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| L-r: Sims, Eubanks, Williams, Petty, Spurlock, Hilburn, Miller |
Baton Rouge, La – Southern University Agricultural Research
and Extension Center Chancellor Leodrey Williams and Vice Chancellor
for Extension Gina E. Eubanks paid a courtesy visit to the Monroe-based News-Star editorial board on Wednesday
Oct. 3, 2012.
The meeting resulted in the following News Star article: http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20121003/NEWS01/121003011/Southern-AgCenter-programs-wide-scope?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
Board members in attendance were: Kathy Spurlock, Executive
Editor; David Petty, Publisher; Greg Hilburn, Staff Writer; Tom Nicholson, Community
Representative; and Lyle Miller, Community Representative.
Kathy Spurlock, who opened the meeting with greetings and introductions stated
that “this was the first we have anyone visit from the Southern University
Agricultural Center,” and that she was not aware the Center had any agents in
the area.
Extension agents in the surrounding parishes were also in
attendance to share their program activities with the newspaper board and to
make their presence known. Agents present to share their program impacts were: Sarah
Sims, Madison parish; Odis Hill, Union and Morehouse Parishes; and Carolyn
Robinson, East and West Carroll Parishes.
Adell Brown, Jr., Vice Chancellor for Research coordinated
the meeting with Ms. Spurlock.
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Contact:
Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
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