Motley County Agent Recognized
as Outstanding New County Extension Agent

Writer: Robert Burns (903) 834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu

NACOGDOCHES – Lonnie Jenschke, Motley County Extension Agent-Natural Resources with Texas Cooperative Extension, was recognized with an award for excellence as a new county agent  here during the annual meeting of the Texas County Agricultural Agents Association (TCAAA).

The TCAAA Communications Award recognizes county Extension agents who have excelled in their first four years in serving their local communities and clientele. With county agents in all 254 Texas Counties, only 12 agents, one from each of Extension's 12 regional districts, are presented the award in a given year.

The presentation was made during the Professional Excellence  Awards Luncheon July 8 in the ballroom of the historical Fredonia Hotel.
 
Some 300 agents, family members and guests attended the July 7 -10 professional development conference. The theme of this year's conference was “Leading Texas Agriculture.”
 
County Extension agents are part of the Texas A&M University System. They bring the latest research and educational information from the land-grant university to address specific needs of the citizens in each of Texas’ 254 counties.

The purpose of the TCAAA is to promote professional development for county agents,
maintain high standards of professionalism, encourage cooperation and loyalty among agents and generally increase the effectiveness of agents in disseminating  land grant university research-based educational information to Texas citizens.