CALS Staff In-Service 2004 will be held in Tucson on the UA Campus, November
9-10. As a part of the Extension Staff Awards Banquet (to be held the
evening of November 9), three Extension Staff of the Year awards will be
given for 2002, 2003 and 2004. As you can see we have not met as often as
we should and we want to make up for lost time. Please submit your
recommendations for these awards by September 1 to Jennifer Stapp,
Cooperative Extension, PO Box 210036, Tucson, AZ, 85721.
http://cals.arizona.edu/awards/extstaffawd.html.
My thanks to Monica Pastor and Pam Justice for all their work in partnership
with the Farm Bureau in putting on the “Women in Agriculture” conference
this past week. It was excellent.
Congratulations to Monica Pastor, Extension Agent 4-H Youth Development,
Maricopa County was awarded the National Communicator Award-Educational
Piece by the National Association of 4-H Extension Agents. Monica
coordinated the writing, development, production and the distribution of the
Arizona Specialty Crop lessons. The purpose of the lessons is to promote
knowledge and awareness of Arizona’s specialty crop industry as well as
develop recognition of the Arizona Grown logo. The lessons are currently
being distributed to K-12 classroom teachers through workshops and visits.
For more information on the lesson plans, contact Monica Pastor
(mpastor@ag.arizona.edu, 602-470-8086, ext. 317).
Congratulations to all who help work on the Cooperative Extension website.
Trouve Publishing and The Diet Channel wanted to congratulate Cooperative
Extension for being picked as one of the best on Internet for health
conscious readers in 2004 and for being a part of such a high quality, and
award winning site. Each award winning site received a unique write up on
just why they are deserving of the award, see
http://www.thedietchannel.com/Arizona-Review.htm ;
http://www.thedietchannel.com/award.htm
Congratulations to Jorge Fonseca, Assistant Professor, Vegetable/Postharvest
Specialist,Yuma Ag. Center for receiving a national award for 2004 Young
Scientist Award of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America. He
presented two works entitled, “Effect of Cytokinins on Yield of Iceberg
Lettuce and Parthenolide and Abscisic acid synthesis in feverfew are
connected”which were considered in the award selection process.
Congratulations to Lynne Borden, Associate Specialist FCS and Bill
Peterson, Associate Director 4-H Youth Development who have been appointed
to chair the Governor’s Task Force on Youth Development.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
August 26 - Rangeland Monitoring Workshop will be held at the new Prescott
fairgrounds. For more reservations contact Jeff Schalau at 928-445-6590.
This workshop is the same workshop that will be held in Gila County.
August 27 - Rangeland Monitoring Workshop will be held at the Besh Ba Gowah
Museum conference room from 8-3:30pm. Lunch will be provided by Gila County
Cowbelles, at no charge. This is being sponsored by the Gila County Board of
Supervisors. To reserve your place contact Susan Bolt 928-474-4160 by August
25.
August 28 - V Bar V will host annual Ranch Explorer's Field Day at Mahan
Park, near Happy Jack. The registration deadline is August 14. Cost is $15
for adults and $8 for all students. The price includes lunch and bus
transportation. For more info contact Dave Schafer (dschafer@ag.arizona.edu)
or Debbie Pearson (dpearson@ag.arizona.edu) at 928-646-9113.
August 28 - 4-H Shooting Sports Golf Tournament held at Concho Valley
Country Club, Concho AZ. Registration deadline is August 20. For more
information contact Don Borg at dborg87@wmonline.com , 928-337-2267 or Mike
Hauser 928-337-2267;
October 29 - AGCAT OPEN Homecoming Golf Tournament at El Conquistador Golf
Resort. More information to follow.