FLOOD RESOURCES 
The following websites provide excellent information on coping with flood related issues for your family, home and farm:
Extension Responds - Floods - Resources for Farms and Families
2008 Flood Response Newsletter for Agriculture - UW-Extension
Emergency Food Safety - UW-Extension
Resources for Your Flooded Home - University of Missouri Extension
Coping With Floods- North Dakota State University Extension
Flood Clean-up Guide - National Center for Healthy Housing
Flood Health and Safety Tips - Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS)
Private Well Water - Department of Natural Resouces -- SAUK COUNTY UWEX HAS DRINKING WATER SAMPLING BOTTLES
Floods and Applying for Assistance - FEMA
Low Interest Disaster Loans - Small Business Administration
Flood & Flash Floods - American Red Cross
FAQ Insurance Questions - Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
YEPS is a program for ALL youth, families, and youth organizations of Sauk County. The goal of YEPS is to provide an opportunity for youth and families to participate in environmental stewardship service-learning projects. Participants have an opportunity to help plant prairies, collect acorns, build rain gardens in local cities, build nature trails, collect prairie seeds, and much more! Visit the YEPS website for more information and to see how YOU can get involved!
 Wisconsin Bookworms ™ is the new name for our statewide HCE reading program, formerly known as First Books. The name was changed in response to copyright issues, but comes at a time when the state is celebrating the 10th anniversary of this wonderful literacy program. For the 2007 - 2008 school year, Sauk County HCE purchased 200 sets of books (8 books per set) to share with children throughout the county. Wisconsin Bookworms ™ readers volunteer at Sauk County Head Start classrooms. Each month the readers share a story and do an activity with the classroom children. Then each child is given a copy of the book and a take-home activity to share with his or her family.
The book list for this year includes:
Alphabeep by Debora Pearson, illustrated by Edward Miller
Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault and Bill Martin, illustrated by Lois Ehlert
Fish is Fish by Leo Lioni
Pocket Full of Kisses by Audrey Penn, illustrated by Barbara Gibson
Naughty Little Monkeys by Jim Aylesworth, illustrated by Henry Cole
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Ryland, illustrated by Stephen Gammeli
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
A special thank you to our Wisconsin Bookworms ™ Coordinators, Lerna Mae Wiese, Elaine Dunse and Sylvia Kriegl, the Bookworms volunteer readers, and all HCE members who support this program through donations and fundraising. You make this program a success!
 2008
Farm Connect Guide
This special listing ties together Wisconsin's largest industry
- agriculture - with another of its top segments - tourism. You
don't have to be a Sauk County visitor to locate area farmers
who directly market their products to discerning consumers - everyone
is welcome to shop at these local agribusinesses and, in the process,
put more money into the pockets of the area's family farms.  2008
Farm Connect Guide (16 pages, 150 KB)
 Sauk
County Map & Events
Did you know that in 1884, five Ringling brothers started a circus
in Baraboo, Wisconsin, which would become "The Greatest
Show
on Earth"? Did you know that Wisconsin Dells is named for
the unique geological features on the Wisconsin River? These
and
other items of information can be found on the free
Sauk County map which is distributed by the Sauk County
UW Extension office. Please contact the office at 608-355-3250
or by e-mail at lynn.zick@ces.uwex.edu
to have a copy mailed to you
Download
this brochure and find out about all the great events in Sauk
County!
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