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Important Dates

May 17-25 State Project Portfolio Judging

May 20-22 Camp Staff Training

May 27-28 State 4-H Sheep Conference

June 3 June Dairy Month Kick off Luncheon and Quiz Bowl

Encourage healthy eating habits

Vegetables/fruits/whole-grain

Lean meats, poultry, fish, lentils, and beans for protein

Low/non-fat milk or dairy products

Reasonably sized portions

Limit sugar consumption

Drink Water

Help kids stay active

Strengthen bones

Decrease blood

pressure

Reduce stress/

anxiety

Increase self-

esteem

Reduce sedentary time

Plan activities that are outside and away from television

and computers

Best of all, enroll youth in 4-H Summer Camp!

May 2016 Volume 16, Issue 18

Index

Healthy Summer 1 Fasola Grants Awarded 2 Academic Conference 3 Sheep Conference 4-5 Curriculum Corner 6 “Hands On” Curriculum Trainings 6 Mind Your Manners! 7 June Dairy Luncheon 8 State Dairy Bowl 9 Electric Camp CA’s 10 Neck Wallet Ordering 11

What you can do to help youth

have a healthy summer?

Dr. Richard Clark

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Juanita Fasola Foundation Grants Announced

Congratulation to the latest recipients of mini grant funding from the Juanita

Fasola Foundation. Those recently awarded a total of over $21,000 are:

Eastern Region Carter County Knox County

Lincoln County Scott County Union County

Williamson County

The next opportunity to apply for mini grants from the Fasola Foundation

will be announced in Ideas when it becomes available.

The Juanita H. Fasola Foundation offers funding for educational programs

that target youth and young adults in basic life skills and home economics.

The Fasola Foundation funds projects focusing on consumer education and

nutrition; cookery; clothing; sewing; textiles; parental education and child-

care; hygiene; health care management; household economics and man-

agement; household equipment; house cleaning; and housing.

The Foundation is also interested in funding projects which offer education-

al training and opportunities for the learning disabled, including but not lim-

ited to dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, speech auditory disorders, and/or

educational rehabilitation.

Ms. Fasola, a former Extension worker, was a strong supporter of the Ten-

nessee 4-H program.

Ryan Hensley

Executive Director

Tennessee 4-H Foundation

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4-H Academic Conference Congratulations to the outstanding junior high 4-H members who were selected to attend Junior High 4-H Academic Conference based on their project work!

This event, scheduled for June 14 – 17, 2016 on the UT Knoxville campus, will bring together 4-H members in 16 different projects.

While on campus, these 4-H members will engage in hands-on learn-ing experiences, a service project and enjoy a trip to Dollywood.

If you were selected to attend the 2016 Tennessee 4-H Academic Conference, please contact your 4-H agent for details, bus schedule, etc.

Justin Crowe Extension Specialist 4-H, ALEC

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STATE SHEEP CONFERENCE SET FOR MAY 27-28 Dr. Dwight Loveday

Do your sheep exhibitors always wonder what will be on the skillathon at Expo?

Do you struggle finding materials to educate your members about care, show-

manship and grooming of their lambs?

Are your youth looking for leadership opportunities?

If you answered yes to any of these questions then sheep conference is

the place to send your youth!

4-H Sheep Conference is a family conference designed for those who want to learn more about the sheep project. The event provides hands on learning expe-riences, leadership opportunities for teens as well as opportunities to meet and make new friends from across the state. Sheep Conference is held at the Hyder-Burks Arena on the campus of Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville. Friday evening activities are designed for 8-12th grade 4-H and FFA members. The educational focus is on flock record keeping. Youth will explore apps that will assist them in keeping flock records and information 4-Hers use to put in portfolios. Saturday morning is designed for everyone and youth are encour-aged to bring a lamb with them to practice. Youth will have the opportunity to participate in a mock showmanship class so it is desirable to bring a lamb from home. However, there will be a few lambs on hand for those that cannot bring a sheep. Mr. Keith Odom from Bishop, Georgia, will lead youth through showmanship techniques and everyone will have the opportunity to practice showmanship. There will also be workshops on grooming, proper feeding and health manage-ment. Magen Shedden will be conducting a grooming demonstration for those interested in fitting wool for lambs shown in the wool. Also, each participant will have the opportunity to make a rope halter for their project.

