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January 2003
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- Thursday, January 30, 2003
- Tax benefits ease burden of higher education costs
- Linda Boelter
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MADISON, Wis.-If you've been paying higher education bills for the past year, you may be eligible for some significant tax benefits when you prepare your 2002 income taxes, according to Linda Boelter, Certified Financial Planner¿ and family financial management specialist for University of Wisconsin-Extension.
- Monday, January 27, 2003
- Keeping your refrigerator in shape for 2003
- Barbara Ingham
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MADISON, Wis.-There is one New Year's resolution that you won't regret: cleaning out your home refrigerator! Tales of fuzzy and fermented foods in home refrigerators are common, in fact, as one refrigerator magnet sums up the situation: "If a messy kitchen is a happy kitchen, this place is delirious." Why not consider a New Year's resolution to clean out your refrigerator, and then establish a refrigerator policy for your home to keep it neat and clean throughout 2003, suggests Barbara Ingham, University of Wisconsin-Extension food scientist.
- Monday, January 20, 2003
- High school students contribute to their communities through Public Adventures
- Linda Kustka
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People do not suddenly become active, involved citizens when they reach age 18 and are qualified to vote. Furthermore, people under the legal voting age can take active meaningful roles as citizens of their communities, but they need to learn how to do it and they need adults of the community to give them space to participate.
- Thursday, January 16, 2003
- Wisconsin Geological Survey releases calendar for 2003
- Jo Futrell
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MADISON, Wis.-Imagine a peaceful scene: impressively layered sandstone outcrops mirrored in the still water of the Wisconsin River, a wooden canoe resting on the shoreline.
- Monday, January 13, 2003
- WPT to air highlights of Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
- Chris DuPre and Liz Koerner
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Highlights of the 23rd annual Tribute and Ceremony Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will air at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, on Wisconsin Public Television (WPT). Patty Loew will be WPT's anchor for the broadcast.
- Monday, January 06, 2003
- Land use issues are focus of January conference
- Laura Paine
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Local government officials, planning and zoning staff, planning consultants, educators, conservation agency staff and private citizens who are interested in land use issues are invited to attend the two-day conference to learn more about land use planning Jan. 23-24 at the Heidle House Resort in Green Lake Wisconsin.
- Friday, January 03, 2003
- USDA grant will benefit UW-Extension urban horticulture programs
- Patti Nagai
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A major USDA grant of $192,000 will fund almost a dozen University of Wisconsin-Extension educational programs for home gardeners and horticultural businesses - projects that will enhance both the beauty and the economy of Wisconsin.
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