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Show Extension Workers Told To Get Info To The People ' "Learning and planning is great, but now it's time for . you to go back and do 1 something about it," com-i com-i mented Clark Ballard, Utah State University vice president. i HE WAS speaking .to 120 Extension workers from all over the state at the conclusion of the annual Extension Ex-tension Conference held on the USU campus. He told the staff members that the research being done at the university needs to be told to the public. "Research i without real good extension effort is like whispering down a well. Extension workers .. need to get the information to the people," Dr. Ballard stated. stat-ed. THE VICE president also reminded the participants to 1 remember what they were I being paid to do - and to do it. "Look at every way possible to do a better job," he added. 1 The conference is held to I up-date the field workers with new research and new 1 programs, and to provide es- sential training for recently . hired extension staff ' members. l WHILE ON campus for four days this past week, the ex-) ex-) tension workers met with k state specialists. Individual training sessions ' were held in the areas of hor-) hor-) ticulture, weed control, I animal science, range development, 4-H, crops, pest control, family living, soils, weight control, dairy management, clothing and textiles, nutrition and consumer con-sumer education. THE conference participants par-ticipants also had the opportunity oppor-tunity to tour campus facilities, facili-ties, including the new Food Science Building, Poisonous Plant Center, and the Exceptional Excep-tional Child Center. Time was set aside for the county extension workers to meet with the specialists to discuss programs and problems of their local areas. ATTENDING from Davis County were: Jeanine Andrews, 152 W. 870 N., Sunset, Sun-set, Utah 84015; Dorothy Hansen, 1158 N. 850 E., Bountiful, Boun-tiful, Ut. 84010; Bernice Palfreyman, Farmington, Ut. and Darrell Stokes, 98 W. 800 N., Bountiful, Ut. 84010. |
