Please Note: The following reports are submitted to the Agriculture ...

Please Note: The following reports are submitted to the Agriculture, Extension
Education and Fair Committee as informational summaries of what the Agents
are working on. They are not all inclusive. If you would like more information,
please contact the UW-Extension Office.
Strengthening Youth Leadership
Dean Slark
Green Lake County
4-H & Youth Development Agent
Agriculture, Extension, and Fair Committee Report
July 2010
Green Lake County fair exhibits were up again this year. The clubs did an
excellent job promoting 4-H and building the number of kids involved with
leadership activities. The 4-H Ambassadors will assist with many different events
at the fair. Including the Kiss the Calf charity event, ribbon and award
assistances, radio interviews, and working in the clover action area. The fairest
of the fair’s had an opportunity to speak to each show audience and gain some
valuable experience. Many of these youth are busy exhibiting their projects, but
are also taking the opportunity to build their teamwork and leadership skills. Plus
keep everything organized.
Both youth and volunteers have taken more active roles within the livestock
committee. That was stressed area this past year and it is really showing with
the outstanding involvement and leadership.
Also Record Book judging will be taking place in September. The 4-H record
book is a great opportunity for youth to evaluate their project year and record
what they learned over the past year. Each year record book workshops are
held with each club to have older youth mentor newer members.
Strengthening Volunteer Leadership
Upcoming events include a leaders retreat in September. This event is an
opportunity for leaders to learn more about their roles as volunteers and work
with one another. It is also a state requirement to have one leader from each
club take part in this training opportunity. Teamwork, communication, leadership,
and community service will be covered. Curriculum is used that my work team
created.
Agent is continuing work with Horse Council to run meeting efficiently and that
are organized. There will be a 2010-2011 planning meeting in September.

Review of requirements and organization of how the youth are involved in the
project will be evaluated. There were some communication breakdowns and
some changes need to be addressed for the next project year.
Fall club visits will be planned in the upcoming month. This year’s focus will be
community service and leadership.
Agent also attended meeting related to County Department Head duties and
responsibilities. Discussions with office staff on budget have taken place during
July and August.
I am also assisting Nav to get acclimated to Green Lake County and the office.
Professional Development:
Continuing tenure process. Also working on District Resource Management
Team as the chairperson, Strengthening the Vitality of 4-H Club work team, and
the Networking Team.
Calendar (Out of Office Days in italics)
August 2 & 3- Assist with Boys and Girls Club visits
August 9 & 10- Assist with Boys and girls club
August 5-8- Green Lake County Fair
August 10- Carcass Contest- Brandon Meats
August 12- 4-H Leaders Association Meeting
August 13- Meeting Stevens Point
August 16- Pick up State Fair Projects- Milwaukee
September 2- 4-H Leaders Association Meeting
September 6- Horse Council Meeting
Days out of County – Estimate 2 days
Molly Spaulding
Family Living Educator
Agriculture, Extension, and Fair Committee Report
July 2010

Programming
Family Financial Management
I will be presenting the “Financial Fitness: Getting Your Finances in
Shape!” session on August 11 for individuals referred from the Economic Support
Unit. In partnership with US Bank in Princeton, I will also be offering the Get
Checking program in October. Participants who complete the program are
eligible to open a checking or savings account, regardless of past account
history.
Family Caregiving and Aging
I presented a session titled “Creating Aging Friendly Communities” to
members of the Green Lake County I-Team, organized through the Aging Unit at
Health and Human Services. The program content was developed by the UW-
Extension Aging Specialist, Dr. Clif Barber, and would be a beneficial
presentation for County Board Supervisors and community planners. The focus
of the presentation is on examining population trends and demographics related
to aging and understanding “best-practices” with regard to community
development to support aging residents.
Because one in four adults will be a caregiver (providing care for a family
member or friend), I am offering an educational session on September 23 for
community members to assist them in planning for their future caregiving needs.
I have previously offered the program for Green Lake County government
employees, and now am providing it more widely to the community.
In 2008, I developed an assessment for employees to ascertain their level
of caregiving, the effect caregiving was having on their employment, and
resources that would assist them in their caregiving responsibilities. This survey
was disseminated among Green Lake County government employees and
employees in 5 other Wisconsin counties. The survey project is now available to
employers nationwide through the eXtension website (pronounced E-extension).
Because of my leadership in this project, my work with Green Lake County UW-
Extension is now featured on the new UW-Extension website under a special
“scholarship” section and will also be featured by Dr. Scott Peters during his
keynote presentation at the October 2010 UW-Extension state conference in
Madison.
Volunteer Development
As the advisor to the Green Lake County Association for Home and
Community Education (HCE), I am currently assisting them with several large
educational efforts, including the recent “Kids Safety Day” event at the Green
Lake County Fair, the upcoming Our Day conference at the Green Lake
Conference Center (which had 190 registrations in the first 3 weeks), and the
Wisconsin Bookworms TM program, which provides a set of 8 books to 115 low
income children in Green Lake County.
Calendar

