TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS

VOLUME 03 - Issue 32
August 15, 2003

Agents Selected To Attend National 4-H Congress
Make It Yourself With Wool
National 4-H Week Kit Available
Tennessee Dominates Educational Events At Southern Region Horse Championships
Tennessee Valley Fair Attendance And Exhibitry Contest

AGENTS SELECTED TO ATTEND NATIONAL 4-H CONGRESS

4-H agents have been selected by their district staff to attend the 2003 National 4-H Congress in Atlanta. They are Theresa Allan, Trousdale County and Glenn Turner, Sevier County. Theresa and Glenn will join Western District director, Mike Gordon; Extension specialist, Dena Wise; Smoky Mountain area 4-H specialist, Carmen Burgos; Robertson County volunteer leader, Mary Lee Lemley; Assistant Director and State 4-H Leader, Alice Ann Moore; and state 4-H staff members Steve Sutton, Jill Martz and Patrick Hamilton as chaperons for Tennessee’s 40 delegates attending the event.

Steve Sutton
Extension Specialist
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MAKE IT YOURSELF WITH WOOL

The State Make It Yourself With Wool contest will be Saturday, November 15, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at David Lipscomb University in Nashville. Wendy Collins, 4-H volunteer leader in Lincoln County and Cathy Bates, FCS professor at David Lipscomb University, are providing the leadership for this year's event.

Please inform any interested people in your county about this contest. Divisions are: pre-teen (12 and under); junior (13-16); senior (17-24); adult (over 24); made-for-others; and wearable accessory.

You may contact Wendy via email at wendy@fraleyhill.com or cboo326@aol.com. Her home address is: Wendy Collins, 4016 Paradise Drive, Fayetteville, TN 37334.

Wendy and I have copies of the entry form and the promotional brochure. Let us know if you need a copy.

Janet Hale
Extension Agent
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NATIONAL 4-H WEEK KIT NOW AVAILABLE

National 4-H Week is October 5-11, 2003. The 2003 National 4-H Week kit is now available both as a compact disc and online so that 4-H staff, volunteers and members can prepare their public relations materials for the week-long celebration of 4-H. The kit was mailed as a compact disc to all county and state 4-H offices in late July. The kit also is available online at 4hweekkit.fourhcouncil.edu. The kit contains resources for planning events, increasing publicity and working with media. It includes graphics, songs, photos, brochures, bookmarks, PSAs, newspaper ads and more. Many of the items on the kit are customizable, so they can be tailored to your local program.

The kit is intended for use by anyone promoting National 4-H Week. The kit was produced by the National 4-H Council marketing team in collaboration with the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents (NAE4-HA) Public Relations and Information Committee’s 2003 National 4-H Week Kit Task Force. For more information about the National 4-H Week Kit, visit the Web site
(4-Hweekkit.fourhcouncil.edu) or email 4hweekkit@fourhcouncil.edu.

Patrick Hamilton
Extension Assistant
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TENNESSEE DOMINATES EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AT SOUTHERN REGIONAL HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Once again the Tennessee 4-H horse program was extremely successful at the 2003 Southern Regional 4-H Horse Championships held in Perry, Georgia. Tennessee 4-H horse project members participating in horse judging, speech and individual demonstrations were all crowned champions at the Southern Regionals. The event is held annually at a location in the Southeast.

The Sumner County 4-H horse judging team was named champion over 17 other horse judging teams. Team members were Sarah McKee, Ginny Gregory, Renee Garrett and Kelly Garrett. The team was coached by local Extension agent Steve McNeil. As a team, Sumner County was third in reasons, second in placing and first overall. Kelly Garrett was the overall high individual in the contest with teammates Renee Garrett and Ginny Gregory placing ninth and tenth respectively in overall individuals.

Wilson County 4-H horse judging team placed sixth at the Southern Regionals with team members Beth Barnes, Rachel Pulley, Casey West and Allison Erkman. They were coached by volunteer leader Terry Young. The team was sixth in reasons and fourth in placings. Allison Erkman was the sixth high individual in the contest.

Jordan Rippy, Sumner County 4-H member and state winner in the individual demonstration contest, won the championship in the individual demonstration competition at the Southern Regional event. Whitney Young, Wilson County 4-H member, placed fifth in the individual demonstration. Additionally, Leann Little of Fentress County was named champion in the public speaking contest and Molly Smith of McNairy County placed eighth in public speaking. Amber Burkey and Emily Burkey of Sullivan County placed tenth in the team demonstration contest.

Blount County 4-H members Whitney Herron, Melanie LaFoy, Amy Snoderly and Lindsey Little placed third overall in the Hippology Contest. Lindsey Little was the sixth high individual overall. This was the highest placing a Tennessee team has achieved in hippology competition at the Southern Regionals. The team was coached by Kim Snoderly, Blount County 4-H volunteer. Robertson County 4-H members also competed in the hippology contest and they placed sixth. The team was coached by Rita Lambert and consisted of team members Bridget Lambert, Josh Tyler and Jessica Williams.

Tennessee was also represented in the horse bowl division by Knox County 4-H members Reed Carringer, Rebekah Neal, Natalie Rich and Jamie Peterson. The team advanced through several rounds and finished the event in fourth place. The team was coached by Nathan Hilzinger, Reed Carringer and adult leader, Patty Benton.

Doyle Meadows
Professor, Animal Science
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TENNESSEE VALLEY FAIR 4-H ATTENDANCE AND EXHIBITRY CONTEST

All East Tennessee counties are eligible for awards in the 4-H Attendance and Exhibitry Contest at the 2003 Tennessee Valley Fair. “East Tennessee” in this case, refers to Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Cumberland, Fentress, Scott and all counties east of these. (Please see page 14 of the Tennessee Valley Fair junior department catalog for further details.)

A report form may be downloaded from www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/4hideas03/attach/tvfreport.wpd to report the number of exhibits and attendance from your county. Please complete the form and send to the state 4-H office. (Email is acceptable to ssutton2@utk.edu). Reports need to be in our office by noon on Tuesday, September 9. Please submit only one form per county.

Encourage your 4-H members to enter exhibits in the Tennessee Valley Fair. All exhibits will count 5 points each with the exception of animal exhibits which will count 15 points. The placings will be made according to the number of points scored on the form. Awards will be: 1st - $125; 2nd - $100; 3rd - $75; 4th - $50; 5th - $50; 6th - $50; and 7th - $50.

Steve Sutton
Extension Specialist
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.
~Rita Mae Brown