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October 17, 2007
Purdue Extension honors team members
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Indiana Extension Educator Association honored several Purdue University Extension educators with team awards on Tuesday (Oct. 16) during Purdue Extension’s annual conference banquet.* The H.A. Wadsworth County Staff Award went to Steve Engleking, John Emerson and Merrily Hamp, all of LaGrange County. Their work addressed a critical need in the community by hosting 14 Family Safety Field Days. These events were developed in response to the high incidence of accidents and accidental deaths on LaGrange County Amish farms.
* Ken Salkeld, Dave Redmond and Dave Trotter received the Agriculture and Natural Resources Team Award for their development of a beef workshop. Beef 101: Intro to Beef Management is a seven-week course developed to improve beef production by teaching specific topics in each class to beef producers in Southern Indiana.
* The Consumer and Family Science Team Award honored Peggy Davis, Jackie Baumann, Polly Gettinger, Sue Berg, Alice Alderson, Lori Bouslog, Linda Reynolds and Deanna Franklin for their work on “what if�? emergency situations. Disaster Preparedness: Prepare to Lead - Lead to Prepare, educates participants on how to prepare for emergencies.
* The 4-H Youth Development Team Award was presented to Debra Searcy, Stacy Herr, Jennifer Chesnut, Angie Riffle, Holly Murray, Jonathon Ferris and Cynthia Hartman for their work on the 4-H County Learn to Serve Youth Leadership program. This program develops leadership potential, fosters civic awareness and promotes responsible volunteerism among youth in Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne counties.
* Roy Ballard and Jerry Nelson were given the Cooperative Extension Service Team Award for their work on the Indiana Agri-tourism Training Initiative. The purpose of the initiative was to engage educators in an effort to build a knowledge base for agri-tourism. The goal was to help establish new agri-tourism ventures.
Writer: Elizabeth Fritz, (765) 494-8402, elfritz@purdue.edu
Sources: Randy Woodson, (765) 494-8392, woodson@purdue.edu
Ag Communications: (765) 494-2722;
Beth Forbes, forbes@purdue.edu
Agriculture News Page
Note to Journalists: Photos of the award winners will be available on the Web at https://www.ces.purdue.edu/awards/ at 10 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 18).
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