August
5-8 Fair
11 Financial Fitness Session; Green Lake
12 Green Lake County Senior Picnic; Green Lake
17 Green Lake Wellness Coalition Physical Activity Meeting; Green Lake
19 HCE Our Day Conference Meeting; Ripon (0.5)
23 HCE Executive Board Meeting; Green Lake
23-27 UW-Extension Website Revision
30 UW-Extension Healthy Families and Communities Team Meeting; Green Lake
September
1 UW-Extension Healthy Families and Communities Team Meeting; Green Lake
2 HCE Our Day Meeting; Green Lake
3 Parenting the First Year Focus Group; Berlin
Total Out of County Days: 0.5
Jason Kauffeld
Green Lake County Community Development,
Natural Resources and Economic Development Educator
Agriculture, Extension, and Fair Committee Report
Given August 2010, covering June of 2010
Note: I am scheduling two of my required floating furlough days this month, and
taking a week of vacation as my in-laws are visiting from Trinidad. If you want to
learn more about Trinidad customs and culture, please feel free to attend a Trini
party on August 22 starting at 1pm at 601 Metomen Street in Ripon.
Programming and Community Involvement
Sustainability / Energy
1. Conducted our third energy tour in FDL on Saturday, July 31 from 8:30am to
noon.
2. Attended the first 3 days of the 2 nd annual MRCSE (Midwest Regional Conference
for Sustainable Education) in Land O’Lakes, WI. I helped organize and plan the
conference and taught community visioning, World Café, and facilitation
techniques to over 60 educators.
3. Organized a fair booth for all things energy conservation and renewable energy
and the environment related for the county’s EIC Committee and the local
Sustainability Team. Diana Amend, the UWEX Intern, deserves to be recognized
for doing 95% of the work in putting together information posters for this booth.
Thank you, Diana!
4. I am working with another CNRED agent to put together a series of Power Points
to be used statewide as an introduction to energy/sustainability topics.

5. I am coordinating the work of the newly formed GLC Energy Independence
Committee and three subcontracted agencies, facilitating county meetings,
representing Green Lake at out of county meetings, and continuing and
expanding on current community sustainability education. I represented the
county at the August 4 required meeting in Kaukauna.
6. Facilitating the monthly meetings of the GLC Sustainability Team and providing
information to municipalities about FOE and other funding and training
opportunities related to sustainability. I compile our monthly newsletter.
Leadership
1. Coaching the 2009 TCLI on their class project: mentoring youth. Fund raising
projects start with a car wash the Saturday of the Fair.
2. We are recruiting for the TCLI class of 2010. Class starts October 3 rd . Your help
with recruiting would be appreciated!
3. I have been asked to help orient new UWEX colleagues at a workshop in
Madison on September 7.
Organizational Development
1. The County Fair. Worked with 19 volunteers on the track events.
2. Worked with the GLA COC to promote Green Lake as a destination at the State
Fair booth on August 9.
3. Facilitated a community visioning session to discuss options for the downtown
courthouse and property in an evening session organized by the Downtown
Green Lake Renewal Project. Over 50 attendees and lots of good discussion.
Casino and Youth Hostel and Mixed Use were high on the list.
4. Green Lake County was elected Secretary and Treasurer for the ICC, so I am now
responsible for those duties. The August 16 ICC Topic is Building Community
Capacity and Leadership and will be in Jefferson County.
5. Hosting the second webinar in this year’s Downtown Revitalization in Wisconsin
Series: Working Downtown. September 9, from 11:30am in the Goose Blind.
6. Counseled one entrepreneur / business.
7. Facilitating the Finance Committee’s grant writing project- providing guidance to
a contracted grant writer and liaising between the committee and the writer.
8. Working with the Maintenance DH to develop Parks and Rec projects and
funding.
9. ICC, EDC, TREDC, Downtown Green Lake Renewal, TCTA, and Berlin CommUNITY
are organizations to which I continue in my requested role as UWEX resource.
Professional Development
This past month, two of the statewide UWEX teams I belong to held their annual
meetings. I was in Kenosha for 1.5 days with the Systems Thinking Team, which
focuses on how to help organizations improve decision making and increasing ability
to meet challenges. I was in LaCrosse for 1.5 days with the Sustainability Team,
which focused on ways to save money through energy efficiency and at ways to
create jobs in the new knowledge/Green economy and on how communities can
become more resilient. I also participated for 3 days in the MRCSE workshop in Land
O’Lakes, described earlier.
Calendar (out of county days in italics)

