Tennessee 4-H Ideas. Fall is Full of 4-H Activities Dwight Loveday, Interim Assistant Dean & Department Head

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1 Inside This Issue: State Fall Judging Results 2-6 State Land Judging 7 Lincoln Keystone Livestock Judging Contest Curriculum Corner 8 Graduate Student Spotlight Honor Club Summary 9 4-H Neyland Tennessee 4-H Ideas Upcoming Events 11 Volume 18, Issue 42 Fall is Full of 4-H Activities Dwight Loveday, Interim Assistant Dean & Department Head October 19, 2018 Another busy and exciting week in Tennessee 4-H! 4-H agents are meeting clubs, volunteers teaching Next Chapter lessons, preparations being made for shooting sports, planning National 4-H Congress, conducting 4-H agent in -service, our Tennessee 4-H Council President flying with the Commissioner of Agriculture to the Sunbelt Ag Expo and Elizabeth Sanders (former TN 4- Her, current extension agent) speaking to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Wow! To start the week, Tennessee 4-H had another successful Fall Judging event. We had an increase in both teams and counties in this year s event over It is always a joy to see the excitement as the awards are presented and the pride on their faces as they celebrate their accomplishments. But, I had a special moment at Fall Judging. A mom approached me and stated that she wanted to talk to me about 4-H Roundup this year in Martin. She told me the story of her daughter crying on the way to the bus and her reluctance to go to Roundup and participate in the interviews. Upon returning, she told her mom she had fun, made friends and the interviews were not that bad. She really had a nice conversation with the judges. Mom told me that Roundup made a change in her daughter. She just wanted me to know that she appreciated the IMPACT 4-H has had on her daughter. Folks, that is why we do 4-H. We teach, we plan, we implement events, we make opportunities. The result is impact youth; we change lives! Celebrate these victories for a job well done.

2 Page 2 Results of State Fall Judging Justin Crowe, Extension Specialist State 4-H Fall Judging Day was held on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at the University of Tennessee agriculture campus in Knoxville. A total of 43 teams representing 31 counties gathered to compete in four judging events and outdoor meat cookery. The results are as follows: CONSUMER DECISION MAKING High Individuals (overall): Kailee Shores, Coffee County Chloe Weaver, Knox County Zachary Goad, Macon County Hannah Freeland, Knox County Winning Team: Knox County s team placed first. Members of the winning team included Chelsea Davis, Hannah Freeland, Lydia McCurdy and Chloe Weaver. Holly Nehls was the teams coach and Holly McMahan was the Knox County 4-H agent. The team qualifies to represent Tennessee at the Western National 4-H Roundup in Denver, Colorado in January High Individual Other Teams Competing: Other teams competing in Consumer Decision Making included (in Alphabetical Order): Bedford County Bradley County Coffee County Crockett County Hardeman Hawkins County Lauderdale County Macon County Madison County Robertson county Washington County Knox County Consumer Decision Making Team

3 Page 3 DAIRY PRODUCTS JUDGING High Individuals (overall): Katie Mays, Clay County Chris Brannon, Monroe County Nikki Lawrence, Monroe County Nathaiel Wilson, Madison County Winning Team: The winning team was Monroe County. Members of the winning team included Chris Brannon, Nikki Lawrence, Lila McConkey. The team was coached by their 4-H agent, Rebecca Layman. The team qualifies for an educational tour. The high individual receives a scholarship. Other Teams Competing: Other teams competing in Dairy Products included (in alphabetical order): Madison County Robertson County Tipton County Monroe County Dairy Products Judging Team High Individual, Dairy Products

4 Page 4 FORESTRY JUDGING High Individuals (overall): Carrie Goodrum, McNairy County Josh Griffith, Knox County Zack Yeary, Claiborne County Hannah Bernhardt, Putnam County Winning Team: The winning team was McNairy County. Members of the winning team included Faith Collins, Carrie Goodrum, Samuel Harrelson and Olivia Young The team was coached by their 4-H agent, Julie Harstin. The team qualifies to represent Tennessee at the National 4-H Forestry Invitational in West Virginia in Other Teams Competing: Other teams competing in Forestry included (in alphabetical order): Carroll County Carter County Claiborne County Hardin County Knox County Moore County Putnam County Robertson County Sequatchie County Shelby County McNairy County Forestry Judging Team High Individual, Forestry Judging

5 Page 5 POULTRY JUDGING High Individuals (overall): Hunter Leslie, Bradley County** Christopher Ethan Creech, Knox County Madison Rowland, Tipton County Portia Sauerhoefer, Knox County High Individual in Production: Halee Kazy, Bradley County High Individual in Market Products: Christopher Ethan Creech, Knox County Winning Team: Knox County took top honors and qualifies to represent Tennessee at the National 4-H Poultry Judging Contest in Louisville, Kentucky in November Members of the winning team included Lane Michael Atchley, Christopher Ethan Creech, Portia Sauerhoefer and Kendra Lynn Sellers. The team was coached by Danny Bullington and the 4-H agent was Sharon Davis. Other Teams Competing: Other teams competing in Poultry included (in alphabetical order): Anderson County Bradley County Cannon County DeKalb County Knox County Macon County Tipton County Knox County Poultry Judging Team **High Individual was unavailable for pictures

