AgriLife Extension celebrates 100 years

EDINBURG, Texas – Anybody who has had any connection in the past 100 years with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in South Texas is invited to the centennial celebration of the agency’s existence here, according to Barbara Storz, the AgriLife Extension horticulturist for Hidalgo County.

“We’re inviting anybody and everybody who may have benefitted from our educational services over the last century,” she said. “Maybe they were a farmer, a 4-H’er, a homemaker or a community partner. They are all invited.”

The Centennial Celebration will be held at noon Nov. 16 at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance, 118 Paseo del Prado, in Edinburg.

Tickets for the lunch are $10 and must be purchased by Nov. 4 by calling 956-383-1026.

Speakers at the event include Dr. Douglas Steele, director of AgriLife Extension, and state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa.

“The amazing thing about AgriLife Extension is that it is as viable a state agency now as it was when it started here in 1914,” Storz said. “AgriLife Extension always has been and continues to be all about education.”

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