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Vol. 9, No. 16 March 4, 2003
IN THIS ISSUE...
...You are Invited to
the IGP Groundbreaking Ceremony
...A New On-Line Look for K-State Research and
Extension
...Posters Wanted for Washington, D.C. Office
...KSRE Legislative Reports
...Kansas Association of County
Agricultural Agents
...Healthy Sustainable Communities Workgroup Meeting
...FrontPage Web Authoring Training
...Specialty Products Workshops this Spring
...Community Leadership Day
...Fair Judges Wanted - Training to be Held
...Homeland Security
...New USDA/ERS Web Publication - Amber Waves
...4-H Horse Information
...Unwanted E-Mail Filling your Mailbox?
...Basic 4-H Operations
...Master Schedule
...Tuesday
Letter Archives
YOU ARE INVITED TO
THE IGP GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
As Head of the Department of Grain Science and Industry at K-State,
I would like to invite all K-State Research and Extension faculty and
staff to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the new International
Grains Program (IGP) Executive Conference Center on Friday, March 7, at
2 p.m. on the site for the new Department of Grain Science and Industry
complex on Kimball Avenue, just northeast of the football stadium. (In
case of inclement weather, the ceremony will take place in the north
concourse of Bramlage Coliseum, entering through the Northeast doors.)
The IGP Executive Conference Center
building will be the second of five buildings to be constructed on this
site. The other four buildings will include the Bioprocessing and
Industrial Value-Added Program building; a Flour Mill; a Feed Mill; and
the Teaching, Research, and Administrative building which also will
house the Department's Bakery Science and Management Program.
The IGP, established by the Kansas
Legislature in 1978, provides educational and technical support for
worldwide promotion and market development efforts for food and feed
grains produced in Kansas. It accomplishes its goals by hosting
international customers and potential customers at short courses at
K-State, providing technical assistance overseas, and participating in
conferences around the world. Funding for IGP programs comes from the
Kansas Legislature and the Kansas corn, grain sorghum, soybean, and
wheat commissions.
You also are invited to attend a post
groundbreaking reception in the Legends Room of Bramlage Coliseum. I
look forward to seeing you at the ceremony. --Brendan Donnelly bjd@wheat.ksu.ed
A NEW ON-LINE LOOK
FOR K-STATE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION
Starting March 1, visitors see a new site when they log on to www.oznet.ksu.edu
. The K-State Research and Extension Web site changed over to a new,
consumer-driven, topic-focused design. This new site is based on other
successful sites and comments received from K-State Research and
Extension faculty and staff regarding our Web presence. Although the
site is public, it will continue to be a dynamic site, incorporating
comments from K-State Research and Extension faculty, staff, and
clientele. Thanks to the Internet Planning Task Force (Susan Bale, Pat
Hackenberg, Linda Sleichter, Pat Melgares, Amy Hartman, Donna Sheffield,
Roger Terry, and Kris Boone) for their work on this site. --Linda
Sleichter lsleicht@oznet.ksu.edu
POSTERS WANTED
FOR WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE
Brad Fenwick, with Veterinary Medicine, is on special assignment in
Washington, D.C. He would like to have some posters from K-State to put
on his Washington, D.C. office walls. I can provide him with a couple
K-State Research and Extension posters but would like to provide him
with posters from across the many departments and programs within
K-State Research and Extension.
If you have a poster you would like to
send to Washington, D.C. with Dr. Fenwick, please send or bring it to my
office (144 Waters Hall). Thanks for your assistance. --Steven Graham sgraham@oznet.ksu.edu
KSRE LEGISLATIVE
REPORTS
We have extra copies of the 2003 KSRE Legislative Reports and are
encouraging individuals to get copies to share at your next board meeting,
etc. If you are interested in receiving copies, please contact Cassie
Mitchell at 785-532-5729 or cmitchel@oznet.ksu.edu
. --Steven Graham sgraham@oznet.ksu.edu
KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY
AGRICULTURAL AGENTS
The Kansas Association of County Agricultural Agents will meet April
9-11, 2003, in Russell, KS. The meeting was previously scheduled on April
16-18. --John Stannard jstannar@oznet.ksu.edu
HEALTHY
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES WORKGROUP MEETING
Dan Kahl and Leonard Bloomquist are convening a meeting to identify
possible strategies and indicators for the long term intended outcome of
Healthy Sustainable Communities for the five year plan. The next meeting
will be held Thursday, March 6, at 1 p.m., in Throckmorton 2002. Anyone
with an interest in this area is invited to attend. If you are unable to
attend the meeting but have interest in this long term intended outcome,
please review the draft indicators on the Extension long-range planning
web site at http://intranet.oznet.ksu.edu/5yp04_08/draft.htm
. Your feedback on these or additional recommendations can be shared
with Dan Kahl, dkahl@oznet.ksu.edu
, 785-532-5840; or Leonard Bloomquist, bloomqui@ksu.edu
, 785-532-4962. --Jody M. Hall jhall@oznet.ksu.edu
FRONTPAGE WEB
AUTHORING TRAINING
Gerry Snyder of IET will be offering a beginning level course on how to
use Microsoft's FrontPage Web Authoring software. The class will go
over many powerful features packaged with FP in producing successful Web
pages. We will also cover working with text, tables, hyperlinks, digital
images and inserting pdf (Acrobat) files into a Web site.
