Tuesday Morning Notes

December 9, 2003



The College of Agriculture and Life Science shirts have come in and are being disbursed. Thank you to everyone that ordered-we sold 150 shirts-and thank you to Jennifer Stapp for organizing this endeavor. We do have one extra, woman's large, denim short sleeve shirt for sale for $21.80. If interested, please contact Jennifer Stapp (520-621-7205 or jenstapp@ag.arizona.edu).

Monday, December 15 and Tuesday, December 16, 2003 candidates will be on campus to interview and deliver a webcast presentation for the position of Assistant/Associate Agent, 4-H Youth Development, Yuma County Cooperative Extension. Monday's webcast presenters are: Reta Yanick at 8:45-9:30 a.m. and Carolyn Ashton at 10:15-11:00 a.m. Tuesday's webcast presenter is Amy Parrott at 8:45-9:30 a.m. The title of the webcast is "A View of Yuma County 4-H Youth Development in the Year 2010". View their presentations at: http://vas.calsvideo.arizona.edu/live.html.

Join us for the 16th Annual Southwest Indian Agricultural Association (SWIAA) Annual Conference being held January 27-29, 2004 in Laughlin, Nevada. A diverse program is planned that includes topics and speakers from the national, regional, and local levels. A variety of information will be presented that should send you home with something to think and talk about. Click on http://www.ag.arizona.edu/extension/nativeamerican/swiaa.pdf for agenda and registration information. If you have any questions, contact Joe Hiller (621-7621).

UPCOMING DATES:

December 16-17 - AZ Cooperative Extension Water Resources Conference will be held at Tucson Marriott, University Park. The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum to focus our efforts on water-related programs in Arizona Cooperative Extension leading to more coordinated water education programs for the general public, youth and decision makers. If you have a water-related program, you are encouraged to bring educational materials to share. For more information, contact Kitt Farrell-Poe (kittfp@ag.arizona.edu).

January 15, 2004 - Yuma County Cooperative Extension will be having a Preseason Cotton Workshop, details to follow. For more information, contact Mohammed Zerkoune (zerkoune@ag.arizona.edu or 928-726-3904)

January 21, 2004 - one-day workshop on the impact of the drought for growers in central Arizona, Holiday Inn, Casa Grande. The workshop will include presentations from SRP, CAWCD, and local irrigation district managers.For more information, go to http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/counties/all/meetings/2004/drought012104.html.





James A. Christenson, Ph.D.
(jimc@cals.arizona.edu)
Associate Dean and Director
Arizona Cooperative Extension
Forbes, Room 301
Tucson, Arizona 85721
520/621-7205
520/621-1314 FAX