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05-22-13 Stop the summer Brain Drain before it starts
04-22-13 Does your family have a disaster plan?
03-01-13 The Gift of Grandparenting
02-01-13 Feeling Cabin Feverish?
12-19-12 Stop Amidst the Holiday Hustle
11-27-12 Is it Time to Trade in That Holiday Tradition?
11-02-12 Steps to Choose a Financial Professional
10-30-12 To Your Health - Sodium
09-25-12 Are You Exercising Your Brain?
09-18-12 Pumpkin is a versatile and healthy food for fall
09-07-12 Life's Uncertainty Challenges Financial Planning
09-04-12 Breakfast is the most important meal of the day - for kids and adults alike
08-28-12 Humor is Beneficial in Our Lives
08-21-12 The ABCs of GMOs
08-07-12 Making half your grains whole
07-24-12 When it comes to energy drinks, buyer beware
07-10-12 Are artificial sweeteners linked to cancer?
06-26-12 Drink up to stay hydrated
06-20-12 Communication is Important for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
06-13-12 Extension Educators "On the Air"
05-29-12 Grill safely this summer
05-15-12 Fad diets may have merit, but not in the way you think
05-01-12 Is your diet road trip ready?
04-27-12 Early Years Are Learning Years®
04-17-12 Snack happy with a balance of protein and carbs
04-03-12 Boost your productivity with a proper breakfast
03-22-12 Change Your Mind-set when Paying Down Debt
03-20-12 Moderation is key when catching rays and vitamin D
03-06-12 Spring cleaning your diet
02-23-12 Are You Satisfied with Your Savings?
02-21-12 Can obesity be contagious?
02-07-12 Think all fat is bad for your heart? Think again
01-25-12 Make healthy and filling soups at home for cheap
01-19-12 Planning for College Costs is Challenging
01-10-12 Fruits and vegetables fill you up, not out
01-06-12 Resolve to Tackle Financial Tasks in 2012
12-27-11 Get SMART with New Year's Resolutions
12-15-11 Family Mealtimes are More Than Just Eating
12-14-11 Drink to your health this holiday season!
11-29-11 Why Won't You Buy that for Me?
11-18-11 Here come the holidays – and extra pounds?
11-11-11 Handling Holiday Stress
11-10-11 Lumens: The New Way to Shop for Light Bulbs
11-01-11 Diabetes shouldn't be taken lightly
10-19-11 Finding Your "Get Up and Go"
10-18-11 Diet and dental health go hand-in-hand
10-11-11 Hello Holiday Season
09-26-11 The meaning of moderation: Can all foods fit?
09-21-11 Rev up your immune system before cold and flu season starts
09-06-11 Fad Diet or Fraud Diet? Get Wise Before You Get Scammed
09-02-11 Don't Buy that New Car after a Tiring Day
08-30-11 Overscheduling Hurts Children and Families
08-23-11 Using Social Media to Improve Your Health
08-02-11 Meet Extension's New Nutrition and Wellness Educator
08-02-11 Where has All the Money Gone?
07-20-11 Meet Cheri Burcham
07-14-11 Meet Extension's New Community and Economic Development Educator
07-05-11 A Fond Farewell
06-22-11 First Impressions Are Not Always Accurate
06-15-11 Fewer Teens Work in the Summer
06-09-11 The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
06-01-11 Prevent Mold Growth in Your Home
05-25-11 Poultry Workshop and Egg Facts
05-18-11 Parents and Grads, Don't Let Seasonal "Landslides" Bring You Down
05-05-11 Reflecting on Mothering and Teaching
04-28-11 Are Backyard Chickens in Your Future?
04-21-11 Peaceful Parenting Begins at Home
04-13-11 Which home energy improvements are worth it?
04-06-11 Keys to Solving Child Abuse
03-31-11 Useful Information for Homeowners, Gardeners, and Farmers
03-16-11 To Stay or Move
03-09-11 It's Time to Test Your Home for Radon!
03-03-11 Two Events that Parents "Won't Want to Miss"
02-16-11 Saving Begins at Home
02-08-11 HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE LOVE?
01-25-11 Are Backyard Chickens for You?
