Farming & Ranching with a Disability

Colorado AgrAbilty Project is a joint program of Easter Seals Colorado and CSU Cooperative Extension to promote success in Agriculture for people with disabilities and their families.  Services available include: 

Business Technical Assistance Available

Painted Sky RC&D Council, Inc has Business Technical Assistance available for projects that meet their area plan.  For more information and access to the Project Application form check out this link.  http://www.paintedskyrcd.org/current_projects

Specialized Search Engines

students in several classes have requested a source for search engines that would yield more related results that the more popular engines.  Here is a resource that might help.  http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html.  I will try to add more as I find them.  If you locate a helpful resource, add your comment below.

Search Engine Optimization

Recently, in my Webpage/Blogging class, a student ask about search engine optimization.  If you are interested in making your website search engine friendly check out this article on Wikepedia.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization

New Fall Class Offering

“Building the PowerPoint Presentation”

Develop the skills needed to effectively create powerful, professional quality multimedia presentation with Microsoft Powerpoint.  Learn the differences between wizards, and templates and when to use each of them, how to create, edit, and organize slides, use text, graphics and sound to add impact, and multimedia and special effects; print slides, handouts, and slide outlines; and deliver a presentation.  This will be a hands-on class so students must have basic word processing skills and be able to insert graphics in word processing documents.  Saturday, November 11, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.  For more information on this class leave a comment and I will get back to you or contact the Delta Montrose Technical College.

New members named to tourism cabnet

The Delta County Commissioners have appointed two new members to the tourism cabinet.  Along http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14203:new-members-named-to-tourism-cabinet&catid=37:biz&Itemid=348

Funds will be raised for Haiti during Hoodie-Hoo celebration

A fun, little know, national holiday know as Hoodie-Hoo  day http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13551&Itemid=0

Can We Afford Web Access for All?

…Now the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering expanding  …  to give all Americans access to high-speed Internet.  http://www.parade.com/news/intelligence-report/archive/100117-can-we-afford-web-access-for-all.html

Local Government Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Fund

Important Funding Announcement:  All applications that had been received by the August 1, 2009, deadline will be held for consideration until the next available grant cycle after January 31, 2010.  http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/fa/eiaf/index.html

Additional Grant Writing Books

Check out these books a Amazon.com or your favorite book seller:  A to Z Grant Writing; Writing Effective Grant Proposals; Advanced Grant Proposal Writing; How to Become a Grant Writing Consultant.