May 28, 2004
JUNE "EXTENSION ENGAGED" TO
FEATURE A LOOK AT ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY
The
June edition of "Extension Engaged" will feature a
look at the role of animal assisted activities for children with
disabilities and developing youth. The broadcast will take place
on June 4, 2004 from 9:30-11:00 am PDT and will feature a team of
WSU faculty, staff and students who are doing research and practical
application of research in this area. The program will include a
panel discussion addressing current and future implications for youth
development programming for children with disabilities and developing
youth.
For satellite viewing go to Galaxy 3 - 95w, Channel/Transponder
02 - 3720
vertical, Audio 6.2 and 6.8, test signal is 9:00 to 9:30am, program
from
9:30 to 11:00am PDT. Contact Jim Shelden for technical assistance,
509.335.9290. To view video videostreaming, go to: caheinfo.wsu.edu/video/stream.html.
If you'd like to be a part of the live studio audience, go to room
T-101 in the Food Science and Human Nutrition building and plan to
be in your seat by 9:15 a.m.
For
more information, go to http://caheinfo.wsu.edu/video/ or
contact WSU 4-H specialist Jerry
Newman or
producer/host Scott Fedale. "Extension Engaged" is
produced monthly by the Information Department in the College of
Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences for WSU Extension.
INPUT SOUGHT FOR FUTURE EXTENSION ENGAGED TOPICS
The
June 4 edition of "Extension Engaged" will be our
last broadcast until the fall of 2004. As Scott Fedale begins planning
for the next round of Extension Engaged broadcasts, he'd like to
get suggestions for future programs from you, the audience for these
broadcasts.
We'd
like to make these programs as useful to you as possible and the
best way
to do that is to produce programs that meet your needs.
So please take a few minutes to think about what topics you'd like
to see covered in a future "Extension Engaged" broadcast
and send the program idea with the suggested guest or guests, to
Scott.
4-H
ARTICLE IN WEDNESDAY’S BELLINGHAM HERALD
Here
is an article in this week's Bellingham Herald about a local
4-H club [link unavailable].
Thought you'd enjoy the article
Thanks to Craig Fenske for sharing this.
2nd ANNUAL 2004 WATER QUALITY MONITORING WORKSHOP
July 13 - 15, 2004, Canby Grove Conference Center, Oregon
Registration
Fee: Free for WSU Faculty and Staff ($150 for others); includes
all meals and lodging (double occupancy), the cost is
being underwritten by a USDA Water Quality Grant. Learn about
monitoring the "most frequently listed" TMDL Water Quality indicators
(bacteria, dissolved oxygen, temperature and turbidity) as well
as aquatic macro invertebrates. The first 2 days (Tuesday, Wednesday) of the program will focus
on technical aspects of monitoring (both classroom and hands-on sessions
included):
- What
do you want from your monitoring activity?
- Doing
your homework — before you start monitoring
- Selecting
testing methods based on intended data uses
- Factors
influencing data
- Quality
assurance/quality control considerations
- Data
collection, storage and interpretation
- Using
and presenting results
The final day
(½ day Thursday) will focus on developing,
managing and sustaining volunteer monitoring programs, topics to
include:
- Training
formats
- Retention and recognition
- Volunteer
roles and potential responsibilities
- Empowering
citizens with data
Workshop
Logistics:
40 participants will be selected to attend this workshop. To apply,
fill out the registration
form.
Camp and logistic details will be provided after June 5, 2004.
Please note that you will be asked to share a room.
Registration applications are due June 1, 2004.
For
more information contact: Sharon J. Collman, Cooperative Extension
Liaison, US EPA Region 10 -- ECO-081, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle,
WA 98101, or 206-553-0038.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS INFORMATION ONLINE
Detailed
information about the upcoming “Community Engagement
Workshops” is available from Washington
State Association of Counties (WSAC). Scroll down the page a
bit where you will see “Communicate,
Build Trust, and Engage Your Community.” Registration information
is available at this Web site. This full day workshop ( 9:30-4:30)
will be offered in 6 locations with a cost of $60. This is possible
due to the sponsorship of our WSU Extension partner. You are encouraged
to bring county teams to this exciting opportunity.