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Sheep project members are encouraged to bring poster exhibits; awards will be given for the top posters. Saturday afternoon focuses on the skillathon preparation and youth will work through stations that will help them prepare for the skillathon at Expo. Additionally we will have our quiz bowl contest for older youth and shep-herds quiz for the younger youth. The annual meeting of the Tennessee Junior Sheep Producers Association will be held on Saturday afternoon following the completion of the confer-ence. Friday registration begins at 6:00 p.m. at the Hyder Burks Arena. Saturday registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the cost is $10.00. Contact Dwight Loveday (865-974-7344 or hloveday@utk.edu) and give us

the name(s) of those attending in your group by May 24 for meal planning. A complete schedule of sheep conference including cost and registration

information is available at 4h.tennessee.edu/news/Pages/Tennessee-4-H-Sheep-Conference.aspx. New this year will be curriculum training for volunteer leaders on

Saturday. The adults will learn about our new livestock curriculum materials, how to present learning activities and will receive new

materials to take home to use in livestock project groups.

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STATE SHEEP CONFERENCE SET FOR MAY 27-28 (continued)

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If you have not already responded, please consider

applying to be part of the 4-H Curriculum Outcomes Work

Group.

The purpose of this group is to provide leadership in re-

viewing the proposed 4-H Life Skills outcomes for grades 4-12, specifically relat-

ed to the scope and scale of outcomes and the appropriateness of outcomes

based on the 4-H mission, age and developmental stages, and programmatic pri-

orities.

To apply to be a part of this work group, please complete the application found

by scanning the QR code above or clicking this link:

http://qeasttrial.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9zwy674WwV4Ur2J

Applications will be accepted through Friday, May20, 2016.

Upcoming Professional Development

Opportunities in Curriculum:

Dr. Jennifer Richards

I will be conducting regional trainings over the next

few months to preview the National 4-H Council ap-

proved Hands On: Real World Lessons for 4-H

curriculum.

The purposes of these trainings are to:

Model the major components of each of the 10 4-H activities

Engage participants in discussion of the instructional strategies and body/

brain compatible techniques used in the lessons

Increase participants’ background knowledge of food science and food safety

Curriculum Corner Dr. Jennifer Richards

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Get Your 4-H'ers Ready for the Workplace!

Dr. Lori Gallimore

Dining Etiquette Training Added as a Bonus In-Service for 2016

Which direction do you pass the bread basket? Why did I get the pepper when I only

requested salt? What do I wear? Do I need a host/hostess gift? What the heck is a

salt cellar? What is considered proper etiquette at a reception? As Extension profes-

sionals, we are all put into sticky, dining situations at one time or another -- be it a

Chamber of Commerce reception or lunch with a potential donor. Mind Your Man-

ners! was originally presented as a 4-H in-service training option and in a face-to-face

format in 2013. With a focus on workforce preparation, Mind Your Manners! has

been brought out of the archives and will be offered later this year in an online for-

mat to help you help prepare your 4-H'ers for their future careers and other life op-

portunities.

The 5.5 hours training will be offered this fall in a three-part series. Each series is 1.5

hours and will be offered via Zoom. Trainings will be held on September 21, October

13 and October 19, 2016. SUPER Registration is required and may be accessed by

clicking on the following link: http://super.tennessee.edu/Event/Home.aspx?ID=9931

Please note: By registering in SUPER, you are registering for all three in-services.

Learn a few, new tricks in this in-service training to help as you work through the

most challenging of dining situations. AND get a few, really cool fee-based program-

ming ideas and resources to teach your 4-H'ers and other audience members these all

-important life skills. Learn from your fellow Extension professionals on how they

have successfully used the program in their respective counties.

