- Five Questions: Grilling safety
- May 10, 2013
- As springtime blooms, it’s time to fire up the outdoor grill for tasty barbecue favorites. Douglas County Kansas State Extension Ramily and Consumer Science Agent Susan Johnson offers the following tips to keep food-borne bacterial from ruining the fun.
- 5 Questions: Grilling safety
- May 8, 2013
- As springtime blooms, it’s time to fire up the outdoor grill for tasty barbecue favorites. Douglas County Kansas State Extension Family and Consumer Science Agent Susan Johnson offers the following tips to keep food-borne bacterial from ruining the fun
- Five questions: Getting organized
- April 16, 2013
- Organizing your home or office space may seem overwhelming at first, but the benefits are worth it, says Mary Ellen Vincent, a Kansas City-based professional organizer. Below, she offers some tips.
- Five questions: Composting 101
- April 11, 2013
- Spring is a good time to start a compost bin in your yard for a natural way of fertilizing soil.
- 5 questions: Made for monarchs
- April 2, 2013
- Candy Dials is a Leavenworth County master gardener and has been butterfly gardening for five years. She shares tips on how to attract butterflies and provide much-needed habitats.
- Five questions: Sale suggestions
- March 19, 2013
- Cynthia Ewer, editor of organizedhome.com, offers tips in the article “Garage sale tips: Clear clutter with a yard sale.” Here are some of those pointers.
- Five questions: It’s gardening time
- March 15, 2013
- In Kansas, as well as Ireland, planting potatoes on St. Patrick’s Day is a tradition. The plants don’t know it’s March 17, of course. But Dennis Patton, horticulture agent at the Kansas State University Research and Extension office in Olathe, said the holiday is a good time to start, or at least start thinking about, planting. And according to Patton, increasing numbers are doing just that.
- Five questions: Storms still on?
- March 7, 2013
- That’s definitely a possibility, say officials with the National Weather Service. Kim Qualls, public affairs manager with the Kansas Department of Transportation, addresses the recent snowstorms and what we can expect from the rest of winter.
- Five Questions: Putting a fork in it
- February 26, 2013
- This week’s Five Questions takes a closer look at the history of restaurants. Andrea Broomfield, English professor at Johnson County Community College, offers a precede on her upcoming presentation, “Soldier of the Fork: How Nathaniel Newham-Davis Democraticized Restaurant Dining in Fin de Siecle London.”
- Five questions: Tonganoxie Phil
- February 5, 2013
- Longtime Leavenworth County physician Dr. Phil Stevens also is known as Tonganoxie Phil. Stevens explains how he got the name, which he’s known for each February with Groundhog Day.
- Five questions: Pet adoptions
- January 29, 2013
- Staff at Great Plains SPCA, which operates one of the region’s busiest pet adoption centers in Merriam, answered five questions about the four-legged friends they take in and adopt out.
- Five questions: Winter blues?
- 03:32 p.m., January 22, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Mental health professionals say feeling down during the winter months may be more than just a case of winter blues.
- Five questions: Parents as teachers
- 02:50 p.m., January 15, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Parents as Teachers provides services for families with children ages 3 and under. Donna Higbee, certified parent educator for Wyandotte County, talks about the 25-year-old program.
- Five questions: Time to read
- 04:00 p.m., January 8, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Basehor Community Library Director Diana Weaver talks about sitting down with a good book in the new year.
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