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Helen Smith
Rappahannock County is losing a truly dedicated public servant with the departure of Helen Smith as the Extension home economics agent and part-time 4-H agent.
The 4-H program especially has blossomed under her tenure. Her talent has been to find leaders for many more clubs and persuade them to take on the volunteer jobs. At the same time she has had to deal with mostly dying homemaker clubs and, following guidelines from the Extension Service, convert them to something more in tune with late 20th century reality for county women. Programs in personal finance and in parenting along with a greater emphasis on health and fitness have characterized this change, i All of this has gone on at a time when the Extension Service itself was under budgetary attack.
It has not been easy, and Mrs. Smith has carried on with true class throughout.
She assured the supervisors Virginia Tech will not again leave the county with only one agent, that the position will be filled, but it is highly unlikely it will be as ably filled as it has been these past seven years.
We wish Mrs. Smith well as she transfers with the Extension Service to a position in Bedford County.
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