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Pennington County Extension Office
601 E. Centre Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone:  (605) 394-2188
Fax:  (605) 394-6815

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Office Hours: Monday through Friday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Extension Services

Pennington County Extension is a field office for South Dakota State University (SDSU) Cooperative Extension Services. We provide information, programming and community educational resources & leadership in Youth Development, Family & Consumer Science, Horticulture and Agriculture.

Forms of Interest...

Achievement Day Information
Clover Bud Entry Tag
4-H Family and Consumer Sciences Show Handbook
2010 State Fair Book

Extension Office Staff

Rick Abrahamson, Horticulture Educator
Tana Clark, 4-H Youth Educator
Sharon Guthmiller, Consumer Science Educator

Support and Program Staff

Kathy Bruckner, Administrative Assistant I
Evonne Schumacher, EFNEP Program Assistant
Tamara Studioso, EFNEP Program Assistant

Announcements

Find current cattle stress conditions at South Dakota State University's web site.

Newsletters in PDF format

Pennington County Extension Newsletters

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FEU Newsletters

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Home and Family Newsletters

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Master Gardener Newsletters (Across Prairies and Pines)

Summer, 2010   Fall, 2009   Spring, 2009   Perkins County, 2009  

Check the Date!

Septenber 2010
Date Event
Sep 2-6 State Fair
Sep 8 Pick up State Fair Exhibits
Sep 9 Food Preservation Workshop
Sep 17 End Year Paper Wk DUE
CWF Deadline
Sep 21 Leaders' Meeting
Sep 23 CWF Interviews
Sep 28 Horse Meeting
Dog Class
For more events, see the September Extension Newsletter!

Educational Links:

Children's Learning Park
South Dakota Drought Information
South Dakota 4-H Forms, Documents and Publications
SDSU Cooperative Extension Services

SDSU Extension Newsletters - Select Topic:
Drought Newsletter, December 2006
Childhood and Adolescent Depression
College Bound and Stressed Out?
Recognizing and Addressing Your Teen's Stress
The Family Meeting
View All SDSU Extension Newsletter Topics

Fire Resources

Cleaning household items and textiles after a fire
Fire on a farm – prevention and after – includes salvaging food and cleaning as well as farm information
Wildfire Preparedness

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