The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 10, No. 2   November 18, 2003

IN THIS ISSUE...

...Have You Registered for Annual Conference?
...75th Anniversary Celebration at Annual Conference
...Additional State Holiday
..."Unlocking Program Potential Through Key Volunteers"
...4-H Youth Development Strategic Plan - Final Step
..."Discovering Your Personality Spectrum" Certification Course
...Research and Extension Programs Awarded Funds to Lead Initiatives to Improve Health of Kansas Youth
...4-H Citizenship Washington Focus Trip
...2003 4-H Statistics on the Web
...Master Schedule

...Tuesday Letter Archives

HAVE YOU REGISTERED FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE?
Have you registered for Annual Conference? A schedule with descriptions of all sessions is available on the K-State Research and Extension Web site, www.oznet.ksu.edu , under Staff Corner. Registrations are due December 10. --Gloria Holcombe gloria@oznet.ksu.edu 

75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Epsilon Sigma Phi, your Cooperative Extension Professional's Organization, is celebrating its 75th Anniversary. That celebration will be a part of the events and activities of ESP at Annual Conference with the main event happening at the Annual ESP Banquet on Thursday evening at the K-State Alumni Center. Be sure to sign up and come enjoy the reception, silent auction, and all the festivities to recognize 75 years of Excellence through Epsilon Sigma Phi! --Daryl Buchholz, President, Alpha Rho Chapter Epsilon Sigma Phi dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu 

ADDITIONAL STATE HOLIDAY
Governor Kathleen Sebelius has issued the following memo:

"To allow state employees valuable time with family and friends, and flexibility for their holiday plans, I hereby announce that I have designated Friday, December 26, 2003 as an additional state holiday for calendar year 2003.

This has been a challenging year for state government, yet state employees have continued to provide excellent services. On behalf of the citizens of Kansas, I want to express my appreciation." --George Ham gham@oznet.ksu.edu 

"UNLOCKING PROGRAM POTENTIAL THROUGH KEY VOLUNTEERS"
At the 4-H Update, the “Unlocking Program Potential through Key Volunteers” was announced. This Pilot Program will be held on Tuesday, December 2, 2003, McPherson County 4-H Building, in McPherson, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will be provided.

In Kansas 4-H we have implemented VIP, local programs conduct volunteer orientation and training, and our programs do have a strong volunteer base. Why not build upon these things to strengthen your overall 4-H youth development program with needs-based 4-H volunteer management roles and successful recruitment strategies?

This program is brought to you with no registration fee, through an Epsilon Sigma Phi Program Innovation Grant. Workshop presenters will include  Diane Mack, Beth Hinshaw, Rod Buchele, Walter Barker, and Pat McNally. Additional training follow-up for volunteers will be available through the State 4-H Volunteer Association.

Please e-mail Karen Walters at kwalters@oznet.ksu.edu  by November 25, 2003, to RSVP for the December program. If you registered at a 4-H Update, you will be receiving an e-mail confirmation. If you are interested in the program, but the date or location does not work, please indicate that, so we can use this for our next planning phase. If you would like a copy of the brochure, please request it from Karen Walters. --Beth Hinshaw bhinshaw@oznet.ksu.edu  and Diane Mack dmack@oznet.ksu.edu 

4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN - FINAL STEP
Faculty, agents, and volunteers are encouraged to participate in the 4-H Strategic Planning process by adding specific action steps/recommendations to the plan. This is YOUR strategic plan for the future of 4-H Youth Development in Kansas. The meeting to add these action steps is scheduled from 9:30 to 3:00 on Thursday, December 4, 2003, in Salina. For additional information contact the Department of 4-H Youth Development or e-mail dbuchhol@ksu.edu . We NEED your input for this final step in developing the strategic plan. --Daryl Buchholz 

"DISCOVERING YOUR PERSONALITY SPECTRUM" CERTIFICATION COURSE
Make plans now to attend the "Discovering Your Personality Spectrum" Certification Course designed exclusively for extension professionals. The course will be held at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center, Wichita, on December 10 and 11, 2003.