All classes are scheduled in Umberger
317.
March 12 - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
March 24 - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
March 27 - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
March 28 - 8 a.m. to 12 noon
To register for the class, please call
IET at 785-532-6270. For more information, call IET or e-mail Gerry
Snyder at gsnyder@oznet.ksu.edu
. --Gerry Snyder
SPECIALTY
PRODUCTS WORKSHOPS THIS SPRING
There are two Specialty Products Workshops scheduled for this
spring. On Friday, March 28, in Westmoreland at the Pottawatomie County
Extension office, the agenda will include fruit and nut crops,
vegetables, medicinal herbs, and cut flowers. Lunch will be served
entirely with Kansas-grown foods. Registration deadline is March 20.
On Saturday, April 5, in El Dorado at the
Historic Railroad Depot, the agenda will include a discussion of
decorative woody florals, small fruits, and medicinal herbs, with a
focus on marketing and financial feasibility. Early registration
deadline is March 24 for the El Dorado program.
If you need a copy of either brochure,
send an e-mail to Tammy McNair at tmcnair@oznet.ksu.edu
. Registration materials are also available from the KCSAAC web site at www.oznet.ksu.edu/kcsaac
. --Charlie Barden cbarden@oznet.ksu.edu
COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP DAY
We are pleased to report that Terry Woodbury, President of the
United Way of Wyandotte County, is confirmed as keynote speaker for
Community Leadership Day on March 28, in the K-State Union, Manhattan.
Terry comes from Leoti, Kansas, and credits 4-H as the source of his
first leadership experience. Terry will be speaking in the morning.
Senator Sam Brownback is our invited wrap-up speaker in the afternoon.
This will be an excellent opportunity to
share ideas and celebrate leadership program achievements. It will also
be fun. What do skateboards have to do with leadership? Come and find
out.
Extension faculty, volunteers, and youth
are invited to participate. More information on lodging and registration
is available on-line at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/huckboyd/CommunityLeadershipDay.htm
. The registration deadline is March 14. – Ron Wilson rwilson@oznet.ksu.edu
FAIR JUDGES WANTED
- TRAINING TO BE HELD
Needing to earn some extra money this Summer, or just interested in
helping youth? You are needed as a judge at the county fair. One of the
challenges of most county Extension agents is hiring judges for the
fair. If you are interested in being a judge, you are definitely needed.
This judges' training will give you the confidence and knowledge
needed to become a judge.
This training will focus
on three subject matter areas including Fashion Revue/Clothing and
Textiles, Plant Science, and Educational Exhibits. For those with
judging experience, this will be a great refresher course. The
training will be held in two locations, Manhattan on Monday, March 31,
from 6:30 - 8:45 p.m., or Marysville at Good Shepard Lutheran
School on Tuesday, April 1, from 6:30 - 8:45 p.m.
For more information, or
to register for the training, contact the Marshall County Extension
Office at 785-562-3531, or e-mail slatta@oznet.ksu.edu
. --Susie Latta
HOMELAND
SECURITY
Those who receive questions about Homeland Security may find the
Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) web site helpful. A link to
the Homeland Security page may be found in the upper left corner of the
EDEN home page.
EDEN is a collaborative multi-state
effort by Extension Services across the country to improve the delivery
of services to citizens affected by disasters. There are also links to
Red Cross and FEMA on the EDEN home page, http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden
. --Mike Bradshaw Bradshaw@humec.ksu.edu
NEW USDA/ERS WEB
PUBLICATION - AMBER WAVES
I'm passing along a link to a new USDA/Economic Research Service
(ERS) publication, Amber Waves, that may be of interest to you. It
covers all aspects of rural America, including agriculture, natural
resource conservation, food and nutrition issues, and rural community
development. It is fully integrated with the ERS web site so that you
can link directly from articles to other reports and databases. Since
you share a broad interest in rural issues, I wanted to forward this new
magazine for your information and use. The link is http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/
. --Steven Graham sgraham@oznet.ksu.edu
4-H HORSE
INFORMATION
It will soon be time for 4-Hers to nominate their horse for the 2 and 3
year old projects. For information, a nomination form, and the rules,
click on www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_4hyp/Horse/horsepage.htm
. Also, on that same page, check out the horse events. If you have a
show or event pertaining to horses, just call our office, 532-5800, and
ask Cheryl to add this to our site, or e-mail her at cthomas@oznet.ksu.edu
. --Ann Domsch adomsch@oznet.ksu.edu
UNWANTED E-MAIL
FILLING YOUR MAILBOX?
