The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 8, No. 42   September 10, 2002

IN THIS ISSUE...

...You are Invited to a Groundbreaking Ceremony This Friday
...News Conference to Announce Kansas AgrAbility Scheduled September 14 at KSF
...State 4-H Volunteer Forum - September 28-29
...2002 Discretionary Day
...Correction
...Workshop Helps Community Leaders Prepare Broadband Grant Applications
...Fall 2002 Epsilon Sigma Phi Newsletter
...Department of Entomology Announces New Faculty Members
...Master Schedule

...Tuesday Letter Archives  

YOU ARE INVITED TO A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY THIS FRIDAY
A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Bioprocessing and Industrial Value Added Program (BIVAP) facility will take place on Friday, September 13, at 11 a.m., on the site for the new Department of Grain Science and Industry complex on Kimball Avenue just northeast of the football stadium.

The BIVAP building will be the first of five buildings to be constructed on this site. The other four buildings will include the International Grains Program Executive Conference Center, a Flour Mill, a Feed Mill, and the Teaching, Research, and Administrative (TRA) building, which will also house the Department's Bakery Science and Management Program.

All facilities, when completed, will provide integrated programs to address the teaching, research, and outreach programs of the department to prepare our students to meet the challenges of post harvest cereal and oilseed marketing, processing utilization, and value added product development. It will be a five building complex which will contain facilities, equipment, and faculty and support personnel unmatched at any other university in the U.S.A. or the world. 

If you plan to come to the event, you can park in the east stadium parking lot south of the Grain Science Complex property and walk across Kimball Avenue to the site of the ground breaking ceremony. --Brendan Donnelly bjd@wheat.ksu.edu 

NEWS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE KANSAS AGRABILITY SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 14 AT KSF
All Research and Extension personnel who will be at the Kansas State Fair on September 14, are invited to help Kansas AgrAbility celebrate the official announcement of our grant award.

U.S. Congressman Jerry Moran will make the announcement at a news conference at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, September 14, at the Kansas Farm Bureau Tent,  just east of the Farm Bureau Arena on the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson. The AgrAbility grant totals $590,982 for the next four years to help farmers, their families and farm workers with disabilities.

Featured at the news conference will be Congressman Moran; Kansas farmer Gene Delaney of Ness City, who is an advocate for disabled farmers; Julia Beems, Kansas AgrAbility Project Coordinator; and officials from K-State Research and Extension. The news conference will also feature a John Deere 5000 Series tractor that has been donated to Kansas AgrAbility by Deere & Company. The tractor will showcase adaptive devices available to farmers.

Plan to join us for rolls prior to the news conference and to meet Congressman Moran, the AgrAbility Staff and Extension Administrators. --Kerri Ebert Kebert@ksu.edu 

STATE 4-H VOLUNTEER FORUM - SEPTEMBER 28-29
Registrations will be accepted until September 16 for the upcoming State 4-H Volunteer Forum at Rock Springs. "Gearing Up" for a New 4- H Year is the theme, with a variety of workshops designed to help new and seasoned volunteers get re-energized, re-focused, and re-juvenated!

Special features of the forum include the capstone speaker, Ron Willis, on Sunday morning as well as a general session on the outcomes of the state and national 4-H Conversations, facilitated by Ann Domsch.

Registration information was sent to all extension offices earlier this summer and we're hoping that you've been marketing and encouraging your volunteers to attend the forum, a project of the Kansas Association of  4-H Volunteers. Please be aware that the early-bird registration deadline of September 1 has passed and  that participants will now pay late fee of $15 in addition to the full-time or part-time registration fee.

If you should have any questions regarding the forum, please contact Ron Jones, Miami County, SE Area Vice-President; at ron.jones1@bayercropscience.com ; or Julie Green, Cherokee County, President-Elect; at  jgreen@stj.com . The Association will also have a display in the 4-H Exhibit Building at the State Fair. --Pat Fultz pfultz@oznet.ksu.edu 

2002 DISCRETIONARY DAY
The last day an employee may use their 2002 Discretionary Day is Saturday, December 21, 2002. If you haven't used it yet, please look at your calendars and make plans to use it so it won't be lost.

