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Northeast Alabama Stored Grain Pest Management Workshop
July 8, 2008
For more information click here or contact David Derrick, Regional Extension Agent at (256)927-3250
The Healthy Marriage Handbook 
Strong, healthy, long-lasting marriages don't just happen on their own. They happen when two people are intentional about their marriage. Research has established that certain key elements are associated with healthy relationships and healthy marriages and they can be learned!
This colorful, 44-page resource is an educational “handbook” for a healthy marriage. It is designed to share information learned from studying healthy marriages. Helpful tips as well as additional publications, resources, and Web sites are provided in a reader friendly format. Useful in family and child programs and services. Useful in premarital and marriage enrichment programs.
Topics covered include the following:
- How you think and what you do
- Managing your money
- Remarriages and stepfamilies
- Issues that hurt relationships
- Domestic violence
The Healthy Marriage Handbook is available free of charge at the Cherokee County Extension office or you may click here to order.
Soil Test kits are available at the Cherokee County Extension.
For more information on Soil Testing please visit:
Auburn University Soil Testing Laboratory
The Auburn Cookbook
The perfect gift for your favorite cook!
- Written by ACES food and nutrition specialists
- 480 pages
- Nutritional analysis with each recipe
- Tips on meal planning, food safety, and cooking techniques
- Totally revised since first publication in 1924
- Traditional favorites and currently popular dishes
- Meal Planning Guide and Cook’s Handbook
The Auburn Cookbook is available at the Cherokee County Extension Office or you may click here to order.
Home Food Preservation
Home Food Preservation is the only reference and recipe book of its kind published in Alabama. It is just off the press and available at a cost of $9.00 each. Home Food Preservation includes information on canning, freezing, drying, jams, jellies, pickles, relishes, and other combination foods, and is based on the most recent USDA guidelines.
For the beginner, Home Food Preservation is a must, with its complete, step-by-step procedures. For the expereinced it provides quick-reference charts with processing times.
Home Food Preservation is available for purchase at the Cherokee County Extension office or you may click here to order.
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For all your questions concerning gardening, landscaping, backyard wildlife, rodents, insects, etc. call the
Northeast Alabama Master Gardener Horticulture Helpline
toll free at:
1-877-252-4769 menu #5
Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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About Cherokee CountyCherokee County is located in the northeastern part of the state, bordered on the east by Georgia. Cherokee County was created by the Alabama State Legislature Jan. 9, 1836. In an area Indians called "costa," the town of Cedar Bluff was established. Cedar Bluff, established in 1936 as Jefferson, was the original county seat. Since there was another town in Alabama called Jefferson, the name was changed to Cedar Bluff in 1842. Centre was established as the county seat of Cherokee County in 1884 after two referendums were held to change the location to a more central area. The name was chosen and carries the Old English spelling because of this central location. In 1886, Gaylesville was established and is the oldest incorporated town in the county.
The Cherokee County population of 24,525, is 5.5 percent black, 92.8 percent white and .9 percent hispanic. There are eight educational outlets in the county. 63.5 percent of adult residents are high school graduates and 9.7 percent are college graduates. Gadsden State Community College is currently constructing a campus in Cherokee County that will be the new home of the GSCC Nursing Program. It is expected to be completed by July 2008.
Agricultural crops in the county include cotton, corn, soybeans and commercial greenhouse production. There are several cattle operations in Cherokee County and there has been an increase in poultry production in the last couple of years. Textiles and auto makers are the major industries in the county with Leesburg Yarn Mill and KTH Industries both located in Leesburg.
Tourist attractions include Weiss Lake and Little River Canyon National Preserve Park. Cherokee Rock Village has also become very popular and well known to hiking and climbing enthusiasts throughout the southeast. There is also a new regional airport that will be completed very soon.
The Cherokee County Extension office has four full-time employees which include the County Coordinator, one Regional Agent with responsibilities in agronomy, one NEP Agent Assistant, one Administrative Assistant and one part-time secretary. Additionally, Cherokee County is served by twelve other Regional Agents with expertise in several different program areas. 4-H and NEP are the two most popular Extension programs in the county. More than 1,000 youth are enrolled in 4-H programs.
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