The workshop will include information on how to use the personality instrument, teaching to the nexus, team building, as well as information on employable skills, customer service, and conflict management. These
materials are similar to the True Colors program, but contain additional research based information and practical application to Extension programming. Reba White will teach the workshop utilizing Insight Learning materials.

The regular price for the workshop is $1500. The special discount rate for K-State Research and Extension professionals is $750. Deadline for registration is Wednesday, December 3. The workshop may be taken for a 900 level graduate class.

For additional information, contact Reba at 785-675-3620, rswhite@oznet.ksu.edu ; or Jodi Besthorn at 316-722-7721, besthorn@oznet.ksu.edu . --Jodi Besthorn 

RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROGRAMS AWARDED FUNDS TO LEAD INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE HEALTH OF KANSAS YOUTH
Seven county Research and Extension programs have received funds from K-State Research and Extension’s Community Health Institute to lead planning efforts to improve the health of local youth. The $5,000 Healthy Youth Places: Research-to-Practice Hub awards are helping K-State Research and Extension establish and support community-based partnerships that increase healthy eating and physical activity and improve social development among Kansas school-age youth.

Through a twelve-month planning and implementation effort, local Research and Extension professionals are applying research-based strategies to local problems with the technical and evaluation assistance of the Community Health Institute. In addition to leading community partnerships, the Research and Extension professionals provide training, management assistance and knowledge dissemination to organizations in their communities that address youth-related health issues.

Research and Extension professionals receiving the awards for their programs are:
* Peggy Berrier Boyd, Wyandotte County
* Beth Hecht, Leavenworth County
* Martha Murphy, Crawford County
* Cathy Musick, Gove County; and Tranda Watts, NW Multi-County Food, Nutrition, Health and Safety Specialist; with Cheryl Goetz (Gove County Health Department)
* Diane Nielson, Atchison County
* Trudy Rice, Douglas County
* Ann Sparke, Morris County with Gail Daugherty (USD 417 - 21st Century Community Learning Center).

The competitive proposals from these professionals were selected for funding due to the strength of their on-going local collaborations (e.g., health departments, school districts, and after school organizations), their interest in health outcomes programming and support of applying research to solve local problems.

The Healthy Youth Places Research-to-Practice initiative is a project of the Community Health Institute with funds from the Kansas Health Foundation. --Elaine Johannes ejohanne@oznet.ksu.edu 

4-H CITIZENSHIP WASHINGTON FOCUS TRIP 
Information on the 4-H Citizenship Washington Focus Trip is available on the web at the following address:
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_4hyp/CWFhomepage/citizenship_washington_focus.htm . --Rod Buchele rbuchele@oznet.ksu.edu 

2003 4-H STATISTICS ON THE WEB
Participation data for 4-H Youth Development in the 2002-03 program year is provided from every County/District Extension Office in Kansas.  A summary of that data is available for the first time on the 4-H web site at: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/4h/Webstatistics/mbrenrollment.htm .

You can see how your county/district and area compares with others in the state in all of the 4-H delivery methods and the total numbers of youth enrolled per grade and residential area, as well as by racial-ethnic groups. Volunteer numbers and information about 4-H projects and programs are available in the report. Contact Cheryl Thomas at 785-532-5800, or cthomas@oznet.ksu.edu  if you have questions about the statistics.  --Cheryl L. Thomas cthomas@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 NOVEMBER 26, 2003, THROUGH DECEMBER 2, 2003:

Thursday, November 27, through Friday, November 28
.... Thanksgiving Holiday

Friday, November 28, through Tuesday, December 2
.... National 4-H Congress, Atlanta, GA, Gary Gerhard ggerhard@oznet.ksu.edu

Monday, December 1, through Thursday, December 4
.... North Central Weed Science Society, Louisville, KY, Dallas Peterson dpeterso@oznet.ksu.edu

Tuesday, December 2
.... Key Volunteer-Agent Training, McPherson, Statewide, Beth Hinshaw bhinshaw@oznet.ksu.edu

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