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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 04 - Issue 47 IN THIS ISSUE Grainger County 4-H’ers Win State Make-It-With-Wool UPCOMING EVENTS November 26-30
December 4-5
January 8
January 8
January 18-19
January 28-29
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 GRAINGER COUNTY 4-H’ERS WIN STATE MAKE-IT-WITH-WOOL The Tennessee Make-It-Yourself-With Wool Contest was held November 20 in Fayetteville. Grainger County was represented by two contestants. MacKalley Beeler, 6th grader from Joppa Elementary won the pre-teen division with her charcoal gray, wool jumper. Samantha Newman, 8th grader from Joppa School won the junior division with her eggplant wool jumper. The Make-It-With-Wool Contest promotes the beauty and versatility of wool fabrics and yarns. It encourages personal creativity in sewing, knitting, crocheting, spinning, and weaving wool fabrics and yarns. Each contestant must sew their garment and model it during the contest. They are judged on the appearance and construction of the garment, as well as the appropriateness to the model, the coordination of fabric with garment style and the contestant’s presentation and creativity. Samantha will be representing Tennessee at the National Contest in Reno, Nevada in January. Karen Nelms HONOR CLUB/CONTINUING SERVICE END-OF-YEAR DEADLINE Many counties initiate their new Honor Club members or recognize their Junior High Continuing Service Award recipients at the beginning of the year. Amy Willis, our student assistant working with Honor Club applications and Junior High Continuing Service will be leaving on December 2 and will not return until January 10. I will be out of the office starting December 13. Please keep this in mind if you have Honor Club applications that need to be approved or 4-H’ers to recommend for Junior High Continuing Service. We would need to receive any requests for the first two weeks of January before December 10. Steve Sutton PILOT COUNTIES STILL NEEDED FOR LSES It’s not too late to be a volunteer pilot county for the life skill evaluation instruments in building relationships, leadership, responsibility, positive self-esteem and teamwork. As a pilot county, you will be expected to ask 20 or more youth to complete the beginning, intermediate and advanced level surveys for one or more of the life skills. Senior 4-H’ers and those with in-depth programming in one or more of the skill areas are an ideal audience for the pilot testing. Completing all three levels of any life skill will take no more than 20 minutes. Surveys should be returned to the state 4-H office for data analysis by March 1, 2005 in preparation for the April inservice. This is a great way to preview the instruments, gather valuable information and contribute to the development of the LSES system. Please consider your involvement in this project. Contact me if you are interested in participating. Jill Martz SUMNER COUNTY 4-H’ER IS NATIONAL CHICKEN BBQ CHAMPION Tyler Templeton of Sumner County was named national champion in chicken barbecue competition at the National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference, November 17-18. Tyler was one of 17 Tennessee 4-H members, parents, leaders and Extension personnel attending the event in Louisville, Kentucky. The conference saw contestants from across the U.S. participating in five areas of competition. Tennessee had contestants in four of these events.
Congratulations are in order for these 4-H members, their agents, parents and leaders. A special thanks to Dr. Charles Goan, Extension Specialist and Department Head, for his efforts in conducting our state events and helping the contestants prepare for national competition. Steve Sutton TARGETING POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: TEAMWORK Teamwork Teamwork and County 4-H Programs
There are limitless books and activities related to this life skill. Some of the best activities require the least amount of money. A commitment to facilitating and processing is the key to success. Jill Martz TENNESSEE 4-H TECH TEAM SELECTED The Tennessee 4-H Tech Team has been selected from the applications received. Members include:
These youth will participate in state events such as Tennessee 4-H Congress and State 4-H Roundup. They will also be available to assist at the local and regional level. John Toman, Director, Information Technology, along with members of the state 4-H staff will be giving leadership to the group. Alice Ann Moore WILSON COUNTY LIVESTOCK TEAM TAKES NATIONAL HONORS After four years of livestock judging practices, competing in more than 30 judging contests and presenting well over 350 sets of oral reasons, the Wilson County 4-H livestock judging team ended their 4-H judging career with national honors in Louisville, KY last week. Jared Givens, Travis McPeak, Cody Powell and Katie McKinnis are the members of this nationally competitive team. They returned home last week from the national contest with 18 plaques and two silver belt buckles.
McKinnis and Givens each received All-American awards for placing in the top twenty individuals. The team placed 2nd in swine and 3rd in sheep. Both Powell and McKinnis were in the top six individuals in sheep and swine respectively. The team placed 6th overall, edging out 100 other 4-H members from 25 states, including the team from Illinois which has produced the national champion team 9 times since 1991. A tremendous amount of time and effort was put forth by Jane McKinnis of Watertown who coordinated all of the teams activities for the past four years including all the trips, contests and practices. In addition, many area cattle, sheep, and hog producers allowed the team to make farm visits and put together classes the 4-H members could practice judging. The following are to be thanked for giving of their time and talents to help the team achieve: Jim Coley of Coley Hereford Farm in Castalian Springs; Quinton Smith of Horn Springs Angus Farm in Lebanon; Michael Butler of Butler Creek Farm in Milton; Colin McCaig of Four L Hereford Farm in Murfreesboro; Steve Letterman of Carverdale Gelbvieh Farm in Granville; Charles and Linda Philips of Philips Swine Farm in Norene; Ben T. Powell of Linwood Sheep Farm in Watertown; and Dave Whitaker of Whitaker Club Lambs in Murfreesboro. In addition many individuals have given their time helping the team with oral reasons including Christen Davis of Lebanon, Bill Kuecker of Dickson Springs, Kevin Ragland of Murfreesboro and Jessica Gentry of Murfreesboro. Financial contributions from Brent Turner of Capital Ideas in Lebanon and the Bill Kuecker family of Dixon Springs, helped cover the expenses of the trip. Other donors included the TN Beef Industry Council, The Tennessee Cattleman’s and Lower Middle TN Cattlemen’s Associations, TN Pork Producer’s Association, TN Sheep Producers’s Association and the Mid-South Fair. Mark Powell THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and
keep your foot on first.
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