Extension agents get the Discretionary Day if their Extension Council adopted the state holiday schedule. If the Extension Council adopted the county government holiday schedule the state Discretionary Day is not available. --Stacey M. Warner  swarner@oznet.ksu.edu 

CORRECTION
The toll free number for the continuing education article last week dealing with Financial Planning Certification was incorrect.  The number is 1-800-432-8222.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  --Janell Walther jwalther@dce.ksu.edu 

WORKSHOP HELPS COMMUNITY LEADERS PREPARE BROADBAND GRANT APPLICATIONS
I received information on a grant writing workshop for community leaders interested in working on bringing   broadband into communities. If you are aware of any leaders in your communities who are trying to bring in broadband, or have that as a major goal, you might alert them to this training, via video streaming. I will also gain access to a video tape following the workshop.

In order to help community leaders prepare applications for the USDA Rural Utilities Service Community-Oriented Connectivity Broadband grant program, a workshop will be available at satellite downlink sites across Nebraska and northern Kansas on Tuesday, September 24 from 2:30-4 p.m. CT. The workshop is sponsored by the Nebraska Information Technology Commission, Technologies Across Nebraska, the University of Nebraska, USDA Rural Utilities Service, Congressman Tom Osborne, the Nebraska Rural Development Commission, and Kansas State University.

"The Community-Oriented Connectivity Broadband grant program provides an opportunity for rural economic, educational, medicinal and community development in Nebraska and Kansas. The workshop can help those rural Kansans and Nebraskans in taking full advantage of the program,” said Andre Boening, Rural Utilities Service field representative.

The USDA Rural Utilities Service Community-Oriented Connectivity Broadband program targets broadband transmission service in small, economically-challenged communities. More information on the program is available from the USDA Rural Utilities Service, http://www.usda.gov/rus/ . 

The workshop will cover tips on researching available funding sources and writing grant applications; resources for conducting community information technology assessments; examples of community broadband deployment projects, and an overview of the RUS Community Connect program. 

More information  on the workshop is available from the Web sites of the Nebraska Information Technology Commission, http://www.nitc.state.ne.us ; and Technologies Across Nebraska Web, http://technologiesacrossnebraska.unl.edu .  The workshop will be available in Kansas via streaming video from the Technologies Across Nebraska Web site. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu 

FALL 2002 EPSILON SIGMA PHI NEWSLETTER
The fall issue of the Epsilon Sigma Phi newsletter was posted on the chapter's Web site, http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/esp-alpharho , last Thursday. An e-mail notification was sent to the ESP listserv. Life members and retirees will continue to receive a hard copy of the newsletter, unless they have provided us with e-mail addresses. This issue will be included in the Annual Conference mailing.

If you have comments or questions, please contact Marie Blythe, Newsletter Editor. --Marie Blythe mblythe@oznet.ksu.edu 

DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY ANNOUNCES NEW FACULTY MEMBERS
The Department of Entomology is pleased to announce that three new faculty members have joined the K-State Research and Extension family. 

Dr. Ludek Zurek has a 70% Extension and 30% Research appointment, and is based in Manhattan. Ludek comes to K-State from North Carolina State University where he was a postdoctoral research associate and worked on cockroaches and flies in poultry and hog production systems. He has a B.S. degree in Animal Science and he obtained his Ph. D. in Entomology from the University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada. Ludek will have statewide extension responsibility in the area of medical/veterinary entomology, particularly dealing with insects and related arthropods that affect humans, livestock, and other animals. From a research perspective, he will be developing a program on biological control of insect pests of medical and veterinary importance and the role of insects in the ecology of food-borne pathogens. Ludek may be contacted at: lzurek@ksu.edu .

Dr. JP Michaud will have a 70% Research and 30% Extension appointment, and will be based in Hays, beginning October 1, 2002. Please note that JP goes by just the initials with no periods, and his last name is pronounced "Me-Show." JP comes to K-State from the University of Florida, where he has worked as a postdoctoral researcher on the biological control and management of aphids and psyllids. He obtained his Ph. D. in Entomology from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. JP will attempt to develop a research program dealing with the management of arthropod pests attacking field crops such as sorghum, wheat, sunflowers, and other crops, collaborate with sorghum and wheat breeders to develop cultivars resistant to arthropod pests, and collaborate with the plant virologist on studies dealing with arthropod vectors of plant diseases. JP will develop an extension program supporting the educational needs of various clientele, including growers, consultants, and others and facilitate coordination of integrated pest management programs on field crop and livestock pests. JP may be contacted at: jmichaud@oznet.ksu.edu .

