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receive awards at gala Six prominent North Carolinians who are 4-H alumni or 4-H volunteers were honored in May at the fifth 4-H Lifetime Achievement Awards Gala at the Exploris Museum in downtown Raleigh. Receiving lifetime achievement awards were retiring state Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham; Anne Bryan and Gordon Smith III, Exploris visionaries and co-founders; Jeanette Hyde, United States ambassador to Barbados from 1994 to 1998; U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor; and Dr. Leroy Walker, former chancellor at North Carolina Central University and president of the World Games for Special Olympics. Presenters included North Carolina State University Chancellor Marye Anne Fox; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Jim Oblinger; Charlie Gaddy, retired WRAL-TV news anchor; Barbara Allen, retired Carolina Power and Light Co. executive; and Phil Kirk, state board of education chair. Chaired by Larry Wooten, Farm Bureau president, and Darleen Johns, president of Alphanumeric Systems, the event was hosted by the North Carolina 4-H Development Fund and the North Carolina 4-H Youth Development Program. More than 50 corporate sponsors provided support for the event. —Art Latham  |