Archived news briefs, 2003 - June 2005
Archived news briefs, 1999-2002

2005
June 7: Former Duplin Extension director Lois Britt dies at 69
May 31: Diversity conference draws 200
May 31: Oblinger becomes beekeeper
May 31: Extension Notes: Stewart appointed head of 4-H youth development; Staton is head of volunteer programs; Publications update
May 21: Elaine Marshall's key note address from State Extension Conference
May 21: Deadline extended for Operation Brighter Day applications
May 5: Winners announced in State 4-H WHEP contest
May 5: Golden LEAF holds briefings on grants
April 28: Nash develops book on coastal dunes
April 28: Glen shares clean water goals
April 28: Almanac Gardener returns
April 28: Tax advice for tobacco buyout recipients: Consult adviser
April 28: Farmers sought for medicinal herb project
April 28: N.C. growers brace for new soybean disease
April 28: Tribute to Jesse Helms benefits agriculture students
April 28: Wetlands restoration project turns corner (New Bern Sun-Journal)
April 28: Extension Notes: Shore named head of Communication Services; Chatham's Growin' Crazy supports charity; Successful Family at Southern Women's Show; New in publications
March 16: Oblinger, Wynne meet and greet across the state
March 16: Diversity team to host national meeting
March 16: Funding partnership promotes nutrition education program
March 16: Extension Notes: Warren County director named; Chancellor installation set; Pesticide resistance publication available; Septic tank publications available
Jan. 31: Extension retiree is Clayton's Citizen of the Year (Clayton News-Star)
Jan. 31: Publications update
Jan. 31: Extension Notes: Blankenship is associate dean; crop diversification classes; Successful Gardener at Southern Spring Show

2004

Dec. 21: Tropical storms didn't rain on N.C. Christmas tree industry's parade (N.C. State University's News Services)
Dec. 21: Marketing Web site updated with news from the Unity Retreat
Nov. 18: Friends honor Eloise Cofer
Nov. 18: State Fair chronicles: Youthful knitter earns numerous fair ribbons; Showing Miss Erica
Nov. 18: Insight: Extension professionals describe their reaction to a program on servant leadership
Nov. 18: Extension Notes: Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman is speaker at Women in Agriculture Conference
Oct. 29: Poultry Litter Spreader Truck Field Day is Nov. 12
Oct. 20: Urban hort training is Nov. 10
Oct. 6: Langley named Randolph County Extension director
Oct. 6: Chatham dairy owners share success story at small-acreage workshop
Oct. 6: Cabarrus hosts students for 'school day' event
Oct. 6: Extension Notes: Melton is associate state program leader; Ward is interim head in food science; 4-H retiree receives international honor; Discovery Stations at A&T farm; Tractor safety training; Communications workshops; Internationalizing Extension; Vegetable management conference; What's new in publications
Oct. 6: Forestry Web site makes education easier
Aug. 17: In Brunswick County, garden takes shape
Aug. 17: WHEP 4-H team takes third in national contest
Aug. 17: Successful Family Learning Centers will be at Southern Women's Shows
Aug. 17: Social studies textbook available on Web site
Aug. 17: CEFS summer interns hold harvest festival
Aug. 17: Extension Notes: Mourners set up fund; Take a Highland Fling; EFNEP marks year 35; Diversity Catalyst Team needs you; Keep those publications updated
July 12: Emergency handbook helps with disaster preparedness
July 12: Smithfield agreement public meeting is July 14
July 12: Eastern 4-H Center names new director
July 12: Extension Notes: Personnel changes; Ashe County canoe race; medicinal herb field day; new personnel Web site; 1890 administrators tour A&T
June 9: Southeast District agents head west for new ideas
June 9: Extension joins partnership to improve school foods
June 9: Extension Notes: Brenda Alston-Mills is assistant dean; Almanac Gardener returns; A&T computer classes; Publications update
June 9: N.C. State's Jones picked to lead University of Alaska at Fairbanks (N.C. State's News Services)
June 9: N.C. State wins grant for crop biosecurity training (News Services)
June 9: New Pamlico Extension director puts down roots (New Bern Sun-Journal)
May 4: 'Hot Issues' workshop to be held in May, June
May 4: Food Safety Mobile visits North Carolina
May 4: Cumberland hosts training in large animal rescue
May 4: Extension Notes: Memorials for Mike Regans; Tucker is Forsyth Extension director; Grape seminar is May 27; Tilapia pioneer wins award; Alumna wins Fulbright;
May 4: Gov. Easley recognizes Extension's 90th birthday
May 4: PDF copy of Governor's proclamation
April 2: Chatham's Growin' Crazy is April 3
April 2: Extension Notes: Stormwater academy; New department heads at N.C. State; Escape to arboretum; N.C. State hosts Farm Animal Days; Currituck Garden Show in Barco
April 2: 611-acre Duplin farm donated to N.C. State University
April 2: Grower schools meet demand for niche markets
April 2: Extension yields Warren bounty (N.C. State news clips)
April 2: Meat goat co-op holds annual meeting and sale
April 2: Orange County grower is Small Farmer of the Year (N.C. A&T State news release)
April 2: Publications update
March 8: Extension Notes: Extension's international database; Hyde County staff in new quarters; March 21-27 is Small Farms Week; High on the hog
March 8: Extension IPM, partners sign accord on pesticides in schools
March 8: Extension trainee quoted in USA Today article
March 8: 4-H volunteer wins national award
March 8: Pathologists find no evidence of 'Sudden Oak Death' disease in N.C. -- N.C. State's News Service
Feb. 16: Extension Notes: Agritourism symposium is Wednesday; Edwards is Northwest District director; CEFS workshop focuses on soil; 'In the Garden' reruns to air on UNC-TV
Feb. 16: Extension experts teach show visitors to be 'Successful Gardeners'
Feb. 16: Publications updates will run on On-Line News
Jan. 14: Eminent scientist Edward O. Wilson to speak at N.C. State University
Jan. 14: Livestock teams are tops at national competition
Jan. 14: Economic recovery for North Carolina anticipated in 2004
Jan. 14: Extension Notes: Informational meeting on lower Roanoke River; publications order forms; Dudley Award deadline
Jan. 14: Neuseletter is available on line
Jan. 14: Grant extends regional food-safety training program
Jan. 14: Scientists discover that enzyme degrades mad cow disease prion

