The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 7, No. 38    August 7, 2001

IN THIS ISSUE...
...Nominations Due for Awards
...Volunteers Requested to Help in Our Booths at Kansas State Fair
...ADEC Distance Education Award
...Copies of By-Laws of 4-H Foundations and 4-H Councils Needed
...Dog Care and Training Quiz Bowl Counties
...Corrected URL for County/District Action Plan-Update 2002
...Master Schedule

...Tuesday Letter Archives  

NOMINATIONS DUE FOR AWARDS

Builder Award
Each year K-State Research and Extension offers Builder Awards to individuals who have exhibited extra energy and extra creativity over a number of years to "build" new programs and new institutions within K-State Research and Extension.

I would be pleased to receive nominations of individuals for this high honor. Please submit a letter of nomination with justification for the award by Friday, August 24, to Marc A. Johnson, Dean and Director, K-State Research and Extension, Waters Hall 114, Manhattan, Kansas 66506; or e-mail to mjohnson@oznet.ksu.edu  --Marc A. Johnson

Diversity Award
K-State Research and Extension is committed to an emphasis on diversity in mission and vision, work force, programs, audiences and relationships with other people, groups and organizations.

In order to recognize individuals who have embraced this vision, the Diversity Award will again be presented at the K-State Research and Extension Annual Conference.

The award winner will be selected from among those who are nominated by their peers or supervisors or individuals can be self-nominated. The format for nominations can be found at http://intranet.oznet.ksu.edu/operations/Diversity.htm .

Send completed applications to Marc A. Johnson, Dean and Director, K-State Research and Extension, Waters Hall 114, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, by Friday, September 7. --Marc A. Johnson mjohnson@oznet.ksu.edu 

Team Award
Nominations for the K-State Research and Extension Team Award should be made now.  The Team Award acknowledges commendable group activity that enhances K-State Research and Extension and enables the organization to serve our citizens more effectively and efficiently.

The winning team members each receive a certificate and a shirt with "Team Award 2001" printed on it.

Team award nominations should be submitted to Dick Wootton electronically, rwootton@oznet.ksu.edu ; or by letter, Dick Wootton, K-State Research and Extension, 123 Umberger Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 ; by Friday, August 24. --Dick Wootton rwootton@oznet.ksu.edu 

Mentoring Award
Please nominate that special mentor who has encouraged and empowered you and others to achieve higher quality performance and productivity and attain greater job satisfaction during your early employment.

One award will be presented to a county/district faculty mentor and one to an area/state faculty mentor. Nomination instructions and applications will be sent to all department heads and faculty employed in the last two years. Additional nomination forms are available from my office. Applications will be due to Larry Erpelding, Agriculture-Academic Programs, K-State Search and Extension, Waters 117, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, by Friday, September 7. --Larry H. Erpelding lerpeldi@oznet.ksu.edu 

VOLUNTEERS REQUESTED TO HELP IN OUR BOOTHS AT KANSAS STATE FAIR
The College of Agriculture, the College of Human Ecology, and K-State Research and Extension will once again have adjoining booths in the Pride of Kansas Building at the Kansas State Fair. The fair runs from Friday, September 7, through Sunday, September 16, 2001.

We had good response to our note in May but need to fill the rest of the schedule soon before the fair starts. We will need people to work in the three booths on both Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sunday-Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and the last Sunday from 9 a.m. to  7 p.m. 

Sedgwick County has volunteered to man the K-State Research and Extension booth all day on Tuesday, September 11. What about some other offices taking a day?

We would appreciate faculty and staff from campus, counties, Agronomy Fields, and Research-Extension Centers going to the fair and working for several hours on any one day. Also, we would appreciate agents and/or faculty, who are going to the fair anyway, signing up to work a couple hours in the booth before or after your activities. It is fun sharing information about our colleges and organization.

If you would like to work in one or more of the booths, please contact Janet Wenderott at 785-532-5729 or jwendero@oznet.ksu.edu  by August 31. Please tell her which booth you want to work in and which day and times are best for you. We will be in touch soon afterward with the final schedule plus send tickets, work out transportation, etc.

