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IN THIS ISSUE... CALENDAR ORDERS FOR 2001 ARE DUE TODAY
TEAM AWARD Team award nominations can be submitted to George Ham electronically or by letter by August 25, 2000. --George Ham gham@oznet.ksu.edu and Dick Wootton rwootton@oznet.ksu.edu
For more information (including Outstanding Mentor Award nomination forms), on the Annual Conference mentoring opportunities, please contact Professional Development Leader C. Stephen Scheneman by telephone, 785-532-4370, or e-mail sschenem@oznet.ksu.edu . In addition, information on mentoring new K-State colleagues may also be accessed on the web-site: Office of the Provost, www.k-state.edu/provost , and Department Heads' Resource Page, www.ksu.edu/dh . --C. Stephen Scheneman
One side of the system is the diagnostic facilities in the departments of entomology, horticulture and plant pathology, along with the herbarium in biology. The other is all of the Extension field offices and Experiment Station facilities that deal with plant-related questions across the state. Distance Diagnosis allows field and campus staff literally to communicate at the speed of light using a confidential World Wide Web site. Web messages and diagnoses are secure. This assures privacy for clientele who have problems in landscape, pasture or crop field. It also ensures that the entire computing world can't take advantage of this unique system - which only two or three U.S. land-grant universities are even close to approaching. Distance Diagnosis enables field staff to submit their own assessment of a local problem or challenge, using a form much like they now include with samples shipped to K-State's labs. In addition, their message can have up to three color photos, scanned or taken with digital camera or microscope. Field staff don't have to worry about color adjustments and computer differences. They just include a small color-scale ruler in each photo. The Web site and start-up packets both provide these card/paper rulers, which Action Team member Chuck Marr hopes staff will laminate and put to hard use. For those who don't know how to take the kind of high-quality digital photos required for accurate scientific analyses (or, incidentally, for print publications), the Web site includes a "how-to" video that staff can watch on-screen. In addition, on-line help allows Oznet users to upgrade their Web browser, if needed, and it provides a complete set of Distance Diagnosis instructions. A separate, secure archive keeps a copy of all "conversations," so field staff can always have theirs available. Staff submit their request for a plant-related "second opinion" to just one of the campus labs. Within seconds, the lab receives an e-mail alert, notifying the scientists that a request has arrived. In turn, each lab can forward photos and its own questions to others in the system or to experts around the world. (This feature will be particularly useful for entomology as its new technician learns the ropes.) Naturally, this will not replace the need for the exacting accuracy that lab work can provide. It won't lead to the kind of "systems analysis" that agent and scientist field scouting does. It should, however, improve two things: (1) speed, when needed, and (2) the assurance that comes from being part of a multi-talented team, all dedicated to providing the same service. This should be invaluable in those situations where timing is vital for the best response to a disease, insect, predator or environmental stress. Beyond that, the system will allow field staff to show in pictures what they used to have to try to describe by phone. Where a specialty's unfamiliar scientific terms are concerned, a picture is likely to be worth far more than 1,000 words. --Dick Wootton rwootton@oznet.ksu.edu
Teel has tailored 20 activities to fit 4-H club meetings and activities. Participants will receive a leaders' manual and member kit. Volunteers will receive a scholarship to attend. Agents will require a $110 registration fee. If you have questions, call Jim Adams or me. --Steve Fisher sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu
The Classroom 4-H program at Horace Mann Elementary School began a three year pilot program in 1997 with two participating classrooms and 50 to 55 students. In the 1998-99 school year, the program grew to include six classrooms, including three bilingual classrooms, and about 150 students. An additional 25-50 students, not included in the numbers above, have participated in Classroom 4-H activities during the time they were part of the highly mobile school population at Horace Mann School. The presence of classroom 4-H has shown some positive results. Participating school and 4-H staff have observed some positive behavioral and attitudinal changes in the students involved in the Classroom 4-H program. According to school staff, the children have increased their teamwork skills as they have worked to achieve their self set goals. It has been reported that attendance has even increased on 4-H meeting days. It is clear that Sedgwick county is working hard to promote Expanded Delivery Models of 4-H Youth Development! --Jana Hackney jhackney@oznet.ksu.edu
Goals of the project are: 2. Reduce the demand for methamphetamine in Shawnee County by providing opportunities for youth education and community awareness about the dangers of this drug. Shawnee County Research and Extension will work with $20,000 of the total grant. Extension will be responsible for targeting rural areas in Shawnee County through educational presentations to reduce the theft of anhydrous ammonia and increase awareness about its use as a methamphetamine precursor product. Target audiences will include farmers, farm supply stores & co-ops. Extension will also provide education about alcohol and other drugs including methamphetamine to youth representing Shawnee County rural constituencies through the Shawnee County 4-H and Future Farmers of America programs. Congratulations Shawnee County on your collaboration, hard work and dedication to children, youth and families! --Jana Hackney jhackney@oznet.ksu.edu
Environmental Leadership Training' is a K-State Research and Extension program that trains people to become leaders in their community. Extension agents and specialists are encouraged to nominate outstanding committed people for the next ELT class. Training is provided through the Kansas Environmental Leadership Program (KELP). Trained people in your community will help bring about a better environment for our future. The KELP mission is: "To prepare individuals to practice leadership by working collaboratively to bring about positive environmental change for the future of Kansas." The first class, Class 1, will graduate in September 2000. A Pilot Class was completed in September 1999. Together these classes had 40 participants who provide leadership in their community. --Morgan Powell mpowell@bae.ksu.edu
Here's a sampling of what you can learn:
Call IET, 785-532-6270, to get more details on the lessons and to reserve a day and time. --Kathy Wright kwright@oznet.ksu.edu
The theme of the 2001 conference is "Building Capacities in Communities, Families and Individuals." The conference occurs every other year, so don't miss this opportunity! Rick Miller, Johnson County; and Bev Dunning, Sedgwick County; are serving on the national planning committee. Each have applications for a "call for proposal" for the conference. Think of those outstanding programs you have going and would like to share nationally with other states and counties. The application is brief and you might be selected as a presenter. If you do not wish to contact Rick or Bev, check out the web site at www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~urbanconf/ . Market your good programs and contact Rick or Bev soon for the "call for proposal." --Bev Dunning Bdunning@oznet.ksu.edu
On the Web: Remember that draft forms of new publications are available for viewing during the ordering period. You must register with your name and password to view this secure site, which is not available for public use. View the draft publications at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/prepubs/ . Upon publication, final versions are available for use (including printing of the pdf version) at the Publications Library site, http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/ . Farm Management Guides: A special order form for Farm Management Guides will be mailed by Friday, August 4. Orders are due by Wednesday, August 23. The guides are due to be delivered by November 15. --Nancy Peavler npeavler@oznet.ksu.edu
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