01-19-11 It Takes All Kinds!
01-05-11 Firewood Selection for Safe Fireplace Operation
12-20-10 Security in Our Homes
12-15-10 Let Your Hearts Be Light
12-03-10 Make Informed Decisions When Buying Toys/Electronic Games
12-01-10 End of the Year Financial Round-Up
11-29-10 Enjoy Your Holidays Thoughtfully
11-22-10 Avoid Becoming a Holiday "Do – aholic!"
11-04-10 Attention New Parents: Your Behavior is Vital to Your Infant/Toddler's Mental Health
10-21-10 Protect Yourself from Identity Theft
10-14-10 Nails in the Fence: Learning from Life's Lessons
10-05-10 Oh, Deer, What Was That?
09-30-10 Celebrations and Traditions: Strengthening Family and Community
09-22-10 Diversify Your Investments
09-16-10 We Don't Accomplish Anything in the World Alone
09-09-10 Bed Bugs
09-01-10 Operation Santa Workshop Benefits American Troops
08-25-10 Time to Finish Your Summer Home Chore List
08-18-10 Time to Request Your Annual Credit Report!
08-12-10 Helping Your College Student Deal with Homesickness
08-04-10 Moving a College Student? Tips to Help
07-14-10 It's Sweet Corn Season, Enjoy!
07-09-10 Lessons from Nature: Keys to Survive, Strive, and Thrive
06-29-10 Earning, Saving & Spending Money: Kids Do It Too
06-23-10 Hidden Treasures: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
06-10-10 Fathers on the Loose with Dr. Seuss
06-02-10 Save Energy and Lower Summer Cooling Costs
05-27-10 Encouraging a Lifelong Love of Learning
05-19-10 Aquatic Plant Identification Workshop June 15
05-13-10 Graduation is a Time to Reflect and Celebrate Accomplishments
05-06-10 Avoid the Minimum Payment Trap
04-30-10 Losing Your Job, Not Your Identity
04-21-10 What Just Buzzed by My Head?
04-15-10 Imagine How You Can Protect Children
04-07-10 Searching for Good Financial Information
04-03-10 Playing a Role in Supporting Couples
03-18-10 Divided Ideals: How Do They Impact Families?
03-10-10 Taking the Tedious Out of Taxes
03-04-10 Give Your Relationships a "Loving" Tune Up!
02-23-10 What's My Financial I.Q.?
02-17-10 How do the "New" Credit Card Rules Affect Couples?
02-11-10 Do Your New Year's Resolutions Need a Nudge?
02-02-10 Keys to Enduring Marriages
01-28-10 Couples Seek Keys to Building Enduring Marriages
01-14-10 Meeting Season in Full Swing!!!
01-12-10 Embracing Change in the New Year
01-08-10 Control Mold Growth in the Home
12-19-09 Give the Gift of "Loving Anticipation"
12-10-09 Green for the Holidays
12-03-09 Living on the Land and Annie's Project Coming Soon!
11-18-09 Exploring Housing Choices
11-11-09 Think Safety as You Use Your Fireplace
11-06-09 Pathways to Success in Middle and High School
10-28-09 Should You Refinance Your Home Loan?
10-21-09 Living on the Land Coming Soon
10-14-09 "Opening the Door" to Respectful Communication After Tragedy
09-30-09 Hedge apple season is upon us
09-25-09 Learning to Really Listen
09-25-09 Dealing with Problem People
09-03-09 Growing through Challenge and Change
08-26-09 Home Maintenance: Fitting Costs into Your Budget
08-19-09 Bats in Your Belfry???
08-13-09 What Would Your T-Shirt Say? - Revisited
08-05-09 Back to School – A Teachable Moment
08-03-09 Disease, Pest or Plant ID As Close as Your Extension Office
07-27-09 Three Secrets to Making Family Life Successful
06-17-09 Moving Towards Green
06-05-09 Set Common Sense Goals for the Summer
05-12-09 Tips for Cutting Energy Costs
05-06-09 Affirming Mother/ Child Relationships is Valuable Beyond Measure
04-21-09 Talk a Walk Around Your Home
03-13-09 Together We Can ...... Tell Us How
02-25-09 How to Save a Dollar When You Don't Have a Dime
02-17-09 Financial Education is Focus of America Saves Week
02-11-09 Money Mentors Know the "Truffles" Couples Have Seen!
