> Extension welcomes Deb Jones as our new state 4-H program leader. Jones has worked as a 4-H agent in Fairbanks, New Hampshire and Virginia, and as 4-H state specialist for the past eight years in Utah. She will coordinate 4-H programs in Alaska with the help of our dedicated agents and volunteers. She welcomes your thoughts and ideas about the 4-H program and hopes to hear from 4-H alumni, too, about their experiences. Call her at 474-6356 or e-mail her at deb.jones@alaska.edu.

> Holiday sale: If you’re thinking about buying a unique gift, consider Extension’s “Berry Book,” Collecting and Using Alaska Wild Berries and Other Wild Products, which will sell for $7 from Nov. 15–Dec. 15. The guide helps identify berries and provides tips on picking and storing berries and a host of recipes.

> Sausage and Jerky , the sixth DVD in its Preserving Alaska’s Bounty series, has been released. Tanana District Agent Roxie Dinstel guides would-be sausage and jerky makers through the process in this DVD. Order a copy through district offices, online or call our toll-free number at 1-877-520-5211.

> Also just released are six new interactive online food preservation lessons in the series, which require a Flash player. Check out our new lessons on pickling vegetables, making sauerkraut, infusing vinegar, making sausage, making jerky and assembling a can sealer.

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