The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 9, No. 19   March 25, 2003

IN THIS ISSUE...

...Southeast and Northwest Area Director Positions
...Retirement Reception for Sy Nyhart
...Frank Brazle's Retirement Celebration
...Retirement Celebration for Carol Young and Conall Addison
...K-State Leadership Seminar Registration Deadline is March 28
...Workshop Offers Insight on Certified Kitchens
...Energizing Entrepreneurship in Rural America
...Scotts/Wal-Mart to Host Miracle Garden Party Event
...Thriving Hometowns Network
...Display Cases Needed
...Complementary and Alternative Medicine
...Key Award Clarifications
...K-State Announces Fifteenth Annual Kansas Center for Community Economic Development Conference
...Kansas Dietetic Association to Hold Annual Meeting at K-State
...Master Schedule

SOUTHEAST AND NORTHWEST AREA DIRECTOR POSITIONS
Screening of applications for the SE and NW Area Director positions will begin after March 28, 2003. Application materials should be submitted to Paul Hartman, SW Area Director, 4500 East Mary Street, Garden City, KS 67846-9132, (Phone: 620-275-9164), by that date. Please see the position announcements at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/jobs.asp for more detailed information. --Randy Higgins rhiggins@oznet.ksu.edu 

RETIREMENT RECEPTION FOR SY NYHART
A reception honoring Sy Nyhart's 44 years of service to the Kansas Cooperative Extension Service will be on Friday, March 28, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Leavenworth County Extension Office, 500 Eisenhower Road in Leavenworth. Please send cards and letters for his memory book to Denise Sullivan at the Leavenworth County Extension Office. --Denise Sullivan dsulliva@oznet.ksu.edu 

FRANK BRAZLE'S RETIREMENT CELEBRATION
There will be a get-together at the Chanute American Legion on April 5, from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. to celebrate Frank Brazle's retirement. The dress is casual; there will be food and dancing, and lots of reminiscing. Those of you who would like to write a letter for Frank's notebook or contribute toward a gift for him, make checks payable to SEA Office, and send to Karen Walters, Southeast Area Extension Office, 308 West 14th, Chanute, KS 66720. --Karen Walters kwalters@oznet.ksu.edu 

RETIREMENT CELEBRATION FOR CAROL YOUNG AND CONALL ADDISON 
Please join us as we celebrate two retirements in the Southwest Area!

Carol Young, Extension Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences; and Conall Addison, Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth Development; will be honored at a retirement reception on Monday, May 19, at the Southwest Research-Extension Center, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Books of memories are being created for Carol and Conall and friends and colleagues are invited to contribute. Letters, cards and photos can be sent, no later than Monday, May 12, to: Paul Hartman, Southwest Research Extension Center, 4500 East Mary, Garden City, Ks 67846. --Paul Hartman phartman@oznet.ksu.edu 

K-STATE LEADERSHIP SEMINAR REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 28
The deadline to register for the 2003 K-State Leadership Seminar is this Friday, March 28. To register, contact the Extension PRIDE Program at 785-532-5840 or e-mail jkoppes@oznet.ksu.edu .

Jeffrey Cufaude, Principal and Founder of Idea Architects, will present "The Character of Our Commitments." Join us on Thursday, April 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the K-State Union Ballroom in Manhattan to explore:

* What the character of a “committed individual” looks like;
* Who and what most influences the commitments we make;
* What your current commitments are and how they project/reflect your desired character.

The registration fee is $20 and includes morning refreshments, lunch, and seminar materials.

Sponsors include: K-State Research & Extension, Kansas PRIDE Program, Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development, Kansas Center for Rural Initiatives, and the Extension LEADS Team. --Robert Wilson rwilson@loki.agecon.ksu.edu 

WORKSHOP OFFERS INSIGHT ON CERTIFIED KITCHENS
An April 5 workshop in Ottawa, KS will help farmers' market vendors, direct marketers, and entrepreneurs learn what is involved in establishing a certified kitchen.

Session topics include preparing produce, packaging the labeled product, and the physical requirements of a certified kitchen. The workshop will wrap up at the Windtalker Farm, where owner Jan Vilbert has built a certified processing kitchen in the basement of her home. Vilbert will give tips on how to construct a kitchen on a budget.

Register by calling Karen Pendleton at 785-843-1409 or e-mail karenp@pendletons.com . --Jana Beckman beckman@oznet.ksu.edu 

ENERGIZING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RURAL AMERICA
The Kansas Small Business Development Center (KSBDC) Network has asked Don Macke, Co-director of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, to conduct an abbreviated Energizing Entrepreneurship in Rural America train-the-trainers program the week of June 9-13 in Kansas. The location is to be determined.

