4-H Achievment Night Awards — Part 2
Awards and recognition — it’s what 4-H Achievement is all about. This year’s Achievement Night was held Oct. 29 at the Moffat County High School Auditorium, and this week’s story is Part 2 of the award results.
Installation of 4-H Council officers is held at each Achievement Night. This year, the following officers were installed: President Makayla Goodnow; Vice-President Emily Wellman; Secretary Robert Baker; senators Emily Wellman and Makayla Goodnow; and club representatives Mattie Jo Duzik, Taylor Duzik, Karissa Maneotis, Will Pilgrim, Alexi Goodnow and Emma Balstad.
Karissa Maneotis was recognized as the District 11 president. This qualified her to be on the State Officer Team where she holds the position of secretary.
Other awards included the following.
• Producer’s Choice Awards: These awards are presented to youth who are trying to replicate the sheep industry to the best of their ability. Three awards are given in all. The first one is given during the Moffat County Fair. The other two are presented at Achievement Night. Award No. 2 is based on rate of gain, carcass contest, test score, oral presentation and record book. Award No. 3 is given to the top individual overall with the best pen of two lambs that rated the highest overall in the carcass and rate of gain contests.
Award No. 2:
Intermediate Division — Derek Maiolo
Senior Division — Emily Wellman
Award No. 3:
Emily Wellman
Also within the Producer’s Choice Awards is the Breeding Program Award. This is based on test score, interview score and record book score. The member must be enrolled in the breeding sheep project.
• Breeding Program Award: Junior Division, Kelton Villard
• The 2009 Producer’s Choice Oral Presentation Winners:
Senior:
1st: Stetson White
2nd: Emily Wellman
Intermediate:
1st: Derek Maiolo
2nd: Trey Norton
3rd: Kayla Hall
4th: Brice White
Junior:
1st: Kelton Villard
• Horse Advancement — This levels program is designed for the serious horseman to progress and test horsemanship and training skills. There are four levels. Everyone in Moffat County is required to pass Level 1 in order to participate in the county fair.
The following girls successfully passed Level 2 riding and written tests:
Breanne Willshire and Samantha Wiseman
The following girls successfully passed Level 3 tests:
Samantha Wiseman and Taylor Duzik
• Outstanding Horseman Award — This award is a composition of points which 4-H members ear through class placement, levels testing, attending the Livestock Expo and record book scores.
• 2009 Outstanding Horseman Award — Taylor Duzik
• Best Kept Livestock and Horse Record Awards — These awards were presented to recognize 4-H members who have excelled in the area of keeping records. (“Enterprise” is one project. “Two enterprise” indicates two projects or species, etc.)
Overall Top Five Books (age and enterprise not a factor):
1st: Bryanne Runnion
2nd: Alexi Goodnow
3rd: Will Pilgrim
4th: Eryn Leonard
5th: Miranda Blomquist
One Enterprise Junior:
1st: Katia Voloshion
2nd: Karmen Christopher
3rd: Trent Vernon
4th: Josey King
5th: Brianna Harrington
One Enterprise Intermediate:
1st: Eryn Leonard
2nd: Kayla Hall
3rd: Cheyenne Ossen
4th: Faith Santistevan
5th: Delaney Baker
One Enterprise Senior:
1st: Bryanne Runnion
2nd: Miranda Blomquist
3rd: Terra Rieser
4th Ashleigh Santistevan
5th: Ashley King
Overall One Enterprise (age not a factor):
1st: Bryanne Runnion
2nd: Eryn Leonard
3rd: Miranda Blomquist
4th: Kayla Hall
5th: Cheyenne Ossen
Two Enterprise Junior:
1st: Emma Balstad
2nd: Summer Ossen
3rd: Katie Haskins
Two Enterprise Intermediate:
1st: Alexi Goodnow
2nd: Will Pilgrim
3rd: Robert Baker
4th: Brice White
5th: Dakota Lee
Two Enterprise Senior:
1st: Makayla Goodnow
2nd: Stetson White
3rd: Emily Wellman
4th: Hannah Coy
5th: Chelsee Camblin
Overall Two Enterprise (age not a factor):
1st: Alexi Goodnow
2nd: Will Pilgrim
3rd: Makayla Goodnow
4th: Emma Balstad
5th: Robert Baker
Three Enterprise Junior:
1st: Mattie Jo Duzik
Three Enterprise Intermediate:
1st: Taylor Duzik
2nd: Mackenzie Camblin
3rd: Breanne Willshire
Three Enterprise Senior:
1st: Call Camblin
Four Enterprise Intermediate:
1st: Jerica DeLong
Five Enterprise Junior:
1st: Andrea Maneotis
Five Enterprise Senior:
1st: Karissa Maneotis
Overall 3, 4, & 5 Enterprise (age not a factor):
1st: Taylor Duzik
2nd: Karissa Maneotis
3rd: Mattie Jo Duzik
4th: Call Camblin
5th: Jerica DeLong
• Best Kept Dog Records: This award is to recognize youth who have excelled in the area of keeping records.
1st Year Dog Records:
1st: Emma Balstad
2nd: Justin Dugan
3rd: Nathan Ditges
4th: Brooke Hahn
5th: Marissa Butler
Advanced Dog Records:
1st: Brooke Krause
2nd: Faith Santistevan
3rd: Kayla Hall
4th: Colton Hall
5th: Imelda Hernandez
Pins were presented to leaders (first, fifth and 10th years), Junior Leaders, and 4-H members (fifth, eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th years). Club certificates for Community Pride and Club Completion were presented, and the 4-H Foundation gave cash awards, according to criteria, such as keeping pens and alleyways clean, keeping animals watered and fed, cooperation, sportsmanship and others during the county fair.
The 2009 specie cash awards were presented to: Maybell Rustlers for beef; Double Trouble for sheep and goats; Elkhead Wranglers for swine; and Rabbit Rustlers for small animals. The Overall Top Club/Chapter Award went to Elkhead Wranglers.
Members picked up completion certificates, livestock record books and trophy pictures after the award ceremony.
Congratulations to all of the 4-H members and leaders.
If you have a story idea, contact Diane Prather at P.O. Box 415, Craig, CO 81626 or call 824-8809.
Copyright Diane Prather, 2009.
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