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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE American Sheep Industry Photo Contest UPCOMING EVENTS 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
September 6-9
September 7-16
September 7-16
September 15
September 18-19
September 22-30
September 22
September 28-29
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 AMERICAN SHEEP INDUSTRY PHOTO CONTEST The deadline for the American Sheep Industry Association's (ASI) 2007 Photo Contest is September 7. The contest is open to all who wish to enter, which means you do not have to be involved in the U.S. sheep, lamb, wool or goat industries to participate. The only rule is that your photograph must include sheep or goats. Entries will be judged on clarity, content, composition and appeal in four categories.
More than $1,000 will be awarded with $125 going to the grand prize winner in each of the four categories, $75 to the first runners-up in each category and a $50 prize to second runners-up in each category. For more information, visit www.sheepusa.org. Steve Sutton BEEF EXPO RESULTS POSTED ONLINE The 2007 Beef Expo results are available online. You can access the information at animalscience.ag.utk.edu/beef/expo_results.htm. Emily Tipton DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER YOUR DAIRY JUDGING TEAMS Tuesday, July 31, is the deadline for registering your dairy judging team for the 2007 State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest. The event will be held at the Williamson County Fair in Franklin. Entry forms must be mailed to Jeff Mitchell at jmitchel@tennessee.edu and may be found at animalscience.ag.utk.edu/dairy/dairy_4-H_judging_contest.htm. Competition will be held for senior teams ONLY. A policies and procedures manual may be accessed from the UT Dairy Extension site at animalscience.ag.utk.edu/dairy/pdf/4-H/TN4-HDairyJudgingManual2004.pdf. The schedule for the day is as follows:
There is no registration fee, and lunch will be provided for all contestants. Others may purchase lunch on the fairgrounds. Pre-registration is required so there can be an accurate lunch count. Steve Sutton The Tennessee Make It Yourself With Wool Contest will be Saturday, September 15, beginning at 2:00 p.m. at the Lincoln County Fair in Fayetteville. Wendy Collins, 4-H volunteer leader in Lincoln County, is providing the leadership for this year's event. Please inform any interested people in your county about this contest. Divisions are pre-teen (12 years and under); junior (13-16 years); senior (17-24 years); adult (25 years and older); made-for-others (any age); and wearable accessory (any age). You can find a copy of the rules at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas06/attach/MIYWW07.pdf and an entry form at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas06/attach/MIYWW_entryform07.pdf. You may contact Wendy via email at collins_wendy@bellsouth.net or 931-433-8057. Her home address is: Wendy Collins, MIYWW Director, 4016 Paradise Drive, Fayetteville, TN 37334. You may also contact Darrell Hale at dhale2@tennessee.edu or 931-433-1582. Steve Sutton STARTING DATES FOR COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEMS Jim Neel would like to have the starting dates for the schools systems in your county. He is seeking this information to use in evaluating potential dates for future Tennessee Junior Livestock Expositions. More school systems are getting underway in early August. This has created conflicts for some exhibitors participating in the Tennessee Junior Livestock Exposition sheep events. This was not the case several years ago when the sheep events made the move to Cookeville. School systems are starting approximately a month earlier than a decade or so ago. Send your information to Jim Neel at jneel@tennessee.edu. Once he has your dates, an evaluation can be made of the number of schools with starting dates that conflict with the current Expo schedule (the last week in July); and some other possibilities can be determined. We realize there will always be conflicts with band camps, football practices, etc., but we hope to minimize these as much as possible. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK I have often lamented that we cannot close our ears with as much ease as we can our eyes.
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