TUESDAY MORNING NOTES - October 25, 2011

Tue Oct 25 11:13:21 MST 2011

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Tuesday Morning Notes 

October 25, 2011

DIRECTOR'S BLOG:

A reminder that earlier this month I launched a "Director
<http://uacedirectorsblog.wordpress.com/> 's Blog" as a part of our
Extension website.  The link is located on the right side of the Extension
homepage, right below the calendar, in the "Social Media" links section -
just click on  <http://uacedirectorsblog.wordpress.com/> "Read Us!"  Once
there, you can subscribe to this blog by clicking "Follow" on the far right
side of the blog and you will be notified when I post anything new.  You can
also add your own comments.  The UA Extension Director's blog is intended to
share relevant and timely information, news and insights that affect the
broad range of issues related to Cooperative Extension programs.  These
occasional posts provide ready access to "news you can use" and will
hopefully stimulate your own insights and ideas.

FOCUS ON FACULTY:

Last Friday Sharon Hoelscher Day was honored for her nearly 29 years of
outstanding service to the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
(UACE) at a reception and dinner celebration at the Maricopa County
Cooperative Extension office.  Extension administrators, faculty, staff,
family and friends celebrated with Sharon as she prepares to retire on
November 30.  Sharon has been an Area Extension Agent, working in Family,
Consumer and Health Sciences programs and a Regional Specialist with the
Nutritional Sciences Department.  She has provided leadership for several
education programs including Bone Builders, Best Bones Forever, Bodyworks,
Arizona Nutrition Network - SNAP-ED, Walk Across Arizona, Safe Food 2010,
and Master Consumer Advisors.  These programs have had positive impacts that
have improved the lives of many people and improved communities in Maricopa
County, throughout Arizona and beyond.  For more information about these
programs, check out Sharon
<http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/download/Sharon_Day_Flyer.pdf> 's program
flyer (and enter the username of "cals" and the password of "ua").  Thank
you, Sharon, for your significant contributions as a UACE faculty member and
best wishes to you as you move on to new endeavors in your life.  

Congratulations to Everett Rhodes, Director of Project CENTRL, for receiving
the 2011 Outstanding Leadership Program Director honor at the International
Association of Programs of Agricultural Leadership (IAPAL) Conference in
Chicago.  Past honorees from Arkansas, Texas, Illinois, New York, and
Pennsylvania presented this year's honor to Everett at an IAPAL recognition
luncheon held at the Chicago Mid America Club on Thursday, October 20.
Nominations are received by peers with final selections based upon
creativity, leadership, vision, and program quality and integrity.  Everett
is a graduate of Project CENTRL Class III and became Director of Project
CENTRL in 1997.  Over 500 graduates have successfully completed Project
CENTRL's two-year rural leadership program since its inception in 1983. 

FOCUS ON PROGRAMS:

For anyone submitting insect/arthropod samples from clientele for
identification, you should be aware of a new resource of the Arizona Pest
Management Center <http://ag.arizona.edu/apmc/> .  Garrett Hughes is a Ph.D.
student working in Wendy Moore's lab and Insect Museum on the first ever
Extension Assistantship, sponsored by the Arizona Pest Management Center.
He is a limited resource (20 hours/week) but is now a designated contact for
identification of insect/arthropod samples related to pest management
problems of clientele.  He is also working on the development of diagnostic
information and resources that will benefit Extension IPM.  Garrett is now
accepting samples for identification and will focus on a quick turnaround to
inform IPM decision making.  He works with Carl Olson (who will continue to
provide identification services) in the entomological museum.  Counties
should continue to make maximum use of their local identification services,
such as master gardeners, whenever possible.  
Garrett can be reached at ghughes at cals.arizona.edu.

The Master Gardeners of Yavapai, Coconino and Gila Counties held the Arizona
Highlands Garden Conference <http://ag.arizona.edu/yavapai/ahgc/>  in
Prescott October 21-22.  "Backyards and Beyond" was the conference theme.
Ed Martin, Associate Director and Irrigation Specialist, welcomed the 163
attendees and presented on garden irrigation.  Keynote speakers were Whitney
Cranshaw, Colorado State University Extension Entomologist and Linda
Chalker-Scott, Washington State University Extension Horticulture
Specialist.  Ursula Schuch, UA Extension Horticulture Specialist, also
presented at the conference.  Many other speakers, vendors and sponsors
collaborated with Master Gardeners to make this a successful conference.
Next year, the Arizona Highlands Garden Conference rotates to Coconino
County.

eXtension VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: 

If you missed the eXtension Virtual Conference sessions held October 17-19,
you can view the recordings at http://www.extension.org/learn.  Look under
"Recent Sessions" that start with NeVC.  

TECH TIP OF THE WEEK:

Most of us are familiar with using Google to do every day searches -
researching a consumer electronics purchase, looking up a restaurant, etc.
However, another cool use is to find out quick answers to specific
questions.  For example, if you wanted to know what 5*9+(sqrt 10)^3 is, just
type it in and Google will solve it using its calculator function (the
answer is 76.6227766).  If you want to know current stock information, just
enter the ticker symbol (AAPL is still doing very well).  Can't remember how
many inches are in a meter?  Just type in '1 m in inches' to get 39.3700787.
For

many more search tips from Google, go to their Search Features page
<http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html> .

2011-2012 FACULTY SEED & COMMUNITY CONNECTION GRANTS:

The University of Arizona Foundation and the Office of the Senior Vice
President for Research have  announced the availability of the 2011-2012
Faculty Seed Grants and Community Connection Grants Programs.  Faculty Seed
Grants <http://research.arizona.edu/fsg/>  consist of awards of up to
$10,000 for projects involving research or other creative scholarly
activity.  Community Connection Grants <http://research.arizona.edu/ccg/>
consist of awards up to $10,000 for exemplary, innovative projects that
connect the University to the community.  For more information about both
programs, instructions, workshops (to aid applicants with the process) and
registration, and online application forms, go to the Vice President for
Research Resource web site <http://www.vpr.arizona.edu/>  or contact Connie
Garcia <mailto:csgarcia at vpr.arizona.edu>  (520.621.3512).  Proposals must be
submitted by 5:00pm, Friday, January 6, 2012. 

REVISED PUBLICATIONS:

Leaf Sampling Guide with Interpretation and Evaluation for Arizona Pecan
Orchards <http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/diseases/az1410.pdf>  by James
L.Walworth, Andrew P. Pond and Michael W. Kilby

Salinity Management and Soil Amendments for Southwestern Pecan Orchards
<http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/diseases/az1411.pdf>  and Soil Sampling and
Analysis <http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/crops/az1412.pdf>  by James Walworth

Kirk A. Astroth
Interim Associate Dean and Director
Arizona Cooperative Extension
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
PO Box 210036
Tucson, AZ  85721-0036
520.621.7205
520.621.1314 (fax)

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