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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Promotional Items for Sale UPCOMING EVENTS August 13
August 15
August 15
August 15-16
August 18-23
September 4-7
September 5-14
September 5-14
September 6
September 13
September 13
September 14-18
September 20
September 20-28
September 26-27
October 2-5
October 3-5
October 5-11
October 11
October 17-18
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/08-index.htm 4-H PROMOTIONAL ITEMS FOR SALE Interested in customized items to promote the 4-H program? Looking for a fund-raising opportunity? The 4-H Youth Development Department has a few items available for purchase by the county offices. First, we have one-of-a-kind glow in the dark, neon green silicone wristbands, which read "Tennessee 4-H." These wristbands were sold at 4-H Roundup. If counties are interested in purchasing them, you may purchase 20-49 for $3.00 each or 50+ for $2.50 each. These are great items to promote the 4-H program. For pictures of the wristbands, go to 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/images/wristband.gif. We are also selling Clover Country CD's. We only have a few left, and have decided to allow counties to purchase 15+ for the county price of $7.00. Otherwise, you may order up to 15 for $10.00 each. Again, we only have a few of these CD's left. These 4-H CD's have hit songs from eleven country music artists, who are also former 4-H members. We also have a few "4-H: Wired for Success" blue t-shirts and "4-H: A Timeless Tradition" grey t-shirts available. They are $10.00 each. Please e-mail me for specifics on sizes. Please share this information with your volunteer leaders, 4-H members, etc. Justin Crowe AGENTS SELECTED TO ATTEND NATIONAL 4-H CONGRESS 4-H agents have been selected by their regional staff to attend the 2008 National 4-H Congress in Atlanta. They are Renee Badon, Dickson County and Michael Barry, Warren County. Renee and Michael will join Extension specialist Martha Keel, regional program leader Lynn Brookins, Loudon County volunteer leader Greg Hensley, Interim Director and State 4-H Leader Steve Sutton, Extension specialist Justin Crowe and Extension assistant Lori Belew as chaperons for Tennessee’s 35 delegates attending the event. Steve Sutton COFFEE COUNTY WILDLIFE JUDGING TEAM NAMED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS The Coffee County 4-H wildlife judging team won first place at the 2008 National 4-H Wildlife Judging Contest held July 23-27 at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Team members were Nathan Slone, Andrew Russell, Andy Brown and Deborah Anderson. The team was coached by Sara Steelman, Coffee County Soil Conservation District technician as well as Jeremy Mills and Jonathan Mills, members of the 2006 state champion 4-H wildlife judging team from Coffee County. In addition to being the champion overall team, the Coffee County team also won the award for the first place wildlife management plan. This plan was written as a team effort and included items such as management objectives, species to be managed, practices to be implemented for the species and evaluation efforts for the plan. Each team member received a Walkie Talkie radio set for writing the winning wildlife management plan. Each team member also received a GPS unit and check for $250 for winning the overall competition. Individually, Deborah Anderson won the award for second high individual in the wildlife management practices category and second high individual in the oral defense of the management plan category. Deborah was also sixth high individual overall. Nathan Slone was fourth high individual in the wildlife management practice category, sixth high individual in the wildlife quiz/I.D. category and fifth high individual overall. Andy Brown was recognized at the fourth high individual in wildlife quiz/I.D category and as the fourth high individual overall. Andrew Russell was recognized as the sixth high individual in the wildlife management practice category and as eighth high individual overall. Stephen Harris EXPLORING 4-H/SECRETARY’S RECORD BOOK HAVE BEEN SHIPPED Exploring 4-H (PB1653) and Secretary’s Record Book (F241) were mailed out from Publications and Services last month. You should have already received them. The number you were shipped was based on the number of 4th graders and number of clubs you reported last year. Steve Sutton HAMBLEN COUNTY WINS STATE DAIRY JUDGING CONTEST State dairy judging competition was held Thursday, August 7 at the Williamson County Fair in Franklin. A team from Hamblen County won the event and will be Tennessee’s representative at the national contest in Madison, Wisconsin, later next month. The winning team members included Maura Gilbert, Jarrid Estes, Cody Wisecarver and Seth Shelton. Coach for the team was volunteer leader Jim Bond. Results for the contest are as follows:
