University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Northern Nye and Esmeralda Counties TO: Board of County Commissioners FROM: Joy Belonga, Extension Educator, Nye & Esmeralda Counties DATE: March 24, 2014 RE: Budget Request: Continue funding Ag Extension at rate of .0150. Please find attached our 2013 Accomplishment Report for your review. Highlights of the report include: • UNR/Cooperative Extension has funded a Program Manager, Elaine Minges for the Tonopah Office, with no cost to the county. • Grant funds received include: $ 97,365.07, which funds two instructors for the All 4 Kids Programs (SNAP-ED) in Pahrump and Amargosa; and two grant funded positions for the MAGIC and the tutoring programs in Tonopah. The nationally acclaimed MAGIC program had 7 students complete the program successfully. • Southern Nye and Northern Nye 4-H Programs have reached 733 youth in 2013, with program expansion planned for Amargosa valley and Beatty. The combined total of hours which 4-H volunteers have worked in making a positive difference with youth is 4,339 hours, valued at $96,065. • Pahrump Master Gardeners have volunteered a total of 4,056 hours for 2013. Their volunteer time to their community is valued at $ 89,799.84. On behalf of the staff, we appreciate your continued support at our current funding level (.0150) as we continue to grow our program efforts in creating healthy communities throughout the counties. TEM #LCc2Dp EJr Northern Nye County/Esmeralda County P.O. Box 231 Tonopah, Nevada 89049-0231 (775) 482-5001 (775) 482-5396 fax www.unce.unr.edu/areas/central/ A Partnership of Nevada Counties, University of Nevada and U.S.D.A.
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University of NevadaCooperative ExtensionNorthern Nye and Esmeralda Counties
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Joy Belonga, Extension Educator, Nye & Esmeralda Counties
DATE: March 24, 2014
RE: Budget Request: Continue funding Ag Extension at rate of .0150.
Please find attached our 2013 Accomplishment Report for your review. Highlights of
the report include:
• UNR/Cooperative Extension has funded a Program Manager, Elaine Minges for the
Tonopah Office, with no cost to the county.
• Grant funds received include: $ 97,365.07, which funds two instructors for the All 4
Kids Programs (SNAP-ED) in Pahrump and Amargosa; and two grant funded
positions for the MAGIC and the tutoring programs in Tonopah. The nationally
acclaimed MAGIC program had 7 students complete the program successfully.
• Southern Nye and Northern Nye 4-H Programs have reached 733 youth in 2013,
with program expansion planned for Amargosa valley and Beatty. The combined
total of hours which 4-H volunteers have worked in making a positive difference
with youth is 4,339 hours, valued at $96,065.
• Pahrump Master Gardeners have volunteered a total of 4,056 hours for 2013. Their
volunteer time to their community is valued at $ 89,799.84.
On behalf of the staff, we appreciate your continued support at our current funding
level (.0150) as we continue to grow our program efforts in creating healthy
communities throughout the counties.
TEM #LCc2Dp EJr
Northern Nye County/Esmeralda County
P.O. Box 231
Tonopah, Nevada 89049-0231
(775) 482-5001
(775) 482-5396 fax
www.unce.unr.edu/areas/central/A Partnership of Nevada Counties, University of Nevada and U.S.D.A.
Mark Walker, Interim Dean and DirectorUniversity of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Central Area Director: Pam Powell
NyefEsmeralda County ExtensionEducator: Joy Belonga
State Funded
I4-H Youth Program Master Gardener Tonopah 4-H EGO Project MAGICCoordinators: Coordinator Secretary Dacoda Blackburn- Ray Anderson
(LOA) Grant funded (LOA)Tonopah: Debby Woodland Katie GainsDeb Cobb Pahrump County Jessica Maley — Grant fundedCounty funded County funded funded Educational Aide II
Program TutorPahrump: GrantfundedPam Gatling
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60%State/20% County funded
Note: 2014 Report will include Program Manager, Elaine Minges for Tonopah office(State funded), as well as 3 additional SNAP-ED grantfunded positions for PahrumpOffice.
Mission
To discover, develop, disseminate, preserve and use
knowledge to strengthen the social, economic andenvironmental well-being of people.
Cooperative Extension Accomplishment Report 2013
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s educational programs aredeveloped to address issues identified by needs assessments. The most recentneeds assessment was done in December 2013 which indicated that the twohighest program priorities are Community Development and Children, Youthand Families.
Children, Youth & Families: Our work has focused on youth and families, withemphasis on youth and families at risk, strengthening families, and preparingyouth to be more productive members of their communities. Regardingstrengthening families, plans are underway to implement the nationally acclaimedStrengthening Families Program in 2014 from Iowa State University Extension.
