Please welcome Melvina Adolf to our Cooperative Extension family. Melvina is
Assistant Area Agent, 4-H Youth Development, Graham County, and also serving
Greenlee County. Melvina's first day was August 22, 2005. Give her a call.
I thought we had an outstanding Annual Faculty Conference last week. Ursula
Schuch and Mike Hauser, the program committee, and all of our office support
staff really made everything go smoothly. And we came in on budget. The
very reasonable room rates really helped out. My thanks to all of you for
your participation. The opportunity to network was likely the most valuable
experience. We will try to replicate and enhance this success next year.
I am pleased to announce that George Frisvold (Ag. and Resource Economics)
and Victor Jimenez (Ag Ventures of MAC) have agreed to co-chair next year's
meeting. If anyone would like to volunteer, give George, Vic, or myself a
call. We will be putting together a committee over the next month.
Russ Tronstad (ARE) received the Extension Faculty of the Year award. We had
to twist his arm to get him there as he was headed to Montana. He would like
to thank everyone that has worked with him to identify, develop, and deliver
Extension Programs in the past. He believes the collective effort of many
individuals helped him receive this recognition. He would also like to thank
everyone for their flexibility with the awards program so that his family was
able to drive north to make all of the activities surrounding his Father's
80th birthday in Montana.
2005 Extension Annual Faculty ConferencePoster Competition Award Winners:
Outreach Category - First Place, The BEST Exercise Program for Osteoporosis
Prevention, Vanessa Stanford, Linda Houtkooper, Sharon Hoelscher Day, Lauve
Metcalfe, Scott Going, Tim Lohman; Second Place, KKONA's Grandparents Mentor
Program, Michele Lytle, Katie Proctor, Beth K. Tucker; Third Place, Climate
Change, Ecosystem Impacts, Forest Management & Extension Education, Chris
Jones, Tom DeGomez, Gregg Garfin, Alix Rogstad, Melanie Lenart, Kathy Jacobs,
Michael Crimmins; Research Category - One Award for First Place, Influence of
Elevation on Bark Beetle Community Structure in Ponderosa Pine Stands of
Northern Arizona, Andrew Miller, Kelly Barton, Joel McMillin, Tom DeGomez,
Karen Clancy, John Anhold.
Barron Orr and Deborah Young have received "special needs" funding from CSREES. The
goal of these funds is to empower at least 5 Arizona communities to map invasive
species and assess wildfire risk with simplified data transfer and data management.
In the longer term, this will result in increased awareness of interaction between
wildfire and invasive species and improved management and mitigation locally.
The webcasting presentation for the Pinal County Assistant/Associate Agent, 4-H
Youth Development was Monday, August 29. The title of the webcast was "Painting
the 4-H PictureAffecting the Lives of Youth and Adults in Pinal County Communities"
and can be viewed at: www.cals.arizona.edu/extension/webcasts.html. Candidates were
Cathy L. Martinez and Jeanea Lambeth. For more information please contact Glenda
Thompson at 621-3621 or tglenda@ag.arizona.edu.
CALSmart will be moving across the street where the farm is located on the west
side of Campbell. Their new address is 4101 N. Campbell Ave. The phone numbers
will stay the same. The move will take place from August 29 through September 6,
so they will be closed on these days. They will reopen on September 7, at their
new location. If you wish to place an order, you may call them at (520) 318-7275
or you may fax your order to (520) 795-8508. They also have a website if you
would like to place your order on-line: http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs. Your orders
will be filled starting on September 8 after the move.
A workshop on livestock health and animal identification for Arizona producers
will be held Tuesday, September 20, 2005, from 6 to 9 pm, supported by the Mohave
County Cooperative Extension. The workshop will be held in Kanab. Speakers include
Rob Grumbles, Peder Cuneo, Bob Kattnig and Al Davis (from the Arizona Department
of Agriculture). For more information, contact Rob at mohavece@ag.arizona.edu.