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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 06 - Issue 41 IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Project Medals Are Available UPCOMING EVENTS
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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 4-H PROJECT MEDALS ARE AVAILABLE National donors are again making some project award medals available for county recognition programs through National 4-H Council. We have been provided a supply of medals for the horse, swine and clothing and textiles. These medals may be used in any manner you feel appropriate for your county program. Suggested uses include county project achievement winners, record books, demonstrations, exhibits, shows, etc. These medals will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Just send a request by email to ssutton2@tennessee.edu with the number of medals you need. Steve Sutton DOG SHOW ENTRIES DUE NOVEMBER 17 The Tennessee 4-H Dog Classic will be held December 2 at the Ag Expo Park in Williamson County. Registration is from 8:30-9:30 a.m. with the show beginning at 10:00 a.m. Events include a costume contest, tricks contest, skill-a-thon, agility competition, obedience/showmanship competition and Best Over All Exhibitor. Competition is open to any Tennessee 4-H member. A promotional brochure on the event is available from www.utextension.utk.edu/central/4h/dog-brochure_06.pdf. Entry deadline is Friday, November 17. This is a firm deadline! Entry forms may be found at /www.utextension.utk.edu/central/4h/dogentry_06.pdf. All exhibitors should turn in entry forms to their local UT Extension office. Extension agents should fax or mail their county entries to Mary Gilbert in the Central Region. The fax number is 615-832-0043. The mailing address is Central Region Office, 5201 Marchant Drive, Nashville, TN 37211-5112. Please make sure all your entries are postmarked by Friday, November 17. Jim Stewart GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR COUNTY 4-H TARGET S.M.A.R.T. PROGRAMS The National Wild Turkey Federation is continuing its grant program for county 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. programs. the Tennessee 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. program funds to enhance or develop county programs. The grants are designated to be used in starting and strengthening 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. programs. If you are interested in applying for funding, an application form may be found at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas06/attach/TargetSMARTgrant.doc. Deadline for the application is December 15, 2006. All county agents and volunteers who direct 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. programs will be expected to abide by the procedures and guidelines as stated in the Tennessee 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. Program Planning and Implementation Guide. All individuals who instruct will be expected to hold 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. certification in the discipline in which they are instructing. Training will be provided for all individuals needing certification at state 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. training events. Volunteers who are instructors should be registered as official 4-H volunteers with their county 4-H office. Please refer to the guidelines on the application for more information. Daniel Sarver GUIDE FOR PARENTS ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION Several years ago, the Office of School-University Research Relations was contracted to write a guide for parents about violence prevention. It quickly sold out of two printings and was put online in the public domain located at ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/pubs/ivpaguide.html. While it does need updating, the one-page summary sheets for parents and the developmental information is useful for those working with parents or in schools. Denise Brandon INPUT NEEDED FOR NATIONAL 4-H AFTERSCHOOL SURVEY Your input is needed in continuing to tell the 4-H Afterschool story. All county Extension staff conducting 4-H Afterschool programs are asked to complete a survey to help determine the reach of 4-H Afterschool. The survey will be valuable in continuing the effort to raise funds to support the work. The survey is located at: ext.msstate.edu/survey/afterschool/ and should be completed by Friday, November 17, 2006. Alice Ann Moore STILL TIME TO NOMINATE 4-H’ERS FOR PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AWARDS There are only a few weeks left to nominate 4-H members from your county for the 12th annual Prudential Spirit of Community Awards! This prestigious program honors young volunteers in middle and high school grades for outstanding community service. Awards include sizable cash prizes, engraved medallions and a trip to Washington, D.C. County 4-H agents have until Tuesday, November 7, 2006, to submit their top youth volunteers for state-level judging. All county agents should have received program materials in the mail in August. Information and applications also are available at www.prudential.com/spirit or by calling 1-888-450-9961. Don't miss this opportunity to bring well-deserved recognition to 4-H youth in your county! Amy Gallimore WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN 2007 STATE RADON POSTER CONTEST Anderson County youth once again dominated the 2007 State Radon Poster Contest. The contest, sponsored by the National Safety Council, was held in conjunction with National Radon Action Week. A total of 208 youth participated in the contest through their county programs. Students, ages 9-14, were eligible to compete in one of two categories: a computer-generated poster or a non-computer generated poster. Posters in the non-computer generated category were to be 11" x 17" on white drawing paper. Posters could be drawn in crayon, colored pencil or markers. Computer-generated posters needed to be completely computer-generated and have a disk/CD accompany it with the computer-drawn image on file. Youth participating in the contest and how they placed were:
The other state-level entries were: Aaron McGriffin (Anderson County), Matthew Duncan (Anderson County), Matthew Steigelman (Maury County) and Tyler Steigelman (Maury County). The top three state winners in both categories will receive a plaque and WalMart gift card. All participants in the state contest are receiving a certificate, radon T-shirt, radon test kit and other radon paraphernalia. Counties who participated were also eligible for extra assistance with their county’s awards. The contest was coordinated by Martha Keel, Housing and Environmental Health Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, The University of Tennessee Extension. Other partners of the event were the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USDA and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Martha Keel THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
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