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Vol. 9, No. 15 February 25, 2003
IN THIS ISSUE...
...Penalty Mail to
End
...Last Chance to Change
Your eID for No Charge!
...Employee of the Year Recognition and Awards
Nominations Due
...Show us your Stuff
...Kansas Water Plan, the Planning Process
...Katey Walker's Retirement
...Thank You
...Healthy Homes Satellite Video Conference
...Hazardous Occupation Training
...Organic Cost Share Application Forms Available
...Youth Development Funding Opportunities
...Spring Rabbit Show Open to all Counties
...KAE4-HA Katch Phrase
...Publications/Production Services Update
...Master Schedule
...Tuesday
Letter Archives
PENALTY MAIL TO
END
We received notice that the federal General Services Administration
(GSA) office has issued a ruling directing certain Federal agencies
(including KSRE and all state Extension Services) to stop using Penalty
Mail at the end of the Federal fiscal year (September 30, 2003). The
ruling further instructs affected agencies to replace all penalty mail
meters with commercial mail meters so that a commercial payment process is
in place by October 1, 2003. CSREES indicates that this change to
commercial payment of postage should provide agencies with greater
accountability and efficiency. Stacey Warner and Doug Elcock are
investigating the steps necessary for us to comply with this order.
The latest advice from our federal contacts
indicates that we should not leave a balance on the penalty mail meters
that will be taken out of service because it might be forfeited. Because
of the uncertainty associated with this mandated change, we have decided
to distribute a three-month (rather than six-month) allocation during our
next penalty mail distribution (letters dated April 1). This policy change
also means that rental contracts on penalty mail meters should not extend
beyond September 30, 2003. More information will be sent via the Counties
listserv as it becomes available. We do not know if our replacement mail
funds will be provided in the form of a letter of credit, cash (lump sums
or periodic payments), or other sources. However, there will continue to
be some form of central allocation that can be used to support mail
distribution based on what we have been told to date. --Randy Higgins rhiggins@oznet.ksu.edu
LAST CHANCE TO CHANGE
YOUR eID FOR NO CHARGE!
This Friday, February 28, is the last day for all employees and
students to change their eIDs for no charge. Beginning March 1, there will
be a $50 charge to change eIDs. If, after February 28, your OzNet username
does not match your eID, then your OzNet username will be changed to match
your eID. Each user will be contacted before any changes are made to their
OzNet username. These changes are necessary for Research and Extension to
participate with the K-State Enterprise Authentication System (KEAS). The
goal of this system is to allow all users to access any participating
information system with a single username and password. For more
information on the KEAS project go to: http://accounts.oznet.ksu.edu/keas/
. To change your eID please go to: http://eid.k-state.edu/
. --Kathryn Burton kburton@oznet.ksu.edu
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 the second year of our program for Employee of
the Year Recognition and Awards.
We are continuing with 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*
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. Thanks. --Marc A. Johnson mjohnson@oznet.ksu.edu
SHOW US YOUR STUFF
A web site is only as good as its content. We know there is content
produced by K-State Research and Extension that is great, but we don't
always know where to find it. We would like to feature your materials on
the K-State Research and Extension new homepage, but we need you to tell
us about them first.
Do you have a web site with great
content? A newsletter with fantastic info? A column that had everyone
chuckling AND learning? A publication that is flying off the shelves?
Then let us know about it. Contact Linda Sleichter at lsleicht@oznet.ksu.edu
and she and Pat Melgares will work to get your materials the attention
they deserve.
For a sneak preview of the new K-State
Research and Extension web site, go to http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/welcomeMain.asp
or go to http://www.oznet.ksu.edu
and click on the "Sneak Preview" toward the bottom of the
middle column. The new site will become the default on March 1.
--Linda Sleichter lsleicht@oznet.ksu.edu
KANSAS WATER PLAN, THE PLANNING
PROCESS
The best time to plan for a flood is during a drought and the best
time to plan for a drought is when we don't have one. All Basin Advisory
Committees meet during the last week of February and the first week of
March. The basin advisory committees are the method established in
Kansas for the voice of the people to be heard related to water quantity
and quality issues throughout the state. Thanks for your help in
announcing these meetings to Kansas Residents. Water quantity and
quality is important to all Kansans. I hope that you also will plan to
attend the one that is most important to you. More information about the
Kansas Water Plan, the planning process, and the basin advisory
committees is available on the Kansas Water Office web site at www.kwo.org
. For information about the meeting scheduled, click on calendar. For
other information about BAC's click on Organization/People and then BACs.
