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August 11, 2008
1. Message from the Director and Associate Director: Progress on reframing
2. Save the date!
3. Hyde appointed State Program Leader
4. Extension regional director selected County Commissioner's Fellow
5. The 4-H Keystone Society
6. Family Fitness receives awards
7. Better Kid Care 25th Anniversary
8. Penn Staters on the move in the energy arena
9. A report on the Agricultural & the Environment Conference
10. Achieving Balance conference video available
11. Extension and sustainable water infrastructure: Advancing the dialogue in Pennsylvania
12. Environmental listservs provide Penn State Extension valuable informational resource links
13. Effective groups
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1. Message from the Director and Associate Director: Progress on reframing
Summer is sizzling right along! I know my biscuits are burning (quoted from Yosemite Sam in the movie Roger Rabbit). Although it may seem we have been moving slowly in the process of Reframing Extension, consider that we only really started in October of 2007. In that context, we are moving at light speed. As with all forms of movement—with the possible exception of propulsion from cool fusion—friction is the enemy of acceleration and speed. No change of position can occur without a few differences of opinion and the expenditure of energy.
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2. Save the date!
The Cooperative Extension Annual Conference will be held on October 28-30, 2008, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort , Seven Springs, PA. The goal of the conference is to develop a program team culture within Penn State Cooperative Extension and the theme for the activity is “A Course for Success.”
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3. Hyde appointed State Program Leader
Dr. Jeffrey Hyde, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, has been appointed State Program Leader for Entrepreneur and Value Added Agricultural Systems with Penn State Cooperative Extension, on a half-time basis, effective July 1, 2008.
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4. Extension regional director selected County Commissioner's Fellow
G. Michael McDavid, Northeast Region unit leader for Penn State Cooperative Extension, has been selected by the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania as the group's CCAP/Cooperative Extension Fellow for a one-year term that will run through June 2009.
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5. The 4-H Keystone Society
The Pennsylvania 4-H Development Council has been busy increasing 4-H endowments. Their latest project, the 4-H Keystone Society, is an effort to provide tools for the fundraising volunteers at the state and county level to be successful in in-creasing 4-H endowments.
Read the full story at: http://newswire.extension.psu.edu/su08/070811.html
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6. Family Fitness receives awards
The Family Fitness program has recently received a number of new awards.
Read the full story at: http://newswire.extension.psu.edu/su08/070802.html
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7. Better Kid Care 25th Anniversary
Congratulations to the 25th Anniversary of the Better Kid Care Program. Extension educators and the Better Kid Care staff celebrated the accomplishments of the program during their annual training conference. The program now offers extensive distance education programming on over 70 different topics.
Read the full story at: http://newswire.extension.psu.edu/su08/070803.html
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8. Penn Staters on the move in the energy arena
Energy prices have continued to increase over the winter and spring and many of our constituents are realizing that this is more than a temporary situation and some long-term solutions are needed.
Read the full story at: http://newswire.extension.psu.edu/su08/070804.html
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9. A report on the Agricultural & the Environment Conference
Over 160 people participated in a two-day conference in Harrisburg, "Agriculture and the Environment: Achieving Balance.” Held June 1-2, 2008, local, state, and regional interests convened for intensive work sessions to identify barriers to and opportunities for pursuing a vision for ensuring the health and prosperity of Pennsylvania’s agriculture and environment.
Read the full story at: http://newswire.extension.psu.edu/su08/070805.html
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10. Achieving Balance conference video available
A 17-minute conference video was developed by Penn State Public Broadcasting to frame the issue of nutrient imbalance, pollution prevention challenges, and the various perspectives from across the state of how different organizations and agencies are addressing the problem.
Read the full story at: http://newswire.extension.psu.edu/su08/070806.html
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11. Extension and sustainable water infrastructure: Advancing the dialogue in Pennsylvania
Earlier in 2008, Governor Rendell established the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Task Force and charged it to conduct a statewide analysis of the issues related to “cost-effective and sustainable investment in the state’s water and sewer infrastructure.” The Task Force is expected to deliver a report of its findings to the Governor by October 2008, which will include recommendations and financing options to support water-related services in the Governor’s fiscal year 2009-10 budget proposal.
Read the full story at: http://newswire.extension.psu.edu/su08/070807.html
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12. Environmental listservs provide Penn State Extension valuable informational resource links
Educators, associates, and faculty interested in staying up-to-date on extension program opportunities, announcements, professional dialogue, and strategic programmatic planning related to nutrient management and agricultural pollution prevention issues are invited to subscribe to the Nutrient Issues Listserv.
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13. Effective groups
Rose Marie Kendall understands that public groups and meetings don’t always run well. She also knows why that happens and how to turn it around.
Kendall, Penn State Cooperative Extension’s Indiana County-based agriculture development educator, says it’s her job to give people who belong to groups a hand up by giving them the knowledge and tools they need to operate efficiently. She knows her job is done when she has worked herself out of the picture.
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