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Vol. 7, No. 7 December 19, 2000
IN THIS ISSUE...
...Nominations Requested for Distinguished
Service in Agriculture Awards
...Darrel Hosie Retirement
...Emergency Action Manual Updated
...University Holiday Schedule
...2001-2002 NELD-NC Program
...Direct Resource Referral Service
...Copin County, USA
...Horse Panorama Requirements on 4-H Web Page
...Northern Flint Hills Audubon Society December
Program
...Master Schedule
...Tuesday
Letter Archives
NOMINATIONS REQUESTED FOR
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN AGRICULTURE AWARDS
Nominations are requested for two Distinguished Service in
Agriculture (DSA) Awards. These are the most prominent awards made
by the College of Agriculture. Nominees should be persons whose
careers have contributed notably to distinguished achievement or public
service in or related to the profession of agriculture. K-State
alumni are eligible, but active and emeritus faculty are not.
Nominations should include a resume and brief statement of contributions
of the nominee. Those for the DSA Award in Research and Teaching
should be sent to Dr. Gary Paulsen, Department of Agronomy, and those
for the DSA Award in Extension and International Service should be sent
to Randy Higgins, Department of Entomology, by January 19, 2001.
--Gary Paulsen gmpaul@ksu.edu
DARREL HOSIE RETIREMENT
You are invited to attend a retirement reception for Darrel Hosie,
Cloud County Extension Agent, to be held Sunday, January 7, 2001, from 2
- 4 p.m. at the VFW Post, 105 W. 7th Street, Concordia, KS. We hope you
can attend this important celebration of Darrel's 34+ years of service
in the Kansas Extension Service.
We are compiling a scrapbook of notes,
cards, letters, etc. Please send your congratulatory wishes by December
22 to: Cloud County Extension Office, 811 Washington, Courthouse,
Concordia, KS 66901-3415. --Mary Higgins mhiggins@oznet.ksu.edu
EMERGENCY ACTION MANUAL UPDATED
The Emergency Action Manual has been updated, and has nearly doubled in
volume since its first printing in 1997. The manual inserts are shrink
wrapped and the manual sections are divided with color paper. Just remove
the printed sections inside the manual (Do not remove any maps or
drawings, if your manual has them) and replace the printed sections with
the new manual. Then read it and share it with those with whom you work.
County Offices that have a County Emergency
Response Plan that they are following may either keep the manual or return
it to me at 138 Waters Hall. If you have any questions or suggestions for
the next printing, please let me know. --Nick Huser nhuser@oznet.ksu.edu
UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
The University will reduce activity from the close of business on
Friday, December 22, 2000, through Monday, January 1, 2001. Although the
University will close during this period, a few offices such as the
University Police will keep a normal schedule. Since December 25, and
January 1 are holidays, the only normal workdays affected will be
December 26, 27, 28, and 29, 2000.
K-State Research and Extension’s policy
will be the same as the University: to close campus offices and
encourage employees not to work during this period, although some
employees may be asked to work. Prior approval from the departmental
supervisor is required. Buildings will be locked and heat may be reduced
to conserve energy. --Marc Johnson mjohnson@oznet.ksu.edu
2001-2002
NELD-NC PROGRAM
K-State Research and Extension has received program brochures and
application forms on the upcoming 2001-2002 National Extension Leadership
Development-North Central (NELD-NC) program. The program is sponsored by
Cooperative Extension in the 12 North Central states and is coordinated by
the University of Wisconsin-Extension.
The NELD-NC program is 14
months in length and consists of four seminars, with the first one
beginning on May 16-19, 2001. The seminar topics for the four sessions
include:
Leading Yourself
First
Leading and Managing People
Leading in a Diverse World
Learning for Creative & Visionary Change
The purpose of NELD-NC is to
build future leaders with the vision, courage and tools to lead in a
changing world. If you would like to nominate yourself in the 2001-2002
NELD-NC program, call Steve Scheneman, Leader of Professional Development,
at 785-532-4370. Upon your request, you'll receive a NELD-NC brochure and
application form.