Donors for the event were the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative and the Tennessee 4-H Dairy Endowment. Thanks go to Jeff Mitchell, Extension Assistant, Animal Science, for giving leadership to this event. Congratulations to all those involved. Steve Sutton HEAD, HEART, HANDS AND HOOPS DATE SET Save the date! Save the date! The 4-H Youth Development department has once again partnered with UT Athletics to offer 4-H Night at Thompson Boling Arena. This men's basketball game, UTK vs. UT Martin, will be held on Tuesday evening, November 18, 2008. Ticket sales are not available yet, but will be soon. More information will be coming out in Ideas in the weeks to follow. Please begin promoting the date/game to your 4-H members. For more information about UT Athletics, visit www.utsports.com. Justin Crowe LIFESMARTS - THE ULTIMATE CONSUMER CHALLENGE Beginning August 1, coaches and students can begin registering to participate in the online portion of the state LifeSmarts competition. LifeSmarts teaches high school students about personal finance, the environment, consumer laws, health, safety and technology. Online competition opens September 15 and runs through February 7, 2009. The top winning teams will compete in person in Lebanon on March 7, 2009. For more information about Tennessee LifeSmarts visit the Web site fcs.tennessee.edu/lifesmarts and to register for the competition, visit www.lifesmarts.org. Ann Berry PERFORMING ARTS TROUPE SCHEDULED FOR WILSON COUNTY FAIR Funnel cakes, tilt-a-whirls and 4-H? Combine these three things, and you're talking about a lot of fun at the Wilson County Fair. Please join the Tennessee 4-H Performing Arts Troupe as they perform on the Community Stage at the Wilson County Fair in Lebanon. The 4-H members will perform two shows, at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 23, 2008. If you are looking for a fun day, please join us at the Wilson County Fair. For more information about the Wilson County Fair, please visit www.wilsoncountyfair.net/. Justin Crowe SERVICE PROJECTS BENEFITTING OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL Many of you are familiar with the service project conducted as part of 4-H Congress, “Tunes 4 the Troops.” I want to remind everyone that this project is still going on nationally. If you are interested in working with this worthwhile project, please visit www.tunes4thetroops.org/. In addition to this project, another military related project is “Cell Phones for Soldiers” where civic groups can donate old cell phones. These telephones are sold to a recycling company, and the money raised is used to purchase calling cards for military personnel. You can either mail in your telephones (postage paid) or drop them off at a participating AT&T wireless store. For more information about this program, please visit www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com. Either of these service learning projects are great ways for 4-H members to support our nation's military personnel. Justin Crowe TENNESSEE VALLEY FAIR 4-H ATTENDANCE AND EXHIBITORY CONTEST All East Tennessee counties are eligible for awards in the 4-H Attendance and Exhibitry Contest at the 2008 Tennessee Valley Fair. “East Tennessee” in this case, refers to Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Cumberland, Fentress, Scott and all counties east of these. (Please see page 29 of the Tennessee Valley Fair exhibitor’s catalog at www.tnvalleyfair.org/Exhibitor%20Catalog%20and%20Forms.htm for further details.) A form may be downloaded from the Tennessee 4-H Web site to report the number of exhibits and attendance from your county at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/attach/tvfair_report_form.doc. Please complete the form and send to the state 4-H office by noon on Monday, September 15. (Email is acceptable to ssutton2@tennessee.edu.) Please submit only one form per county. Encourage your 4-H members to enter exhibits in the Tennessee Valley Fair. All exhibits will count 5 points each with the exception of animal exhibits which will count 15 points. The placings will be made according to the number of points scored on the form. Awards will be: 1st - $125; 2nd - $100; 3rd - $75; 4th - $50; 5th - $50; 6th - $50; and 7th - $50. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
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