Keeping a Positive Focus On Family and Communities

March 21, 2003

Approximately 200 people attended a seminar with Dr. Ron Hanson, the evening of March 6 at the Lamar Community College Wellness Center. After a delicious roast beef dinner Dr. Hanson shared a humorous, but motivating, message on human relationships and the problems that can arise when working together.

Dr. Hanson was raised on a farm in north-eastern Illinois and is currently a professor of Farm Management and Agricultural Finance in the Department of Economics at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. Characteristics of a successful farm family, keeping a positive focus during times of low prices, effective communication, strategies to avoid common mistakes, the value of personal time, plus tips for enhancing family relationships and inter-generational families working together were all topics touched on during the evening.

The program was sponsored by Farm Credit Services of Southern Colorado and Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Southeast Area including the counties of Prowers, Bent, Baca, Otero, Crowley, Kiowa, and Cheyenne. Video tapes of Dr. Hanson’s presentations will be available at the Extension Office at a later date for check-out along with other resources.