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Vol. 7, No. 50 October 30, 2001
IN THIS ISSUE...
...Important Reminder About Health Insurance and
KanElect Open Enrollment
...Room "Change" for Website Accessibility:
Presentation and Discussion
...Publications/Production Services Update
...County Trade Pull Factor Report Available
...Office of
Community Health and Atchison/Leavenworth County Partnership
...Submit Your Best Work to be Part of "Our
Collective Work!"
...Master Schedule
...Tuesday
Letter Archives
IMPORTANT REMINDER ABOUT HEALTH
INSURANCE AND KANELECT OPEN ENROLLMENT
Any employee who would like to change their health insurance plan
for 2002 and/or enroll in the KanElect Flexible Spending Account (health
care and/or dependent care) must do so by October 31, 2001 - the end of
the open enrollment period.
To accomplish this, you will need to
access the on-line benefits enrollment program known as AKSESS http://da.state.ks.us/aksess
, use your password that the State of Kansas personnel office mailed to
your
home address in early October, and begin your selections.
If you have any questions at all, please
call the Division of Human Resources at 785-532-6277. --Joe
Younger
INFORMATION FOR FACULTY WITH FEDERAL
BENEFITS
Please note that the October 31 deadline discussed above for
enrollment in KanElect DOES apply to those with federal benefits.
However, the October 31 deadline for changing health insurance DOES
NOT apply to those with federal benefits.
The Open Season for Federal Employee
Health Benefits will be November 12 to December 10 and information will
be sent as soon as it is available. --Stacey
M. Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu
ROOM *CHANGE* FOR
WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY: PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION
Today's multi-media technology presentation on Website Accessibility,
noon - 1:30, has been moved to the Union's Little Theater.
We encourage all web authors to attend this
presentation on how our organization will work to meet these important
Accessibility guidelines. University representatives will be on hand to
answer questions.
Information from this presentation will be
available at: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/edtech/TechSeries.htm
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For more information, contact: Susan Bale, sbale@oznet.ksu.edu
; or Gerry Snyder, gsnyder@oznet.ksu.edu
--Susan Bale
PUBLICATIONS/PRODUCTION
SERVICES UPDATE
Old orders for two publications have been deleted. Please watch the
upcoming quarterly order form if the items are needed: S53
"Responsive Discipline" and MF943 "Guide to Health."
Printed matter for another publication, MF873 "Improving Decision
Making Skills," is being deadfiled. The electronic version will
remain available. -- Nancy Peavler npeavler@oznet.ksu.edu
COUNTY TRADE PULL
FACTOR REPORT AVAILABLE
The new (2001) County Trade Pull Factor Report is now available on my web
site. Go to www.agecon.ksu.edu
The report provides three measures of
retail activity for all 105 counties in Kansas. The report is of
interest to a wide audience in every county such as elected officials,
economic development professionals, bankers, and retailers. --David L.
Darling ddarling@loki.agecon.ksu.edu
OFFICE OF COMMUNITY
HEALTH AND ATCHISON/LEAVENWORTH COUNTY PARTNERSHIP
The Office of Community Health and Atchison/Leavenworth Counties are
working together on an outcome evaluation of the Out-of-School 4-H Youth
Program (Urban 4-H). This initiative is funded by the First Judicial
District through prevention funds allocated by the Kansas Juvenile Justice
Authority.
Beth Hecht, Diane Nielson and Angela
Mueller were instrumental in requesting additional funding from their
local Juvenile Corrections Advisory Board to support this science based evaluation process. They have
contracted with The Office of Community Health to assist in the evaluation
by developing evaluation tools, evaluating the after-school sites,
analyzing the data and reporting outcomes related to this 4-H expansion
program.
The Out-of-School 4-H program (Urban 4-H)
is focusing on increasing opportunities for supervised productive
activities for youth during after school time and reducing favorable
attitudes toward alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. --Jana Hackney jhackney@oznet.ksu.edu
SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK
TO BE PART OF "OUR COLLECTIVE WORK!"
