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    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Around the Yard - Lawns &amp; Landscape</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:55:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Brown patch occurs in late spring or early fall.  The patches can range from one foot to several.  The development occurs when temperatures are sort of high, 75-85 degrees +, and free moisture is present. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Agriculture Building - Good Display in Spite of Weather</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:19:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In spite of the horrible weather, everyone went out of their way to make this fair succesful and it was!!! - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter Honors the Volunteer Homemakers with Awards Luncheon</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On November 2, 2009 the LSU AgCenter hosted an Awards Luncheon in honor of the Washington Parish Volunteer Homemakers.  The Volunteer Homemakers with over 20 years of service were honored with plaques for their years of service. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Fire Ant Control on Athletic Fields</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:46:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It's not too early for coaches and athletic directors to be thinking about the control of fire ants on the playing fields, espcially when the football season is right upon us. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Planting Vegetables - November</title>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:42:30 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[The selection of vegetables that can be planted in the home garden is becoming very limited, but here are a few suggestions. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>2009-2010 Green Gazette Newsletter</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:16:34 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Find all of your 2009-2010 Washington Parish 4-H newsletters here! - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Florida Parishes Outdoor Skills Program</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:35:31 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Click here to find out more information about the Florida Parishes Outdoor Skills Program! - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Pictures with Charlie the Pumpkin</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Did you take your picture with Charlie the Pumpkin at the Washington Parish Free Fair? Click here to see your pictures! - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>'Character Critters' Program Teaches Children Valuable Lessons</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:52:49 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter offers a valuable Character Critters program for students. To find out how to offer the Character Critters program in your Washington Parish school, contact Valerie Vincent. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>3rd Annual Holiday Expo to be held in December</title>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:48:53 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter and the Bogalusa YWCA are once again teaming up to offer the Christmas Expo. The third annual Holiday Expo will be held on December 3, 2009. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Washington Parish on the Move:  Healthy Living Initiative</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:18:24 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[The Washington Parish on the Move: Healthy Living program kickoff was held the week of October 5, 2009.  The Healthy Living Program is an exciting national program that encourages residents to develop and maintain healthful, active lifestyles. It is made possible through a Wal-Mart Foundation Grant. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>What is Washington Parish 4-H?</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:48:22 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Find out more about Washington Parish 4-H here! - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Clover Buds learn at Florida Parishes Outdoor Skills Field Day</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:51:08 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[The Florida Parishes Outdoor Skills Field day held September 26, 2009, had a great turnout from our Clover Buds! The 35 who attended were introducted to information about health, character, science, firearm safety, the environment, wildlife and much more. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Join Us For A Sewing Clinic!</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:57:54 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Find out more information about an upcoming 4-H Sewing Clinic. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Washington Parish Junior Beef Classic</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:38:10 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[The Washington Parish Junior Beef Classic will be held Nov. 20-21, 2009, at the Washington Parish Fairgrounds in Franklinton, La. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <dc:creator>LUrick@agcenter.lsu.edu (Lacey S Urick)</dc:creator>
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          <title>Agriculture Crops Building</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:44:18 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[I am asking home vegetable gardeners, vegetable producers and others to bring a display to exhibit at the fair. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <dc:creator>HHarrison@agcenter.lsu.edu (Henry Harrison)</dc:creator>
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          <title>The Fair is Less than a Month Away - 96th Year - "The Fair - A Family Tradition"</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:38:48 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[The 96th Washington Parish Free Fair is right upon us. Let me share something with you that many of us just take for granted. The fair does not just happen by itself. It takes a tremendous amount of time, work, effort and other activities by VOLUNTEERS to make the fair the great event that it is. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <dc:creator>HHarrison@agcenter.lsu.edu (Henry Harrison)</dc:creator>
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          <title>Around the Yard - Lawn and Fall Planting</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:14:01 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Follow these tips to toughen your lawn for the winter. In additon, there are a few suggestions about plants that can be grown for fall production. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <dc:creator>HHarrison@agcenter.lsu.edu (Henry Harrison)</dc:creator>
