Tuesday Morning NotesJuly 27, 1999* Yuma County Cooperative Extension Faculty and Staff invite you to attend the Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Yuma County’s newest community building which includes the new County Extension Office, 9 A.M. on Friday, July 30, 1999. This is one of the finest office and work space arrangements that I have seen in a County Office. Tours and refreshments will follow at 2200 W. 28th Street. For more information, contact the Yuma County office at 520/726-3904 (NEW number). * About 100 people participated in the Sixth Annual Southwestern Noxious Weed Shortcourse held in Farmington, NM, July 20-22. The primary purpose of the shortcourse was to increase awareness of the problems that noxious, invasive (non-native) plants pose to rangelands and societal values. Instructors included noxious weed experts from state and federal agencies, several universities, and the private sector. The project is a team effort by extension specialists from The University of Arizona and New Mexico State University, and several state and federal organizations. Kudos to Larry Howery for a great job! * How safe are you when handling food? Do you let food cool to room temperature and then put it in the refrigerator? How often do you eat hamburgers that are still pink or red on the inside? Congratulations to Sharon Hoelscher Day and her team for putting together an informative conference that covered these and many other topics. "Safe Food 2000 ... from Field to the table" was held July 21-22 in Mesa. Participants included personnel from county health departments, the Arizona Department of Agriculture, food professionals, and consumer educators. * Congratulations to Maricopa County Cooperative Extension for being highlighted in the Summer 1999 edition of Outreach UA Magazine. Monica Pastor, Sharon Hoelscher Day, Ruth Jackson, Terry Mikel, and several Master Gardeners were showcased in this edition. Joanne Littlefield wrote some excellent articles. * Congratulations to Mike Kilby, Plant Sciences, who has been approved for a six-month sabbatical, beginning July 1, 1999. * Joanne Littlefield, Information Specialist in the Maricopa County Cooperative Extension office, is now associated with the Office of Educational Communications and Technologies (ECAT) as a county communications liaison. She will coordinate programs and projects as well as provide technical advice to county faculty and staff in the production of news, brochures, education programs and public relations information. She continues her duties in the Maricopa County office while also assisting offices in the northern part of Arizona. * Candidates for the Colorado River Indian Tribes Assistant/Associate Agent, 4-H, Ag & Natural Resources position in La Paz County, will be presenting their seminars on campus on August 2, 1999. Kenneth Johnson, Jr. presents at 11:15 A.M. and Dawn Irish Mellor presents at 1:15 P.M. The title of their seminars will be: Developing Agricultural and 4-H Youth Development Programs on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation. They will also be presenting in Parker on August 4 at Arizona Western College, 1120 16th Street. For more information, contact the La Paz County Office at 520/669-9843. * Reminder: All Extension faculty are invited to attend the 1999 Arizona Geographic Information Council conference, August 8 - 10, at the Marriott University Park Hotel in Tucson. There will be a session on GIS and Extension on Tuesday morning. You can register for a half-day workshop or for the full conference. For more information, check out the web site at <http://www.srnr.arizona.edu/agic> or call Dr. George Ball, Advanced Resource Technology Group, School of Renewable Natural Resources (621-5951). ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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