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| Helping
Warm Season Grass Put On Its Green |
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Tool Can Help Parents Keep
The Internet Safe For Their Children |
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| Food
Safety Program Helps Childcare Providers |
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| Reducing
Pollen Inside Homes |
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| Teachers
Receive Important Money Training |
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| Helping
Warm Season Grass Put On Its growth |
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That warm season lawn needs
your help to green-up during the spring. |
As spring blooms forth with
new color and life, homeowners begin watching their lawns for
signs of green. Clint Waltz, a scientist with the University
of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
say that grass needs fertilizer, but not too early. "A lot of
homeowners like to get started with the fertilization a little
too soon in the season. Root activity doesn't really get started
until soil temperatures at that four-inch depth are consistently
about sixty-five degrees and rising. So there's no need in putting
fertilizer out when the grass can't take it up because the root
activity just isn't there." Clint Waltz with the College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Another way to help
Bermuda, centipede, and other warm season turfgrass put on its
green is mowing at the right height. The grass is put under
more stress when it is scalped, or mowed down too close. Mowing
frequency is just as important as mowing height. If you remove
more than one-third of the leaf height at a single mowing, the
grass will suffer more stress. Many communities in Georgia are
still under some form of watering restrictions. When it's your
day to water, don't give the grass too much water. That lawn
may not need a drink of water on your day to water. Too much,
or too little water, or even a combination of the two, can cause
problems for warm season turfgrasses. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Tool
Can Help Parents Keep The Internet Safe For Their children |
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Another tool is now available
to help parents keep the internet safe for their children. |
In 1998 the Children's
Online Protection Act became official. Sharon Gibson, a multi-cultural
specialist with the University of Georgia's College of Family
and Consumer Sciences says this law has requirements for businesses
that have on-line chat rooms directed at children under the
age of thirteen. This can also help parents do a better job
monitoring the internet and web sites their children visit.
"These regulations actually can be a checkoff point for parents
when they're looking at the web sites that their children are
using, and it provides protection for the child, it also gives
the parent tools to, one, guide their children to which web
sites because if those things aren't in place their children
don't need to be there." Sharon Gibson with the College of Family
and Consumer Sciences. Parents that want more information on
protecting their children from cyber bullying, and on line predators
can visit the web site www.cyber.crime.gov/. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Food
Safety Program Helps Childcare Providers |
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Childcare workers in Southwest
Georgia are learning how they can keep children from getting
sick with a foodborne illness. |
Reports indicate around
seventy-six million Americans get sick with a foodborne illness
each year. Many of those that get sick are children. To keep
foodborne pathogens out of food children eat, childcare providers
in Mitchell and surrounding counties took part in the Fight
Bac program. Sylvia Davis, a county extension agent in Mitchell
County says the workers learned the importance of keeping their
kitchens clean. "And we are trying to reinforce them to clean,
separate, cook, and chill their foods and try to keep a very
safe kitchen and keep foods safe when they are working around
children. Cleaning would be washing your hands, we want to make
sure the caregivers do wash their hands." Sylvia Davis with
the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences. Around twenty childcare providers in Southwest Georgia
took part in the Fight Bac program in Mitchell County. The pre-test
scores averaged sixty percent, while the post-test scores following
the training averaged eighty percent. These scores indicate
around ninety percent of those that took part in the training
improved their knowledge about food safety that involves children.
John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Reducing
Pollen Inside Homes |
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Those that suffer with allergies
must do some work to keep that dreaded pollen out of their homes. |
When people see a buildup
of pollen on their cars and other places, a lot of them get
ready for another season of sneezing and wheezing with allergies.
Pamela Turner, a housing extension specialist with the University
of Georgia's College of Family and Consumer Sciences says pollen
can get into our homes several ways, including our shoes. "Most
of the time it's because we bring it in. Either by opening windows
or as we walk in we walk across the sidewalk, we walk across
the grass, and then we track that in on our shoes. So a good
idea is always to take your shoes off at the door so you're
not tracking all that pollen into your house on your carpeting."
Pamela Turner with the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Another way to keep down the pollen is to give that vacuum cleaner
a workout, and clean your home once a week. When you put that
air conditioner to work, remember to change the air filter every
three months, to reduce the amount of pollen that could blow
in with that cool air. John Harrell, University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Teachers
Receive Important Money Training To Help Students |
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Teachers in several counties
across the state have received training to help students learn
about money management. |
Beginning in the fall of
2007, the new Georgia Performance Standards for Economic Understanding
were required to be taught to students in grades seven through
twelve. Teachers also require training and resources to teach
financial education. To help teachers meet these requirements,
Teacher Training workshops were held in Tift and several other
counties in Georgia. Michael Rupured, a financial management
specialist with the University of Georgia's College of Family
and Consumer Sciences says teachers need the training to help
students deal with important financial issues that will affect
them the rest of their lives. "All the many, many, many consumer
decisions that people make everyday that, people were coming
out of school very ill equipped to make these decisions and
that is a handicap that could hold them back many, many years,
perhaps the rest of their lives." Michael Rupured with the College
of Family and Consumer Sciences. Teachers taking part in the
workshop learn how to help students learn the concepts of personal
spending, saving, banking, the use of credit, and the significance
of education related to the workforce. As a result of the training
in Tift County, 850 high school students will learn how to do
a better job managing their money. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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