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Vol. 6, No. 39 August 8, 2000
IN THIS ISSUE...
...2001 Master Schedule Dates
...State Fair 4-H Show Changes
...Unusual 4-H Projects
...Extension Endowment Grant Applications Due
...First Kansas Youth Leadership Forum
...Classified Senate
...NEAFCS Awards
...Reading-And-Roundtable Dialogue Session (Successful Intelligence)
...Most Amazing Mom Essay Contest
...State 4-H Meat Contest
...County Medal Orders for 4-H
...State Fair Parking Update
...Publications/Production Services Update
...Master Schedule
2001 MASTER
SCHEDULE DATES
Dates for 2001 (e.g., Camps, Fairs, Field Days) need to be submitted
immediately at http://129.130.72.154:80/MasterSchAdd/
. --Joann Zarger jzarger@oznet.ksu.edu
STATE FAIR 4-H SHOW CHANGES
The following changes have been made in the State Fair 4-H Horse
Show Classes: 1) Classes 3001 & 3002 will be combined into one
class; 2) Classes 3007 & 3008 will be combined into one
class; 3) Classes 3011 & 3012 will be combined into one
class; 4) Classes 3015 & 3016 will be combined into one
class; 5) These classes have be canceled - 3020, 3029 and 3031.
There are nearly 1400 entries in this show so it will be a big
one. --Ann Domsch adomsch@oznet.ksu.edu
UNUSUAL 4-H
PROJECTS
Thanks to those of you who have informed us about unusual 4-H projects:
As part of our pre-state fair coverage, we've written about a robotic
dog; a creative county fair brochure; a pet buffalo; a 4-H youth who
re-wired his county's fairgrounds; and more.
These short, but interesting stories,
generate interest in 4-H programs. If you come across an interesting
project and/or human interest story that could be a part of our pre-fair
coverage, please share it with Nancy Peterson (e-mail: npeterso@oznet.ksu.edu
), or call the K-State Research and Extension news office at
785-532-5806. --Pat Melgares pmelgare@oznet.ksu.edu
EXTENSION ENDOWMENT GRANT APPLICATIONS
DUE
A letter and copy of the grant application have been put in the system
mail and should be in your office by the time you read this message.
All Extension Agents, Specialists, and Administrators are eligible to
make grant requests to the Alpha Rho Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi
Extension Endowment Fund. Grant requests can be made to support
professional development or innovative educational programs.
Grant Proposals are due October 2, 2000
to Steve Fisher. Additional grant applications are also available from
Steve Fisher, Chair, ESP Endowment Fund, 201 Umberger Hall, KSU,
Manhattan, KS 66506; 785- 532-5800; or sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu
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Last year, seven projects were awarded
for a total of $3,475. Grant amounts ranged from $250-$750. The
Endowment Fund Board of Trustees will review the proposals during the
2000 K-State Research & Extension Annual Conference, and grant
recipients will be announced at the ESP Awards Banquet. This is also a
good time to remind you of the current campaign to increase the
Endowment Fund. Tickets are available for a week's vacation in a condo
at either Branson, MO., or Williamsburg, VA; sky box seats for the
November 4 Iowa State-K-State home football game; and an auction to
precede the Awards Banquet at the 2000 Conference. Tickets are available
from the Fund-Raising Committee: Ann Domsch, Clarene Goodheart, Stacey
Warner, Paul Hartman, Nonie England, Jim Lindquist, Tranda Watts, Beth
Drescher, Mark Ploger, Ed Call, and President Libby Curry. You can get
tickets from them any time between now, and up until the banquet starts.
Payroll deduction option is also available for currently employed
members. --Steve Fisher sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu
FIRST KANSAS YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM
The first Kansas Youth Leadership Forum will
be held December 1- 3, 2000 at Rock Springs 4-H Center. This event has
been designed for youth ages 14-18.
The Youth Leadership Forum registration
information should be at county offices by August 15. Registrations will
be due October 15.
