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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 03 - Issue 39 IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Enrollment Rollover Instructions And Demographic
Definitions UPCOMING EVENTS October 5-11
October 9-11
October 25
November 10
November 28-December 2
December 7-9
December 31
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 ENROLLMENT ROLLOVER INSTRUCTIONS AND DEMOGRAPHIC DEFINITIONS Instructions were sent out by email on September 18 to all county offices with the go ahead for 2003 enrollment rollover and data entry for the new 4-H year. The new enrollment form, with required USDA changes in racial classifications, is on the Blue Ribbon enrollment Web site. Several counties have called with questions regarding the changes in ethnic and racial classifications. The following definitions, taken from the 2004 CES-237 report, may be helpful to you in explaining these classifications or answering questions about them: ETHNIC CLASSIFICATION (All persons must select one of the following categories.)
RACIAL CLASSIFICATION (A person may self-select one or more racial designations, thus, the combined racial groups as shown on the Tennessee enrollment forms.)
Jill Martz CARCASS DATA FROM EXPO CHAMPION LAMBS Congratulations to Chad Worthington (Anderson County) and Sarah Fitzgerald (Macon County) for exhibiting the grand champion and reserve grand champion market lambs at the 2003 Tennessee Junior Livestock Exposition. The lambs produced outstanding carcasses. Both lambs were superior in cutability and quality. In addition, both lambs cleared drug testing for antibiotics, sulfa drugs and clenbuterol. Carcass data for both lambs follows:
Dwight Loveday DESIGN A SCHOOL YARD HABITAT AND WIN CASH
TO MAKE IT A REALITY Patrick Hamilton GETTING TWEENS MOVING The Extra Hour For Extra Action Campaign is designed to increase the number of hours tweens (kids between ages 10 and 14) participate in physical activity, beginning the day daylight savings time ends on the last Sunday in October. This toolkit from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ideas, suggestions and ready-to-use materials to implement this program, plus an opportunity for your community organization to win a $500 grant to support your organization's physical activity program. Check it out at www.cdc.gov/youthcampaign/special_event/hour_for_action.htm. Patrick Hamilton HEALTHIER LIVES THROUGH VOLUNTEERING: STUDY
OF SENIORS Older adults who volunteer up to 100 hours a year live happier and healthier lives, according to a study published in the Journals of Gerontology. The study found that 34.5 percent of adults age 60 and older volunteer, and they serve an average of 71.5 hours per year. Older adults who volunteer had better assessments than non-volunteers in measures of well being including functional status, self-rated health, and absence of depression. The study found the beneficial impact of volunteering appeared to reach their maximum at the 100-hour mark. Co-author Jim Hinterlong, an assistant professor of social work at Florida State University, said, "Our findings support the perspective that volunteering is important in the larger context of successful aging.” Patrick Hamilton LEWIS COUNTY FIRST TO POST 4-H WEEK ACTIVITIES Frank Yancey from Lewis County is the first to post activities on the National 4-H Week promotion site. Lewis County placed National 4-H Week articles in the local paper and PSA's on the local radio station. These announcements highlighted 4-H in the county and informed people about all the positive aspects of the program. Lewis County is now eligible to receive up to $300 for their 4-H promotional efforts during October. Any Tennessee county posting their promotional activities to the Web site is entered in the competition and eligible for the cash awards. For more information, visit www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/promo/. Steve Sutton MEAT GOAT SHOW AT TENNESSEE STATE FAIR The State Junior Meat Goat Show at the Tennessee State Fair saw 71 4-H and FFA members exhibit 344 meat goats before judge Joe Barefoot from Georgia. These youngsters were from sixteen different counties from as far west as Tipton and as far east as Clay. Results of the show is as follows:
A special thanks to the Tennessee State fair for sponsoring this activity. Retired county Extenion director David Gordon is the show superintendent. Ricky Skillington We have had several requests for a direct link to the Tennessee 4-H Ideas newsletter from the main page of the Tennessee 4-H Web site. The News/4-H Ideas link used to take you to a page with a listing of items, including the Ideas link. Now if you click on the 4-H Ideas part of the line, you will be taken directly to the newsletter. Thanks for your suggestions and let us know anytime you have a suggestion to make the site more user friendly. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK The dictionary is the only place that success
come before work.
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