The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 10, No. 30   June 8, 2004

IN THIS ISSUE...

...FY 2005 Annual and Sick Leave Record
...ID Numbers on Health Plan ID Cards
...2004 Kansas Fruit Growers Summer Tour
...Thelco Precision Table-Top Incubator Available
...Publications/Production Services Update
...Master Schedule

...Tuesday Letter Archives

FY 2005 ANNUAL AND SICK LEAVE RECORD
The FY 2005 Unclassified Annual and Sick Leave Records are now available. Both QuatroPro and PDF files are available from the Intranet Administrative Forms website. --Stacey M. Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu 

ID NUMBERS ON HEALTH PLAN ID CARDS
The State of Kansas Division of Personnel Services has advised that all vendors offering services through the State of Kansas Health Plan will be removing Social Security Numbers from the ID cards in the near future. By January 1, 2005, participants will have ID cards with ID numbers that are not SSNs.

The primary reasons for this are to protect privacy and prevent identity theft. However, it will also mean that plan participants should present the new ID cards to their providers as well as ensure that family members residing away from their primary residence receive a copy of the new ID cards. Participants may request additional ID cards by calling the carriers.

Coventry Health Care expects to send out new (replacement) ID cards to all plan participants within the next two weeks. Kansas Choice and Premier Blue began using non-SSN ID numbers on June 1, 2004, for new participants.

The new ID cards will be sent to the employee at their home address, with a cover letter explaining why the cards are being issued. The new ID cards will not change any benefits. All carriers are creating cross-reference files so that historical data such as deductibles, coinsurances, and copays, as well as out-of-pocket and benefit maximums, are transitioned from the old ID card number to the new one. 

Questions should be addressed to the Division of Human Resources, Benefits Administration at 785-532-6277. --Human Resources

2004 KANSAS FRUIT GROWERS SUMMER TOUR

Saturday, June 26,  8 a.m.
K-State Experiment Station, Olathe; Gierginer Farm, Edgerton; Fieldstone Enterprise, Overbrook
Registration fee: $10 (which includes lunch)

For more information, contact Christy Dipman at 785-532-6173. --Christy Dipman cdipman@oznet.ksu.edu 

THELCO PRECISION TABLE-TOP INCUBATOR AVAILABLE
The Diagnostic Laboratory has a Thelco Precision Table-top incubator available to a good home.  This is an older model but it is still in working condition.  If interested, please contact Joy Pierzynski at 532-1383 or Diana Pavlisko at 532-1380.  --Diana Pavlisko

PUBLICATIONS/PRODUCTION SERVICES UPDATE
Order Forms Coming
Order forms for 4th Quarter 2004 and September new publications and revisions will be sent June 11. Please remember to place your orders by the deadline, July 1.

4-H Horse Show Rule Book Revised
The 4-H Horse Show Rule Book (S-133) has been revised, and samples will soon be distributed to county offices. Previous orders from the August 2004 order form will be filled and delivered. It is also available online at: www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/4H_y2/samplers/s133.asp .

Publication Updates
MF-2642, Western Corn Rootworm: Kansas Area-wide Management Summary, will be grant funded. Orders received so far, will be filled at no charge. Additional copies are available, but quantities may be limited.

Some publications from the May order form have been delayed: Herb fact sheets MF-2605 through MF-2636; the notebook S-144, Farming a Few Acres of Herbs: An Herb Growers Handbook; and S-143, Citizen Science. --Nancy Zimmerli nancyz@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 JUNE 16, 2004, THROUGH JUNE 22, 2004:

Thursday, June 17, through Friday, June 18
.... Lakeside 4-H Camp, Rock Springs: Finney, Haskell, Kearny, Morton, Scott, Stevens, and Thomas

Thursday, June 17, through Saturday, June 19
.... State 4-H Dairy Camp, Rock Springs, Statewide, Jim Adams
.... Osage County 4-H Fair, Melvern, Single county, SE

Thursday, June 17, through Sunday, June 20
.... Purple Power Pack 4-H Camp, Rock Springs: Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, and Wabaunsee.

Friday, June 18
.... SC District 4-H Horse Show, Kingman, Glenn Newdigger

Friday, June 18, through Friday, June 25
.... Venturers Rafting Trip, Green River, UT, Statewide, Pat McNally

Saturday, June 19
.... State 4-H Advisory, Rock Springs, Statewide, Daryl Buchholz

Sunday, June 20, through Wednesday, June 23
.... Heart of Kansas 4-H Camp, Rock Springs: Barber, Barton, Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Ford, Gray, Harper, Kingman, Osborne, Pawnee, Pratt, Russell, Seward, Stafford, and Walnut Creek District #2

Tuesday, June 22, through Friday, June 25
.... Wild Horse 4-H Camp, Boiling Springs, OK: Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, and Meade

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