4-H Youth Development Highlights: The 4-H program is a positive youthdevelopment program which prides itself with the ‘learning by doing’ motto, andteaching youth life skills through leadership, project clubs, community service,enrichment, and special events. Research reveals that 4-H youth have lowerdrug use, higher contribution scores, higher civic engagement and higher gradesthan comparison youth. Based on the most current ES-237 Federal Report, ourtotal number of participants enrolled in 4-H includes:
• Northern Nye County/Esmeralda 4-H Youth: 245 participants• Southern Nye County 4-H Youth: 488 participants
Research reveals that 4-H youth have lower drug use, higher contribution scores,higher civic engagement and higher grades than comparison youth. 4-H youthare actively involved in clubs, leadership, community events, service projects,county fairs, summer camps and summer day programs.
• 4-H Clubs: clubs focus on positive youth development with one or morecaring leaders through hands-on activities which include a variety ofprojects, such as: livestock; rabbits; gardening, community service, hiking,sewing, shooting sports, storytellers, and teen leadership.
• Nevada 4-H Capital Days: 27 youth participated in Know YourGovernment with 5 of those youth attending the capital to meet with theirlegislators, representatives, and congressmen.
• State and County 4-H Ambassadors: 4-H Ambassadors offer our youthexpanded leadership opportunities in which they become active learnersin the areas of citizenship, and teamwork. Being an Ambassador supportsthe development and enhancement of self-esteem, personal character,and personal growth. Two youth are serving as state 4-H Ambassadors;six youth are serving in a leadership role as 4-H County Ambassadors
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representing Nye and Esmeralda Counties, with two of the youth fromPahrump which is uniting the northern and southern areas of the county.
• Community Youth AdvisoryCouncil (CYAC): This is a youth andadult partnership group with 22enrolled in the group which has acivic focus. Youth are activelyinvolved in their community andworking with agencies on the“Enforcing under Age Drinking Law”(EUDL). Youth are learning skillssuch as goal setting, makingdecisions, teamwork, life skills, andconflict resolution. Youth are teachingassistants with the ‘Ag in the classroom’ program and also plan andfacilitate the Leadership Camp Retreat.
• 4-H Educational Goals and Objectives (EGO): is an afterschool tutoringprogram for students in middle school through high school to assist themin achieving their educational goals, developing life skills and meetingacademic standards. 23 youth were enrolled in the program with 18students who completed the program successfully.
• Project MAGIC: Making a Group and Individual Commitment (MAGIC) isa nationally acclaimed program that teaches life skills to at risk teens andfirst time juvenile offenders. 10 youth attended this program with 7 youthwho completed the program successfully.
• 4-H School Enrichment: Anadditional 387 youth were reachedthrough enrichment learningopportunities that included suchtopics as: Embryology; TheatrelalentShow; County 4-H Expo; Tablesetting and Fashion Revue;172 youthparticipated; 215 students werereached at day camp programs atTorino Ranch and the PahrumpValley Youth Activities’ SummerProgram (PVYA). With many of these programs, the older youth help withplanning, and giving demonstrations regarding their animal projects whichincreases their presentation and communication skills, and builds theirself-confidence as well.
• Leaders’ Forum: Four students attended this leadership conference inLas Vegas. Skills learned included: Robert’s Rules of Order; how to teachaerospace through household items; communication techniques; how toform and run committees; and how to build a robot through a LegoRobotics workshop.
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• Community Service: Tonopah serviceprojects included: Community GameNight; Jim Butler Talent Show; giftingfamilies in need; holiday hayride. —
Teens plan community events thatinclude tree sales, movies in the park,and back to school pool party. jPahrump service projects included —
youth assisting at the senior center foreight weeks during the summer andassisting the local library with their
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slandscaping needs; 4-H had a team for the Relay for Life and raised $ 416to help with the cause for cancer; and adopted a family for the holidays inwhich they provided food and gifts.
• Clark County Fair: Ten youth participated in the fair and organized therabbit show along with providing a presentation. Six youth participated inthe Livestock Market.
• Earth Day: Teen leaders taught the public how to recycle items and tobecome more environmentally aware. Teens also taught participants howto make earth day bracelets.
• Nevada Youth Range Camp: 4-H youth members participated in thisweek long program which focuses on relationships between people andrangeland. Campers learned about plants, wildlife, water, and soil in orderto make good decisions about rangeland management and use. Theyexplored careers in rangeland and related resource management.
