Improve Money Management Skills Online

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“If you walk into a bank with a budget in hand, showing how you plan to repay what you want to borrow, most lenders would be impressed,” says a local banker. “Most lenders are willing to work with you IF you are willing to improve your money management skills,” he adds. “When we have sound information and strong skills for managing money and making financial decisions, then we can use our money effectively to live out our highest priorities,” says Brenda Schmitt, ISU Extension Family Resource Management Program Specialist.

An interactive online, 3-hour personal financial management series will be offered beginning October 1. The program will meet for one hour each week for 3 weeks on Mondays at noon or Wednesday at 5:30 pm. By registering, participants will receive class materials via email as well as the web address with instructions on how to log in. Participants will need a computer with internet access to take the class. If you miss one class, or would like to review a session, you will receive information as to how to view the recorded class.

Week one will cover setting goals, managing unexpected and periodical expenses, and savings. Week two will talk about tracking spending, creating a budget, decreasing expenses and increasing income. The third week shows different methods of tracking spending, managing risk, managing credit, and saving for retirement.

The class is being offered from noon to 1:00 on Mondays, Oct. 5, 12, and 19 OR from 5:30 – 6:30 on Wednesdays, Oct. 1, 8 and 15. For more information or registration forms, contact the ISU Extension office at 641-423-0844 or email schmitt@iastate.edu. Pre-register by phone, email, or mail by September 20th.

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How Green Are You?

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Friday August 28
1 to 3 pm
How To Green Your Home Affordably

Big screen tv, volume set so you can hear, information you won’t find anywhere else. You can get your home green—and easier than you think. Start with the products you use to clean. Learn how—and learn how to do so without breaking the bank.

Your attendance would be great appreciated—and I look forward to meeting many of you as well! Feel free to call for more info 641-458-1114 or 641-580-0103. Many thanks to Donna Menning for being my very first guest last week!

Hampton Today made possible by sponsors like:
Michelle Hartman – Tupperware –641-373-8880
Denise Passehl – Watkins – 641-580-4052
Franklin County Farmers Market 641-456-4811
Patrick Palmer – The Computer Guy – 641-420-1234
Seven Stars Restaurant – 641-456-5378
Debra Brown – Melaleuca - 641-458-1114

Back to School

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I like a teacher who gives you sometime to take home to think about besides homework. Lily Tomlin

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle
Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead, ought to tell a child to go to bed.. Robert Gallagher

You can get all A’s and still flunk life. Walker Percy

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Andy McIntyre

I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like to be taught. Winston Churchill


Hampton Today made possible by sponsors like:
Michelle Hartman – Tupperware –641-373-8880
Denise Passehl – Watkins – 641-580-4052
Franklin County Farmers Market 641-456-4811
Patrick Palmer – The Computer Guy – 641-420-1234
Seven Stars Restaurant – 641-456-5378
Debra Brown – Melaleuca - 641-458-1114

FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING

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State of the Society, Scaffolding the Stone House, Story

The Franklin County Historical Society annual meeting is Tuesday, September 8 at 7 p.m., at First Christian Church, 605 4th St NE, Hampton. Members and non-members alike are asked to attend. There is construction in that area, but just come across on 12th Avenue, turn south on 65 to Sandee’s Flower House, and drive around past the cemetery to the church. The program will be worth the drive. Please note that the location of the annual meeting has changed so that more people can be accommodated, and have the benefit of a sound system.

The multi media program, Preserve Our Past and Create Our Future, will be presented by Deb Brown and Keri Holmes.

Deb Brown said “Come and see the video of Dwight 'Bud' Schulz as Leander Reeve. I will present the history of the Leander Reeve home and introduce Terry Cole from Renaissance Restoration whose company has put all that scaffolding around the Old Stone House.”

Terry Cole will discuss the $50,000 project made possible by the REAP grant and then be available to answer questions following the program. The Old Stone House Committee is making plans for the house’s future. Share your ideas during the refreshment time. Come to this meeting and receive a sneak peek into using green technology to preserve the home for years to come.

Finally, Keri has promised a story with Midwest roots. Keri tells a great story entitled From the Heart, and this story involving quilting promises to be a real keeper.

“And while you’re thinking about attending,” said Keri Holmes, “please think about who you know that could enjoy being a part of the Historical Society. If 'many hands make light the work' then all hands are needed to continue the work the past and current members have started.”
Bring a friend! Better yet, bring two. The annual meeting is a great opportunity for visitors to join the Society.

The Board, at its July meeting, voted to establish a new class of members: Student Members. Student Memberships are free – but student members are asked to volunteer some time to help the Historical Society conduct its business. Whether they help clean displays before events, do yard work at Harriman-Nielsen, using technology to make Franklin County history available to their generation, or learn how to maintain the Model T truck, there is a job to fit every hand. Students are the future historians, let’s show them now how to discover and appreciate the history that’s all around them. Do you know some students? Maybe they’re your kids, grand kids, or neighbors – it doesn’t matter. Just invite them to come and be a part. (Promise them cookies.)

Hampton Today made possible by sponsors like:
Michelle Hartman – Tupperware –641-373-8880
Denise Passehl – Watkins – 641-580-4052
Franklin County Farmers Market 641-456-4811
Patrick Palmer – The Computer Guy – 641-420-1234
Seven Stars Restaurant – 641-456-5378
Debra Brown – Melaleuca - 641-458-1114