Tonight in Jefferson hundreds of people showed up at the court house for a public hearing about 2009's budget.

The majority were there to talk about a $182,000 cut to the UW-Extension.

According to officials that's about 40-percent of their annual budget.

The cuts would cost four people their jobs and according to some, would hurt services that are vital to the community.

Kathleen Eisenmann works for UW-Extension and she says, "We're affecting everybody from an eight year old 4-H member to an agricultural producer for 25 or 30 years and counting and relying on extension information."

If the new budget is passed the extension could lose their Dairy and Livestock Agent, a portion of their 4-H program and support staff.

The extension will find out if it's budget is cut on November 10 at the next county board meeting.

The meeting started tonight at about seven and could until early in the morning.