FOCUS ON FACULTY:
At the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Cactus & Pine Arizona GCSA, Kai Umeda received the Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award. They stated they could not do our job as well as we do, without the dedicated assistance that Kai is always offering us. >From our educational seminars to speakers to producing our brand new desk calendar for our Associations reference use. He is truly worth his weight in gold. Congratulations, Kai!
Please extend a welcome to Cynthia Warzecha , the new Area Assistant Agent, Natural Resources & Agriculture, in Coconino County (and also serving Yavapai County). Her first day on the job was yesterday.
Congratulations to Lance Baumgard who will be receiving the American Dairy Science Association Young Scientist Award this summer at their annual meeting in San Antonio.
FOCUS ON STAFF:
Id like to officially welcome Danielle Charbonneau , Accounting Specialist, to our administrative team. Danielle joined our office on March 19 as the new person funded by and supporting county accounting services.
WEBCASTING PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE:
- The Web casting presentation for the final candidate presentation ( Bill Brandau ) for the Area Assistant/Associate Agent, Agriculture, Graham County, titled Developing an Extension Education Program That Will Help Cultivate a Wise Stewardship for Water and Land Resources for Producers and Consumers (presented last Wednesday, April 18) is available for viewing at http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/webcasts.html
- The Web casting presentations for the Assistant/Associate Agent, Urban Horticulture, Yuma County ( Scott Brenkert & Ronald U. Berens, Jr .) titled Planning and Implementing an Extension Urban Horticulture Program for Yuma County (presented last Thursday, April 19) are available for viewing at http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/webcasts.html.
To view the Web casts, you must use Internet Explorer (NOT Netscape) and have Windows Media Player installed on your computer. For more information or questions, contact Glenda Thompson (520.621.3621).
NEW PUBLICATIONS:
- A new CALS publication has been posted: Identifying High Quality Youth Programs (a series of fact sheets) by Lynne Borden .
UPCOMING EVENTS & DEADLINES:
- A lecture and Web cast by Dr. Merle Jensen and Ing. Jose Chen-Lopez will take place at the Controlled Environment Agriculture Building (CEAC, 1951 E. Roger Rd, Tucson) on Friday, April 27 at 3:30 p.m. CEAC, in combination with hydroponics, allows complete control over the growing/root environment. The seminar discusses how such control enables a crop manager to literally steer a tomato crop toward record yields and high fruit quality. Web cast at http://vas.calsvideo.arizona.edu/ceac.html. For more information, contact Dr. Gene Giacomelli or Glenn McCreedy (520.626.9566).
- The 16th Annual Desert Horticulture Conference will be held on May 18 at the Tucson Convention Center. The conference presents information for green industry professionals and will focus on distributing timely, research-based information relevant to urban landscapes in the arid Southwest. Program and registration information can be found at http://ag.arizona.edu/deserthort/.
- Members of the Healthy Lifestyles Work Group invite anyone interested in increasing your knowledge of issues surrounding wellness to attend a training session on Wednesday, May 23 at the Pima County Cooperative Extension office from 11:30-3:00. If you are interested in joining the Healthy Lifestyles Work Group, planning begins at 8:30 a.m. that same day. Contact Joyce Alves (928.337.2267) or Sharon Hoelscher Day (602-470-8086 x332) for more details.
- The Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC) of the University of Arizona, in conjunction with Cooperative Extensions WaterSmart Program, is offering a free workshop on May 30 from 9:00-11:00am. Topics to be discussed are fan and ventilation methods, wet walls and cooling pads, fog and mist systems, and operation and control methods for conserving water. Location: CEAC, 1951 E. Roger Road, Tucson. For further information and to register online, go to: http://ag.arizona.edu/ceac/mayworkshop.htm.