The Southeast District and Pender County welcomes Amanda Hatcher to Cooperative Extension. Amanda began work on December 1, 2004. She is orginally from Tennessee. Amanda graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a degree in Agriculture/Animal Science, and a minor in Communications. Amanda worked as a seasonal Environmental Educator at Don Lee Center in Pamlico County before coming to Extension and while living in Tennessee, she worked as a medical secretary at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville. Amanda and her husband, Lance Corporal David Hatcher, a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, live in Jacksonville. Amanda has a lot of energy and enthusiasm so we are excited about the future direction of the 4-H program in Pender County.

The Southeast District will hold their spring meeting on Monday, April 25, 2005 at the Lenoir County Extension Office.