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What is the Timeline for Foreclosure?

This is second blog on foreclosure. After learning what foreclosure is about last week, What is Foreclosure?, we discuss the sequence of events in the foreclosure process along a timeline. Those facing foreclosure understand how serious a matter it is. To ensure the homeowner is given due process, a timeline identifies the length of time […]

Ready , Set, Plant…..

I hear the birds and I know spring is on its way.  Buried under the mounds of white, the grass is just waiting to grow and when those signs appear, I know it’s time to think about a garden.  Tempting juicy tomatoes, fresh corn on the cob and all the peppers or zucchini I can […]

Test Anxiety!

This time of year students face a multitude of standardized tests. These tests are much longer in duration than students are accustomed to, and can be tied to a range of outcomes such as leveled reading and math placement, graduation, college entrance, and scholarships for students and salary adjustment or job retention for teachers. According […]

WRITTEN BY: Shannon Carter, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Fairfield County, carter.413@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Candace Heer, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County, heer.7@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • kidshealth.org

SOURCES:

  • kidshealth.org
  • schoolcounselor.org

Are Child Savings Accounts the Magic Bullet?

Have you heard that having a savings account in your child’s name will increase their chances of attending college, graduating from college, having fewer student loans, and even improving reading and math scores? According to Terri Friedline’s research (The Independent Effects of Savings Accounts in Children’s Names on their Savings Outcomes in Young Adulthood(PDF)Links to a […]

REVIEWED BY: Nancy Stehulak, Family & Consumer Sciences Educator in Henry County, Ohio State University Extension

Food Safety and Pregnancy

Food safety is important for everyone. But, there are a couple of important considerations when you are pregnant. Your immune system changes during pregnancy making you and your unborn child at higher risk for a foodborne illness. Pathogens which are a Potential Risk during Pregnancy PATHOGEN: Listeria Monocytogenes WHAT IS IT? A bacterium found in […]

WRITTEN BY: Linnette Goard, Field Specialist, Food Safety, Selection, and Management, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, goard.1@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Joanna Rini, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, rini.41@osu.edu

SOURCES:

  • FDA, Food Safety: It’s Especially Important to You, www.fda.gov/Food/Foodborneillnesscontaminants/PeopleAtRisk/ucm312704.htm updated 12/18/2014.

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