| Miscellaneous |
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| Excellence in Public Service 2009 Awards Program |
The 2009 Excellence in Public Service Awards was held in May 2009 to honor the outstanding men and women in the city, municipalities, county, state and federal government agencies in the Asheville-Buncombe County area. |
| Energy Conservation |
Buncombe County is going green. This short video talks about the County’s most recent changes to enhance energy efficiency in the County’s buildings. |
| Video Tour of Hybrid Vehicles |
The County's vehicle fleet has added several Hybrid vehicles. This video gives an operational overview of these vehicles. |
| Proper Disposal of Wood Stove Ashes |
When using wood stoves to heat your home, this video shows you several ways to dispose of the ashes safely. |
| Cooperative Extension |
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| Holiday Turkey Tips |
Cathy Hohenstein explains how to cook a safe and delicious holiday bird. |
| Holiday Plant Tips |
Linda Blue gives some great tips on picking and preserving your holiday plants. |
| Garden Chores with Linda Blue |
Join Extension Agent Linda Blue for tips on how to prepare your garden to look its best each month. |
| Lead Poisoning |
Nancy Ostergaard gives important information about keeping yourself and your children safe from lead poisoning. |
| On the Home Front. . . Making Mold & Mildew Disappear |
Nancy Ostergaard with Cooperative Extension teaches us some of the causes of household mold and how to clean it properly. |
| Hemlock Woolly Adelgid |
A tiny pest called Hemlock Woolly Adelgid has infected some Western North Carolina Hemlock trees. Join Linda Blue, Cooperative Extension Agent as she describes what to look for and explains the treatment process for the infected trees. |
| The Ins and Outs of Moisture - Around Your Home |
Water, in one form or another, causes 95% of the maintenance problems around the home. Join Nancy Ostergaard with Cooperative Extension as she explains what causes these problems and how to solve them. |
| Keeping Your Houseplants Healthy with Linda Blue |
Join Linda Blue with tips on providing the proper care and maintenance of your houseplants. |
| On the Home Front - Cool Breezes Outside, Warm and Cozy Inside |
Nancy Ostergaard, Extension Agent with Cooperative Extension, tells how to make our homes more air-tight and energy efficient with insulation, caulking and weather-stripping. |
| On the Home Front - Utility Savers |
Join Nancy Ostergaard in this episode of On the Home Front and learn some simple applications you can do to lower your utility spending. |
| Prescription
For A Healthy Lawn |
Linda Blue, Cooperative
Extension Agent, gives tips on maintaining a healthly lawn. |
| Trash to Treasure...Backyard Composting |
Join Linda Blue with Cooperative Extension as she shares tips for turning yard waste and kitchen scraps into compost for your yard. |
| What's
In Your Soil |
Linda Blue, Cooperative
Extension Agent, explains how to test your soil and how
to maintain and keep healthly soil. |
| Health |
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| You and Your Baby - Are You Prepared? |
Learn how to prepare yourself and your baby in the event of a disaster. |
| "Open Wide" Dental Puppet Show |
Buncombe County Health Center's Open Wide Dental Program Puppet Show |
| Eating Smart in Buncombe County: Episode 3 (School Gardens) |
Eating Smart in Buncombe County visits Vance Elementary and Black Mountain Primary's educational gardens. |
| Eating Smart in Buncombe County: Episode 2 (Community Gardens) |
Learn how to stretch your family’s food budget while still serving up lots of fresh local fruits and veggies. This show highlights edible parks and community gardens. |
| Eating Smart in Buncombe County: Episode 1 (Edible Parks and CSA's) |
Learn how to stretch your family’s food budget while still serving up lots of fresh local fruits and veggies. This show highlights edible parks and community gardens. |
| Over the Counter |
This program discusses the dangers of young people abusing over the counter and prescription drugs. |
| Safe Surrender |
Program about a relatively new law in North Carolina called Safe Surrender. This law allows a mother to surrender her baby up to 7 days old to a responsible adult without criminal consequences. |
| SHAPES: Preschool Screening |
Chrissy Wolfe, Developmental Health Specialist, discusses the SHAPES Preschool Screening Program offered through Buncombe County Health Center.
Community Health Division staff visit preschoolers at day cares and other child care centers throughout the county. Screenings include height and weight, vision and hearing. |
| Cooking for Your Health - Winter Squash |
Join Margit Strout-Abernethy in the kitchen as she prepares easy, quick and healthy recipes that you can make with Butternut Squash. Including a saute with spinach and baked with tomato and cheese. |
| Cooking for Your Health - Salads |
Join Buncombe County Health Center's Nutritionist Margit Strout-Abernethy and Intern Jennifer Gwennap, in the kitchen as they prepare quick, easy and healthy. Dishes include potato salad, tuna bean salad, Carolina Caviar and pasta salad. |
| Cooking for Your Health - Healthy Entrees |
Join Buncombe County Health Center's Nutritionist Margit Strout-Abernethy and Internist Jennifer Gwennap prepare quick, easy and healthy entrees. Dishes include stroganoff, pizza hamburger casserole and Ramen noodle dishes. |
| Cooking for Your Health - Making Popsicles |
Margit Strout-Abernethy, Nutritionist with the Health Center, and friends, Patrick and Dom, make healthy popsicles. Learn how to make homemade chocolate-cherry, orange-peach and blueberry cream popsicles. |
| Cooking
for Your Health |
Cooking show featuring Margit Strout-Abernethy, Nutritionist II, with the Buncombe County Health Center demonstrates crock pot cooking. For more information, contact Margit at (828) 250-5194 |
| Human Services |
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| Foster Hope, Foster Love, Foster Families |
Description is - This public education video features Buncombe County DSS foster and adoptive parents, children in care and country music star Jimmy Wayne describing the love, hope and challenges experienced by those whose lives have been touched- and changed- by foster care and adoption. |
| Buncombe County Human Services. . . A Call to Serve |
Learn more about the values and core culture that help Human Services Agencies do what they do best.” |
| Health Check NC Health Choice |
Harriett Marlor, Outreach Coordinator for Health Check NC Health Choice. These are free or low-cost health insurance programs for children and teens who qualify.
Health Check is North Carolina's Medicaid program for children. NC Health Choice is health insurance for children of working families who don't qualify for Medicaid but who may not be able to afford private insurance. |
| Sheriff's Office |
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| Court Security |
Tune is as Deputy Jeremy Cabe explains the Buncombe County Court Security process. |
| Patrol |
Follow Deputy Roger Warren as he explains a day in the life of a Buncombe County Patrol Officer. |
| Evidence |
Maria Hricinak explains the process of receiving and disposing of evidence here in Buncombe County. |
| Crime Tip: Doors |
Corporal Ben Parker gives you some useful tips on securing the doors in your home. |
| Home Invasion |
Corporal Ben Parker explains ways to prevent a home invasion. |
| Holiday Crime Prevention Tip I |
Protect yourself from cyber-criminals with tips from this video. |
| Holiday Crime Prevention Tip II |
Don't be scammed by criminals this holiday season. View this video for tips on protecting yourself. |
| Prescription Drug PSA |
This public service annoucement discribes the dangers of prescription drug abuse |
