My compliments to Mike Proctor who has been working with community development groups throughout Arizona to explore opportunities
for collaboration and funding. We attended the Arizona Bioindustry Breakfast last Tuesday in Phoenix with the featured program
led by Scott Flake of Payson. Mike may be in touch with you about other opportunities.
A special Class XVII Graduation Banquet and Project CENTRL celebration was held on Friday evening, October 14 at the Mesa Marriott.
Mike Hauser, 4-HYD/ANR Agent from Apache County, successfully completed the two-year leadership program and was recognized among
this year's graduating class. Juanita Waits, 4-H YD Agent in Maricopa County, attended her first of many CENTRL seminars this
past week as a member of Class XVIII. Thirty leaders from throughout Arizona are selected among candidates for each CENTRL
class. Applications for Project CENTRL Class XIX will be due on June 1, 2007. Contact Everett Rhodes, CENTRL Director, in
the Pinal County Cooperative Extension office, for more information.
Arizona Family and Consumer Sciences Agents received numerous awards at the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer
Sciences in Philadelphia. The Mind Matters Training Project team of Darcy Dixon, Patty Merk, Marta Stuart, Lynne Durrant, Carol
Willis, Evelyn Markee and Becki Hester were recognized with the following: national award for marketing package and regional
awards for Florence Hall and Early Childhood Childcare Training. Patty Merk received the Continued Excellence award. Juanita
Waits earned a national award for Excellence in 4-H After-school Programming and Tracey Armstrong-Florian earned the regional
Paraprofessional award. Well done!
REMINDER: CALS Administrative Services takes the position that there's no reason for anything less than full disclosure when
we're spending university funds. University policy on reimbursement for meals states that you may be required to show an
itemized receipt to document what has been purchased. Since it is virtually impossible to obtain an itemized receipt from
a restaurant after-the-fact, you need to ask for one at the time of purchase and submit it with your request for reimbursement.
If the restaurant won't or can't provide one, that's something that needs to be documented in the comments section of whatever
form you're submitting, but your expense may still be questioned. Auditors perform "reasonableness tests" on expenses, and with
meal receipts, one of the more common findings is alcohol purchases, which are not allowed on university funds. In addition,
somewhere on your travel or check request forms acronyms must be spelled out. When auditors or someone in accounts payable
looks at each packet, they will not know what the acronym stands for. If you have any questions, contact Glenda Thompson (520-621-3621 ).
Arizona Project WET and the Water Resources Research Center are pleased to announce that Governor Janet Napolitano distributed
“Discover the Waters of Arizona” to all 4th grade students in Arizona the week of October 10-14, 2005. The idea for this booklet
emerged from Kerry Schwartz’s (Director of Arizona Project WET and Area Associate Agent) work with teachers across the state.
She saw the need for a resource that would help people understand how amazingly diverse Arizona is and promote an understanding
of its water resources. Schwartz and the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) approached the Project WET International
office to see if they’d be interested in creating an Arizona-specific student booklet as part of their Kids in Discovery Series.
With initial funding from ADWR and later the Bureau of Reclamation, the collaboration was formed.
Sunday, November 6 is the official start of the walking program in Pima County. The Walk Across Arizona program was developed
here to increase physical activity and increase community spirit. Walking groups utilize social support, an important mediator
in health behavior change. This 16-week program is designed for teams of up to 10 people. The teams have a friendly competition
to see who can get their pals, neighbors, co-workers and family out to build a healthy habit and walk for fitness. The miles
logged by teams will be collected by team captains each week and recorded on the Walk Across Arizona Web-site
at: http://cals.arizona.edu/walkacrossaz, so everyone can see the progress! Last year, 219 teams in Arizona walked 341,857 miles
in the fourth year of the campaign. A registration fee of $10.00 per adult and $5.00 per youth will be collected at the meeting to
recover the cost of program materials and incentives. Scholarships are available. Participants will receive enrollment information
with initial incentives at registration, eight-week promotional gifts, and names from the Wrap-Up forms will be submitted for the
grand prize in March. For more information, contact Linda Block (626-5161).