The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 6, No. 43      September 5, 2000

...Tuesday Letter Archives

LEAVE BALANCES ON STATEMENT OF EARNINGS
We have been notified by Human Resources that there is a problem with the leave balance not displaying on the Statement of Earnings (paycheck stub) for some employees. Please be assured that you have not lost any leave if this has happened to you.

Human Resources is looking into the problem. --Stacey Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu 

AMOUNT OF POLLUTANTS THAT CAN BE SAFELY DELIVERED TO A KANSAS RIVER OR LAKE
This week, K-State Research and Extension is kicking off a major communications effort to educate agents and Kansas citizens about issues centering around Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), or the amount of pollutants that can be safely delivered to a river or lake in Kansas.

In the coming weeks and months, all county offices will be receiving information on TMDLs, including fact sheets, terms and definitions, news releases and other editorial support. Current plans also include making some materials available to you on K-State Research and Extension’s intranet site.

K-State Research and Extension encourages you to work with your local media to educate citizens about this important water quality issue. You are also encouraged to begin an e-mail campaign in your community in which you forward important information to county commissioners, city council members, producers, and others who can help encourage local, voluntary clean-up efforts.

Please contact Bill Hargrove in the Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment for more information on TMDLs. If you have questions about the communications program, please contact Pat Melgares at 785-532-1160, or pmelgare@oznet.ksu.edu .  --Pat Melgares

KANSAS STATE FAIR 4-H SCHEDULE 
The schedule of events in the Kansas State Fair Youth Exhibitor Handbook has some errors. As you are planning activities at the State Fair, refer to the daily schedule that was included in the State Fair packet sent from the State 4-H Office in July, or the schedule posted in the August 4-H Tip Sheet for correct times and locations.  --Lindy Lindquist llingqui@oznet.ksu.edu 

ES-237 REPORT AND TWO DISKS DUE OCTOBER 1 TO THE STATE 4-H OFFICE
Thank you to all of the counties that have responded promptly with ES-237 Reports and two data disks. I appreciate this very much!

4-H Youth Enrollment reporting is critically important at the county, state and federal levels, both to 4-H Youth Development itself, and for funding. Instructions for completing your ES-237 Report are available from this hyperlink:  http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_4hyp/BRes-237.htm 

Since I will be at the out of the office for the State Fair from Thursday, September 7, through Monday, September 18, and the Blue Ribbon Youth Enrollment Conference Monday, September 25 through Friday, September 29, support for Blue Ribbon Youth ES-237 Report will be limited. MarTech will be able to help with support in my absence, but before calls are made, have the program open and have references in hand concerning the problem. MarTech staff will be involved in the Annual Blue Ribbon Youth Conference, so it is possible that you will have to leave your number and have your call returned. Their number is 715-845-2794. --Sheila Roffler sroffler@oznet.ksu.edu 

RURAL/URBAN ISSUES TRAINING SESSION OFFERED
Counties across the state face the impact of growth and development and conflicting interests at the rural/urban interface. The broad scope of challenges includes land use and environmental issues; public finance, economic development, and the demand for public services; and community development and interpersonal relations.

A training session for agents, county directors, and other Extension professionals will be held at the Douglas County Extension Office in Lawrence on September 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The session will provide knowledge and skills on the impacts and challenges of growth and development, the issues and programming needs at the rural/urban interface, and the methods and tools to deliver successful Extension programming on rural/urban issues.

Visit the workshop webpage on the Northeast Area Extension Office website at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/NEAreaOffice/issues.htm  to find further information and registration details. Contact Brad Lubben, Extension Agricultural Economist, NE Area, for further information. --Brad Lubben  blubben@ksu.edu 

CONSERVATION TREE PLANTING PROGRAM
After holding prices steady for five years, inflation has forced a modest increase in seedling prices. The bare-root rate is $27.75 per unit of 50 plants and the container-grown rate is $41.00 per 30 plants. A copy of the price list can be downloaded at http://WWW.KANSASFORESTS.ORG .

A supply of forms and price lists will be shipped to the county offices in November. --Bill Loucks bloucks@oznet.ksu.edu 

RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITION AVAILABLE IN FUNGAL GENETICS LABORATORY
Specific duties include: Isolation and culture of fungi, supervision of undergraduate student assistants, maintenance of stock cultures and associated records, conducting genetic and molecular biology experiments with fungi, making microbiological media, and ordering supplies as needed.  Successful candidate will hold a B.A./B.S. with at least 30 hours of science; experience and/or course work in genetics, microbiology, and/or molecular biology strongly preferred. Application deadline is September 18, 2000 or until a qualified applicant is identified. To apply, submit a letter of application; resume; college transcript(s); and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three references to Dr.  John F. Leslie, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan Kansas, 66506-5502. Telephone: (785) 532-1363/2392. Kansas State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees.  --John Leslie jfl@plantpath.ksu.edu 

VIEW THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS  . Submit corrections to previously submitted items to jzarger@oznet.ksu.edu 

DATES TAKEN FROM THE MASTER SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER 13, 2000, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 19, 2000:

Wednesday, September 13
.... SW Area FNP Workshop, Garden City, SW Area FNP counties, 9:30 a.m., (Carol Young)
.... Fall Crop Tour, Marysville/MS, Single county, NE, p.m., (Scott Staggenborg)

Thursday, September 14, through Friday, September 15
.... ServSafe-Serving Safe Food, Hays/EL and surrounding area, NW, SW, & SC, (Karen Penner)

Monday, September 18
.... Sericea Tour, Greenwood and surrounding counties, SE, (Gary Kilgore)

Tuesday, September 19
.... Sericea Tour, Coffey, Multi-county, SE, (Gary Kilgore)

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