UK Researcher Part of International Team Fighting Major Tropical Disease

By Haven Miller
Published on Jun. 30, 2005

Dengue symptoms range from a severe, flu-like sickness to the form known as Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) that can result in death. It is spread by mosquitoes that bite infected people and then carry the disease to non-infected people.

Backyard Garden More Than a Hobby for Eastern Kentucky Woman

By Aimee Nielson
Published on Jun. 30, 2005

"I would say that anybody who wants some nutritious food, whether it be beans or tomatoes, just ought to go out and get some seed and try it. You will really be rewarded and you will get hooked on doing it. " Pat Biggerstaff

Basket Seminar Celebrates 10 Years

By Aimee Nielson
Published on Jun. 30, 2005

“Programs such as this help build friendships, they help families to stay together." Betty Overly UK Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Agent in Bourbon Co.

Multi-Agency Exercise Helps State Prepare for Potential Agro-Terrorism

By Haven Miller
Published on Jun. 29, 2005

“When you start thinking about the different agencies – the emergency management, the police, the Army, the federal agencies – we don’t often get the chance to work together, and this gives us that chance.” Daniel Castle Winchester Fire Chief and President of the Bluegrass Emergency Response Team

Extension Leadership Programs Help Participants Through Challenges

By Laura Skillman
Published on Jun. 29, 2005

“I’ve learned whenever we hit a snag how to go back and go around that and into another direction." Mildred Watson

Lunch Break Includes Education, Nutrition, Activity

By Laura Skillman
Published on Jun. 24, 2005

“We’re trying to promote new recipe ideas, educational information about fruits and vegetables and healthier recipes. We have a different theme every time.” Rita Stewart UK Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences in Lincoln Co.

Summer Program Pairs Nutritious Meals with Exercise

By Laura Skillman
Published on Jun. 24, 2005

Get Moving Kentucky! is a physical activity program of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Health Education through Extension Leadership that encourages all Kentuckians to increase their physical activity.

Eden Shale Vineyard Trial Yielding Important Information for Grape Growers

By Terri McLean
Published on Jun. 23, 2005

“Grapes are a blossoming industry in Kentucky, and we would like to see it as an agricultural industry." Kaan Kurtural UK Extension Vitaculturist

Waiting And Watching For Soybean Rust

By Laura Skillman
Published on Jun. 15, 2005

“Right now, and until we have some indication that soybean rust has moved out of its current locations of central Florida and southwest Georgia, the prudent thing to do at this time is wait, watch and listen.” Don Hershman, Extension plant pathologist

Keeping Dairy Cows Cool In Heat Is Essential

By Aimee Nielson
Published on Jun. 15, 2005

“The temperature determines how often cows need to be soaked with water. Under severe heat stress, cows should be soaked every five minutes, along with fans to blow fresh air over them. Under less severe stress, soaking can be cut back to every 10 to 15 minutes." Bill Crist, Extension dairy specia