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Distinguished Service
Mendenhall honored for continued work locally, internationally
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Juanita Mendenhall (center) accepts the Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Family and Consumer Science (AAFCS) in June. AAFCS President Marilyn Swierk (right) and President-elect Sue Byrd (left) present Mendenhall with the award.
As a child, Juanita Mendenhall said she wanted to be a missionary. Then in junior high school she discovered a different passion. “More than 50 years ago my junior high school home economics teacher inspired me to become a teacher like her.