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January 2001
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- Tuesday, January 30, 2001
- New Wisconsin program provides incentives to save for college
- Linda Boelter
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Beginning January 1, parents or legal guardians can contribute up to $3,000 a year for each dependent child to EdVest, the state's college savings program.
- Monday, January 29, 2001
- Tips to help reduce moisture problems on windows
- John Merrill
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Condensation, and even ice, on windows is a common problem in Wisconsin homes during this time of year.
- Friday, January 26, 2001
- Landscape registry applications available
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Want to know ahead of time when the neighbors plan to have their yard sprayed with pesticides? You may want to keep the cat in, or keep the kids in. Although we're buried in snow and ice, it's time to think ahead to next spring when professional lawn and landscape companies will apply pesticides to lawns in your neighborhood. If you would like to be told about those pesticide applications before they take place, now is the time to join the Landscape Pesticide Advance Notice Registry.
- Tuesday, January 23, 2001
- UW-Stevens Point collaboration helps make central Wisconsin a stronger force in the New Economy
- Amy Pikalek
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In an effort to strengthen central Wisconsin's presence in the New Economy, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP), Portage County Business Council Foundation (PCBCF) and Mid-State Technical College (MSTC) are teaming up to provide additional education and training opportunities for area businesses and their employees. The three entities are dedicating funds, resources and personnel to create a 4,800-square-foot Business Education and Training Center at the Portage County Business Park in Stevens Point.
- Monday, January 22, 2001
- E-Commerce helps seasoned merchants re-invent business
- Joel Bradtke
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All that Marjorie Charlier wanted was to sell off her inventory and ease into semi-retirement after a 35-year run. She thought that merchandising over the internet might be the way. She closed her antique shop but her on-line sales of items have opened revenue streams that are dancing rings around her former fixed-location profits.
- Tuesday, January 16, 2001
- Ag biotech conference looks at tough questions
- Mary Ellen Bell
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Why do some consumers want food products that contain transgenic grains labeled, and why does the food industry oppose mandatory labeling?
- Extend the life of your holiday plants
- Ann Wied
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Whether we receive them for a gift or we buy them for ourselves, holiday plants add beauty to the season and our homes. With a little care, you can get the most out of your holiday plants and enjoy these beautiful decorations of the holiday season well into the New Year.
- Friday, January 12, 2001
- Fish consumption warnings
- Pamela Seelman
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While sport fishing is a Wisconsin tradition, many families and individuals rely on sport-caught fish as a regular source of protein. But not all fish are safe to eat. Each year the Wisconsin DNR issues a list of fish from lakes and rivers across the state that is contaminated with mercury or PCB's. The 2000 advisory list includes 65 bodies of water where PCB contamination is present, and 375 bodies of water where fish are contaminated with mercury.
- Thursday, January 11, 2001
- Think green, think WPT Garden Expo
- Moira Harrington and Lynn Brockmeyer
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University of Wisconsin-Extension agents will be on hand to offer advice and tips on a wealth of gardening topics at Wisconsin Public Television's (WPT) eighth annual Garden Expo Feb. 9 - 11 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. Visitors to the show will trade winter's slush and dreariness for lush greenery, floral displays, information on the latest trends in gardening and a 1,200-square-foot custom garden display created by the Wisconsin Landscape Contractors Association.
- Wednesday, January 10, 2001
- Crack the mysteries of computer technology with new 4-H project
- Nancy Eisele
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Young people who want to have fun with computers are invited to help the University of Wisconsin-Extension 4-H program preview a new learning project - "Computer Mysteries."
- Join a 4-H arts team and get creative
- Greg Matysik
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Members of 4-H who love to sing, make art, act, write and create with computers have until Feb. 15 to send in applications to be part of a 4-H arts team.
- Wednesday, January 03, 2001
- Young Writers & Illustrators Contest
- Lynne Blinkenberg
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The Emmy award-winning PBS series, Reading Rainbow, announces its seventh annual Young Writers & Illustrators Contest conducted in cooperation with Wisconsin Public Television (WPT)
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