February 2003
24th - Upper Arkansas Basin Advisory Committee Meeting, 2 p.m., King
Center, Jetmore, KS
25th - Cimarron Basin Advisory Committee Meeting, 1 p.m., Public
Library, Liberal, KS
25th - Marais des Cygnes Basin Advisory Committee Meeting, 1 p.m., Lake
Region RC&D, Ottawa, KS
26th - Verdigris Basin Advisory Committee Meeting, 1 p.m., Neodesha
Housing Authority, Neodesha, KS
27th - Neosho Basin Advisory Committee Meeting, 1 p.m., Coffey County
Courthouse, Burlington, KS
28th - Kansas-Lower Republican Basin Advisory Committee Meeting, 10
a.m., Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
March 2003
3rd - Solomon Basin Advisory Committee Meeting, 7 p.m., Stockton (DWR)
Field Office, Stockton, KS
4th - Lower Arkansas Basin Advisory Committee Meeting, 9 a.m., County
Activities Center, Kingman, KS
4th - Upper Republican Basin Advisory Committee Meeting, 1 p.m., Colby
Community College, Room 108, Colby, KS
5th - Missouri Basin Advisory Committee Meeting, 10 a.m., Hiawatha
Library, Hiawatha, KS
5th - Smoky Hill-Saline Basin Advisory Committee Meeting, 10 a.m., City
Hall, Hays, KS
6th - Walnut Basin Advisory Committee Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Spears
Restaurant, Augusta, KS
--Morgan Powell mpowell@bae.ksu.edu
KATEY WALKER'S RETIREMENT
Please mark your calendar on March 31, 2003, to join in Katey
Walker's celebration of her retirement from K-State Research &
Extension. The reception will be held in Hoffman Lounge in Justin Hall,
from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. –Bill Meredith meredith@ksu.edu
THANK YOU
Our family would like to thank you for all of the cards, e-mails, phone
calls, prayers and contributions in the loss of my twin brother, Gene. It
makes it easier to know that we have so many friends to support us at this
time. In friendship, Dean Davis family dldavis@oznet.ksu.edu
HEALTHY HOMES SATELLITE VIDEO
CONFERENCE
This free national satellite video conference, March 27, 1 to 3 p.m.
Central Time, will present an update on the Healthy Home
Partnership, a program sponsored by HUD and USDA-CSREES that introduces
low-income families to environmental hazards around their homes. It will
provide updates on select topics covered in the Healthy Home booklet -
asthma, mold, and integrated pest management. Through video case
studies, viewers will learn about Healthy Homes programs in various
settings nationwide. The program will also feature presentations by
content experts in each field. Finally, participants will have
opportunities to interact with our speakers through question and answer
sessions.
Presenters:
Mold: Ken Hellevang of North Dakota State University
Extension IPM: Jennifer Grant, Coordinator of Cornell University Coop
Extension's Community Integrated Pest Management Program Asthma: Dr. Jay
Portnoy, Section Chief for Allergy, Asthma & Immunology at the
Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
For more information check the Health
Home web site: http://www.uwex.edu/healthyhome/satvideoconf/
. --Mike Bradshaw Bradshaw@humec.ksu.edu
HAZARDOUS OCCUPATION TRAINING
It's Hazardous Occupation Training time again. Some counties have
already completed their trainings. Most are still to come. For your
convenience, the Ag Safety & Health web site has links to Federal
Labor Law information, two new PowerPoint slide shows that follow the
"Safe Operation of Agricultural Equipment" textbook, and other
farm safety reference information. Just added to the web site this week
is a link to the 2003 Tractor Safety Test and the 2003 Machinery Safety
Test in pdf format. The tests were previously e-mailed to counties and
can now be accessed from the web site using Acrobat Reader. --Kerri
Ebert kebert@ksu.edu
ORGANIC COST SHARE APPLICATION FORMS
AVAILABLE
The Kansas Department of Agriculture has released the application
form that organic producers must submit to KDA to participate in the
Organic Certification Cost Share Program. The application, a copy of
organic certification, and an invoice for the certification costs should
be sent to KDA. Up to $500 is available per producer for reimbursement
of organic certification costs.
For more information, contact Carole
Jordan cjordan@kda.state.ks.us
or Jana Beckman beckman@oznet.ksu.edu
. --Jana Beckman
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES
The following federal agencies and foundations currently are
soliciting proposals for funding in substance abuse prevention,
technology, and youth leadership:
The Office of National Drug Control
Policy and the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (Due
date: March 11, ONLINE APPLICATION)
The Beaumont Foundation of America for
free computers and related computers (Due date: March 31, ONLINE
APPLICATION)
YouthAction.Net, International Youth
Foundation for youth-led initiatives and organizations (Due date: Oct 1)
For more details go to: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/4hyp/Grants/fundingopps.htm
. --Gary W. Gerhard ggerhard@oznet.ksu.edu
SPRING RABBIT SHOW OPEN TO ALL
COUNTIES
The 2003 Scott County 4-H and Open Spring Rabbit Show will be held on
March 22, and is open to all counties. Contact person is John H.
