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March 25,
2005
Topics in today’s issue of Extension Update:
EXTENSION SUPPORT STAFF TRAINING
Please join Esther Tate and Tucson
Smith on Tuesday, March 29th, 9:00 am -11:00 am for a videostream
presentation on "Reading
and Understanding your Electronic Budget Statements." The training
will be held in Food Sciences and Human Nutrition FSHN T-101 and
can be viewed via Video stream during or after the event at caheinfo.wsu.edu/video/stream.html.
If you would like to join via WECN, contact Shane
Barrett by Monday,
March 28th at 509-335-5326 and provide him
with information about your site. Materials for the course will be
available on Monday, March 28th at bfo.cahe.wsu.edu/accounting/.
MICHELLE ELY, BFO, ON LEAVE THROUGH MAY
Congratulations to Michelle
and Dallas Ely, the proud parents of a 7 lb, 19½ in, baby
boy named Gunner Steven born Sunday, March 20th. Michelle processes
travel in the Business and Finance
Office of CAHNRS for Extension faculty and staff.
Adele Moneymaker will be the primary contact for travel and Interdepartmental
Requisition Invoice (IRI) documents during Michelle’s leave.
Please continue to route as normal (addressed to Michelle). Electronic
TEVs should continue to be routed via email.
Turn around time for travel reimbursements may take an extra couple
of days. To help speed up the process, please take a few extra minutes
to review all TEVs for accuracy before sending them to help ensure
timely processing. Your assistance with this is greatly appreciated
by the BFO staff and the traveler.
Adele can be reached at 509-335-9219 by email. In the
event Adele is not available, please contact Tucson
Smith at 509-335-2826.
CONGRATULATIONS ON PROMOTION AND TENURE
The following individuals
with Extension appointments (partial or full) have been notified
they are promoted or promoted and tenured
effective July 1, 2005:
- Jana S. Ferris, Northwest District
- Curtis H. Hinman, Northwest District
- Jay Jenkins, Northeast District
- Andrew M. McGuire, Southeast District
- Albert C. Kowitz, Northeast District
- B. Susie Craig, Northwest District
- Richard H. Dougherty, Food Science and Human Nutrition
- David M. Granatstein, Northeast District
- Raymond Jussaume, Chair, Community and Rural Sociology
- Kim Patten, Southwest District
- William F. Schillinger, Crop and Soil Sciences
Congratulations to each of you!
PRESIDENT RAWLINS COMMENTS ON GOVERNOR’S BUDGET
Take a peek
at Gov. Christine Gregoire's proposed 2005-2007 biennial budget (with
links to a detailed review) and comments from WSU President
V. Lane Rawlins. See www.wsutoday.wsu.edu.
CSREES HOSTS "OPERATION: MILITARY KIDS" RECEPTION
APRIL 6, 2005
Senator CHARLES E. GRASSLEY (R-Iowa.) will host an event on
Capitol Hill recognizing Operation: Military Kids, a national collaborative
effort established to support children and youth of deployed National
Guard and Reserve Soldiers. The event will be held on April 6, 2005
from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room
628.
Operation: Military Kids (OMK) Teams have been formally established
in 20 states highly affected by the deployments. (Additional states
may be added as deployments progress.) The Army Child and Youth Services
along with national youth serving organizations, schools, veterans
groups, community agencies, and businesses are working to form community
support networks for military youth…before, during and after
their parents' deployment. Lead by State 4-H Military Liaisons, OMK
State Teams are working to help citizens understand the impact of
the Global War on Terror on the children and youth of "citizen
soldiers." The goal is to involve these "suddenly military" youth
in peer support groups, and provide a variety of deployment outreach
services that will help reduce the tension on them and their families.
The OMK reception program will highlight the work of the OMK State
Teams and will include testimony from youth impacted by Operation:
Military Kids and representatives of National Guard and Reserve and
partner organizations. National partner organizations in Operation:
Military Kids include Army Child and Youth Services; National 4-H
Headquarters, USDA; Boys and Girls Clubs of America; Military Child
Education Coalition; and the National Association of Child Care Resource
and Referral Agencies. For more information contact SHERRIE
WRIGHT at 202-720-5075
CSREES HOSTS THE 75TH NATIONAL 4-H CONFERENCE
The National 4-H Headquarters
located in CSREES/USDA will host the 75th National 4-H Conference.
