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February's Lunch & Learn Seminar

Columbia County Cooperative Extension Office will offer a Lunch & Learn Program with the topic being "Loving your Lawn – Follow these Easy Steps for a Relationship that Leads to a Green, Weed & Pest Free Lawn!" on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, from 12:00 - 1:00 pm, at the Columbia County Library, Rooms B & C, Evans, GA 30809. The presenter will be retired UGA County Extension Agent Carl Varnadoe. The program is free, open to the public and there will be Door Prizes too!

Attention Green Industry

ARC Growers Breakfast Monthly Meeting at Forest Hills Golf Course, 7:30 a.m., 1500 Comfort Rd., Augusta, GA, (706) 733-0001. Please RSVP to (706) 821-2350 no later than 10:00 a.m., the Monday before the meeting, if you plan on eating breakfast that morning.

Jack Frost

Friend or Foe? Read retired UGA Cooperative Extension County Agent Carl Varndoe's interesting article, Jack Frost and see what he has to say about this chilly fellow.

Save Money this Year by Setting Goals

Whether you want to save money or pay off debt, University of Georgia experts say setting goals is the first step.

Holiday spending excesses lead many people to resolve to handle money differently in the coming year. All too often, budgeting resolutions fall by the wayside before Groundhog Day. When curbing excess spending sounds like a painful exercise in self-denial, is it any wonder so many people fail to keep budgeting resolutions? For more detailed information, please read GA FACES article Set goals now to save money this year.

A Consumer’s Guide to Food Safety – Severe Storms & Hurricanes

USDA – Food Safety and Inspection Service has an excellent booklet that is entitled, A Consumer’s Guide to Food Safety – Severe Storms & Hurricanes. It can be downloaded at this link: Severe Storms and Hurricanes Guide

Judy A. Harrison, Ph.D., Professor and Extension Foods Specialist, Dept. of Foods and Nutrition, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia, indicates this booklet helps people prepare ahead of time to keep food and water safe, covers how to prepare for keeping food safe during power outages and provides charts for what to keep and what to discard after the storm.

Visit our Family & Consumer Sciences webpage for more emergency preparedness information.