* Mike Schneider has indicated his intention to retire this summer. We are
planning to fill his position.. Before we initiate this process, I would
like to invite any faculty who would be interested in relocating to
Greenlee County through our lateral move policy to let me know in writing
by March 30, 2001. Our lateral move policy indicates that we would cover
relocating expenses, but there would be no salary adjustment. However, if
the faculty was also selected as County Director for Greenlee County, they
would get a 10% administrative adjustment.
* Here are the locations for the webcasts from yesterday for the Yavapai
County 4-H candidates: Using Internet Explorer or Netscape:
http://128.196.152.6/archive/ Click on richardson-seminar.rm for Rick
Richardson and click on summers-seminar.rm for Matt Summers. If you are
using Real Player rtsp://128.196.152.6/archive/richardson-seminar.rm and
rtsp://128.196.152.6/archive/summers-seminar.rm
* Pat Clay, Tim Dennehy, and Jeff Silvertooth did a great job presenting at
last week's 58th Annual Meeting of the Arizona Cotton Growers Association.
* Congratulations also to Monica Pastor who received the AZ Cotton Growers
2001 Industry Appreciation Award at their March 7 meeting.
* In preparation for ECAT's launch of their online ordering site this
Spring, and in recognition of the college name change, they are changing
the name of the Publication Distribution Center to "CALSmart." They will
name the e-commerce site "CALSmart Online." This change will be beneficial
to customers and allow more flexibility in marketing the college's sale
publications. Thanks to Robert Casler and Roger Caldwell for these
innovative ideas.
*Eddie Basha gave the Friday kick off presentation on food retailing and
consumers in the 21st Century at the Arizona Association of Family and
Consumer Sciences meeting on March 2. On Saturday, Dr. Tahira Hira,
president-elect for the American Association of Family and Consumer
Sciences spoke. Linda Block, Ralph Price and Sharon Hoelscher Day did
workshops at the conference. Carly Berndt presented the capstone session on
women's health and fitness. The U of A was well represented - Soyeon Shim
received the AzAFCS 2001 University and Colleges Award, Sherry Betts
received the AzAFCS 2001 Research Award, Sharon Hoelscher Day received the
AzAFCS 2001 Leader Award, and Shirley Jo Taylor received the AzAFCS 2001
Hall of Fame Award. Kudos! One of the pre-conferences was on Health Indoor
Air with Extension, health department and secondary teachers - contact
Sharon Hoelscher Day for more information from that workshop. A special
thanks goes to Dr. Shim and the School of Family and Consumer Sciences for
hosting the conference.
* A wonderful celebration of agriculture took place March 3rd in Parker.
Jana Ponce, a current Project CENTRL participant, completed her leadership
project with an amazing event that involved the whole community in a day of
appreciation and celebration of agriculture. The project was 9 months in
the making and included over 25 hours of interviews with farm families
that was condensed into a 50 minute video detailing the life and history of
Parker Valley's agricultural families and community. A professional
display titled "A Growing Place: Stories of Agriculture in the Parker
Valley"was unveiled and will be available for use around the county and
state. The actual event brought in a wide array of old and new farm
equipment, photos, news clippings, and a variety of current farm products.
Over 300 attendees from as far away as Oregon enjoyed a great pit BBQ
prepared by local farm families. Support for the project included the
Arizona Humanities Council, Salt River Project, Arizona Public Service and
many local business donors. The Rovey family was instrumental in
developing the video and bringing in some of the old farm equipment from
Glendale. This was also the first University of Arizona Alumni event in La
Paz County and had great participation by the College and Project CENTRL.
Many thanks to Jana Ponce, Albert Rovey, Janice Shelton, Woodie & Janet
Winans, Rosario Hurtado, and a large group of volunteers who assisted with
the project and made it a very successful grass roots community effort. For
more information about the display or video, contact Janice Shelton at
520-669-9843.
* Arizona Beef Cattle: From Conception to Consumer workshop was held on
March 7-8 at the Campbell Avenue Center Meat Science Laboratory. Thanks and
a job well done to Dean Fish, Rob Grumbles, Dick Rice, Peder Cuneo, Mark
Enns, Russ Tronstad, Jim Sprinkle, John Marchello, and Bas Aja (Arizona
Cattle Feeders Assoc.), Carlos Jury (Ft. Dodge Animal Health), Ben
Hardcastle (Elanco Animal Health), and Sandy Eastlake (Arizona Beef Council).