The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 12, No. 30  June 6, 2006

IN THIS ISSUE...

...Word from the Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research
...Come Wish Roger Terry Well
...Chuck Marr's Retirement Celebration
...State 4-H Horse Judging Contest
...Scholarship to Attend Epsilon Sigma Phi National Meeting ($375)
...Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services
...Crisis Response Workshop in July
...Risk Management Document
...It's Not Too Late to Participate in the Centennial Cookbook Project!
...Nebraska Grazing Conference August 7 - 8, in Kearney, NE
...Grants Available to Fund Diversity Projects in Communities
...National Extension Diversity Center Newsletter
...Leave Forms Available
...Master Schedule

...Tuesday Letter Archives

WORD FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH
I hope staff in each of your offices has thought to do something just a little special to recognize that today it is the sixth day of the sixth month of 2006. It is important to take a few minutes and just enjoy each other in your workplace. Finding those little ways to celebrate together can do wonders for creating a productive work environment.

So much of what we are about every day is tending to the little things. Today I want to express the importance and thanks to each of you for tending to the little things. I was reminded of the importance of someone tending to the little things when a shoelace broke and I had to find a new set of laces. Thank goodness there is a company out there that has decided to be the best at making shoe laces and sees to it that such merchandise is available. If the only focus and attention would be on the bigger accomplishments, like shoes in this case, it would be rather frustrating to have to buy a new pair of shoes when a lace broke.

In Extension work, we seek and hopefully recognize excellence and scholarship, yet we must never forget to attend to the little things. Seeing that our clientele are well informed of an upcoming educational event might include such seemingly little tasks as making copies, folding and addressing the materials, making phone calls, making volunteers feel necessary and important in their tasks (which we all know they are!), or seeing that the supplies are ordered or in stock. But, if any of those "little" tasks are not done to a high standard, the entire project suffers. Someone doesn't hear about the opportunity. Misinformation is provided. The educational setting cannot be fully created.

Clientele should believe the work of K-State Research and Extension is truly about them, and not us. We do that by focusing local programs to truly address the most important issues for them and by seeing that those individuals are treated with dignity, respect, and exceptional customer service when they call or walk through the door to your office. It is the little things that make lasting impressions with people about you, the office, and all of K-State Research and Extension. While we aren't always recognized and rewarded, may we never forget the importance of tending to the little things and providing customer service that truly exceeds expectations. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu

COME WISH ROGER TERRY WELL
Come wish Dr. Roger Terry well at a reception in his honor. He will be serving as the Interim Director of Communications and Information Technology at the University of Nebraska through October 2007, at which time we will welcome him back. The reception will take place on Monday, June 12, in 137 Waters Hall from 10 a.m. to noon.  --Saundra Burton sdburton@ksu.edu

CHUCK MARR'S RETIREMENT CELEBRATION
Dr. Charles Marr, Extension Vegetable Specialist in the Cooperative Extension Service at Kansas State University will retire July 1, after 36 years of dedicated service to the vegetable growers in Kansas, extension agents, students, faculty and KSU.

His colleagues at K-State are hosting a retirement reception and hog roast barbeque on Saturday, June 24, 5 p.m. at RC McGraw's Blue Room (Blue Hills Shopping Center, 2317 Tuttle Creek Blvd., Manhattan).

The cost of the meal is $10 per person. If you would like to attend, please send in the reservation form mailed out earlier, or call Christy Dipman at 785-532-6173 by June 15.

We hope you will be able to join Chuck, Joyce and their family for a fun-filled evening recognizing Chuck’s many achievements in extension, teaching and research at K-State.

If you would like to send a donation for Chuck’s retirement gift, please include it with your check for the cost of the meal. If you wish to send a letter of appreciation and/or of special memories, please send by June 15. They will be bound and presented to Chuck that evening.

Send reservations, contributions and related correspondence by June 15 to Christy Dipman, Horticulture Division, KSU, 2021 Throckmorton Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506. --Christy Dipman cdipman@ksu.edu

STATE 4-H HORSE JUDGING CONTEST
Registrations are due to the State 4-H Office by June 13, 2006. Please remember to send entry fees and a list of names and ages of contestants. Find all the details at www.Kansas4h.org under "What's Hot." --Jim Adams jadams@oznet.ksu.edu

SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND EPSILON SIGMA PHI NATIONAL MEETING ($375)
Kansas ESP members, apply now for a scholarship to cover the registration fee to the National ESP conference in Annapolis, Maryland, November 14 - 17, 2006. Information about the conference is available at http://espnational.org/natconf.htm . This is a great opportunity for members to grow professionally, and for life members to attend and stay in the Extension groove! A considerable number of life members attend this conference each year.

