- Posted By: Mandi Bottoms
- Written by: By ROMAN FLORES Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer
A click of a mouse, a love for fishing and a fearlessness in public speaking helped Imperial resident Steve Johnson II add more gold pins to his crowded 4-H hat at the State 4-H Field Day at the University of California Davis.
Out of the 700 to 800 participants present at the Memorial Day weekend event, Johnson competed against about 60 of California’s top public speakers utilizing his PowerPoint presentation on fishing in the intermediate...
- Posted By: Mandi Bottoms
- Written by: By ROMAN FLORES Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer
Through the countless volunteer leaders and few county advisers in the last three decades, perhaps no one embodies the 4-H program in Imperial County like Mary Harmon.
“This county program is awesome and a lot of it has to do with her,” Carla Paradise, president of the local 4-H Leaders Council, said.
Harmon retired as the Imperial County University of California Cooperative Extension 4-H adviser June 29 after 16 years in that position on two separate occasions (1978-1990, 2007-2011). Yet Harmon has been involved...
