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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Horse Judging Opportunity at MTSU UPCOMING EVENTS
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March 28-April 2
March 29-April 1
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April 16-17
April 17
April 25
April 29-May 1
May 1
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May 11
May 15
May 15-17
May 19
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May 26-27
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Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09/09-index.htm 4-H HORSE JUDGING OPPORTUNITY AT MTSU The MTSU Youth Horse Judging Contest and the Central Region 4-H Horse Judging Contest is scheduled for Friday, March 27. Competition will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Miller Coliseum on the MTSU campus in Murfreesboro. The cost is $10 per individual, and competition is open to Tennessee youth only. Entry deadline is March 17. There will be a horse judging practice session at the Miller Coliseum on March 16 at 6:00 with a cost of $3 per individual. The contest manager is Dave Whitaker, Director of Horse Science, Middle Tennessee State University. Sonya Yonge BEDFORD COUNTY RECEIVES ESRI 4-H GIS GRANTS Congratulations to Bedford County for being awarded a 2009 ESRI 4-H GIS grant. Bedford County brings the total number of counties that received this award this year to five. The other counties are Campbell, Davidson, Robertson and Warren. This opportunity will allow 4-H youth to learn how to use top-end GIS (Geographic Information System) software for data collection, management, analysis and decision support. These youth will also have the capability to create beautiful maps to tell stories about their communities. What can you do with GIS? Find out at www.gis.com/whatisgis/dowithgis.html. For example, maps of the locations of earthquake shaking hazards are essential to creating and updating building codes used in the United States. Online, interactive earthquake maps, as well as seismicity and fault data, are available at www.earthquake.usgs.gov. Did you know that earthquakes happen weekly in Tennessee? Tim Prather, UT Extension specialist in Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, has been giving leadership to the 4-H GIS program and will continue to work with the grantees. Please contact Tim at tprather@tennessee.edu if you have any questions regarding 4-H GIS. Daniel Sarver CLUB LAMB SALE AND SKILL-A-THON COMPETION The UT Student Livestock Association Sale will take place Saturday, April 4. Viewing will begin at 2:00 p.m. with the sale starting at 3:00 p.m. The sale will be held at the UT Blount Farm. At this time it looks that there will be around 50 quality lambs for sale. Consigners include Dunagan Club Lambs, French Club Lambs and Carroll Club Lambs with more to be added. If anyone is interested in selling lambs or has any questions, please email Ryan Hensley at rhensle5@utk.edu or call 865-679-1862. The Skill-A-Thon competition will begin at 11:00 a.m. The competition will be divided into three age divisions: 4th-5th grade, 6th -8th grade and 9th -12th grade. The winners in each division will be awarded a $75 voucher to be used toward the purchase of a lamb in B&B Club Lamb Sale; second place will receive a $50 voucher; and third a $25 voucher. This is a great opportunity for the 4-H'ers to practice for the Skill-a-Thon and earn some money to purchase their lamb. Directions to the UT Blount Farm can be found by going to web.utk.edu/~bbclub/ClubLamb.htm. Ryan Hensley HEAD, HEART, HANDS AND HOMERUNS! Please join us on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. for 4-H Night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium when the UT Volunteers baseball team takes on South Carolina. This is a great opportunity for counties to provide a fun and inexpensive outing for county Honor Club members, All-Stars and other 4-H groups. A general admission ticket for this game is only $4.00 plus a $1.00 processing fee. Here's how to order your tickets now...
Note that all ticket orders go directly through UT Sports and not the state 4-H office. A flyer promoting this event can be found at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09/attach/4hbaseball.pdf. Please share this flyer with your 4-H members and volunteers. We look forward to seeing you in Knoxville. Justin Crowe HORSE SPEECH AND DEMONSTRATION WINNERS ANNOUNCED State champions in the Tennessee 4-H Horse Speech and Demonstration Contests were selected Friday, February 20, 2009 at Tennessee Tech University’s Hyder-Burks Agricultural Pavilion. The event was a rousing success with participants from all over the state traveling to compete. The top three winners in each division are as follows.
