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| 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. Participants are encouraged to bring a washed lamb to use in their enhanced “hands-on” learning activities. Check out the links
below for more information. |
| 2008 Tennessee 4-H Sheep Conference
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| 4-H members, leaders and parents. This is a family
conference, designed for the benefit of 4-H members and their
families. |
| 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/. |
| To help 4-H members and parents
learn more about the 4-H sheep project and activities.
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| Cost for the conference is $10 per person payable upon arrival. However, we need a count. Please see the EASY pre-registration information below. |
Important - we need a count! Get in touch with any of those listed below and give us the name(s) of those attending in your group and years of sheep project experience for each 4-H member.
Ben Powell - benthomaspowell@gmail.com or 615-237-0300
Dwight Loveday - hloveday@utk.edu or 865-974-7344
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Orientation Meeting for Teen Leaders
Set up 4-H Sheep Project Exhibits
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Registration
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Youth Sheep Updates
Expo Update
Preliminary Lamb Bowl
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Team Assignments Announced
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| 9:45 a.m. |
Skillathon Preparation
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Lunch
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| 12:15 p.m. |
Divide into Learning Tracts
Tract 1 - Grooming and Fitting Wooled Sheep
Tract 2 - Grooming and Fitting "Slick-sheared" Sheep
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| 1:30 p.m. |
Teen Leaders and Team Members Practice Grooming and Fitting
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Refreshments
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| 2:45 p.m. |
Showmanship Training
Tract 1 - Showmanship for Wooled Sheep
Tract 2 - Showmanship for "Slick-sheared" Sheep
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| 3:45 p.m. |
Teen Leaders and Team Members Practice Showmanship
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| 4:30 p.m. |
Quiz Bowl
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| 5:00 p.m. |
Awards
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Teen leaders will have the opportunity to have more active teaching role in the 2008 4-H Sheep Conference. Teen leaders will need to be willing to teach skillathon stations, grooming and showmanship. Teen leaders will need to bring a lamb and equipment for teaching. Teen leaders just be nominated by May 15 by a county 4-H agent or Tennessee Sheep Producer Association member. Send nominations to Ben Powell (benthomaspowell@gmail.com) or Dwight Loveday (hloveday@utk.edu).
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| Volunteers Needed for Skillathon Training |
There will be at least five learning stations (breeds, meat ID, feeds and feeding, health and marketing). 4-H agents and adult volunteers are needed to work with Dwight Loveday to develop learning activities (2-4 learning activities for each topic) and serve as resource person for that station. In addition to the skillathon activity, a teaching guide for the teen leaders is needed. Teen leaders will use materials to "teach" learning activity topics. Please contact Dwight Loveday at hloveday@utk.edu or 865-974-7344 if you can help.
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| TN Junior Sheep Producers
Board of Directors |
| Thomas Greenlee , President and Sufflok Representative,
Grainger County |
| Sarah Edwards, Vice-President and Hampshire Representative,
Campbell County |
| Magen Shedden, Secretary and Oxford Representative,
Knox County |
| Ashlee Jones, Reporter and Other Breeds Representative, Claiborne
County |
| Tyler Bruhin, Shropshire Representative, Sevier County |
| Carley Cherry, Corriedale Representative, Lauderdale County |
| Kirby Cherry, Natural Colored Representative, Lauderdale County |
| Taylor Edwards, Representative-at-Large, Campbell County |
| Greer Goddard, Representative-at-Large, Loudon County |
| Anna Morgan, Representative-at-Large, Union County |
| Alex Smith, Southdown Representative, Trousdale County |
| Hannah Wolters, Cheviot Representative,
Maury County |
| The event is sponsored by UT Extension
and the Tennessee Sheep Producers Association. |
| Got a problem??? Have questions???
Any suggestions??? |
You can send a E-mail to ssutton2@utk.edu  |
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