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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 4-H SET Launch Event During National 4-H Week 2007 UPCOMING EVENTS October 7-13
October 13
October 19-20
October 21-25
October 29
November 23-27
December 1
December 1-2
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 SET LAUNCH EVENT DURING NATIONAL 4-H WEEK 2007
Joining Cathann Kress, Director, Youth Development, National 4-H Headquarters, for this informative webcast will be Byron Garrett, National Program Leader for Mission Mandates at National 4-H Headquarters, CSREES at USDA; Don Floyd, President and CEO of National 4-H Council; 4-H SET Leadership team member and 4-H Faculty Extension Assistant Tanisha English of Baltimore, MD.; 4-H Agent at Large for Science, Engineering and Technology Torey K. Earle of Paducah, Kentucky; and Land-Grant University President Robert H. "Doc" Foglesong of Mississippi State University. Following the webcast, everyone should stay connected for a live Q&A session with members of the National 4-H SET Leadership Team, National 4-H Headquarters and National 4-H Council staff. Plans have also been made to post the webcast online following the October 11 event should anyone be unable to join. You will be able to access the webcast details and additional 4-H SET materials at www.fourhcouncil.edu/ in the near future. Alice Ann Moore COUNTY 4-H DAIRY PROMOTION WINNERS ANNOUNCED The Southeast United Dairy Industry Association (SUDIA) has announced the scrapbook winners in its annual County 4-H Dairy Promotion Contest. The winners are listed below.
In addition, a cash award will be given to the counties of the three division winners. Bedford, Sumner and Warren counties will receive $200 for use in their 4-H youth development programs. SUDIA will be keeping all scrapbooks until after their fall board meeting, November 2. Scrapbooks will be returned to the county UT Extension offices after that date. The winners’ scrapbooks will be kept until next year so they might be displayed at the 2008 June Dairy Month Kick-off in Nashville. Steve Sutton JUNIOR HIGH RECOGNITION OPPORTUNITY Many counties do not take advantage of the Junior High Continuing Service Award provided by the Tennessee 4-H Alumni, Inc. The award is to recognize junior high 4-H members who have:
Each county may recommend two members. In addition to these two members, you may recommend one member for each 100, or major fraction thereof, junior high 4-H members in your county. This number is based on the junior high enrollment on July 1 of the current calendar year. You should recommend your recipients to us on the Tennessee Junior High 4-H Continuing Service Award Nomination Form available from the state 4-H office or the 4-H forms page at 4h.tennessee.eud/forms&materials/index.htm. Each recipient will receive a Tennessee Junior High Continuing Service Award certificate. There is no cost to the county, and a member can receive the award only one time. Steve Sutton RUCKUS NATION: AN IDEA COMPETITION TO GET YOUTH MOVING! HopeLab is currently focusing on the problem of childhood obesity and is looking for new ideas for products that get kids to be more physically active. To that end, HopeLab is sponsoring an online competition called Ruckus Nation (www.ruckusnation.com) that challenges participants to imagine innovative products (e.g., games, devices, toys, and/or Web-based, digital, or mobile solutions) that will increase physical activity among youth ages 11 to 14. The competition is open to people of all ages and prizes will be awarded to contestants in four categories – middle school, high school, college and other. Those who compete in Ruckus Nation may see their ideas come to life; the best product ideas will be prototyped, tested, and broadly distributed to young people. It is a great opportunity for students to be innovative, help tackle a complex social problem, and potentially win a financial award for their efforts.
Questions should be directed to Liz Song, Marketing Assistant, HopeLab at lsong@hopelab.org or 650-569-5923. Justin Crowe STATE FALL JUDGING DAY IS OCTOBER 13 Fall judging day is scheduled for Saturday, October 13, on the University of Tennessee, Agriculture Campus, Knoxville. Registration will be at 12:45 p.m. in the lobby of the Hollingsworth Plant Science Auditorium with competition at beginning at 2:00 p.m. for all contests except consumer decision making and forestry (which will begin at 1:15 p.m.). The event will conclude with an awards banquet at 6:00 p.m.
Counties pre-registering for the open state competition include:
Pre-registration is required for those participating in the open competition. If you have questions about the event, please contact the state 4-H office or appropriate subject matter specialist. STATE LAND JUDGING CONTEST OCTOBER 29 IN GREENEVILLE The state land judging contest will be held in Greeneville on Monday, October 29. Registration will be at 7:30 a.m. at the Greeneville Research and Education Center with the contest starting at 8:30 a.m. The awards luncheon is set for 11:30 a.m. at the Clyde Austin 4-H Center. Those teams participating include Claiborne County, Clay County, Grainger County (3 teams), Haywood County, Jackson County, McNairy County (2 teams), Obion County and Wilson County (2 teams). The event is sponsored by the Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company. Steve Sutton STEVE SUTTON APPOINTED TO NATIONAL CURRICULUM COMMITTEE Steve Sutton, Extension specialist, 4-H Youth Development, has been selected to serve on the Curriculum Priority Setting committee. This committee, appointed by National 4-H Headquarters, will develop the process for determining priorities for future curriculum. Steve has a strong background in curriculum development. He recently finished a term as chair of the National 4-H Curriculum Cooperative System’s curriculum committee and currently serves on the Programs of Distinction (POD) peer review committee. The committee will be looking at priorities for future curriculum development in different categories such as project materials (primarily for use by individual youth), group curriculum, professional development materials, and short activity guides. Further, the committee will determine:
On a national level, several major changes are underway in the way 4-H curriculum is developed, reviewed and disseminated. Over the past year, many strategies have been used to gather input from a broad spectrum of stakeholders. One such effort was a National 4-H Curriculum Summit held in June at the National 4-H Center. Alice Ann Moore TENNESSEE 4-H ALUMNI TO MEET IN CROSSVILLE 2007 annual membership meeting of the Tennessee 4-H Alumni, Inc. will be held in Crossville on October 20. The Clyde M. York 4-H Center will host the meeting. Activities will begin at 10:30 a.m. Central time. Following a luncheon and business meeting, attendees may take in a play at the Cumberland County Playhouse. "Carousel" will be showing at 2:30 p.m. at the Playhouse. Registration for the meeting is $15 payable "at the door." Please RSVP by emailing Mark Gateley at mgateley@utk.edu. Play tickets may be reserved and paid for by calling the Cumberland County Playhouse ticket office at 931-484-5000. Mark Gateley THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK You can tell a child is growing up when he stops asking where he came from and starts refusing to tell where he is going.
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