If you have any questions please contact
Beth Hinshaw, bhinshaw@oznet.ksu.edu
, or Lindy Lindquist, llindqui@oznet.ksu.edu
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CLASSIFIED SENATE
If you are interested or know of anyone who is interested in serving
on Classified Senate, please contact Gina Jackson at 532-6993 by
September 1. --Lisa Tessendorf ltessend@oznet.ksu.edu
NEAFCS AWARDS
The National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
announces winners in the 2000 National Awards Program. The NEAFCS
members from Kansas receiving award honors are:
- Nancy C. Nelson - Distinguished Service
Award
- Belinda K. Oldham - Distinguished
Service Award
- Linda L. Carr - Continued Excellence
Award
- Diane Nielson - Continued Excellence
Award
Official announcement of national award
winners will be made at the 2000 NEAFCS Annual Session, October 15-19,
in Baltimore, Maryland. --Dick Wootton rwootton@oznet.ksu.edu
READING-AND-ROUNDTABLE DIALOGUE
SESSION (SUCCESSFUL INTELLIGENCE)
Robert Wilson, Extension Associate, Agricultural Economics; and Dan
Kahl, Extension Associate, Biographical & Agricultural Engineering;
are facilitating a Reading-And-Roundtable Team Dialogue Session on the
book: Successful Intelligence: How Practical and Creative
Intelligence Determine Success in Life by Robert J. Sternberg.
The Team Dialogue Session is an informal,
book luncheon discussion scheduled on Friday, September 22, 2000, 11:30
a.m. - 1:00 p.m., in Room 204 of the K-State Union.
In reading Successful Intelligence and
discussing it with your colleagues in the Team Dialogue Session, you'll
discover:
- Why your creative and practical
intelligence may have nothing to do with your IQ;
- Specific steps for developing creative
and practical intelligence;
- The key personality traits essential
for optimum creative performance; and,
- How successful intelligence can be
activated--and made to work for you.
The book may be purchased by contacting
Von O'Neil at the K-State Union Bookstore, 532-6583; or it may be
requested on a loan basis from the Office of Professional Development's
Lifelong Learning Resource Center, 532-4370.
Successful Intelligence is a
paperback book, published by PLUME in 1997, consists of 303 pages, and
costs $12.95 at the K-State Union Bookstore.
The Team Dialogue Session is an excellent
learning opportunity for you to gain insights, perspectives and
information on getting ahead on your intelligence from your colleagues
as well as from the book author, Robert Sternberg. --Steve
Scheneman sschenem@oznet.ksu.edu
MOST AMAZING MOM ESSAY CONTEST
Please share this opportunity with your 4-H members as a great way to
recognize their communication skills and highlight 4-H at the same time.
National 4-H Council has joined forces with Redbook Magazine and
"Inside Edition" to host an essay contest -- and we need your
help in promoting this event within your 4-H membership! National 4-H
Council will be promoting this contest for the next several months, but
special emphasis will be made during National 4-H week, October 1-7,
2000. Please include participation in this contest as part of your 4-H
week activities. Essay winners will have the opportunity to appear on
"Inside Edition," and their essays will be printed in the
March 2001 issue of Redbook Magazine. This is a great opportunity for
4-H'ers to show the nation what we are made of! For more information go
to http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/Market/whatsnew/redbookmomessay
starting Friday August 4, 2000. --Steve Fisher sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu
STATE 4-H MEAT CONTEST
The State 4-H Meat Contest will begin at 12:30
p.m., Saturday, August 19, at Excel Meat Research &
Development Center, 2901 N. Mead, (NE area corner),
Wichita. E-mail Dave Schafer, Extension Specialist, Meats, dschafer@oznet.ksu.edu
for more information. --David E. Schafer
COUNTY MEDAL ORDERS FOR 4-H
Be alert and watch for my letter about ordering your 4-H medals for this
fall. It should be in your county bulk mail the week of August 7.
