Happy Holidays! We want to wish each and every one of you best wishes as
you spend time with family and friends. Hopefully you have time to reflect
on the good things we have accomplished during 2000 and on the
opportunities for the new Millennium. Since many of us will be on the New
Faculty Tour, the next Tuesday Morning Notes will be January 9, 2001. Cheers!
* Welcome Aboard to Marthalin Bylas, who began as the new Secretary on the
San Carlos Apache Reservation on October 16, 2000, and to Brenda Larry, who
will begin as the new Secretary to the Navajo Nation, Window Rock office on
January 2, 2001.
* The Arizona Department of Agriculture put on a Biotechnology Forum on
December 19, 2000 in Phoenix. All segments of the industry from producers
to grocery store managers discussed various science and consumer issues.
Representative Mike Gleason, Chair of the Agriculture Committee was
present. Gene Sander reported on the range of activity (research and
outreach) that the College is providing. It was an excellent program, one
I would like to have for all of Extension.
* Congratulations to Kitt Farrell-Poe (Agricultural & Biosystems
Engineering), Jim Walworth (Soil, Water, & Environmental Sciences), and
Pete Waller (Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering) for obtaining an
$84,000 grant from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to
compare the effectiveness of drainfields and seepage pits for the treatment
of septic tank effluent in Arizona.
* Navajo Extension Partnership (NEP) meetings were held November 29th and
30th in Window Rock. Twelve livestock seminars were held on the Navajo
Nation during the year 2000, with funding coming from a USDA Food Safety
Grant. Farm seminars were held for Navajo producers at Shiprock, Kayenta,
Ganado, Lupe and Many Farms with over 150 producers being trained in the
areas of Soil and Water Conservation, Pesticide Safety, Weeds and Weed
Control, Pest Management, Soils and Soil Fertility, and Noxious Weeds over
the past year.
* A Strengthening Native American Families for the new Millennium
conference was held April 27-28, 2000 at San Juan College with 125
attendees. Topics for the two day conference included Herd Health,
Livestock Marketing, and Nutrition.
* Educational Communications and Technologies (ECAT) is organizing a
technology day (March 15) with various presentations to be held on campus,
during spring break. They are proposing a Tucson location so they can draw
on expert speakers from campus, and can offer some of the sessions as
hands-on. The current list has 12 topics for beginners and 12 topics for
intermediate/advanced users. They would like input on your priorities,
since not all of these can be given. Any College faculty, staff, student or
volunteer may participate. There is no charge for these sessions. Please
complete the indicated form, giving your priorities, by January 19, 2001.
They will then select topics and announce the sessions to be given.
Depending on survey responses, they would like to have two or three
concurrent sessions, so people can have more choices. The form for giving
input is found at http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/classes/survey.html Linda
Ffolliott is your point of contact at 520/621-7179 or by e-mail at
ffolinda@cals.arizona.edu.