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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 04 - Issue 19 IN THIS ISSUE 2004 TAE4-HW Service Awards Announced UPCOMING EVENTS May 18
May 18
May 20
May 20
May 25-26
May 26-28
June 1
June 2
June 5-11
June 7-11
June 15-18
June 17
June 17-19
June 22-26
June 29-July 2
July 6-9
July 12-16
July 19-23
July 28-August 1
July 22-26
July 30-August 1
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ Online version of Ideas: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas04/ Ideas index: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas04/04-index.htm 2004 TAE4-HW SERVICE AWARDS ANNOUNCED The 2004 Service Awards were presented at the Tennessee Association of Extension 4-H Workers recognition banquet on May 6. TAE4-HW members vote on the award to recognize their peers for outstanding work in the field of youth development. Congratulations to the following recipients:
Congratulations to these outstanding youth development professionals! Lori Jean Mantooth 4-H ELECTRIC CAMP ASSISTANTS SELECTED Twelve senior 4-H members have been chosen to serve in a leadership role during 4-H Electric Camp, June 29-July 2, 2004. These 4-H’ers were selected on the basis of their leadership experience, involvement in the electric project and recommendation of their 4-H agent and district program leader.
Steve Sutton DID YOU GET YOUR ACADEMIC CONFERENCE BUS SCHEDULE? The 4-H Academic Conference bus schedules were emailed on May 13 to those counties having delegates. If you have delegates attending this event and failed to receive a schedule, please let us know. Steve Sutton LIMITED NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER SHIRTS AVAILABLE Looking for an innovative way to recognize your 4-H volunteers? Why not tell them they are U.G.L.Y.? Unselfish, Giving, Loyal, and Young at heart…that is. There is a limited number of shirts available for purchase from the state 4-H office. The shirts are long sleeve, navy blue and cost $12.00 each. The only sizes remaining are L and XL. If you or someone you know is interested in purchasing a shirt, please contact Patrick Hamilton at 8695-974-2128 or via email at patrick@utk.edu. You make see the design at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/images/volUGLYshirt.gif. Patrick Hamilton MACON COUNTY BOASTS LARGEST ACADEMIC CONFERENCE DELEGATION Registration is in for Junior High 4-H Academic Conference, and Macon County’s 12 delegates makes it the largest group attending. The event will be held on the campus of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, June 15-18, 2004. The top five counties for Academic Conference are as follows:
Congratulations to these counties for their success in promoting this event and to all agents who made this educational opportunity available to their 4-H members. If you would like to verify your county delegation, go to http://ext1.ag.utk.edu/4H/acdmRegist.nsf. You should be able to view the information, but will not be able to make changes. Please let me know if you see anything that needs to be corrected. Steve Sutton ROBERTSON COUNTY HAS MOST RECORD BOOKS Congratulations to all 4-H agents who encouraged members to submit their project achievement records for state competition. Hancock and Williamson counties were the top counties in the state this year as far as number of records submitted. Others making the top five list this year include:
The Central District led with 77 records submitted; Cumberland had 68; Western had 63; and Smoky Mountain had 57. 4-H agents, volunteer leaders and specialists will complete the judging of the records on May 26. We will try to announce the names of the finalists to the districts by June 7. Steve Sutton The 4-H Centers and Camping page on the 4-H Web site has materials that will be helpful to you as you train your leaders and prepare for summer camp. Go to www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/centersandcamping/ and then click on Resources for Agents link. You will find the “Go for the Gold” project sessions for 2004, as well as the Survival Guide for Leaders. Other camping materials will be posted as they are changed to electronic format. Camp Staff Training will be May 13-15 at the W.P. Ridley 4-H Center. The 4-H Center program assistants will notify all counties of details regarding their specific camp in the next couple of weeks. The brochures promoting Target S.M.A.R.T. Campboree and Wildlife Conference are also available from the Web site. Refer any interested participants to them as you promote these opportunities to develop life skills. Jill Martz TARGET S.M.A.R.T. AND WILDLIFE CONFERENCE C.A.’S The following individuals have been selected as conference assistants for the Target S.M.A.R.T. Campboree and Junior High Wildlife Conference. They will be receiving a congratulatory letter and the Survival Guide for Leaders in the very near future. Please remind them of their duties as leaders at camp and representatives of the county 4-H program. Wildlife Conference C.A.’s will travel with the district delegation. Target S.M.A.R.T. C.A.’s will be responsible for their own transportation.
f you have individuals who were not selected (especially 9th graders) please encourage them to apply again. Thank you for encouraging your 4-H’ers to take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen their life skills of leadership, teamwork and responsibility. Jill Martz WILSON COUNTY 4-H’ER SELECTED FOR 4HUSA WEB CREW Jared Pickens from Wilson County is one of 15 members named by the National 4-H Council and the 4HUSA.ORG design selection committee as a member of the 4HUSA Web Crew. The Crew is being formed to redesign, supervise, manage and market the Web site - www.4husa.org - as a site exclusively for, by and about the young people of 4-H across the country. Jared’s term of an assignment will be 12 months. Members of the Web Crew will conduct their assignment through virtual meetings and IM. The first face-to-face meeting will be scheduled for later this summer. The Web Crew will be supervised by David Henderson, senior vice president for strategic communications at National 4-H Council. Best of luck to Jared as he represents Tennessee in this endeavor. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure
is trying to please everybody.
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