The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 8, No. 35   July 23, 2002

IN THIS ISSUE...

...New Long Term Care Provider
...KSF Food Preservation Labels
...Nominate Your Peers for Annual Conference Awards
...Epsilon Sigma Phi Endowment Grant Applications Available
...Distinguished Leadership Awards
...Target All-Around Scholarship for Students
...4-H History
...National 4-H Centennial Collectors Item
...July/August/September 2002 LEADS Newsletter
...Master Schedule

...Tuesday Letter Archives  

NEW LONG TERM CARE PROVIDER
The Kansas State Employees Health Care Commission (HCC) has approved MedAmerica as the new Long Term Care coverage provider for the Kansas State Employees Long Term Care Program. All employees and retirees of the State of Kansas, their spouses, children, siblings, parents, parents-in-law, grandparents and grandparents-in-law are eligible to apply for coverage. Formerly, this program was administered through a contract with Hartford Life Insurance Company. The HCC has also approved important plan design changes that continue to keep this program cost effective, up-to-date, and quality focused.

Since this is a provider and plan design change, the HCC is offering active employees a one-time open enrollment period for the Long Term Care Program, to be held from August 1 through September 30, 2002. Thereafter eligible employees can still apply for Long Term Care coverage using an expanded underwriting process.

To help better inform eligible and current program participants, MedAmerica is developing a website to explain the new program. The website will be available after July 18, 2002. You may access the website at: www.ltc-kansas.com . MedAmerica may also be contacted at 1-877-212-6066 beginning August 1, 2002. 

The KSU Division of Human Resources and the State of Kansas Division of Personnel Services are jointly hosting two Long Term Care seminars on August 13, 2002 - one at 10:00 a.m. and a duplicate at 1:30 p.m., both in K-State Student Union room 212. A representative from MedAmerica will conduct the one hour seminar, and outline the new Long Term Care plan provisions. To enroll in one of these seminars please RSVP on the web at: www.ltc-kansas.com .

Questions should be addressed to the KSU Division of Human Resources at 785-532-6277.

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PLEASE NOTE - You are eligible for either the State or Federal Long Term Care Program. You should have recently received a letter at your office regarding the Federal Long Term Care Program. The open season for the Federal program began July 1, and runs through December 31, 2002. --Stacey M. Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu 

KSF FOOD PRESERVATION LABELS
The label that is required for exhibiting in the 4-H Division of Food Preservation cannot be ordered from any source that I know about. Since PSI has been added as a requirement, I suggest that you make your own label using a standard mailing label. If your label format will only take 4 lines, omit the "address," and use abbreviations where appropriate to make it fit, using the description on page 200 of the 2002 Kansas State Fair Exhibitor Handbook. 

Those who have a supply of the standard canning labels available from the national 4-H Source Book, can add "PSI" wherever you can find the room on the label, if you want. --Steve Fisher sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu 

NOMINATE YOUR PEERS FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE AWARDS
Remember that the deadline to nominate your peers for awards to be presented at the K-State Research and Extension Annual Conference Awards Lunch is Wednesday, August 7.

Following is a list of awards to be presented and the process for nominations:

BUILDER AWARDS - These awards recognize individuals who have exhibited extra energy and creativity over a number of years in building new programs, audiences or institutions within K-State Research and Extension.

Nominations should include the following:
1) Name, title, address and phone number of the nominee and nominator.
2) Maximum 2 page justification for the award.

Submit nominations by Wednesday, August 7, to Marc Johnson, 114 Waters Hall, Manhattan KS 66506; or e-mail to mjohnson@oznet.ksu.edu .

DIVERSITY AWARD - K-State Research and Extension is committed to an emphasis on diversity in programming, workforce and relationships with other organizations. In order to recognize individuals who have embraced this vision, a Diversity Award will be presented.

Nominations should include the following:
1) Name, title, address and phone number of the nominee and nominator.
2) Maximum two page justification for the award.

Submit nominations by Wednesday, August 7, to Marc Johnson, 114 Waters Hall, Manhattan KS 66506; or e-mail to mjohnson@oznet.ksu.edu .

TEAM AWARD - The Team Award acknowledges outstanding efforts by a group of individuals addressing one of the Four Core Mission Themes of K-State Research and Extension.

Nominations should include the following:
1) Name, title, address and phone number of the nominees and nominator.
2) Name/Function of the team being nominated.
3) Maximum 2 page justification for the award.

