Extension service celebrates its 4-H volunteers

CAMBRIDGE − Guernsey County will mark 4-H Week from Feb. 25 to March 2. Without volunteers, Guernsey County 4-H would be unable to reach the number of youth it does and have a positive impact on so many families within the county.

To show appreciation for their hard work, the 4-H Council has sponsored a $10 discount opportunity for each volunteer when purchasing their volunteer wristband for the fair. Volunteers will also be recognized during the mandatory volunteer trainings after the first of the year.

Those volunteers celebrating 30 or more years of service are as follows:

• 30 years − Vernon Beynon, Country Cousins

• 31 years − Kimberley Allen, Lore City Stick Togethers; Brenda Beynon, Country Cousins; Bob Kahrig, Blue Ribbon; Lisa Kahrig, Blue Ribbon; Debi Roe, Leatherwood Valley; Becky Williams, Green Acres

• 32 years − Jeff Jirles, Junior Leaders

• 33 years − Betty Hinson, Green Acres

• 34 years − Barbara Baird, Town & Country; Cheryl Jirles, Junior Leaders

• 35 years − Steve Hinson, Green Acres

• 36 years − Tom Dolan, Guernsey County Saddle Club

• 37 years − Joy Bodner, Get Along Gang/Fashion & Food Board

• 38 years − Jim Gibson, Green Acres; Victor Harding, Jr., Blue Ribbon; Carla Taylor, Country Cousins

• 39 years − Lori Bamfield, Town & Country

• 41 years − Amy Stevens, Lone Star Riders

• 43 years − Helen Kahrig, Blue Ribbon; Karen Ripley, Londonderry Lads & Lassies

• 45 years − Virgil Quillin, Flat Ridge Raiders; Jeff Stevens, Lone Star Riders

• 47 years − Bill Kahrig, Blue Ribbon

• 50 years − Debbie Larrick, Rural Mix-ups

• 53 years − Richard Wilson, Full Circle

Submitted by Michelle Fehr with the Guernsey County OSU Extension Office

This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: Extension service recognizes 4-H volunteers in Guernsey County