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Vol. 10, No. 19 March 23, 2004
IN THIS ISSUE...
...Annual
Conference Notice
...Kansas Ag Statistics Weekly Crop Weather Reporting
..."Discovering Your Personality
Spectrum"
...4-H Judges Training Reminder
...Collaborative Problem Solving and Consensus
Building: Effective Approaches for Watershed Restoration and Protection
...SDI Field Day and 15th Anniversary
...Check the 4-H Horse Page
...HP Learning Center Courses Available
...Dot Matrix Printers Available
...Master Schedule
...Tuesday
Letter Archives
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
NOTICE
After reviewing the survey responses and meeting with Curtis Kastner and
the steering committee for the 2004 Annual Conference, we have decided
to ask for your assistance in planning the next Annual Conference dates
and who you would like to see on the steering committee. If you would
like to volunteer, or would like to nominate someone to serve on this
steering committee, please let us know.
The general consensus of the comments
received is that Fall is the best time to have the Annual Conference.
With this in mind, we are asking you to help us by telling us about any
major meetings/conferences, etc., that are scheduled between the dates
of September 27, 2005 and November 5, 2005.
Please send your comments to Diana
Pavlisko at dpavlisk@ksu.edu . We
need your reply by noon on April 2.
Thanks for your input and we are looking
forward to hearing from you soon. We want this to be YOUR conference.
--George Ham gham@oznet.ksu.edu
, Forrest Chumley fchumley@oznet.ksu.edu
, Randy Higgins rhiggins@oznet.ksu.edu
KANSAS AG
STATISTICS WEEKLY CROP WEATHER REPORTING
The Weekly Crop Weather reports have begun for another year. Kansas
Agricultural Statistics Service (KASS) in cooperation with the National
Agricultural Statistics Service and K-State Research and Extension have
signed a cooperative agreement to produce the weekly crop progress and
condition reports.
An individual within each county/district
office must be assigned to provide this report. Your individual reports
are the backbone for the crop weather reports from KASS. I encourage you
to be faithful in completing the weekly reports on a timely basis. If
you have any technical questions about the process, please contact Steve
Maliszewski at KASS, 1-800-258-4564. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu
"DISCOVERING
YOUR PERSONALITY SPECTRUM"
Do you want to increase your effectiveness
in working with groups? Or strengthen your educational messages to
audiences? Or become a better communicator?? If so -- this is the
workshop for you.
Reba White, retired area director for
K-State Research and Extension, will be conducting a 2 1/2 day workshop
entitled, "Discovering Your Personality Spectrum." The
workshop will be April 13, 14, and 15 at the Sedgwick County Extension
Education Center in Wichita. This workshop is designed for Extension
professionals who want to build on their current knowledge and skills.
Reba is a certified trainer for Insight Learning Foundation, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Graduate credit is available for this
workshop. Registration deadline is April 7.
For additional details, information about
the "Extension rate" for the workshop, and a registration
form, contact Reba at rswhite@oznet.ksu.edu
or 785-675-3620. --Jodi Besthorn besthorn@oznet.ksu.edu
4-H JUDGES TRAINING
REMINDER
Just a reminder that registrations are due soon for the Judges
Training Workshop in Hutchinson to be held on April 20. Cost of the
workshop is $10 if the registration is postmarked by April 6, 2004, and
$15 if postmarked after April 6. Meal and all handouts are included in
the registration cost.
The registration form and a promotional
poster can be found on the Reno County web page at www.oznet.ksu.edu/reno
. For questions, contact Pam Paulsen at 620-662-2371 or ppaulsen@oznet.ksu.edu
--Pam Paulsen
COLLABORATIVE
PROBLEM SOLVING AND CONSENSUS BUILDING: EFFECTIVE APPROACHES FOR
WATERSHED RESTORATION AND PROTECTION
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
See list of locations and registration information below
Join us for this interactive webcast to
learn more about how local governments, watershed organizations, and
other stakeholders can work together to improve water quality. Tanya
Denckla with the Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the
University of Virginia will provide an introduction to consensus
building techniques, and representatives from watershed organizations
and city and county governments will share their experiences and
insights about improving watershed management through collaborative
problem solving and consensus building.
Immediately following the webcast, local
participants are invited to participate in a facilitated discussion
about opportunities for collaborative problem solving and consensus
building with stakeholders in their watershed.
