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Supervisor Veerkamp recommending the Board join him in celebrating the Centennial Anniversary of the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) by:
1) Receiving a presentation about the UCCE from Scott Oneto; and
2) Adopt a Proclamation congratulating the UCCE on the 100th anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act. (Est. Time: 15 Min.)
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The 100-year anniversary of the signing of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, which officially created the National Cooperative Extension System, occurs May 8, 2014. Cooperative Extension is administered in each state by a land-grant college. In California, the University of California System is the land-grant institution. The UCCE has been operating in El Dorado County for 96 years.