WICHITA FALLS–Osteoporosis, a crippling and incurable bone disease which develops so slowly it goes unnoticed until it’s too late to prevent, afflicts some 24 million Americans. To help victims and families afflicted by the disease and health care professionals who deal with it, the Texas Agricultural Extension Service will conduct a one-day seminar April 1…
EL PASO– Looking for information on how to control cockroaches in your home? Or maybe you’d like to know what cholera is and how to prevent it. How about some information on how to work with children more effectively, or help your child succeed in school? Now you can get answers to these questions from…
COLLEGE STATION — They will meet the needs of children on a day-to- day basis, but new child care givers also have a need — one being filled by a Texas Agricultural Extension Service educational program. A recently enacted state requirement that all licensed child care providers undergo eight hours of training is the focus…
COLLEGE STATION — David Dean Collier was named the 1997 Minister of the Year on Feb. 18 at the Texas Conference of Church’s annual meeting in Austin. Collier has ministered to the congregation of the Highway 92 Church of Christ in Silsbee for the past nine years, and his parishioners say that he turned their…
COLLEGE STATION — Easter is on its way, and good supermarket deals in March will help consumers fill their holiday baskets. The first hint of spring will see the return of some vegetables and domestically grown strawberries as well. Dr. Richard Edwards, Extension agricultural economist in College Station, said Easter essentials like candy, flowers and…
LUBBOCK — The trauma confronting more than 3,600 Lubbock County families filing for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 in the past five years has been softened by a financial management program provided by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. The course has helped the families complete their debt repayment programs, restore their credit and avoid repeating problems…
DALLAS — Jalyn Burkett, currently Tarrant County director for the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, has been named District Extension Director-Family and Consumer Sciences for the North Texas District comprising 22 counties in the Dallas- Fort Worth area. Burkett assumes her new position Feb. 1 at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center in Dallas. She…
COLLEGE STATION — Living Room, a site designed to help media with lifestyle-, economic- and feature-related materials on a broad range of subjects, makes its official debut on the World Wide Web this month. Living Room is the latest creation from the Agricultural Communications-News and Public Affairs team of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. It…
COLLEGE STATION — ‘Tis the season of holiday gift giving, battling crowded malls, and shoppers blowing their budgets. But it doesn’t have to be that way, says a Texas Agricultural Extension Service specialist. Budgeting time and money will save shoppers from staggering debts left from holiday shopping sprees. “It’s important for people to put shopping…
COLLEGE STATION — The holiday spirit may capture your heart, but before you sign, seal, and deliver a check to a charity, make sure the money will actually go to a good cause. Organizations may label themselves as charities but when it comes to numbers the organization may be benefitting more than the needy, reports…
