Spotlight on Youth - Feb. 4, 2009 |
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Eastern Hancock meats team wins state
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Eastern Hancock FFA Meats evaluation teams participated in the state Meats Contest on Saturday, Jan. 24 at Purdue University. There are two divisions in the contest, a 4-H division and an FFA division. Eastern Hancock brought home victories in both divisions and will now represent Indiana at National Competition.
In the 4-H Division the 8th grade team of Tabitha Parke, Rebeka Dickmander, Aaron Raymer, Haley Cox and Clay Roland took first place honors. Individually, Parke was 2nd, Dickmander was 4th, Raymer was 5th, Cox was 6th and Roland was 9th.
In the FFA division, the team of Kyle Wilson, Breanna Lawyer, Sarah Mueller and Caitlin Parke were named champions. Individually, Wilson was 1st, Lawyer was 2nd, Mueller was 7th and Parke was 10th.
The Meats Evaluation Contest requires participants to identify 40 cuts of retail beef, pork and lamb. They also evaluate beef, pork and lamb carcasses and wholesale cuts ranking them in a class of four. In the 4-H division, students give oral reasons on pork hams and pork carcasses to a judge justifying their reasons for placing the classes as they did. In the FFA division, students take a written exam, figure a meat formulation calculation for ground beef as well as quality and yield grade a set of four beef carcasses.
Sangamon youth crowned Miss Illinois County Fair
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Morgan Metz, Miss Sangamon County Fair, was recently crowned by Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Tom Jennings and retiring Queen Molly Reeves from over 65 county fair queens.
She is majoring in marketing and entrepreneurship at the University of Dayton and plans to pursue her MBA someday. Metz’s parents are Craig and Lynne Metz of Springfield.
Miss Schuyler County, Megan Jo Ervin of Rushville, Ill. was named first runner-up. The judges selected Miss Montgomery County, Kaitlin Weitekamp from Raymond as second runner-up.
Non-finalist competition awards were presented to Miss Effingham, Kaitlin Hinkle from Teutopolis, for best in interview competition; Miss Mercer County, Briley Volinger from Viola, Ill., for best communication skills; Miss Adams County, Casey Marquess from Fowler, Ill., for best stage presence competition; and for beauty and physique Miss Moultrie-Douglas, Jenifer Fortney from Arcola, Ill.
The Ruby Crum Memorial Award for charm and enthusiasm known as the “Spark Plug Award” was presented to Miss Bond County Fair, Lauren Gall of Greenville, Ill.
Ft. Recovery FFA awards Greenhand FFA Degrees
Ft. Recovery, Ohio — On Jan. 12, the Ft. Recovery FFA Chapter held its Greenhand FFA Degree Ceremony, awarding 32 first-year members enrolled in an Agriscience class.
The Greenhand FFA Degree is the 1st degree that an FFA member can receive and requires members to demonstrate knowledge of FFA history, the FFA Creed, FFA motto, as well as have satisfactory plans for a Supervised Agricultural Experience Program. This years recipients include freshmen, Zach Bergman, Brandon Dirksen, Michelle Evers, Tyler Faller, Kurt Fortkamp, Derek Gaerke, Taylor Guggenbiller, Tyler Harker, Nicole Hart, Joseph Hoffman, Andrea Lennartz, Doug Lennartz, Natalie Lennartz, John Link, Sam Muhlenkamp, Kelly Neitfeld, Adam Pohl, Grant Pottkotter, Jason Pottkotter, Wade Reichert, Gage Retz, Tyler Shauver, Nicole Siefring, Emily Siegrist, Ashley Smith, Brandon Stammen, Kendra Stammen, C.J. Twaits, Rebeca Tobe, Jake Vogel, Jacob Whitacre, and Karissa Will.
Kentucky 4-H celebrates 100th anniversary
LEXINGTON, Ky. — 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of 4-H’s beginnings in Kentucky. To celebrate this milestone, past and present 4-H members are celebrating the youth organization’s past, relishing in the present and setting goals for the future.
“In my judgment, 4-H was America’s most successful leadership development program in the 20th century,” said Scott Smith, dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture.
Kentucky 4-H began in 1909 with a corn club in Fayette County. In this club, a group of boys each grew one acre of corn with the goal of growing corn more efficiently. At the end of the season, they reported the yield and operation costs of the project. What began with this Fayette County group rapidly spread to include agricultural-related specialty clubs in other counties. By 1939, 4-H had clubs in all 120 counties and listed 42,180 young people as members. |
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