Potential Training Topics:

-Why entrepreneurship is important to robust rural communities
-Characteristics and impacts of entrepreneurial success
-Assessing entrepreneurial talent types
-Targeting tools for talent types
-Optimizing entrepreneurial talent with development capacity
-Lessons from rural entrepreneurial communities
-Matching entrepreneurial talent with available assets
-Evolving an entrepreneurial strategy in your community
-Developing your community's entrepreneurial vision

Wally Kearns, State KSBDC Director, would like to offer the training opportunity to personnel in K-State Research and Extension. USDA Rural Development is planning to send some of their team members.

The topics or the details of the training will not be finalized until they see the mix of the resources and number of participants. Please inform Wally Kearns, ksbdc.wkearns@fhsu.edu , by April 4, if you have a desire to attend the training. --Steven M. Graham sgraham@k-state.edu 

SCOTTS/WAL-MART TO HOST MIRACLE GARDEN PARTY EVENT
For the second year, Scotts and Wal-Mart will participate in their Miracle Garden Party Event.

All 2,700 Wal-Mart stores will be involved in the Garden Party events in their parking lots on April 12, 2003. Highlights of this year's events include 1) Scotts has underwritten $10 4-H Source Book gift certificates to the first 1,000 4-H clubs that participate; 2) Scotts has become the donor/sponsor for 6,000 of the Gardening and Horticulture medals that will be distributed to the states this spring; and 3) Wal-Mart will be sponsoring in-store gardening activities. For more information on how you can get involved in the Garden Party, go to www.4hmall.org  and click on the Miracle Garden Party Event icon. --Evelyn Neier eneier@oznet.ksu.edu 

DISPLAY CASES NEEDED
The State 4-H Office has received permission from K-State Facilities to place a display case(s) outside our main office suite, in the lobby area across from the elevator on the second floor of Umberger. This request came about as part of our discussion for the Kansas 4-H Centennial. We would like to be able to display 4-H memorabilia, as well as other appropriate items, i.e. recognition pieces, promotion for current events, etc. 

Size of cases can be something in the range of 7' high, up to 10' wide (or two, 4-5' sections), and about 18-24" deep. New cases we have seen in catalogs range from $2200 to over $3000, which we can't afford! They need to have glass fronts that can be secured. If you know of something like this that might be available, at a reasonable cost, donated, or made by a group of 4-H woodworking members, please advise our office. 

You can contact Jean Paquette at jpaquett@oznet.ksu.edu , or I will still be continuing to use my current e-mail address after retirement, sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu . Thanks! --Steve Fisher 

COMPLEMENTARY  AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) refers to alternative nutrition practices such as vitamin/mineral combinations, herbal or botanical supplements, metabolites & phytochemicals etc. A panel program will be presented April 8, 6:00 p.m., at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 500 Leawood Drive in Parsons, Ks. There is a $2 registration at the door. The program is sponsored by Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, and Neosho County Extension Councils and FCE Councils. --Martha Flanagan mflanaga@oznet.ksu.edu 

KEY AWARD CLARIFICATIONS
Several questions have come up recently regarding the Key Award, so I want to clarify this issue before I leave.

In 1996, a task force of agents and volunteers worked with me to revise and strengthen our County Member Achievement Plans and the State Key Award recognition program.

There is a major difference between the county 4-H achievement pin recognition programs and the 4-H Key Award. The county achievement pins are a county recognition program, and as such, can be revised or localized to fit each individual county. However, the Key Award program is a state award program, and our intent is for it to be as consistent as possible between all counties, and thus, the requirements should be followed as they are printed.

Recent conversations have been ongoing with the Kansas 4-H Foundation staff and our office about the need to make the Key Award more prestigious. This was part of the intent of the 1996 changes when the quota was removed and several of the requirements were made more difficult. Our intent was to have the Key Award eventually be seen as an equal to the "Eagle Scout" award of Boy Scouts. There was discussion about even sending names and addresses of winners to local  and national legislators so they send a congratulatory letter back to the member. This is also why as new 4-H scholarships are added, we are working with the donor to ask that a prerequisite be that a scholarship winner must have received the Key Award. We would be  interested in your suggestions of how we might work in the future to raise the esteem of the Key Award. 

Send your thoughts to Gary Gerhard at the State 4-H Office. The 4-H Key Award Application can be printed from the K-State Research & Extension webpage, or it is on the 4-H Record Book CD as a form-filler application for Windows applications on pc's. Please be sure to follow the requirements as closely as possible when making your selections, to keep the consistent state-wide integrity of the program.

There has been a question about the specific intent of #7, "Participated three different years in county/district demonstration and/or public speaking contests." It is our intent that this be a prepared, planned public presentation that would include the three parts of a speech/demonstration: Introduction, body and conclusion, with visuals as appropriate. 4-H alumni studies have concluded that one of the major outcomes is learning to speak before a group. We want to continue to encourage and recognize those 4-H members who are learning these skills.

