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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Camps and Conferences Article Available for Local Print Media UPCOMING EVENTS March 24
March 24
March 24-29
March 25-28
March 27
April 20-21
April 21
April 21-24
April 24-26
April 26-27
April 28
May 1
May 1
May 1-2
May 2-4
May 18-20
May 21
May 22
May 22
May 24
May 24
May 29-30
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas07 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas07/07-index.htm 4-H CAMPS AND CONFERENCES ARTICLE AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL PRINT MEDIA An article about Tennessee 4-H camps and conferences is available for agents' use in local media. The article is located at agriculture.tennessee.edu/news/greenTN/camp.htm. It is part of the Green Tennessee 2007 News Packet. Agents are encouraged to revise this article for your use in local media. Daniel Sarver 4-H INSERVICE REGISTRATION AND HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 21 As a reminder, if you have not registered or made hotel reservations for the 2007 4-H inservice, you have until March 21. The inservice event will be held April 24-26 at the Doubletree Hotel in Murfreesboro. You may begin picking up your program packet at noon on April 24. The program begins at 1:00 p.m. CDT. The theme for this year's inservice is "Tennessee 4-H: A Timeless Tradition Transformed by New Ideas." Hotel lodging will be available through the Murfreesboro Doubletree Hotel or the Hampton Inn. It is each participant's responsibility to make their reservations. The phone number for the Murfreesboro Doubletree Hotel is 615-895-5555. The phone number for the Hampton Inn is 615-896-1172. Please be sure to register under 4-H's blocked rooms. The rooms are reserved at the state rate, but each employee is responsible for his or her own charges. Hotel reservations must be made by Wednesday, March 21. In order to confirm we have enough blocked rooms, please send correspondence that you will be using the rooms and your roommate(s) names to your regional program leader when you make your hotel reservation. If you are not staying in either of the hotels but attending the event, please make sure that you contact your regional program leader and let them know that you will be attending. Event registration is separate from hotel reservations. It is important that you do both. To register for the inservice event, you must access the inservice database at www.utextension.utk.edu/central/training/4h-training.htm. Once you have accessed the database, you will need to register online. To register, online, click "on line registration." Then type in your first name, your last name and your county. Select the region you represent by using the scroll bar. Scroll to the bottom of the page and check "Statewide 4-H Training" under the "4-H Trainings" header. Finally, click "submit form" to complete the registration. The deadline for inservice registration is March 21. The 2007 4-H inservice will focus on S.E.T. (Science, Engineering and Technology) programming, teen programming and 4-H project curriculum. Specific topics will include such areas as bullying, crisis management, liability issues, communications, marketing, graphic design, environmental education, professional development and more. We look forward to seeing you on April 24, 2007, in Murfreesboro. If you have any questions regarding the 2007 4-H inservice "Tennessee 4-H: A Timeless Tradition Transformed by New Ideas," please contact Alice Ann Moore at the state 4-H youth development department at 865-974-2128. Alice Ann Moore NRA YOUTH WILDLIFE ART CONTEST The NRA is now accepting entries for its 2007 Youth Wildlife Art Contest. The contest, the 20th in the annual series, is open to students in grades 1 through 12 (including home-schooled youth). NRA membership is not required. The deadline to enter is October 8, 2007. Winners in each grade category will receive $500. Second-place finishers will receive $250, and the third-place award will be $100. Entries may be submitted in one of four categories, based on school grade. Category I includes grades 1 through 3. Category II is for grades 4 through 6. Category III covers grades 7 through 9, and Category IV includes grades 10 through 12. Entries may portray any North American game bird or animal that may be legally hunted or trapped. Endangered species and non-game animals, such as eagles and snakes, are not eligible subjects. Call 703-267-1531 or email artcontest@nrahq.org if you need to confirm whether a certain animal or bird is eligible. Contestants are limited to one entry each. Entries may be in a medium of the artist’s choice (oil, water color, pastels, pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, etc.). Submissions should be on good quality bond or drawing paper, or illustration board. Preferred sizes for the image are 8-1/2" x 11" or 11" x 14;" matting is optional. Entries need not be framed. Composition must be original. Photographs may be used for reference, but artwork determined to have been traced or copied from an existing photograph or work of art will be disqualified. Entries must arrive at NRA by October 8, 2007, and must be accompanied by a brief statement signed by the student’s parent, guardian, or teacher attesting to the originality of the work and verifying the artist’s grade level as of October 8, 2007. In addition, the artist’s name, age, home address, phone number, and grade must be printed on the back of the entry or on a note attached to the back of the entry. Entries will be judged on effort, creativity, anatomical accuracy, and composition. Send entries to: NRA Youth Wildlife Art Contest, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030. Entries will be returned only if accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. NRA assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged artwork, and reserves all rights to reproduce entries. The immediate families of NRA staff members are not eligible to enter. Questions regarding the contest may be directed to 703-267-1531 or artcontest@nrahq.org or visit www.nrahq.org/youth/wildlife.asp. The contest is supported through a generous gift from Jim Broering, President of AcuSport Corporation, for the creation of the James and Kathleen Broering Endowment. Steve Sutton STATE 4-H POSTER WINNERS ANNOUNCED Judging has been completed for the State 4-H Poster Art Contest and the winners selected. The following members have state-winning entries.
