Linda Gately has been named the 2006-2007 Jefferson County 4-H Leader of the Year. Linda has been a 4-H leader for 18 years. She currently leads the Cedar Tree Performers club, which meets at the Cedarbrook Adventist Christian School. Initially the club studied clowning for a couple of years and then, because Linda likes to garden, they began sponsoring spring plant sales. Now they have a beautiful garden at the school. It is 1600 square feet with raised beds, flowers, and edible plants. It also has fruit trees and berries. Linda stated, “We do a lot of math related activities figuring out square footage, how many seeds to fill a certain area, etc. We have also conducted science process activities, including seed germination tests where we establish controls and then variables such as amount of sunshine, amount of water, soil types, etc. to see how the plants react.”(Read More)