If you have any questions about the training, please contact Lori Gallimore at 865-974

-7239 or lbelew@utk.edu.

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The June Dairy Month luncheon, which will honor 4-H members who have excelled in project work, June Dairy Month chairpersons and dairy quiz bowl winner has been set for June 3, 2016 at the Ellington Ag Center Ed Jones Auditorium in Nashville. If you are a previous JDM chairperson with a cool project/activity you would like to share, please let me know ASAP at jcrowe3@utk.edu. We would love to have 4 to 5 activities set up as 4-H members are registering. This will help give JDM chairpersons innovative ideas for their 4-H dairy promotion activities!

Justin Crowe

Extension Specialist

4-H, ALEC

4-H June Dairy Month Luncheon

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The Tennessee State 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl will be held Friday, June 3, 2016, at

the Central Region office (Ellington Center) in Nashville in conjunction with the June Dairy Month Kick Off luncheon. Rules for the contest are provided in the Tennessee 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Manual at ag.tennessee.edu/AnimalScience/4-H/Pages/Dairy.aspx. Contest start time will be announced at a later date, but it is anticipated that the start time will be 8:30 a.m. CDT. More information on the timing of the contest will be made available as soon as entries are completed.

Entries for the quiz bowl should be made by May 20, 2016 (extended deadline).

Pre-registration is required and is available in SUPER at http://super.tennessee.edu/Event/Home.aspx?ID=9698. Each county may enter up to two senior and two junior high teams. Each senior team will consist of four members from their county designated by a coach or agent. Each junior high team will be allowed to have either three or four members. One or more alternates may be entered as substitutes. Senior youth may only participate once at the national contest in Louisville. Agents are responsible for certifying eligi-bility. Senior Age Division: Contestants must be 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th graders as of January 1, 2016. Team members must have reached their 15th birthday during the current contest year, but have not passed their 19th birthday. (Contestants may at-tend a college beyond high school to participate in Louisville. However, club mem-bers who enroll in or audit a dairy science or animal science course prior to the fall term are not eligible.) Junior High Age Division: Contestants must be 6th, 7th or 8th graders as of January 1, 2016. There are no fees for the contest and teams are invited to join the June Dairy Month Kickoff luncheon for the awards presentation.

Justin Crowe Extension Specialist 4-H, ALEC

STATE DAIRY BOWL ENTRIES DUE SOON

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Twelve senior 4-H members have been chosen to serve in a leadership role during 4-H Electric Camp, June 28 – July 1, 2016. These 4-H’ers were selected on the basis of their leadership experience, involvement in 4-H and recommendation of their 4-H agent and regional program leader. CAs for Electric Camp are as follows:

Daniel Sarver Extension Specialist 4-H, ALEC

4-H ELECTRIC CAMP CA’S SELECTED

Kayla Belk – DeKalb Alexis Carpenter – Robertson Tessa Cote – Maury Hannah Davis – Madison Amber Jones – Robertson Anna Mallory – Stewart Riley Allison – Madison DJ Amos – Hamblen Everett Charles – Madison Zachary Goad – Macon Danny Lawson - Blount Robert Mullinix – Overton

Alternates are: Cecilia Chamberlain – Robertson Kate Neal – Dyer Elizabeth House – Cannon Lily Cowan – Lincoln Isabella Hatfield – Marion Erica Seal – Hancock Grace Looney – Tipton Sayria Chism – Madison Kylee Taylor – Wayne Paris Rivers – Weakley Jacob Broadway – Madison Kobe Pinkston – Madison Javian Merriweather - Madison

Attention Counties!

Do you use neck wallets for camps and other summer events? Be thinking about getting your order ready.

Neck Wallets are ready to ship!! As in the past, you will be billed $2 each from the TN 4-H Foundation.

To place your order, email Trudi Neubeck at Trudi@utk.edu.

Trudi Neubeck Administrative Specialist State 4-H Office

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Neck Wallet Orders