“The results are not immediate, but it is well worth your time to invest in the youth of agriculture,” says Cathy Baker, a cattle and row crop farmer from #Agri-Ready Designated Macon County near Atlanta, Mo. Baker has been instrumental in building and advancing agricultural opportunities for 4-H and FFA members in Macon County. Her decades of dedication prove that there is power in mentorship.
Tributes have been paid to a beloved teacher and volunteer who has died after decades of serving the people of Andover. Marion Spaul passed away on January 11 at Andover Nursing Home, following decades of work as a teacher at Winton School and as a volunteer at the Countess of Brecknock Hospice. Her family said they would remember her “infectious good humour, quick wit and effervescent personality”. She is survived by her children Linda, Andrew, Jonathan and David, as well as her grandchildren Thomas and Charlie. She was born as Marion Ursula Nelder in Reading on March 6 1922, as the eldest daughter of Harold and Marion. Marion’s mother died at the age of four, which her family said “cast a shadow over her life”. Following her mother’s death, the family moved to Edinburgh to live with their mother’s sister, May MacNeill.