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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 06 - Issue 37 IN THIS ISSUE 2007 State Radon Poster Contest UPCOMING EVENTS
September 22-October 1
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September 29-30
October 1-7
October 5-8
October 14
October 21
October 22-26
November 6
November 11
November 24-28
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas06 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas06/06-index.htm 2007 STATE RADON POSTER CONTEST Information for the 2007 State Radon Poster Contest is now available for all Family and Consumer Sciences agents and 4-H agents. Packets with the contest information is being sent by county mail this week. County Extension agents are encouraged to promote this contest to different groups such as school art and computer classes, 4-H clubs and home school programs. Last year, Tennessee had the national winning poster – Andrew Swisher from Anderson County! If a county participates, the county should coordinate its own contest prior to October 5. Up to three winners from each category should be selected from the county contest and then sent on to the state competition by October 5 in which they’ll be judged October 6 at 11 a.m. Youth, ages 9-14, will be able to compete in one of two categories: a computer-generated poster, or a non-computer generated poster. Posters are to be 11" x 17" on white drawing paper. The drawing can be either horizontal or vertical. Posters could be drawn in crayon, colored pencil, paints or markers. Computer-generated posters not only will be submitted in hard copy format (8.5" x 11" paper acceptable), but will also need to be saved electronically in .jpg or .tif format. Posters should be the student’s original design from one of the six topic areas: 1) Radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S., 2) Test your home for radon now!, 3) Test and fix your home for radon, 4) Radon is a radioactive gas that might be in your home - test today!, 5) Radon resistant new construction protects your home and your health; and 6) For important radon information, call the National Radon Hotline at 1-800-SOS-RADON. First through third-place state winners in both categories will receive a gift card and a plaque for their state winning efforts. All participants in the contest will receive a certificate, radon test kit and some type of radon incentives. The contest is coordinated by Martha Keel, Housing and Environmental Health specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, the University of Tennessee Extension. The poster contest is sponsored by the National Safety Council. Other partners of the event are the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation-Air Pollution Control: Radon. For more information, contact Martha Keel (mkeel@tennessee.edu) or Jacki German (jgerman@tennessee.edu) at 865-974-8197. Martha Keel The plans are to have a 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. Fall Festival Shoot at Henry Horton State Park. The tentative date is November 11, 2006. This will be a competitive event with all participants required to be bona fide 4-H’ers enrolled in the Target S.M.A.R.T. program. Please reply to me (dsarver@tennessee.edu) with the perceived interest from your county by October 1. Other events have been tentatively planned for 2007.
There is also a new reporting system for the 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. program as part of the National 4-H Shooting Sports reporting system. You can find the two reporting forms (MS Word) and instructions for their use at the links below.
The county summary report is due to me by October 15, 2006. The reporting period is from October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006. Since this is such short notice, I know that getting the required information may be difficult. However, plans are to require this report every year. Please contact me if you have any questions. Daniel Sarver FREE HORSEMANSHIP CLINIC FOR 4-H HORSE MEMBERS/VOLUNTEERS You are invited to a two-day "Horse Lovers Only" Seminar at the Miller Coliseum, Middle Tennessee State University, in Murfreesboro, October 7-8, conducted by Linda and Pat Parelli. The seminar will begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude at 5:00 p.m. each day. Linda and Pat Parelli are internationally known for their natural horsemanship and their 2-day educational seminars that teach horse owners better communication to train their horses naturally. Parelli Natural Horsemanship is offering free admission for all 4-H leaders and members that are in a horse program who wish to attend this seminar. However, you must RSVP no later than Thursday afternoon, October 6. All you need to do is fax a list with the names of those attending on your County Extension office letterhead to 970-731-9763. Please specify Murfreesboro, Tennessee as the show your group plans to attend. If you have questions, please call Sherri Renfrow at 970-731-9465 or you can find out more information about Parelli Natural Horsemanship at www.parelli.com. You can find a news release at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas06/attach/newsrelease.doc and a poster at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas06/attach/tn.pdf. We hope to see a large group of 4-H’ers at the seminar. Wear your 4-H t-shirts and caps, if possible, so Linda and Pat can see you in the stands. Sherri Renfrow HARDEMAN COUNTY HORSE BOWL TEAM FINISHES 4TH IN SOUTHERN REGION The Southern Regional 4-H Horse Championships were held July 25-30, 2006, at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. The Hardeman County 4-H team of Brandon Vaughan, Reed Avent, Ryan Bell and Asa Black traveled to Raleigh to represent Tennessee in the Horse Bowl competition. This was the first time a West Tennessee county has participated in the event. The team faced the Georgia A team in round one and defeated them in a close match. They next took on the Alabama A team and defeated them easily. Their first defeat came in the next round to a very tough North Carolina B team (the eventual champions). In the consolation bracket, they beat the Alabama B team before being eliminated by the team from Kentucky. Overall, they finished fourth in the event and Asa Black was named the high individual scorer of the contest. The Hardeman County team will be able to represent Tennessee again at the Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup in Louisville, Kentucky this November. They were accompanied on the trip by Gary Rodgers and Jerry and Jane Vaughan. Good luck at Eastern Nationals! Gary Rodgers SOUTHERN REGION LEADER FORUM REGISTRATION AT ALL TIME HIGH The 2006 Southern Region Leader Forum will be held October 5-8 at the Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, Georgia. As of September 1, Tennessee is pleased to boast a delegation of 105 volunteers and staff from across the state. Thanks to the generosity of the Tennessee 4-H Foundation, Inc., a charter bus and passenger vans are being provided to the 2006 forum. Those registered should look for an informational packet in the mail early next week. If you have questions or need additional information on the 2006 SRLF, please contact Carmen Burgos at 865-974-2128 or via email at cburgos@tennessee.edu. Carmen Burgos TENTATIVE 2007 CALENDAR OF EVENTS POSTED TO WEB SITE A tentative calendar of events for 2007 can now be found on the Tennessee 4-H Web site. You may access the calendar by clicking on the “Calendar” button on the main page. Please note this is a tentative calendar. Additional dates will be added as they are determined. Steve Sutton WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN TENNESSEE VALLEY FAIR ATTENDANCE AND EXHIBITRY CONTEST Winners have been announced in the Tennessee Valley Fair Attendance and Exhibitry Contest as follows:
The awards were based on the number of exhibits entered by each county as well as the number of 4-H members attending on fair day and the county’s distance from the fairgrounds. Steve Sutton The National Gardening Association and the Home Depot will award Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered, outdoor garden programs. In 2007, 200 programs will receive $250 Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of gardening materials and supplies particular to the needs of their program, and an activity package from NGA. Each award package includes:
The application deadline is November 1, 2006. For more information, visit the Web site at www.kidsgardening.com/YGG.asp. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK You were born an original. Don't die a copy.
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