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The Butts County Cooperative Extension Office extends lifelong learning to Georgia citizens through unbiased, research-based education.
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Butts County Staff (left to right): Bonnie McElroy, Brenda Gibson, Ashleigh Cagle, and Heidi Cashwell
Upcoming Events
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Jun 29 DPA Portfolio Fun Day & Bowling 4-Hers in 7th grade and up can attend and begin organizing their portfolio for DPA. After working we will leave to have dinner and go bowling!
- Jackson, GA
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Jul 8 Rigby's Water Park We will leave Butts County Extension office at 9:30 to travel to Rigby's Water World in Warner Robins. Please pack a sack lunch to eat before we enter the park. Swimsuits must be modest (one piece or tankini that covers most of stomach). Please apply sunscreen before you leave home. Pack a towel, sunscreen, and underwear to change into before we head home. We will stop to eat dinner on the way home. Please send $10-$15 for dinner and any money for snacks at the water park. Participants must be 9 years old.
- Jackson, GA
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Jul 10 Top Golf/Dave & Busters We will depart Jackson at 9 am for Top Golf. Lunch and drinks will be included. We will then walk across the street to Dave & Buster's and everyone will receive a $35 valued game card + unlimited gameplay on all of the games that don’t give tickets/prizes. We will arrive back in Jackson around 5pm.
- Jackson, GA
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Multidrug-resistant Fungi
Named a critical public health threat by the World Health Organization, Aspergillus fumigatus is potentially deadly to people who are immunocompromised.
Firefly Outreach
To showcase its dedication to conservation, Fannin County made a special proclamation to establish July 2 as Fannin County Firefly Day, coinciding with World Firefly Day and International Firefly Week.
Plant Power
With record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather escalating, the threats posed by climate change are intensifying — but the plants of tomorrow could help us meet the massive challenges of our warming planet.
