The Ellis County position of Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent has finally been filled after the retirement of longtime agent Carla Morrical-Frederking in June 2010.
Linda Beech will join the staff in Hays January 22nd. She currently is in the same position in Finney County, and previously was the FACS agent in Stevens and Hodgeman Counties.
Beech was named the 2006 Kansas Extension Communicator of the Year.
She has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Kansas State University College of Human Ecology with a double major in foods and nutrition and consumer economics.