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April 1-8, 2023 Hampton, Arkansas

“I’d like to make a toast!” said my friend at a happy family celebration. Without missing a beat, her 3-year-old nephew burst out, “Don’t we need to get the toaster first?”

I came across an old Irish rhyme that goes: “Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan, if you can’t make boxty, you’ll never get a man!” And thought, What? I don’t need another man, but this “boxty” thing intrigues me.

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Martha Jane “Jennie” Strong was born in Sumpter District, South Carolina, on December 6, 1838, to Elijah Frink Strong (18041860) and Sarah Eleanor Barrineau Strong (18101850). Jennie’s father, Judge Elijah Strong, was a farmer and a judge born in Connecticut who moved to South Carolina where Jennie’s mother had been born. Sarah belonged to the Huguenot family with the name of Barrineau. Sarah’s father was Isaac Barrineau. Elijah and his family moved to Ouachita County about 1846 when Jennie was eight. He was living in Champagnolle Township, Ouachita County, in 1850, with nine children. This area later became Calhoun County.

The Calhoun County Extension Homemaker ladies attended the AEHC Spring Workshop at the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock on March 8, 2023. This year’s theme was, “ Step Out, Step Up, and Step In.”

Angela Phillips

Tymber Lyn Hodnett (AS, BS)

Protecting American Farmland

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Sara Avant, a student at Hampton High School (Hampton, AR, US), has been selected to represent Hampton, AR as a National Youth Delegate to the 2023 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University.

Read Across America at Hampton Elementary