Due to budget cuts, the Cooperative Extension Staff In-Service has not been
held since the fall of 2001. Consequently, the Extension Staff of the Year
Awards for 2002 and 2003 were not awarded. We expect to hold a staff
in-service this fall or spring of 2005 and present the awards for 2002, 2003
and 2004. That means three chances to win! So, get those staff nomination
letters going so we can honor those who have contributed so much to Arizona
Cooperative Extension and deserve to be recognized. For nomination
guidelines
please see the following website:
http://cals.arizona.edu/awards/extstaffawd.html
Annual Conference Update: Thanks to Paul Baker and Patty Merk for agreeing
to co-chair the 2004 CALS Annual Conference. Tentative dates being
considered are: August 24 thru 26th and August 31st to Sept. 2nd at a Tucson
resort similar to our last Annual Conference. If you have serious concerns
and/or conflicts with either set of dates, please email Sandra Saad, asap
( ssaad@ag.arizona.edu. )The Annual Conference committee is being formed at
this time. Theme, workshops, and suggested speakers may be submitted to
either Paul (pbaker@ag.arizona.edu) or Patty (pmerk@ag.arizona.edu).
Congratulations to Kevin Fitzsimmons (SWES) who becomes President, of the
World Aquaculture Society at Honolulu meeting next week. The conference will
be attended by over 4,000 people from 50 counties.
Reminder that proposals for Program Enhancement Awards are due March 1.
Funding is available from March 15, 2004 - June 30, 2005. Guidelines may be
found at: http://cals.arizona.edu/internal/programs/peace99.html userid coa
and password ua are required.
Chairwoman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe Kathy Kitcheyan and councilman
Terry Rambler attended meetings of the Northern Tribes Initiative (NTI)last
week. The NTI is sponsored by UA's Rogers College of Law Indigenous Peoples
Law and Policy Program. The program investigates ways of enhancing tribal
ties to UA while also reinforcing tribal soverignty. Joe Hiller made a
guest presentation on historical and current CALS/ACE programs on San Carlos
as well as those with other tribes and nations in Arizona. He has been
invited to become a formal member of the NTI efforts.
CORRECTION - Gabriel Leake helped Sharon Megdal put together an Arizona
water map that will be helpful for those that are interested. Please see the
following website:
http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/employee/watermap.ver1.pdf
UPCOMING EVENTS:
March 4 - Graham County Farmer's Day at Graham County Cooperative Extension
Office, 2100 S. Bowie Avenue, Solomon, AZ. 8:30am-12:30pm. Lunch provided.
For more information contact Randy Norton (rnorton@ag.arizona.edu or
928-428-2611).
March 15, 22 & 29 - Equine Nutritional Management Educational Series for
Horse Owners workshop will be held in the evenings at 6:00pm, 840 Rodeo Dr.
in Prescott. Registration fees are $25 for the three sessions and include
the cost of one forage analysis. For more information contact Dr. Mark Arns
(marns@ag.arizona.edu or 520-626-9538 or
http://animal.CALS.arizona.edu/equine).