Four scholarships will be awarded. The scholarships are available through the Professional Development Committee of the Alpha Rho Chapter through a grant from the endowment fund. To apply, fill out the form on the Alpha Rho website: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/esp-AlphaRho/  under “What’s New.” Applications are due June 15 to Laurie Chandler, Professional Development Committee Chair. For more information, contact Laurie Chandler, lchandle@ksu.edu ; Stacey Warner, swarner@ksu.edu ; or Trudy Rice,  trice@oznet.ksu.edu . --Laurie Chandler

CRISIS RESPONSE WORKSHOP IN JULY
K-State Research and Extension will offer a Crisis Response Workshop, July 17-18, to facilitate risk and crisis communications work. This conference is open to administrators, communicators, Extension directors, and anyone with a vested interest in executing a functional risk and crisis response. The workshop is co-hosted by the K-State Department of Communications with help from colleagues at other U.S. land grant universities.

We encourage teams of administrators and communicators to attend. For more information, click on the Staff Corner link from the Oznet home page. --Kris Boone kboone@ksu.edu

RISK MANAGEMENT DOCUMENT
K-State Research and Extension provides thousands of education and outreach programs for Kansans each year. The recently released K-State Research and Extension Risk Management publication was developed for faculty to use as they plan and implement educational activities that will meet customers' expectations for safety.

Copies of the publication were recently distributed to county, district, area and campus offices. If a copy has not come directly to you, it can be accessed from the Publications Library at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/misc2/samplers/RISKMGMT.asp . --Stacey Warner swarner@ksu.edu

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CENTENNIAL COOKBOOK PROJECT!
There is still time for your clubs to be included in the listing of Centennial Cookbook Clubs, but they need to act now! Cookbooks may still be ordered by calling Consolidated Printing in Salina at 1-800-355-2556. Cookbooks are sold by the case (24 books). Your clubs buys the books for $11 each ($264 per case), and sells the books for $15 each. Your clubs make $4 per book sold. Remember, the top selling club receives a club pizza party from Consolidated Printing in Salina!

If your clubs have already sold cookbooks, please check carefully the spelling of club names and if your clubs appear at the correct cookbook level in the listing in the May issue of the Kansas 4-H Journal. This listing, with the addition of any new cookbook clubs, will be used for the permanent plaque that will be unveiled at the Kansas Youth Forum in November 2006 at the Rock Springs 4-H Center. --Pat McNally pmcnally@ksu.edu , and Rhonda Atkinson ratkinso@ksu.edu

NEBRASKA GRAZING CONFERENCE AUGUST 7 - 8, IN KEARNEY, NE
The 2006 conference agenda includes an Animal Behavior workshop by Fred Provenza on Monday evening. Barry Dunn is also a keynote speaker.

Travel Scholarships are available for local unit staff and specialists. For more information, visit the conference website at www.grassland.unl.edu . --Jana Beckman beckman@ksu.edu

GRANTS AVAILABLE TO FUND DIVERSITY PROJECTS IN COMMUNITIES
The Intercultural Harmony Program, sponsored by the Laura Jane Musser Fund, promotes mutual understanding and cooperation between groups and citizens of different cultural backgrounds within defined geographical areas through collaborative, cross-cultural projects.  Priority is placed on grant projects that:

*  Build positive relationships across cultural lines
*  Engender intercultural harmony, tolerance, understanding, and respect
*  Enhance intercultural communication, rather than cultural isolation, while at the same time celebrating and honoring each culture’s unique qualities
*  Offer members of various cultural communities an opportunity to work together on projects with common goals

Projects must demonstrate grassroots endorsement by participants across cultural lines, as well as active participation in planning and implementation, a need in the community for the intercultural harmony project, and focus on a specific geographic area or location.  Projects can focus on, but are not limited to, the arts, community service, and youth activities.  Although the guidelines do not specify a range for funding requests, applications under $5,000 are probably most realistic.  The deadline for applications is October 10, 2006.  More information is available at www.musserfund.org/intercultural_harmony.htm . --Robert Wilson rwilson@mail.agecon.ksu.edu

NATIONAL EXTENSION DIVERSITY CENTER NEWSLETTER
The June edition of the National Extension Diversity Center newsletter is now available at http://www.ediversitycenter.net . --Stacey Warner swarner@ksu.edu

LEAVE FORMS AVAILABLE
The Unclassified Annual and Sick Leave Record for FY 2007 (Form PR-5) is available on the Intranet. Go to Secure Webs and then Administrative Documents. --Stacey Warner swarner@ksu.edu

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