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Questions about the ACA? MU Extension can help you get answers

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Recent news may have some consumers confused about the status of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.The Affordable Care Act remains the law of the land, requiring most Americans to have health insurance, said Brenda Procter, co-director of University of Missouri Extension’s Health Insurance Education Initiative.

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Ed Keyser was surprised to be named Missouri’s 2012 Tree Farmer of the Year. Although he has worked tirelessly managing his tree farm just a few miles west of Kirksville, Mo., he did not consider his small farm worthy of such attention.

Marilynn King, graduate student in rural sociology at MU, checks out a map of the historic places in Lexington, Missouri. Volunteers with the Lexington Community Arts Pilot Project and MU faculty and students created a audio walking and driving tour to goMU Extension

MU collaborates with community on audio tour of historic Lexington

LEXINGTON, Mo. – Visitors to historic Lexington, Missouri, can learn about the town’s rich Civil War history through an audio walking and driving tour created through the University of Missouri Extension Community Arts Program. The audio tour gives businesses another way to drive economic development in the town of 4,500, said Lee Ann Woolery, MU Extension community arts specialist.

Adjunct instructor Robert Shramek Jr., assistant chief and training officer for Lincoln County Fire Protection District 1, was named MU FRTI’s 2016 Fire Service Instructor of the Year. Pictured, from left: MU FRTI director David Hedrick, Shramek, and MU FMU FRTI

MU FRTI awards Fire Service Instructor of the Year

LAKE OZARK, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension’s Fire and Rescue Training Institute (MU FRTI) presented the Fire Service Instructor of the Year award for 2015-2016 to Robert Shramek Jr., assistant chief and training officer with Lincoln County Fire Protection District 1 in Troy, Mo.The award was presented Nov. 5 at MU FRTI’s annual instructors conference at Camden on the Lake Resort in Lake Ozark, Mo.

Nine Missouri weather stations, including this one at the Monroe City Regional Airport, recently received updates to help farmers and chemical applicators know when to spray herbicides to avoid off-target movement caused by temperature inversions. Photo courtesy of Pat Guinan

MU Extension weather stations help farmers know when to spray

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Nine Missouri weather stations recently received updates to help farmers and chemical applicators know when to spray herbicides to avoid off-target movement caused by temperature inversions.

Tomatoes are among the many vegetables grown in the high tunnels owned by Fue Yang and his family. Photo courtesy of Farmers Market Coalition.

MU Extension and partners grow knowledge among Hmong farmers

ROCKY COMFORT, Mo. – More than vegetables grow in Fue Yang’s high tunnels. It is where opportunity grows for area Hmong farmers.Yang runs a teaching farm for University of Missouri Extension, Lincoln University and the Webb City Farmers Market. The collaborative effort is part of a grant from the Missouri Department of Agriculture.

Zinnias.By Flickr user Liz West/CC BY-SA 2.0

Zinnia: From eye sickness to eye candy

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Lois Rodriguez, president of Better By Design, a construction firm she founded in 2009. The firm is a client of the MU Extension Business Development Program.Photo by Phil Leslie

Government contracting improves prospects for Brookfield construction firm

BROOKFIELD, Mo. – Her portion of the work is a little piece of a big project, but construction business owner Lois Rodriguez is making the most of it. As president and CEO of Better By Design LLC, Rodriguez is doing her part to make the long-awaited East Locust Creek Reservoir a reality.

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National 4-H film festival comes to Kansas City July 23-26

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Youth from across the nation will travel to Kansas City this July to attend FilmFest 4-H, the national 4-H film festival.Now in its seventh year, FilmFest 4-H brings youth together with working members of the film industry. “It’s a chance to learn and ask questions,” said festival organizer Bradd Anderson, University of Missouri Extension state 4-H youth specialist. “FilmFest is not a convention where you stand in…

Winners of the first-place Championship Flight included, from left, Kory Niesen, Ben Gallup, Steve Ball and Trenton Monnig. Photo by Marta Payne

Golfers tee off in support of Missouri 4-H

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Golfers hit the greens in support of Missouri 4-H youth at the eighth annual 4-H Clover Classic Golf Tournament on June 6 in Columbia, Mo. Co-presenting sponsors were The Climate Corp., a division of Monsanto, and Great American Insurance Group’s Crop Division.

Lynn Rossy leads a yoga class on the MU campus. University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group

Yoga: An ancient form of exercise is more popular than ever

COLUMBIA, Mo. – For some, the idea of yoga might conjure images of young and unusually flexible people folding themselves into human origami. But yoga has more to do with breathing—something everyone can do—than extreme postures, says Lynn Rossy, health psychologist for Healthy for Life, the University of Missouri System’s employee wellness program.

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MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute director to retire in October 2017

COLUMBIA, Mo. – David E. Hedrick, director of the University of Missouri Fire and Rescue Training Institute (MU FRTI), has announced that he will be retiring in October 2017. Hedrick joined MU FRTI as director in 2007.

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