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Cooperative Extension Service
University of Kentucky
College of Agriculture
CONTACT
Cheryl Case
County Extension Agent
for Home Economics
Gary Carter
County Extension Agent
for Agriculture
William H. Roberts
County Extension Agent
for 4-H/Youth Development
EFNEP ASSISTANTS
Evonne Blackburn
Jamie Hutchison
OFFICE STAFF
Venita Wood
Lennie Kinney
Route 7 Box 153
Cynthiana, KY 41031
Phone: (859) 234-5510
Fax: (859) 234-6197
e-mail address
harrison@ca.uky.edu |
WE GROW IDEAS!
The Harrison County Cooperative Extension Service has been planting
ideas for the local clientele for 75 years to help in the growth and
development of the community. As research makes us aware of the need for
change in our personal lifestyle, we also need to make technological
advances.
Although the purpose of Extension is education, extension work
differs considerably from formal teaching. There are no traditional
classrooms. Learning occurs in homes, fields, livestock pens, projects,
camps, club meetings, demonstration plots, and field days. Anyone
with an agricultural or home economics problem can be a student with
Extension agents and leaders serving as teachers. These agents are joint
employees of their State Agricultural Colleges and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Extension is financed by County, State, and Federal
Governments, thus named Cooperative Extension Service.
Extension serves people of Harrison County and Cynthiana.
Extension "students" have traditionally been the people of rural
America - specifically farm people. However the Extension Service is
being called upon more and more to assist farm and non-farm families of
all income levels. In addition to farming and homemaking information all
people today make use of information and advice on consumer buying,
gardening, health, nutrition, youth programs, landscaping, pasture
renovation, animal health, and other subjects.
Leadership continues to be a major area of focus for Extension. Leader
skills are learned and practiced as early as 4 th grade 4-H'ers
electing officers, as well as adult homemaker clubs and agriculture
commodity groups conducting business meetings. Many of the current
community leaders developed skills from extension sponsored sessions on
parliamentary procedures, making meetings more effective, and developing
an agenda. As a result of Extension education several of these leaders are
now involved in area and state wide leadership positions with other
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