6 Page 6 OUTDOOR MEAT COOKERY High Individual Beef: McKale Baltz, Hickman County High Individual Lamb: Tyson Warner, Warren County High Individual Pork: Jordan Redmon, Morgan County The top two individual in the poultry division can compete at the National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference in Louisville, Kentucky in November of this year. High Individual in Poultry: Matt White, Clay County 2 nd High Individual in Poultry: Katie Harrison, Hancock County Winning Team: Congratulations is extended to DeKalb County for placing first in team rankings for the Outdoor Meat Cookery event. The team was coached by Johnny Barnes, Agent and County Director. Members of the winning team included Clayton Crook, Creston Bain, Lily Martin and Hailey Bogle. Other Teams Competing: Other teams competing in Outdoor Meat Cookery included (in alphabetical order): Clay County Hancock County Hardin County Henry County Loudon County Morgan County Warren County DeKalb County Outdoor Meat Cookery Team High Individuals for Outdoor Meat Cookery

7 Page 7 State Land Judging Justin Crowe, Extension Specialist The annual 4-H land judging competition, held October 15th at the Highland Rim Forest in Tullahoma, was a huge success! Teams competed from across the state with the Grainger County team walking away the winner! Roane County took second place. The top two teams are invited to participate in the National Land Judging Competition, scheduled for April 30 May 2, 2019 in Oklahoma City.

8 Page 8 LINCOLN COUNTY - Participates in the Keystone Livestock Judging Contest Dan Owen, Extension Agent Lincoln County Lincoln County represented Tennessee at Keystone Livestock Judging Contest in Harrisburg, PA. The team consisted Juliann Fears, Kendall Martin and Zach Snoddy. The team was 8 th overall. They were 10 th in Swine; 9 th in Sheep; 8 th in Beef and 7 th in Oral Reasons. Kendall Martin was 12 th overall in contest. Some of the educational activities that the team attend included: touring Amish Farms, visiting Liberty Bell and a visit to Hershey, PA to Chocolate World. Curriculum Corner Jennifer Richards, Assistant Professor We ve been busy adding new lesson plans to the website, be sure to visit it! ( At this site, you will find 40 lesson plans for 4-5 th grade, 35 lessons for grades 6-8, and 3 for high school. Be on the lookout for a newly designed In-School Clubs page over the next few months. This new page will add search features to allow you to sort available lesson plans by grade level, subject, topic, and TIPPs! Just in time for Halloween, check out this lesson plan for Rhea County agent, Aaron Spurling: It's the Great Pumpkin, 4-H Brown Author: Aaron Spurling His lesson gives a hands-on demonstration of measurement with seasonal manipulatives. Students will take multiple forms of measurement by exploring with the provided tools.

9 Page 9 Graduate Student Spotlight Carrie Ann Stephens, Graduate Coordinator As a faculty member and graduate advisor, I have the privilege of working with many outstanding Extension agents across Tennessee. Each graduate student works extremely hard to complete his or her Master of Science degree in Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications. In addition, some graduate students elect to write a thesis as a part of their degree program. Ronnie Cowan, a University of Tennessee Extension Director in Lewis County, recently completed his thesis entitled 4-H Wildlife Habitat Education Program: A Qualitative Study in Career Exploration. Ronnie then worked diligently to convert his thesis project into a journal article which was recently published in the Journal of Southern Agricultural Education Research. Congratulations Ronnie! Abstract: Previous studies have documented the Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) builds life skills of 4-H participants. Furthermore, youth education and development of life skills are enhanced through 4-H educational efforts that provide hands-on learning projects and concepts that ultimately assist in career development (Bandura, Barbaranelli, Caprara, & Pastorelli, 2001; Bourdeau, The purpose of this study is to describe WHEP participants perceptions of careers in wildlife management after the completion of the annual program. The central research question guiding this study was how do 4-H members view careers in wildlife management after participating in WHEP? A focus group comprised of nine WHEP participants was conducted at the Tennessee 4-H Wildlife Judging contest to determine participants perceptions of careers in wildlife management after completion of the annual program. Focus group participants indicated participating in WHEP peaked their interest in wildlife and provided an opportunity to experience the importance of natural resource management. Future research should be conducted on a national level that measures the perceptions of outdoor enthusiasts regarding the fundamentals of wildlife management. This question could give insight on the transfer of knowledge between adults and youth. Read the full article at THIRD QUARTER HONOR CLUB SUMMARY Justin Crowe, Extension Specialist We believe Honor Club is a good measure of a quality teen program. A county cannot have Honor Club members if there are not a lot of opportunities for participation. At the end of the third quarter, the Eastern Region leads the state with 135 initiates. Madison is the top county with 53 initiates; followed by Bradley with 43; Moore with 17; Polk with 15; and Sumner and Williamson with 12 each. For a complete summary of the 2018 Honor Club initiates by region and county, go to Savannah Dodson, student assistant in our department, is working with Honor Club this year. If you have Honor Club applications to be approved, be sure to use a summary form to list the applicants and allow enough time for her to review and process the applications in time for your initiation ceremony.

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11 4-H Motto: To Make the Best Better ALEC Graduate Program Masters of Science in Agriculture Leadership, Education and Communications (ALEC) Online degree available!! For more information, please visit ALEC Graduate Programs Or Call Carrie Ann Stephens Professor, 4-H/ALEC State 4-H Office 2621 Morgan Circle Room 205 Knoxville, TN Phone: Fax: H PLEDGE I pledge my HEAD to clearer thinking; My HEART to greater loyalty My HANDS to larger service; and My HEALTH to better living, For my club, my community, my country and my world State 4-H Calendar 4h.tennessee.edu October 15 October Nov County Shooting Sports Reports Due State 4-H Land Judging, Coffee County State Dairy Show Murfreesboro National 4-H Congress TN4hfoundation.org Want to see your story in Ideas? it to state.4h.office@utk.edu ag.tennessee.edu/alec