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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE June Dairy Month Poster Winners Announced UPCOMING EVENTS May 19
May 19
May 21
May 21
May 26-27
May 29
May 30
June 2
June 2
June 2
June 9-12
June 15
June 18
June 19-20
June 22-27
June 23
June 23-26
June 24-28
June 29-July 2
June 29-July 2
July 1
July 6-8
July 13-16
July 20-24
July 24-25
July 28-August 2
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 JUNE DAIRY MONTH POSTER WINNERS ANNOUNCED Congratulations to winners of the June Dairy Month Poster Contest. The state winners are as follows:
These top three state posters will be on display along with other county winners at the June Dairy Month Kick Off luncheon in Nashville on June 2. Steve Sutton On March 31, with a goal to create a more prominent presence on Facebook, National 4-H Council created a 4-H page on Facebook. In four days, the 4-H page fan base increased to more than 5,500 fans. Within a couple of weeks, the membership grew to more than 30,000 4-H fans! With significantly more fans than Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, BGCA and FFA combined; 4-H is one of the top 130 non-profits on Facebook, based on fan size. Jess Falkenthal, educational technology specialist at National 4-H Council, was able to secure a meeting with Andrew Bosworth, a software design engineer at Facebook, who just happened to be a California 4-H alumni. He also invented the News Feed feature in 2006. Through this partnership, the page was able to get a vanity URL, facebook.com/4-h, making it even easier for fans to get to the page. Through creating discussions, idea and advice sharing, participating in contests and of course posting 4-H memories in photos or videos, 4-H fans will be able to connect with other 4-H fans. In the coming months, National 4-H Council will continue to work with Andrew and Facebook finding better ways to market 4-H on Facebook and making more features available for 4-H fans. Log in at facebook.com/4-h and click on the “Become a Fan” link under the big clover to become a fan. If a fan already, use the "Suggest to Friends" button to show everyone how awesome 4-H is by inviting all your 4-H friends. Daniel Sarver NEW FORMAT FOR SHEEP CONFERENCE IN COOKEVILLE Sheep Conference is a family conference designed for those who want to learn about the 4-H sheep project. The event will provide hands on learning experiences, as well as opportunities to meet and make new sheep friends from across the state. The location for Sheep Conference is the Hyder-Burks Arena on the Tennessee Tech campus in Cookeville. Parents and volunteer leaders are welcome and encouraged to attend. Important - We need a count! We only need the name(s) of those attending in your so we can make meal arrangements. To make your reservation, contact Ben Powell at 615-237-0300 or benthomaspowell@gmail.com; or Dwight Loveday at 865-974-7344 or hloveday@utk.edu. Cost for the conference is $10 per person payable when you arrive. Lodging is on your own. Program details can be found on the 4-H Web site at 4h.tennessee.edu/sheepconf/. The 2009 version of 4-H Sheep Conference offers a slightly new format with greater opportunities for all youth participating. For the older, more experienced project members (grades 9-12), a special Friday (May29) evening training session is planned for you. The general theme for this training is "Judging and Evaluation." Ram and ewe selection, wool evaluation and retail cut selection will be the specific session topics. Additionally, the participants will receive training to be teen leaders for Sheep Conference on Saturday. Saturday's conference will also have a slightly new format, too. Sheep Conference combines some new activities along with some of the old. New for 2009 is the opportunity to select training sessions. Participants can select three trainings from sheep judging, identifying wool quality, identifying lamb cuts, showmanship and grooming. We will continue to have skillathon training, table top exhibits, Shepherds Quiz and Quiz Bowl. The quiz bowl will have four teams selected based on their combined Shepherd's Quiz score. A team consists of three (3) members from the 7-12 grades. To encourage county participation, a team with all three members from the same county will be awarded 10 points to start the quiz bowl. Table top exhibits (a display board about your sheep project or sheep related topic) will be evaluated by age group. Location: Hyder-Burks Arena is located in Cookeville at 2390 Gainesboro Grade. Take Exit 286 from I-40 onto Willow (Hwy 135 N). Go 3.3 miles and turn left on 12th Street (Hwy 290 W). Go 2.2 miles and look for the large arena on the left. A map is available from the Hyder-Burks Web site at www.tntech.edu/hyderburks/. Dwight Loveday STATE 4-H DAIRY QUIZ BOWL IS JUNE 2 The State 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl competition is scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, in Nashville. Teams should report to the Central Region office auditorium at the Ellington Agriculture Center by 9:00 a.m. Awards will be presented at the June Dairy Month Kick Off luncheon. Pre-registration is required. If you have not registered your team, please contact Jeff Mitchell at 865-974-7289 or jmitchel@tennessee.edu immediately. The winning team will represent Tennessee at the North American Invitational 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl in Louisville, Kentucky this November. State sponsor for the event is Dairy Farmers of America. Steve Sutton STATE 4-H HORSE JUDGING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 23 Twelve regional-winning teams will compete in the State 4-H Horse Judging Contest, Tuesday, June 23, during the 2009 State 4-H Horse Championships in Shelbyville. The event will begin at 12:00 noon and climax with an awards banquet at 6:00 p.m. in the Blue Ribbon Room on the Celebration grounds. Teams participating include:
Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional
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