| Extension office is moving to accommodate clients | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 2:59:27 PM by Blog57 Team | | Socorro County Cooperative Extension personnel anticipate having better abilities to serve clients after the office's planned move in November. The extension service and other county agencies are moving into the old Bureau of Land Management building at 198 Neel Ave., which Socorro County secured with state legislative appropriations. Extension agent Tom Dean said Socorro County commissioners had listened to the office's request for more space and a classroom. "And we, the extension office as a whole, feel this is going to be wonderful for us because it's going to give us a place to bring our clientele in, a front door for information," he said. Agents will be able to supply better services, he continued. The extension area, which will not be much larger than the current space, is to have an open floor plan with three cubicle offices, a secretary near the front door and one classroom.... | |
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| | | AT THE PARKS | | Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 1:05:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | Antioch Parks and Recreation offers many programs and classes. Park office located at 806 Holbek Drive. Office hours are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday. For more information call (847) 395-2160. Shotokan Karate classes are available. For information on fees or to register call the parks and recreation office. Hannah's Home Accents offers these fun classes: Scrap booking and Knitting 101 on Sept. 30 from 10-noon. $15/residents and $20/non-residents. Windance Acres provides horseback riding lessons, Western and English styles are offered for ages 6 and up on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. starting Sept. 27 for $125/resident and $130 non-resisdents. GRANDWOOD Grandwood Park Park District is located at 36630 N. Hutchins Road, Gurnee.... | |
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| | | Exercise Helps Sustain Mental Activity As We Age, May Prevent Dementia-like Illnesses | | Posted Sunday, August 13, 2006 6:58:35 PM by Blog57 Team | | Based on a review of studies on exercise and its effect on brain functioning in human and animal populations, researchers find that physical exercise may slow aging's effects and help people maintain cognitive abilities well into older age. Animals seem to benefit from exercise too and perform spatial tasks better when they are active. Furthermore, fitness training -- an increased level of exercise -- may improve some mental processes even more than moderate activity, say the authors of the review. .... | |
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| | | Hablo español: Immersion class translates into success | | Posted Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:58:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | It's not enough that Janet Morrison is spending her vacation learning Spanish, eight hours a day, five days a week.The New Jersey educator also has traveled 2,800 miles to a place she's never been, all to take an "immersion" language program offered through WSU Center at Lower Columbia College. "It's my working vacation," said Morrison, associate director for schools and families for the New Jersey Education Association. "We have a large Latino population in New Jersey, and that's my concentration."Morrison had other incentives, she said -- she has a friend in Portland, she was able to work in a training session in Seattle, and people here have shared maps and outings."It's very interesting and exciting ... It's worth it."The Full Immersion Spanish Institute started four years ago, the collective brainchild of Washington State University directors at adult learning centers around the state.Immersion means students soak themselves in another language all day and all week, rather than an hour or two at a time.... | |
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