This year, to kick off the MonDak Ag Days presentations, organizers have set aside Thursday morning, Jan. 12 to present four sessions of general interest to everyone. These four family-oriented morning sessions begin at 8 a.m. and run until 11 a.m., with topics including decluttering the house and office, managing tax records, the use of hoop houses and high tunnels to extend the gardening season, and a session dealing with probate and other property transfer issues.
“Although this is billed as a women’s program it should actually be of interest to everyone,” says Beth Redlin, Ag Days committee member who organized these sessions. “We have a home section, a tax records portion, information on hoop houses and a session focusing on what people need to know about probate and taking care of property transfer issues.”
The first of these Thursday morning sessions begins at 8 a.m. when Judy Johnson, Richland County Home Economist Extension agent, will discuss how to get rid of the clutter that seems to accumulate in many homes. “Does your home or office seem to be shrinking?” she asks. “Clutter can slowly build up until it is out of control and we have no idea where to start to clean it up. Discover how clutter affects you and learn some fun and doable techniques that help tackle clutter and that will return your space and give you piece of mind.”
The second session begins at 8:45 a.m. when Margaret Bradley, H&R Block, will take the decluttering issue and apply it to tax records. Bradley will discuss what records should be kept and what records a person can safely discard.
The third family-oriented session begins at 9:15 a.m. and deals with gardening. Bruce Smith, Dawson County Extension agent, will discuss hoop houses and high tunnels and how these houses and tunnels extend the gardening season. “High tunnel production systems add the possibility of extending our current growing season by two-four months,” he comments. “This would add to the food and farm security of the northern Great Plains by diversifying food production and increasing the amount and types of agricultural products.”
The last of the family-oriented sessions begins at 10 a.m., when Ed Haugen, Thrivent Financial financial associate, will discuss estate issues, including probate and what to do after the loss of a spouse, as well as other topics relating to passing the farm along in a well-thought out and planned manner.
The Thursday morning family sessions promise to provide a lot of excellent information.
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