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2004

October - December 2004 (Vol. X, Number 4)

  • Recipe
  • A Different Way to Pay
  • Moving Out? Tips for an Organized Move
  • Tips About the New Medicare Discount Cards
  • If You’re Buying a New Car, Think Silver
  • 30 Minutes a Day of Walking can Control Weight
  • Lingering Questions About Hormone Therapy
  • The Number of Obese People is Rising Faster
  • Cruising Through Airport Security With Carry on Bags
  • Don’t Take the Bait! Beware of E-mail Scams
  • Planning Next Year’s Vegetable Garden
  • The “Bugs” That Aren’t Bugs – Millipedes, Centipedes, Sowbugs and Pillbugs
  • Is Your Drinking Water Safe?
  • Non-Profit Training Series
  • Water for Wildlife
  • Summer Camp Shehaqua 2004
  • 4-H Northeast Region Leadership Forum
  • 4-H Club Enters Pike Agricultural Fair
  • Pike County Forming a 4-H Teen Council
  • Kidz Kamp
  • Enjoy One or More of These Fun Fall
    Activities With Your Child
  • Becoming a Fit Family
  • When Does Someone Attain Old Age?
  • Board of Directors Nominations
  • Artillery Fungus
  • Pike County Master Gardeners Available by E-mail
  • Composting Workshops

July - September 2004 (Vol. X, Number 3)

  • Recipe
  • Mission of Cooperative Extension
  • On-lot Septic System Seminar
  • Rating Your Home’s Environmental Health
  • New Leadership Development Course for Pike County Residents
  • Talking About Money Before Marriage
  • Should you Work after Retirement?
  • Japanese Beetles
  • Garden Problem: Blossom End Rot of Tomatoes
  • Dividing Iris
  • Gardening Questions
  • Pike County Master Gardeners Available by E-mail
  • Pike County Master Gardeners Available in Pike County Extension Office
  • Japanese Exchange Program
  • Summer Camp Shehaqua 2004
  • 4-H Achievement Days
  • Kidz Kamp
  • Outdoor Adventure Curriculum
  • Penn State’s Ag Progress Days
  • Citizenship Washington Focus Conference
  • 4-H Club Leaders Wanted
  • Me, Myself & Hi
  • What to do About Biting?
  • Saying I Do
  • Tap Water Can be a Scald Hazard
  • When you buckle up . . .
  • Fall Walking Program Being Planned
  • Popular Low - Carbohydrate Diets
  • Nonsmokers are Benefiting from the Gradual Decline in the Number of Smokers
  • Tools for Success in Working with Overweight Children and Their Parents
  • Take It Outside . . .

April - June 2004 (Vol. X, Number 2)

  • Recipe
  • Information Technology for Nonprofits
  • Penn State Cooperative Extension Initiates Program to Train Well Owners
  • Effective Grantwriting for Nonprofits
  • Evaluating an Early Retirement Incentive Offer
  • Phoning Home...and Other Places
  • Gifts to Minors
  • Be Scholarship Smart!
  • Dogwood Anthracnose
  • Early Spring Vegetable Gardening FAQ
  • Garden Day 2004
  • Pike County Master Gardeners Available by E-mail
  • Pike County Master Gardeners Available in Pike County Extension Office
  • Camp Shehaqua 2004
  • Web site
  • Bring Japan to Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania 4- H Builds Character
  • Enrollment Form
  • Disappearing Childhood
  • How to Maximize the Time You Spend With Your Kids
  • Keeping Your Phone Number
  • Overheated Clothes Dryers Can Cause Fires
  • Putting Your Home on the Loan Line is Risky Business
  • Don’t Fill Children’s Plates
  • What is the Cut-off Between Normal Blood Sugar and Diabetes
  • If You’re an 80-year-old Woman...
  • D.E.W. (Drop Everything and Walk)
  • Memory Loss: When to Seek Further Evaluation
  • Cook-Off - IncomPEARable
  • Blood Donation Linked to Restless Legs Syndrome
  • Take It Outside . . .

January - March 2004 (Vol. X, Number 1)

  • Recipe
  • On-lot Septic System Seminar
  • 2003 Pennsylvania Equine Survey
  • Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU)
  • Garden Day 2004
  • Garden Guide Spring 2004-2005
  • New 4-H Guidelines for 2004
  • Try Something New This Club Year
  • New Projects and Books are Available
  • 4-H Textile Science
  • 4-H Club Leaders Wanted
  • Kid Websites about Everything
  • Why Kids Misbehave
  • Children’s Books Website
  • Reading for all Ages
  • Why is Reading so Important?
  • Help Your Child Develop a Love of Language and Books
  • Social Security and Medicare 2004 Benefits and Changes
  • Emergencies
  • How Long Should I Keep It?
  • Long Term Care Insurance
  • Late Night in Later Life
  • What you Can Do
  • If you Serve it, They will Eat
  • Will a Mask Protect You?
  • When Your Mouth is on Fire From too Much Hot Pepper

