| Person: |
Lorie Dye |
| Program Thrust: |
Family and Consumer Science – Family Relations; 4-H/Youth Development |
| Major Programs: |
Parents as Teachers; Youth Financial Education - Welcome to the Real World (WRW) |
| Successes and Current Activities: |
Ms. Dye’s program is split between FCS and 4-H/Youth Development. She conducts much of her programming in areas related to youth. The Parents as Teachers (PAT) program focuses on teaching parents how to be their child’s first and best teacher. Parents are taught what to expect during each developmental stage and how to promote development in their child. This voluntary program is grant funded and Ms. Dye supervises three parent educators who work in Jefferson, Clark and Fremont Counties. She is the county chair in Jefferson County, a large rural county. Her youth development programs focus on traditional 4-H with day camps as a support tool. Her In-school youth programming includes teaching youth financial education programs such as “Welcome to the Real World”. |
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| Person: |
Brian McLain |
| Program Thrust: |
Agriculture – Forages, Range Management, Noxious Weed Control, and Horticulture |
| Major Programs: |
Forage, Range Management, and Noxious Weed Control |
| Successes and Current Activities: |
Mr. McLain is a new educator located in Jefferson County but with responsibility to cover Clark County on 20% of his time and effort. He serves as the regional educator in forages, range management and noxious weed control educational programs. Jefferson County is the number one county for alfalfa production in Idaho and Clark County is the summer home for a large number of cattle grazing private and public range properties. He assists Gale Harding in planning the region’s winter forage symposium held in cooperation with BYU-Idaho in Rexburg. A focus of Mr. McLain’s program is the extension of the grazing season through adapted winter forages and improved grazing management. The spread of noxious weeds on both public and private lands has become an increasing problem in the area and will receive the focus of some of his educational efforts with ranchers and range managers. He has organized a Roadside and Range Weed Control Seminar to train private and government weed managers and pesticide applicators to provide improved weed management. |
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