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The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 9, No. 7   December 24, 2002


IN THIS ISSUE...

...Time to Change Your eID
...Specialists' Quarterly Reports
...County Extension Funding Opportunity for Coordinated Obesity Reduction
...Organic Certification Cost Share
...Copyright Issues
...Home Baking Association Educator Program
...Master Schedule

...Tuesday Letter Archives  


TIME TO CHANGE YOUR eID
The January 6th no-charge period for changing eIDs for faculty and staff is coming soon. However, before a person can change their eID, they need to know their current eID and the password associated with it. If
you do not know the password for your current eID or haven't changed your password for your eID since September, you will need to re-activate your eID by going to http://www.ksu.edu/activateid/ .

For more details on this process, please see http://accounts.oznet.ksu.edu/keas/ . --Kathryn Burton kburton@oznet.ksu.edu 

 

SPECIALISTS' QUARTERLY REPORTS
The Specialist's Quarterly Report is online at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/prev/ . Please submit your report to the database soon after the end of the reporting period in December. If you have questions or need assistance, please call the Planning and Reporting office at 785-532-6775. --Marie Blythe  mblythe@oznet.ksu.edu 

 

COUNTY EXTENSION FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR COORDINATED OBESITY REDUCTION
The Office of Community Health welcomes county Extension agents to partner in the development of a coordinated obesity reduction proposal to the Sunflower Foundation.

Due January 24, 2003, the Office of the Community Health will submit a coordinated Research and Extension proposal to address the growing public health problem of obesity in Kansas. County Extension agents who are interested in this opportunity should contact the Office of Community Health by January 15 to find out more about the coordinated proposal and join the partnership. Additionally, feel free to share information about this opportunity with other Research and Extension colleagues who you think may have interest in this partnership.

For more information, contact Elaine Johannes, ejohanne@oznet.ksu.edu ; Jody Hall, jhall@oznet.ksu.edu ; or call 785-532-7750 (main line), or check-out the Sunflower Foundation's website at: http://www.sunflowerfoundation.org/flash/call.html . --Elaine Johannes ejohanne@oznet.ksu.edu 

 

ORGANIC CERTIFICATION COST SHARE
The USDA Organic Certification Cost Share program is a new program administered in Kansas by the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Many growers have been asking questions, and are worried about missing the application deadline. Before any producer applications can be accepted, KDA must get approval from USDA for how the program will be run in Kansas. When the applications are available for producers, all county offices will be notified. Producers wanting to be notified directly that applications are available can e-mail beckman@ksu.edu  to be put on a notification list. --Jana Beckman 532-1440

 

COPYRIGHT ISSUES
At our recent 4-H Updates, the issue of copyright was addressed. Below is an article that you can use for your newsletter informing your leaders and members about copyright issues. I've included a website for them to search to check if an item is copyrighted.

We will also have this article posted on the State 4-H Website so that you may download it.

Use of Copyrighted Materials
At the 2002 Kansas State Fair, we had a person who is contracted to look for copyright violations visit the 4-H Exhibit Building. He informed us that some of our banners were in violation. Although we were not fined, we were instructed to remind everyone of the rules.

Some of the banners in violation included the following copyrighted items: © Precious Moments, © Spider Man, © Sponge Bob Squarepants, © Uncle Sam, © Garfield, © Harry Potter and © Tigger.

The rule in the state fair book states:

“Copyright Laws: Exhibitors should avoid using copyrighted materials whenever possible by originating his/her own work. Exhibitors should use with caution a copyrighted and /or trademarked product or service (a brand name, label or product). The intent of using the copyright or trademark materials for educational purposes such as an exhibit, educational poster/display or public presentation is acceptable under the “Fair Use” (legal use) provision. “Fair Use” is a provision of the current copyright law that allows reproduction without payment or permission of limited portions of a copyrighted work for educational and other public interest purposes. A copyright and trademark are legal methods used by writers, artists, corporations and others to protect their original work. Protected items may range from books to music, logos to computer graphics. Copyrighted and/or trademarked materials used in banners, displays, demonstrations, posters or other activities for endorsement or promotion instead of educational purposes will be disqualified and will not be displayed or receive ribbons or premium.”

To search if an item is copyrighted, go to the U.S. Copyright Office at www.copyright.gov/ . Click on Search Copyright Records. --Diane Mack dmack@oznet.ksu.edu 

 

HOME BAKING ASSOCIATION EDUCATOR AWARD PROGRAM
The Home Baking Association has just announced their Educator Award Winners. The Community Based Program Category was given to two Virginia Extension Educators for their "Fun with Foods" program. The 2003 deadline for entries is March 31, 2003. Additional information is available on their web site at  www.homebaking.org . The site has the application and further information. I know that many of our counties are doing innovative Foods and Nutrition programming. I would encourage you to check out the site and submit your program. --Steve Fisher sfisher@oznet.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 JANUARY 1, 2003, THROUGH JANUARY 14, 2003:

Wednesday, January 1
.... New Year= s Day

Monday, January 6, through Wednesday, January 8
.... New Extension Agent Orientation, Manhattan, Statewide, 12:30 p.m., Stacey Warner
swarner@oznet.ksu.edu 

Tuesday, January 7, through Wednesday, January 8
.... FACT Conference, Liberal/SW, SW Area, Rodney Wallace
rwallace@oznet.ksu.edu 

Tuesday, January 7, through Thursday, January 9
.... Topeka Farm Show, Topeka, Statewide, Gary Kilgore
gkilgore@oznet.ksu.edu 

Wednesday, January 8
.... Hays Judging Planning, Hays, NW Area, Walter Barker
wbarker@oznet.ksu.edu 
.... Soybean Expo, Topeka, Statewide, Gary Kilgore
gkilgore@oznet.ksu.edu 
.... Insect and Disease Management School, WaKeeney/TR, Statewide, CEU credit offered, 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Brian Olson
bolson@oznet.ksu.edu 

Wednesday, January 8, through Friday, January 10
.... Engaging Kansas Latino Audiences, Wichita/SG, Statewide, Bob Hudgens
bhudgens@oznet.ksu.edu 
.... Environmental Leadership Training, Hays, Statewide, 12:30 p.m., Morgan Powell
mpowell@bae.ksu.edu 

Thursday, January 9
.... Insect and Disease Management School, Oberlin/DC, Statewide, CEU credit offered, 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Brian Olson
bolson@oznet.ksu.edu 

Friday, January 10
.... Drought Management in Dryland Cropping Systems, Smith Center/SM, Multi-county, NW, 9:00 a.m., Roger Stockton
rstockto@oznet.ksu.edu 
.... Drought Management in Dryland Cropping Systems, Norton/NT, Multi-county, NW, 9:00 a.m., Brian Olson
bolson@oznet.ksu.edu 

Saturday, January 11
.... Kansas 4-H Advisory Committee, Salina, Statewide, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Gary Gerhard
ggerhard@oznet.ksu.edu

Saturday, January 11, through Sunday, January 26
.... National Western Stock Show, Denver, Gerry Kuhl
gkuhl@oznet.ksu.edu 

Monday, January 13
.... Grazing Management Workshop, Westmoreland/PT and surrounding counties, Paul Ohlenbusch
pohlenbu@oznet.ksu.edu 

Tuesday, January 14
.... Grazing Management Workshop, Salina/SA and surrounding counties, Paul Ohlenbusch
pohlenbu@oznet.ksu.edu 

Tuesday, January 14, through Thursday, January 16
.... Moving Ahead: Preparing the Professional, Rock Springs, Statewide, 8:30 a.m., Marcia McFarland
mmcfarla@oznet.ksu.edu 

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