Dr. Yoonseong Park has a 70% Research and 30% Teaching appointment, and is based in Manhattan. Yoonseong comes to K-State after a postdoctoral stint from the University of California-Riverside following his Ph. D. in Entomology from the University of Arizona. Dr. Park worked on neuropeptide and other hormone receptors in insects. Yoonseong will develop a research program on neuropeptides and their receptors in insects. He will also be developing a research program in transgenic insect and risk assessment and bioinformatics. Yoonseong will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, including Insect Anatomy and Physiology of Insects, Invertebrate Zoology, General Entomology and/or other general education courses in entomology. Yoonseong may be contacted at: ypark@oznet.ksu.edu . --Sonny Ramaswamy rsonny@ksu.edu 

VIEW THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS . 

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

DATES TAKEN FROM THE MASTER SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER 18, 2002, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 24, 2002:

DATE CHANGE:

Tuesday, September 17, through Wednesday, September 18
.... ServSafe Manager Certification Course, Wichita, KS and surrounding area, SC, 8:30 a.m., Teresa Lang tlang@oznet.ksu.edu and Karen Penner kpenner@oznet.ksu.edu

Wednesday, September 18
.... Financial Analysis and MCFP Training, Garden City, SW Area, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Martin Albright albright@agecon.ksu.edu
.... Master Food Volunteer In-service, Salina, Statewide, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Karen Penner kpenner@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Walk Kansas/Health Awareness, Hill City (Rural Telephone Building), NW Area, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Mike Bradshaw mbradsha@oznet.ksu.edu
.... PATH Intergenerational Training, Hill City (Rural Telephone Building), NW Area, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m., Mike Bradshaw mbradsha@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Health Awareness Campaign Training, Hill City (Rural Telephone Building), NW Area, 1:15 - 2:30 p.m., Mike Bradshaw mbradsha@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Financial Security Training, Hill City (Rural Telephone Building), NW Area, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., Carol Young cyoung@oznet.ksu.edu

Thursday, September 19
.... Walk Kansas/Health Awareness, Garden City (SW Area Extension Office), SW Area, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Mike Bradshaw mbradsha@oznet.ksu.edu
.... PATH Intergenerational Training, Garden City (SW Area Extension Office), SW Area, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m., Mike Bradshaw mbradsha@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Health Awareness Campaign Training, Garden City (SW Area Extension Office), SW Area, 1:15 - 2:30 p.m., Mike Bradshaw mbradsha@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Financial Security Training, Garden City (SW Area Extension Office), SW Area, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., Carol Young cyoung@oznet.ksu.edu

Thursday, September 19, through Friday, September 20
.... ServSafe Manager Certification Course, Hays and surrounding area, NW, SW and SC, 8:30 a.m., Carla Morrical-Frederking cmorrica@oznet.ksu.edu and Karen Penner kpenner@oznet.ksu.edu

Friday, September 20
.... Greenhouse Growers/Landscape Designers School, Haysville (John C. Pair Hort Center), Statewide, a.m., Alan Stevens astevens@rainbowtel.net
.... Beef Stocker Conference, Manhattan, Statewide, 10:00 a.m., Dale Blasi dblasi@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Commercial Floriculture Field Day, Haysville (John C. Pair Hort Center), Statewide, p.m., Alan Stevens astevens@rainbowtel.net

Friday, September 20, through Monday, September 23
.... Kansas Junior Livestock Show, Wichita, KS, Statewide, Conall Addison caddison@oznet.ksu.edu

Saturday, September 21
.... Master Gardeners and Public Open House, Haysville (John C. Pair Hort Center), Statewide, 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Jason Griffin jgriffin@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Kansas PRIDE Day, Salina, Statewide, 12:00 - 9:00 p.m., Dan Kahl dkahl@oznet.ksu.edu

Monday, September 23, through Wednesday, September 25
.... New Agent Communications Workshop, Manhattan, Statewide, 8:00 a.m., Bob Furbee bfurbee@oznet.ksu.edu 

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