Volume 43, Number 4 (2005)
Editor's Page
Some JOE Style Points: Capitalization & et al.
Laura Hoelscher
Commentary
Extension's Response to an Un-Natural Disaster: Enlisting Your Support for Military Youth and Families
Theresa M. Ferrari
A Diversified Portfolio of Scholarship: The Making of a Successful Extension Educator
Roger G. Adams Jr, Reginal M. Harrell, Deborah J. Maddy, and Dan Weigel
Feature Articles
Organizational Evolution: Applying Genetic Principles to the Management of Extension Systems
John A. Winder
Demographic Differences of 4-H Volunteers, Agents, and State Volunteerism Specialists: Implications for Volunteer Administration
Ken Culp III, Renee K. McKee, and Patrick Nestor
Wonderwise 4-H: Following in the Footsteps of Women Scientists
Amy N. Spiegel, S Kay Rockwell, Deanna Acklie, and Saundra Wever Frerichs
Idaho 4-H Impact Study
Jeff Goodwin, Cyndi Barnett, Michele Pike, and Joey Peutz
Underserved Forest Landowner Workshops: Opportunities for Landowners and Extension
Glenn Hughes, Marcus K. Measells, Stephen C. Grado, and Michael A. Dunn
Public Law 106-393 (Title III) Forestry Extension Programming in Mississippi
Andrew J. Londo, Don Bales, Laura Grace, and Timothy Traugott
Barriers to Change: Farmers' Willingness to Adopt Sustainable Manure Management Practices
Robert D. Battel and David E. Krueger
Research in Brief
Preparing Extension Educators for a Global Community
Kelli A. Selby, Jerry L. Peters, David J. Sammons, and Floyd F. Branson
Assessing the Educational Needs and Interests of the Hispanic Population: The Role of Extension
Susan Farner, M Elena Rhoads, German Cutz, and Barbara Farner
Consumer Knowledge and Perceptions About Organic Food
Carolyn Raab and Deana Grobe
Using a Nutrition Web Site as a Resource for County Educators: Evaluating Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service's Experience
Janice Hermann, Amber Carson, Glenn Muske, and Kathryn Keim
Manure Use Planning: An Evaluation of a Producer Training Program
Charles S. Wortmann, Richard K. Koelsch, Charles A. Shapiro, and Richard L. Deloughery
Risk Factors Affecting High School Drop Out Rates and 4-H Teen Program Planning
Alexa Lamm, Amy Harder, Dennis Lamm, and Herb Rose III
Implementing a Needs Assessment for Long-Term Strategic Planning in 4-H Horticulture Programming
Elizabeth Phibbs, Diane Relf, and Joseph Hunnings
Avoiding the "Rut" in Program Development and Delivery: Improving Our Understanding of Learning Style Preferences
Gregory A. Davis
Self-Perceived 4-H Leader Competencies and Their Relation to the Skills Youth Learn Through 4-H Youth Development Programs
Loretta Singletary, Marilyn Smith, and William P. Evans
An Exploratory Study of Adolescents' Motivations for Joining and Continued Participation in a 4-H Afterschool Program
Theresa M. Ferrari and Cassie L. Turner
Evaluation of the People Empowering People Program Within a Prison Population
Cheryl Czuba, Stephen A. Anderson, and Shirley Higgins
Land Use Planning and Zoning in Ohio Townships
Jennifer S. Evans-Cowley and Meghan Zimmerman Gough
Home Canning: Pressure Gauge Testing
Carol Plate and Julie A. Albrecht
Assessing an Extension Plant Pest Diagnostic Center for Commercial Clients: Satisfaction, Savings, and Success
Joseph L. Donaldson, Frank A. Hale, Steven C. Bost, and Alan S. Windham
Ideas at Work
Effectiveness of a Program to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
Katherine L. Cason
What Is Forestry: A Multi-State, Web-Based Forestry Education Program
Robert Wheeler and Marcella Szymanski
Use of a Cattle Feeding Profitability Prediction Contest in Beef Extension Programming
Jane A. Parish and W Blair McKinley
Demonstrating Manure Spreader Calibration at Field Days
Karen M. Mancl and J Dean Slates
A Spanish Language Milker's School for Idaho Dairy Employees
Joseph C. Dalton and K Scott Jensen
Milking and Calf Care Schools for Hispanics in Cache County
Clark E. Israelsen, Allen J. Young, and Ronald L. Boman
Emotional Intelligence: A Pathway to Self-Understanding and Improved Leadership Capacities
Rose Fisher Merkowitz and Garee W. Earnest
Innovative Online Curriculum Writing: A Practical Approach for Multiple Authors/Multiple Locations
Diane C. Vigna, Patricia J. Fairchild, and Jamie Donaldson-Fassett
Optimal Aging and the Use of Action Plans
Sharon D. Johnson
Weber Water Fair: A Partnership for Water Conservation Awareness for Fourth Grade Youth
David William Francis and Darrell Rothlisberger
Extension at the Wildland-Urban Interface: A Case Study of Community Fire Planning
Max Bennett and Gail Perrotti
Tools of the Trade
More Tips: What If a Cooperative Extension Professional Must Work With Two or More Institutional Review Boards?
Sherry C. Betts, Donna J. Peterson, and Daniel A. McDonald
Voices from the Past, Wisdom for the Present and Future: Capturing and Learning from Oral History
Lisa Phelps
Selecting Recipes to Enhance Educational Programming--Application of Formative Research Methods
Sharon Francey Robinson, William Wong, A Shanna Wright Rodgers, and Mary Kinney Bielamowicz
An Affirmative Approach to Parental Involvement in Youth Programs
Alayne Torretta and Laura Bovitz
Agriculture Environmental Management System Baseline Protocols
John D. Harrison and Aditya H. Toney
An Extension Perspective on Monitoring Pesticide Resistance
John L. Petersen
Using a Poster Contest to Educate Children About Radon
Kenneth R. Tremblay Jr, Michael P. Vogel, and Nancy H. Drennen