02-05-09 Renew Your Enthusiasm for Life!
01-28-09 Ask Questions Before You Invest
01-21-09 Annie, Grain Markets, Farm Bill, Alfalfa and Wind Energy Coming Soon
01-15-09 "New Year's Resolutions Meet the Winter Blues!"
01-07-09 Assisting Families Facing Economic Stress
01-05-09 Learn about Corn, Soybeans & Miscanthus!
12-18-08 Capturing the Joys of the Holidays with Grieving Children
12-10-08 Grieving and the Holidays
11-26-08 Extension Programs with Something for Everyone!
11-25-08 Capturing the "Joy" of the Holidays
11-14-08 Citizenship Thrives on "Teachable Moments"
11-04-08 Making a List and Checking it Twice
10-29-08 Are Storm Clouds Building for a Perfect Storm in Agriculture?
10-22-08 What Happens When "Triple Win" Meets "Middle Age?"
10-15-08 Making Decisions that Create a "Triple Win"
10-08-08 Who Will Pay for Your Long-Term Care?
09-25-08 How Can You Make Your Life More Sustainable?
09-16-08 Become a Valued Member of the 4-H Team in Champaign County
09-10-08 Step Down Your Food Costs
08-28-08 It's the Season to Become a Better Friend to Ourselves!
08-22-08 Communicating with Your Child's Teacher
08-14-08 Preparing for School Makes the Transition Easier
08-06-08 What's Going on in the Corn Fields Now?
07-31-08 Creating "Love Nets" Helps Cushion Tragic Losses
07-16-08 Family Heirlooms are More Valuable in These Tough Times
07-09-08 Cornfield Birds & Bees
07-02-08 Experience the Excellence of 4-H
06-28-08 Realize the Value of Time
06-19-08 Biennial Women's Conference Speakers Share Best Tips for Reviving Inner Strength
06-11-08 Water, Water Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink!
06-04-08 Are YOU one of the 16?
05-30-08 Speakers Share Thoughts on Creating a Saner Life!
05-29-08 Embrace Change And Encourage It
05-14-08 Washington Food Fight Continues!
05-07-08 How to Boost Kids Brain Power When You Hear "I'm bored!"
04-24-08 Helping Families on "Shaky Ground"
04-15-08 Celebrate Extension Week & Thank a Volunteer
04-10-08 Creating a "Home and School Partnership" for Social Emotional Learning
04-03-08 April is Alcohol Awareness Month
03-27-08 Discipline strategies that enhance children's social/emotional skills
03-19-08 Celebrate Agriculture Week & The First Day of Spring!
03-14-08 Recognizing Social and Emotional Needs 101
03-11-08 Spring into Walking
02-29-08 How Might We Effectively Address "Unofficial St. Patrick's Day?"
02-22-08 America Saves Week Saver's Quiz
02-14-08 Social Support is Crucial to Improving Work Place Relationships
01-30-08 Handling the "Jerk at Work"
01-17-08 Managing Stress at Work
01-09-08 Facing Adolescent Suicide
01-07-08 The Art of Self Sabotage
12-29-07 Embracing The New Year: Secrets for Success
12-12-07 What Gifts Do We Bring to the Holidays?
12-06-07 Beating the Holiday Blues
11-28-07 Congratulations on 75th Anniversary of Ag Economics Department
11-21-07 Finding the Real Gifts of the Season
11-08-07 More Money Saving Tips for Holiday Shopping
10-31-07 The Dog Ate My Retirement Fund???
10-25-07 Tips for Holiday Shopping
10-18-07 Domestic Violence Awareness
10-11-07 Embracing Change
10-01-07 Reflect On and Celebrate Special People in Your Life
09-12-07 Helping Your College Student Deal with Homesickness
09-05-07 Grain Marketing, Land Use, Water Quality, & Organic Poultry Programs Coming Soon!
08-29-07 What Would Your T-Shirt Say?
