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Montana State University Communications Services
News You Can Use at Home

Montana Yard and Garden

  • MSU's Dr. Bob offers TLC tips for Christmas trees and poinsettias
  • There's Cranberries in 'them thar' Hills
  • Dr. Bob's Northern Gardening Tips
  • Water-Conserving Landscaping Involves More Than Plant Selection
  • Go to Bob Gough's Horticulture Web Site

    • Home and Home Finance

  • Montanans asking about Patriot Bonds
  • Elderly homeowner/renter tax credits available
  • Foods and homemade items are good low-cost gift ideas
  • 'Tis a gift to be simple: Eight tips for a greener holiday season
  • Transferring Your Farm or Ranch to the Next Generation:
    --What Parents Can Do
    --Property Ownership and Business Structure
    --Is It the Right Time to Transfer?
    --Identifying What's Important
    --How to Get Started
  • Elderly Homeowners/Renters May be Able to get Tax Credit
  • Could a Montana First-Time Home-Buyer Savings Account Help You?
  • Dec. 31 Deadline for Montana Tax Savings
  • $36,000 in Prize Money available to Montana High School Students through High School Financial Literacy Awards
  • Custodial accounts--one option for transerrring assets to kids under 21
  • High school financial planning program helps teens prepare for the real world
  • Interested in Paying Less Tax? Check out the Earned Income Credit.
  • Pay Less Montana Income Tax by Establishing a Medical Care Savings Account
  • What Should I know about IRAs?
  • Free Estate Planning Tips Available at MSU Extension Web Site
  • Estate Planning" It's Never Been Easier to Begin
  • Learn the Lingo and Protect Yourself When Investing
  • Whether You Make $15,000 or $150,000; Set Realistic Financial Goals
  • Tony the Tiger's Crowd Says "Buy This"
  • Thankfully, There's a New Way to Help Stretch Food-Stamp Budgets
  • What Can You Afford? Developing a Spending Plan
  • Medicaid and Long-Term Care: Free Pub Explains Payment Options
  • Extension Service Offers Confidential, Free, Get-Out-of-Debt Planning
  • Experts Give Tips for Preserving Photos
  • Waters may have Receded, but Health Concerns Haven't
  • Flood Fact Sheets Available

    • Health

  • New packet helps Native American families assess health risks
  • How can I prepare myself for disaster?
  • Should I buy a gas mask?
  • Use these water-saving tips around your home
  • Scientists are Sorting Out the Simple, but Dangerous Puzzle of Norwalk Virus
  • Early "Bugologists" Instrumental in Fight Against Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Deer Mice Increase Over 1997-98 Winter Means Take Precautions Against Hantavirus
  • What to Test Drinking Water  for and Montana-Approved Labs to Test Them
  • Reports of Nitrates in Montana Drinking Water Wells Increase
  • Use Safe Preserving Techniques with Wild Game
  • Give "Big Bird" a Cold Bath (and other Turkey Tips)
  • 1997 Montana Radon Study Confirms Statewide High Radon
  • How to Age Successfully
  • Family Matters: Forgiveness is Healthy
  • Food Poisoning More Likely at Home than from Food Industry
  • MSU Grant Provides Electronic Support Group for Chronically Ill Rural Women
  • Even a "Mental Vacation" Can Help Relieve Stress
  • Hantavirus Still a Threat in Montana
  • Which Mice Carry Hanta Virus?
  • Find Out What's Keeping You From a "Shape Up" Activity
  • Food-Borne Illness Easy to Prevent at Home
  • Gasoline Fire Potential Is Good Reason to "Put the Gas Cans on the Ground"
  • How to Fight Being "SAD" (seasonal affective disorder)
  • Get the Facts About Alcoholism
  • "Slime" may be Cause of Common Childhood Ear Ache
  • Kids Need to be Outside in Winter, Too
  • Feeling Stressed? Try These Tips!
  • Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment of Aggressive House Spider Compared to Brown Recluse Spider
  • Updating Immunizations Gives Kids Best Shot to Avoid Illness
  • Blind Montanans Attend Summer School to Adapt
  • Even Canned Goods Need Care After a Flood (2/14/96)
  • More Health Information from Montana State University

    • Family and Relationships

  • Divorced spouses remain co-parents
  • Helping Children Cope with Tragedy
  • New human development and family specialist at MSU
  • Who Knows What a Little Marriage Preparation Can Do?
  • Handling Other People's Anger
  • Violence and Kids: Coping with the Colorado School Shooting
  • From the Governor's Summit on Youth June 14-16, 1998
  • The Arts Can Help Montana's At-Risk Youth
  • My Teenage Pregnancy: A Choice and an Opportunity
  • Coaches Need to Mentor
  • Rapelje Students Learn from School-to-Work
  • Good Nutrition Helps Kids Grow Up Healthy
  • Mentoring Makes a Difference
  • A Healthy Start: The First Years Last Forever
  • Mentoring Can Help Children in Need
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  • While You Work, Your Children need Safe Places
  • To Spank or Not to Spank
  • Develop an "Attitude of Gratitude"
  • Showing Affection: Don't Apply Adult Standards to Young Children
  • Priorities: Always Put the Big "Rocks" in the Jar First . . .
  • Coping with Catastrophe (2/8/96)
  • The Unique Strengths of Single-Parent Families
  • More Information for Families from Montana State University
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    Nutrition

  • Vitamin and Herbs: Are They Safe?
  • Are You "Driven to Drink" by Conflicting Reports About Alcohol?
  • Low Carbohydrate Diet Makes You "Eat" Your Own Muscle
  • Do You Know Someone Who is Getting "Too Thin"?
  • If Diets Don't Work, What Does?
  • Nutrition "News" Can Cloud the Issues
  • Why is Thanksgiving Dinner Special?
  • Build a Healthy Halloween Skeleton
  • Share Your Ice Cream Cone, Friendliest way to Save Calories
  • Check the "C" in Those In-Vogue Juices
  • Try a New Approach to Making Hearth-Healthy Choices
  • All Foods Fit in a Healthy Diet
  • Banish the Boredome: Use Vacations for "Adventure Eating"
  • Veggies to Munchies: Scanning Grocery Store Aisles
  • Processing Garden Produce Safely After a Frost
  • New and Revised Food Preservation Publications Available from MSU Extension
  • Dashboard Dining Can be Healthy
  • Beta Carotene Supplements Have Risks
  • Understanding Appetite: Why We Can't Eat Just One
  • Looking for a Good Weight Control Plan?
  • Forget Scary Headlines: Target Food Basics
  • More Nutrition Information from Montana State University

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