Submit nominations by Wednesday, August 7, to Marc Johnson, 114 Waters Hall, Manhattan KS 66506; or e-mail to mjohnson@oznet.ksu.edu .

MENTORING AWARD - K-State Research and Extension faculty who have been employed for two years or less are encouraged to nominate a mentor who has helped them and others achieve higher performance and productivity. One award will be presented to a county/district faculty mentor and one to an area/state faculty mentor.

Nominations should include the following:
1) Name, title, address and phone number of the nominee and nominator.
2) Maximum two page justification for the award.

Submit by Wednesday, August 7, to Marc Johnson, 114 Waters Hall, Manhattan KS 66506; or e-mail to mjohnson@oznet.ksu.edu .

--Marc A. Johnson mjohnson@oznet.ksu.edu 

EPSILON SIGMA PHI ENDOWMENT GRANT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
All Extension Agents, Specialists and Administrators are eligible to make grant requests to the Epsilon Sigma Phi Alpha Rho Chapter Endowment Board. Grant requests can be made to support professional development or innovative educational programs. 

The application is currently available online at the Alpha Rho website - http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/esp-alpharho/endowment/endowment.htm .

Applications are due by Sept. 17, 2002. Send them to: Roger Terry, Kansas State University, Room 211, Umberger Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506.

Since 1992, 47 grant requests have been funded totaling $24,472.00. Each year three to seven grant requests are funded. Funding requests normally range from $150 to $1000. 00. --Roger V. Terry rterry@oznet.ksu.edu 

DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARDS
This year, for the first time, the Kansas Leadership Forum will be presenting Distinguished Leadership awards to:

1)   A Leadership Professional or Volunteer, and/or
2)   A Collegiate Student, who has made outstanding contributions to the leadership of his/her state, region, or community.

These awards are modeled after a similar award presented nationally by the Community Leadership Association. You are invited to nominate a leadership professional/volunteer or a college student for these awards. Nominations are due by August 15, 2002. More information, including the address to submit nominations, can be found on-line at http://www.skyways.org/orgs/klf/distinguished_leadership_award.htm . --Ron Wilson rwilson@oznet.ksu.edu  

TARGET ALL-AROUND SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS
Administered by the Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America, Inc., Target All-Around Scholarships for Students will award four $10,000, and over 2,100 $1,000 scholarships for higher education (two per Target store) to high school seniors and college students who are committed to community service and education. The deadline for the scholarship application is November 1, 2002. I know that several of your counties have Target stores in your area, and many of our 4-H'ers would be outstanding candidates.

For more information, call 800-316-6142. For rules and application forms, visit http://www.target.com/target_group/community/community_scholarships.jhtml . --Steve Fisher sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu 

4-H HISTORY
With the National and Kansas 4-H Centennial on our minds, this Iowa State website provides some very interesting and useful information for the early 4-H movement nationally. It also has a lot of Iowa specific information, but I recommend that you check the "Kansas 4-H History: 1906-1993," by Merle Eyestone and  Betty Lou Denton for Kansas history. This book was placed in each County Extension office and in local libraries when it was published. It also can be ordered from the Kansas 4-H Foundation. Check out this site from Iowa State: http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/4H/history.html . --Steve Fisher sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu 

NATIONAL 4-H CENTENNIAL COLLECTORS ITEM
we still have limited quantity of the 4-H envelope with the large gold clover and hand cancelled 1953 4-H stamp. It comes in a plastic folder for protection, or you could have it framed. The cost is $10. If you are interested in one for yourself, or for a special recognition of a 4-H volunteer or alumni, send your check for $10, made to the Kansas 4-H Foundation, to Lori Hutchins, State 4-H Office, 201 Umberger, Manhattan, KS 66506. Steve Fisher sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu 

JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2002 LEADS NEWSLETTER
* How can leadership skills help the process of "change?"
* Do you move with change?
* What present and future trends influence leadership programming?
* Can a small rural county conduct a successful community leadership program?
* Why is leadership a renaissance?

These answers and more are in the latest LEADS Newsletter at: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/leads/ . --Katey Walker kwalker@oznet.ksu.edu 

VIEW THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS . 

Submit corrections to previously submitted items to jzarger@oznet.ksu.edu .

Tuesday, August 6, through Saturday, August 10
.... Decatur County Fair, Oberlin, Single county, NW

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