A8 - THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, April 22, 2010
Extension Corner
By Payne County Extension Educators
Nathan Anderson, Agriculture Educator
Dea Rash, FCS Educator
arett Morris, 4-H Youth Development
Stan Fimple, Horticulture Educator
Suzette Barta, Rural Development
http://oces.okstate.edu/payne
Ag News different grafts used on site marketing specialist,
Master Cattlemen pecans and answer ques- Paul Counts. Counts is a
Class tions on grafting, pecan home-based business
The Payne County production, pest manage- owner from Stillwa-
Extension office is now ment, and other topics, ter who specializes in
accepting applicants for Graftwood will be avail- search engine optimiza-
the Master Cattlemen able for purchase. Free tion for websites. He
Class. The objective and open to the public, has spoken to groups
of this program is to Call the Extension office all across the country.
enhance the profitabil: at 747-8320 for more The program is free to
ity of beef operations information, the public and open to
and the quality of life Marshall Research Sta- anyone with an interest in
of beef cattle producers tion Wheat Field Day the topic. Can't make the
by equipping them with The Wheat Field Day April meeting? Our May
vital information on all will be held on Tuesday, program is scheduled for
aspects of beef produc- May 4, 2010, at 10:00 May 25 at 12 noon.
tion, business planning, a.m. at the Marshall Our office has been
risk management and Research State just West working on a number of
marketing. The Master of the HWY 51 & 74 workshops thatwill be
Cattleman program jct. Topics will include of interest to businesses
includes an educational "Comparing wheat vari- and business groups. We
curriculum based on the eties", "What it takes have a 3-hour customer
Oklahoma Beef Cattle to make a good grazing service program called
Manual and a producer variety","Supplementing PRIDE that we have
certification process, stocker on wheat pas- been doing for nearly 15
The cost of this class is ture","Research progress years, but we also have
$100.00, this includes at the Marshall Station", some shorter (1-hour)
all course materials and and "Experimental wheat modules that you might
forage/soil tests. If you varieties". Please RSVP find of interest for your
are interested in becom- at (405) 282-3331 by employees. These include
ing part of this class, Friday, April 30 for a "telephone etiquette"
please contact us at (405) free hamburger lunch, and "workplace attire."
747-8320 or at 315 W This event is sponsored Have teen employees?
6th, Suite 103, the corner by Farm Credit of East Consider hosting the "I
of 6th and Duck St. Central Oklahoma. Want to Wear Flip-Flops
Pecan Grafting Work- Rural Development to. Work" program for
shop Scheduled for The next meeting of them or "Managing Gen
April 26th the Payne County Home Y" for their supervisors.
Payne County Exten- Based Business Asso- If you are interested in
sion will be holding the ciation will be Tuesday any of these programs or
annual Pecan Grafting April 27 at 9am at the would like to ask about
Workshop on April 26th, county administration other programs we might
2010 at 6:30 PM in Heri- building (corner of 6th have, call Suzette Barta
tage Hall of the Payne and Duck) in Stillwater. at the Extension office
County Expo Center. Our speaker will be web- 405-747-8320.
Local pecan growers
will demonstrate several
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Area ag students
awarded scholarships
By Sean Hubbard
STILLWATER, Okla.
- Four Lincoln County
students were honored by
Oklahoma State University
at the College of Agricul-
tural Sciences and Natural
Resources (CASNR)
Scholarships and Awards
Banquet recently.
In all, approximately
$452,500 was awarded
at the banquet, part of
$1,016,400 in scholarships
and awards presented this
spring to deserving OSU
agriculture students for the
2010-2011 school year.
"This is yet another
record level of scholar-
ships for the College,
despite the economic
downturn. Our donors are
to be commended for their
generosity and wise invest-
ment in CASNR students
and the OSU Foundation
is to be commended for
good stewardship of our
scholarship endowments,"
said Ed Miller, CASNR
associate dean. "Scholar-
ships are increasingly
important to our students
and their families and the
college is committed to
help students reach their
educational goals. We are
very excited to exceed the
one million dollar mark for
scholarships."
Hannah Carroll, Tryon,
was presented with a $1,000
Joseph Fleming Memorial
Continuing Scholarship.
She is the daughter of
Bobby and Pam Carroll.
The agricultural commu-
nications sophomore is a
Perkins-Tryon High School
graduate.
Chandler native, Jeral
Leatherwood also received
a $1,000 Joseph Flem-
ing Memorial Continuing
Scholarship. The Chandler
High School graduate and
son of Kenny and Kim
Leatherwood is a junior
majoring in agricultural
communications at OSU.
Elizabeth Golliver, Tryon,
is an agricultural commu-
nications junior and Agra
High School graduate,The
daughter of John and Pat
Golliver was presented
with a $500 Joseph Flem-
ing Memorial Continuing
Scholarship.
Agricultural economics
junior, Kelly Rodman also
received a $500 Joseph
Fleming Memorial Con-
tinuing Scholarship. Kelly
is the son of Susan and
Paul Rodman.
"It is exciting to celebrate
the accomplishments of
incoming students as well as
those who will be graduat-
ing soon," Miller said. "Our
students have demonstrated
outstanding leadership and
service while achieving the
highest level of academic
performance again this year
and our awards banquet
provides an opportunity to
recognize their accomplish-
ments. Awards for leader-
ship and academic perfor-
mance and the presentation
of scholarships build pride
in our students and their
families, the faculty, donors
and other supporters of both
the college and division as
a whole."
The college is part of the
OSU Division of Agricul-
tural Sciences and Natural
Resources, along with two
statewide agencies: the
Oklahoma Agricultural
Experiment Station and
Oklahoma Cooperative
Extension Service.
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