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March 9, 2004 The newsletter will be available is paper form through the mail or electronic form through email. If you would like to receive a copy, please email me at dfolske@ndsuext.nodak.edu or call the Burke County Extension Office at 701-377-2927. Tree Information on the Web Much of this information is also available online. The NDSU Extension Service website (www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/tress.htm) has many of their publications available online, including the North Dakota Tree Handbook (www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/trees/handbook.htm). The North Dakota Tree Handbook, published in 1996 contains color photos of mature trees and shrubs, and close-ups of leaves and fruit. Descriptive information about mature size, growth rate, soil type suitability, water needs and drought resistance is listed for each tree. The Lincoln-Oakes Nursery provides transplant stock to soil conservation districts across North Dakota and many surrounding states. Their website (www.lincolnoakes.com) has excellent information and photos of many of the trees they raise. If you would like information about the tree available through your local conservation district, browse through their site. For further information about trees in Burke County, contact the Burke County Extension office at 377-2927 or email me at dfolske@ndsuext.nodak.edu Or contact the Burke Soil Conservation District at the USDA Service Center in Bowbells, phone 377-2831. Where’s George? I’ve received two of these bills in the last month. One had been stamped with a rubber ink stamp. The other simply had www.wheresgeorge.com written with an orange marker on the bottom edge. The site is strictly for fun and curiosity and is not affiliated with the US Treasury Department. Although the site encourages writing or stamping the Where’s George? information on bills, this is not considered illegal defacement. Illegal defacement is defined as defacement which rendered a bill unfit for continued use. Printer Cartridge Scam Farmphoto.com It is a little different from most photo sites. Each member (membership is free) has their own photo album but all photos are cross linked to various topic albums. Members can also post messages regarding photos and can show approval of a photo by giving it a "yes" vote. Categories include: Aerial, Humor, Crops, Whoops!, Livestock, Old Iron, Windmills, Barns and many others. It is an interesting site to browse. Tips for Email Communication 1. Always Us a Good Subject Line A clear meaningful subject line can mean the difference between your email being read right away, delayed or never read at all. Many spam filters will stop messages that have no subject line. Your district may want to have a particular word or name to any email relating to district business. Including the district name or the letter SCD would make it easy to visually pick out district related emails from others in your inbox. It would also make it easy to set-up a rule or filter to automatically put district related emails into a special folder. 2. Set-up Folders for Managing Your Messages It’s easy to create a "District" folder to retain saved messages relating to district business; Sub-folders can also be created like "319 Project", "Envirothon", "Minutes" and any other you may want. 3. Don’t Use Attachments Unless Absolutely Necessary If you send information as an attachment, the recipient must have software capable of reading the original file type. If the recipient has an older computer, he or she may not be able to open the attachment even if they have the same program as you, just an older version. Example: If you have MS Word 6.0, someone who have MS Word 4. 0 would not be able to open a Word document from you. If you send an Excel spreadsheet file, anyone who have MS Works instead of Excel will not be able to open it. A better solution to the problem is copying from the original program and pasting into the body of an email message. Most text type documents like balance sheets and meeting minutes can be handled this way. This also works for spreadsheets if you don’t need the embedded formulas. Photos can only be sent as an attachment. Be aware that there are several common file types for photos. You should be using a .jpg or "jpeg" file type to assure easy viewing. The other reason for not using attachments is that most viruses are transmitted as attachments and some people simply won’t open any attachment as a precaution. If you must send an attachment, include information about it in the plain text of the message. Include the file name and type.
Daniel T. Folske |
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