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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 03 - Issue 14 IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Scholarship Applications Still Being Accepted UPCOMING EVENTS April 12
April 13-15
April 15
April 15
April 30-May 2
May 1
May 1
May 1
May 6-7
May 8-9
May 16-17
May 16-19
May 20
May 20
May 22
May 22
May 27-28
June 2-6
June 5
June 8-14
June 10-13
June 12
June 12-14
June 19-21
June 24-27
June 24-28
June 29-July 3
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 4-H SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS STILL BEING ACCEPTED 4-H scholarship applications are due in the state 4-H office on May 1. (The exceptions being the G.L. Herrington Scholarship and the AGR Scholarship which were due March 1.) The following scholarships are still available:
Please make your 4-H members aware of these opportunities. A detailed description of each scholarship can be found in Tennessee 4-H Awards and Recognition Handbook at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/recognhndbook/sect06.htm. Scholarship applications were mailed to each county Extension office last December. If you need a Tennessee 4-H scholarship application form, they are available from the state 4-H office or from the Tennessee 4-H forms page at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/forms/acrobat/scholarship.pdf. Steve Sutton 4-H S.O.S. AWARDS TWO SCHOLARSHIPS TO CWF 4-H S.O.S. has selected two outstanding service leaders to receive scholarships to Citizenship Washington Focus in June. Travis Reagan of McMinn County and Laura May of Humphreys County will join Tennessee’s delegation to this exciting event in the nation’s capital. The essay competition was open to youth coordinators for 4-H S.O.S. mini-grant projects. Both recipients have displayed excellent leadership efforts through service learning and are to be commended on their many accomplishments. Lori Jean Mantooth Fall!!??!! I know. You’re just barely hoping to survive your SPRING schedule! But join us for two days of training that’s sure to give you a head start when the school club pressures begin. Dena Wise, Bridgett Smith, Lori Jean Mantooth, Denise Brandon, Dan McLemore and I are teaming up to provide a wealth of resources guaranteed to reduce your September stress level. Join us for two full days of ideas and ready-to-use consumer skills materials (our most requested subject matter for Fall 2003) for every possible age group in your 4-H audience. Everyone had the opportunity to register online last fall. If you did not register and want to attend, please contact your district office. Locations are as follows:
Training at all locations will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. for the respective time zones. Peggy Adkins MADISON COUNTY LEADS THE STATE IN HONOR CLUB INITIATES Madison County is currently the top county in the state in terms of number of Honor Club initiates for 2003. As of March 31, they had 25 new Honor Club members approved for membership. Lincoln County is second with 19 initiates, followed by Claiborne County with 13. Central is the top district with 45 initiates. We are convinced there is a positive correlation between the number of Honor Club members a county can qualify and the quality of the 4-H program in the county. Honor Club membership is based on participation. Unless many participation opportunities are made available, not many 4-H’ers will be able to qualify for Honor Club recognition. Go to www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/honorclub/howmany.htm for a complete listing of Honor Club initiates by district and county for January, February and March of this year. Steve Sutton The links below will give you the guidelines for the State 4-H Meat Judging Contest to be held June 17 at Middle Tennessee State University.
The contest will be held in conjunction with the State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest. Registration is at 10:30 a.m. and the contest will start at 11:00 a.m. Awards will be presented at 4:30 p.m. during a recognition dinner. Also attached is retail cut list we will use for the state contest. There are a few additions to that list. Please note that there is a new national 4-H meat ID card and some of the codes, especially cookery methods have changed. If you have any questions, please give me a call. Dwight Loveday MEET THE STATE 4-H STAFF! - CARMEN BURGOS This week we are again featuring one of our area 4-H specialists
in Ideas. Keep reading to find out about another of our team members. Carmen received a grant from the Kauffman Foundation to fund training for two agents and volunteers to implement an entrepreneur program known as MINI-SOCIETY®. This program was originally implemented in Blount and Knox county. This year it will be implemented in Sevier, McMinn and Greene counties as well. Carmen grew up in Puerto Rico and is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, where she majored in home economics with a minor in Extension and textiles and clothing. She received her M.S. degree in textiles and clothing from The University of Tennessee in 1978. Carmen worked for 2 years as a stylist/designer for Kellwood Company. After a 10 year pause to raise her children, she taught adult education. She began her career with Extension in 1990 as a 4-H agent in Pasco County, Florida. Carmen has three children: Vanessa María, Carlos José, and Roberto Luis. She also has two grand daughters: Iliana Aixa and Reylina Amaya Suárez. Alice Ann Moore SMOKY MOUNTAIN RABBIT BREEDERS SPONSOR EVENT The Smoky Mountain Rabbit Breeders Association is sponsoring a program for members on Friday, May 9. The event will be in the Brehm Animal Science arena on The University of Tennessee ag campus beginning at 6:30 p.m. The activities will include a rabbit knowledge quiz, rabbit showmanship contest, rabbit breed identification and rabbit costume contest. The club also invites 4-H members to participate in their show on May 10. Entries must be received by Dr. Charles Goan by May 5. Information on each individual event as well as the entry form is available in Wordperfect format from www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/attach/rabbitinfo.wpd. Steve Sutton VOLUNTEER TIME VALUED AT $16.54/HOUR Independent Sector announced recently that the value of volunteer time has increased by nearly fifty cents to $16.54 per hour for adults. The hourly value, updated yearly, is based on the average hourly earnings of all nonagricultural workers as determined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Independent Sector takes this figure and increases it by 12% to estimate for fringe benefits. Read more about this report at www.independentsector.org. Lori Jean Mantooth THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than
the brain cell it occupied.
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