15.5.14

Intern Class of 2014 Graduation


ANGLETON, TEXAS -- May 14, 2014.   At its regular chapter meeting held today at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, all 22 members of the Texas Master Naturalist Cradle of Texas Chapter's Intern Training Class graduated and were certified as Texas Master Naturalists.  Each graduate received a Certificate, a Texas Master Naturalist Polo Shirt, and an engraved nametag.

The graduation ceremony was following lunch featuring The Great Gumbo Cookoff.  All chapter members, including interns, were invited to prepare a 6-quart pot of gumbo.  Ten chapter members entered the contest.
Judging the contest were three staff members from the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service Brazoria County office:
  • Jami Geserick, 4-H and Administration Office Secretary
  • John Gordy, County Extension Agent, Ag and Natural Resources
  • Michaele Gregory, Family and Consumer Sciences.
Pam Peltier's entry was judged the winner, with Chris Kneupper's entry judged "runnerup."
Congratulations to the Class of 2014!

The Class of 2014
Photo: Neal McLain


BLUE BIRDS OF BRAZORIA COUNTY
Ken Sluis, Linda Sluis, Cindy Goodrum, Dawn Logan,
Michelle Hague, Denice Apgar, Hope Cepak
Photo: Neal McLain


RiverRats: ANATOMY OF A RIVER
Lorna Witt, Larry Kirby, Garry Ellis, Janet Jackson-Ellis,
Joycelynn Grigson, Breana Kitchen
Photo: Neal McLain


Joycelynn Grigson, Anatomy of River Team Captain
Photo: Neal McLain


Mudderman's Mud Hogs: LIVE OAK BAYOU UNIT OF SAND BERNARD NWR
David Plunkett, Sherri Wilson, John Minkert,
Sheree Muzny, Mel McKey, Lou Golish
Photo: Neal McLain


URBAN PRAIRIE
Christina Hartman, Kim Richardson, Gretchen Minor
Photo: Neal McLain



Graduated and Certified: Michelle Hague, Cindy Goodrum
Photo: Neal McLain


Gumbo Contest Winners: Pam Peltier (Winner);
Barbara Burkhardt (Contest Administrator); Chris Kneupper (Runnerup)
Pam's winning Gumbo recipe is available here.
Photo: Neal McLain


Food line
Photo: Neal McLain


Gretchen Minor, Christina Hartman
Photo: Neal McLain


Ken Sluis, Linda Sluis
Photo: Neal McLain

Justina Dent, Chris Kneupper
Photo: Neal McLain

Dawn Logan
Photo: Neal McLain
 
Daughter and Mother: Michelle Hague, Mickey Dufilho
Photo: Neal McLain

Gumbo! Gumbo! Gumbo!
Photo: Pete Romfh

Joycelynn Grigson, Sheree Muzny
Photo: Pete Romfh

Roy Morgan, Training Director, Class of 2014
Photo: Pete Romfh