Dates & Locations:
- July
7, 2004 - Cottontree Inn, 2300 Market Place, Mount Vernon
- July
8, 2004 - Best Western Hotel & Conference Center, 5700
Pacific Hwy East, Fife
- July
9, 2004 - Cowlitz County Administration Building, Longview/Kelso
- July
14, 2004 - The Coast Wenatchee Center Hotel, 201 North Wenatchee
Avenue, Wenatchee
- July
15, 2004 - Red Lion Hotel, 2525 North 20th Avenue, Pasco
- July
16, 2004 - WSU Spokane RiverPoint Campus Health Sciences Building,
Room 110A and 110B, Spokane
Contact
Julie Conlan, CPO Program
Manager or call the Washington State Association of Counties offices,
(360)
753-1886.
EXTENSION SUPPORT STAFF TRAINING: CASH HANDLING AND IRI PROCESSING,
JUNE 9th
The
second in a series of support staff training is scheduled for Wednesday,
June 9, 9:00 - 10:30am. Program Description & Guests:
Tucson Smith
This
program will be offered via videostream and WECN only. No satellite
will be available. If you would like to request a WECN location,
contact Randy Cross via phone at: 509-335-5621.
For more information about the specifics of the workshop, contact
Mary Hoffman at: 509-335-2993.
TWO
LEVELS OF DREAMWEAVER TRAINING OFFERED IN THE TRI-CITIES
Bob Hoffmann is bringing Dreamweaver training to the Tri-Cities
in June. Anyone involved in Web site maintenance can benefit from
these two interactive computer labs.
1) Introduction to Dreamweaver
Location: WSU Tri-Cities, Consolidated Information Center Building,
Room 219.
Thursday, June 17, 9:00-12:00, 1:00-4:00 (six hours).
This covers: The Basics; Working with Graphics; Creating Links;Creating
tables; Interactivity; and Managing Your Site.
The
cost is $40. To register, send your name and contact information
with a check or IRI for $40 to Liz Lusby, CAHNRS Information Department,
Hulbert 401, Pullman, WA 99164-6244, elusby@wsu.edu, fax: 509-335-2863.
We have seats for 24 people. 2) Dreamweaver
Forms, Templates, & Libraries
Location: WSU Tri-Cities, Consolidated Information Center Building,
Room 219.
The CAHNRS Information Department is also offering Advanced Dreamweaver
Training on June 18, 9:00-12:00, at WSU Tri-Cities, Consolidated
Information Center Building, Room 219.
This covers: Interactive forms; Dreamweaver Templates; Libraries.
Note, the concept of "Dreamweaver Templates" is different
from WSU templates (guidelines).
However, if time allows, there may also be a brief demonstration
of using Photoshop to edit navigation and site identification graphics
for the WSU templates.
To
register, send your name and contact information with a check or
IRI for $20 to Liz Lusby, CAHNRS Information Department, Hulbert
401, Pullman, WA 99164-6244, fax: 509-335-2863. We
have seats for 24 people.
EXPERIMENTAL USE PERMITS (EUPS)
Note: The Pesticide Policy was revised in March 2004 in response
to changes in WAC 16-228-1460 regarding the collective experimental
use permit.
New requirements are in place for all WSU personnel at all locations
who perform research using experimental pesticides (non-registered
active ingredients) or experimental uses of registered pesticides
(non-registered crop/site). Exemptions only apply to laboratory testing
of pesticides.
The new rule (effective November 28, 2003) states that WSU must
keep a record of each and every experimental use application (field
and greenhouse) done under the collective use permit even if applications
are made on WSU property. These records must be available for a data
call-in should WSDA decide it is necessary to review application
records. The new rule also allows WSU personnel to perform experimental
use applications on non-WSU property under this EUP. Individual EUPs
are no longer required unless application sites are in residential
or aquatic areas, or the plot is larger than one acre.
A designated
WSU administrator has signed a single collective EUP on behalf
of the entire University. A copy
of the signed form and its restrictions is available for your
review. Records generated during the 2004 use season are being
collected and archived at a single location. The following WSU
record keeping
system is being implemented, effective immediately, for all experimental
pesticide use applications.
- Hard
copies of completed pesticide application records must be sent
to Dr. Catherine Daniels at WSU Puyallup, 7612 Pioneer Way E.,
Puyallup, WA 98371, very soon after the applications have been
made.
