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Vol. 8, No. 6 December 18, 2001
IN THIS ISSUE...
...Oznet Holiday
Schedule
...State of Kansas Prescription Drug Information
...State Health Insurance Open Enrollment
Confirmation Statements
...Recognition for Forrest Chumley
...Specialists' Quarterly Reports
...Organic Producers School
...Order Conservation Tree Planting Program Seedlings
Online
..."Our Collective Work" - Thanks for
Sending in your Best Work
...Master Schedule
...Tuesday
Letter Archives
OZNET HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE
A reduced holiday work schedule (December 24, 2001, through January 1,
2002) is in effect for most people on campus. Oznet services, including
e-mail and web functions will be available but operating in
"unattended" mode during this time. This means that should
there be any interruption in service, IET staff may not be readily
available.
Please contact IET staff by first calling
785-532-6270. Otherwise, call us in the following order should you need
assistance: Larry Havenstein, 785-537-0131; Will Baldwin, 785-537-4346;
Roger Terry, 785-537-2245; Richard Wear, 785-456-7192. No one will be
available on weekends or December 24, 25, 31, 2001, or January 1, 2002.
Technical support staff will not be available from December 22 through
January 1. Normal operations will resume January 2, 2002. --Roger Terry rterry@oznet.ksu.edu
STATE OF KANSAS
PRESCRIPTION DRUG INFORMATION
The State of Kansas Division of Personnel Services recently mailed
prescription drug plan information to employees at their home address.
This mailing contained new identification
cards for plan year 2002 and literature about the AdvancePCS
prescription drug plan.
Unfortunately, some of the literature is
incorrect. Therefore, the Division of Personnel Services will be
re-mailing the correct information to employees.
It is not certain if new identification
cards will be re-issued along with the correct plan information. Please
retain the initial mailing of cards and literature until such time as
you receive the correct information.
Questions should be addressed to either
R. J. Steelsmith or Joe Younger, Division of Human Resources, at
785-532-6277. --Stacey M. Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu
STATE
HEALTH INSURANCE OPEN ENROLLMENT CONFIRMATION STATEMENTS
The Division of Personnel Services in Topeka has advised that the 2002
health insurance open enrollment confirmation statements are available
at the AKSESS web site. If you want to see how your health insurance
and/or KanElect Flexible Spending Accounts are set up for plan year 2002
(starts January 1, 2002), you may do so by going to the AKSESS web site
and printing out your confirmation statement. It is located at: http://da.state.ks.us/aksess
.
You will need your Employee ID (located
on your pay stub) and password (the one you created when you completed
the on-line open enrollment). Employees who experience difficulties
reviewing their confirmation statement should contact the Help Desk at
(785) 368-8000, option 8, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The first premium for plan year 2002 will
be deducted from the January 4, 2002 paycheck.
Questions should be addressed to R. J.
Steelsmith, Division of Human Resources, at 785-532-6277. --Stacey M.
Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu
RECOGNITION
FOR FORREST CHUMLEY
K-State Research & Extension is pleased to note that Dr. Forrest
Chumley, our new Associate Director for Research, is co-author of a
landmark paper in microbial genomics that appeared in the December 14
issue of Science. The paper reports the complete genome sequence of
Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58, a bacterium that causes Crown Gall
Disease of vines and other crops.
Agrobacterium has the natural ability to
transfer DNA into living plant cells. Agrobacterium-mediated DNA
transfer has been developed into an important tool for agricultural
biotechnology research, resulting in most of the transgenic crops in use
today. The paper represents the culmination of a successful
collaboration between research groups in the public and private sectors.
