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Remembering Judy Koesel
Judy Koesel was a friend to and inspiration for Spokane County 4-H youth and adults. She served on the Deer Park Fair Association Board for many years and was the current Secretary/Treasurer of the fair at Clayton. Judy served as the Superintendent of Clothing/Sewing at the Deer Park and Clayton Fair for many years and also worked in that same department at the Spokane County Interstate Fair. Judy was named a Spokane County Outstanding 4-H Volunteer in 1995, and was honored as the Washington State 4-H Volunteer of the Year in 2002. Through her many years of volunteer work Judy Koesel positively affected thousands of youth and adults in Spokane County, serving as a true model of how to make the best better. She will live in our memories leaving many happy thoughts and good times.
Cards of sympathy regarding Judy's death may be sent to Dean Koesel (Judy's brother) and their family at 32925 N Findley Road - Deer Park WA 99006. Tentative funeral plans are Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 11:00 AM, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 3720 E Colbert Road - Colbert WA 99005, 509-466-4991.
Stevens County 4-H Sensational Saturday Program
--Jeanette Cornwall
Mark your calendars now for the Stevens County 4-H Sensational Saturday Program February 9, 2008 from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm at Community Colleges of Spokane, Colville Campus Over 40 workshop offerings and complimentary lunch will be provided. More information is coming!
Cougar Youth Weekend
--Illene Stolz and Jillian Marcy
WSU Dairy Club Announcing—Cougar Youth Weekend, April 18-20, 2008 (Friday-Sunday); a weekend for youth 10-18 years of age with an interest in aspects of the dairy industry and showing.
Showmanship instruction will be emphasized, with workshops offered for fitting, showing and handling of dairy heifers. Each individual will be given the opportunity to work with a heifer, have hands-on practice during the workshops, and on the last day, demonstrate what he or she has learned during the showmanship contest. Youth can also enroll in the Dairy Cattle Judging workshop, which will concentrate on visual appraisal and oral reasons.
Seminars in nutrition, reproduction, breeding, udder health, and dairy products will also be offered.
or more information on Cougar Youth Weekend, contact the Cougar Youth Weekend secretaries, Illene Stolz or Jillian Marcy at wsudairyclub@gmail.com.
How Would You Power Your Future?
Students' answers to that question could win them and your school thousands of dollars in rewards in a competition called Imagine Tomorrow. Exclusively for high school students, the competition debuts May 9-11, 2008. This competition will demonstrate to our future leaders the importance of civic engagement, while underscoring the intrinsic power of their own ideas and actions.
Under the advisement of a school mentor, student teams will present their best ideas to address the world's growing energy problems. Whether their strongest subjects are science, social studies, business, engineering, or the arts, there is a challenge category for them. Students may choose to tackle the challenges from one aspect, or bring together a range of ideas to offer their solution in a multi-disciplinary format. The range of solutions is limited only by their imaginations.
Student teams and their advisor will travel to the Washington State University campus in Pullman where they'll be fully hosted and given the opportunity to tour research labs. They will present their project before a panel of judges that includes top University faculty, as well as business and opinion leaders from throughout the state. Students and advisors will join the distinguished judges and fellow competitors at a spectacular awards banquet. Highlighting the evening will be a keynote speech from a man named one of Time magazine's "Heroes of the Planet:" Mr. Denis Hayes, board chair of the International Earth Day Network, President of the Bullitt Foundation, and former director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Take the next step. Imagine Tomorrow. We have made a flier available to download from the website.
4-H Night with Trailblazers
--Sara Miller, Oregon State University 4-H Youth Development
There are a limited number of tickets available for 4-H groups wanting to get tickets for the February 24, 2008 Portland Trailblazers verses Boston Celtics game. Tickets have been moved in all price levels. You can no longer purchase tickets by mail or phone, only online at http://tickets.trailblazers.com/deals, password is 4HNIGHT.
We will be on the lookout for the best and most spirited combination of 4-H and Blazer wear at the game. I didn't think about team colors when scheduling the Trailblazer night, just about making sure it was a great game. We are playing the Boston Celtics whose colors are green and white and have a three leaf clover as one of their symbols, oops! Let's do our best to show our support for 4-H and the Portland Trailblazers.
MetLife Foundation Afterschool Training Grant Award Winner
--Pat BoyEs
Congratulations, 2008 MetLife Foundation Afterschool Training Grant Award Winners!
