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Volume 12, Number 24
November 30, 2012
CURRENT EVENTS
There’s Still Time to Register for the Vegetable Production Educational Meeting: Oklahoma
market garden growers, commercial farmers, agricultural supply businesses and gardeners who
want to learn more about vegetable production should plan to attend the 2012 Oklahoma
Vegetable Production and Marketing Educational Meeting slated Dec. 13, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
in Chickasha at the Grady County Fairgrounds. Registration deadline is Dec. 3. Mail checks
payable to Grady County Extension to the Grady County Extension Office, 828 West Choctaw,
Chickasha, OK 73018, or call 405-224-2216. Additional information is available from Brook
Bradbury via email at brook.l.bradbury@okstate.edu. A full color brochure for the meeting
can be downloaded here.
OK-FIRE Fall Workshops Continue: The OK-FIRE training workshops are continuing throughout
the end of the year. Both abbreviated evening sessions (7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.) and full-day
sessions (9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) will be available. Registration is required, but is free.
Registration is still open for the following locations: Ardmore, Antlers, and Stillwater. All
workshops will be directed by OSU fire meteorologist J. D. Carlson, OK-FIRE Program Manager.
The link to the full announcement, which includes information on the workshops and how to
register, can be found here.
Kids Helping Kids Campaign Kicks off in 2013: Oklahoma 4-H’ers will start the new year by
raising money for the 2013 Oklahoma Kids Helping Kids Campaign. The campaign is dual-purpose
in that it raises money for the local 4-H clubs across the state, as well as serves as a
community service project for the Ronald McDonald House Charities in Oklahoma City a non-profit
that provides “a home away from home” for families with seriously ill or injured children who are
being treated in the Oklahoma City area.
In the campaign, 4-H’ers across the state will be asking for $1 donations in exchange for a
coupon to participating McDonald’s restaurants in Oklahoma. The campaign will begin Jan. 1 and
last approximately two months, with all of the forms due in the State 4-H Office on March 8. Of
the funds raised, one third will remain in participating local 4-H programs, one sixth will be given
to the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation, and one half will go to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of
Oklahoma City. The funds given to the House will help finance the newest facility, which will be
located within The Children’s Hospital of Oklahoma City and will allow families to be housed just
2 minutes and 15 seconds away from their loved ones.
For more information about this campaign, contact Suzanne Simpson in the State 4-H Office
by calling 405-744-7960 or sending an email to suzanne.simpson@okstate.edu. Information
also can be found on the Oklahoma 4-H website here.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Haase Presents at Governor’s Water Conference: John Haase, Extension Horticulturist,
Rogers County, presented a poster at the 33rd Annual Oklahoma Governor’s Water Conference
that took place earlier this month in Tulsa. The poster presentation focused on HLA-6610 “Simple
Irrigation Audit for Home Lawns in Oklahoma,” a new Fact Sheet that is now available. The
annual Governor’s Water Conference attracts hundreds of water officials and citizens who share
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