Tuesday Morning Notes: July 1, 2014

[Jeff Silvertooth]

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Tuesday Morning Notes
July 1, 2014


FCHS CANDIDATE SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT:

On Wednesday, July 16, there will be two 
candidates presenting seminars for the Area 
Assistant Agent – Family, Consumer & Health 
Sciences (Yavapai/Gila Counties) position.  Lynn 
Harris will be presenting from 9:30-11:00am and 
Hope Wilson will be presenting from 3:00-4:30pm, 
both in Marley 230.  Seminar title: My Vision and 
Priorities for Family, Consumer & Health Sciences 
in Yavapai and Gila Counties. Both seminars will 
be webcast and recorded (with the webcast URL sent out later).

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CHALLENGE ISSUED TO TEXAS 4-H – FROM KIRK

In the spirit of friendly competition, I have 
challenged Texas 4-H to a contest to see who can 
get more groups registered to participate in the 
2014 National Youth Science Day Experiment which 
we designed. So, I have thrown down the gauntlet, 
and Chris Boleman, Texas 4-H program leader, has 
picked it up. If we can get more 4-H and other 
groups in Arizona to register their events and 
participate in the National Youth Science Day 
experiment by October 31, 2014, they will donate 
some juicy Texas steaks to us. If they prevail, 
we owe them some tamales, salsa and prickly pear jelly.

Let the contest begin!  Encourage your 4-H groups 
and any others to go on line and register their 
plans now to participate in the 
experiment.  Let’s show Texas they might be big, 
but Arizona is bigger!  The challenge ends at the end of October.

Start recruiting now!  We’ll celebrate with a 
steak fry at the James 4-H Camp next spring!
<http://www.4-h.org/4-h-national-youth-science-day/>http://www.4-h.org/4-h-national-youth-science-day/

TWO 4-H YOUTH SELECTED TO GOVERNOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION

Congratulations to 4-H members McKenzie Braley, 
Graham County, and Markanna Moore, Yavapai 
County, who were recently selected for the 
Arizona Governor’s Youth Commission (GYC) 
program. The GYC was looking for approximately 7 
youth throughout Arizona who are going to be in 
their sophomore or junior year of high school to fill openings.

The purpose of the Governor’s Youth Commission 
(GYC) is to address issues that affect youth in 
Arizona which may result in making 
recommendations to the Governor’s Office for 
Children, Youth and Families.  Their 
responsibilities have expanded from year to year 
focusing on such areas as volunteerism, 
service-learning, leadership, and civic 
engagement.  The GYC is a diverse and 
representative body of Arizona’s high school 
population, and is composed of members from 
different parts of the state.  Each year, members 
work together on projects that impact youth across Arizona.

McKenzie is currently participating in The Teen 
Council Program with the Graham County 4-H and 
attended JOLT at the beginning of June to help 
her in future leadership programs. She is 
starting her sophomore year of high school and is 
looking forward to the opportunity this will give 
her to help out in her community. McKenzie’s 
involvement in the Graham County 4-H program is 
what has opened this door of opportunity for her 
now and will continue to do so for many years to come.

Markanna has been in 4-H for five years; she is 
currently a member of the Prescott Shamrock 
Hustlers 4-H club, and participates in the beef, 
shooting sports, horse, and leadership projects. 
She will be a junior in high school next year at 
Arizona Connections Academy, and maintains a 4.17 
GPA. She shows cattle in the Southern Arizona 
International Livestock Association, and is 
currently the vice president of her school’s 
National Honor Society chapter. She hopes that 
she will be able to bring any leadership skills 
she gains back to her club, and that the GYC will 
help her offer new service opportunities to the 4-Hers of Yavapai County.

EXTENSION IN THE MEDIA:

The National Agricultural and Rural Development 
Policy Center (NARDeP) published a policy brief 
last week from UA Water Resources Research Center 
(WRRC) Director Sharon B. Megdal.  “Facing an 
Uncertain Colorado River Basin Future” addresses 
in detail how the Colorado River is regionally 
allocated, and discusses how agriculture and 
municipalities can work together to close gaps 
between water supply and demand predicted in the 
2012 Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand 
Study.  Dr. Megdal’s policy brief poses a number 
of questions to assist Basin communities in 
planning their water futures, and calls for each 
community to examine its water management, 
infrastructure financing mechanisms, new water 
demands, interagency cooperation and stakeholder 
engagement.  For a full version of the policy 
brief, go to the 
<https://wrrc.arizona.edu/publications/other/facing-uncertain-colorado-river-basin-future>WRRC 
website.

The June 2014 issue of the 
<http://www.joe.org/journal-current-issue.php>Journal 
of Extension is now available online and features 
two articles  written by several of our faculty 
and staff - 
<http://www.joe.org/joe/2014june/rb3.php>U.S. 
Dietary and Physical Activity Guideline Knowledge 
and Corresponding Behaviors Among 4th and 5th 
Grade Students: A Multi-Site Pilot Study
(Traci Armstrong-Florian, Vanessa Farrell, Cathy 
Martinez, Scottie Misner, and Evelyn Whitmer, as 
well as several UA faculty and staff) and 
<http://www.joe.org/joe/2014june/a1.php>Forestry 
Professionals and Extension Educators vs. Climate 
Change: Implications for Cooperative Extension 
Programming  (Chris Jones & Melanie Lenart).


Jeffrey C. Silvertooth
Associate Dean & Director, Extension & Economic Development
Associate Director, Arizona Experiment Station
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
PO Box 210036
Tucson, AZ  85721-0036
520.621.7205
520.621.1314 (fax)

To submit tips, suggestions, ideas for changes 
and anything that could help us be more 
effective, use the 
“<http://extension.arizona.edu/state/directors-suggestion-box>Director’s 
Suggestion Box” – all submissions are anonymous.
   
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