Would you like to submit your best work in the field of youth, family and
community development programming for possible inclusion in the "Our
Collective Work: Youth Development through 4-H Opportunities" guide?
This guide is being put together by a task force to highlight the
exceptional work that is occurring through 4-H opportunities in Kansas.
We encourage you to send us your best work.
All you need to do is to write a brief one page narrative (this can be
hand written) and to complete the checklist that was attached to the
letter you received. The checklist is a great way to see if your program
contains the components for success and is a tool to help create good
thinking. You DO NOT need to check yes in each category for your work to
be considered for inclusion in the guide.
All exceptional work that is done through
4-H opportunities is eligible to be included. (Examples: 4-H clubs, after
school programs, expanded community clubs, youth leadership groups, etc.)
The deadline is fast approaching: November 1. If you need another
copy of the letter or more information please contact Jana Hackney at
532-0768, or Elaine Johannes at 785-532-7720. --Jana Hackney jhackney@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 NOVEMBER 7, 2001, THROUGH NOVEMBER 13, 2001:
Wednesday, November 7
.... SW Area 4-H Update, Garden City, Conall Addison caddison@oznet.ksu.edu
.... NW Kansas Farm Management Board Meeting, Colby, NW KFMA, Martin
Albright albright@agecon.ksu.edu
.... Ag Profitability Conference, Scott City and surrounding area, SW
& NW, 9:30 a.m., Troy Dumler tdumler@oznet.ksu.edu
Wednesday, November 7,
through Friday, November 9
.... MIAC Conference on Rural Midwest Issues, Lincoln, NE,
Multi-state, Carol Young cyoung@oznet.ksu.edu
Thursday, November 8
.... NW Area 4-H Update, TBA, Walter Barker wbarker@oznet.ksu.edu
.... KSU Dairy Days, Whiteside/RN, Statewide, John Smith jfsmith@oznet.ksu.edu
.... NC Kansas Farm Management Board Meeting,
Salina, NC KFMA, Martin Albright albright@agecon.ksu.edu
.... Ag Profitability
Conference, Goodland/SH and surrounding area, NW, 9:30 a.m., Dan O'Brien dobrien@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Food Stamp Education Training Session, Manhattan, Multi-county, 10:00
a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mary Meck Higgins higgins@humec.ksu.edu
Friday, November 9
.... NE Area 4-H Update, Manhattan (Pottorf Hall), Diane Mack dmack@oznet.ksu.edu
.... KSU Dairy Days, Seneca/NM, NE Area, Michael Brouk
mbrouk@oznet.ksu.edu and John Smith jfsmith@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Ag Profitability, Ulysses/GT, SW Area, Troy Dumler tdumler@oznet.ksu.edu
Sunday, November 11 through
Monday, November 12
.... Veteran's Day Observed
Sunday, November 11, through Tuesday, November 13
.... NASULGC, Washington, D.C., Marc Johnson mjohnson@oznet.ksu.edu
Monday, November 12
.... Ag Profitability Conference, Ottawa/FR and surrounding area, SE
& NE, 9:30 a.m., Sarah Fogleman sfoglema@oznet.ksu.edu
and Darren Hibdon dhibdon@oznet.ksu.edu
Monday, November 12,
through Wednesday, November 14
.... New Extension Agent Orientation, Manhattan, Statewide, Stacey
Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu (Cancelled)
Tuesday, November 13
.... Ag Profitability Conference, Clay Center and surrounding area,
NE, SC & SE, 9:30 a.m., Brad Lubben blubben@oznet.ksu.edu
Tuesday, November 13,
through Wednesday, November 14
.... ServSafe-Serving Safe Food, Overland Park/JO and surrounding
area, NE & SE, Karen Penner kpenner@oznet.ksu.edu
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