At the New Uses Council's
annual meeting, held this year in Boise, Idaho, former chairs Bud Sholts and
Ken Foster received prestigious Wheeler McMillen awards for their continuing
work in promoting new industrial uses of environmentally friendly agricultural
materials. http://newuses.org/EG/EG-36/McMillenAwards.html.
Reminder that proposals for Farm Safety Funding for 2002-03 are due to Deborah
Young by October 11, 2002. The RFP is located at: http://cals.arizona.edu/internal/programs/fsrfp02.pdf
Thank you for responding to the Faculty conference survey. The website will
be removed on Friday, October 4, 2002.
2002 Safford Agricultural Center, Cotton Field Day, October 3, 2002. Registration
begins at 9:00 am, Experiment Station Tour begins at 9:30, and tour information
will be presented by: Randall Norton, Lee Clark, Bill McCloskey and Richard
Percy. Update on Farm Bill information will begin at 10:30 am, Ruth Veit - Graham
County FSA Office Director, Russ Tronstad - UA Extension Agricultural Economist.
Lunch will be provided at 12:00 noon and is sponsored by Bank One. For more
information, please call (928) 428-2611.
The University of Arizona Cotton Field Day will be held at the Maricopa Agricultural
Center next Wednesday, October 9, 2002. Registration begins at 8 am, farm tours
begin at 9:00 am, and a grower symposium will begin at 10:30 am. Contact Ed
Martin at edmartin@cals.arizona.edu
for more information.
The State 4-H Office and Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation are throwing a 4-H Centennial
Gala to celebrate 4-H's 100th Anniversary, and will recognize over 20 outstanding
alumni and volunteers and raise funds in support of Arizona's 4-H program. The
Gala event will be held at the Omni Tucson National Resort on Saturday, October
12, 2002, with a reception at 6:00 pm and dinner at 7:00 pm. You are invited
to join us as we honor some of the outstanding individuals who have helped make
this program the preeminent youth development organization in the state -- with
over 74,000 members -- and largest youth movement in the nation -- involving
over 7 million young people. Please do your best to help us promote this event
and have a good turn out! The list of honorees include: Oliver Anderson, Marge
Bayless, Everett* and Anita Brown, Jean Buzzard, Conner Byestewa*, Daisy Mae
Cannon, Bart Cardon, Ed and Debbie Carpenter, Ernest Chilson*, Jim and Mary
Faul, Everett* and Cecilia Grondin, Dorothy Johnson, Bud and Justine Lemke,
Nick Lipinski, Emma Malone, Ken McDonald, Judi Mann, Bill Piper, Cyndi Roar,
Emil Rovey*, and Donna Wahl (*denotes a posthumous award). Dinner is $100 per
person ($50 is considered a tax deductible contribution), and RSVP's should
be directed to Joe Leisz at the 4-H Foundation at jleisz@cals.arizona.edu.
4-H and Sheely Farms are celebrating a partnership for 4-H's Centennial Year!
For the past two years Maricopa County farmer Ken Sheely has partnered with
Phoenix-area non-profit groups with a benefit corn maze. This year he has turned
his 12-acre maze into a giant 4-H four-leaf clover to benefit Arizona's 4-H
program and its 74,000 youth participants! Tickets for the maze, which will
include a regular maze and "haunted" section for older adventurers, are available
from participating 4-H clubs for only $7. In addition to admission to the maze,
the tickets are good for discounts to Cold Stone Creamery, an oil change from
S & S Tire, Fertizona products, and 10% off John Deere toy tractors from Arizona
Machinery company. Each ticket also serves as an entry in our annual 4-H Benefit
Raffle for a deluxe barbecue grill (secured by one of our Foundation trustees)
from the BBQ Hut. Interested 4-H clubs can also sign up to work weekends in
the maze while earning money (up to $600 a weekend) for their 4-H programs and
activities! The maze will be open from October 4 until November 3, Friday nights
from 5:00-11:00 pm, Saturday from 1:00-11:00 pm and Sunday from 1:00-7:00 pm.
Make the trip to Phoenix and have some fun in the corn! It is worth the trip
and a great way to support 4-H while having a fun time with family and friends!