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Vol. 8, No. 15 March 5, 2002
IN THIS ISSUE...
...Employee of the
Year Recognition and Awards Nominations Due
...Kansas Jr. Swine Producer Day
...Website Accessibility Help Sessions
...2002 Earth Day Extravaganza
...Walk Kansas
...Multimedia Technology Series
...More Assistance for Small Businesses Affected by 9/11
...Fruit Spray Guides and Pest Management Handbooks
Available
...Sport Fishing and Visual and Performing Arts
...KAE4-HA Katch Phrase
...Publications/Production Services Update
...Kansas State University to Hold EPA Conference, Call
for Papers
...Master Schedule
...Tuesday
Letter Archives
EMPLOYEE
OF THE YEAR RECOGNITION AND AWARDS NOMINATIONS DUE
A couple weeks ago, I asked our department heads, extension directors,
center directors, etc., to notify all K-State Research and Extension
employees about a new program for Employee of the Year Recognition and
Awards.
We have established four
awards:
1) One Area/County
Extension classified employee or office professional award
2) One classified employee award for Agricultural Research Centers
3) One classified employee award for the College of Agriculture*
4) One unclassified employee award for the College of Agriculture*
* College of
Agriculture/K-State Research and Extension administration included in this
category.
Nominations are due to your
department head, extension, or center director fairly soon. Nominations
may be submitted by anyone in the various offices. We do not want to limit
who nominates -- anyone can nominate anyone, including themselves.
(K-State Research and
Extension classified and unclassified employees in other colleges are
nominated and recognized through those colleges.)
We have a great
organization made up of wonderful, hard working people. Please take the
time to nominate a deserving candidate. If you have questions, contact
Steven Graham, 785-532-5729, sgraham@oznet.ksu.edu
--Marc A. Johnson
mjohnson@oznet.ksu.edu
KANSAS JR. SWINE
PRODUCER DAY
Please join us on March 23, 2002 at Weber Hall for a fun-filled day of
activities and learning for youth and adults interested in the swine
project area. Daryl Real of the National Swine Registry will be on hand
presenting sessions and answering swine related questions.
The cost is $15 per person and
registrations are due on March 13. Lunch, a T-Shirt and door prizes will
be provided as well as instruction on daily swine care, tips on
feeding/rations and selecting the youth project pig. For more information
please contact Dr. Joel DeRouchey at 785-532-2280, jderouch@oznet.ksu.edu
;or Julie Wolf at 785-532-1264, jrwolf@oznet.ksu.edu
. --Julie Wolf
WEBSITE
ACCESSIBILITY HELP SESSIONS
Wondering how to make your website accessible? A product called
accRepair installed in the teaching lab which can systematically go
through your site and help you repair inaccessible material. Join Susan
Bale, Gerry Snyder, and Kat Burton for a one hour class followed by an
optional assisted "open lab" to work on your site.
Morning sessions: classes - 9 -
10; open labs - 10 - 12
March 12, 13, 26, 27, 28
Afternoon sessions: classes - 1 - 2;
open labs -2 - 4
March 13, 27, 28
Classes will be held in Umberger 317.
Contact the IET office at 785-532-6270 to reserve a seat. You may attend
any of the open lab sessions after learning accRepair. See pages 16-23 of
the recently distributed 'Communication and Style Guide' for information
on web accessibility and the guidelines which affect us. --Susan Bale sbale@oznet.ksu.edu
2002 EARTH DAY
EXTRAVAGANZA
The Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays invites all Kansas 4-H
members to participate in the 2002 Earth Day Extravaganza. They ask that
4-H'ers submit photographs illustrating human impact on nature. These
photographs will be reviewed and twenty will be selected for a
photographic exhibition at the museum scheduled to run from April 20,
through May 12, 2002.
All entries will be judged for concept,
artistic merit, and overall presentation by professional photographer
Robert Lindholm. Mr. Lindholm is a recipient of the Ansel Adams Award from
the Sierra Club and has been designated a "Master Printmaker."