- Blank
pesticide application record forms are available on the WSDA
Web site.
Note: if there is no EPA number on the container then write in "EUP" in
the space designated for the EPA number on the form.
- If
the experimental application is made on non-WSU property a statement
of landowner/land manager permission for the 2004 field
season must be submitted with the application record.
- All
treated food or animal feed crop applications must have a statement
submitted detailing the date and method of crop destruction
(e.g. lab testing, burning, landfill, plowing under) or that
a tolerance exists which is greater than anticipated residues.
This statement
should be attached to the final application record.
- Summaries
of experimental results should be submitted at the end of the
research trial to the same address.
- Any
serious adverse environmental effects resulting from the application
should be immediately reported to WSDA at (360) 902-2030.
A summary of the effects should be submitted with the final application
record to the address above.
- Experimental
pesticides are to be used in the same manner as registered pesticides.
Applicator licenses are required to use materials
which, when labeled, will be designated restricted use pesticides.
All normal storage and transport precautions apply to experimental
pesticides. Any unused experimental use pesticide without a registered
use within Washington State must be returned to the manufacturer
or disposed of through pesticide waste collection events within
three years of the experiment's conclusion.
This
record keeping system is expected to undergo revision in advance
of the 2005 use season. The WSU Pesticide Council and Office of Research
personnel will be working together to fully evaluate and implement
the system. Notices of changes will be provided via media release
(Web sites, listserves, etc.) to the WSU units. Questions can be
directed to Catherine Daniels at
(253) 445-4611.
SUBMIT NOMINEES FOR NATIONAL FAMILY LIFE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AWARD
The
National Awards Committee for Family Life and Human Development
State Specialists
is now accepting nominations for awards to state
specialists who have made important contributions to the work of
Cooperative Extension. A Committee Member will present the awards
at the National Extension Specialists' meeting held in conjunction
with the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference in
Orlando, FL November 17-20, 2004. Contact Bob Fetsch for
nomination forms; award nominations are due no later than June 30,
2004.
Hefferan Testifies on Extension Youth Programs Before the House
Government Reform Committee
On
May 20, Colien Hefferan testified before the House Government Reform
Committee
on Extension programs related to the needs of disadvantaged
youth. The hearing featured testimony by Majority Leader Tom Delay
(R-TX) and focused on “Redundancy and Duplication in Federal
Child Welfare Programs: A Case Study on the Need for Executive Reorganization
Authority.” The Committee is interested in cooperation between
Federal agencies to improve efficiency and transparency in the delivery
of programs that benefit at-risk youth, especially abused children
and those in foster care. Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA) the specifically
requested that CSREES present information related to the Children
Youth and Families at Risk Program. Other witnesses included Wade
Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at the Department
of Health and Human Services, and Robert Flores, Administrator of
the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention at the
US Department of Justice.
In her testimony Dr. Hefferan highlighted the 100-year history of
youth development activities at USDA thought the 4-H Youth Development
Program. Several members of the committee are 4-H alumni, including
Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) who attended the hearing and
praised the 4-H program in her comments. Dr. Hefferan went on to
talk about the effectiveness of the CYFAR program in providing opportunities
for at-risk youth to engage in positive youth development activities
and the effectiveness of the CYFAR projects in garnering continuing
funding beyond their federal grants.
See
the transcript
of the testimony.
JOHN
ALLEN TO HEAD WESTERN RURAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER
John Allen, WSU alumni and current Director of the Center for Applied
Rural Innovation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been
named Director of the Western Rural Development Center (WRDC) based
at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. Dr. Allen is currently a
coordinating committee member of the Partnership for Rural Nebraska,
a member of the Nebraska Development Network Board, and a member
of the advisory board of the Harry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable
Agriculture at Iowa State University. Dr. Allen received his B.S.
in Sociology from Southern Oregon State University (1978), M.S. in
Urban Sociology (1983) from Portland State University, and Ph.D.
in Sociology (1989) from Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.
The WRDC is one of the four Regional Rural Development Centers established
under the Rural Development Act of 1972 and supported under the authority
of Section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89-106, as amended (7 U.S.C.
450i(c)), which enables CSREES to support research, extension, or
education activities. WRDC serves 13 states and the territories in
the Pacific.
