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Position: From the Extension Office
Email: ricekw@co.laplata.co.us
Position: La Plata County Extension Office
Email: parmenterdm@co.laplata.co.us
Over the past 10 years, I’ve written a couple of articles about Christmas trees and the role they play in the Parmenter family. Yes, there were years when we left our tree up well into late...
DATE: Dec. 2, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Community partners are an essential factor in delivering quality programming through your local Colorado State University Extension Office. As educators, we strive to build solid relationships...
DATE: Nov. 16, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
It is again time for giving thanks and feasting. Whether you are an expert cook or a new cook, it can be stressful trying to make sure you have enough food or accommodating guests with food...
DATE: Nov. 8, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
I fully realize how stepping into the garden this time of year can be a challenge – like waking up at 6:30 a.m. with the sky pitch black, buying carrots from the grocery store and not the farmers...
DATE: Nov. 2, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
We are now accepting enrollment for the 2018-19 4-H youth development program. La Plata County has more than 15 after-school community clubs, which develop leadership and life skills for youths to...
DATE: Oct. 19, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Many of us spend time carefully perusing grocery shelves looking for healthier foods, particularly items advertising prebiotics and probiotics. New research is showing how important these two...
DATE: Oct. 11, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Former Major League Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti once wrote about America’s pastime: “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when...
DATE: Oct. 5, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
The 2018 Colorado State Fair concluded earlier this month on Labor Day. Each year, many local 4-H members enter projects, participate in contests and compete in livestock, horse and shooting sports...
DATE: Sept. 13, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
If 49 percent of adult meals are eaten away from home, according to the National Restaurant Association, what about the other 51 percent? The majority of “stomach flu” is actually food poisoning....
DATE: Sept. 7, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
I’m a fan of September – if it had an Instagram page, I would follow it; a Facebook site, I would like it. The cool mornings, afternoons in the 80s and nights with open windows make up for the...
DATE: Sept. 3, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Over the last few weeks, four friends have decided that it was time to retire. Retirement should take some planning – at least five years is the recommendation. Because the national average age...
DATE: Aug. 10, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
You look for bright spots. No matter what you have happening in your life, you look for those times, those people or those moments when a bit of sunshine can make a world of difference. As Brandi...
DATE: Aug. 6, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
The Durango Herald is assisting Santa this year in collecting letters from local children. Drop off your child’s letter to Santa in the mailbox in front of The Durango Herald, 1275 Main Avenue, in downtown Durango. All letters will be added to this photo gallery and a selection will run in The Durango Herald on Dec. 22.
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