--Steve Fisher sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu
STATE FAIR PARKING UPDATE
We have received several calls from Extension staff asking what hang
tags to order for 4-H members giving demonstrations or participating in
4-H Showcase at the State Fair. According to KSF Competitive Exhibits
Director Debbie Anderson, participants may use delivery/release hang
tags IF they are dated for the day they are giving their presentation.
When you place your order for admission tickets and hang tags, request
them for the specific days your members will need them. Lindy
Lindquist llindqui@oznet.ksu.edu
PUBLICATIONS/PRODUCTION SERVICES
UPDATE
Special Order: Order forms for the 2000 Farm Management Guides were sent
Friday, August 4. Please note that these orders are due by Wednesday,
August 23. The quick turnaround is necessary in order to meet printing
deadlines for these special publications, many of which are updated each
year. Delivery date is set for November 15. County and area offices will
receive one complementary set of new or revised guides. Additional
complete sets of new/revised guides are available for $10.20.
Work Sheet to Come: Watch for the 2001
Existing Publications Work Sheet, set to be distributed with the August
11 mailing. The work sheet is intended to be used as a planning tool
only. Order forms for publications to be delivered in 2001 will be sent
later.
Title Change: Please note that the titles
of a fact sheet and leader's guide in the 2001 FACS Series have changed.
MF2475 and (previously "What's New in Food Technology?"
Leader's Guide) and MF2476 (previously "What's New in Food
Technology?" Fact Sheet) have been retitled "Food Tech: New
Tech" (Leader's Guide and Fact Sheet, respectively).
Thanks to all for your support and
understanding in recent weeks. It is much appreciated! -- Nancy Peavler
npeavler@oznet.ksu.edu
VIEW THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR
ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. SUBMIT CORRECTIONS TO PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED ITEMS TO jzarger@oznet.ksu.edu
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DATES TAKEN FROM THE MASTER SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST 16, 2000, THROUGH
AUGUST 22, 2000:
Wednesday, August 16
.... ServSafe-Serving Safe Food, Overland Park/JO and surrounding area,
NE & SE, (Karen Penner)
.... Dryland Ag Day/KSU SW Res-Ext Ctr, Tribune/GL,
Statewide, 8:00 a.m. MDT, (Alan Schlegel)
.... Fall Field Day/EC Kansas Experiment Field, Ottawa/FR, EC & SE,
9:30 a.m., (Keith Janssen)
Thursday, August 17
.... Pre-plant Wheat School, McPherson, Single county, SC, Night,
(Stu Duncan)
Thursday, August 17, through Friday,
August 18
.... Risk & Profit 2000 Conference, Manhattan, Statewide, (Terry
Kastens)
Thursday, August 17, through Saturday,
August 19
.... Kansas All-Breeds Jr. Dairy Show, Salina, Statewide, (Jim
Adams/John Smith)
Friday, August 18
.... State 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl, Salina, Statewide, 3:00 p.m., (Jim
Adams)
Saturday, August 19
.... State 4-H Meat Contest, Wichita, KS, Statewide, 12:30 p.m., (Dave
Schafer)
Monday, August 21
.... Pre-plant Wheat School, Oxford/SU, Multi-county, SC, Night, (Stu
Duncan)
Monday, August 21, through Wednesday,
August 23
.... New Extension Agent Orientation, Manhattan, Statewide, (Steve
Scheneman)
Tuesday, August 22
.... Fall Field Day/KSU Ag Research Center, Hays, Statewide, 8:30
a.m., (Pat Coyne)
.... No-Till Field Day, Cowley, SC Area, p.m., (Chris Baker)
Tuesday, August 22, through Wednesday,
August 23
.... ServSafe-Serving Safe Food, Junction City/GE & surrounding area,
NE, SE & SC, (Karen Penner)
.... Interpersonal Relations, KSU-Manhattan, Statewide, 8:30 a.m., (Steve
Scheneman)
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