The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 10, No. 16   March 2, 2004

IN THIS ISSUE...

...SEAC and KCEE Meetings
...4-H Events and Activities Coordinator Position Filled
...K-State TechBytes Information Technology Series
...State Fair Changes
...Updated Copies Available
...Trainings Rescheduled
..."Life Passages: Women, Dress and Culture" Exhibition
...Grain Science and Industry 2004 Spring Seminars
...Rare Opportunity at K-State
...Master Schedule

...Tuesday Letter Archives

SEAC AND KCEE MEETINGS
A number of issues of mutual interest were discussed at our spring State Extension Advisory Council (SEAC) and Kansas Citizens for Extension Education (KCEE) meetings held in Emporia on Friday, February 27.

Our SEAC and Extension Administrative groups reviewed key features of the 2004 KSRE budget at the state and county level, heard about projections for our 2005 budget, retirements, the status of searches to fill open positions, strategic planning, the five-year plan and action plan development, county staffing guidelines, and changes and challenges affecting 4-H and FCS. We also learned more about the Extension program at Haskell Indian Nations University from Arnold Jefferson, the Extension Director at Haskell.

KCEE reviewed current and future lobbying efforts on our behalf and agreed to support the re-establishment of CARET (Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching) within the state via a Kansas-specific effort that will be called KCARET.

The fall meetings for both groups will take place August 26-27, 2004, in Garden City. --Randy Higgins rhiggins@oznet.ksu.edu 

4-H EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR POSITION FILLED
Justin Wiebers, 4-H Youth agent with Tennessee Cooperative Extension, has been hired as the state 4-H youth development events and activities coordinator. He will be joining the Kansas 4-H program in mid-April.

Justin has his BS from Colorado State University, and MS from University of Tennessee in Agricultural Education. He has been a county extension agent within the Tennessee Cooperative Extension Service for the past eight years. Prior to being an agent, Justin also served as an intern within CSU Extension and with National 4-H Council. His experiences have included substantial involvement in the leadership and coordination of numerous 4-H youth events and activities.

We look forward to Justin joining the Kansas 4-H youth development team to strengthen the service and support provided for the numerous statewide events and activities for Kansas 4-H. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu 

K-STATE TECHBYTES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERIES
This week's program is PowerPoint Do's and Don'ts. Many people know how to make PowerPoint presentations. This session demonstrates how to improve your talk with many tips and techniques (such as optimizing digital images) for a successful presentation.

The TechBytes series meets on Thursdays, 10:30 a.m., at the K-State Hale Library, Hemisphere Room (501), through the Spring semester. A schedule, handouts and samples from this presentation are available at  the TechBytes Web site, http://www.ksu.edu/techbytes .

For more information, contact Gerry Snyder (IET) 785-532-6270 or e-mail gsnyder@oznet.ksu.edu . --Gerry Snyder

STATE FAIR CHANGES
Please continue to check the Intranet website for the latest developments as we work with the State Fair and Action Teams to finalize plans for the 2004 Kansas State Fair.  Most recent updates involve Crops, Geology and Horses!  --Jim Adams jadams@oznet.ksu.edu 

UPDATED COPIES AVAILABLE
Updated copies of MF2361 "Filtration and Maintenance Considerations for Subsurface Drop Irrigation Systems" will be available from the Distribution Center in Umberger Hall. The latest revision of the publication is dated 2002, but some copies of the 1999 version were inadvertently distributed late last year. The updated version remains on the Web site at: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/ageng2/mf2361.pdf .

To order the latest revision, contact the Distribution Center at orderpub@lists.oznet.ksu.edu , or call 785-532-5830. We regret any inconvenience. --Nancy Zimmerli nancyz@oznet.ksu.edu 

TRAININGS RESCHEDULED
The Strengthening Youth Nutrition and Physical Activity Trainings that were canceled in February, have been rescheduled for April 27, in Emporia, and April 29, in Manhattan. New registration information will be sent out the middle of March. Be watching for further information. --Carol Fink cfink@oznet.ksu.edu 

"LIFE PASSAGES: WOMEN, DRESS AND CULTURE" EXHIBITION 
Kansas State University's department of Apparel, Textiles and Interior Design, Women's Studies program and the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art are collaborating on the interdisciplinary exhibition, "Life Passages: Women, Dress and Culture."

The exhibition, from March 1 to June 6, features the work of Anita Luvera Mayer, an internationally known artist and weaver. Mayer donated a collection of her work, "Mantles for Women: Rites of Passage," to K-State's Historic Costume and Textile Museum. The themes of the exhibition correspond with the themes of Mayer's mantles: "Metamorphosis: Celebration of Life and Death," "Menses," "Marriage," "Motherhood," "Menopause" and "Matriarchal Crone."  In addition to the mantles, the exhibition will include historic costumes, related apparel items, quilts and ethnic materials from the Historic Costume and Textiles Museum. 