National 4-H Council and MetLife Foundation are pleased to announce that the applications submitted by the following 4-H Programs have been selected to receive a 4-H Afterschool Training grant. Congratulations are extended to:
- Colorado
- Delaware/Maryland
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Missouri
- North Dakota/South Dakota
- Oregon
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Heartiest Congratulations to our Washington State team! If you'd like additional information please contact Janet Edwards.
Washington Swine Information Day
--Sarah M. Smith, WSU Grant/Adams Extension, Area Extension Agent – Animal Science
The Washington Pork Producers (WPP), National Pork Board (NPB), and Washington State University Extension have organized the 2008 Swine Information Day for February 8, 2008 at the Red Lion Hotel in Pasco, WA from 8:45 AM until 5:15 PM. This educational session is designed for progressive pork producers and stakeholders and will address critical and emerging swine production issues in the Pacific Northwest. Swine producers of all sizes; 4-H/FFA youth producers; agency representatives; agriculture educators; and fair/show representatives are invited to participate. National, state and local speakers will address the following topics: WSU Animal Science and Swine Center update; porcine cirovirus (PCV) and vaccination; reducing and eliminating the use of antibiotics; USDA Livestock Risk Protection Program; and swine reproduction and artificial insemination basics. In addition, individuals in attendance will be trained and certified in the National Pork Board's Pork Quality Assurance Plus program. Registration fee of $35 includes seminar, WPP membership, break, lunch, and PQA Plus certification. Special room rates, $79.95, for the seminar are available by contacting the Red Lion, 509-547-0701, prior to January 18th. Additional funding for this event was made available by Pork Checkoff funding. For complete agenda and registration information visit, www.animalag.wsu.edu or contact the WSU Extension Office—Grant/Adams, Sarah M. Smith, at 509-754-2011, Ext. 413 or by email at smithsm@wsu.edu.
Cooperating agencies: Washington State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Grant and Adams Counties. Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local Extension office.
Online Registration for CYFAR 2008
Take advantage of this advance notice and register for the annual CSREES/USDA CYFAR 2008 Conference, May 7-9, 2008. Pre-register for the Pre-conference, May 6 and/or the 4-H Military Partnerships Post-conference, May 9.
On January 28, registration will open to the general public. There is no on-site registration for this conference.
CYFAR 2008 will offer a wide range of high quality workshops, computer labs, program showcases, keynote addresses, research presentations, poster sessions and interacts. Gather your CYFAR colleagues and collaborators, and plan to experience this professional development opportunity in San Antonio, Texas!
CYFAR 2008 will be held at the Hyatt Regency On the Riverwalk, San Antonio. The room rates are single $169; double $179; triple $189; and quad $199 + applicable tax. Information on making hotel reservations at the Hyatt Regency will soon be available on the conference website: http://cyfernet.org/cyfar08/.
To register: http://www.register123.com/event/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x49835226cf
Places to Locate Washington Extension Application Procedures & Resources for Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect
--Pat BoyEs and Jan Hiller
“WSU Extension Child Protection and Child Abuse Prevention Volunteer Application and Procedures” guide is located on the WSU Extension website http://ext.wsu.edu/admin. Navigate down to Child Protection and Volunteer & Staff Screening.
The 23-minute “Mandatory Reporter's Video” that provides guidance for those who are required by state law to report child abuse or neglect is located in several places:
From the Washington State 4-H Homepage http://4h.wsu.edu click on Staff, Resources and Forms, and then Risk Management for the link to the Washington State Department of Social & Health Services website.
Your County Extension Office received a CD of the “Making a CPS Referral— A Guide for Mandatory Reporter's Video” in December 2007. Tiffany Boswell can be contacted for additional or replacement copies.
The direct URL for the Washington State Department of Social & Health Services website: http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/ca/safety/abuseReport.asp. The brochure “Protecting the Abused and Neglected Child” can be viewed/downloaded here also.
New ATV Safety Leader's Guide Available
The revised ATV Safety Leader's Guide has received the “Reviewed and Recommended Seal” and is now available for sale! Revisions include the addition of the following: Optional pre and post evaluation; “Preparing Parents and Other Caregivers” handout; “Tips on Talking with Parents and other Adults” lesson; information on new categories of ATVs intended for operators under 16 years approved by The American National Standards Institute in July 2007; updated CPSC statistics (2005); “Parent Packet” (including tips, sample waivers, etc.); and new graphics.
he revised guide is available for $10.00 and can be purchased at the 4-H Mall: http://www.4-hmall.org/detail.aspx?ID=781107.
