The "Request for Cooperative Extension Fee Waiver Form" for
those families and individuals unable to afford the $10 program fee for Cooperative
Extension programs has been relocated to the following link http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/employee/#policy
(under the "Employee Resources/Policy" section). If you have any questions about
the policy or the form, contact Bill Peterson (bpeters@ag.arizona.edu,
621-7205) or Deborah Young (djyoung@ag.arizona.edu,
621-5308).
Congratulations to Sherry Betts, Donna Peterson, Karen Hoffman-Tepper, Dan McDonald,
Lucinda Richmond, James Roebuck and Mary Marczak (team member from 1996-1999)
for receiving the 2003 Sustained Excellence in Evaluation Award from the American
Evaluation Associations Extension Education Evaluation Topical Interview Group
(EEE-TIG). The award will be presented at the annual EEE-TIG meeting on Thursday,
November 5, 2003 at the annual dinner meeting and award presentation.
Congratulations to the following faculty who have received funding from the
Farm Safety 3(d) program for federal FY03-04: Glenn Wright, Paul Baker, and
Steve Poe - Arizona Farm Safety Day 2004; Jorge Fonseca and Glenn Gigstad -
Farm Safety for New Agricultural Employees (videos in English and Spanish);
Lynne Borden and Marta Elva Stuart - Meeting the Needs of Farm Families in Distress:
Increasing their Health and Safety: Phase 2; and Peder Cuneo - Safe Handling
and Administration of Livestock Health Products.
Please keep me informed (by email or note) of your conversations, feedback or
support from elected officials on the Farm Bureau Initiative.
The fifth annual Marana Cotton Field Day was held October 7, 2003. Presentations
by Steve Husman, Jim Walworth, Bill McCloskey, and Bob Roth informed growers
in topics including conservation tillage, PM-10 issues, twin-line planting,
and insect pest resistance. Congratulations to our Extension cotton team for
an informative program and a thank you to Dan Foster, Farm Manager, for all
his efforts.
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) has funded two new watershed
education programs: Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) and Master
Watershed Steward (MWS). Each is funded for three years. This meeting is to
begin the process of integrating NEMO, MWS, and Project WET to create a comprehensive
approach to watershed education for adult and youth audiences across Arizona.
You are invited to attend a watershed education planning meeting on November
20, 2003, 10am to 2pm at the Ocotillo Room at the Maricopa County Cooperative
Extension office. Please indicate if you are interested in participating by
sending an email to Jeff Schalau (jschalau@ag.arizona.edu)
by November 5, 2003. Each participant will be sent a packet of materials that
will need to be reviewed before the meeting. Lunch will be provided.
REMINDERS:
CALS faculty, staff, and students have less than three weeks left to order clothing
items from the selection of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences apparel.
Deadline is October 31. We are accepting personal checks (made payable to "The
University of Arizona"), credit cards or IDBs (P-Cards are not allowed). Shirt
styles, sizes and colors can be viewed at the following website: http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/clothing.
Please see the order form for logo designs. If you have any questions, contact
Jennifer Stapp (621-7205, jenstapp@ag.arizona.edu).
UPCOMING EVENTS:
October 15 - University of Arizona Cotton Field Day, Maricopa Agricultural Center.
The first tour bus leaves at 9:00 A.M. Also, those interested in participating
in the poster session can reserve a spot at http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/counties/all/meetings/2003/cotttonfieldday03.html.
October 25-26 & November 8-9 - Equine Reproductive Management Schools for horse
owners interested in learning the basic skills necessary to breed horses. For
more information, contact Dr. Mark Arns (marns@ag.arizona.edu
or 520-626-9538).
ECAT is giving a four-week distance (electronic) class on "Using Photoshop 7
to Create Basic Web Images." The class begins on Oct 30, with a final class
project due December 11. Class materials will be distributed through video clips
on a CD and a special website on the University's WebCT system. You must have
a sound card and speakers on your computer to listen to the audio part of the
video clips. This class begins with converting logos and photos for the web,
but includes things such as creating photo collages and buttons and adjusting
colors and lighting in photos. Tutorials were created using Photoshop version
7, but if you have Photoshop version 6, you could take this class as well. A
list of class topics and requirements and a link to the registration form is
at http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/classes/photoshop-class.html.
There is a $20 fee to pay for class materials and the registration deadline
is October 16.
November 1 - Second Annual UA Horse Conference, Campus Agricultural Center,
Tucson. Includes several presentations on equine health care and management,
training methods, equine trade show and lunch. Registration deadline - October
27. For more information or sponsorships, contact Dr. Mark Arns (marns@ag.arizona.edu
or 520-626-9538).
November 2 - UA Ranch Horse Clinic, Campus Agricultural Center, Tucson. Includes
discussion on the development of increased horse control and developing better
cattle handling skills. For more information, contact Dr. Mark Arns (marns@ag.arizona.edu
or 520-626-9538).