Raffle winners attribute success in life to 4-H Ben Legendre, head of the Audubon Sugar Institute, who won the $10,000 prize in the 2008 4-H Centennial Raffle, said he has been an ardent supporter of Louisiana 4-H since the early 1950s when he joined the local 4-H Club in grade school in Lafourche Parish. |
Caddo, Bossier 4-H’ers receive new leader awards (Distributed 12/05/08) BOSSIER CITY – Eleven 4-H members were among 16 students in Caddo and Bossier parishes who received Discovering Tomorrow’s Leaders awards, a new program sponsored by Chesapeake Energy. |
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Naquin named to 2008 National 4-H Hall of Fame (Distributed 12/02/08) C.J. Naquin of Baton Rouge, a retired Louisiana 4-H state program leader, was one of 17 people named to the 2008 National 4-H Hall of Fame. “This is the highest honor that can bestowed upon someone in 4-H,” said Dr. Paul Coreil, vice chancellor for the LSU AgCenter and director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service. “He dedicated his career to 4-H and was one of our most innovative leaders.” |
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