There is no registration fee, but
pre-registration is required. To register, contact the site coordinator
listed below:
MANHATTAN
K-State Union – Big 12 Room, Kansas State University
Robert Wilson rmwilson@k-state.edu
TOPEKA
Curtis State Office Building – Information Systems Rooms A & B
Lisa Duncan lduncan@kdhe.state.ks.us
WICHITA
Sedgwick County Extension Center – Meadowlark Room
Ron Graber rgraber@oznet.ksu.edu
LAWRENCE
Burge Union – Gridiron Room, University of Kansas
Paul Liechti pliechti@ku.edu
KANSAS CITY
Location TBA
Scott Paszkiewicz spaszkiewicz@marc.org
--Robert Wilson rwilson@loki.agecon.ksu.edu
SDI FIELD DAY AND
15TH ANNIVERSARY
A subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) technology field day will be held
during the afternoon-evening of August 10, at the KSU Northwest
Research-Extension Center in Colby, Kansas. The event will celebrate 15
years of active and continuous KSU research with SDI for use in field
crops. Research highlights will be presented covering the 15 year time
period as well as current activities. Further details will be available
at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/sdi/events/sdievent.htm
as the date approaches, but mark your calendars now for the event.
--Freddie Lamm flamm@oznet.ksu.edu
CHECK THE 4-H
HORSE PAGE
Be sure and check the 4-H horse page for information on the upcoming
state horse judging contest to be held in Lawrence at the Douglas County
4-H Building on June 29. The web site is : www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_4hyp/horse/horsepage.htm
; click on horse judging contest. -- Ann Domsch adomsch@oznet.ksu.edu
HP LEARNING CENTER
COURSES AVAILABLE
Did you know the HP Learning Center has a
wide variety of courses to bolster your knowledge and computing
expertise? Some classes started March 11, but it's not a problem to
start a day or so late. Here is a partial listing of classes:
*Advanced Adobe Photoshop applications
*Introduction to PowerPoint
*Introduction to Word
*Creating PDFs with Adobe Acrobat
*Upgrading to Windows XP
Visit the HP Online Courses web site and
register. Then enroll at http://www.hplearningcenter.com/?mcID=em15
.
In addition, HP is introducing another
learning web site tailored to the needs of home and home office
customers. There are a number of courses there that have direct
application to your work in the office:
* Download, store, and archive your
digital photos in a snap
If you would like to participate in this
new learning web site, simply visit the HP Online Courses web site, http://www.hponlinecourses.com/?mcID=smbem
, and register; then enroll in the course of your choice.
Remember that the bottom line of these HP
sites is to get you to buy HP products. We're certainly not endorsing
anyone's products and hope you'll continue to turn to IET, 785-532-6270,
to discuss your purchasing needs. --Kathy Wright kaw@oznet.ksu.edu
DOT MATRIX PRINTERS
AVAILABLE
Kansas Agriculture Mediation Services (KAMS) has two old dot matrix
printers. We would be happy to pass them along to another office that
could use them. One is an Epson LQ-570+/Quiet (Model P630B). It takes
Model #7753 ribbons. The other is a Panasonic Quiet 24 PIN (Model
KX-P2023). It takes Model #KX-P145 ribbons. We actually have two unused
ribbons and the users manual for this printer. It offers two paper
handling choices, fanfold or single sheets (envelopes). --Becky
O'Donnell bodonnel@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 31, 2004, THROUGH APRIL 6, 2004:
Wednesday, March 31
.... NW Kansas Farm Management Board Meeting, Colby, NW KFMA, Samuel
Funk funk@agecon.ksu.edu
Wednesday, March 31,
through Thursday, April 1
.... Spring Action Conference - NE Area, Manhattan, Jim Lindquist jlindqui@oznet.ksu.edu
Thursday, April 1
.... Roundup/KSU Agricultural Research Center, Hays, Statewide, 4:00
p.m., John Brethour jbrethou@ksu.edu
Thursday, April 1,
through Saturday, April 3
.... Academy of Veterinary Consultants, Oklahoma City, OK,
Multi-state, Larry Hollis lhollis@oznet.ksu.edu
Friday, April 2
.... SC Kansas Farm Management Board Meeting, Hutchinson, SC KFMA,
Samuel Funk funk@agecon.ksu.edu
.... KS Nutrition Council Annual Conference, Wichita, KS,
Statewide, Cindy Evans cevans@oznet.ksu.edu
Saturday, April 3
.... Harvey County Spring Beef Show, Newton, KS, Statewide, 8:30
a.m., Ann Religa areliga@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Setup Certified Kitchen on a Small Budget, Kansas City,
KS, Statewide, 9:00 a.m., Jana Beckman beckman@oznet.ksu.edu
.... All-University Open House, Manhattan/KSU, Statewide, Pat
Bosco bosco@ksu.edu
.... Finney Co. Spring Beef Show, Garden City, Statewide,
Barbara Addison baddison@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Master Volunteer Training, McPherson, Statewide, Pat
McNally pmcnally@oznet.ksu.edu
.... Spring Rabbit Show, Shawnee Co., Statewide, Leroy
Russell lrussell@oznet.ksu.edu
Monday, April 5
.... Farming with the Family: Making Sound Business Decisions,
Topeka, NE Area, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Charlie Griffin cgriffin@ksu.edu
Tuesday, April 6, through
Wednesday, April 7
.... Spring Action Conference - NW Area, Hays, Dan O'Brien dobrien@oznet.ksu.edu
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