Elliot E. Letlow was a 4-H agent and county agent with 38 years of service beginning in 1951. His accomplishments include working with the Junior Leaders Club and gardening contests and providing peaches for many educational demonstrations.

Billy B. Nutt of Bienville Parish began his career in extension in 1966 in Lake Providence as an associate county agent. He successfully instilled in many youth a sense of responsibility through the livestock project, carefully guiding the youth to care for their animals, groom them and get ready to show them. He transferred to Lincoln Parish and in 1972 he moved his family to Bienville Parish as county agent and parish chair. He received numerous awards, including the LCES Program of Excellence Award, the 4-H Team Award and the Distinguished Service Award. Now retired, he assists in garden contests and beautification activities at his church, library and the courthouse.

David Saucier has been involved in 4-H for 38 years as a club member, parent, leader, teacher, school principal, advisory board member and foundation board member. As an educator, his educational philosophy was “everything I do in the classroom is going to connect with 4-H.” As a school principal at Ringgold Elementary, he met with each and every 4-H member to guide them in completing their project books. Club members at his school had the highest project completion rate in the parish and were also recipients of awards for outstanding club meetings and community service. Some of his clubs’ significant accomplishments include implementing the first school Veteran’s Day program that is now conducted in all 10 parish schools, collecting $7,000 in pennies to purchase school playground equipment and organizing the first 4-H school garden in the parish. As a result of his leadership, his school received the School of Exemplary Academic Achievement Award for 2006-2007. Since his retirement, Mr. Saucier has continued to serve 4-H by organizing and serving as leader of the Horse Club and by serving as member of the Advisory Leadership Council and of the Bienville Parish 4-H Foundation Board. David Saucier has received numerous volunteer awards including Outstanding Louisiana 4-H Leader and the trip to National 4-H Congress.

For more than 50 years (1960-2011), Stephen Young has served Bienville Parish as a 4-H organizational and project leader. He trained numerous youth in the poultry and the dairy projects to judge, groom and show poultry and dairy animals. Several of his members have received state awards. His club members excelled at winning the best fitted dairy animal contest. One member earned this honor more than 20 times. At livestock show time, Mr. Young would volunteer to conduct livestock grooming clinics throughout the parish. His expertise was not limited to livestock, as he is recognized as an outstanding chef, specializing in making cakes, and he often volunteers to judge cookery contests. In 1988, he was named recipient of the Louisiana 4-H Attorney General’s Award for leadership and service to the livestock programs.