The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
(Vol. 17 No. 23)
IN THIS ISSUE...
REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 15 FOR OUR BUILDING POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN KANSAS
Kansas youth development organizations are coming together
on April 26 in
Wichita to provide training to youth workers at the
"Building Positive Youth Development in Kansas" institute.
K-State Research and Extension, Kansas Enrichment Network (KEN), and
Communities-in-Schools of Kansas are partnering to sponsor the event
which features Cornell's Advanced
Youth Development (AYD) curriculum and Kansas' Afterschool Program
Quality Guidelines
and self-assessment tools.
Registrations of $50 are due by April 15. See registration details at Kansas Enrichment Network, "Network, Partners Offer Positive Youth Development Training."
For more information, contact Marcia Dorvak, mjdvorak@ku.edu, at the Kansas Enrichment Network, 785-864-9665; Malissa Martin-Wilke, at Communities In Schools of Kansas, malissa@ciskansas.org; or Elaine Johannes at ejohanne@ksu.edu.
--Elaine Johannes
4-H FAIR JUDGES TRAINING
There
will be two 4-H Fair Judges Training opportunities coming up in early
May. These workshops are for judges, potential judges, staff, leaders
and junior leaders. Registration for each will be
due on Friday, April 22, to the SE Area Office.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Community Building at Riverside Park
600 South State Street
Iola,
Kansas 66749
Subjects
covered include: foods, food preservation, arts and crafts, fiber arts
(knitting and crochet) and photography
Thursday, May 5, 2011
4-H Community Building
200 N Griffith
El Dorado,
KS
Subjects
covered include: foods, food preservation, fiber arts (knitting, crochet, rug
making, weaving and needlework), fiber arts (quilting), flowers/houseplants,
vegetables and photography
Fliers for each can be found on the State 4-H website under “What’s Hot.” Thanks for sharing this information
with your volunteers, past judges, potential judges and interested teens in your county or district. --Beth Hinshaw bhinshaw@ksu.edu
MARIE'S PICKS . . .
My picks this week are evidence of short-term outcomes from Dave Kehler, Butler County; Carmen Stauth, Kiowa County; and a success story from Sharolyn Jackson's weekly Walk Kansas letter:
***Butler County ag producers and landowners became familiar with the
Kansas Ag lease law, the principles of an equitable share lease, and/or
types of leases by attending our Extension programs, requesting
information through our office, or by reading my weekly column.
Butler county producers learned about Risk Management
strategies, crop production costs and profitability, cap and trade, and
grain marketing by attending the Risk and Profit conference.
***Absentee landowners learned what local rental rates and land
values are and how they may be influenced through cultivation practices
for cropland and pasture amenities for grassland. This information can
then be used for discussion with local producers to negotiate equitable
lease arrangements.
***Speaking of bananas—are
you eating a few more fruits and vegetables than you did before? I stopped by N
Zone Sportswear to pick up Walk Kansas items and the employees were telling me
how they have started a fruit bowl in the office to provide snack options that
are not available in the vending machine. (Fruit is selling better than
snickers bars!) They had just finished a group salad bar lunch, with everyone
contributing ingredients for the salad. It is great to see these activities
taking place—sparked by Walk Kansas! --Marie Blythe mblythe@ksu.edu
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