Entries must arrive at the museum no later
than April 12, 2002. Entry forms and criteria are available at www.fhsu.edu/sternberg/4h
or can be obtained from the project coordinator, Patricia Duffey, 3000
Sternberg Drive, Hays, KS 67601-2006, 785-628-5684. --Jill Stafford jstaffor@oznet.ksu.edu
WALK KANSAS
Can you and your co-workers walk 423 miles across Kansas? Walk Kansas
is an 8-week walking program encouraging co-workers, friends, neighbors,
family members, and schoolmates to come together as a team. It begins
March 16, 2002 and continues through May 10, 2002. The ultimate goal is
for health and fitness. You will recruit 5 people plus yourself to make a
6-member team who will collectively walk 423 miles, the distance across
Kansas. It is approximately 30 minutes a day or 1.75 miles for 5 days a
week. Fifteen minutes of most fitness activities will count as one mile in
your team's walk across Kansas.
Most people think they can't find 30
minutes a day to reduce their risk of developing: high blood pressure,
obesity, osteoporosis, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease,
etc., etc. I hope you will make time for your health.
If you would like to participate in this
fitness challenge, e-mail LaVonne Boetel, lboetel@oznet.ksu.edu
, and she will send you a team packet with instructions on how to sign up.
There is a $5 registration fee per person or $10 for a family. --Mike
Bradshaw Bradshaw@humec.ksu.edu
MULTIMEDIA
TECHNOLOGY SERIES
The Department of Communications and IET is continuing this Spring with
the Multimedia Technology Series. There will be five sessions that
demonstrate many of today's multimedia technologies. These include...
Using PowerPoint to Create Large Posters
(March 15)
Multimedia Toolbook for Creating Web and CD-ROM based learning programs
(March 29)
Video Conferencing using Polycom (April 5)
Adobe Photoshop Tools and Tips (April 12)
PDA's for Office, Classroom and Field Research (April 19)
All programs will be on Friday from 1 to
2:30 p.m. in 317 Umberger Hall. Due to the popularity of this series,
space is limited on a first-come, first-serve basis. There will also be a
video available of each presentation.
For more information visit: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/edtech/TechSeries2002Spring.htm
, or contact Gerry Snyder, gsnyder@oznet.ksu.edu
. --Gerry Snyder
MORE ASSISTANCE FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY 9/11
Small businesses which were directly "or indirectly" harmed
by the September 11 terrorist attacks can get a break on loans from the
U.S. Small Business Administration. STAR Loans - Supplementary Terrorist
Activity Relief loans - are available as long as the appropriated funds
last or no later than January 10, 2003.
The Defense Appropriations Act, signed by
President Bush on January 10, 2002, reduces the on-going fee charged to
the lender on new 7(a) loans made to small businesses that were
"adversely affected" by the September 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks and their aftermath. Small businesses can use this feature for any
7(a) program, including regular 7(a), LowDoc, Export Working Capital,
CAPLine, etc.
Please encourage small businesses in your
county, which may have been adversely affected by 9/11, to check out the
possible use of STAR Loans. For more information about the program, they
may look on the web at: www.sba.gov/disaster/
or they may call the Wichita SBA office for more details: 316-269-6571.
--Steven Graham sgraham@oznet.ksu.edu
FRUIT SPRAY GUIDES
AND PEST MANAGEMENT HANDBOOKS AVAILABLE
Midwest Commercial Fruit Spray Guides (2002) and Midwest Pest Management
Handbooks are available as follows:
Kansas Commercial Tree Fruit Spray Guide,
2002, $3.00
Kansas Commercial Small Fruit and Grape Spray Guide, 2002, $3.50
Midwest Tree Fruit Pest Management Handbook, $5.00
Midwest Small Fruit Pest management Handbook, $6.50
Guides and handbooks may be obtained
from:
Christy Dipman
Extension Horticulture Division
3601 Throckmorton Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
cdipman@oznet.ksu.edu
Please make checks payable to Kansas State
University. --Sorkel Kadir skadir@bear.agron.ksu.edu
SPORT FISHING AND
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
These are two new projects that will appear on the 2002-2003 4-H
enrollment card. This means that local Extension offices need to consider
these projects during the current 4HCCS pre-press order period.
The Sport Fishing Action Team has endorsed
the CCS materials and will begin to include them in their project leader
training. If you expect enrollment in this project next fall, now is the
time to consider your material needs on the current CCS order form.