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          <title>National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Housing Outreach Award</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Valerie Vincent, associate extension agent in Washington Parish, was honored recently at the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences 2009 annual session. Vincent was a member of the team that received first place in the national and first place in the southern regional NEAFCS Extension Housing Outreach Award. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Volunteer Homemaker Council Service Project Benefits the Library</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:12:16 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[On September 21, 2009, the Volunteer Homemaker Council and the LSU AgCenter presented the Washington Parish Library's Franklinton Branch with a $300 donation to help expand the audio books selection of the library. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>Around in the Yard: Winterize Lawn</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:08:18 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Winterize your lawn now to help toughen the grass for the winter. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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          <title>The LSU AgCenter Launches New  Healthy Living Program Through Wal-Mart Foundation Grant</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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          <title>Dollar Defense Workshop Held</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:29:40 GMT</pubDate>
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          <title>Moles in the Lawn</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:23:36 GMT</pubDate>
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          <title>Around the Home Grounds</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:09:35 GMT</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[It's important to complete late-summer pruning of roses. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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              <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:39:26 GMT</pubDate>
              <description><![CDATA[Liven up your landscape by putting some color in it. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                  <title>Make More Plants - Try Propagating</title>
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                  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:45:30 GMT</pubDate>
                  <description><![CDATA[Begin making cuttings of some of your favorite plants. Make cuttings 5 to 6 inches of tip growth, leaving from 3 to 4 leaves of each cutting. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                  <title>Graduation for Child Care Business Series</title>
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                  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:19:43 GMT</pubDate>
                  <description><![CDATA[The Louisiana Department of Social Services and Family & Consumer Sciences staff of the LSU AgCenter are pleased to recognize the outstanding graduates that have completed First Step Fund’s Child Care Business Curriculum Series. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                  <title>The Black Stallion Literacy Program Offered</title>
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                  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:49:46 GMT</pubDate>
                  <description><![CDATA[The program based on the classic books of Walter Farley and the natural connection between children and horses is now being offered in our area. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                  <title>Washington Parish Stakeholder's Meeting</title>
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                  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:56:11 GMT</pubDate>
                  <description><![CDATA[On Thursday, March 26, 2009, a stakeholder's meeting was held at the LSU AgCenter office in Franklinton, La.  Fifteen invited guests participated to lend their support of local LSU AgCenter programs and to discuss current budget issues. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                      <title>Fruit Care</title>
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                      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:20:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                      <title>Hundreds Receive Information at Local Health Fairs</title>
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                      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                      <title>LSU Agcenter Helps Out at YWCA Day Camp</title>
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                      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:20:01 GMT</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The YWCA in Bogalusa held its annual Summer Camp the week of June 16-20, 2008. This year the LSU AgCenter was a featured partner in offering programming to the children attending the camp. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                      <title>The Lawn - Heat Stress</title>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:47:52 GMT</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Has your lawn recovered from the stress of the past several weeks? - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                      <title>Getting Ready for Fall Planting</title>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                      <title>Big Pumpkin Contest</title>
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                      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:03:40 GMT</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The Daily News and LSU AgCenter are sponsoring this contest with production hopefully ready for year's Washington Parish Fair. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                      <title>High School Financial Planning Program</title>
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                      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:08:33 GMT</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The High School Financial Planning Program is offered statewide each summer in nine cities. On July 9, 2009, LSU AgCenter agents Valerie Vincent, Laura Lea Perault and Lauren Kennedy taught the North Shore session at the LSU AgCenter office in Covington. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                      <title>High School Financial Planning Program</title>
