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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 2008 Tennessee Junior Fleece Show UPCOMING EVENTS May 31
June 2-6
June 3
June 7-14
June 10-13
June 12
June 13-14
June 15
June 23-26
June 24-27
June 24-28
June 25
June 30-July 3
June 30-July 3
July 1
July 7-10
July 14-17
July 17
July 18-19
July 21-25
July 29-August 3
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/08-index.htm 2008 TENNESSEE JUNIOR FLEECE SHOW The Tennessee Sheep Producers Association will again conduct and provide awards for the Tennessee Junior Fleece Show to be held at the Tennessee Junior Sheep Exposition in Cookeville on Tuesday, July 15. A successful show with over 50 entries was held last year. There will be a fleece class for each breed of sheep which has at least three fleeces entered plus a class for fleeces from crossbred sheep. Breeds which have fewer than three entries will be in an “Other Breeds” class. Exhibitors may enter two fleeces in each breed category. Each fleece must be from a ewe greater than one year of age and must be a current year's fleece. Each fleece must be rolled and tied with paper or cotton twine or displayed in a clear plastic bag. Each entry will receive premium money. An overall champion and reserve champion fleece will be selected. The awards are provided by the American Sheep Industry Association through its wool outreach program. For additional information, contact Ricky Skillington, 230 College Street, Lewisburg, TN 37091. The telephone is 931-359-1929 or email at rskillin@utk.edu. Fleeces must be received at the Hyder-Burkes Arena during Expo between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Tuesday, July 15. Ricky Skillington 4-H ALL STAR PROJECT EXHIBIT COMPETITION The purpose of the project exhibit competition 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 plaque will be awarded to the All Star with the highest scoring exhibit. All exhibits will be classified into blue, red or white award groups. The top five highest scoring exhibits will receive a $50 U.S. savings bond. Justin Crowe It is that time of year again. Time for your county 4-H All Star program to be recognized for outstanding service being contributed to your local community. There are two service-based recognition opportunities during State 4-H Roundup.
Please remember that F591: All Star Service Award Report forms are due to the state 4-H office by July 1, 2008. However, they must be sent to the regional office first. The report form can be downloaded at 4h.tennessee.edu/forms&materials/. Your area 4-H specialist will set a date prior to July 1 for your F591 forms to be due to the regional office. Justin Crowe The counties have been awarded grant funds to implement the 4-H Health Rocks program during the 2008-2009 school year. These county 4-H programs will be provided with curriculum, training and grant funding to use in their county program. Each Health Rocks youth participant in the program will receive an embroidered 4-H sling bag... that's over 19,000 4-H members in Tennessee. The counties receiving the grant funds are:
Congratulations to these counties for receiving these grant funds to help incorporate healthy lifestyles into their county 4-H program. For more information about the 4-H Health Rocks program, please visit msucares.com/4h_Youth/health_rocks. Justin Crowe GETTING STARTED WITH GIS WEB COURSE The Getting Started with GIS Web course is now available on the ESRI Training and Education Web site. There is no charge for the course. This course provides a foundation for understanding what a geographic information system is and the possibilities it offers for discovering patterns, relationships, and trends. You learn how GIS maps are different from other types of paper and digital maps, what makes the data used in a GIS unique and how to use GIS software to obtain information and create meaningful maps. In interactive exercises and activities throughout the course, you work with ArcGIS software and see how a GIS supports problem solving in many different contexts. For a detailed course description and access to the course, go to training.esri.com/acb2000/showdetl.cfm?DID=6&Product_ID=915. Daniel Sarver RECOGNIZE YOUR ACADEMIC CONFERENCE DELEGATES It is important to recognize 4-H members for their accomplishments. Academic Conference is a recognition tool, as well as an educational event. Delegates are selected to attend on the basis of their 4-H project work. Go to the Web Packet provided by UTIA Marketing and Communications for a fill-in-the-blank news article on Academic Conference suitable for use in your local newspaper. To access the Web Packet, go to www.agriculture.utk.edu/webPacket/. Type in your user name and password when prompted. If you wish to read an article, simply click on the link. If you wish to download an article for your use, choose which format you prefer (MS Word or Text) and click on the icon provided with each article. When prompted, select the location where you wish to save the file. You might personalize the article with a photo and information on your delegates’ project accomplishments. Steve Sutton Delegates to the 85th State 4-H Roundup and All-Star Conference are collecting soft drink pull-tabs to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in Knoxville. These pull tabs are not only benefitting the Ronald McDonald House, but the environment as well. Roundup and All-Star Conference attendees are helping Tennessee 4-H "Go Green in 2008." Please encourage your delegates to begin collecting pull tabs from their favorite soft drinks. These soft drink pull tabs will be collected at the welcome wagon on Monday at Roundup. We would encourage 4-H members to rinse the pull tabs, dry them and organize them in zip-loc bags. It would also be helpful for 4-H members to count the number of pull tabs they have collected and label each bag with that number. Justin Crowe STATE 4-H WILDLIFE JUDGING IS JUNE 12 June 12 is the date for the State 4-H Wildlife Judging Contest. This year’s event will be held in the Crossville area. Regional-winning teams will be competing for the honor of representing Tennessee at the national contest later this summer. Teams participating include:
All teams are invited for a field tour on Wednesday, June 11. The group will leave from the Super 8 Motel at the Peavine Road/I-40 intersection at 2:30 p.m. There will be a cookout following the tour at the Cumberland Mountain State Park at no cost to the teams. Teams will meet at the Super 8 Motel at 7:30 a.m. on June 12 to go to the contest site. Sack lunches will be provided for all teams. A meal and awards program will be held at the contest site. Steve Sutton STATE FINALISTS NAMED FOR ROUNDUP Congratulations to all counties who have finalists selected for state competition at State 4-H Roundup. The lists have been sent to the regional offices. The top five counties all had nine or more finalists.
Please let us know immediately if one of your state finalists will not be able to attend Roundup. Portfolio scores will be sent to each county following the completion of Roundup. Steve Sutton TENNESSEE 4-H SHOOTING SPORTS INSTRUCTOR TRAINING The next Tennessee 4-H Shooting Sports instructor training will be held at Clyde York 4-H Center, Crossville, on August 15-16, 2008. Check-in will be on Friday, August 15, 5:00-5:30 p.m. and the training should end on Saturday, August 16, at approximately 5:00 p.m. The pre-registration deadline is August 1, 2008. This training is for anyone (professional or volunteer) who wishes to be a certified instructor in the 4-H Shooting Sports program. The training fee is $60.00 and must be submitted with the attached form by August 1, 2008. Fee includes instruction, materials, all meals, and lodging at York 4-H Center. F600-B: Adult Activity and Event Acceptance Form, must be brought to training. Each volunteer's F809: Adult Volunteer Leader Application should be on file in the county 4-H office prior to participation. Participants should bring bed linens or sleeping bag, pillow, towels and other personal items. Check out this and other information at 4h.tennessee.edu/shootingsports/. Daniel Sarver YOUTH ACTIVITY ON SETTING GOALS Researching the topic of resiliency in children brought me to a Web site called Fishful Thinking. This is actually a program sponsored by the Pepperidge Farm® Goldfish brand and was developed by Karen Reivich, the co-director of the Penn Resiliency Project and a research associate in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. The Web site has good articles on resiliency and youth along with a variety activities to help develop resiliency in children. “Goal Road Map - One Step at a Time,” is one of the activities you could use with 4-H members
learning how to set goals. It’s a great hands-on activity for setting goals. Go to Carmen Burgos THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time because then you won't have a leg to stand on.
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