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| LEARN ABOUT US |
| JEROME County Extension Programs |
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| Person: |
Lyle Hansen |
| Program Thrust: |
Family and Consumer Sciences – Family Resource Management, Community Development, 4-H/Youth Development |
| Major Programs: |
Guarding Against Identity Theft, Money on the Bookshelf, Long Term Care Insurance, Dollar Decisions |
| Successes and Current Activities: |
Mr. Hansen organizes, conducts, and evaluates family resource management educational and consumer economics programs for Jerome County and District III. Mr. Hansen offers programs including Guarding Against Identity Theft, Money on the Bookshelf, Should I Purchase Long-Term Care Insurance, and Dollar Decisions. Ninety-six individuals have attended Guarding Against Identity Theft programs and learned what identity theft is, how it occurs, how to guard against identity theft, how to determine if you have become a victim, and what to do if you are a victim of identity theft. Over fifty Jerome Head Start students enjoy monthly Money on the Bookshelf presentations by Mr. Hansen, which focus on teaching children introductory financial lessons. In cooperation with AARP-Idaho, Mr. Hansen researched and created the Should I Purchase Long-Term Care Insurance? curriculum and presented it at the Long-Term Care workshop. Mr. Hansen will be presenting this material at upcoming AARP-Idaho sponsored Long-Term Care workshops throughout Idaho in 2006. His applied research has focused on identity theft awareness and long-term care insurance. |
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JoAnn Robbins |
| Program Thrust: |
Agriculture – Natural Resources and the Environment, Small Acreage Farming |
| Major Programs: |
Consumer and Commercial Horticulture, Master Gardener, Emerging Specialty Crops |
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Dr. Robbins organizes, trains and supervises over 175 Master Gardener volunteers in 8 counties throughout the Magic and Wood River Valleys. All volunteers take a 30-hour Idaho Master Gardener course and then return 30 hours of volunteer service to become certified. Volunteers returned an estimated 1000 service hours to area communities in 2005. In addition, Dr. Robbins offers advanced trainings for active Master Gardener volunteers and she fosters plant diagnostic clinics in four counties with Master Gardeners as volunteers. Dr. Robbins has established research plots to show the interaction of water rates and fertilizer rates on three species of lawn grass and the feasibility of growing small fruits in District III. Since 1996, Dr. Robbins has spearheaded a team effort to conduct a yearly small farm conference. Over 600 individuals have attended and learned about managing small acreages, specialty crop production, weed management, enterprise budgets and marketing. The intent of these conferences is to help small farmers remain profitable through alternative cropping and creative marketing. Her applied research has focused on specialty potato, blueberry, raspberry and strawberry production, with assessing consumer acceptance of various varieties of these crops as a component of her efforts. |
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