Community Garden Magazine Issue Two October 2015 | Page 14

OFFICERS AND STAFF ELIJAH MOORE – PRESIDENT, RETIRED DISTRICT CONSERVATIONIST WITH THE USDA-NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE DR CHERICE GREENE – VICE PRESIDENT, FAMILY PRACTITIONER WITH STRINGFELLOW PHYSICIANS NETWORK VERONICA MAY – SECRETARY/TREASURER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT OXFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHARLES GADDIS – AT LARGE MEMBER PROFESSOR VICTOR KHAN – TECHNICAL ADVISOR, HORTICULTURAL PLANT BREEDER WITH TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY EDDIE MAY – TECHNICAL ADVISOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH THE COOSA VALLEY RESOURCE CONSERVAITON AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MAYOR ALBERTA MCCRORY – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF HOBSON CITY, ALABAMA SUSIE JONES – CITY COUNCIL LIAISON, HOBSON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CONTACT INFORMATION MAILING ADDRESS: P. O. BOX 7085 OXFORD, ALABAMA 36203 STREET ADDRESS: 715 MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE HOBSON CITY 36201 PHONE (CELL): [phone] EMAIL: [email protected] W.A.S. YOUTH COMMUNITY GARDEN AT HISTORIC HOBSON CITY, AL “Conceive It, Believe It and Achieve It” Washington “Cast down your bucket...” and sought the assistance of Leon Smith the honorable Mayor of the town of Oxford AL who cooperated admirably by making available the heavy equipment needed to clear and prepare the garden site at old playground site. Following the benevolent act of Mayor Smith, Beshears Tractor dealership followed up with a munificent gesture by providing a tractor to till the soil in order to get it ready for planting. 14