Thank you for your assistance. See you at the Kansas State Fair. --Jackie McClaskey, Cara Richardson, Steven Graham

ADEC DISTANCE EDUCATION AWARD
The ADEC Distance Education Consortium, of which K-State Research and Extension and the College of Agriculture is a member, presents a trophy and $5,000 to the program which best demonstrates excellence in distance education.  A team that has a significant distance education effort should look at the Team Award information and application process at www.adec.edu/whats-new.html . The initial nominations are due September 28, 2001. --Dick Wootton rwootton@oznet.ksu.edu 

COPIES OF BY-LAWS OF 4-H FOUNDATIONS AND 4-H COUNCILS NEEDED
The Geary County Extension office has formed committees to explore the formation of a 4-H Foundation and a 4-H Council. We would like to have copies of by-laws of 4-H Foundations and 4-H Councils from as many counties as possible. The committees are also interested in learning of any special circumstances or considerations that resulted in the by-laws being written as they are. Any other general comments would be appreciated.

Please send copies of by-laws for 4-H Foundations and 4-H Councils to Donna Martinson, Geary County Extension Office, Box 28, Junction City, KS 66441. Thanks in advance for your help. --Donna Martinson dmartins@oznet.ksu.edu 

DOG CARE AND TRAINING QUIZ BOWL COUNTIES
This information is for all counties planning to send 4-H members to the Annual Dog Conference at Rock Springs on November 3-4!! Due to the revisions of the Dog Show Rule Books and the use of the Dog Care and Training Leader Notebook, we are in need of new documented questions for the annual quiz bowl. We are asking each county to send 20 questions by September 15, to the State 4-H Office or give them to Jim Adams at the State Fair!! 

Please document the name of the rule book and page number where the answer can be found. Questions from the Leader Notebook should list the level and page number. This will help immensely in getting our quiz bowl question database up-to-date!! Thanks for your help. Jim Adams jadams@oznet.ksu.edu 

CORRECTED URL FOR COUNTY/DISTRICT ACTION PLAN-UPDATE 2002
Agents who need to submit the Action Plan Update 2002 should do so by accessing our home page http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/prev/  or directly accessing the Action Plan Update database at http://129.130.72.154:80/ActionPlan_Update02/ . --Marie Blythe mblythe@oznet.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 AUGUST 15, 2001, THROUGH AUGUST 21, 2001:

Wednesday, August 15
.... Dryland Ag Day/KSU SW Research-Extension Center, Tribune/GL and surrounding area, 9:00 a.m. (CDT), Alan Schlegel aschlege@oznet.ksu.edu 

Wednesday, August 15, through Saturday, August 18
.... Osage County 4-H Fair, Melvern, SE
.... Overbrook-Osage County Fair, Overbrook, SE

Thursday, August 16
.... Sandyland Fall Field Day, St. John/SF, Statewide, 6:00 p.m., Vic Martin sef@ksu.edu 
.... Pre-plant Wheat School, Ottawa, Single county, SC, evening, Stu Duncan sduncan@oznet.ksu.edu 

Thursday, August 16, through Saturday, August 18
.... All Breed Junior Dairy Show, Salina, Statewide, Carl Garten cgarten@oznet.ksu.edu 

Friday, August 17
.... 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl, Salina, Statewide, Jim Adams jadams@oznet.ksu.edu 
.... Rice County Residue Alliance Tour, Rice, SC Area, Frannie Miller fmiller@oznet.ksu.edu 

Monday, August 20
.... ServSafe-Serving Safe Food, Independence/MG and surrounding area, SE, Karen Penner kpenner@oznet.ksu.edu 
.... SW KAFCE Area Council, Garden City (Area Office), SW Area, 1:00 p.m., Carol Young cyoung@oznet.ksu.edu 
.... Pre-plant Wheat Meeting, Oxford/SU, Multi-county, SC, 6:00 p.m., Jon C. (Chris) Baker cbaker@oznet.ksu.edu 

Monday, August 20, through Wednesday, August 22
.... New Extension Agent Orientation, Manhattan, Statewide, Stacey Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu 

Tuesday, August 21
.... Conservation Tree Planting Round Table, McPherson Extension Office, Statewide, 9:30 a.m., Bill Loucks bloucks@oznet.ksu.edu 

Tuesday, August 21, through Wednesday, August 22
.... Interpersonal Relations, TBA, Statewide, 8:30 a.m., Benny Robbins brobbins@oznet.ksu.edu  and Reba White rswhite@oznet.ksu.edu 
.... ServSafe-Serving Safe Food, Overland Park/JO and surrounding area, NE & SE, Karen Penner kpenner@oznet.ksu.edu 

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