• 4-H Camp: Thirty-three youth (ages 9-15) participated in this week long campheld at the state’s 4-H camp at LakeTahoe. Focus was on science, foodand nutrition, and the development ofleadership skills. Some of the skillsincluded character building,communication, problem solving,decision making, managing resources,working with others, and environmentalstewardship. Eight older teens assistedstaff and volunteers with the leadership for the camp through their role asjunior counselors.
Horticulture Program: Programs teach homeowners and industry professionalsto irrigate wisely, save water and adopt environmentally friendly landscapetechniques as well as successful gardening practices through the popular MasterGardener Program. Program has expanded to include food preservation classes,and two farmers’ markets.
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• Food Preservation Program: 40 participants learned current USDA foodhandling procedures taught by Certified Food Preservation instructors.Food preservation classes included: water bath canning, food dehydration,pressure canning, jams, jellies and pickling. Participants learned food-safety practices which included: basic cooking skills; how to evaluatepreserved products; how to evaluate equipment, recipes and productsused to preserve food. Based on evaluations, 100% of participants gainedfood safety and canning knowledge, in addition to receiving researchbased information.
• Master Gardener Program:Cooperative Extension staff, stateextension specialists and localgardening professionals teach aseries of classes to train volunteersin research-based homehorticulture practices. This six weekprogram includes 80 hours ofinstruction with a one hour “hands-on” lab after every class using theUniversity of Nevada CooperativeExtension’s Demonstration Gardenadjacent to the Pahrump Office.In addition to class instruction, there is a volunteer service component inwhich participants commit to volunteering their time in order to becomecertified as a Master Gardener through the University of NevadaCooperative Extension. Seven Master Gardener students completed thespring 2013 program. Currently, we have 76 Master Gardeners, 37 arecertified Master Gardeners. Master Gardeners have contributed more than4,056 hours for 2013. According to the Independent Sector’s Value ofVolunteer Time (2012), Master Gardener hours estimated value is$ 89,799.84 (based on $22.14/per hour).
• Two Master Gardeners Farmer’s Markets: Master Gardeners provideopportunities for home and small farm producers to sell fresh homegrownproduce, and/or homemade crafts. Pahrump Farmers’ Markets are heldtwice a week throughout the year. A partial listing of other volunteerprojects and community events includes:
• Adopt A Highway• Bi-annual Tree Sale• Christmas Tree Recycling Project• Vegetable Garden Tours• Seed Social• Calvada Eye Project
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• Audubon Project; Burrowing Owl Monitoring• Demonstration Garden• Plant Database• Weather Stations• Willow Creek Golf Course• Garden Work Days• Earth Day• Fall Festival• Wild West Extravaganza• Open House• Hummingbird Conservation Project
Horticulture Workshops Offered:
• Pruning Workshop: 49participants learned pruningtechniques for trees, shrubs, androses.
• Great Idea’s from Growers: Sixclasses were held in which 44veteran and novice commercialgrowers shared their successesand failures in this town-hall stylemeet up.
• How to Create a Successful Produce Business: 8 Master Gardenersattended this interactive video conference through the Herds & HarvestProgram.
• Cottage Food Training: 15 Master Gardeners and others attended thisworkshop which featured new regulations, fees, and federal labelingrequirements.
Care Giver Programs Offered:
• University School of Medicine- Nevada Geriatric Lecture Series(NGEC): 25 participants have attended these monthly interactive videoconferences. They are accredited by the Accreditation Council forContinuing Medical Education. The NGEC is committed to improving thehealth care delivered to older adults by providing education, information,and resources to health professionals and faculty.
• Lou Ruvo Cleveland Clinic “Lunch & Learn” Program: 125 MasterGardeners and others attended two video conferenced programs permonth, Wednesdays from noon - 1 p.m. Representatives from KeepMemory Alive, Cleveland Clinic, community partners and other
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organizations present on a wide range of topics including: health and wellbeing, legal and financial matters, coping strategies, communityresources, disease-related information, and updates regarding the latestresearch findings.
• Retired Senior Volunteer Program RSVP: offered two trainings to 24participants who had a desire to help others.
• Massage and Reflexology: Nathan Adelson Hospice staff helped 12Master Gardeners and caregivers understand the differences andsimilarities between these two modalities, the benefits of each and howyou can each to your advantage.
• Seniors CAN: Cooperative Extension staff and two Master Gardenerstaught this seven week wellness series to residents and non-residents ofan assisted living facility in Pahrump. Seniors CAN is a life skillseducational program created by University of Nevada CooperativeExtension to optimize successful aging by improving older adults’ qualityof life and to maintain independent living.
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