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| Teaching
Teens Money Management Skills |
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Neutral Fall Weather Pattern
Predicted For Georgia |
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| Food
Safety Training For Restaurant Workers |
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| Covering
A Garden Site With Plastic |
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| Important
Conference On Stormwater Management |
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| Teaching
Teens Money Management Skills |
1:26 |
A Southwest Georgia county
is helping teens get the most out of the money they spend. |
Reports indicate teens
spend billions of dollars as consumers, but most of them have
very little money management skills. In Schley County a program
called LifeSmarts was started to meet consumer awareness needs
of young people. Bill Starr, a county extension agent in Schley
County says teens that get involved with the program learn important
lessons about money management they will need when they become
adults. "It teaches them about credit card debt, it teaches
them about rent, teaches them about insurance, liability. All
these different things that nobody ever tells you, you're just
going to have to learn these things on your own once you get
to be an adult." That was Bill Starr with the University of
Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The program is open to all high school students in Schley County.
LifeSmart features game-show competition that develops consumer
and marketplace skills of teenagers, and rewards them for this
knowledge. Teens in Schley County will have a chance to get
involved in another LifeSmart Program in November. John Harrell,
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Neutral
Fall Weather Pattern Predicted For Georgia |
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Georgia and the Southeast should
not see any unusual weather patterns this fall. |
When fall arrives in Georgia
and the Southeast, it brings an end to scattered afternoon thunderstorms,
which provided a lot of rain this past summer. A normal fall
normally brings a lot of dry weather, with the main threat for
heavy rains coming from the tropics. Joel Paz, an extension
climate specialist with the University of Georgia's College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences says the fall of
2005 should feature a neutral weather pattern in the Southeast.
"Well it's neither El Nino or La Nina. With neutral conditions
we can expect average rainfall and average temperatures. Now
this would be similar to what we had last year." Joel Paz with
the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, who
adds the state could experience damaging floods this fall if
a tropical weather system moves into or close to Georgia. The
state could also experience a big chill this winter, since neutral
conditions increase the threat for damaging freezes. John Harrell,
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Food
Safety Training For Restaurant Workers |
1:47 |
Two counties in Central Georgia
are working to keep restaurant employees informed on the latest
food safety techniques. |
Georgia does not have state
mandated training and certification for restaurant food service
employees. High turnover rates in food service settings makes
training a challenge, and requires numerous sessions. In 2003,
a food service training program called Operation EATERY began,
with help from the Macon-Bibb County Health Department. The
program trained restaurant employees and others who handle food
in twelve Central Georgia counties. Jan Baggarly, a county extension
agent in Bibb County says the training is extensive. "We teach
personal hygiene, the management of food as far as time and
temperature of use, how long food can be left out, when refrigeration,
the maximum amount of time, we teach them temperatures to cook
various foods, we teach them about storing food, cleaning and
sanitation." That was Jan Baggarly with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. So far,
Operation EATERY has trained over 650 food service workers in
Central Georgia. Post-test results showed around ninety-seven
percent of the participants improved their food safety knowledge.
These trained food service workers have the potential to impact
over 200,000 meals they will prepare daily for their clients
and customers. John Harrell, University of Georgia College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Covering
A Garden Site With Plastic |
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Covering up a garden site may
put the lid on several problems. |
Most gardeners have wrapped
up the 2005 spring and summer garden season. Now a decision
must be made on whether to grow a fall garden. Wade Hutchenson,
a county extension agent in Spalding County says those that
decide not to grow a fall garden can still so some work on that
garden site. Research has shown covering a garden site with
sheets of plastic will help control insect pests, and weeds.
The practice is called soil solarization, and will keep the
garden site out of service for several months. "Soil solarization
works best if given two to three months to allow sufficient
temperatures to heat up. So yeah, early spring, or spring and
early summer, that garden spot's going to be out of service."
That was Wade Hutchenson with the University of Georgia's College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, who adds soil solarization
should be complete in time for a late summer garden on the site.
While providing several positive benefits, a negative factor
to consider is the technique will kill beneficial insects in
the soil, and it will take several seasons for them to return.
John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Important
Conference On Stormwater Management |
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An important meeting for the
Southeast on stormwater management will take place in early
October. |
Stormwater management has
become a critical issue that every community and city must come
to terms with. Local government leaders and watershed organizations
can learn the latest regulations on stormwater management at
the Southeastern Stormwater Management and Erosion Control Conference.
Mark Risse, a scientist with the University of Georgia's College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences says the conference
will feature educational seminars, and tours. "Two days that
are primarily educational sessions, we've got at least eight
different workshops that we are offering on everything from
low impact development to stormwater and erosion control monitoring
to basic water quality measurements and we've got a full day
of tours lined up going to three or four different places around
Georgia." Mark Risse with the College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences. The five-day Southeastern Stormwater Management and
Erosion Control Conference will begin Sunday, October 2 and
continue through Thursday, October 6. Activities begin at 6
0' clock Sunday night, October 2, in Peachtree City, at the
Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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