The first place winners of each event will receive a $500 cash award sponsored by Fort Dodge Animal Health. First place winners will also be eligible to represent Tennessee at both the Southern Regional Horse Championships in Little Rock, Arkansas and the Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup in Louisville, Kentucky. Second place winners will be eligible to compete at the Southern Regional 4-H Horse Championships. The event was sponsored by the University of Tennessee Extension. Bridgett McIntosh The portfolios submitted for citizenship and leadership competition have been returned to your regional office. Your regional staff will be making arrangements to get them to the counties in the near future. Steve Sutton STATE 4-H HORSE BOWL AND HIPPOLOGY RESULTS The 2009 Tennessee State 4-H Horse Bowl and Hippology Contest was held Saturday, February 21, at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. This is the 16th year for the annual event. The Horse Bowl challenges youth to learn scientific information about horse nutrition, reproduction, genetics, behavior, health and management. The Hippology event allows 4-H youth to demonstrate skills they have learned in equine science, horse judging and identification of horse related tack and equipment. The top three teams from each regional competition held earlier in the year were eligible to compete in the state championships. The senior division of the Horse Bowl competition was won by Cocke County. The team from Cocke County included Kelsey Haynes, Luke Hopkins, Emily Smith and Kinzey Brooks who were victorious over 12 other teams. The Cocke County team will be eligible to represent Tennessee at the Southern Regional 4-H Horse Championships later in the summer in Little Rock, Arkansas, the Eastern National 4-H Roundup in Louisville, Kentucky next November, as well as other national events. They were coached by Karen Hopkins, volunteer 4-H leader. The junior high division champion Horse Bowl team was Crockett County with team members Bethany Jones, Will Futrell and Kaitlyn Glidwell. The team was coached Tonya Bain, Extension 4-H agent. Sumner County (Team A) was reserve champion in the Horse Bowl junior high division with team members Savannah York, Jordyn Winters, Stephen McNeil and Onnolee Steva. The team was coached by Extension Agent Steve McNeil. Third place was won by Cocke County (Team A). The team of Cole Hopkins, Ellie Owens, Morgan Rowland and Lachlan Beboot was coached by 4-H Volunteer Leader Karen Hopkins. Sumner County was champion in the junior division Horse Bowl Contest with team members Haley Brazel, Hannah Grace Steva, Savannah Bitterling and Cailyn Simonis. The team was coached by Extension Agent Steve McNeil. The reserve champion team was Crockett County with team members Hannah Smith, Jordan Saylor, Morgan Hauck and Brook Burress, coached by Extension Agent Tonya Bain. Montgomery County (Team A) took home third place with team members Hannah Hattendorf, Carson Floyd and Jacki Stevens. This team was coached by Volunteer Leader Rachel Hattendorf. In the Hippology contest, the champion senior division team came from Putnam County with team members Jessica Iwanyszyn, Sydney Scott, Kellie Crow and Skylar Singleton. The team was coached by Extension Agent Melissa Henry and will be eligible to represent Tennessee at the Eastern National 4-H Roundup next November in Louisville, Kentucky and other national contests. Putnam County’s Jessica Iwanyszyn was named champion individual of the senior division and Amber Futrell of Crockett County was the reserve champion senior division individual. The reserve champion team was from Cocke County and included team members Emily Smith, Kinzey Brooks, Kelsey Haynes and Luke Hopkins. They were coached by Karen Hopkins, volunteer leader. The Cocke County team will be eligible to represent Tennessee at the Southern Regional 4-H Horse championships later this year in Little Rock, Arkansas. Crockett County placed third with team members Amber Futrell, Andy Cole and Tera Peet. They were coached by Tonya Bain. The junior high division Hippology champion team was from Montgomery County and included Carley Ford, Helena Hattendorf, Alyssa Kela and Keira Baker. This champion team was coached by Rachel Hattendorf, volunteer leader. Alyssa Kela of Montgomery County was the champion individual of the junior high division, while Delaney Rostad of Blount County captured reserve champion individual. Blount County was the reserve champion team with members Delaney Rostad, Megan Rogers, Maddy McDevitt and Dylan Hill. Sheila Webb, Sharon Moore, Elizabeth Crosby and Roger Elder were the coaches of this team. Sumner County (Team A) took home third place with team members Jordyn Winters, Stephen McNeil, Savannah York and Onnolee Steva. The Sumner County team was coached by Steve McNeil. The Horse Bowl and Hippology contests were conducted by the University of Tennessee Extension Service. The state competition was attended by over 150 4-H horse project members, 100 volunteer leaders and 20 Extension workers. Over 600 youth and leaders participated in the three regional Horse Bowl and Hippology contests that preceded the state championships. Congratulations to all participants, coaches, leaders and volunteers. Bridgett McIntosh Decorate yourself from the inside out.
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