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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 4-H All Star Project Exhibit Competition UPCOMING EVENTS 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
August 12
August 24-29
August 27
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 ALL STAR PROJECT EXHIBIT COMPETITION The purpose of the project exhibit is to provide 4-H All Stars an additional opportunity to share accomplishments, ideas, requirements and/or results of special studies or research in their 4-H project area with others.
A first place trophy (or plaque) will be awarded to the All Star with the highest scoring exhibit. All exhibits will be classified into blue or red award groups. The top five highest scoring exhibits will receive a $50 U.S. savings bond. Justin Crowe Just a reminder - it's time for your county 4-H All Star program to be recognized for outstanding service being contributed to your local community. For State 4-H Roundup and All Star Conference, there are two service-based recognition opportunities. The Don Bowman Project Award recognizes county All Star groups for their most outstanding service project. To enter, each county should report all service activities using Form 591 and submit the forms to their regional office. Only one project may be recorded on each form. However, a county may submit as many forms to the region as they would like. Each region will select the best quality service project from all entries to submit to the state competition. A panel of judges, selected by the state 4-H office, will then select a state winner from the three regional winners. Each regional winner will receive a certificate and a $10 cash award. The county submitting the winning entry will receive a plaque and a $50 cash award. Each region will then select the county that submits the most service contact hours using Form 591. The county's entire collection of forms should be sent to the state 4-H office for review. A panel of judges, selected by the state 4-H office, will conduct an official count to determine a state winner. The state winners will be recognized at State 4-H All Star Conference in Martin. Check with your regional office for the due date. Justin Crowe 2009 TENNESSEE JUNIOR FLEECE SHOW The Tennessee Sheep Producers Association will once again be conducting a fleece show at the 2009 Tennessee Junior Sheep Exposition in Cookeville. The Sheep Producers Association will be providing awards for this show again this year. The show will be held on Tuesday, July 14 at the Hyder-Burks facility. There will be classes for 10 breeds of registered sheep as well as one class for commercial sheep and one class for all other breeds. Exhibitors may enter two fleeces in each breed category. Each fleece should be from a ewe greater than one year of age. Each fleece exhibited must be a fleece sheared in 2009 and must be rolled inside out and either tied with paper or cotton twine or displayed in a clear plastic bag. Each entry will receive premium money and an overall champion will receive a special award provided by Far Out Farms in Cornersville, Tennessee. Fleeces must be received between 9:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Tuesday July 14, 2009. Judging will be start around 1:00 p.m. that day and fleeces will be released as soon as the judging is completed. For additional information contact Rick Skillington at 931-359-1929 or rskillin@utk.edu. Rick Skillington The Tennessee Make It with Wool Contest will be Saturday, September 19, beginning at 2:00 p.m. at the Lincoln County Fair in Fayetteville. Wendy Collins, 4-H volunteer leader in Lincoln County, is the Tennessee Make It with Wool state director. Please inform any interested people in your county about this contest. Divisions are pre-teen (12 years and under); junior (13-16 years); senior (17-24 years); adult (25 years and older); made-for-others (any age); and wearable accessory (any age). You can find an entry form at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09/attach/MIWW_entryform09.pdf. A $5.00 testing fee must be submitted to Wendy prior to the contest along with a 5x5 inch square of each wool fabric used. Entry fees are non-refundable. Pre-registration is required by August 15, 2009. The national contest is in Nashville from January 21-24, 2010. State winners will receive $300 from Lincoln County Fair to attend national competition. You may contact Wendy via email at collins_wendy@bellsouth.net or 931-433-8057. Her home address is Wendy Collins, MIWW Director, 4016 Paradise Drive, Fayetteville, TN 37334. Steve Sutton NEW DATE AND VENUE FOR STATE 4-H DAIRY JUDGING CONTEST The 2009 State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest has been