TUESDAY MORNING NOTES - JULY 22, 2014

[Jeff Silvertooth]

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Tuesday Morning Notes 

July 22, 2014

 

 

FROM THE DIRECTOR - The Cooperative Extension Centennial Event at V-V Ranch:

 

The Smith-Lever Act was introduced by Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia and
Representative A.F. Lever of South Carolina and signed into law on 8 May
1914 by President Woodrow Wilson.  This created a federal law that provided
distinct funding for the development of an Extension system in every state
with each of the land-grant universities founded by the Morrill Act of 1862.
This Extension system consisted of offices in every county in the state
managed cooperatively between the university and local county governments
and with faculty and staff on the university campus as well.  The
cooperative arrangement of funding from federal, state, and county
governments gave rise to the term "Cooperative Extension" (CE) that is
common today.

 

We are conducting four regional events across Arizona in 2014 to celebrate
this Centennial for CE and on 24 July we are conducting the third event at
the V Bar V (V-V) Ranch in Yavapai County.  You can view a copy of the
program on the Centennial website
<https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/events/nort
hern-centennial-agenda.pdf> .

 

Our first Centennial event was held in Yuma on 27 February in conjunction
with the SW Ag Summit and the second was on 8 May in Tucson.  The final CE
Centennial event for Arizona will be on 4 October at the Phoenix Zoo
<https://extension.arizona.edu/celebrating-past-envisioning-future-centennia
l-event> .

 

The Centennial event this week on 24 July at the V-V represents the hard
work and collective efforts from six counties in northern Arizona:  Mohave,
Coconino, Yavapai, Gila, Apache, and Navajo.  Collectively, this includes 9
CE units, one agricultural center, and 6 Federally Recognized Tribal
Extension offices.  Thus, this event will highlight many of the programs
going on in CE and the programs that are unique to this region.  This also
provides the opportunity to demonstrate the close integration that we have
among our programs with our CE units.  

 

FOCUS ON PROGRAMS:

 

WRRC Releases 2014 Arroyo:  What is the Value of Water in Arizona? - The UA
Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) released its newly redesigned 2014
Arroyo last week on a vital topic in Arizona:  What is the Value of Water?
This year's Arroyo - a free, 16-page annual publication devoted to a single
water topic of timely interest in Arizona - is a wide-ranging review of the
surprisingly complex subject of water's value, beyond its price.  Download
the free PDF version at the here
<https://wrrc.arizona.edu/sites/wrrc.arizona.edu/files/Arroyo-7-14-2014-New-
Front-Page-WP.pdf> .

 

New Food Science Curriculum for 4-H - Thanks to efforts of Gayle Alleman
here at the UA, a new Food Science curriculum is now available for sale on
the 4-H Mall <http://www.4-hmall.org/Category/food-science.aspx> .  What's
on Your Plate? Exploring Food Science is a comprehensive curriculum package
with hands-on experiments in a "kitchen laboratory" setting.  Learners
explore chemistry, biology, and math to discover the science behind food;
investigate why and how things happen in baked goods, eggs, fruit,
vegetables, cheese, candy, and beverages; and conduct food experiments and
new product development, collect and analyze data, apply sensory science
(tasting), and investigate career opportunities using a Youth Science
Journal.  There are four units, each with an activity for beginner,
intermediate and advanced learners.  Short tutorial videos, glossaries,
podcasts, and links are provided at the 4-H website for further exploration.
The new food science curriculum includes 12 fun, hands-on food science
experiments, most of which can be done without a kitchen.  Gayle provided
project leadership, but it was created and pilot-tested by her colleague at
Washington State University over the past two years.  We plan to incorporate
this in our 4-H project selection guide next year.  Congratulations to Gayle
and the rest of the team for working on developing these new materials.

 

CALS EMAIL UPDATE:

 

Ten days ago CALS Communications & Technologies (CCT) launched an online
survey asking for feedback regarding AG/CALS email accounts.  Since then,
more than 175 Cooperative Extension employees, volunteers, and retirees with
AG/CALS email accounts have completed the CALS Email Upgrade Survey.  That's
a huge success and CCT thanks you for taking the time to fill it out.  Doing
so will ensure mail delivery to your AG/CALS email account after the server
upgrade. 

 

If you haven't had time to complete the survey, please do so in the near
future. To complete the survey, you'll need to use the link that was emailed
to your AG/CALS email account.  The last email was sent Friday, July 18 at
5:00pm.  If you did not receive it, check your "Junk" folder.  The subject
says, "Reminder:  CALS Email Upgrade Survey". 

 

CCT will continue to send reminders on Friday afternoons.  If you did not
receive the survey and you have an AG/CALS email account, contact the CCT
Networking Lab (lab at cals.arizona.edu) or wait until this Friday when another
reminder is sent. 

 

UPDATED DIRECTORY AVAILABLE:

 

The latest edition (July 2014) of the downloadable Extension directory is
now available on our People Search web site
<http://extension.arizona.edu/people-search> .  Just click on the "PDF file
version" link to open up a copy that you can save and print as needed.  Or
use this direct link
<https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/2
0140718Roster.pdf>  for an immediate download.  As always, please report any
changes to Steven Crofts <mailto:scrofts at cals.arizona.edu>  (520.621.7145).


 

MILK MUSTACHE FOR MOO-LAH SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST - IS YOUR 'STACHE WORTH THE
CASH?

 

Dairy plays such an important role in fueling active minds and bodies.  Now,
dairy can also help you earn a college scholarship.  Simply take a picture
of your best milk mustache for the chance to win.  Make sure a dairy product
(milk, cheese, yogurt) is visible along with your mustache.  The contest is
open to legal residents of Arizona who are 17 years of age or older and are
(or will be) enrolled in a post-secondary school (university, college,  or
community college) in the state of Arizona for the 2015 fall term with at
least 12 credit hours.  1st Place - $12,000; 2nd Place - $10,000; 3rd Place
- $8,000; & 36 Football Tickets. Visit the AZ Dairy Council Scholarship
Contest website
<http://www.dairycouncilofaz.org/community/az-milk-producers-scholarship-rul
es/>  for rules and details.

 

 

 

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 "Director
<http://extension.arizona.edu/state/directors-suggestion-box> 's Suggestion
Box" - all submissions are anonymous.  

 

 

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