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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE National 4-H Photography Contest UPCOMING EVENTS November 23-27
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January 22-23
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 NATIONAL 4-H PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST Do you have 4-H’ers who like to take pictures? National 4-H Council needs photos (taken from 2003-08) to create the 2010 4-H calendar. Winning entries from county and regional fairs or the State 4-H Photo Search Contest would certainly be appropriate. Thirteen photographs will be selected. These original photographs will be gallery mounted and framed with a brass plate engraved with the title and photographer’s name will be attached. The winning photos will be on display at the National 4-H Conference Center from September 2008 through November 2008 and will be posted on their Web site. VERY IMPORTANT - Submissions will only be considered if they meet these criteria:
All submissions will be returned late August 2008, if not selected. Winning photographs will be returned on sooner than December 10, 2008. After final selection, the winners will be notified and asked for a signed release to use the photo for the 2010 4-H calendar. Both the photographer and parent/guardian must sign the release. A second photo will also be requested to be kept at the National 4-H Council. Please submit photos to:
The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2008. An entry form can be downloaded from www.4-Hmall.org/Calendar/PhotoContest2010.asp. Steve Sutton PSAS POSTED TO FOUNDATION WEB SITE Seven 30-second 4-H PSAs are now posted on the Tennessee 4-H Foundation Web site These files are available for listening or downloading. Please let your local radio stations and businesses with phone ad systems know that these are available and free to use. These were developed through our affiliation with Host Communications and the Vol Network. The Web site is located at 4hfoundation.tennessee.edu. Mark Gateley RFPS DUE FOR STATE 4-H VOLUNTEER LEADER FORUM The State 4-H Volunteer Leader Forum will take place February 29-March 1, 2008, at the Clyde York 4-H Center in Crossville. The forum is open to 4-H volunteers and UT Extension agents with 4-H responsibilities. If you have an educational session you would like to present, please submit a proposal. A a Request for Proposal (RFP) can be found at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas07/attach/rfp.doc. We are trying to have two educational tracks: one for very new volunteers/agents and one for the more experienced volunteers. Teen leaders are welcome to attend the Saturday educational sessions. If you would like to present a session with teens, please indicate on RFP. We would love to offer trained and prepared teens the opportunity to participate as co-presenters. RFPs are due December 10. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Carmen Burgos SMITH COUNTY 4-H MEATS TEAM SHINES AT NATIONAL CONTEST Smith County 4-H'ers represented Tennessee by winning numerous awards at the National 4-H Meats Judging Contest, held October 17 in conjunction with the American Royal in Kansas City. Team members were Amber Allen, Monica Wilmore and Holly Dickens. Sarah McDonald was also a member of the state-winning team, but was unable to attend national competition. Fifteen teams competed in the contest, held on the campus of Kansas State University. Tennessee received a plaque for being 1st in the retail judging division, receiving 434 points out of a possible 450 points. Monica Wilmore was high individual in this division, scoring 148 points out of 150. Holly Dickens scored 143 and Amber Allen scored 144 to complete the team's winning score, which edged out the second place Illinois team by one point. Additional team awards for Tennessee were 4th place in pork judging, 5th place in reasons, 8th place in beef judging, 9th place in retail identification and 8th in total judging. The team completed the contest as the 8th high team overall. Monica Wilmore almost made a clean sweep of the individual awards, winning high individual in five of the six categories of judging (beef, pork, retail judging, retail identification, total reasons and total judging), finishing the entire contest as 2nd high individual overall. In addition to six plaques, Monica brought home a $750 college scholarship for her achievements in meats judging. Contest officials could not recall an individual doing this well in a previous contests. An additional individual award of 8th high individual in total reasons was made to Holly Dickens. Team coaches and volunteer leaders Bill and Connie Kuecker were very proud of the achievements of this team. The team traveled to Omaha, Nebraska, where they were given a tour of Nebraska Beef Company. The University of Nebraska held a workout for teams prior to the contest where recruiters talked to the 4-H'ers about opportunities in agriculture. Touring the campuses of the University of Nebraska and Kansas State University broadened the scope of opportunities for these 4-H'ers. The team made these accomplishments with the help of numerous individuals and groups, including sponsorship from the Tennessee Beef Industry Council, Hardison/Melton Endowment Fund, Tennessee Sheep Producers Association, Tennessee Pork Producers Association and Tennessee Cattlemen's Association. Additionally these Smith County residents generously supported these 4-H'ers through funds raised by selling baked goods at a festival. Local grocery stores opened their meat departments for these 4-H'ers. Special thanks go to the Publix store in Lebanon and Owl Holler Processing in Lafayette for holding cutting demonstrations prior to the trip! Thanks to all this support, these 4-H'ers received more than awards by competing in the National 4-H Meats Judging Contest. Carol McDonald STATE LAND JUDGING WINNERS SELECTED IN GREENEVILLE
Complete results are as follows:
Congratulations to all teams participating and best of luck to Grainger County in Oklahoma next spring. Steve Sutton TENNESSEE 4-H’ER SELECTED TO FILL ROLE AT NATIONAL CONGRESS
David is attending National 4-H Congress as a state winner in the electric project. The Congress will be held November 23-27, at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. We congratulate David on his selection and know Tennessee will be well represented. For more information on National 4-H Congress and the Tennessee delegation, please visit the Web site at 4h.tennessee.edu/natcong/index.htm. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK I want to have a good body, but not as much as I want dessert.
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Grainger County teams placed first and second in the State 
David Barlow from Carter County has been selected to the 2007 National 