08-23-07 Avoiding a Meth Catastrophe
08-15-07 It’s That Time Again …
08-08-07 “Growing Our Future” Is Theme for Agronomy Day 2007
08-01-07 Helpful strategies for solving relationship problems
07-30-07 Growing presence of meth presents another challenge
07-23-07 Why is Solving Marital Conflict Easier Said Than Done?
07-11-07 Take a Moment to Check Your Credit Report
07-03-07 Genuine Appreciation Keeps Marriages Strong
06-27-07 Building Enduring Relationships Means Starting Early
06-21-07 Build Enduring Marriages on Dreams and Skills
06-07-07 Make Summer Camp More Rewarding
06-01-07 Managing Change
05-24-07 Letting Go as Your “Nest” Empties
05-09-07 Affirming Thoughts for Mothers Everywhere
04-25-07 You Can Make a Difference in the Fight Against Child Abuse
04-18-07 Celebrate Extension Week & Thank a Volunteer
04-11-07 How Can We Better Nurture Children and Prevent Child Abuse?
04-09-07 Creating Healthy Communities: Prevent Child Abuse
03-28-07 Please Tell Me This is Just a Stage!
03-15-07 During Living Well Week, U of I Extension Offers Simple Steps to Reduce Home Energy Use
03-06-07 Hope and Health: Celebrating Social Work Month
02-28-07 Jealousy between Siblings: What is “Fair?”
02-20-07 Tribute to the “Brown Duck Brigade”
02-15-07 Adopting an “Attitude of Gratitude”
02-09-07 Money Matters, Part II
01-31-07 “Opening the Door” to Respectful Communication
01-24-07 New Options for Taxpayer Refunds
01-18-07 What Does SUCCESS Mean to You?
01-10-07 Now is the time to make money matter for kids.
01-04-07 Common Sense and New Year’s Resolutions
01-02-07 Ready, Set, Go: Meeting Season Begins!
12-29-06 It’s Just Common Courtesy
12-14-06 Celebrate Life’s Simple Pleasures
12-06-06 Farm Income 2007 Set for December 19
11-29-06 Surviving the Holidays
11-22-06 Starting New Family Traditions
11-14-06 Extension Connection to Hancock County Mississippi
11-10-06 Strengthen Family Bonds During the Holidays
11-01-06 Airline Travel Tips for Dummies
10-27-06 The Last Row… at Pesotum
10-19-06 October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
10-13-06 Forgiveness is Lesson Worth Learning
10-03-06 Impressions of China, Part One
09-28-06 National 4-H Week with Champaign County 4-H!
09-21-06 Make Every Day a Family Day
09-12-06 “Let’s Be Careful Out There, Prepare to Prevent!”
09-06-06 Family Time Helps Prevent Substance Abuse
08-31-06 Beating the Back to School Morning Rush
08-17-06 Surviving the Start of a School Year
08-08-06 Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?
08-02-06 Credit Report, Credit Score: What’s The Difference???
08-01-06 Volunteers Make all the Difference
07-19-06 Getting Ready for Kindergarten
07-12-06 The Dark Cloud Over Veterans Dissipates!
07-06-06 Being A Good Citizen
06-29-06 Understanding Competition versus Cooperation in Youth Sports
06-21-06 The Gray Cloud Over Your Head
06-16-06 How You Play the Game
05-30-06 Summer Marketing Club Schedule Includes Options Course
05-24-06 Building Assets in Children: What You Can Do
05-18-06 Little Things Make a Big Difference to Creating a Successful Life
05-10-06 Holy Pandemic, Batman! What is Our Risk from Bird Flu?
05-08-06 Internet Safety and Your Child
04-26-06 Hold the Phone! Can We Talk?
04-18-06 Ants in Your Pants, and Everywhere Else?
04-13-06 Alcohol Awareness: What Parents Should Know
04-05-06 Preventing Sexual Child Abuse
03-29-06 Chicago Farmers? Are You Kidding???
03-23-06 Honoring Diversity
03-15-06 Co-Parenting: “For the Sake of Our Children”
02-22-06 Raising Kids, Eating Right, Spending Smart, Living Well
02-15-06 Meeting Season Winding Down as Planting Approaches!
