Awards given to team members of Purdue Extension
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Indiana Extension Educator Association (IEEA) honored several Purdue University Extension educators with team awards on Tuesday (Oct. 17) during Purdue Extension's annual conference banquet.Awards and those honored include:
• The Agriculture and Natural Resources Team Award went to Jimmy Bricker, Todd Hutson, Jim Luzar, Lindy Miller, Kelly Pearson, Jeff Phillips, Dan Ritter and Mark Spelbring. As members of the Bi-State Ag team, these educators have provided programs to crop and livestock producers in Indiana and Illinois. The educational curriculum includes good management practices, proper pesticide use and credential renewal.
• Joan Younce and Karen Richey, from Kosciusko and Marshall counties respectively, received the Consumer and Family Sciences Team Award for their development of a food safety certification program. The program was offered as seven two-day classes to food workers. Younce and Richey organized the certification program with the assistance of the local health department, and it will be offered every year.
• 4-H youth development honored Keli Brubaker and Joan Grott with the Team Award for the creation of the Ethics in Youth Livestock Programs. Two workshops were conducted on ethical issues to help assure the safety and quality of livestock produced through the 4-H program. Brubaker is from White County and Grott is from Porter County.
• Michael Reetz and Marilyn Wickert were given the Economic Community Development Team Award for their implementation of the Leadership Starke County program. The goal of the program is to engage new community leaders. The group met monthly, studied the Leadership 20/20 curriculum and engaged in tours, guest lectures, historical presentations and panel discussions.
• The Cooperative Extension Service Team Award was presented to Stacye Johnson, Chad Pfitzer and Jim True for their work with the Southwest Indiana Crop Diagnostic Training Clinic. The bi-annual clinic allows farmers and agribusiness professionals to participate in hands-on learning, networking and professional development. Due to problems facing farmers in southwest Indiana and southern Illinois, Asian soybean rust management practices, scouting, spraying techniques and plant growth development were discussed.
Writer: Becki Francis, (765) 496-1050, rfrancis@purdue.edu
Source: David Petritz, (765) 494-8489, dpetritz@purdue.edu
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Beth Forbes, forbes@purdue.edu
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