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IN THIS NEWSLINE ISSUED NOVEMBER 25, 2003:
- THANKSGIVING FOOD SAFETY
- STUDENTS MENTORING STUDENTS
- WALK ACROSS ARIZONA GEARING UP
- CITRUS INFORMATION FOR HOMEOWNERS
- KID'S CAFE
- COMPOST AT UA DAIRY
- CAMPUS ARBORETUM
- TURFGRASS EDUCATION PROGRAMS
- MUNICIPAL WATER TESTING
- DAIRY NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
- SYMPOSIUM ON RACING
- EVENTS
1 THANKSGIVING FOOD SAFETY
The University of Arizona department of nutritional sciences is offering
links to information on safe food preparation and handling of your holiday
favorites:
Thawing turkey: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/tbthaw.htm
Stuffing: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/tbstuff.htm
Cooking turkey: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/tbcook.htm
Precooked dinners:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/tbtakeout.htm
(For the Spanish version of this document see:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/news/2003/hotline_holiday_sp.htm)
For more information in English and Spanish, call the USDA Meat and Poultry
Hotline at
1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854); TTY: 1-800-256-7072. The Hotline's hours
are Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., ET, year-round, and
from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving.
An extensive selection of timely food safety messages also is available at the same number 24 hours a day. Information can also be accessed on the Food Safety and Inspection Service Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov. E-mail inquiries may be directed to MPHotline.fsis@usda.gov.
Contact: Scottie Misner, Department of Nutritional Sciences.
To learn more: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/news/2003/hotline_holiday.htm
Service Learning is a philosophy of teaching that allows students to learn how to be better teachers while contributing to the community.
"Building Bridges/Construyendo Puentes" is a new mentoring program that offers professional training and youth development experience to UA students who want to work with teens. College students undertake the role of mentor to high school students to help them make the transition to college or work life.
The program is recruiting for Spring, 2004. Weekly group meetings and
four hours a week with a mentee are requirements of the program.
To learn more: http://cals.arizona.edu/icyf
3 WALK ACROSS ARIZONA GEARING UP
Walking is a healthy way to get out of the house, exercise and get healthy. Walk Across Arizona is a 16-week walking program that is part of a Healthy Lifestyles educational campaign sponsored by several county extension offices.
Community teams of between 5 and 10 people sign up for the program, log their walking time and try to see if they can out-do the other teams. It's part of a national campaign to foster better fitness routines and help people connect with their neighbors and communities.
Contact: Linda Block, Pima County Cooperative Extension.
To learn more: http://150.135.16.37/walkxaz/
4 CITRUS INFORMATION FOR HOMEOWNERS
There's nothing quite like the taste of homegrown oranges, grapefruit, peaches or tangerines. Information on the latest nutrition, irrigation and pest management strategies for fruit trees will be available from the University of Arizona in January in Maricopa County.
On Saturday, January 24, 2004 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the program will be hosted by Greenfield Citrus Nursery and the Orange Patch, and will be held at 2558 E. Lehi Road in Mesa, Arizona.
On Saturday, January 31, 2004 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the program will be offered at the Citrus Agricultural Center, in Waddell, Arizona.
Contact: Lucy Bradley, Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Urban Horticulture.
To learn more: http://cals.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/
Nationally, more than nine million children receive food from a pantry, kitchen or shelter from America's Second Harvest, the country's largest emergency food network. One of the programs started by America's Second Harvest to combat childhood hunger was Kids Cafe. In 2001, when Kids Cafe began in Tucson, the Arizona's child poverty rate was 22.3 percent.
The program is offered twice weekly in seven locations across Tucson and features a 15-minute lesson followed by a snack made from food provided by the Tucson Community Food Bank.
Students from the UA Nutritional Sciences department volunteer with the program at five neighborhood centers.
Contact: Pat Sparks, Nutritional Sciences.
To learn more: http://cals.arizona.edu/media/archives/17.8.html
Compost is a recycled combination of organic matter that helps plants grow and saves money on fertilizer.
Four years ago the University of Arizona dairy in Tucson began composting the mix of manure and clippings from the farm on Campbell Avenue. Horse manure from the equine center, sheep and cow manure plus bedding material from the farm, grass clippings from the turf center and landscape trimmings all are combined to create a rich mulch in about four months.
Much of the material is applied on the UA campus as a mulch around trees. It is also provided to various community organizations.
Contact: Tracy Everingham, Campus Agricultural Center.
To learn more: http://cals.arizona.edu/media/archives/7.5.html
There are more than 5,000 trees on the University of Arizona campus. That's the number logged to date by student tree-counters working with the staff at the Campus Arboretum.
The number will go up when the count is completed around the Arizona Health Sciences Complex north of Speedway Road. Future plans include entering specific historical and condition notes about each tree. This information is being compiled in the arboretum database.
Contact: Libby Davison, Campus Arboretum/Plant Sciences.
To learn more: http://arboretum.arizona.edu
8 TURFGRASS EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Turfgrass managers throughout the state of Arizona face the challenge of providing a healthy turf year round. At golf courses, schools and sports and recreational facilities, weed control, pest management and irrigation efficiency are all top priority.
The University of Arizona conducts turfgrass research at the Karsten Turf Research Center in Tucson. Kai Umeda, former vegetable crops extension agent in Maricopa County, will now be offering extension programming on turf issues for Maricopa County and surrounding counties. Umeda's educational background and research efforts have been in weed science. He is a member of the Weed Science Society of America.
Contact: Kai Umeda, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Maricopa
County.
To learn more: http://ag.arizona.edu/turf/
The source of most lead and copper contamination in the West has been found to be home distribution systems, often from lead pipes or copper soldering. The U.S. Environment Protection Agency has put 22 small municipal water systems within Arizona on notice that they must test their drinking water for copper and lead to comply with provisions of the 1992 Clean Water Act.
Small suppliers in Arizona who have received recent EPA notices serve
about 2,800 people. Areas served by the utilities include Strawberry,
Buckeye, Sonoita and Douglas. EPA is requiring that the utilities test
water coming from a sampling of home water pipes.
To learn more:
http://ag.arizona.edu/cgi-azwater/print.pl?file=awr/septoct03/news.html
10 DAIRY NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Dairy operators are continually challenged to find environmentally sound ways to dispose of manure. In December, 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency revised the Clean Water Act for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is writing a new permit and state administrative code to reflect federal regulation changes. The new code is expected to be finished by mid-2004.
Contact: Matt VanBaale, Dairy Extension Specialist.
To learn more: http://ag.arizona.edu/ans/alr/ALR-OCT-03.pdf
11 SYMPOSIUM ON RACING
The 30th Annual Symposium on Racing will be held December 10-12, 2003 in Tucson. A Racing and Gaming Summit will be held December 9. The conferences will be held at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort.
The Race Track Industry Program was set up at the University of Arizona in 1974 to supply the need for industry employees who were college-educated, with business skills and an in-depth knowledge of all areas of the racing industry.
Topics include racing and gaming regulations, new technology and intellectual property.
Contact: Wendy Davis, Animal Sciences.
To learn more: http://cals.arizona.edu/rtip
12 EVENTS
A greenhouse crop production and engineering design short course, offered
in Tucson by the University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture
Center, will be held from January 18-21, 2004. Contact Mark Kroggel, Department
of Plant Sciences, kroggel@ag.arizona.edu.
http://cals.arizona.edu/ceac/extension/cpesJan04.htm.
The 30th Annual Symposium on Racing will be held December 10-12, 2003
in Tucson. A Racing and Gaming Summit will be held December 9. The conferences
will be held at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. For more information:
http://cals.arizona.edu/rtip.
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