One in three senior adults dies each year due to Alzheimers disease or related dementia (Alzheimers Association, 2016). Alzheimers is an incurable brain disease that causes a slow, progressive decline in memory, thinking and reasoning skills (Alzheimers Association, 2016). Learning more about the disease and its warning signs is important because timely detection may offer benefits for people living with dementia and their families. For example, some memory loss or dementia-like symptoms may be ...
I am a graduate of Murray State University with a BS and MS is Agriculture. My husband and I reside in Dixon, KY with our two daughters. I began as the ANR extension Agent in Webster Count... More
Funding year 2018 of the Kentucky Military Teen Adventure Camps (MTAC) has been yet another success! With a total of 5 camps from April 2018- August 2018. Families including service members or spouses... Read More
The state of Kentuckys agricultural education programs in high schools have several career pathways in which students may choose to emphasize. One career pathway is the agribiotechnoloy pathway, which... Read More
The U. S. Department of Commerce declared that science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations are growing at a 7.2% quicker rate than other occupations. STEM employees play a critical ro... Read More
Ventilating pastured poultry farms is challenging because the openings to allow the birds onto the pasture create cold air drafts in the barn in winter. Through a relationship built with a farmer here... Read More