SARE PROGRAM PUBLISHES ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS
CSREES'
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program recently
published
its annual Highlights publication. The 2004 SARE
Highlights illustrates SARE's on-the-ground impact with summaries
of 12 innovative projects. Among them: A University of California-Riverside
project introduced a cowpea cover crop following a lettuce-cantaloupe
rotation to improve soil quality, a practice now widely adopted.
A Kentucky project united farmers and Extension educators to launch
a public health and marketing campaign to promote edamame, an edible
soybean that can be eaten fresh. The SARE-funded community-oriented
project resulted in new markets for crop farmers. And a Pennsylvania
initiative helped vegetable farmers extend the season using "high
tunnels"—plastic-covered structures that shelter crops. With
a pair of SARE grants, an extension specialist is training fellow
educators in high tunnel technology while a researcher is testing
biological control practices. Download a PDF of the 04
SARE Highlights.
PERSONNEL
New Hires:
Kathryn Kettel, M.S., Extension Coordinator, Klickitat County Learning
Center
Funding: 100% Extension
Status: Administrative Professional
Effective June 1, 2004
Trenton Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor/Assistant Ag Economist
Address: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Funding: 40% Teaching/60% Research
Status: Faculty
Effective August 16, 2004
Hannah Cavendish-Palmer, Temporary Extension Coordinator, King County
Funding: 100% Extension
Status: Administrative Professional
Effective April 1, 2004
Jeannie Kiehn, Extension Coordinator, Grant County
Funding: 100% Extension (Grant Funds)
Status: Administrative Professional
Effective January 5, 2004
Resignations:
Brandy Ramos, Extension Coordinator, Franklin County
Funding: 100% Extension
Status: Administrative Professional
Effective May 14, 2004
Christine Fox, Principal Assistant, Grays Harbor County
Funding: 100% Extension
Status: Administrative Professional
Effective August 15, 2004
Kayla Coe, Web Coordinator, Center to Bridge the Digital Divide
Funding: 100% Extension
Status: Administrative Professional
Effective May 14, 2004
Appointments complete:
Susan Adams, King County Extension Family Nutrition Education Program
(EFNEP)
Status: Faculty
Effective May 15, 2004
Shanna Peterson, Extension Coordinator, FSNEP, Spokane County
Funding: 100% Extension
Status: Administrative Professional
Effective April 23, 2004
Emily Keane, Extension Coordinator, Watershed Steward, Okanogan
County
Funding: 100% Extension
Status: Administrative Professional
Effective March 31, 2004
Retirements:
Jim Spangler, Publication Manager, Information Department
Funding: 100% Extension
Effective June 30, 2004
Terence Day, CAHNRS news unit lead
Funding: Research and Teaching
CAHNRS Information Dept.
Effective June 30, 2004
Louise Turner, Extension County Director, Kitsap County
Funding: 100% Extension
Status: Faculty
Effective September 1, 2004
Appointment Changes:
John Fouts
International assignment in the Republic of Georgia extended through
November 19, 2004
CLIFF MOORE APPOINTED INTERIM THURSTON COUNTY DIRECTOR
As of June 1 Cliff Moore is appointed interim county director for
Thurston County. Cliff replaces Mike Holroyd who retires the end
of May.
Mike Holroyd will come back to work with us in July through the WSU
Vancouver Science and Engineering Institute in a capacity which
will build 4-H Youth programming and recruiting efforts to attract
students to a four commitment to WSU Vancouver's Science and Engineering
programs.
Cliff comes to us from his previous assignment with Extended University
Services' distance degree program and Extension's Learning Centers.
Cliff will serve as Interim County Director in Thurston County
while we conduct a search to permanently fill the position.
Rob McDaniel will pick up the Learning Center oversight responsibilities
during this time period. We extend a big thank you to Mike and
a warm welcome to Cliff.
SCHEDULE
Mike will be in Pullman on Tuesday next week. He will be in Washington
DC through June 11.
Linda will be in Pullman on Tuesday and on Thursday and Friday next
week, she will be meeting with NE District faculty in Grand Coulee
on Wednesday.
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Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Associate Dean and Associate Director
Washington State University Extension
PO Box 646230
Pullman WA 99164-6230
(509) 335-2933 Office
(509) 335-9223 Desk/Voicemail
FAX (509) 335-2926
lkfox@wsu.edu |
