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IN THIS ISSUE... ...Word from the
Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research WORD FROM THE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH I was impressed with the professional development opportunities provided to those in attendance. Not unlike professional meetings for most any academic society, ample opportunity was always present to gain deeper understanding of the work across the nation in 4-H Youth Development. A highlight for me was a session presented by Dr. Richard Lerner, Director of the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University. Lerner discussed his early findings around 4-H and positive youth development. He and his team are conducting longitudinal studies on youth in 5th through 7th grade, including a portion who are actively involved in 4-H. His findings tell a compelling story of the true impact of 4-H on these youth, and at the same time give fuel for some introspective analyses of the CONTEXT of the program. His interpretation would indicate that CONTEXT (set of circumstances or learning environments that surround the event) is more important in creating the positive youth development than is CONTENT (subjects or topics covered in the event). Content gets them involved, context builds the positive outcomes around youth development. He also points out that his data would indicate we are doing great with girls, but not so with boys when compared to other youth serving organizations. All that said, Lerner would indicate that 4-H is best at creating youth who contribute back to society in positive ways, and in that regard we need to come up with ways to reach more youth, and reach more boys in a different way. Though not yet on the website, Lerner indicated he would post information on his findings on his website soon. You can find information about the study at http://ase.tufts.edu/iaryd/researchPositive4H.htm . That is the tip of the iceberg with respect to the significance of this longitudinal research on the impacts of youth programs on positive youth development. This team of researchers is providing a first in that regard, and I hope we can learn as practitioners to create even more positive impacts for the youth through 4-H across the country. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
EXTENSION DIRECTOR - NORTHWEST KANSAS ANNOUNCED Dr. Chris Onstad has been District Extension Supervisor for South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension for the past five years. Prior to that, he worked in the Montana Extension System as an agricultural extension agent for six years. A native of Minnesota, Chris completed his Ph.D. in plant pathology at North Dakota State University in 1995. Through his past experiences, Dr. Onstad brings a wealth of knowledge, understanding, and commitment for Extension. I want to express my appreciation for the work of the search committee in its process of identifying candidates to bring in for interviews and the input provided on the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate. The feedback provided by individuals participating in the interview process was important and appreciated in gathering further information on each of the candidates. Please join me in welcoming Chris to K-State Research and Extension. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
STATE FAIR BOARD APPOINTMENTS Under Kansas State Statute 74-510a, passed in 1994, the governor is to appoint one person from each of the five [this includes the former South Central Area] extension areas, such persons shall be actively involved in agriculture production or agribusiness. The counties in the Kansas State Fair Board law designated as Southeast: Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Elk, Franklin, Greenwood, Labette, Linn, Lyon, Miami, Montgomery, Morris, Neosho, Osage, Wilson, Woodson The counties in the Kansas State Fair Board law designated as South Central: Barber, Butler, Cowley, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln, Marion, McPherson, Ottawa, Pratt, Reno, Rice, Saline, Sedgwick, Stafford, Sumner Agents in the above counties are asked to let individuals with potential interest know of the upcoming vacancies and ask them to contact their Area Director. Interested individuals are to send a letter of interest and qualifications to their Area Extension Director by December 31. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu
2006 DISCRETIONARY DAY Employees can determine whether or not they have already used the
discretionary holiday by looking under the leave section on their pay
voucher or under "Employee Self-Service" at
http://www.k-state.edu/hr/peo.htm . (Click on Payroll/Compensation
then Leave Balances). If the discretionary day has not been used it will
still be listed as available for use; if it has been used it will not be
listed.
ORIENTATION FOR EXTENSION BOARDS The module includes a presenters guide, PowerPoint presentation and a sample list of what might be included in a notebook for board members. To get to the orientation, click on Board Leadership Modules, then New Board Member Orientation at this site: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/boardleadership . Also, during this Annual Meeting season, remember to take digital pictures of board members to place on the site. Here are some pointers for taking photos: 1) Set the resolution to "fine." 2) Take the same picture zoomed in and zoomed out so that the photo can be used in various ways. 3) Save the image as a JPEG. E-mail the digital photo to direland@oznet.ksu.edu . --Stacey M. Warner swarner@ksu.edu
BLAST INTO THE FUTURE TRAINING - NOVEMBER 8-9 The cost is only $55, which includes the cost of meals, lodging and the conference. For more information, go to www.kansas4h.org . Hope to see you there! --Robyn Deines rdeines@oznet.ksu.edu
COMMUNITY READINESS COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE The primary goal will be crisis communications that are informed, timely, accurate and trustworthy. For more information, go to http://jmc.ksu.edu/conf/ , or contact Vanetta Brumbaugh at 785-532-3928, or Gloria Freeland, director of the Huck Boyd Center at gfreela@ksu.edu . --Ron Wilson rwilson@ksu.edu
PROGRAM FOCUS AREA INFORMATION FOR EXTENSION
BOARDS Agents can share information with Extension Boards about the areas of program focus by utilizing the Extension Board Leadership Website: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/boardleadership . Click on Duties of the Board and then Programs to be able to print the County/District Extension Program Organization and Planning Chart and a sheet titled, K-State Research and Extension Program Focus Areas, that gives a brief explanation of each program focus area. Please call your Area Director if you have questions or want their assistance in visiting with the Extension Board about the program focus selection process. --Jim Lindquist jlindqui@oznet.ksu.edu
MICROSOFT RELEASES INTERNET EXPLORER 7
We have tested IE 7 and recommend you allow installation when it is released by Windows Automatic Update in November. We do not recommend you install IE 7 before that time. It has significant security improvements over IE 6. IE 7 has been tested with our web applications such as EzWeb and the large file transfer site. If you have trouble with IE 7, try Firefox.