02-13-06 Promoting Tolerance
02-01-06 Money Talks: Creating Opportunities to Grow Closer
01-24-06 Meeting Season Continues With a Wide Variety of Topics
01-18-06 Make a Healthy Lifestyle a Family Affair
01-11-06 Understanding Couples’ Differences: Shopping and Spending
01-04-06 Top Ten Ag. Stories of 2005
12-21-05 How Couples Can Change “That’s Not Fair” to “Win-Win”
12-08-05 How Rude!
11-30-05 Learning to Cope with Anger and Stress in Couple Relationships
11-22-05 Ode to Thanksgiving 2005
11-16-05 Violence: Schools Aren’t Immune
11-09-05 Learning Problem-Solving Skills
11-07-05 November Programs Cover Marketing, Drainage, Ponds & Identity Theft
10-26-05 Lessons for Reaching Our Youth
10-19-05 Steps to Resolving Couple Conflicts
10-12-05 Farm Estate and Business Planning 101
10-07-05 “What is Your “Little Voice” Telling You?”
09-28-05 “Think Safety” As the Combines Roll This Fall
09-22-05 September 26 is Family Day
09-15-05 Are You Prepared for Disaster? Take the Quiz!
09-07-05 How to Keep from “Losing Your Marbles”
08-24-05 Do You Know What’s Happening at School?
08-16-05 Opportunities in 4-H
08-10-05 Facing New School Fears
08-03-05 Variability, Volatility, and Semper Vigilans in the Fields II
07-28-05 Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?
07-25-05 4-H Exhibit Shows
07-06-05 Variability, Volatility, and Semper Vigilans in the Fields
07-05-05 How Many Connections Can You Make for $.37?
06-21-05 4-H Summer Exhibit Shows
06-15-05 U of I Extension has Safe Websites/Programs for Kids
06-13-05 Important Extension Programs on the Horizon
06-01-05 Healthy Habits Last a Lifetime
05-18-05 Sustainable Agriculture Tours Begin May 25
05-11-05 Words to the Wise
05-04-05 4-Hers Have Terrific Speaking Skills
04-23-05 Keys to Solving Child Abuse
04-14-05 Ode to Spring Planting
04-07-05 How Can Child Abuse Be Part of Nurturing Children?
03-30-05 Illini Team Good Example of Character
03-23-05 What does R-E-S-P-E-C-T mean to you?
03-15-05 Meeting Season Drawing to a Close
03-09-05 Learning to Talk about Expectations Strengthens Love Connections
03-02-05 Summer Camping Opportunities
02-23-05 Newlywed Bliss Versus the Money Monster
02-16-05 Quicken, Crop Insurance, & Youth Tractor Safety in Upcoming Programs
02-09-05 How Do You Communicate Love?
02-02-05 Importance of Reminiscing
01-27-05 How Organized is Your "Stuff?"
01-20-05 February Extension Programs on a Wide Variety of Topics
01-13-05 Teenagers and Motor Vehicles - A Dangerous Combination
01-05-05 What Matters in Your Life?
12-15-04 What Shall We Give the Children?
12-11-04 Victory With Honor
12-06-04 What's A Parent to Do?
11-23-04 Ode to Thanksgiving 2004
11-17-04 Enhancing Social Emotional Learning with Your School
11-10-04 Sportsmanship
11-05-04 Discipline Strategies that Enhance Children's Social/Emotional Skills
10-30-04 Marketing, Long Term Care, Tax Planning, and Liability Issues are November Program Topics
10-23-04 What Do Children (and Adults) Need to Grow Up Healthy?
10-16-04 Building Family Strengths
10-09-04 National 4-H Week
10-02-04 The ABCs of LDPs
09-25-04 Make Family Day Special
09-18-04 Volunteer Opportunities Through 4-H
09-11-04 Exciting Fall Line-up for Extension Family Life Programming
09-04-04 Harvest Eve Farmer Poetry
08-28-04 Parenting Through the Middle School Years: Solving the Mystery of Homework
08-21-04 Zero Tolerance for Bullying!
08-14-04 Today Matters!
08-07-04 'Tis the Season to Take a Hike Through the Corn Fields