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FAMILIES & PARENTING
Keep kids active over summer
Keep Kids’ Minds Active During Summer Months

Summer educational experiences, such as those offered through 4-H are vital. Recent studies show children may lose knowledge they gained during the school year over summer vacation.

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NUTRITION, HEALTH & SAFETY
Reducing the Size of Recipes

Many recipes can be cut in half or thirds. Here are some guidelines to help you adapt a larger recipe to a smaller one.

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LAWN & GARDEN
Bitter Tasting Vegetables

Vine crops including cucumbers and zucchini produce chemicals called cucurbitacins, which give a bitter taste to the fruit. Environmental stresses can increase the bitterness.

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INSECTS, SPIDERS, MICE & MORE
Make a Fruit Fly Trap
Make a Fruit Fly Trap

If you bring garden produce into your kitchen, you may get fruit flies. Fruit flies are tiny, honey-colored flies with reddish eyes. They breed in ripe vegetables and fruit. The key to managing fruit flies is to locate and eliminate breeding sources. You can also make your own fruit fly trap.

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ACREAGE, FARM & RANCH
Entrepreneurship & Acreages

Acreage living provides entrepreneurial opportunities in a number of different ways. Resources to help are available from UNL Extension.

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CONSUMER EDUCATION & FINANCES
Solving Financial Problems

This publication explains the processes to help people work through financial issues that prevent them from paying their bills.

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A FAIR WITH FLARE!

The Lancaster County Fair is now the LANCASTER COUNTY SUPER FAIR with 10 BIG days of family fun!

Gate admission tickets required and are FREE at U-Stop Convenience Store Locations. There are 19 convenient locations in Lancaster County.

Get your Lancaster County Super Fair Schedule & Map Special Section from the August NEBLINE.

Lancaster County Super Fair

Open Class exhibits and events are open to everyone! For information how to participate, go to www.superfair.org