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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 06 - Issue 39 IN THIS ISSUE Last Chance to Promote National 4-H Week UPCOMING EVENTS
September 29-30
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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 LAST CHANCE TO PROMOTE NATIONAL 4-H WEEK National 4-H Week begins Sunday, October 1, 2006. Take advantage of the National 4-H Week promotion kit available at http://4HMediaResources.org during this last week. Showcasing the four H’s - Head, Heart, Hands and Health - the kit is a quick and easy tool for you to promote 4-H in your community. The kit includes logos, print materials, ads, media relations materials, tip sheets, activity ideas and more. Many of the materials are available in a version that you can easily save and open in Microsoft Word, customize with your community and contact information and print on color printers. All files are .jpeg, Adobe .PDF or Microsoft Word. A link to help you download the Adobe Reader software is right on the site with the National 4-H Week Kit materials. Once you have used the tools provided, please take a moment to fill out the survey so National 4-H Week 2007 can be even better! If you have any questions, please contact Allyson McMahan at amcmahan@fourhcouncil.edu or 301-961-2915. Steve Sutton NEW 4-H PLEDGE POSTERS GOING OUT THIS WEEK The mail room will be sending out the new 4-H posters this week. If you turned in an order, please be on the look out for them. If you did not order any posters and wish to get them, please let us know how many 4-H clubs you have and we will send them to you. Alice Ann Moore SUPER AND 4-H ENROLLMENT: PLANS AND PROGRESS TO DATE Do we use Blue Ribbon this year? When can I roll-over Blue Ribbon to 2007? When will SUPER Enrollment be deployed? After SUPER Enrollment is deployed, what about our data in Blue Ribbon? Why are we doing this? What about 4-H state registration databases in Lotus Notes? Will volunteers have to be re-entered from Lotus Notes database? What is SUPER Enrollment Module going to do? How will names and addresses be protected from hackers? If you have questions or concerns, please contact Carmen Burgos. Carmen Burgos TENNESSEE 4-H’ERS TAKE HONORS AT MID-SOUTH FAIR Tennessee 4-H members did quite well in competition at the Mid-South Fair this year, bringing home more than $1,740 in prize money. Tennessee fielded contestants in the
Others competing at the Mid-South Fair included:
Congratulations to all our contestants and thanks to their 4-H agents for making them aware of these opportunities. Steve Sutton WILSON COUNTY DAIRY TEAM RETURNS FROM HARRISBURG The Wilson County 4-H dairy judging team attended the All-American Dairy Judging Contest in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The contest was held at the Farm-Show Complex on September 18. Team members Jeffrey Turner, Wenter Davis, Megan Johns and Brad Forrest began the contest began with linear evaluation, followed by placing classes and oral reasons. The team finished 14th overall. Wenter Davis placed third in the Guernsey division. The team also got to tour some of the unique destinations in Southern Pennsylvania. On Tuesday the team visited Chocolate World in Hershey, Pennsylvania and then visited the battlegrounds in Gettysburg. On Wednesday, the team toured the Mason Dixon Farm which is one of the most innovative dairy farms in the United States. The farm milks over 2,300 cattle, uses robotic milking machines and makes its own electricity. The trip was an incredible experience for the Wilson County 4-H’ers. Accompanying the team were volunteer coaches Diane Major and Summer Major along with 4-H Extension agent Johnny Barnes. Johnny Barnes THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far.
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