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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'>March 4,</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 2014<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 – SW Centennial Event:<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Our first event for celebrating the Cooperative Extension (CE) Centennial was successfully completed last week on 26 and 27 February in conjunction with the SW Ag Summit in Yuma. This event provided an excellent platform for us to work with the various communities of southwestern Arizona and demonstrate the strong and functional partnership we have with these communities and the agricultural industry. Nearly 800 people participated in this event last week with the main program taking place on Thursday, 27 February on the campus of the Arizona Western College (AWC). Participation from CALS CE included a group that traveled from Tucson and several central Arizona locations, most of them on the bus that we provided to Yuma on Wednesday the 26<sup>th</sup> where they met with Dr. Kurt Nolte and I at the Yuma Agricultural Center (YAC) in the Yuma Valley. After a fine lunch at the YAC, Dr. Nolte led the group on an excellent afternoon tour of the Yuma area visiting various sites representing some key aspects of the vegetable crop production, processing, and shipping systems that are extremely well developed in this region. There was a reception that evening with the Summit at AWC and then our CALS tour group attended the main program on Thursday before returning to Tucson and central Arizona.<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"'>Another critically important feature of this event was demonstrated by the fact that the large proportion of the breakout sessions with the program were directed and presented by our CALS CE faculty and staff who are based in Yuma, Maricopa, Tucson, and other locations. These breakout sessions are theme-oriented and essentially turn into Extension education sessions providing our personnel an excellent forum to present timely updates on their research and Extension projects addressing key issues in the agricultural industries of the desert Southwest.<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"'>Following the successful completion of this event and the excellent accomplishments that were realized, I want to express my thanks and sincere appreciation to Dr. Nolte and ALL of the outstanding CALS CE faculty and staff with Yuma County Cooperative Extension, the Yuma Agricultural Center, the Extension Administration staff, and personnel from other CALS CE locations across the state that provided for the planning, development, and execution of this event in cooperation with people in the communities and industry. They all did a great job in making this event a success.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOCUS ON FACULTY:<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"'>Mr. Kai Umeda is now serving as the lead faculty and program coordinator for the Cooperative Extension Turf Program. In this capacity Mr. Umeda will be coordinating the management and operations with all faculty and staff that are contributing to the Extension Turf Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOCUS ON VISTA PROGRAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We want to publicly thank Kimberly Koogler, VISTA member at the Tucson Garden Kitchen, who will be completing her year of volunteer service. Kimberly has been very active in helping develop curriculum and programs for youth and families in south Tucson. A really nice article on the Kitchen recently appeared in a local Tucson magazine called <a href="http://www.ediblebajaarizona.com/sprouting-kitchen/">Edible Baja Arizona</a>. On behalf of all of us, we want to say how much we appreciate her service to Arizona Cooperative Extension and wish her the best in the future. <i>Submitted by Kirk Astroth.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CALSMART RESPONSIBILITY REASSIGNMENT:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Effective March 17, the CALSMart unit is being reassigned to the Pima County Cooperative Extension Office who will assume responsibility for program and budget management. Francine Correll will continue her responsibilities as Office Specialist, Senior with operating hours being 1:00-4:30pm each day.<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"'>ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE:<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"'>The UA Academic Leadership Institute provides a yearlong professional development program for 25 faculty and campus leaders, including academic and administrative department heads, associate and assistant deans, and individuals identified as emerging leaders. I would like to encourage our Extension faculty to apply for this program. The details are available at the <a href="http://www.ali.arizona.edu/">ALI website</a>. Applications are due by <b>Thursday, March 27</b>.<b> </b><i>Submitted by Ed Martin.</i><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"'>UPCOMING EVENTS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Friday, May 9, 8:00am-3:30pm – 23<sup>rd</sup> Annual Desert Horticulture Conference, Tucson</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. The Desert Horticulture Conference is the premier annual conference for all members of the southwest green industry: landscape architects, designers, growers, retailers, contractors, maintenance personnel, suppliers, and educators, and will present timely and research-based information relevant for designing, building, maintaining, and producing plants for urban landscapes in the arid Southwest. Early bird discount is April 24. Registration is now open at the <a href="http://ag.arizona.edu/deserthort/">Desert Horticulture Conference website</a>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeffrey C. Silvertooth<br>Associate Dean & Director, Extension & Economic Development <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Associate Director, Arizona Experiment Station<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<br>PO Box 210036<br>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>520.621.7205<br>520.621.1314 (fax)<i> <o:p></o:p></i></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-size:10.0pt;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>