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                      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:06:19 GMT</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The High School Financial Planning Program is offered each summer in nine cities.  On July 9, 2008, LSU AgCenter Agents; Valerie Vincent, Laura Lea Perault and Lauren Kennedy taught the North Shore session at the Southeastern Center in Mandeville. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                          <title>Christmas In July Annual Homemaker Event</title>
                          <link>http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/our_offices/parishes/Washington/Features/Events/Christmas+in+July+Annual+Homemaker+Event.htm</link>
                          <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:12:44 GMT</pubDate>
                          <description><![CDATA[The annual Christmas in July Homemaker Event was held on July 16, 2008, at the Washington Parish Fairgrounds in Franklinton. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                              <title>Nutrition Education Theme of LSU AgCenter's Program at YWCA Day Camp</title>
                              <link>http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/our_offices/parishes/Washington/Features/Health_Nutrition/Nutrition+Education+Theme+of+LSU+AgCenters+Program+at+YWCA+Day+Camp.htm</link>
                              <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:08:57 GMT</pubDate>
                              <description><![CDATA[The YWCA in Bogalusa held its annual Summer Camp June 15-19, 2009, and LSU AgCenter agents assisted by providing nutrition information to the campers. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                              <title>High School Financial Planning Program Offered</title>
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                              <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:18:34 GMT</pubDate>
                              <description><![CDATA[Educators who want to learn how to teach high school students about money management may enroll in the High School Financial Planning Program workshops. The workshops are open to high school teachers, home school parents, youth group organizers, church youth leaders and the public and are offered at no charge. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                              <title>Washington Parish Volunteer Homemakers Annual Dairy Cooking Contest</title>
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                              <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:13:10 GMT</pubDate>
                              <description><![CDATA[Results of the Washington Parish Volunteer Homemakers Annual Dairy Cooking Contest - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                              <title>Home Buyer Workshops Offered</title>
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                              <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 21:08:40 GMT</pubDate>
                              <description><![CDATA[Are you ready to own a home? Home ownership may be closer than you think! Charting Your Course to Home Ownership Home Buyer Education Classes are being offered in Franklinton, La. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                              <title>The Washington Parish Homemakers Council's Easter Service Project</title>
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                              <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:16:44 GMT</pubDate>
                              <description><![CDATA[Members of the Washington Parish Homemakers Council have been busy preparing more than 300 boxes of tissue to be delivered to nursing home residents as part of a service project this Easter. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                              <dc:creator>VVincent@agcenter.lsu.edu (Valerie Vincent)</dc:creator>
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                              <title>Eat The Rainbow</title>
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                              <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:56:05 GMT</pubDate>
                              <description><![CDATA[Eat the Rainbow! – Gives tips on including more fruits and vegetables in meals and snacks. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                              <dc:creator>VVincent@agcenter.lsu.edu (Valerie Vincent)</dc:creator>
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                              <title>Around the Yard: January-February</title>
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                              <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:14:20 GMT</pubDate>
                              <description><![CDATA[Follow these steps now to care for your azalea plants and rid yourself of bothersome weeds in your lawn this time of the year. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                              <dc:creator>HHarrison@agcenter.lsu.edu (Henry Harrison)</dc:creator>
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                              <title>95th Annual Washington Parish Free Fair</title>
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                              <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:37:40 GMT</pubDate>
                              <description><![CDATA[The 95th annual Washington Parish Free Fair was held October 14-18, 2008.  This year’s theme was "Down Home Celebration." - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                              <dc:creator>VVincent@agcenter.lsu.edu (Valerie Vincent)</dc:creator>
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                              <title>Christmas Expo Holiday Treats Contest</title>
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                              <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:17:33 GMT</pubDate>
                              <description><![CDATA[The second annual Christmas Expo was held at the YWCA in Bogalusa on December 4, 2008.  The event featured economical holiday ideas, food safety and tastings of numerous Christmas treats.  The event was sponsored by the LSU AgCenter and was hosted by the YWCA. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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                              <title>New Washington Parish 4-H Fundraiser</title>
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                              <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:21:18 GMT</pubDate>
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