The National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) held its Annual Meeting/Professional Improvement
Conference (AM/PIC) in Buffalo, New York during the month of July. Awardees included (for the State of Arizona) the Distinguished
Service Award, Stephen H. Husman (UA Campus Agricultural Center); Achievement Award, R. Dean Fish (Santa Cruz County); National
Finalist, Robert E. Call (Cochise County), Public Relations in Daily Efforts; Regional Finalist, Christopher Jones (Gila County),
Video; Professional Improvement Council Winners, Eric J. Norton (La Paz County), Evaluation of Cotton Plant Population Effects
on Yield and Fiber Quality in Low Desert Cotton Production; E. Randall Norton (Graham County/Safford Ag. Center), Evaluation of
Variable Rate Fertilizer Applications in an Arizona Cotton Production System.
Congratulations to Steve Campbell, extension agent and county director for Navajo County, in being invited to the President's
Council on Environmental Quality conference on "cooperative conservation". Steve has been instrumental in getting local, federal
and state agencies, along with community members, to work together to build a collaborative process for forest health and management.
The Arizona Association of Extension 4-H Agents began a tradition at Annual Faculty Conference this year with the presentation
of the Award of the Grey Clover honoring the 4-H professional with the most years of service to the 4-H Youth Development
Program. It is not a retirement award, but is to recognize the professional who has the most experience/years of service.
The award is a grey clover held in children?s hands mounted on a mahogany base for engraving. The award was back-dated to
2002, the Centennial year for 4-H work and Marifloyd Hamil of Maricopa County was the first to have her name engraved.
Marifloyd retired in 2003 with 37 years of youth development work. The current Grey Clover is Julie Adamcin of Pima County
who is in her 35th year of 4-H Youth Development work. Congratulations.
In about 8 weeks, the CALS Staff In-Service 2005 will take place at the Sheraton Hotel in Tucson (November 9-10). During the
Extension Staff Awards Luncheon on November 10, the 2005 Outstanding Staff in Cooperative Extension Award will be presented.
As first announced in the August 16 edition of Tuesday Morning Notes, the deadline to submit nominations is Monday, September
19 (just under a week away). Nominations are coming in, but there is still time to send in more. We have terrific staff in
this state and we need to honor them. As a faculty member, CED or staff person in your unit, meet with others and nominate
someone you know is deserving of this award. Please read through the nomination criteria available at
http://cals.arizona.edu/awards/extstaffawd.html. Submit your nominations to Steven Crofts, University of Arizona Cooperative
Extension, PO Box 210036, Tucson, AZ, 85721. If you have any questions, contact Steve (520-621-7145 ).
The University of Arizona 2005 MAC Field Day will be held this year on Wednesday October 5, 2005 at the Maricopa Agricultural
Center. As in past years, we are again sending out a call for posters for our poster session. The poster session is a unique
opportunity for faculty and companies to showcase their programs, projects and products. This year, the session will take
place under the covered parking area on the north side of the building. Tables (3x8) will be available as well as poster
boards (4x8). Electricity is available for those who need it but there will not be any internet service available. Please
fill out the form found at http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/counties/all/meetings/MACfieldday05/cottonfieldday05.html by
September 30, 2005. If you have any questions, contact Ed Martin (520-568-2273).
A Livestock Health and Animal Identification for Arizona Producers & Others will be held Tuesday, September 20 from 6:00- 9:30 pm
at the Kane County Administrative Services Bldg (the old Kanab Clinic, 180 W. 300 N., Kanab, Utah). A second event will take
place Wednesday, September 21 from 8:30-12:30 am at the Bureau of Land Management, meeting room 345 (E. Riverside Drive, St.
George, Utah). It is sponsored by the Arizona Livestock Incidence Response Team (A.L.I.R.T.), Arizona Department of
Agriculture, The University of Arizona, Utah State University, and the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association. For questions,
contact Rob Grumbles (928-753-3788).
A workshop titled Invasive Weed Strategies and Threats for NW Arizona and Southern Utah will take place Wednesday, October 5 at
the AZ Strip Bureau of Land Management, meeting room 345 (E. Riverside Dr., St. George, UT). Seating is limited, first-come,
first-served. For your reservation, please contact Rob Grumbles (928-753-3788).
A field tour and seminar will be held at the Maricopa Agricultural Center on Thursday, September 22 from 8:00-11:30 am. Field tour
and discussion will focus on late season lygus management and cotton defoliation. Dr. Peter Ellsworth and Pat Clay will be
conducting the tour. For more information, please contact the Maricopa Ag Center at 520-568-2273.
The University of Arizona's Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) is accepting proposals for research grants under the Water
Resources Research Act, Section 104B. The WRRC usually funds three to five small grants of about $10,000 to $12,000 and are
funded for 12 months. The start date for funded projects is March 1, 2006. Guidelines are available on the WRRC web
site: http://ag.arizona.edu/azwater/. The deadline for submittal of complete proposals is 5:00pm, Monday, November 14, 2005.
For questions contact Terry Sprouse (520-792-9591 x13, ).