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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 2010 4-H Beekeeping Essay Contest Announcement and Rules UPCOMING EVENTS September 11- 20
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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 2010 4-H BEEKEEPING ESSAY CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT AND RULES The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc. is again sponsoring its annual 4-H beekeeping essay contest. The contest is open to all active 4-H members. The contest announcement and rules may be found at 4h.tennessee.edu/beeessay/ and downloaded in a print-friendly format at 4h.tennessee.edu/beeessay/BeeRules.pdf. Essays must be received in the state 4-H office no later than February 1, 2010. Please encourage your 4-H members to participate. Our Tennessee 4-H’ers have been finalists in years past and received cash awards. Steve Sutton LEWIS COUNTY 4-H ANNUAL TEAM PENNING CLINIC The Lewis County 4-H Horse Club is sponsoring its annual team penning clinic, Saturday September 19, 2009, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the Triple P Arena in Decaturville. The clinic is open to all interested youth through 12th grade. The clinic is a comprehensive hands-on instructional learning seminar for both all youth who would like to learn the skills of proper team penning. The youth will be introduced to the following:
The registration fee for the cattle-sorting clinic is $50.00 for each youth participating with a horse. Those who do not have a horse and wish to observe, will not be charged the registration fee. Each youth must have his/her own horse. Any youth who actually rides will still be charged the $50.00 registration fee. Each equine must have a NEGATIVE COGGINS. Upon entering Triple P Arena, please have papers ready for view. Registration is due by Monday, September 7. A registration form may be downloaded from 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09/attach/teampenning.doc. For more information and/or entry form contact Jason Morris at 931-796-3091. Jason Morris A NEW 4-H YEAR: A TIME FOR REFLECTION Summer is over and school is back in session... which means that as a 4-H agent you barely have had time to reflect on last year. Data from the past year was frantically entered in SUPER so it would reflect your efforts... the size and scope of your county program. To top it off, some of you where at camp, at livestock shows or Roundup. Others were facilitating county day camps, attending conferences or in-service training or involved in your county fair. Some of you were at several of these activities and events! Before you had time to stop, look at your annual 4-H enrollment report and reflect on what that report is saying to whomever reads it, you are back at school, meeting clubs, training judging teams and involved in one or more of the fairs! You’re off and running... again! The SUPER enrollment module has been used now for almost two years. We had to learn how to use the little critter... which took time to remember all the features. It was new, and we all know how easy it is to get hung up on “change”... and how much harder it is to transition. .. and how easy it is to compare what we had with what is new. We often feel that the new is harder, but so was the old when it was new! We have all been through changes and know this to be true. Today, SUPER is looking easier and better and can process data “at the speed of lightning” as compared to before! One thing many of us forgot as we were learning to use SUPER was the fact that this new technology also meant that maybe changes needed to be made in how we collect and manage program data. We had new tools and old habits - not a good combination. Was it Einstein that said, “The definition of insanity is doing what you have always done and expecting different results?” It really does not matter who said it. It makes sense! My challenge to you is take time. Sit down and look at your 4-H annual enrollment report .What does it say? Does it give you an accurate picture of the county program for which you are responsible? It’s more than just numbers. The numbers need to tell a story. They can say, “This program not only has youth enrolled. The youth are involved, engaged and participate in activities and events.” The numbers tell us what youth are interested in by the projects selected. Numbers also say, “Youth are exposed to a nurturing and diverse group of adult volunteers willing to share skills and knowledge. The county is offering youth the opportunity to learn the importance of giving back to the community and to develop leadership. Their youth volunteer.” Reporting is required for accountability and impact. We have the choice to see reporting as a burden or an opportunity to tell your story. I hope you chose telling a story. Just this small shift in perspective can make the task a whole lot easier. If you would like assistance with data management, please feel free to contact me. I will be glad to work with you to develop and consider different options you can try. Carmen Burgos STATE FALL JUDGING DAY IS OCTOBER 17 Fall judging day is scheduled for Saturday, October 17, on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus. Registration will be at 1:00 p.m. with competition beginning at 2:00 p.m. The event will conclude with an awards banquet at 5:30 p.m. in the Hollingsworth Plant Science Auditorium. Competition will be for senior judging teams only (9th-12 grade as of January 1, 2009) in the following areas:
Details concerning registration for the event will be available at a later date. Contact your regional office for the dates of your consumer decision-making judging, forestry judging and outdoor meat cookery events. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Don't get your [underwear] in a knot. Nothing is solved and it just makes you walk funny.
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