Completed application forms
should be returned to the Office of Professional Development by Wednesday,
February 14, 2001. Up to three agents or faculty members will be selected
to participate in the 2001-2002 NELD-NC program. --C. Stephen Scheneman sschenem@oznet.ksu.edu
DIRECT RESOURCE REFERRAL SERVICE
Remember that the Direct Resource Referral Service is available to help
you locate resources and respond to questions related to community,
natural resource, and economic development. Direct is a telephone-based
information and referral service operated by K-State’s Office of Local
Government. Copies of a newly designed brochure promoting the service
are being distributed to county Extension offices. For additional copies
of the brochure or other information, contact Direct at 785-532-7987.
--Janet Griesel jgriesel@oznet.ksu.edu
COPIN COUNTY, USA
Extension agents, area specialists, and
other Extension faculty involved in leadership, community development,
and public policy education, or who work with low income audiences, are
invited to attend a workshop on Copin County, USA .
The workshop (which follows the FNP/EFNEP
Annual Conference) will be held on February 8, 2001 from 1-4 p.m. at the
Holidome in Manhattan. There is no registration fee. However, if you
plan to attend, please let us know by contacting LaVonne (deadline is
January 15, 2001): Phone - 785-532-5773; e-mail - lboetel@oznet.ksu.edu
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COPIN COUNTY, USA is a citizen
involvement activity which offers participants the opportunity to learn
and experience how local public policy is made. More specifically, it
addresses welfare reform in a broad context of competing demands on
local governments and their resources (as various responsibilities are
being shifted from the federal government to state and local
governments). Copin County, USA asks the question: How will local
communities provide necessary services (such as jobs, transportation,
child care, food security, health care, and housing) to families who are
no longer receiving welfare assistance?
Participants in Copin County, USA learn
more about the role of local government officials in prioritizing
funding for community programs, gain insight into methods for
influencing public policy choices, and improve their skills in
identifying key stakeholders and developing effective collaborations.
This workshop is designed to introduce
the Copin County, USA simulation and to help prepare agents (primarily
those with Family and Consumer Sciences responsibilities) to utilize it
with various audiences in their county/district.
For more information, contact Joyce Jones
or Katey Walker at 785-532-5773. -- Joyce Jones jjones@oznet.ksu.edu
and Katey Walker kwalker@oznet.ksu.edu
HORSE PANORAMA REQUIREMENTS ON 4-H WEB
PAGE
Requirements for participation in the Horse Panorama can be found on the
4-H web page. --Ann Domsch adomsch@oznet.ksu.edu
NORTHERN FLINT
HILLS AUDUBON SOCIETY DECEMBER PROGRAM
"Environmental Education & Nature Centers in Kansas" will be
presented by Lori Hall, Director of Wildlife Education at the Rolling
Hills Refuge Wildlife Conservation Center near Salina. This interactive
program about conservation and environmental education in Kansas, will be
on Wednesday, December 20, 7:30 p.m., at Throckmorton Hall on campus.
Currently, Lori is focusing on education about wildlife, emphasizing rare
and endangered species, but she will also discuss the development of the
Lakewood Natural Area and Discovery Center in Salina. Lori was
recognized as the Conservation Educator of the Year in 1999 by the
Kansas Wildlife Federation, and was recently appointed to the Kansas
Wildlife and Parks Commission by Governor Bill Graves. --Judy Roe jroe@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 DECEMBER 27, 2000, THROUGH JANUARY 16, 2001:
Monday, January 1, 2001
.... New Year's Day
Thursday, January 4,
through Sunday, January 7
.... Western 4-H Round-up, Denver, CO, (Lindy Lindquist)
Friday, January 5
.... Biotechnology: Teaching the Future Today, Manhattan, Statewide,
8:00 a.m., (Kathy Wright)
Friday, January 5, through
Saturday, January 6
.... Conference on Applied Ag Computing, Hays/EL, Multi-state, (Sandy
Johnson)
Saturday, January 6
.... State 4-H Advisory, Salina, Statewide, (Gary Gerhard)
Monday, January 8, through
Wednesday, January 10
.... New Extension Agent Orientation, Manhattan, Statewide, (Steve
Scheneman)
Monday, January 8, through
Friday, January 12
.... Moving Ahead-Youth Development Basic Training, Rock Springs 4-H,
Statewide, (Marcia McFarland)
Tuesday, January 9
.... KSU-SW Ag Research Center Advisory Committee Meeting, Garden
City/FI, SW counties, 9:00 a.m., (Pat Coyne)
Tuesday, January 9, through
Wednesday, January 10
.... ServSafe-Serving Safe Food, Wichita/SG and surrounding area, SC,
(Karen Penner)
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