In conjunction with the exhibition, the department of Apparel, Textiles and Interior Design will sponsor a series of lectures by noted scholars from across the United States, as well as publish an exhibition catalog featuring an essay by Mayer, photos of objects from the exhibition and articles by the lecturers.

All public events are free unless otherwise noted. Please view the following web site for the scheduled "Life Passages" exhibition events: www.mediarelations.ksu.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/passages22004.html --Gina Jackson jackson@humec.ksu.edu 

GRAIN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY 2004 SPRING SEMINARS
This is a listing of 2004 Spring Seminars, sponsored by the Department of Grain Science and Industry at Kansas State University.  The seminars will be in Room 311 Shellenberger Hall, 12:20 - 1:20 p.m.

Refreshments will be served. Seminar contact is Dr. Bhadriraju Subramanyam, bhs@wheat.ksu.edu ,  785-532-4092. --Bhadriraju Subramanyam

RARE OPPORTUNITY AT K-STATE
Margaret Wheatley, internationally known authority on leadership and societal change, has agreed to keynote the 8^th Annual K-State Leadership Seminar Friday, April 23. Her topic will be: "Community and Leadership: A Conversation with Margaret Wheatley." Her presentation will begin at 10 a.m. in Forum Hall in the K-State Student Union.

Wheatley is recognized as one of the nation’s leading thinkers about community development and service. She draws heavily from science and nature to develop practical solutions to complex problems in business management and society. She also acknowledges – and nurtures – the role of communication in creating the harmony needed to build community and bring people together for a common purpose and the common good.

Her style of presentation is relaxed and conversational. People who attend the seminar can expect to take home ideas to utilize to help build practical approaches to help build community and nurture relationships. Her list of clients includes people from more than 40 countries with whom she has helped to create positive organizational structures and to build communities in which people can thrive.

The Leadership Seminar is scheduled from 9 a.m. until noon. Cost to attend is $25 and includes registration, refreshments, packet, and a lunch card to select a meal in the K-State Student Union.

For registration or more information about the 8^th Annual Leadership Seminar, call the Kansas PRIDE Program at 532-5840 or download a program flyer and registration form from www.oznet.ksu.edu/LEADS/lseminar .

Sponsors include the City of Manhattan, various entities at K-State, including K-State Research and Extension and the Kansas PRIDE Program, and Manhattan area Chamber of Commerce.  --Nancy Peterson nancyp@oznet.ksu.edu 

VIEW THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS . 

Submit corrections to previously submitted items to jzarger@oznet.ksu.edu .

ADDITION:

Monday, March 8, through Tuesday, March 9
.... MAST Final On-Campus Session (Group A), Manhattan, Statewide, Clay Simons csimons@agecon.ksu.edu

Wednesday, March 10, through Thursday, March 11
.... Kansas Forage Conference, Sedgwick, Statewide, Gary Kilgore gkilgore@oznet.ksu.edu
.... MAST Final On-Campus Session (Group B), Manhattan, Statewide, Clay Simons csimons@agecon,ksu.edu

Thursday, March 11, through Friday, March 12
.... Four State Cropping Systems Conference, Manhattan, Statewide, 8:30 a.m., Kent McVay kmcvay@ksu.edu

Saturday, March 13
.... Spring Rabbit Show, Garden City, Statewide, Barbara Addison baddison@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Teen Leaders Play Days (Deadline for sign up is March 5), Hays/EL, Statewide, Walter Barker wbarker@oznet.ksu.edu

Sunday, March 14
.... Marshall Co. Invitational Rabbit Show, Marshall, Statewide, Michael Vogt mvogt@oznet.ksu.edu

Monday, March 15
.... Entomology and Plant Pathology Agent Update, Manhattan, NE Area, 9:00 a.m., Phil Sloderbeck psloderb@oznet.ksu.edu

Monday, March 15, through Wednesday, March 17
.... State 4-H KAA Screening, Manhattan (University Christian Church, Claflin Rd and Browning), Statewide, Gary Gerhard ggerhard@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Midwest ASAS Meeting, Des Moines, IA, Multi-state, Twig Marston twig@oznet.ksu.edu

Tuesday, March 16
.... Entomology and Plant Pathology Agent Update, Chanute, SE Area, 9:00 a.m., Phil Sloderbeck psloderb@oznet.ksu.edu

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