These ten posters will be on display during Tennessee 4-H Congress in Nashville, March 25-28. The contest is sponsored by the Former University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Workers Association. Each state winner will receive a rosette and $50 US savings bond. The winning posters may also be seen on the Congress Web site at 4h.tennessee.edu/stcong/poster/stwin.htm. Steve Sutton SUPER AND 4-H ENROLLMENT PLANS AND PROGRESS TO DATE Did you rollover Blue Ribbon to 2007? After SUPER Enrollment is deployed, what about our data in Blue Ribbon? When will SUPER Enrollment be deployed? What is SUPER Enrollment Module going to do? Joseph Donaldson Carmen Burgos TEENS FROM COFFEE COUNTY TAKE TENNESSEE STATE LIFESMARTS TITLE The Coffee County Green LifeSmarts team beat out seven teams and captured the Tennessee State LifeSmarts Championship by successfully fielding questions about real-life marketplace issues at the Wilson County Fairgrounds in Lebanon on March 10. Team members are Daniel Sherrouse, Jordan Kelly, Nick Calderwood, Ashlee Duncan and Sarah Russell. Their coach is Michelle Matthews, 4-H Extension agent. Coffee County White LifeSmarts team captured second place with team members Tiffany LaLonde, Daniel Anderson, Deborah Anderson, Andy Brown and Nathan Stone with Michelle Matthews also serving as their coach. Teens from across the state first competed online for a chance to go to the in-person state finals held March 10, 2007 in Lebanon. As result of being named state champion, the Coffee County Green team has qualified for the national LifeSmarts competition to be held April 21-25 in Orlando, Florida. Other participating in the state finals included teams from the following Tennessee Counties: Bedford, Madison, Marion (2 teams), Sumner and Tipton. LifeSmarts, a consumer education competition that challenges teens in grades 9-12 about personal finance, health and safety, the environment, technology, and consumer right and responsibilities, is a program of the national Consumer League. LifeSmarts participants win by learning to avoid common pitfalls, navigate the government and understand credit card jargon before they have to sign on the dotted line. LifeSmarts participants in Tennessee have gained many of the consumer “smarts” they will need to make it in the real world. We are proud to have Coffee County represent us at nationals. Judy Berryhill TENTATIVE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR TAE4-HW ANNUAL MEETING IN PIGEON FORGE
Registration is due to Amy Gallimore by April 1 if you want to avoid a late fee. You can download a registration form from 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas07/attach/tae4-Hwreg.pdf or from the association Web site at http://extension.tennessee.edu/TAE4HW/onlineRegistration.htm. Mail your completed registration form and check to Amy Gallimore, TAE4-HW Conference, 2621 Morgan Circle, Room 205, Knoxville, TN 37996-4510. Hotel lodging will be available through the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center. The hotel is located at 303 Henderson Chapel Road in Pigeon Forge. The phone number is 865-429-7744 or 1-866-429-8803 (toll free). Please be sure to register under the group name "UT Extension Association." You may also register online at www.musicroadinn.com by entering group code 6753-7472 at "Group Block" on the reservations screen. It is each attendee's responsibility to make his or her reservation. The deadline for making hotel reservations is Friday, March 30, 2007. We look forward to seeing everyone in Pigeon Forge as we “Make a Statement” in personal and professional development. Steve Sutton The 4-H Name and Emblem is a highly valued mark within our country's history. It has a very unique and special status. It is in a category similar to the Presidential Seal and the Olympic Emblem. The federal protection makes it a mark into and of itself with protection that supersedes the limited authorities of both a trademark and a copyright. As a result, responsibility and stewardship for the 4-H Name and Emblem were not given to the U.S. Patent office but to the a member of the Cabinet, the Secretary of Agriculture. The official 4-H Emblem is a clover with four leaves and an "H" on each leaf. The clover's stem must point to the right as you look at the image. The 4-H emblem is not a plain four-leaf clover. The 4-H Emblem should appear in specific colors and in its entirety. The 4-H Name and Emblem belongs to the 4-H Youth Development Program, under the authority of USDA. If you are a 4-H member or volunteer, you are permitted to use the 4-H Name and Emblem once the program is chartered with the 4-H charter. Each county 4-H program in Tennessee is chartered. New charters were issued last year in Tennessee. In all private and commercial use of the 4-H Emblem, the statement "18USC707" must legibly appear either to the right of the base of the stem or below the lower right leaf of the clover. For use internally within the Extension System (all 4-H Youth Development programs and clubs duly given authorization to use the 4-H Name & Emblem) use of the statement is at the discretion of the State 4-H program leader/director. If you need more information or have questions, you should contact Alice Ann Moore, Director, Tennessee 4-H Youth Development. Alice Ann Moore WHITE COUNTY HAS LARGEST CONGRESS DELEGATION Congratulations to David Bussell, White County 4-H youth development agent. White County has the largest delegation of 4-H'ers participating in Tennessee 4-H Congress. There will be 22 4-H'ers and three volunteers attending. Thanks for your efforts in marketing and making this opportunity available to youth in your county. Alice Ann Moore THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
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Plans are well underway for the annual meeting of TAE4-HW, May 2-4. The site of our meeting it the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center in Pigeon Forge. A tentative schedule can be found below. This may be helpful to you as you make your plans to travel to Pigeon Forge.
