Attention all faculty and staff. We are trying something new this Friday,
September 8 at 11:00 AM. Darcy Tessman, candidate for the
Assistant/Associate Agent, 4-H Youth Development position in Cochise County
will be presenting her Seminar on the Web for all to see. Darcy will be
presenting to the on-campus participants in the Marley Auditorium and to
everyone else via the Internet. You can access this seminar through
RealPlayer at: rtsp://128.196.152.6/g2/marley.rm . If you don't have Real
Player, you will have to download it to view this session
(http://scopes.real.com/real/player/player.html?src=000831realhome,000901rpchoice_h2&dc=979695). This is a test
process and we will be curious about your reactions. Please forward
comments to Jack Roberts at jroberts@cals.arizona.edu.
* Congratulations to the Bone Builders, Maricopa County staff (Sharon
Hoelscher Day, Karin Park, Pamelyn Davison and Mary Conner) and Task Force
members (including Dr. Linda Houtkooper, Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Dr.
Tim Lohman, Dept. of Physiology and Dr. Scott Going, Dept. of Nutritional
Sciences/Physiology) for winning two Arizona Public Health Association's
(AzPHA) Health Education awards. The Bone Builders Volunteer Educator
training notebook/curriculum won FIRST PLACE and their public awareness
campaign won SECOND PLACE. Representatives from Bone Builders will be
presented a plaque and certificate at the AzPHA conference in Tucson,
September 14. Great work everyone!
* Larry Sullivan, Associate Specialist, 4-H Youth Development, was
recently appointed as the editor of The Probe, a monthly newsletter of the
National Animal Damage Control Association. Congratulations Larry!
* 171 members of the public, staff, and volunteers attended the Annual V
Bar V Ranch Explorers Field Day held Saturday, August 26, at Mahan Park. In
addition to enjoying a day in the cool pines and a delicious V Bar V beef
kabob lunch, participants were treated to presentations, demonstrations,
and displays on topics ranging from dutch oven cooking to the history of
and current events at the V Bar V Ranch. Dean Eugene Sander and Dave
Schafer, Resident Director, welcomed the participants and Bob Kattnig
moderated. Presentations included Remote Sensing on the V Bar V by Stuart
Marsh, Noxious Weeds by Larry Howery, Jeff Schalau, Jim Sprinkle, and Chris
Jones, Meat Science by John Marchello, and Food Safety by Sharon
Hoelscher-Day and Marta Stuart. The majority of the participants were from
Sedona/Verde Valley and Prescott, but a number also attended from the
Flagstaff, Payson, and Phoenix areas. David Schafer, Resident Director of
the V Bar V, has reviewed the evaluations which indicated that participants
enjoyed the day and had a positive learning experience. Additional
educational opportunities for participants were: Demonstrations: Watershed
Activity, Dutch Oven Cooking, Ultrasound in Cattle, Plant Identification,
Tree Aging and Height Calculation, and Soils. Displays/Posters: Arid Lands,
Noxious Weeds, Food Safety, Climatology, 4-H, FFA, History of the V Bar V
Ranch, Current Events at the V Bar V Ranch, and V Bar V Cattle.
Congratulations to everyone involved in making this event successful.
* Mohammed Zerkoune, Yuma County will be presenting a Noon Brown Bag
Seminar on Wednesday, September 6, 2000 entitled "What Does An Extension
Agent Do?". Meeting will be held in the conference room at 2200 W. 28th
Street, Suite 102 at the Yuma County Cooperative Extension Office. You can
direct questions to Mohammed at 520/726-3904.
* Invites are out to attend a Drip Irrigation Symposium on Tuesday,
September 12, 2000, 8-12 Noon, at the UA Maricopa Agricultural Center. The
future of water and possible management programs, drip system components
and design, drip system tillage machinery, financing opportunities,
installation costs, and on farm drip system payout projections will be
presented. For more detailed information, contact Steve Husman at
520/836-5221 or by e-mail at husman@cals.arizona.edu
* Mark your calendars and plan to attend the Integrated Pest Management
Seminar, Pecan, Grape and Vegetable Information at the Pinal County
Cooperative Extension Office, Tuesday, September 19, 2000. Rick Gibson,
Kai Umeda, Mary Olsen, Molly Hunter, Barry Tickes, David Kerns and Martin
Guerena have lined up a dynamic program. For more information, contact
Rick Gibson at 520/836-5221 or by e-mail: gibsonrd@cals.arizona.edu
* Winning Edge: Nutrition for Fitness and Sport, October 27, 2000. Three
locations, Tucson, Phoenix and Flagstaff. This interactive workshop is
based on the "Winning Sports Nutrition" Training Manual and Video,
developed at the UofA and selected by the NCAA as the nutrition component
of their Life Skills training program. October 6 deadline for
registration. Contact Theresa Spicer or Linda Houtkooper for more detailed
information at 520/621-7126.
REMINDER:
- Call for Posters for Cotton Field Day at Big MAC. Wednesday, October 11,
2000 is the date for the Field Day with September 30, 2000 being the
deadline to submit an application. Please contact Ed Martin for more
details at 520/568-2273 or be email: edmartin@cals.arizona.edu