Business : Three Farm Service Agency employees celebrate 75 combined years

Patrice Smith, Calvin Rickels and Paula Frazier all celebrate their 25th year of working together

Three Farm Service Agency employees recently celebrated 75 years of combined service to the agricultural producers of Benton County.

Paula Frazier and Trice Smith Program Technicians and Calvin Rickels the County Executive Director all began their careers with the agency in 1985.

Frazier and Smith began their employment as temporaries working with mapping and data loading computer systems. They are currently the expert and technical authorities in their respective program areas.

Mr. Rickels began his career with the agency as a County Office Trainee completing training with various counties in the area and in August 1985 accepted the County Executive Director position in Benton County.