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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 4-H’ers Attend Tennessee 4-H Sheep Conference UPCOMING EVENTS
June 12-15
June 14
June 15
June 18-23
June 19
June 25-28
June 26-29
July 5-7
July 5-7
July 9-13
July 20-21
July 23-27
July 30-August 2
August 1-5
August 9
August 10-11
August 15
August 15
August 15
August 17
August 20-25
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’ERS ATTEND TENNESSEE 4-H SHEEP CONFERENCE 89 4-H’ers, parents, leaders and Extension personnel attended the annual Tennessee 4-H Sheep Conference, June 2, at the Hyder-Burks Arena on the Tennessee Tech campus in Cookeville. The conference enhanced the 4-Hers’ leadership and hands-on learning experiences. During the conference, sheep project members participated in skillathon, as well as grooming and showmanship training. Participants had the opportunity to bring their own project lamb to work with during the conference. Teen leaders were assigned to assist less experienced 4-H’ers with their training. Those serving in a teen leadership role included:
4-H’ers participated in learning stations for quality assurance, equipment identification, meat identification, sheep breeds and feeds and nutrition. Members of the Tennessee Sheep Producers Association developed the skillathon activities, and the teen leaders taught the information to their group. Several sheep project members brought very informative sheep project exhibit boards. Top winners in each of the three divisions were:
Bethany and Hannah Wolters of Maury County won the Senior Lamb Quiz Bowl over five other county teams. Junior Lamb Bowl winners (scoring 90% or better) were John Edwards, Campbell County; Rachael Wolters, Maury County; and Ashley Tuttle, Sumner County. DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR SHEEP ORATORICAL CONTEST Please find contest and entry information for the 2007 4-H State Sheep Oratorical Contest at the links below. The contest will be held Tuesday, July 31, 2007, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. (CDT) at the Hyder-Burks Pavilion in Cookeville.
The contest is open to 4-H and FFA members in the 7th through 12th grade. Grade is defined as grade enrolled on January 1 of the current year. The contestant's speech subject matter must pertain to sheep, the 4-H sheep project or the FFA sheep Enterprise. Visual aids are NOT allowed. Speakers may use notes, however excessive use of notes will count against the final score. Suggested time limit for speakers is 4-6 minutes for 7th and 8th grade contestants and 5-7 minutes for 9th to 12th grade. Speakers not within this range may lose points at the discretion of the judges. Speakers should dress appropriately for the event. (Showmanship-type clothing is recommended.) Participants will be divided into grade divisions and the top five scoring speakers in each grade will receive medallions. Pre-registration is required by June 15 via the online entry form available at the URL below.
If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact Warren Gill at 615-832-8341 or via email at wgill@utk.edu. Steve Sutton HENRY COUNTY IS STATE DAIRY BOWL WINNER The State 4-H Dairy Bowl was held on June 1 in conjunction with the “June is Dairy Month” Kick Off luncheon in Nashville. A team from Henry County composed of Kelsey Smith, Sarah Milam, Hallie Rushing and Elizabeth Sumners took top honors in the senior division. Rutherford County was second in the senior division with Bedford, Coffee, Lincoln and Marshall counties rounding out the field of six teams. The Henry County team will represent Tennessee in the 2007 Invitational Dairy Quiz Bowl in Louisville, Kentucky this November. The team was coached by Extension agent Staci Foy and volunteer leader Laura Parchment. Rutherford County was the winner in the junior high division of the contest. Team members were Austin Duke, Jonathan Belcher, Keaton Myers and Samantha Sprowl. Their coach was John Basinger, Rutherford County program assistant. Marshall County was second place with teams from Bedford, Coffee and Henry counties completing the field of six junior high teams. Donor for this event is the Dairy Farmers of America. Special thanks to Jeff Mitchell, Extension Assistant, Animal Science, for his leadership in conducting this educational program. Steve Sutton LIVESTOCK AND MEATS JUDGING WINNERS ANNOUNCED Judging competition was held Tuesday, June 5 at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro. Tennessee’s representatives in livestock and meats judging were selected to participate in the 2007 national events. Contestants were honored with an awards banquet at the North Boulevard Church of Christ. Results for the contests are as follows:
The Gibson County livestock team will compete at the National 4-H Livestock Judging Contest, November 12-14, 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Smith County meats team will participate in the National 4-H Meats Judging Contest, October 13-14, 2007 in Manhattan, Kansas. Steve Sutton PLEASE REGISTER FOR ROUNDUP THROUGH LOTUS NOTES We are having trouble with the Web registration page for Tennessee 4-H Roundup. We are asking Extension agents to register their Roundup delegates directly through Lotus Notes.
The Roundup brochure is available from the Web site at 4h.tennessee.edu/roundup/2007brochure.pdf. Project finalists will attend on scholarship. 4-H’ers who are not state finalists and attending as All Star members will need to pay the registration fee of $135. Steve Sutton STATE FINALISTS NAMED FOR ROUNDUP Congratulations to all counties who have finalists selected for state competition at State 4-H Roundup. The lists have been sent to the regional offices. The top five counties all had 10 or more finalists
Please let us know immediately if one of your state finalists will not be able to attend Roundup. Portfolio scores will be sent to each county following the completion of Roundup. Steve Sutton TARGET SMART CAMP CA’S SELECTED Thank you for encouraging your 4-H members to apply for a position as a camp assistant at 4-H Target SMART Camp, July 5-7, at Ridley 4-H Center in Columbia. We are depending on them to provide some excellent leadership. This year’s CA’s include:
Alternates were selected in the event any of the selected camp assistants are unable to fulfill their duties. They will be notified in the event any CA cannot attend the camp.
Daniel Sarver TRAIN THE TRAINERS GIS/GPS WORKSHOP OFFERED A Train the Trainers CMaP Workshop will be held August 13-17, 2007, for geospatial educators at Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute, Brookhaven College in Dallas, Texas. Twenty (20) seats are available.Teachers will receive a handheld GPS unit, ArcView software, all supporting texts, catered food and professional contacts in GIS/GPS from the industry and the community. Training will include using a hand-held GPS unit to do mapping; downloading your points into your computer; how to load and access the ArcView GIS software; how to download existing map data from the Web; and add your data to that map. This will create an entirely new map. ESRI, the world leader in GIS software, will provide a one-year building license of ArcView 9.x and ability to earn an ongoing permanent license via participation in the Community Atlas Program. This training will be done in the Community Mapping Project format. Participants will mobilize a collaborative process; envision and plan a project; implement and administer the project; disseminate and share information; and finally close and evaluate the work done. Please download the attached flyer For more details regarding this training opportunity, please download the flyer from 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas07/attach/TrainTrainersCMaP5.pdf. Daniel Sarver All counties have the opportunity to nominate outstanding 4-H members to receive Tennessee’s highest level of recognition, the Vol State Award. Vol State recipients must be:
Each county may nominate two members plus one member for each 100, or major fraction thereof, senior members in the county. Members do no have to be a state finalist. However, if they are not finalists, the $135 registration must be paid for them. Please do not tell your members they have been nominated for Vol State. The recognition ceremony at Roundup is much more effective if the member does not know they will be tapped. Vol State nominees should be indicated during the online Roundup registration process. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high.
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