August 11
TCTA (Tri-County Tourism), 9-11am, Green Lake Chamber
August 11
EIC 2525 Committee Meeting, noon-4:30 pm
August 13 TREDC, 9:30-11:30am, Neshkoro. (not attending due to
vacation)
August 16
ICC Meeting, Jefferson County, 9am-11:30am (not attending
due to furlough)
August 16
Downtown Green Lake Renewal, 5-6pm (not attending due to
furlough)
August 16
Furlough
August 23
Furlough
August 26
Finance Committee Meeting
September 1 Berlin Community Meeting, 8-9am, City Hall
September 3 EDC Meeting, 8:30am, board room
September 7 New Colleague Orientation, Madison
September 7 GL Area Sustainability Team, 2-3pm, demo room
September 8 TCTA, 9-11am, Waushara County
September 8 EIC 2525 Committee, 2:30-4:30pm, board room
September 9 Webinar: Working Downtown, 11:30am Gooseblind
September 10 TREDC, 9:30-11:30am, Neshkoro.
September 14 Committee Meeting, demo room, 8:30-10:30am
Total out of county days: 2 days planned
Nav Ghimire
Green Lake County
Agriculture Agent
July 2010
I joined the Green Lake County Extension on July 15, 2010. This report includes a brief
summary of work I have done from July 15 to July 28. First, I would like to thank the
committee members for providing me an opportunity to work as the Agriculture Agent.
Homeowners Call
Since the first day of work, Agent responded to 15 calls from Green Lake County
residents regarding their issues in agriculture, home horticulture, animal production,
forage production and lawn maintenance. To identify their problems and provide
suggestions, Agent visited three home owners’ gardens as per their request- one in Berlin
and two in Green Lake. Agent also provided educational materials to clients by email
attachments and by mails. To provide research based information to clients, Agent used
educational resources from UW Extension Ohio, Michigan and Iowa State Universities.
Radio Extension Program
Radio is one of the important sources of information for clients that keeps them aware of
changing situation and provides a basis for informed decisions. With a felt need for a
Radio program (suggested by Extension Committee chair, County Board chair, County

Extension Director and some clients), program proposal has been developed. As a
process of program implementation, Agent held a meeting with a representative of the
Berlin Radio. The needs of a radio Extension program and views of Extension audience
will be explored during the County fair.
Professional Development
Agent collected information on past agricultural development programs and possible
future programs in the County. Meetings were held with Carla Hargrave (previous Ag.
Agent), Donald Genrich (Adams County), Ken Williams (Waushara County), Nick
Schneider (Winnebago County). A professional development meeting was also held with
Matt Glewen from Calumet County.
Calendar
July 26 - Meeting with Ken Williams
July 27 - Meeting with Don Genrich
July 28 – Meeting with Matt Glewen
July 28 – Meeting with Nick Schneider
July 26 and 27 – Home owners’ garden visit
Days meeting people out of county: July 27 and 28.