Subject: New Leaf: Choices for Healthy Living - Session 1 Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Location: Jackson County Extension Office, 27115 John T. Reid Parkway, Scottsboro Calendar: ACES Human Nutrition Diet & Health
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Subject: New Leaf: Choices for Healthy Living - Session 1 Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Location: Jackson County Extension Office, 27115 John T. Reid Parkway, Scottsboro Calendar: ACES Human Nutrition Diet & Health
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Subject: State 4-H Forestry Invitational Time: 1:00 PM - 1:00 AM Location: AU School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences/Chewacla Park Calendar: ACES 4-H & Youth Development
Subject: State 4-H Forestry Invitational Time: 1:00 PM - 1:00 AM Location: AU School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences/Chewacla Park Calendar: ACES 4-H & Youth Development
Subject: New Leaf: Choices for Healthy Living - Session 1 Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Location: Jackson County Extension Office, 27115 John T. Reid Parkway, Scottsboro Calendar: ACES Human Nutrition Diet & Health
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Subject: New Leaf: Choices for Healthy Living - Session 1 Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Location: Jackson County Extension Office, 27115 John T. Reid Parkway, Scottsboro Calendar: ACES Human Nutrition Diet & Health
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Subject: New Leaf: Choices for Healthy Living - Session 1 Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Location: Jackson County Extension Office, 27115 John T. Reid Parkway, Scottsboro Calendar: ACES Human Nutrition Diet & Health
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Gary E. Martin County Extension Coordinator In Training 500 Grand Ave. SW, Suite 300 Fort Payne, AL 35967-1716 Phone: (256) 845-8595 Fax: (256) 845-8596
January -- On January 23, Governor Bentley declared a state of emergency for all 67 counties as a result of severe weather impacting the state. Event summary data from the National Weather Service indicates ten tornadoes in Alabama on January 23. Two deaths resulted from the tornadoes. The tornadoes ranged in strength from EF-0 to EF-3 and impacted Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, Sumter, St. Clair, Perry, Talladega, Chilton, and Elmore counties. Tallapoosa County received straight-line wind damage.
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REMINDER:
Our office has moved to a new location - -
500 Grand Avenue SW, Suite 300
Fort Payne, AL 35967-1716
(The old Health Dept. / DeKalb Board of Education building)
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Alabama A&M University is offering a series of workshops on “Small Ruminant Health from A to Z,” including gastrointestinal parasitism management and FAMACHA training.
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About DeKalb County
Named after Revolutionary War hero Maj. Gen. John Baron DeKalb, DeKalb County was established in 1836. Its county seat is Ft. Payne.
The rural county's population of 68,014 is 1.8 percent black, 95.9 percent white and 9.5 percent hispanic. The average education level attained is 10th grade. The county has 14 elementary schools, 12 middle schools, nine high schools, a technical school and one two-year college.
The county is home to Cloudmont, the only ski resort in Alabama. Other tourist attractions include Little River Canyon, DeSoto State Park, Sequoyah Caverns, Mentone, Bucks Pocket and Lookout Mountain, the home of the country music group "Alabama."
DeKalb County leads the state in swine production and is second in poultry production. The county is also the third largest cattle producer in the state. Its main industry is hosiery mills.
The Extension office employs three people full time and one person part time. Active programs include Master Cattle Producers, DeKalb Poultry Producers, DeKalb Master Gardeners and the DeKalb Fair--the largest agricultural fair in the state. The 4-H program involves 800 youth throughout the county.