The complete genome sequence should
enable researchers to improve plant transformation and speed up
biotechnology research in crops that have been challenging, such as
wheat and soybeans. The paper is appearing jointly with a similar
publication from a research team at Monsanto. The overall confidence
level and utility of the genome sequence will be improved by having two
independent efforts to compare and contrast. --Marc A. Johnson mjohnson@oznet.ksu.edu
SPECIALISTS'
QUARTERLY REPORTS
The
Specialists' Quarterly Report can be completed and submitted online at http://129.130.72.154:80/sqr_rpt/
. Please complete your report soon after the end of the reporting period
in December. If you have any questions or need assistance, please call
the Planning and Reporting office at 785-532-6775. --Marie Blythe mblythe@oznet.ksu.edu
ORGANIC
PRODUCERS SCHOOL
An Organic Production School will be held at Leoti, Kansas on Thursday,
January 17. Organic row crop and cereal producers from across the state
are welcome to attend. The school keynote speaker will be Jim Krall from
the University of Wyoming, speaking on forage and grain pea
investigations on the Central High Plains, as well as Performance of
Australian Commercial Medics on the Central High Plains. Nutrient
management in organic production systems and windbreak maintenance and
restoration will also be addressed. The school is free, however
registration is required by January 14. For more information, contact
John Beckman at jbeckman@oznet.ksu.edu
, or Jana Beckman at jabeckma@oznet.ksu.edu
. --Jana Beckman
ORDER CONSERVATION TREE
PLANTING PROGRAM SEEDLINGS ONLINE
It is time to order tree
seedlings for planting in Spring 2002. You or your constituents
may order seedlings from the Kansas Forest Service online and view
information about the seedlings at:
For more information about this program,
contact Bill Loucks at 785- 532-3300. --Jon Skinner jskinner@oznet.ksu.edu
"OUR
COLLECTIVE WORK" - THANKS FOR SENDING IN YOUR BEST WORK
The "Our Collective Work" task force is busy reviewing the
submissions sent to us for possible inclusion in the "Our
Collective Work: Youth Development through 4-H Opportunities
Guide." We received twenty-four submissions from the field. Those
counties that sent one or more examples of their best work include:
Cherokee
Clover Block - Saline, Dickinson, Marion, McPherson & Ottawa
Cherokee
Coffey
Dickinson
Edwards
Greeley
Leavenworth
Miami
Mitchell
Neosho
Osage
Pawnee
Pratt
Riley
Saline
Scott
Sedgwick
Smith
Wyandotte
Thank you for sending in
your work! You will be contacted by the task force in February about the
status of your submission. --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 DECEMBER 26, 2001, THROUGH JANUARY 15, 2002:
Tuesday, January 1
.... New Year's Day
Wednesday, January 2,
through Friday, January 4
.... In-depth Agent Training in Agronomy, Manhattan, Statewide, Paul
Ohlenbusch pohlenbu@oznet.ksu.edu
Monday, January 7,
through Wednesday, January 9
.... New Extension Agent Orientation, Manhattan, Statewide, Stacey
Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu
Tuesday, January 8
.... SW Research Advisory Committee Meeting, Garden City, SW
Counties, 9:00 a.m., Pat Coyne coyne@ksu.edu
Tuesday, January 8,
through Thursday, January 10
.... Moving Ahead: Preparing the Y.D. Prof, Rock Springs 4-H, Statewide,
8:30 a.m., Marcia McFarland mmcfarla@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Quantity Food Workshop, Manhattan, Statewide, 1:00 p.m., Betsy
Barrett barrett@humec.ksu.edu
Wednesday, January 9
.... Grazing Management Workshop, Rooks and surrounding counties,
NW, Paul Ohlenbusch pohlenbu@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Irrigation Workshop, Hoxie/SD, NW Area, 9:00 a.m., Roger Stockton rstockto@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Cow/Calf, Elk, Multi-county, SE, 3:00 p.m., Frank Brazle fbrazle@oznet.ksu.edu
Wednesday, January 9,
through Friday, January 11
.... Environmental Leadership Training - Session 1, Hays, Statewide,
11:30 a.m., Morgan Powell mpowell@bae.ksu.edu
Thursday, January 10
.... Irrigation Workshop, Goodland, NW Area, 9:00 a.m. MST, Roger
Stockton rstockto@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Grazing Management Workshop, Republic and surrounding counties, NE,
Paul Ohlenbusch pohlenbu@oznet.ksu.edu
Saturday, January 12
.... State 4-H Advisory Committee, K-State Salina, Statewide, 10:00
a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Gary Gerhard ggerhard@oznet.ksu.edu
Monday, January 14
.... Sunflower Production, Ulysses/GT, Multi-county, SW, 10:00 a.m.,
Curtis Thompson cthompso@oznet.ksu.edu
Tuesday, January 15
.... Cattle Program, Minneapolis/OT, Single county, SC, Ron Seyfert rseyfert@oznet.ksu.edu
.... ServSafe Management Update, Manhattan, Statewide, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00
p.m., Karen Penner kpenner@oznet.ksu.edu
.... In-depth Sunflower Production, Greensburg/KW, Multi-county, SW,
10:00 a.m., Curtis Thompson cthompso@oznet.ksu.edu
Tuesday, January 15,
through Thursday, January 17
.... Classified Staff Leadership Program, Garden City, Statewide,
8:30 a.m., Stacey Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu
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