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CORVALLIS - The Oregon State University Extension Service 4-H Youth Development program has honored 14 4-H supporters and leaders as the 2005 class of the Oregon 4-H Hall of Fame.

The 2005 inductees include 4-H volunteer leaders from throughout the state, a former campus-based OSU 4-H youth development specialist, a former 4-H field faculty member, and 4-H donors who have provided financial support.

"We created the Oregon 4-H Hall of Fame to honor those individuals who have made significant contributions to 4-H over the years," said Lillian Larwood, OSU 4-H Youth Development specialist.

Nominees are selected on the basis of the excellence of their service to 4-H. In some instances couples are selected as inductees, Larwood noted.

The Oregon 4-H Hall of Fame was launched in 2004 to celebrate the Oregon 4-H program's 100th anniversary. The 2004 4-H Hall of Fame selection committee decided to choose 100 inductees - dubbed the 'Centennial' class - to match Oregon 4-H's 100 years of service to the state's youth.

Since then a long line of 4-H volunteers, supporters and OSU 4-H youth faculty have continually worked to provide education programs aimed at helping Oregon's youth develop life and leadership skills, said Larwood. The Oregon 4-H Hall of Fame 2005 inductees include:

Beaver: Dale Buck

Corvallis: Jeri Hitchcock

Hood River: Lee Foster

Lebanon: Fay and Sherman Sallee

Milton-Freewater: Cornelia Tellefson

Newberg: John and Nancy Nyberg

Wilsonville: Sam Mallicoat

Sonoma, Calif.: Winnifred Fulmer

Oregon 4-H Hall of Fame 2005 members recognized posthumously are John and Edyth Bohnert of Central Point; and Walter and Florence Jaeger, Mayville.