Beckman, CEA, ANR in Scott County. --Genelle Krehbiel gkrehbie@oznet.ksu.edu
KAE4-HA KATCH PHRASE
"Nobody can really guarantee the future. The best we can do is size
up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to
deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence." - Henry
Ford II
As we continue to work thru the many
changes in our system, this quote seems to sum things up nicely. Don't
forget what an excellent network of support we have in Extension and
stay focused on the positive! --Phyllis Kriesel pkriesel@oznet.ksu.edu
PUBLICATIONS/PRODUCTION SERVICES
UPDATE
KASS Custom Rates
Printed copies of the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service Custom
Rates Publications for 2002 are available upon demand from the
Production Services Unit of the Department of Communications. The
30-page handbook is available to internal clients for $0.65 plus
shipping (estimated at $3.50 for a single copy). Order via e-mail at orderpub@lists.oznet.ksu.edu
. E-mail must contain title, quantity, shipping address (no PO Boxes),
billing address (if different), name of person placing order, and
contact phone number. The publication was sent in CD-ROM format to local
K-State Research and Extension offices, and is available on the Web at: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ks/custom/crsel.htm
.
Print on Demand
A limited number of K-State Research and Extension library titles are
available upon demand. "Demand" publications are produced as
crisp, high-resolution black and white copies on our high-speed digital
press. It's a cost-effective and time-efficient way to meet unexpected
needs for a quantity of fact sheets for a meeting or presentation. For
more information, contact the Publications Unit at 785-532-5805 or the
Distribution Center at 785-532-5830. To print single copies from the
publications library on your own printer, go to http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/
to search by topic, title, author or number.
--Nancy Zimmerli nancyz@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 MARCH 5, 2003, THROUGH MARCH 11, 2003:
ADDITION:
Monday, March 3
.... Organic Production School, Leoti/Wichita Co., Western Kansas
Counties, 9:30 a.m., Allen Baker abaker@oznet.ksu.edu
Wednesday, March 5
.... Prescribed Burning Workshop, Douglas and surrounding counties, NE
and SE, Paul Ohlenbusch pohlenbu@oznet.ksu.edu|....
KAE4-HA Spring Association Meeting, Hesston/HV, Statewide, Cathy Musick cmusick@oznet.ksu.edu
.... NW Plant Pathology/Entomology Agent Update, Hill City/GH,
NW Area, 9:00 a.m., Doug Jardine jardine@plantpath.ksu.edu
Thursday, March 6
.... Prescribed Burning Workshop, Greenwood and surrounding counties,
SE, Paul Ohlenbusch pohlenbu@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Irrigated Grass Meeting, Hugoton/SV, SW Area, 9:30 a.m.,
Ron Hale rhale@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Irrigated Grass Meeting, Dodge City/FO, SW Area, 4:30
p.m., Ron Hale rhale@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Stockman's Dinner, Manhattan, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Jack
Riley jriley@oznet.ksu.edu
Thursday, March 6, through
Friday, March 7
.... United Association Meeting/Joint Professional Development
Conference, Wichita, KS, Statewide, Gayle Price gprice@oznet.ksu.edu
Friday, March 7
.... KSU Cattlemen's Day, Manhattan, Statewide, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.,
Dale Blasi dblasi@oznet.ksu.edu and
Jim Drouillard jdrouill@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Day Camp Coordinator Training, Kirwin/PL, NW Area, Walter
Barker wbarker@oznet.ksu.edu
.... K-State Bull Sale, Manhattan, 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Miles
McKee mmckee@oznet.ksu.edu and Dave
Nichols dnichols@oznet.ksu.edu
Friday, March 7, through
Saturday, March 8
.... Wichita Garden Show Photo Event and Judging Contest, Wichita, KS,
Statewide, Steve Fisher sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu
Saturday, March 8
....Wichita Garden Show/4-H Horticulture Judging, Wichita, KS,
Statewide, Beth Hinshaw bhinshaw@oznet.ksu.edu
and Bob Neier bneier@oznet.ksu.edu
.... State Livestock and Horse Judging Clinic, Topeka,
Statewide, 1:00 p.m., Leroy Russell lwrussel@oznet.ksu.edu
Tuesday, March 11
.... Prescribed Burning Workshop, Washington and surrounding counties,
NE, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Paul Ohlenbusch pohlenbu@oznet.ksu.edu
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