SEDALIA, Mo. – Forty-six Missourians will be inducted into the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame at 3 p.m. Saturday, August 15, at Stauffacher Center for the Fine Arts on the State Fair Community College campus in Sedalia.
The Missouri 4-H Foundation annually recognizes the work of 4-H friends and volunteers through its annual recognition and awards program, said Rachel Augustine, associate director of University of Missouri Extension’s 4-H Foundation.
“Individuals who have created exceptional legacies of service and dedication to 4-H are recognized and honored with membership in the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame,” Augustine said.
County 4-H members and the 4-H Foundation nominate individuals with at least 20 years of volunteer service.
This year’s inductees and their counties include:
- James and Wilma Baile, Johnson County
- Don and Diana Bartholomew, Howard County
- Ted Belzer, Linn County
- Lesa Blackford, Shelby County
- Virginia Buschmeyer, Gasconade County
- Connie Chevalier, Cass County
- Janice Cooper, Greene County
- Robert Curtis, Pettis County
- Shirley Ensor, Monroe County
- Jim Freeman, Lawrence County
- Jean Haner, Vernon County
- Don Harris, Clark County
- Al and Ruth Heitman, St. Charles County
- Bill and Julia Helvey, Boone County
- Richard Henke, Audrain County
- Sandy Hutchinson, Henry County
- Susan Jaster, Lafayette County
- Mary Ellen Johnson, Grundy County
- Wilma Keightley, Benton County
- Diane Kerns, Livingston County
- George Kolpin, Jasper County
- Ruth Kolpin-Rubison, Jasper County
- Donna Lawson, Lewis County
- Thomas and Karen Lee, Callaway County
- Tom and Becky Loehner, Osage County
- Ray Luebbering, Cole County
- Tammy Lueker, Cass County
- Linda Mallett, Scotland County
- Patty Mollick, Randolph County
- Ruth Moreland, Warren County
- Vincent Mueller, Franklin County
- Toni Newcomer, Andrew County
- Jane Ann Oliver, Macon County
- Butch and Vickie Rush, Barton County
- Phyllis Rush, Miller County
- Sharan Schnuck, Cooper County
- Charles Scoon, Schuyler County
- Janice Spears and Sarah “Betty” E. Walton, Montgomery County
The Missouri 4-H Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the private resource partner of the MU Extension 4-H Center for Youth Development, governed by an elected board of trustees.
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