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Extension agent enjoys surprise factor of his job
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Ben Cantrell (left) Effingham County Cooperative Extension agent, discusses water quality with Tony Reid after taking a sample from Reids pond on Aug. 31. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff

SPRINGFIELD — Ben Cantrell expects the unexpected. That is the primary thing he finds interesting about his job as an agent for the Effingham County Cooperative Extension.

"On any day, I could deal with anything from armadillo control, to water quality or how do I grow this or that?" Cantrell said. "It's a great job. There's always something new and I'm always learning something, too."

Cantrell started Jan. 3. He came from California with his wife and two young children.

See the Sept. 13 edition of the Effingham Herald for more.