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Family Traditions

Traditions ….useful or beautiful?

“If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”  William Morris made this recommendation at an art and design speech in 1880. As part of my holiday motto, “This is Good, This is […]

WRITTEN BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, MA, CFLE, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Lucas County, Maumee Valley EERA, powers-barker.1@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Kristen Corry, MA, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension Monroe & Noble Counties, Buckeye Hills EERA, corry.10@osu.edu

Good Enough Is ….

  How do you complete this statement, “good enough” is ……..?  I don’t think I will ever forget the sign that hung at my high school with bold letters, “Good Enough is Neither.”   Looking back at my teen-age self and as someone with a type-A personality, I think that quote should come with a really […]

WRITTEN BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, MA, CFLE, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Lucas County, Maumee Valley EERA, powers-barker.1@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Candace J. Heer, MS, LSW, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County, Heart of Ohio EERA, heer.7@osu.edu

REFERENCES:

  • Managing Holiday Stress, Michigan State University
  • Top 4 Tips for Managing Holiday Stress, University of Delaware, Cooperative Extension
  • Want Happy Holidays? Try Stress Free Holidays, North Carolina Cooperative Extension

Where City Meets Country

“Where City Meets Country” is the theme at our county fair. A county fair is a place to highlight the value of agriculture within and surrounding both urban and rural areas. For many Ohioans who grew up participating in a youth program like 4-H or FFA, the county fair might bring back a lot of […]

WRITTEN BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Lucas County, Maumee Valley EERA, powers-barker.1@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Lee Richter, Agriculture and Natural Resources Program Assistant, Ohio State University Extension, Lucas County, Maumee Valley EERA, richter.71@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Bonnie Ward, July 10, 2014

SOURCES:

  • Ohio State Fair History http://www.touring-ohio.com/fairs/ohio-state-fair-history.html
  • Ohio State Fair http://ohiostatefair.com/
  • 2014 Ohio County Fairs http://www.agri.ohio.gov/divs/fairs/docs/Fairs_Brochure.pd

A Healthy and Happy July 4th to You!

July 4th is a special holiday for many of us and can be a time to reflect and to celebrate being an American. Many of us enjoy picnics, cookouts and family reunions as well as fireworks on this day. Looking for a healthy side dish to take to the picnic? Consider one of these salads. […]

WRITTEN BY: Michelle Treber, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Pickaway County/Heart of Ohio EERA, treber.1@osu.edu.

REVIEWED BY: Bridgette Kidd, Health People Program Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension.

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • macieklew retrieved from http://www.rgbstock.com/images/fireworks

SOURCES:

  • University of Vermont, Extension, Making It Fit: Piecing Together Your Food Needs retrieved from http://recipefinder.nal.usda.gov/recipes/bulgur-chickpea-salad
  • Oregon State University Cooperative Extension Service, Oregon’s Healthy Harvest Recipes retrieved from http://recipefinder.nal.usda.gov/recipes/italian-pasta-salad

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