DECEMBER 10-16, 2014 UCW 15
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Former state lawmaker Glenn Jernigan was inducted into the
Cumberland County Agricultural Hall of Fame on Nov. 21 during
the annual Farm City Week program held by the Cumberland
County Cooperative Extension and the Kiwanis Club of
Fayetteville. The event was held in the I.B. Julian Auditorium in
the Charlie Rose Agri-Expo Center, where the Hall of Fame is
located.
Jernigan was
honored for his
years of public
service and
contributions
to agriculture in
the county and
state. He served
two terms in the
North Carolina
House of
Representatives;
three terms in
the state senate;
and was the
Chairman of the
North Carolina
Employment
Security Commission for four years. He is the founder and
owner of Glenn Jernigan & Associates, a governmental affairs
consulting firm.
Chris Hall was recognized as the 2014 Cumberland County
Farm Bureau Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year. Hall is the
son of James Ray and Kim Hall and a fourth-generation farmer
in the Beaver Dam community.
Jernigan Inducted Into Ag Hall of Fame
Incoming Chairman Kenneth
Edge presents a plaque to
the outgoing chairman,
Commissioner Jeannette Council.
Commissioners Sworn In, Edge Is Chairman
Four Cumberland County
Commissioners accepted the
oath of office Dec. 1 during
the Board of Commissioners
meeting. Newcomers Glenn
Adams and Larry Lancaster were
sworn in along with returning
Commissioners Jeannette
Council and Charles Evans.
The new board elected
Kenneth Edge to serve as
chairman and Marshall Faircloth
as vice chairman for 2015.
Adams, who represents
District 1, is an attorney who has
practiced law in Fayetteville since
1988.
Council also represents District 1 and has served as a
commissioner since 2000. She served as the 2014 chair and
recognized outgoing commissioners Billy R. King and Ed Melvin,
both of whom also received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
Evans is an at-large representative serving his second term on the
board. He served two terms on the Fayetteville City Council from
2005-2009.
Lancaster, an at-large representative, retired from Cumberland
County Schools in 1992 and previously served 18 years on the
County Board of Education.
Edge, who represents District 2, was first elected in 2000 and
is serving his third term as chairman. He is a retired school
administrator.
Faircloth and Jimmy Keefe also represent District 2 on the board.
Faircloth is now serving his second term as vice chairman.
Chris Hall, left, was honored as Cumberland
County Young Farmer of the Year; and Glenn
Jernigan was inducted into the Cumberland
County Agricultural Hall of Fame during the
Nov. 21 Farm City luncheon.
