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PUMPKINS AREN’T JUST FOR JACK-O-LANTERNS AND PIE

Pumpkins aren’t just for Jack-o-lanterns and pie

October 10, 1996

Life & Health

FINDING THE PERFECT JACK-O-LANTERN

Finding the Perfect Jack-O-Lantern

October 10, 1996

Life & Health

DANGERS OF TRAFFIC SPOOK HOLIDAY FUN

COLLEGE STATION — As parents prepare to send out their little ghosts and goblins for a busy night of Halloween fun, are they certain they have properly equipped them for a safe return home? Coordinated Campaign Safe and Sober suggests all parents accompany their children as they go trick or treating. National Highway Traffic Safety…

October 7, 1996

Life & Health

GHOSTLY SUGGESTIONS FOR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES

COLLEGE STATION–Halloween is creeping up which means it’s time to get the costumes out. This year’s most popular costumes include characters from the Goosebumps series, Cinderella and Toy Story. “The Hunchback of Notre Dame costumes are a hot seller this year,” said Nathan Kovach, merchandise team leader for Target Stores. Kovach said that in addition…

October 7, 1996

Life & Health

NEW PROGRAM FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS FOCUSES ON LEARNING LIFE SKILLS IN 4-H, INVOLVING PARENTS

COLLEGE STATION — Two state agencies have joined forces in a program that may help redirect the lives of young juvenile offenders from across Texas. The program will use existing 4-H programs as its core but also will involve more strongly the parents of offenders in helping them get on a positive track, a Texas…

September 26, 1996

Life & Health

TEXAS FOOD MARKET WATCH: PUMPKINS ROLLING IN FOR OCTOBER

COLLEGE STATION — Pumpkins of all sizes have started rolling into grocery stores and vegetable stands from the Texas High Plains, the beginning of an avalanche of the popular orange gourds that won’t stop until just before Halloween. “What we have here is a truly charismatic vegetable,” said Dr. Roland Roberts, a vegetable specialist with…

September 25, 1996

Life & Health

EXTENSION SERVES UP FOOD PROTECTION MANAGEMENT TRAINING

COLLEGE STATION– Texas Agricultural Extension Service agents from 130 counties have received instructor training to conduct food protection management programs to further increase food safety awareness in the more than 87,000 food service operations in Texas. Georgia Lockridge, director of the food industry training division of the Institute of Food Science and Engineering, said, “There’s…

September 1, 1996

Life & Health

TEXAS FOOD MARKET WATCH: DROUGHT AFFECTS SHRIMP HARVEST

COLLEGE STATION — The shrimping industry is critically suffering this year due to the late winter and the drought of 1996. Consumers should not be surprised if the price of shrimp rises during the coming months, according to the laboratory director of National Marine Fisheries. “Although the prices aren’t relatively low now, the shortage later…

August 22, 1996

Life & Health

Texas A&M Researchers Look to Plants as Way to Treat, Prevent Prostate Cancer

HOUSTON — A diet rich in the right foods may someday replace surgery and conventional medications to prevent and treat prostate cancer, researchers say. Scientists at Texas A&M University’s Institute of Biosciences and Technology in Houston say their studies suggest that a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains and soy could help men avoid…

July 11, 1996

Life & HealthScience & Tech

DEALERSHIP ADVISES BUYERS ABOUT THE USES OF SAFETY BELTS, AIR BAGS

COLLEGE STATION — Lawrence Marshall Dealerships in Hempstead will be the first car dealerships in Texas distributing safety information to new car buyers to support Coordinated Campaign Safe and Sober. Kids Aren’t Cargo hang tags will be placed in all new pickup trucks. The decision to distribute the information came as a result of when…

June 13, 1996

Life & Health
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