rescheduled for Thursday, August 27, at the Wilson County Fair in Lebanon. Please note: This is a change from the previously announced location at the Williamson County Fair in Franklin. Competition will be held for senior teams ONLY, with the winning team representing Tennessee in the national dairy judging contest in October. Team members must be in the 9-12th grades as of January 1, 2009. Entry forms must be mailed to Jeff Mitchell at jmitchel@tennessee.edu by Tuesday, August 18, 2009. The entry form may be found at animalscience.ag.utk.edu/Dairy/4-HDairyProject-StateShow.html. A policies and procedures manual has been developed for the Tennessee State 4-H Dairy Judging program. Please review the document carefully as it addresses several concerns and issues raised in the past. You may access the manual from the UT Dairy Extension site at animalscience.ag.utk.edu/Dairy/pdf/4-H/TN4-HDairyJudgingManual2004.pdf. The schedule for the day is as follows:
There is no registration fee, and lunch will be provided for all contestants. Pre-registration is required so there can be an accurate lunch count. Steve Sutton RESULTS FROM STATE 4-H HORSE JUDGING CONTEST
The graduating seniors in the 4-H Horse project were presented a certificate. Additionally, Sheila King and Jill Lauber, volunteer leaders from Williamson County, were presented the Tennessee 4-H Horse Project Volunteer Leader Award. Dwight Loveday SOUTHERN EGION TEEN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 2009 The 4th annual Southern Region Teen Leadership Conference, scheduled for October 8-11, 2009, at the Clyde M. York 4-H Center in Crossville, promises to be a conference your 4-H members will never forget. This event, open to 4-H members ages 14-18, is an outstanding opportunity to help youth develop leadership skills, citizenship skills and help them find opportunities to put those skills to use in their community. The registration fee for this conference is $175.00. This includes lodging, meals and a t-shirt. Please note that we are asking counties send one or more county teams. These teams should include 3-5 youth plus one adult. However, we will accept individual teens from counties not able to send an entire team. Registration for this event will be open in SUPER through Friday, August 28. After registering your 4-H member in SUPER, please send in the following materials to the state 4-H office.
The Web site, which has a promotional flyer, overview packet and other information relative to the conference, can be accessed at www.srtlc.com. Transportation to/from Crossville is the responsibility of the 4-H member. No organized transportation will be made available to 4-H members in Tennessee. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. Justin Crowe TENNESSEE JUNIOR SHEEP PRODUCERS ELECT BOARD The Tennessee Junior Sheep Producers elected the 2009 Board of Directors at their annual meeting held in conjunction with 4-H Sheep Conference. The Board of Directors provides leadership to the organization and assists in planning and conducting junior sheep activities in Tennessee. They also assist in general sheep and wool promotional activities. Officers and board members are as follows:
Regional Ambassadors selected to assist in lamb and wool promotional activities include Central - Aaron Wolters (Maury County) and Eastern - Kristina Standridge (Grainger County). The 4-H Youth Development department would like to welcome its newest member, Carrera Harris. Carrera began work on June 22 as an Extension assistant coordinating the Operation: Military Kids program. For the past year, Carrera worked at UT as the event coordinator for the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy. In 2008, she received her B.S. from Northwestern University in communication studies and was part of the varsity swim program all four years. A native of Bakersfield, California, Carrera grew up on an almond farm. She is currently pursuing her Master's in communication at UT. Carrera is excited to work with military programs across the state. For more information about military programming or Operation: Military Kids, contact her at 865-974-9724 or c-harris2@utk.edu. Justin Crowe The state 4-H wildlife judging contest was held at the Vaughn Farm in Franklin County on June 18. The winning team will represent Tennessee in the national event later this summer in Zwolle, Louisiana. Results are as follows:
For photos, please go to 4h.tennessee.edu/judging/wildlife.htm. Daniel Sarver THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Just remember, there's a right way and a wrong way to do everything and the wrong way is to keep trying to make everybody else do it the right way.
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