Second Alabama 4-H Wall of Fame Induction is Nov. 13 at 4-H Center in Columbiana

A ceremony honoring 24 new inductees into the Alabama 4-H Wall of Fame will be Nov. 13 at the Alabama 4-H Youth Development Center in Columbiana. The induction is one of many events scheduled to celebrate and remember 4-H accomplishments and people from its first 100 years. The Alabama 4-H centennial celebration began in February 2008 and will continue through December 2009.

“The 4-H Wall of Fame honors people and organizations who have made a significant impact on the 4-H and Youth Development program, its members and leaders, and who have helped make Alabama 4-H what it is today,” said Betty Gottler, coordinator of the 4-H Centennial celebration. Anyone who has made a significant contribution to the development of the 4-H program or
4-H’ers in Alabama is eligible. Nominees may be living or deceased but current 4-H faculty and staff are not eligible. All current and future inductees are selected through a nomination process.

“We plan to have 100 inductees by the end of the centennial celebration,” Gottler added. Inductees include 4-H volunteers, former 4-H’ers, retired Extension agents, county coordinators, state specialists and friends of 4-H.

The Nov. 13 inductees are former Pike County Extension Agent David Carpenter; Boyd Christenberry, board member, Alabama 4-H Club Foundation, Inc; former State 4-H Specialist Barbara O. Cherellia; retired Mobile County Extension Agent Marjorie S. Day; retired 4-H Specialist L.A. Tony Dozier; Lowndes County 4-H volunteer James R. Edwards; W.A.”Dub” Ellis Jr., board member, Alabama 4-H Club Foundation, Inc.; Gwinn Ezell, retired Hale County Extension agent; Audrey Gruenewald, retired Butler County 4-H volunteer; Terrell and Anne Guthrie, former managers of the Alabama 4-H Youth Development Center; Pike County 4-H volunteer Addie Green; retired Coffee County Extension Agent Angela Hughes; Rodger Dale, Lawrence County 4-H volunteer leader; Ronnie Lane, retired Lauderdale County Extension agent; Louise Littlejohn, retired St. Clair County Extension agent; Hanchey E. Logue, retired state 4-H leader; George D.H. McMillan, a former Butler County Extension agent; Jack Mitchell, a 4-H volunteer leader; Katlin Mulvaney, Lee County 4-H alumna; Gene Ragan, television and radio personality and 4-H alumnus; Milton A. Buzz Wendland, a retired board member, Alabama 4-H Club Foundation, Inc; and Beverly Mays Young, Madison County 4-H volunteer. Organizations to be inducted include Debtor Hereford Farm and Thompson Tractor Company.

A reception honoring the inductees will be in the William R. Ireland Sr. Lobby at 2 p.m. The induction ceremony will begin at 3 p.m. in the Alabama Power Foundation Auditorium.

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