The FACS Action Team has recommended
changing the Arts and Crafts project to "Visual and Performing
Arts." Project materials will be the current CCS "Palette of
Fun" for visual arts and crafts and the CCS "Theatre Arts"
for the performing arts portion. Thus, you will want to estimate your
needs for these areas also as you complete your CCS order form.
Remember that both action teams have spring
and summer training sessions scheduled that are bound to increase
awareness and interest in these project offerings. --Jim Adams jadams@oznet.ksu.edu
KAE4-HA KATCH
PHRASE
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened, making the bed
firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase, "goodnight, sleep tight."
If you feel like your extension ropes have lost their tightness, come and
visit KAE4-HA. We are meeting on Thursday, March 7, 8-10 a.m. at the
Sedgwick County Extension office. Don't lose any more sleep, come and
collect ideas for your 4-H program! --Andrea Schmidt aschmidt@oznet.ksu.edu
PUBLICATIONS/PRODUCTION
SERVICES UPDATE
March Publications Delayed
We regret that most publications listed on the March 2002 New Publication
Order form have been delayed in final review or production. Most should be
delivered by mid-March.
Grant Funding Ends
Grant funding has ended for L-875 "No-Till Alfalfa Establishment
after Small-Grain Cereals." Future orders for the publication will
reflect a charge on the invoice.
More Order Forms Coming
Watch for the June 2002 New Publication Order Form and the 3rd Quarter
2002 Order Form, scheduled to be shipped March 8. Remember that many 4-H
items are listed during the 3rd Quarter, so order now to prepare for next
fall's enrollment. Orders for items listed on both forms will be due April
1.
--Nancy Peavler npeavler@oznet.ksu.edu
KANSAS STATE
UNIVERSITY TO HOLD EPA CONFERENCE, CALL FOR PAPERS
The EPA Office of Science Policy and the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain
Hazardous Substance Research Center are extending a Call for Papers for
the conference, "Application of Waste Remediation Technologies to
Agricultural Contamination of Water Resources." The conference
focuses on transferring knowledge about clean-up technologies used at
Superfund sites to state, provincial and international organizations that
deal with the impacts to water resources by agricultural activities. The
conference will be held July 30 - August 1, 2002, at the Kansas City
Marriott – Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo. Abstracts may be
submitted for either oral or poster presentations by March 22, 2002.
Further information may be found by visiting the Website at http://www.engg.ksu.edu/HSRC
or by contacting Ellen Stauffer by e-mail, estauff@ksu.edu
, or by phone, 785-532-2562. --Department of Continuing Education
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 MARCH 13,
2002, THROUGH MARCH 19, 2002:
ADDITION:
Monday, March 11
.... Crop Production Meeting, Grainfield/GO (4-H Building), NW Area,
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Brian Olson bolson@oznet.ksu.edu
Wednesday, March 13
.... Prescribed Burning Workshop, Lyon and surrounding counties, SE
and NE, Paul Ohlenbusch pohlenbu@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Crop Production Meeting, Hoxie/SD (Midwest Energy Bldg Community
Room), NW Area, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Brian Olson bolson@oznet.ksu.edu
Wednesday, March 13, through Friday, March 15
.... Environmental Leadership Training - Session 2, Topeka, Statewide,
12:00 noon, Morgan Powell mpowell@bae.ksu.edu
Wednesday, March 13, through Saturday, March 16
.... Kansas City 4-H Global Conference, Kansas City, MO, Statewide,
Lindy Lindquist llindqui@oznet.ksu.edu
Thursday, March 14
.... Managing Early Planted Crops, Nemaha Co., NE Area, Scott
Staggenborg sstaggen@oznet.ksu.edu
Friday, March 15
.... Planter/Sprayer Calibration, Riley Co., NE Area, Scott
Staggenborg sstaggen@oznet.ksu.edu
Saturday, March 16
.... KSU Sheep Day, Manhattan, Statewide, Clifford Spaeth cspaeth@oznet.ksu.edu
Monday, March 18
.... Sunflower Production Workshop, Oberlin/DC (Gateway), NW Area,
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Dan O =Brien
dobrien@oznet.ksu.edu
and Roger Stockton rstockto@oznet.ksu.edu
Monday, March 18, through Friday, March 22
.... KSU Spring Break
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