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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TMN submittal: <a href="http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/tuesday/form/submittal_form.html">http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/tuesday/form/submittal_form.html</a><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tuesday Morning Notes <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>July 23,</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 2013<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FROM THE DIRECTOR:<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Planning strategically for any organization is valuable, particularly when dealing with limited resources or funding. Beyond the process of strategic planning, it is essential that plans are put into action to make the process worthwhile. I am fully committed to the application of relevant results from strategic planning and I’m not a fan for engaging in this process for sport. I also believe that the evidence for implementation of strategic planning is in the direction of resources and funds for program development and support. CALS Cooperative Extension will apply the results of our strategic planning efforts with community stakeholders that are being conducted this summer by CEDs, as well as our efforts over the past two years, and will direct resources in relation to strategically critical priority positions in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Critical priority areas or programs will be the recipients of resources and positions, as available, for future development in relation to the identified criteria that have been developed. A very important element of any proposals that are considered for development in Cooperative Extension should be a clear demonstration of integrated programming, since integrated programs are a key element of our strategic plan for CES. By integration in this case I’m referring to the vertical integration of programs that involve departments/schools based on campus, county offices and programs, and our centers. For example, any position that may be proposed for being based at a center must be well integrated with the appropriate department and take into consideration integration with program needs at the county and state levels. Similarly, positions that are considered for development at the county level must be well integrated to programs that are connected to campus faculty and/or center faculty. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The development of well-integrated programs in Cooperative Extension is one of the eight strategic goals that we have identified in the past two years. Programs and positions that are considered priorities for development must demonstrate a well thought-out integration plan. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B050'>FOCUS ON 4-H:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks to Graduating VISTAs</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - As of today, four current VISTAs has completed their year of service with Cooperative Extension and we send a public thanks to them for their dedication, service and energy that they all brought to their positions: Nathan Fenoglio, Pima County 4-H--Tucson Village Farm; Chase Stroud, Pima County 4-H; Amelia Klawon, Pima County Master Gardener Program; and Becca Colvin, Pinal County 4-H. Not surprisingly, this past Friday, they were all staying late, finishing up various tasks, transferring information from their computers to people who can utilize the information, and tying up loose ends. We are truly going to miss them, but expect to see several of them on campus as they take advantage of the UA tuition waiver. We still have 5 VISTAs currently serving in other counties.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4-H/Japanese Exchange Program</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - On Sunday, July 21, eleven Japanese youth delegates and one adult chaperone arrived in Tucson to begin a 4-week cultural immersion experience, staying with host families all over the state. The 11 kids - all 12 or 13 years of age - are excited to be in such a new environment and are grateful for the opportunity to experience 4-H family life for the next month. You may see them around this summer, or the adult chaperone, as they explore the far reaches of Arizona. Our thanks to all the host families who have stepped forward to host a young person from another country for 4 weeks and to all the volunteers who helped with this important program--Dr. Kay Hongu, Erin Gries, Tina Christianson, Sandra Saad, and Rachel Turner. After all, a part of the 4-H pledge is "...and my world."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2013-2014 4-H Centennial Project Selection Guide & Stories Now Available</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - Hot off the press, the guide is now available for ordering from CALSMart. This free publication highlights the more than 100 4-H projects supported by the state along with engaging stories about some of the outstanding members involved in our program. For example, read about former Pima County 4-H member Daniel Todd who is in the Coast Guard and helped rescue the crew of the HMS Bounty during hurricane Sandy, a community garden on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, how one 4-H'er who hosted a Japanese delegate in 2012 is now headed to Samoa for another cultural experience this December, an OMK youth who is involved in robotics, how Launch into Life prepares young people for their future, how J.O.L.T youth provided blankets at Phoenix Children's Hospital - and much more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOCUS ON PROGRAMS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Congratulations to the UA Water Resources Research Center’s Jacob Prietto who recently won Second Place in the Central Arizona Project’s 2013 Award for Water Research competition with his research paper titled <a href="http://www.cap-az.com/documents/public-information/afr/Jacob%20Prietto%202013.pdf">Stakeholder Incentives for Effluent Utilization in the Tucson Metropolitan Region and Recharge in the Santa Cruz River</a>. Prietto is pursuing a Master of Science degree with the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources and his thesis research focuses on the technical aspects of the effluent-dominated Santa Cruz River and discusses the challenges, opportunities and decisions water managers must account for to effectively develop effluent as a valued water resource. He will be presenting his research at the Arizona Hydrologic Society Symposium on September 19 in Tucson.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EXTENSION IN THE NEWS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://azstarnet.com/news/local/arizona-wine-industry-boosting-ties-to-university-of-arizona/article_a0794a55-5d55-503f-b7ac-0ee9274c97a6.html">Arizona Wine Industry Boosting Ties to University of Arizona</a> (Arizona Daily Star, July 21)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NEW PUBLICATION:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resourcefile/resource/marcop/Insect%20and%20Weed%20Interactions_2013.pdf">The Arizona Vegetable Integrated Pest Management Update</a> by John Palumbo (released July 10)</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeffrey C. Silvertooth<br>Associate Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director for Extension & Economic Development<br>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<br>PO Box 210036<br>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>520.621.7205<br>520.621.1314 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To submit tips, suggestions, ideas for changes and anything that could help us be more effective, use the “<a href="http://extension.arizona.edu/state/directors-suggestion-box">Director’s Suggestion Box</a>” – all submissions are anonymous. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>