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| Spotlight on Youth - Oct. 27, 2010 |
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Hoosier Ag Today awards 4-H communications scholarship
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Indiana 4-H Congress brings together top 4-H youth for leadership training and for the awarding of $35,000 in scholarships. Sponsored by CountryMark and Ice Miller LLP, the program presents awards in a variety of achievement categories.
Hoosier Ag Today (HAT) recently sponsored the communications scholarship, which was awarded to Katherine Gambill from Vigo County, a 4-Her with plenty of experience. She has shown swine and been a 4-H camp counselor and junior director.
“I was also involved in a mentor program that brought inner-city kids out to our farm to learn about swine production,” she said.
The high school senior said her 4-H experience has changed her life, “I am a lot more confident. Being a leader in different clubs, and getting up on stage for Share the Fun, and just being able to talk to people has made me a lot more confident.”
“Agriculture is in need of good communicators to help tell the story of modern food production and of the value of our rural communities,” said Gary Truitt, president of Hoosier Ag Today. An excellent communicator, Kit, as she prefers to be called, hopes someday to work in the United Nations and feels her 4-H experience will be quite valuable.
This is the second year that HAT has sponsored the communications scholarship. When the National 4-H Congress was discontinued in 1994, Indiana began its own state congress to provide leadership training and recognition of achievements to the state’s outstanding 4-Hers.
Eastern Indiana 4-H members compete at national 4-H event
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Two Rush County, Ind. 4-H members competed at the 60th annual National 4-H Engineering, Science and Leadership event in West Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 26-28, 2010.
2010 Rush County High School (RCHS) graduate Ken Hatfield finished first in the ag tractor event and RCHS senior Curtis Schwering finished fourth in the Welding event.
The event drew 60 contestants and areas of competition included aerospace, bicycle, computer, electric, lawn tractor, robotics, small engines, ag tractor, and welding. These 4-H members represented thousands who completed the projects in local clubs and competed in county and state competitions to qualify for the national event.
This year’s ag tractor contest included a GPS event as a trial. The event was not part of the contestants score this year, it is being evaluated to include in future contests to add more up-to-date technology to the contest.
Contestants and accompanying adults spent a day on educational field trips at Purdue University and Indianapolis. Included were workshops in the Departments of Electrical Engineering Technology, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Aviation Technology and guided tours of Fowler Ridge Wind Farm and Rea Magnet Wire Company.
The event was conducted by Extension agricultural engineers and 4-H professionals from participating states. John Deere and Company sponsored the lawn tractor and small engines contests. Lincoln Electric sponsored the welding contest. Landis & Gyr, Inc. and Stuart C. Irby Company sponsored the electric contest.
Curtis Schwering is the son of Steve and Marcia and Ken Hatfield is the son of Richard and Lois, all of Rush County.
Illinois 4-H members win big at the World Dairy Expo
MADISON, Wis. — Illinois 4-H members captured champion honors at the 2010 World Dairy Expo Invitational 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl on Oct. 2 in Madison, Wis.
Team members included Aaron Mitchell of Winnebago, Haley Lyons of Rockford, Elizabeth Myelle of Winslow, and Sarah Sheehan of Huntley.
The Illinois team was undefeated in the double elimination contest. Each competition round included 16 questions presented one-on-one with an opposing team member, followed by 15 toss-up questions with bonus point options. The dairy quiz bowl contest is designed to challenge 4-H members’ knowledge and quick recall of information relating to dairy cattle management.
Melvin crowned new Ohio Lamb and Wool Queen
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The 2010-2011 Ohio Lamb and Wool Queen was recently selected from a group of eight qualified ladies at the 2010 Ohio State Fair. The new Ohio Lamb and Wool Queen is Morgan Senath Melvin. Melvin is the daughter of Don and Tabitha Melvin, of Washington Court House, Ohio. Melvin has completed her final year of 4-H, where she was a member of the Lucky Leaf Livestock 4-H Club.
She served as her club president for four years. She was also active in her county’s Junior Fair Board, where she represented the Sheep Department and was secretary for three years. Morgan also enjoyed activities such as being a 4-H Camp Clifton counselor, junior leader and was a member of Miami Trace FFA. She exhibited market lambs, breeding sheep, meat goats, chickens and photography as her 4-H and FFA projects. She received her FFA State Degree in May of 2009. Morgan has also been in Guys & Gals Lead since she was just two years old.
In 2008, Melvin represented the Lamb and Wool industry in her county as the Fayette County Lamb and Wool Queen. In 2009, she was awarded the honor of being crowned the Fayette County Fair Queen.
As a 2009 graduate of Miami Trace High School, Melvin has attended Wright State University and Columbus State University.
She plans to attend Columbus State this fall then transfer to The Ohio State University, where she will continue to major in Biology. Melvin is looking forward to this next year as she serves as Ohio Lamb and Wool Queen.
If you would like to have Melvin attend any Lamb and Wool functions throughout the year, e-mail her at morganmelvin18@yahoo.com or contact Ohio Lamb and Wool Coordinator Kristin Reese at kristin@kristinreese.com The Ohio Lamb and Wool Queen is a sponsored program of the Ohio Sheep Improvement Assn. |
| 10/27/2010 |
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