2003

October - December 2003 (Vol. IX, Number 4)

  • Recipe
  • Is Your Drinking Water Safe?
  • Water Resources Information
  • The Jury is in; Tobacco Smoke Pollution (Second-Hand Smoke) is Hazardous to Your Health
  • Heavy Rainfall Causes Fungal Disease in Pennsylvania Trees
  • Container Gardening for Fall Color
  • Composting Classes
  • Partings
  • Cost Recovery
  • 4-H Club Leaders Wanted
  • Organize Your Parents’ Records
  • TV Affects Children as Young as Twelve Months
  • Conversations to Have with Your Parents
  • Keeping Children Safe from Strangers
  • 101 Ways to Help Your Child Manage Anger
  • Be Scholarship Smart!
  • Jet Lag
  • Why is America Expanding?
  • CPR Often Needed Closer to Home than you may Think

July - September 2003 (Vol. IX, Number 3)

  • Recipe
  • Understanding Economic Change in your Community: Using Employment Data to Better Understand your Local Economy
  • Is Pennsylvania’s Local Government Confusing to You?
  • Asthma on the Rise!
  • A Freedom from Smoking Clinic
  • Summer Pruning of Spring Flowering Trees & Shrubs
  • What’s All the Buzz About West Nile Virus
  • Vacation Plant Care
  • Hypertufa Class
  • Composting Classes
  • Fair Exhibitor Books
  • 4-H Achievement Days
  • School Enrichment Programs
  • Capital Days
  • Friendships Among Women
  • Long Distance Caregiving
  • I am Your Child
  • Pedestrian Crossings
  • Tea Drinking may Help Strengthen Bones
  • What we’re Eating
  • Gargling with Salt Water
  • The ‘Healthy Tan’ Doesn’t Exist
  • All you can Eat
  • Choosing a Guardian
  • A Different Kind of Heirloom

April - June 2003 (Vol. IX, Number 2)

  • Recipe
  • Can I Afford to Change Careers?
  • It Could Happen to You
  • Living with Pennsylvania's Black Bears
  • Is Your Drinking Water Safe?
  • Local Taxes & Our Community
  • E-Business and the Internet
  • Make Your Plans part of Penn State Cooperative Extension's Plan!
  • Clean Indoor Air Courtesy of Plants
  • Freeze/Frost Information
  • Problems with Landscape Mulch
  • West Nile Virus
  • Adult and Teen Leadership Training
  • 4-H Wildlife Field Day
  • 2003 4-H Ambassador Conference
  • 4-H Embryology Project
  • Choices
  • Not what you think: Giving Children the Foundation to be Successful in School
  • Helping Children Build Self-Esteem
  • Part-Time Work: Good or Bad for Teens
  • Don’t Become a Victim of False Weight Loss Advertising
  • Pear Cook-Off - Saturday, April 26 2003
  • Cooking for Crowds
  • Kicking the Habit: What Works?
  • Smoking Cessation Classes
  • Plastics and the Microwave
  • PA One of Top Five Locations for Victims of Internet Fraud
  • Worm Composting, Part Two
  • Composting Follow Up

January - March 2003 (Vol. IX, Number 1)

  • Recipe
  • Playing Catch-Up with Retirement Savings
  • Pond and Lake Management Workshop
  • Effective Grant-Writing for Non-Profits
  • Worm Composting for Fund and Reward
  • Penn State Cooperative Extension Receives Award
  • Garden Day 2003
  • School Enrichment Programs
  • 4-H Teen Council Meeting
  • 4-H Leader Retreat
  • Local Government Day
  • 4-H Capital Days
  • 4-H Stipend
  • Camp Shehaqua
  • Lady Lions vs Wisconsin Badgers
  • Wanted: Classrooms to Pilot NEW Food Business Project
  • 10 Things You Can Do to Stop Your Kids Before They Get Started
  • SIDS Update
  • Smoking Cessation will be a Focus of the Pike County Tobacco Coalition
  • How Long are Canned Goods Safe

 

2002

November - December 2002 (Vol. VIII, Number 4)