The bulletin, "Getting Ready for 4-H Day," provides definitions for the three types of presentations which we were intending for this requirement to apply.

1. Demonstrations are defined as a "show-how" process involving doing or making something while giving an explanation. The demonstrator uses actual items, supplies, equipment, people, or animals while going through a process. There is usually a finished product to show, but it is not required. The demonstration is a teaching method designed to teach specifically.

2. Illustrated Talks are defined as a "tell-how" process where the presenter uses visuals such as posters, charts, models, graphs, etc. to aid in emphasizing a point or to add interest while telling how to do something. Visuals are required in the "telling how." The illustrated talk is for any age youth whose purpose is teaching specifically.

3. Public Speaking is intended to assist older, more experienced members to further develop confidence and skill in speaking before an audience. In Public Speaking, members may speak on any topic of their interest. Visuals may be used. One or two note cards are permissible if used correctly and in outline form. Outlines should be provided for each judge. Suggested maximum time limit is 15 minutes.

These definitions would exclude show and share, project talks, readings and other informal types of presentations.

Standard #11 intends to recognize those members who have participated in some kind of extended exchange program with another county, state, or country. "Extended" is the key word here. I hope this will be of help to you and your Selection committees. --Steve Fisher sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu 

K-STATE ANNOUNCES FIFTEENTH ANNUAL KANSAS CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
The 15th Annual Kansas Center for Community Economic Development (KCCED) Conference will be held April 9-10, 2003 at the Plaza Hotel in Hutchinson, KS.  KCCED is a partnership between the Kansas Center for Rural Initiatives at Kansas State University and the Policy Research Institute at the University of Kansas. KCCED is dedicated to providing outreach and technical assistance and conducting research related to rural community economic development. 

This year's theme is "Economic Development in Hard Times: Keeping Communities Strong." Jason Henderson, an economist at the Center for the Study of Rural America and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, will be presenting at the conference. John E. Moore, Kansas Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing, will be the other keynote presenter. For more information, call 785-532-5569, 1-800-432-8222, e-mail info@dce.ksu.edu  or visit http://www.ksu.edu/kcri/kcced . --Melinda Sinn sinnpio@dce.ksu.edu 

KANSAS DIETETIC ASSOCIATION TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING AT K-STATE
The Kansas Dietetic Association will host its annual meeting April 10-11 at Kansas State University in Manhattan. "Dietitians in Motion" is this year's theme. The meeting is designed to encourage the discussion, examination and application of major issues affecting dietitians, and to provide networking opportunities. Dietetic and diabetes-related exhibits will also be on display during the conference. Registration is available online at https://www.dce.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/conf/dietetic.cgi  or by calling 785-532-5569 or 1-800-432-8222. Participants and exhibitors can register for one or both days. --Melinda Sinn sinnpio@dce.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 APRIL 2, 2003, THROUGH APRIL 8, 2003:

Wednesday, April 2
.... Arthritis Management and Programming, Garden City (Area Office Conference Room), Statewide, 9:30 a.m., Nancy Gyurcsik gyurcsik@ksu.edu
.... Kansas Bull Test Sale, Beloit/Mitchell, Statewide, Twig Marston twig@oznet.ksu.edu

Thursday, April 3
.... KAFCE NE Area Council Meeting, Manhattan, NE KAFCE Co's, Emily Mark emark@oznet.ksu.edu

Thursday, April 3, through Friday, April 4
.... Kansas Forage Conference, Wichita, KS, Statewide, Gary Kilgore gkilgore@oznet.ksu.edu

Saturday, April 5
.... Specialty Forest Products Workshop, El Dorado/BU, SE Area, 8:30 a.m., Larry Crouse lcrouse@oznet.ksu.edu
.... 2003 Shawnee Co. Spring Rabbit Show, Auburn/SN, Statewide, 9:00 a.m., Leroy Russell lrussell@oznet.ksu.edu.... Grand Finale Spring Beef Show, Garnett/AN, Statewide, 1:00 p.m., Shannon Blender sblender@oznet.ksu.edu

Monday, April 7
.... SW Area KAFCE Council, Garden City (Area Office Conference Room), SW Area, Carol Young cyoung@oznet.ksu.edu

Tuesday, April 8
.... Prescribed Burning Workshop, Kingman and surrounding counties, NE, SE and SW, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Paul Ohlenbusch ole@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Complementary and Alternative Nutrition, Iola/AL, Multi-county, SE, Morning, Gayle Price gprice@oznet.ksu.edu
.... NC Kansas Farm Management Board Meeting, Salina, NC KFMA, Martin Albright albright@agecon.ksu.edu
.... Complementary and Alternative Nutrition, Parsons/LB, Multi-county, SE, Evening, Gayle Price gprice@oznet.ksu.edu

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