Date:     9/3/02
Contact:  Glenna Mason (864) 878-1394
Writer:   Susan Bedingfield (864) 656-3876; sbeding@clemson.edu

Extension honors
FCS personnel

     CLEMSON -- Clemson Extension Service personnel were honored at
the annual meeting of the South Carolina Extension Association of
Family and Consumer Sciences July 26 at the annual meeting in Columbia.
     The Distinguished Service Award went to Deborah Thomason, Clemson
University Department of Family and Youth Development. Joyce Smith
Collins, Extension associate in Kershaw County, received the Continued
Excellence Award.
    Other Winners include:
       · Early Career Extension Educator: Kathy Wright, Extension agent
 	in Greenville County.
       · Educational Curriculum Package and Educational Publication:
 	Elizabeth Hill, Extension agent in Greenville County.
       · Educational Curriculum Package, Radio and Television: Libby
 	Hoyle, Clemson University Department of Family and Youth
 	Development.
       · Radio and Television: Susan Hovey, Extension agent in Union
 	County.
       · Written News and Educational Technology: Deloris Keller,
 	Extension agent in Sumter County.
       · Newsletter: Marilyn Peters, Extension agent in Dorchester
 	County.
       · Housing Outreach Award: Zoe James, Extension agent in
	Charleston County, Birdie Crosby, Extension agent in Dorchester
 	County and Beth Judge, Extension Associate, Department of Civil
 	Engineering.
       · Florence Hall Award: Deon Leggette, Extension agent in
 	Lexington County, Sherry King, South Carolina Department of
 	Consumer Affairs, Renee Hoskinson, South Carolina Department of
 	Health and Human Services and Carol Abrahamen, Central Midlands
 	Council of Governments.

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