The conference will be held April 1-6,
2005 at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase,
Maryland. Known as the "Secretary's Conference," the National
4-H Conference continues to be the major annual youth development
for USDA. The National 4-H Conference serves as an avenue to assist
youth and adult leaders in developing recommendations to guide 4-H
programs nationally and in their communities. This year's theme, "Build
the Future—Tag, You're It", was chosen by youth and adult
members of the conference planning committee. The conference workshops
and
activities are designed to support the strengthening of youth and
adult partnerships, capacity building, and civic engagement.
Conference highlights include roundtable discussions, Capitol Hill
Day, 75th National 4-H Camp/Conference Anniversary Celebration, USDA
Assembly and breakfast reception, Spirit of Washington Cruise on
the Potomac River and the annual variety show. Conference delegates
will visit their Senators and Representatives on Capitol Hill. The
4-H Capitol Hill Luncheon/Reception, coordinated by the National
Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, will be held on Tuesday,
April 5 from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. Also, conference delegates are invited
to attend a reception, celebrating Operation: Military Kids on April
6, 2005 from 1:30 to 3:30 pm at the Dirksen Senate Building, Room
628, sponsored by Senator Grassley of Iowa. Operation: Military Kids
is a collaborative outreach effort to provide support to children
and youth of National Guard and Reserve Soldiers before, during,
and after their parents are deployed. For more information about
the 75th National 4-H Conference, you may visit
the conference Web.
WESTERN IPM SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT
The "Water, Wildlife & Pesticides in
the West: Pest Management's Contribution to Solving Environmental Problems" Symposium
will be held August 31 - September 1, 2005 in Portland, OR. See
brief information.
Additional information on the agenda and registration will be posted
early in 2005 or contact Rick Melnicoe, Director, Western Integrated
Pest Management Center, Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination
(UC Statewide Pesticide Coordinator), One Shields Avenue, 4249 Meyer
Hall (FedEx Deliveries only), University of California, Davis, CA
95616-8588, Telephone: (530) 754-8378, FAX: (530) 754-8379, Send
E-Mail, www.wripmc.org.
JOHANNS ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF BSE RESEARCH PROGRAM AND
RESEARCH INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns
announced that almost $2 million in funding has been redirected to
enhance research on bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) and that $5 million has been awarded to 17 colleges
and universities (including WSU) to establish a Food Safety Research
and Response Network. The BSE research funds, redirected by USDA's
Agricultural Research Service, will be used for new BSE projects
and facilities and build upon President Bush's fiscal year 2006 budget
proposal, which would increase BSE research by $7.3 million or 155
percent over 2005 funding levels. The newly funded projects include
international collaborations.
About $750,000 will go toward a biocontainment facility now under
construction at the ARS National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa.
These facilities will eventually allow the long-term study of BSE
infection in cattle and other large animals, which can take a decade
or more.
USDA's Agricultural Research Service has been a leader in research
on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) such as scrapie,
which affects sheep, and chronic wasting disease in deer. ARS has
an annual budget of nearly $10 million for TSE research and 15 scientists
involved in the research, primarily in Ames Iowa, Pullman, Washington,
and Albany, California.
The Food Safety Research and Response Network, spearheaded by North
Carolina State University, will include a team of more than 50 food
safety experts from 18 colleges and universities (including WSU)
who will investigate several of the most prevalent food-related illness
pathogens. The group also will serve as a response team that can
be mobilized to conduct focused research to control major episodes
of food-related illnesses. Episodes could include investigation of
health problems associated with agricultural bioterrorism and the
deliberate contamination of agricultural commodities. USDA's Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) provided
funding for the award.
WSU SPOKANE ADDRESS CHANGE
The City of Spokane has renamed Trent Avenue to Spokane Falls Blvd
as of March 5, 2005. Please use the following address formats for
all WSU Spokane mail. The post office has asked WSU Spokane not
to include the street address when addressing mail.
USPS Mailing Address for Correspondence: Recipient's Name, WSU Extension,
WSU Spokane, PO Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210-1495. (Do not include
the physical street address when addressing correspondence.)
Shipping address for parcels via Fedex, UPS, DHL, Airborne and all
other freight carriers: Recipient's Name, WSU Extension, WSU Spokane,
412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd., Spokane, WA 99202.
SCHEDULE
Next week Linda is in Pullman, and Ed is also in Pullman
instead of his Spokane office.
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Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Interim Dean and 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
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