| Spotlight on Youth - April 27, 2011 |
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Parkway FFA equine management team competes in contests
ROCKFORD, Ohio — A team of four students in the Parkway FFA chapter make up the Equine Management team. The team has so far competed in two invitationals. This contest requires students to judge live horses, take a written test, and be able to identify tack. Representing Parkway FFA in this contest was Lindsey Walls, Garth Louth, Karrah Hughes and Colby Walls.
At the Marysville Invitational, the team placed 18th of 63 schools. As individuals, Colby Walls placed 44th, Louth placed 82nd, Hughes placed 101st, and Lindsey Walls placed 122nd of 212.
On March 26, the Equine Management team also participated in the Mercer County Invitational. As a team, they placed 3rd out of 28 teams. As individuals, Louth placed eighth, Lindsey Walls placed 13th, Colby Walls placed 18th, and Hughes placed 19th of 75.
The Parkway FFA also recently sent a team of eight boys to compete at two invitationals in the Wildlife CDE and the Nature Interpretation CDE. Competing from Parkway was Bryce Bedwell, Kameron Roehm, Jack Roth, Cody Dugan, Jarret O’Neill, Jordan Strader, Josh Ford and Lando Bruns. Students are required to identify animal species, plants, equipment, and game birds.
The team first travelled to Marysville to participate in the Marysville Invitational. The Wildlife team placed fifth out of 49 schools. Individually, Roth placed 11th, Bedwell placed 15th, Ford placed 21st, O’Neill placed 59th, Dugan placed 76th, Strader placed 97th, and Roehm placed 104th out of 187. The Nature Interpretation team placed 9th out of 22 schools. Ford placed 39th, Roth placed 41st, Dugan placed 45th, Roehm placed 51st, Bedwell placed 55th, O’Neill placed 56th, and Strader placed 63rd out of 91 individuals.
The team also participated in the Mercer County Invitational on March 26. In Mercer County, the Wildlife team placed first as a team, out of 31 teams. As individuals, Roth placed first, Bruns placed eighth, O’Neill placed 14th, Dugan placed 22nd, Roehm placed 29th, Bedwell placed 44th, and Strader placed 57th out of 91 participants. In the Nature Interpretation contest, the team placed second. Individually, Roth placed second, Bruns placed third, O’Neill placed sixth, Ford placed eighth, Dugan placed ninth, Bedwell placed tenth, Strader placed 11th, and Roehm placed 12th.
The Parkway FFA Chapter sent students to participate in two invitationals in the Dairy Products CDE also recently. This particular contest requires students to identify milk deficiencies, conduct a California mastitis test on milk, identify ten different types of cheeses, rate milking units, and discern between dairy and non-dairy products.
The first event was the Marysville Invitational, held at the Marysville high school. Destinee Guggenbiller, Rachel Hesse, Kylie Snyder, Olivia Houts and Vivian Schmidt participated. The team placed tenth out of 27 teams. Houts placed 31st, Hesse placed 44th, Guggenbiller placed 59th, Snyder placed 64th and Schmidt placed 81st.
The Mercer County Invitational was held at the Mercer County fairgrounds on March 26. Olivia Houts, Kylie Snyder, Kati Schumm, and Harley Noll took part. The team placed first, with Schumm placing first individually, Noll placing second, Houts placing fifth, and Snyder placing sixth.
Ohio 4-Hers form new equine club in Butler County
HAMILTON, Ohio — There’s a new 4-H club entering the Butler County Fair this year called Blazin’ Saddles. Club members exhibit horses, horseless horse, market goats, pigmy goats, photography, fancy poultry, cooking, and rabbits.
Though the club is starting off small with only 16 members, each members hopes to win big in all areas. Members include: Jessica Bulach as president, Spencer Clark as vice president, Cody Bulach as treasurer, Nicholas Bulach in charge of safety and health, Rachel Carter as reporter and Stephanie Jones as recreation supervisor.
Starting off young, the club plans to raise funds for trips and gifts for a retirement home through several fundraisers. The club will sell flowers, candy bars and also will plan a car wash for later in the year.
Host families needed for 4-H exchange with Japan
URBANA, Ill.— Despite the tragedy in Japan, Illinois 4-H will continue the long-standing tradition of providing homestay opportunities for Japanese youth and their adult chaperones this summer through the 4-H Japanese Exchange.
This year, the 4-H-Japanese Summer Exchange will provide a language immersion experience for 57 Japanese youth ages 12 to 15 to experience an English-speaking culture on a daily basis.
These youth are members of Labo and LEX language acquisition programs in Japan where English is studied and practiced. Illinois 4-H is looking for families with children between the ages of 11 and 16 to host a Japanese child for four weeks this summer. Interested families do not have to be involved in 4-H to host, but should be willing to open their homes to a visiting child.
The program is open to families who have a child close in age to the Japanese youth. One Japanese visitor will be matched to a family based on the host sibling’s gender, age and interests.
There are also opportunities to host adult chaperones for 2 to 4 weeks. Families who host chaperones are not required to have children in the home.
Japanese families involved in the language programs recognize the value such programs offer their children. Like American families, Japanese families see our world becoming more global and look for ways to expose their children to different cultures.
The 4-H Japanese exchange is scheduled for July 21 to Aug. 19.
Families interested in hosting can contact Miriam Rosenbohm at rosenbohm07@comcast.net Host family application materials are available at http://web.extension.illinois.edu/state4h/members/international.cfm |
| 4/27/2011 |
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