Description: Are you interested in installing a rain garden for a client or on your own property, but you don’t know where to start? This workshop will take you through all of the steps from planning, design, implementation, and maintenance. Participants will receive the information required to design and build a residential sized rain garden. This presentation is dedicated to showing how to make it simple and yet have a high success rate for a functional rain garden. Topics Discussed: Stormwater runoff in residential landscapes; rain garden definition, how they work, case studies on rain garden importance, basics of design, installation, plants, aesthetics, and maintenance concerns; along with a review of other rain harvesting methods. Who Should Attend: Landscape designers, Master Gardener Volunteers, landscaping foremen, horticulturalists, and those interested in building a residential rain garden.

The first of a 2-day career fair attracting over 200 employers recruiting in all areas for full-time and internship opportunities.

How a beef operation is managed can make a significant difference in how profitable it is.  With so many variables to consider, such as feed and fuel costs and up-and-down markets – managing profitability and maintaining a healthy bottom line can present an ongoing challenge.

UNL Extension will offer beef profitability workshops in January and February to help producers meet these challenges.

The sessions will be held at two different locations on each workshop date.  Afternoon sessions will be held at the Washington County Extension Office, 597 Grant St., Blair, NE.  Afternoon workshops run from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. with a 12:30 p.m. registration.

Evening sessions will be held at the Saunders County Extension Office at UNL's Agricultural Research Center's August N. Christenson Research and Education Building near Mead, NE.  The workshops run from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. with a 6:30 p.m. registration.

The first workshop will be held on January 26.  Dr. Rick Rasby, UNL Beef Specialist will cover Cow-Calf Producer Profit Tips.  Topics will include:  cow/calf management systems to attack feed costs; testing forages for quality can save dollars and makes “cents” when designing feeding programs; understanding a forage analysis and purchasing protein supplements after comparing options on a cost per pound of protein basis.

On February 17, Dr. Darrell Mark, UNL Livestock Marketing Specialist  will present “The Economics of Calf Finishing & Backgrounding Systems:  Breakevens, Outlook, and Co-Product Feeding”.  Topics include:  calculating breakeven and its use in decision making; backgrounding and yearling systems; calf feeding versus background and yearling finishing systems; and the economics of feeding and storing ethanol co-products.

Pre-registration is encouraged by phone, fax, e-mail or mail 1 week in advance – discounts apply.  Cost is $10 for registrations received one week in advance (by Jan. 20 for the first session and by Febr. 10 for the second workshop). After that, the fee is $15.

Fees include reference materials and refreshments. Make checks payable to:  UNL Extension in Saunders County and mail to 1071 County Road G, Room B, Ithaca, NE  68033-2234.

For more information or to register, contact UNL Extension Educator, Sara Ellicott at (402) 624-8030, (800) 529-8030, e-mail sellicott2@unl.edu or fax (402)624-8010. Information also is available online at http://ardc.unl.edu/2008BeefProfitability.pdf.

The workshops are sponsored by UNL Extension in Douglas/Sarpy, Saunders, and Washington Counties.  UNL Extension is in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

For the Black History Month 2009, OASIS at the culture Center invites you for the lecture "Lincoln in Black and White: The Photography of John Johnson, 1910-1925," by Ed Zimmer, Historic Preservation Planner for the Lincoln Planning Department. This event will be held at Nebraska Union, check room listing day of the event (book signing and reception 4 to 5 p.m. in Nebraska Union Bookstore).

The purpose of the University Health Center Student Advisory Board (UHCSAB) shall be to represent the student body dealing with the health concerns of the University community, by identifying health related problems, and by making recommendations to the University Health Center (UHC) staff and University Administration for the delivery of comprehensive health care. The Board shall assist in planning, evaluation and implementation of policies and programs of the UHC. General meetings are open to all UNL students

How a beef operation is managed can make a significant difference in how profitable it is.  With so many variables to consider, such as feed and fuel costs and up-and-down markets – managing profitability and maintaining a healthy bottom line can present an ongoing challenge.

UNL Extension will offer beef profitability workshops in January and February to help producers meet these challenges.

The sessions will be held at two different locations on each workshop date.  Afternoon sessions will be held at the Washington County Extension Office, 597 Grant St., Blair, NE.  Afternoon workshops run from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. with a 12:30 p.m. registration.

Evening sessions will be held at the Saunders County Extension Office at UNL's Agricultural Research Center's August N. Christenson Research and Education Building near Mead, NE.  The workshops run from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. with a 6:30 p.m. registration.

The first workshop will be held on January 26.  Dr. Rick Rasby, UNL Beef Specialist will cover Cow-Calf Producer Profit Tips.  Topics will include:  cow/calf management systems to attack feed costs; testing forages for quality can save dollars and makes “cents” when designing feeding programs; understanding a forage analysis and purchasing protein supplements after comparing options on a cost per pound of protein basis.

On February 17, Dr. Darrell Mark, UNL Livestock Marketing Specialist  will present “The Economics of Calf Finishing & Backgrounding Systems:  Breakevens, Outlook, and Co-Product Feeding”.  Topics include:  calculating breakeven and its use in decision making; backgrounding and yearling systems; calf feeding versus background and yearling finishing systems; and the economics of feeding and storing ethanol co-products.

Pre-registration is encouraged by phone, fax, e-mail or mail 1 week in advance – discounts apply.  Cost is $10 for registrations received one week in advance (by Jan. 20 for the first session and by Febr. 10 for the second workshop). After that, the fee is $15.

Fees include reference materials and refreshments. Make checks payable to:  UNL Extension in Saunders County and mail to 1071 County Road G, Room B, Ithaca, NE  68033-2234.

For more information or to register, contact UNL Extension Educator, Sara Ellicott at (402) 624-8030, (800) 529-8030, e-mail sellicott2@unl.edu or fax (402)624-8010. Information also is available online at http://ardc.unl.edu/2008BeefProfitability.pdf.

The workshops are sponsored by UNL Extension in Douglas/Sarpy, Saunders, and Washington Counties.  UNL Extension is in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.