Lands' End E-Store link on the Clover Site
For your convenience we have put the Lands' End E-Store information on the clover site or you can shop online at http://ces.landsend.com/wa4h. There is no logo number or WA 4-H account number to remember. Browse the Company E-Store and see all the fine Lands' End goods that are available for our statewide 4-H staff and faculty.
Initial Launch of National 4-H Directory of Materials
One of the priority outcomes of last June's National 4-H Curriculum Summit was a recommendation that we create a National Directory of 4-H Educational Materials.
This directory is a searchable national database directory of 4-H educational materials currently available throughout the Cooperative Extension System. It will include National 4-H curriculum, state curriculum, supplementary materials and guides all created within the land grant university system and intended either for a youth audience or for adults working with youth. This directory will be a tremendous asset to all of us working within 4-H.
I am pleased to announce that the Directory is now online in its initial launch state and can be accessed at www.4-hdirectory.org.
Our goal is to have the full launch on April 1, 2008, which will hopefully include materials from your state or program. The instructions to submit materials to the directory will be sent in two weeks. You may want to surf the site now to learn about the four categories of educational materials which we're using to sort within the directory and see how the database is set up.
Thanks to Nancy Schaff at National 4-H Council for her leadership of the team which worked on this directory- Thanks also to the New York 4-H Program at Cornell for sharing their state directory, which made creation of the national one much easier. I'd also like to recognize the entire team for their efforts to move this along at the incredible rate which allows us to launch already: Jim Kahler, Eddy Mentzer, Bob Ranson, Celeste Carmichael, Madonna Weese, Cheryl Newberry, Javiette Samuel, and Mindy Turner.
Please take a look at the new directory, and get ready to add your materials. If you have questions about the new directory, please contact Nancy Schaff at nschaff@fourhcouncil.edu.
Call for Programs of Distinction Peer Reviewers
National 4-H Headquarters, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA is requesting applications from those individuals interested in peer reviewing Programs of Distinction manuscripts from around the country. This is a volunteer position, and reviewers donate their time for the review of manuscripts and peer reviewer training (conducted on the Web). The Programs of Distinction review team is comprised of 4-H youth development educators and specialists, family and consumer science and human development educators and specialists, and other Extension professionals familiar with the field of youth development.
Benefits to Reviewers include:
- An opportunity to help select outstanding Cooperative Extension youth development programs for inclusion in the National 4-H Headquarters' Programs of Distinction database.
- An opportunity to network with other youth development and FCS professionals from around the country.
- A professional development experience to enhance your evaluation and program development skills.
- A valuable addition to your resume, vitae, or promotion and tenure file.
Peer reviewers should be able to:
- Review and return the manuscripts submitted for Programs of Distinction in a timely manner—within 2 weeks.
- Make recommendations based on how well the submission meets established criteria.
- Provide specific comments that will be returned to the author.
- Serve as a peer reviewer for a minimum of 1 year (maximum of 2 years)
- Participate in a 2-hour web-based training
Application Requirements:
- Applicants must have at least one peer review experience; prior national level experience preferred, e.g., NAE4-HA workshop review.
- Return the completed application as an attachment via e-mail to POD@csrees.usda.gov, with “POD Reviewer Application” as the subject line.
- Ask two people who know your professional work to submit a recommendation letter that speaks to your prior peer review experiences and any expertise you may have in the field of youth development. These contacts need to submit their letters via email to POD@csrees.usda.gov with “POD Reviewer Application—Your Name” as the subject line.
- The application and letters of reference are due by January 18, 2008. We can't accept late applications. Thanks!
If you have questions about the Programs of Distinction process, please send an e-mail to Maria Arnold, Youth Development Program Specialist, at POD@csrees.usda.gov. Thanks for your interest in Programs of Distinction!
American Evaluation Association Call for Proposals
he call for proposals for the 2008 American Evaluation Association Conference November 3-8, 2008 in Denver is now open. You can submit a proposal at: http://www.eval.org/eval2008/.
Just a Reminder!
When you have new Extension staff that will be working in some capacity with 4-H, please let Nancy in the State 4-H Office know. They will be added to mailing lists, added to the 4-H Talk list serve, sent a 4-H Welcome Packet, and be assigned a state 4-H staff person as a point of contact, as appropriate. 4-H News is sent via the 4-H Talk list serve each week. Archived copies of previous weeks “Tuesday 4-H News” are available on the 4-H web site: http://4h.wsu.edu/. Please send submissions by Friday of each week to Tiffany Boswell, State 4-H Office, tiffany_boswell@wsu.edu. Detailed event information and registrations forms can be found on the 4-H web site.