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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 03 - Issue 08 IN THIS ISSUE 2003 4-H Performing Arts Troupe Selected UPCOMING EVENTS March 1
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March 21-23
March 30-April 5
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April 13-15
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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 4-H PERFORMING ARTS TROUPE SELECTED The 2003 4-H Performing Arts Troupe has been selected. Congratulations to all the counties on the excellent audition tapes that were submitted. This year’s troupe will include:
Troupe members are in for an exciting year with their choreographer and director Denise Patton and technical director Jim Stewart. The first performance of the year will be the opening pageant at State 4-H Congress April 13 at the War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville. Pat Whitaker ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PROMOTIONAL BROCHURE Promotional brochures for Junior High 4-H Academic Conference (5 per county) are going out in the county mail packets today (February 28). The brochure is also available in a PDF format from www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/attach/brochure.pdf. If you need additional copies, you may either print them off the web site or request them from the state 4-H office. Steve Sutton CITIZENSHIP AND LEADERSHIP FINALISTS ANNOUNCED State record judging has been completed for the leadership and citizenship projects. Each finalist will receive a scholarship to Tennessee 4-H Congress, April 13-15. The alternates are listed in rank order. If a finalist cannot go to Congress, an alternate will be awarded the trip and the opportunity to compete for the state award.
All finalists will need to be in Nashville by 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 12. Each Level I state winner will receive the Horizon Award, a silver tray and the opportunity for a $500 college scholarship. Each Level II state winner will receive a silver tray, a trip to National 4-H Congress in Atlanta and a $1000 college scholarship. Steve Sutton 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. Kay Hodge is beginning her seventh year as the accounting clerk for the Tennessee 4-H Foundation. Prior to employment at the University of Tennessee, she was in the private sector working in accounting, credit and collections and office administration, mainly in the construction industry. She is currently working with Mark Gateley, Executive Director of the Foundation; Tim Fawver, Treasurer of the Foundation; Alice Ann Moore, Assistant Director, 4-H Youth Development; and all Extension personnel across the state regarding Foundation financial matters. Kay and her husband, Harry, live in the Fountain City area of Knoxville. Harry is a native of Sevier County and they met on a blind date while students at UT. They are parents of two children, Jeff and Janet, both of the Knoxville area. Jeff is in management with CINTAS Corporation, a uniform services company. Janet is in financial management with the Tennessee Valley Authority. In her leisure time, Kay enjoys travel, country music and fishing. But the true JOY of her life is spending time with their three grandchildren, Nick, Jordan and Alex, who live close enough to spoil. Alice Ann Moore This year’s State 4-H Congress theme is “4-H: Taking YOUth to the Limit.” Each delegate will prepare an essay of no more than 500 words on the Congress theme. Each district will submit one essay for state competition. The state winner will be chosen from the four district winners. Each essay will be judged on the following scale:
District winners will receive a pen and pencil set and a $50 savings bond. The state winner award will be a desk set. The state winning essay will be announced at the Monday night assembly. Steve Sutton Spring leadership and citizenship achievement records have been judged. A special thanks goes to an outstanding group of Extension agents attending winter school for their help in completing this task:
Additionally, the records were evaluated by members of the state 4-H staff along with state 4-H leader emeritus Martha Jo Tolley. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK He who gives when he is asked has waited too long.
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