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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE New Clothing and Textile Activity Pages Posted to Web Site UPCOMING EVENTS August 24-29
August 27
September 11- 20
September 11- 20
September 19
September 19
September 25-26
September 25-October 4
October 1-4
October 4-10
October 8-11
October 16-17
October 17
October 25-29
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 NEW CLOTHING AND TEXTILE ACTIVITY PAGES POSTED TO WEB SITE We are pleased to announce that eight new 4-H clothing and textile project activity pages have been posted to the Web site. These activity pages were developed by Karen Nelms, Grainger County Extension agent; Nancy Marshall, Hamblen County Extension agent and Sue Byrd, Professor, Fashion Merchandising, University of Tennessee at Martin. These activity sheets are posted to the “Project” pages on the Web site at 4h.tennessee.edu/projects/index.htm. For a complete listing of all the activity pages, please go to 4h.tennessee.edu/projects/actsheets.htm. Steve Sutton TENNESSEE ARTS COMMISSION GALLERY FEATURES 4-H PHOTOGRAPHERS An exhibit of documentary photographs created by children from migrant farm worker and local families living in rural Appalachia and West Tennessee is being featured at the Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, August 13-September 25. The exhibit, Growing Tennessee: Rural Youth Cultivate Common Ground, features dozens of photographs depicting the lives of rural children and their families. Curator Jane Crowe, Telamon’s Program Development Coordinator, collaborated with Tennessee 4-H, Tennessee’s Migrant Education Program, Milligan College, East Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Martin to bring the fruits of this project to the public. To date, this exhibition has been shown at Knoxville Museum of Art, The Art Gallery of Knoxville, West Tennessee Regional Art Center, The Mess Hall in Chicago, and even promoted on Time Square in New York City. The images are the work of more than 50 children, ages 8-18, from East to West Tennessee and include several photographers taken by 4-H members. The Commission gallery is located at 401 Charlotte Avenue in downtown Nashville, and hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Steve Sutton 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 2009 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/assets/TNVFGeneralCatalog.pdf 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/ideas09/attach/tvfair_report_form.doc. Please complete the form and send to the state 4-H office by noon on Monday, September 21. (Email is acceptable to ssutton2@utk.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 It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
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