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Vol. 7, No. 48 October 16, 2001
IN THIS ISSUE...
...State Benefits Open
Enrollment Update
...Request for Funding Proposals for Nonpoint Source
Control Projects
...True Colors Certification Training
...Conference Program now on MIAC Website
..."Forecasting Invasion: Surveillance
of Global Infectious Diseases"
...Publications/Production
Services Update
...Master Schedule
...Tuesday
Letter Archives
STATE BENEFITS
OPEN ENROLLMENT UPDATE
The 2002 Open Enrollment booklet and the comparison chart on the
Division of Personnel Services website show that the Vision Service
Plan - Enhanced, allows the participant a $150 allowance toward the cost
of contact lens evaluation exam, fitting costs and materials every 24
months.
The Division of Personnel Services has
advised us that both documents are incorrect. The correct information is
"under the Enhanced Plan, the patient is eligible to receive either
spectacle lenses or contact lenses once every 12 months. The contact
lens allowance is $150 if seen by a VSP doctor and $105 if seen by a
non-VSP doctor. If they purchase contacts, they are not eligible for
frames for two years from the date of the last pair of contacts
purchased."
Questions should be addressed to Ms. R.
J. Steelsmith, Division of Human Resources, at 785-532-6277. --Joe
Younger jyounger@ksu.edu
REQUEST FOR FUNDING PROPOSALS FOR
NONPOINT SOURCE CONTROL PROJECTS
Proposals are now being accepted for nonpoint source pollution control
projects to be funded by the Kansas Department of Health &
Environment (KDHE). The funding source is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
federal fiscal year 2002 grant from Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.
The application is available online at KDHE's website: www.kdhe.state.ks.us/nps/index.html#resources
The web site also contains instructions
for completing the application, as well as the conditions under which
the grant will be awarded. Proposals received before December 31, 2001
will receive first consideration. The total amount of funds that will be
available has not been determined. Projects should have implementation
schedules and budgets beginning on or after July 1, 2002. Proposals that
directly address the following priorities will receive more favorable
consideration: 1) Implementation of watershed restoration and protection
plans; 2) Projects which implement completed Total Maximum Daily Load
plans; and 3) Projects which result in protection of public water
supplies.
For more information, contact KDHE at NPS@kdhe.state.ks.us
. --Dan Devlin ddevlin@oznet.ksu.edu
TRUE COLORS CERTIFICATION TRAINING
True Colors Certification Training is scheduled for December 7-9, 2001,
in Wichita, KS. True Colors is a self-assessment instrument that
stimulates the understanding of self and others, and enhances positive
interpersonal relationships and teamwork. The 2 1/2 day training (9 a.m.
Friday to noon on Sunday) certifies participants to conduct workshops or
make presentations within their work and community
responsibilities.
For additional information, contact True
Colors at 1-888-698-2577 or http://www.truecolors.org
. Registration must be received 20 days prior to the training. --Marie
Blythe mblythe@oznet.ksu.edu
CONFERENCE PROGRAM NOW ON MIAC
WEBSITE!
Check out www.miac.org for
the program and registration materials for "The Changing Face of
the Rural Midwest: Latino Immigration Challenges for Communities and
Institutions"!
The Conference is being coordinated by
the MidAmerica International Agricultural Consortium (MIAC) whose member
institutions are the state universities of Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Missouri, and Nebraska. Dean Marc Johnson is the current Chair of MIAC.
The conference, designed for University
professionals and community leaders will be November 7-9 in
Lincoln, NE. The registration fee is $100 received by October 22, or
$150 after that date.
For more information contact Tonya Mjelde
in Ames, IA at either (515) 294-3803 or tmjelde@iastate.edu
; or contact planning committee member Carol Young at cyoung@oznet.ksu.edu
. --Carol Young
"FORECASTING
INVASION: SURVEILLANCE OF GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES"
The KSU Cancer Center's George S. Bascom Workshop Series, the Mark Enloe
Lectureship Series, and BioServe Space Technologies, are proud to
present Byron Wood, Senior Research Scientist for NASA's Center for
Health Applications of Aerospace Related Technologies, on October 25,
2001 at 7 p.m. at the Union's Little Theater. His lecture,
"Forecasting Invasion: Surveillance of Global Infectious
Diseases," will provide insight into how NASA uses space
technology, such as remote sensing/global information satellite
technology, to address human health issues.
The lecture is free and the public is
invited to attend. For further information, call the KSU Cancer Center
at 785-532-6705. --Marcia Hancock
PUBLICATIONS/PRODUCTION
SERVICES UPDATE
The January 2002 New Publications Order Form should arrive in unit
offices this week. Please be sure to note needed publications and place
the order by November 1.
The printed versions of the following
publications have been deadfiled:
SB655 The Kansas Input-Output
Model: A Study in Economic Linkages;
SB660 Quality Maintenance and Marketing of Wheat Stored on Farms;
SB661 A Glossary of Agriculture, Environment, and Sustainable
Development;
SB662 From Dust Bowl to Green Circles: A Case Study of Haskell
County, Kansas;
SRP757 Crop Lease Arrangements On Kansas Farm Management
Association Farms;
SRP793 Kansas Wheat Breeding: An Economic Analysis;
SRP813 Tillage, Water, and Soil Research 1998; SRP815 Direct
Effect of the Systemic
Insecticide
Imidacloprid (GAUCHO) on Yield of Grain Sorghum;
SRP817 Derived Farm Financial Ratios for Kansas Farms;
SRP818 1997 Production and Postharvest Evaluations of Fresh-Cut
Peonies;
SRP821 Dairy Day 1998;
SRP831 1999 Cattlemen's Day;
SRP833 1999 Roundup;
SRP834 1999 Agricultural Research: Southeast Agricultural
Research Center;
SRP836 1999 Turfgrass Research;
SRP837 Field Day 1999: Southwest Research-Extension Center;
SRP841 1999 Swine Day;
SRP842 1999 Dairy Day;
SRP847 Kansas Fertilizer Research 1999;
SRP864 1999 Production and Postharvest Evaluation of Fresh-cut
Peonies.
--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 OCTOBER 24, 2001, THROUGH OCTOBER 30, 2001:
Wednesday, October 24
.... Learn to use EzWeb 2, Garden City (Area Office), SW Area, 9:00
a.m., Kathy Wright kwright@oznet.ksu.edu
Thursday, October 25
.... Learn to use EzWeb2, Hays (Experiment Field Auditorium), NW
Area, 9:00 a.m., Kathy Wright kwright@oznet.ksu.edu
Thursday, October 25,
through Friday, October 26
.... Statewide Commercial Pesticide Applicator Renewal Training,
Emporia/LY, Statewide, 8:00 a.m., Don Cress dcress@oznet.ksu.edu
Friday, October 26,
through Sunday, October 28
.... Kansas 4-H Sport Fishing Workshop, Rock Springs 4-H, Statewide,
Conall Addison caddison@oznet.ksu.edu
Saturday, October 27
.... 4-H Livestock Judging Contest, Kansas City, MO, Statewide,
Carla Nemecek cnemecek@oznet.ksu.edu
Monday, October 29,
through Tuesday, October 30
.... Statewide Commercial Pesticide Applicator Renewal Training,
Topeka/SN, Statewide, 1:00 p.m., Don Cress dcress@oznet.ksu.edu
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