Coosa County Creeks Map Now Available
Central Region Forestry Tour
Unusual Tree Ornaments
Wear Red Day, February 3, 2012
Katernia Cole, CEC, Administrative Secretary Shannon Murray and Administrative Associate Sonia Gamble wear the color red and their red dress pins to promote the fight against heart disease in women.
2012 Shoals Master Gardener Classes
Lauderdale County Extension Office
802 Veterans Drive, Florence, AL
Every Tuesday from 8:30-12:30
January 10th-April 17th
Cost: $125.00
Registration: Applicants need to fill out the registration form available at local Extension Offices or online at www.alabamamg.org or on facebook at North Alabama Extension Home Grounds. Please return completed forms to Chris Becker at 802 Veterans Drive, Florence, Alabama
Space is limited to 34 participants
For more information contact: Chris Becker, Regional Extension Agent at 256-766-6223 or e-mail: cmb0034@auburn.edu
(From 2010 Farm City Banquet; Pictured Presenter Dr. Wayne Ray, Citizen of the Year Don Cox, Emcee Dr. Tim Bishop, CEC Katernia Cole)
Farm City Banquet
Monday, November 21, 2011
6:30 p.m.
A.W. Todd Center
Disaster Help and Recovery
Information to Help You. Select one of the following topics below:
Food and Water Safety When the Power Goes Out
Insurance Company Phone Numbers
FEMA: Are You Ready?....Facts About Tornadoes
FEMA: Returning Home After a Disaster
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Angelis Casillas is the first participant to take the hands-on training Rosetta Stone course.
Rosetta Stone is a language software program that uses a combination of images, texts and sounds with levels increasing as the student progresses. The "English is a Second Language" (ESL) course is offered Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. If anyone is interested in taking ESL, please contact our office at 256-332-8880.
Franklin County Native
Dr. Luther Noble Duncan
(1875-1947)
- President of Alabama Polytechnic Institute(API) now known as Auburn University (1935-1947).
- Instrumental in establishing the (boys) Corn Club throughout the state which would be later known as 4-H.
Duncan Hall - Headquarters of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES)
Duncan Hall is located on the campus of Auburn University and is named after Dr. Luther Duncan. Limestone from Franklin County was the selected material to construct the building.
About Franklin County
The Alabama Territorial Legislature created Franklin County in 1814, naming the area after Benjamin Franklin. Originally, the county seat was at Russellville. In 1849, it moved to Frankfort until 1879, when it was moved to Belgreen. A courthouse fire in 1890 probably accounted for the relocation to the current county seat of Russellville in 1891.
The rural county's population of 31,288 is five percent black and 90 percent white. Most people over age 25 have completed high school. The county is home to eight elementary schools, two middle schools, five high schools, a technical school and one two-year college.
Tourist attractions in the county include Dismals and Bear Creek lakes. Franklin County's chief agricultural products are cotton, soybeans and corn. The largest industries in the area are poultry processing and durable goods manufacturing.
The Extension office employs four people full time and one person part time. Extension programs also include educational programs for poultry farmers and programs to raise awareness about breast cancer and radon. The 4-H program involves 850 youth.