2003
Dec. 11: Rockingham club aims to spread holiday cheer
Dec. 11: Fire ecology is focus of Extension Forestry training
Dec. 11: Neuse Conference awash in success
Dec. 11: Researchers experiment with method of decommissioning swine waste lagoons
Dec. 11: Extension Notes: Dudley Award deadline; Jim Graham Cookbook
Nov. 12: Extension Notes: District Conference dates; Blankenship is interim associate dean; Extension at Southern Christmas Show; Specialty Crop School; NJHA convention comes to Raleigh
Nov. 12: Award supports specialist's study travel to Sweden
Nov. 12: College honors donors
Oct. 22: Group donates Durham land to Extension Foundation
Oct. 22: Mariner's Menu is coastal legacy
Oct. 22: Extension awards provide scholarships, cash
Oct. 22: Tobacco growers approve check-off
Oct. 22: Chatham farm shows small acreage can go a long way
Oct. 22: Workshops focus on agriculture, entrepreneurship
Oct. 22: Dec. 3 is deadline to apply for Master Farm Management seminar
Sept. 29: Isabel strikes Northeast counties
Sept. 29: University, agriculture department move to aid disaster victims
Sept. 29: Goats savor, thrive on kudzu, study shows
Sept. 29: Wetland is education lab for Johnston high school
Sept. 29: Extension Notes: Successful Family promoted at Southern Women's Show; November workshops focus on alternatives, value-added agriculture
Sept. 9: Extension Notes: Crowd turns out for vermicomposting workshop; Greg Gibson is assistant director of life sciences' research;
Sept. 9: Chevrolet Dealers and N.C. FFA launch scholarship program
Aug. 18: Teen Summit draws 4-H'ers, other youth from across the state
Aug. 18: Gardening program features N.C. State's Bryce Lane
Aug. 18: Roger McGraw named head of Department of Animal Science
Aug. 18: Tobacco Research Referendum is Oct. 1
Aug. 18: New wheat variety good for milling, baking
Aug. 18: Extension director named for Pamlico
Aug. 18: Extension Notes: Buyers sought for produce auction; Grant will provide training for Hispanic Christmas tree workers.
July 9: Extension Notes: Horticultural Science head named; Interim assistant director for NCARS; Interim assistant dean for personnel; Conservation workshops; achieve! billboards; Scholarship honors former Poultry Science Department head; Produce auction commercials aired
July 9: Endowment supports 4-H achievement awards
July 9: 25 Fellows complete NRLI program
June 9: Extension experts advise Chatham residents on deer
June 9: Western counties host agriculture commissioner
June 9: 'Economic Outlook' optimistic about state's fourth quarter
June 9: Media guide lists disaster preparedness, recovery experts
June 9: Extension Notes: Agricultural Chemical Manual available on CD, Durham County solar car race, growers' number for produce auction, Steve Leath is interim head of NCARS
June 9: Tobacco Trust Fund seeks grant proposals
May 19: First in Flight? Possibly not the Wrights, says N.C. State filmmaker
May 19: Produce auction planning for second season in 2003
May 19: Extension Notes: Johnny Wynne is interim dean; Keith Cassel is interim head in soil science; State 4-H WHEP contest winners; Professional Turf and Landscape Field Day
April 28: A&T field days focus on high-value mushrooms, pork
April 28: College's Farm Animal Days promote animal agriculture
April 28: Small grains, strawberry field days scheduled
April 28: Extension Notes: Moore County reading program, interim head for horticultural science, Beef Education Unit, child care conferences
April 7: 4-H'ers visit Cherry Point base
April 7: Web site offers timely news for families
April 7: New directors appointed for Bladen, Rutherford counties
April 7: Wake youth ask for tobacco-free schools
April 7: Endowment will fund blueberry programs
April 7: State leaders honored at Charlotte 4-H Gala
March 19: Web site updated with homeland security info
March 14: Photos from Extension Conference tailgate luncheon
March 14: More photos from the conference
March 14: Program assistants hold regional meetings
March 14: Scholarship established to honor Lewis Howe
March 14: New director named for Davie County Extension
March 14: Study: Americans don't trust foreign-grown foods
March 14: On-line form available for ordering Extension name badges
Feb. 24: Extension unveils new exhibit at Southern Farm Show
Feb. 24: Directors appointed for Halifax, Gaston counties
Feb. 24: Teleconference Wednesday addresses tourism liability
Feb. 24: Endowment will enhance green industry programs
Feb. 24: Goat co-op is now statewide
Feb. 3: Wilson County farmers share concerns with Fox (The Wilson Daily Times)
Feb. 3: Weather cuts short college's Nickels tour
Feb. 3: Specialty crops classes offered this month
Feb. 3: Oxford Produce Auction to hold dinner
Feb. 3: Watts named director for Yancey County
Feb. 3: Book of maps available on Intranet
Feb. 3:Hunt, officials recognize Williamston Industrial Extension Office (N.C. State's News Services)
Jan. 13: New directors appointed for Lenoir and New Hanover counties
Jan. 13: Web site offers services, photo images
Jan. 13: N.C. State scientists take on damaging plant disease