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GREAT BEND TRIBUNE KSU Extension launches podcast on battling weeds Stacy Campbell Farmers – are you interested in keeping up with the latest weed management information? If so, you’ll want to add the “War Against Weeds” podcast to your weed management toolbox. This podcast is a brand new outreach effort from Sarah Lancaster, K-State Extension Weed Science Specialist, Mandy Bish, Extension Weed Scientist at the University of Missouri, and Joe Ikel...

Flatt, Clifton receive 2021 President’s Medal January 15, 2021 Bill Flatt and the late Ivery Clifton are recognized in a virtual awards ceremony The University of Georgia bestowed one of its highest honors on William “Bill” P. Flatt, D.W. Brooks Distinguished Professor Emeritus, and the late Ivery Clifton, a former faculty member and administrator in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and associate vice president for academic affairs, in a virtual awards ceremony Jan. ...

By Stacy Campbell, K-State Extension Farmers – are you interested in keeping up with the latest weed management information? If so, you’ll want to add the “War Against Weeds” podcast to your weed management toolbox. This podcast is a brand new outreach effort from Sarah Lancaster, K-State Extension Weed Science Specialist, Mandy Bish, Extension Weed Scientist at the University of Missouri, and Joe Ikely, Extension Weed Scientist at North Dakota State. In the first episode, was release...

Oregon State University Extension Service is accepting enrollment now for Preserve @ Home, a national award-winning online food safety and preservation course to teach individuals how to safely preserve a variety of food products, according to a news release. Participants learn how to produce high quality, preserved foods and the science behind food preservation and food safety. Individuals with full-time jobs or live-in remote areas may be very interested in this course because it is self-pace...

Meet the 17-year-old who is one of the youngest graduates from the University of Houston Updated:  Tags:  “It’s been a dream come true,” Cartier said. Cartier always knew she picked up things faster than other kids. Now, she’s adding college graduate to the list. “I received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Houston. I also received my Minor in Human Development and Consumer Sciences and I also received a certificate from Corporate Entrepreneurship as well,�...

December 22, 2020 GMT LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico police said a 71-year-old man acknowledged killing his son’s neighbor as the victim sat in a vehicle outside his house, claiming he was avenging his son’s death. Edgar Segovia, 29, was found shot to death in his Las Cruces driveway Saturday, and Santiago Rascon was later charged with first-degree murder and two counts of tampering with evidence, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported. Online court records did not list an attorney for Ra...

One of the main sources of stress? Customer behavior. “The mental health of these workers was much worse than we thought,” says Brian Mayer, an associate professor in the University of Arizona School of Sociology in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and lead author of the report. “The number of people reporting severe mental health distress is two, three times what other surveys are finding during the pandemic. Clearly, frontline essential workers’ mental health is being har...

2020 has been anything but typical, however. On Nov. 2, six Central Lee High School students created a meal including a maple roasted squash and feta salad appetizer; an entree consisting of apple stuffed pork with maple bacon chutney sauce and sweet potatoes with cabbage and Brussels sprouts; and a caramel apple cheesecake for dessert. Pork was the protein competitors were required to use, as selected by IHCC Iron Chef Competition judges. The theme was “Taste of Fall.” Competitors ha...

Students learning hands-on skills from a distance Worthington Middle School FACS, visual arts and industrial tech teachers worked together to create take-home kits for students during distance learning model. 5:59 am, Dec. 16, 2020 × Worthington Middle School teachers David Blanchard (from left), John Hubbard and Katie Klosterbuer are learning to teach life skills to students as distance learning continues in ISD 518. The teachers created more than 600 kits for students t...

Customer Behavior is Driving Pandemic Distress for Grocery Store Workers, Report Finds Twenty percent of Arizona grocery store workers surveyed said they have experienced severe levels of mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. By Lori Harwood, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Dec. 14, 2020 Holiday shopping season is ramping up while COVID-19 cases are rising nationwide, presenting increased risk for essential retail workers – not just physically but mentally. A new ...