RICHLAND COUNTY

STAFF

Our county personnel would like to take a moment of your time to introduce themselves and highlight a few projects they are currently working on.

Dale Siebert is our Extension Agent/Cropping Systems and has been in Richland County for the past 13 1/2 years. Dale has 37 years of Extension experience in various North Dakota counties. Ongoing programs include small grain variety test plots, corn variety trials with the Richland County Corn Growers and working with researchers from NDSU on a variety of weed control test plots. Pesticide certification is another ongoing program.

Colleen Svingen is our Human Development Agent. Prior to working with extension, she was a Family Consumer Science teacher and school librarian. Colleen is always available for “help” calls and you can listen for Extension updates on KBMW on Wednesday mornings.

Elizabeth Freden is our Nutrition Education Agent for the Family Nutrition Program.

Deb Evenson is our Administrative Assistant, working with the budget, providing computer support, working extensively with 4-H, and is the web page master.

Crystal Johnson works two days a week as Secretary. She is a student at North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton in the Administrative Assistant Program. We are fortunate to have Crystal join our office!

Our office is considering the development of a hard copy and electronic quarterly newsletter, including the posting of community education opportunities. We would appreciate your thoughts and ideas on these topics. We are open to any and all suggestions from the public. Please find our phone number, e-mail and web site addresses printed on the enclosure, or stop into our office and let us serve your needs.

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