Maybe you are already getting some unwanted e-mail but it is useful
to know how to minimize spam. Here are the major ways spammers get your
e-mail address.
1. From your registration at
untrustworthy sites (think sweepstakes)
2. From your newsgroup postings
3. From your chat sessions
4. From spambots that crawl the Web looking for anything including an @
sign
5. From e-mail lists the spammer buys
6. From mailing lists to which you subscribe
7. By randomly generating name combinations for your domain
8. By harvesting all the e-mail addresses on your company's server
To reduce your exposure, don’t put your
e-mail in a public place. Your address on a web page or posted to a
public chat list, newsgroup or message board can be gathered by
spammers.
Read the privacy policy statement of a
site that wants personal information.
Set up a free e-mail account (or even
two). There are many free e-mailers like Yahoo (mail.yahoo.com). Use
that e-mail address when you fill out a form on-line at a site you are
not sure about. Don’t use your OzNet account when you subscribe to “A
Joke A Day.”
Never respond to spam. That will tell the
spammer they have a working address for you.
Too late to prevent spam? Here are a few
things to do about those that get to you.
Delete it! A bit obvious but it
works--especially if you delete it before you open it. We don’t
support Outlook but if you use it's Preview feature, turn it off.
Outlook Preview automatically opens e-mail and launches any links to web
sites or attachments. There are reasons we don’t support Outlook but
if you want to continue using it, turn off Preview!
Never forward a message that claims that
it is capable of tracking the e-mail as it is forwarded. These e-mails
are commonly referred to as a chain letters and the claims of gaining
funds by being forwarded are generally false. They do gather e-mail
addresses to spam.
Set up some filters. For example, create
a filter in Pegasus Mail to sort out everything that does not have an
OzNet or KSU address. You could set up automatic deletion but you might
delete some important messages. I prefer to filter to a folder that I
can review.
The next version of Pegasus Mail is
coming soon and it will have spam filtering built in.
Check out these webs sites for more
information: http://www.cauce.org ; http://spam.abuse.net
. --Gary Kepka gkepka@oznet.ksu.edu
BASIC 4-H
OPERATIONS
Want to learn information that is critical for handling 4-H managerial
issues that may arise? We invite you to attend Basic 4-H Operations
training which begins at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 31, and goes through 5
p.m., on Tuesday, April 1. All sessions will be held in Throckmorton
Hall, room 2002, on the K-State campus.
Topics to be addressed include:
*accountability to the 4-H mission
*accountability in working with volunteers
*accountability in fiscal affairs
*accountability in program planning
*accountability through program management
Presenters are Beth Hinshaw, Extension
Specialist, 4-H Youth Development, SE Area; and Diane Mack, Extension
Specialist, 4-H Youth Development, NE Area. Cost to attend is $20
payable to the Kansas 4-H Foundation. Please contact Diane Mack at dmack@oznet.ksu.edu
by March 17, if you plan to attend. --Diane D. Mack dmack@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 12, 2003, THROUGH MARCH 18, 2003:
Wednesday, March 12,
through Thursday, March 13
.... ServSafe 2003, Lawrence/DG, Statewide, 8:30 a.m., Karen Penner kpenner@oznet.ksu.edu
Wednesday, March 12,
through Friday, March 14
.... Western Dairy Management Conference, Reno, NV, John Smith jfsmith@oznet.ksu.edu
Wednesday, March 12,
through Saturday, March 15
.... Kansas City 4-H Global Conference, Kansas City, MO,
Multi-state, Lindy Lindquist llindqui@oznet.ksu.edu
Thursday, March 13
.... Arthritis Management and Programming, Chanute, Statewide, 9:30
a.m., Nancy Gyurcsik gyurcsik@ksu.edu
Friday, March 14
.... Master Farmer/Farm Homemaker Spring Banquet, Manhattan,
Statewide, 6:00 p.m., Sue Robinson srobinso@oznet.ksu.edu
Saturday, March 15
.... KSU Sheep Day, Manhattan (Weber Hall), Statewide, Cliff Spaeth cspaeth@oznet.ksu.edu
Sunday, March 16
.... State Photography Workshop, Auburn/SN, Statewide, 1:00 p.m.,
Leroy Russell lwrussel@oznet.ksu.edu
Monday, March 17, through
Friday, March 21
.... KSU Spring Break
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