The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 9, No. 37   July 29, 2003

IN THIS ISSUE...

...Environmental Checklist for Co-ops
...Volunteers Requested to Help in our Booths at the Kansas State Fair
...Helping Small Towns Succeed
...Publications/Production Services Update
...Adult Education Courses Offered this Fall
...K-State Offers Courses for Educators this Fall
...Master Schedule

ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST FOR CO-OPS
The Pollution Prevention Institute (PPI) at K-State recently released a Water Quality Protection Assessment designed to help ag service centers and co-ops assess environmental risks their facilities pose to nearby surface and ground water. The document, in a checklist format, is designed to identify areas that need work to minimize risk to on-site or community drinking water sources.

PPI delivers the Kansas Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (SBEAP) which provides free, confidential assistance to help co-ops identify environmental compliance problems, set goals and develop programs to prevent pollution in all aspects of operations; and train employees in hazardous waste handling, spill response and reporting plans, and storm water protection measures. The water quality protection tool can be found on the "What's New" page of the SBEAP Web site: http://www.sbeap.org .

For more information on this program, call our confidential, environmental hotline at 800-578-8898. --Sherry J. Davis sbd@ksu.edu 

VOLUNTEERS REQUESTED TO HELP IN OUR BOOTHS AT THE KANSAS STATE FAIR
The College of Agriculture and K-State Research and Extension will once again have adjoining booths in the Pride of Kansas Building at the Kansas State Fair. The fair runs from Friday, September 5, through Sunday,  September 14, 2003.

We will need people to work in the two booths on both Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday-Thursday from 9 a.m. till 9 p.m., and the last Sunday from 9 a.m. till 7p.m.

We would certainly appreciate it if faculty and staff from campus, county offices, Agronomy Fields, and Research-Extension Centers would go to the fair and work for several hours on any one day. Also, we would appreciate agents and/or faculty, who are going to the fair anyway, signing up to work a couple hours in the booth before or after your activities. It is fun sharing information about K-State and K-State Research and Extension.

If you would like to work in one or both of the booths, please contact Cassie Mitchell at 785-532-5729 or cmitchel@oznet.ksu.edu  by August 8. Please tell her which booth you want to work in and which day and times are best for you. We will be in touch soon afterward with the final schedule plus send tickets, work out transportation, etc.

Thank you for your assistance. See you at the Kansas State Fair. --Steven Graham sgraham@oznet.ksu.edu and Jackie McClaskey jax@ksu.edu 

HELPING SMALL TOWNS SUCCEED
October 23-27, 2003 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming

This five-day institute explores myths about the future of small towns, what’s behind community success, building blocks for community development, and clues to community survival. Sessions include: community strategic planning, managing community conflict, leadership characteristics and practices, community marketing, and rural entrepreneurship. An entire day is devoted to identifying and developing local leaders.

 More information is available at: http://www.heartlandcenter.info/jhsite/helpingsmalltowns.html . --Robert Wilson rwilson@loki.agecon.ksu.edu 

PUBLICATIONS/PRODUCTION SERVICES UPDATE
The following publications have been deadfiled and will no longer be printed. Electronic versions will remain available in the publications library at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/ .

MF-922, Attic Flies; and SRP-896, 2002 Kansas Performance Tests with Winter Wheat.

The following have been deadfiled in both printed and electronic versions and should be removed from inventory:

L-909, Subsurface Drip Irrigation for Field Corn; L-902 Large Acreage Center Pivot Systems; L-879, Managing LEPA Bubblers and Flat Sprayers on Corn; and L-813, Estimating the Role of Production Ag in a County's Economy.
--Nancy Zimmerli nancyz@oznet.ksu.edu 

ADULT EDUCATION COURSES OFFERED THIS FALL
Kansas State University's Division of Continuing Education will be offering courses for educators interested in Adult Education this fall in Fort Leavenworth, Overland Park and Wichita. Courses that are required for a graduate degree in adult education are offered as well as elective courses in adult education. Enrollment for these courses may be completed online at http://www.dce.ksu.edu/  or by calling the Division of Continuing Education at 1-800-432-8222 or 785-532-5566.

Two courses will be taught in Overland Park including Characteristics of Adult Learners and a seminar in Self-Directed Learning. Three seminar courses will be offered in Wichita: Adult Education and Neuroscience: Paradoxical Partners, Workplace Learning, and Coping with Times of Change: Schlossberg's Transition Model. A course in Program Planning will also be offered in Wichita.

If you are interested in adult education or would like to work toward an advanced degree, visit K-State's College of Education's web site at http://www.coe.ksu.edu/adulted-offcampus  or e-mail Cheryl Polson at cpolson@ksu.edu . --Melinda Sinn, Division of Continuing Education 

K-STATE OFFERS COURSES FOR EDUCATORS THIS FALL
Kansas educators will be able to work on their degrees and increase their knowledge in the classroom with Kansas State University's fall course offerings. K-State's Division of Continuing Education is offering courses in Manhattan, Salina, Wichita, Overland Park, Abilene and Junction City as well as through video tape, guided studies, and TELENET 2, which is an audio-videoconferencing network. Educators interested in enrolling for these courses should visit http://www.dce.ksu.edu/coe/ . If you would like to request a brochure, call the registration office at 1-800-432-8222 or 785-532-5566, or visit the Division of Education web site at http://www.dce.ksu.edu/ . --Melinda Sinn, Division of Continuing Education

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 AUGUST 6, 2003, THROUGH AUGUST 12, 2003:

Wednesday, August 6, through Saturday, August 9
.... Cheyenne County Fair, St. Francis, NW
.... Harper County Agriculture & 4-H Fair, Harper, SW
.... Marion County Fair, Hillsboro, SE
.... Mitchell County Fair, Beloit, NW
.... Overbrook-Osage County Fair, Overbrook, SE
.... Wichita County Fair, Leoti, SW

Wednesday, August 6, through Sunday, August 10
.... Finney County Fair, Garden City, SW
.... Tri-Rivers Fair, Salina, Metro

Friday, August 8
.... State 4-H Wheat Show, Hudson/SF, Statewide, Walter Barker

Friday, August 8, through Sunday, August 17
.... Five State Free Fair, Liberal/Seward, SW

Saturday, August 9
.... Kingman/Stafford Co. 4-H Agility Trials, Kingman, Statewide, Andrea Burns

Saturday, August 9, through Sunday, August 17
.... Interstate Fair & Rodeo, Coffeyville/MG, SE

Sunday, August 10, through Wednesday, August 13
.... Osage County Fair, Osage City, SE

Monday, August 11, through Saturday, August 16
.... Rooks County Free Fair, Stockton, NW

Tuesday, August 12, through Saturday, August 16
.... Leavenworth County Fair, Tonganoxie, Metro

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