If you use FireFox, check
out release 2.0,
http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/#whatsnew . --Gary Kepka gkepka@oznet.ksu.edu IT'S YOUR LIBRARY - PART 4 - GET IT! The GET IT button is easily the best thing to hit libraries in almost 20 years. Sure, a lot of our databases offer the full text of an article, frequently in PDF format, even. But many only go so far as the citation or abstract, and then you’re on your own. Wouldn’t it be nice if, when you find a citation, you can find the full text in a few short clicks? You can, with the GET IT button. If you are searching in a database powered by GET IT, the GET IT button will appear for an article when the full text is not available in that database. Simply click the button and a new window will pop up. First, GET IT checks our subscriptions to online journals and databases. If the article is available elsewhere online, you’ll have the option to go get it. If GET IT cannot find it online, you’ll have the option to search our catalog for the journal. If it isn’t in the catalog (or, even if it is, but you are a remote user), then you can choose the third option, Interlibrary Loan. After you’ve logged in to ILLiad, GET IT will automatically populate the necessary fields. You just double check it and click the Submit Request button. Note that GET IT does all of this without eradicating your database search; it’s still patiently sitting there, waiting for you to close the windows GET IT spawned. Someday, you’ll regale your children or grandchildren with horror stories of how arduous library research used to be before the GET IT button. They won’t believe it, but you’ll know the truth. Until then, stay tuned for next week’s article about your secret research weapon: subject librarians with knowledge and expertise in just the area you need to explore! --Sara Kearns, Instruction Coordinator, Libraries, and Sandy Procter procter@humec.ksu.edu
KANSAS SARE PROGRAM Information about the Kansas SARE Program professional development programs and the applications are available at the Kansas SARE site: http://www.kansassustainableag.org/kansassare.htm . Applications are due the 15th of each month. Contacts are Jana Beckman, beckman@ksu.edu , 785-532-1440; or Pat Murphy, jmurphy@ksu.edu , 785-532-5838. --Jana Beckman
KEAA 4-H TASK FORCE UPDATE Records: The project records need to be revised so they are age appropriate. A committee of agents, state staff, volunteers, and teens need to refine the area and state KAA selection process, and develop a dedicated web page for Kansas award information. Communication on Events/Projects: Prioritization of programs needs to be ongoing. Advertisements for events should be made up to six weeks prior to registration dates. An AAction Team Summit@ weekend involving all advisory groups would allow increased communication and effectiveness. Curriculum: A "question and answer@ piece on curriculum could be placed in the monthly 4-H Tip Sheet and Tuesday Letter. An annual or semi-annual curriculum training/update should be held. A Curriculum Committee could be formed to oversee curriculum development, adoption, and training. The above items are suggestions/recommendations. A second work day is being planned, where the Task Force Committee and 4-H Specialists will continue working on plans for these topics in striving to "Make the Best Better.@ --Billy Wood bdwood@oznet.ksu.edu
MARIE’S PICK OF THE WEEK Bill Wood reported Several Kaw Valley Farm Tour hosts gained new customers when tour participants returned to purchase farm products! Roughly 1,000 visitors learned about food production and farming while visiting the 15 farms that were part of the tour. Douglas County Extension, the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau, Kaw Valley Agritourism Council, and The Merc Natural Food Grocery cooperated. Trudy Rice provided leadership and grant writing skills to help fund the first KVFT in October 2005. The Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture and the Kansas Department of Commerce provided financial support. Bill helped recruit, train, and organize the 50 volunteers who served as hosts for the farms. The impact was in connecting producers and consumers. Last week’s success stories from Harvey and Johnson Counties were from the reports of Jonie James and Dennis Patton, respectively. --Marie Blythe mblythe@ksu.edu
NEW STATE 4-H ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST AND
OFFICE MANAGER
RECEPTION FOR ELISABETH AND STEPHANIE AT
THE STATE 4-H OFFICE
RURAL LIFE EXPO Doors will open at 9:30 a.m. with registration. Those attending will be able to browse through booths and exhibits of sponsors and speakers. Workshops will begin at 10, and another round of workshops will start at 11. Workshops will include landscaping, ag law and the rural landowner, farm safety, livestock production on small acreages, fire safety and prescribed burning of native grasses, rural safety, septic systems, small business development, holiday ideas and many more. A free hamburger fry will be sponsored at noon by Frontier Farm Credit and the Pottawatomie County Farm Bureau Association. Door prizes provided by the event sponsors will be given out during the event. Two more rounds of workshops will start at 1 and 2. The event is free and open to all who are interested. Those interested may register at anytime during the day and need to be there by 9:30. For more information, you may contact the Extension Office at 785-457-3319, or e-mail Glenn Brunkow at gbrunkow@ksu.edu , or visit our website at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/pottawatomie/ . --Della Sass dsass@ksu.edu VIEW THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS Submit corrections to previously submitted items to jzarger@ksu.edu . DATES TAKEN FROM THE MASTER SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 8, 2006, THROUGH NOVEMBER 14, 2006: Wednesday, November 8 Wednesday, November 8, through Thursday, November 9 Thursday, November 9 Friday, November 10 Tuesday, November 14 .... Defective Trees Workshop, Leavenworth (Community Center), Statewide, 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Tim McDonnell tmcdonne@oznet.ksu.edu .... OMK - Ready, Set, Go Training, Abilene (Sterl Hall), Statewide, 6:30 p.m., L. Ann Domsch adomsch@ksu.edu Tuesday, November 14, through Friday, November 17
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