  • Recipe
  • You Find "Proof" of an Old Account or Safe Deposit Box: Is it Treasure or Trash?
  • What do you Know About Insurance?
  • Cutting the Cost of Car Insurance
  • Water Quality Concerns for Ponds
  • New Conservation Easement Guide Available
  • On-lot Septic Seminar
  • Pike County Fair Results
  • Lead the Way: 4-H Leaders Retreat
  • 4-H 100th Celebration / Annual Meeting
  • Camp Shehaqua
  • 4-H Teen Council Meeting
  • Food Business
  • School Enrichment Programs
  • Look Ahead
  • How to Keep Teen Siblings From Fighting
  • The State of the Child in Pennsylvania
  • I Am Your Child Videos
  • Don't Forget National Family Week
  • Free Quitline for Smokers
  • Juice Abuse
  • Handle Wild Game Properly
  • Thinking Ginkgo for Memory? Think Again
  • Finding That Perfect Holiday Tree
  • Avoiding the Hazards of Online Holiday Shopping
  • Plant Garlic in the Fall for a Flavorful NewYear
  • The Perfect Gardening Gift

August - October 2002 (Vol. VIII, Number 3)

  • Recipe
  • Paying Less Can Cost More with Credit Cards
  • Advance Hotel Reservations
  • How Credit Scores are Determined
  • Pay More Than the Minimum and Skip-A-Payment Offers
  • Safe Deposit Boxes: Some Considerations
  • How to Hand Over Your Home to Your Heirs
  • PA's Rural Economy: An Analysis of Recent Trends
  • Board Development for Non-Profits
  • Basic Course for Planning Commissioners
  • Pike County Second Homes
  • 4- H Centennial Bears
  • Cloverbud Program
  • District III Horse Show
  • Kidz Kamp - Theme: Theatre Arts
  • Congratulations
  • Camp Shehaqua 2002
  • Things to Do Instead of Spanking
  • Dealing With Separation Anxiety
  • What are Adolescent Risk Behaviors and How Should They be Addressed
  • Meeting the Needs of Children of Different Ages
  • Don't Have Time for Healthy Eating? No Problem!
  • Expanding Portion Sizes May Contribute to Obesity
  • Continued Safety Concerns with Raw Sprouts
  • Obese Children at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
  • The Graying of America: Our Changing Society
  • The Lo-Down on Cleaning for Asthma Triggers
  • Dry Cleaning in Your Dryer?
  • Consider Planting Bulbs Amongst Your Autumn Activities
  • Source for Turfgrass Seed
  • A Cooperative Extension celebration

May - July 2002 (Vol. VIII, Number 2)

  • Recipe
  • Making the Most of Your 401 (k)
  • Pennsylvania's Adult Basic Coverage Insurance
  • Deer Resistant Landscaping & Other Deer Management Options
  • Is Pennsylvania's Local Government Confusing to You?
  • Fixing Leaking Ponds
  • Managing Your Well During a Drought
  • Looking for Pesticide Credits?
  • Trouble with Plants Around Black Walnut Trees
  • AgMap
  • Take Control of Cleaning
  • Tips for Controlling Clutter
  • 4- H Centennial Bears
  • Camp Shehaqua 2002
  • 4-H Teen Leadership Training
  • Leadership / Camp Counselor Training
  • Keystone Teen Council
  • Teen Leaders for Tomorrow
  • Camp Shehaqua Orientation
  • Community Day
  • Helping Kids Choose a Career
  • Free Newsletters for Parents
  • I Am Your Child
  • Wellness Made Easy
  • Study Highlights Unsafe Food Practices Among Older People
  • Teen Smoking Linked to Tobacco Use in Movies
  • How Unsaturated Is Your Diet?
  • Mother's Day Mammograms
  • Selecting Healthy Canned & Frozen Produce
  • Keeping It Simple - Meals
  • A Cooperative Extension celebration

February - April 2002 (Vol. VIII, Number 1)

  • Recipe
  • Credit Card Costs
  • On the Road Again ... for Less
  • Effective Grant Writing for Non Profits
  • Strategic Planning for Non Profit Organizations
  • Concerns about Groundwater
  • Preparing for Emergencies
  • Woodland Owners Can Minimize Tax Liability
  • Is Your Drinking Water Safe?
  • Landscape Design for Homes
  • Consumer Economics Update: Unordered Merchandise – Treat As a Gift
  • New Wrinkle on How to Remove Splinters
  • Small Business Corner
  • Pennsylvania 4-H Centennial
  • 4- H Centennial Bears
  • 2002 Camp Counselor Applications
  • A 4-H Stipend Program ...
  • New 4-H Curriculum available….
  • Teen Retreat
  • New…..PA Cloverbud Program
  • Cloverbud Volunteers
  • 4-H Club Leaders Wanted
  • Camp Shehaqua 2002
  • Another New Publication
  • Caregiver Program Being Offered
  • Parents and Coaches Can Make Youth Sports a Positive Experience
  • Herbs and Drugs: A Risky Mix
  • Wellness Facts

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2005 - 2007:http://pike.extension.psu.edu/Family/NDN/NDNdirectory3.html

2008 - present: :http://pike.extension.psu.edu/Family/NDN/NDNdirectory4.html


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