph.D.in child and family studies in the spring of 2004. Her dissertation will focus on the Tennessee 4-H camping program. Jill credits her background in education and child and family studies with providing valuable insight into the lives of children. A highlight of her county 4-H work was the successes of her senior high 4-H'ers. Developing the environmental education program was the most rewarding part of her Extension career. Her favorite responsibility on the state 4-H staff is the camping program. Currently Jill's responsibilities as a youth development specialist include camping, environmental education, State 4-H Congress coordinator, State 4-H Council, collegiate 4-H, Wildlife Conference, Target S.M.A.R.T., Teen Adventure, enrollment, Recreation Project Specialist, curriculum and evaluation and teen programming. Jill's hobbies include flower and water gardening (Her nine goldfish are still alive!) and interior design. Her greatest joy is her two children Bret, 24, a regional sales for TREX, and Bethany, 21, a senior at UT. Alice Ann Moore SMOKY MOUNTAIN SWEEPS HORSE BOWL/HIPPOLOGY CONTESTS The 2003 Tennessee State 4-H Horse Bowl and Hippology events were held Saturday, February 15, at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. This year, four champions were crowned and each of the champions was from the Smoky Mountain District. The horse bowl challenges youth to learn scientific information about horse nutrition, reproduction, genetics, behavior and herd health. The hippology contest allows 4-H youth to express skills they have learned in scientific horse information, horse judging and identification of horse-related products, tack and equipment. The senior division of the horse bowl competition was won by Knox County. This was the second year in a row that a team from East Tennessee has won the Horse Bowl Contest. Knox County team members Reed Carringer, Rebekah Neal and Natalie Rich were victorious over the 11 additional state qualifying teams. The Knox County team will be able to represent Tennessee at the Eastern National 4-H Roundup in Louisville, Kentucky next November as well as other national events. They were coached by 4-H'ers Nathanael Hilzinger and Reed Carringer, along with 4-H adult volunteer Patty Benton. The reserve champion horse bowl team was Fentress County with team members Leann Little, Allix Lowe, David Store and Daniel Stepp. Local 4-H leader Kristy Hall was coach of the team. Fentress County will also represent Tennessee at the Southern Regional 4-H Horse Championships in Perry, Georgia. Third place was also awarded to Knox County. Their team members were Nathanael Hilzinger, Jane Peterson and April Lynn. The junior division champion horse bowl team was Loudon County with team members Joanna Buxkemper, Kimberly King, Sarah Mashburn and Kyla Sampson. The team was coached by a group of local 4-H volunteer leaders that included Steve and Sharon Buxkemper, Mark and Sandi King and Leah Ann Mashburn. Sumner County was reserve champion in the Horse Bowl junior division with team members Caitlin Cook, Tyler Templeton, Alanna Wink and Kaitlyn York. Extension agent Steve McNeil was the coach. Third place was won by Weakley County. The team of Allie Baker, Sarah Kiang, Seth Dodd and Gene Gatewood was coached by 4-H volunteer Phyllis Haw. In the senior division of the hippology contest, East Tennessee continued their winning ways as champion of this event. Blount County won high point honors with team members Whitney Herron, Amy Snoderly, Lindsey Little and Melanie LaFoy. The team was coached by Kim Snoderly and will be eligible to represent Tennessee at the Eastern National 4-H Roundup next November in Louisville, Kentucky and other national contests. Jessica Williams of Robertson County was named champion individual of the contest and Leann Little of Fentress County was the reserve champion individual. Bridget Lambert, Josh Tyler, Jessica Williams and Dustin Lilly from Robertson County were the reserve champion team and were coached by Rita Lambert. Robertson County will be eligible to represent Tennessee at the Southern Regional 4-H Horse Championships in Perry, Georgia. Williamson County 4-H project members placed third. The team members were Stephanie Baker, Sally Armstrong, Jessica Beasley and Rachel Lampley, and were coached by Micki Beasley. The Sullivan County junior hippology team won champion honors in that division with team members Abigail Lepsch, Laura Ligon, Kaitlen McBride and Amanda Morrell. This team was coached by Jennifer Burkey. Amanda Morrell of Sullivan County was the champion individual of the contest while Robertson County 4-H member Margaret Noah captured reserve champion individual honors. Third high individual in the contest was Abigail Lepsch from Sullivan County. The reserve champion team consisting of Caitlin Cook, Tyler Templeton, Dayton Schleicher and Kaitlyn York were from Sumner County. Extension agent Steve McNeil was the coach of this team. Sumner County also captured third place with team members Kristen Frasea, Joanna Saylor, Emma Cooper and Casey Cox. This team was also coached by Steve McNeil. The event was sponsored by the Tennessee Horse Council. The state competition was attended by over 150 4-H horse project members, 100 volunteer leaders and 20 Extension workers. Over 600 youth and leaders participated in district horse bowl and hippology contests. Doyle Meadows THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK The youth gets the materials together to build a bridge to the
moon, and at length the middle-aged man decides to make a woodshed
with them.
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