The Greenwood County 4-H Achievement Banquet celebrating the 2023-2024 4-H year, was held at the Hamilton School Gymnasium on Tuesday, Nov. 7.
Harmony Sunflowers received a purple seal, Fancy Mustangs and Racing Wranglers received a blue seal, Madison Pacesetters received a red seal and Willow Valley Go-Getters received a white seal for their club seals. Clubs with completed officers’ books: Secretary: Fancy Mustangs – Purple; Racing Wranglers, Madison Pacesetters, Harmony Sunflowers. Treasurer: Madison Pacesetters – Purple; Harmony Sunflowers, Racing Wranglers, Fancy Mustangs.
Reporter: Harmony Sunflowers and Fancy Mustangs.
Historian: Harmony Sunflowers – Purple; Fancy Mustangs and Racing Wranglers.
The following 4-H members and 4-H supporters received recognition. The initials for the 4-H clubs are FR55 – Fall River 55ers, FM – Fancy Mustangs, HS – Harmony Sunflowers, MPS – Madison Pacesetters, RW – Racing Wranglers, and WVGG – Willow Valley Go-Getters.
Pins and certificates were awarded for completion of 4-H Project Record Books for individual 4-H projects. An (*) denotes senior project winners that may apply for area consideration. Achievement pins are awarded based on membership and participation. Those receiving honors included: Larkyn Bailey (MPS): Clover Award, Foods & Nutrition, Photography, Rabbit, Horticulture, Shooting Sports, Visual Arts; Jorja Beeman (MPS): Silver Award, Foods & Nutrition; Savannah Bruno-Pelky (HS): Bronze Award, Dog*; Adelae Coulter (HS): Membership Award, Bucket Calf; Duke Coulter (HS): Bronze Award, Beef; Jersey Cox (FM): Silver Guard Award, Photography; Kinsley Cox (FM): Emerald Award, Fiber Arts; John Curry (MPS): BronzeAward,Photography; Kenyon Curry (MPS): Emerald Award, Visual Arts; Cort Decker (HS): Gold Award, Sheep*, Swine*; Noah Everly- Burtin (HS): Clover Award, Beef, Shooting Sports; Emma Fankhauser (MPS): Silver Award, Beef; Grant Fankhauser (MPS): Clover Award, Beef; Tess Fankhauser (MPS): Clover Award, Beef; Gunnar Gaines (MPS): Membership Award, Aerospace/Rocketry, Woodworking, Meat Goats; Gage Gibson (MPS): Membership Award, Visual Arts; Laikyn Henke (MPS): Clover Award, Shopping in Style; Lane Henke (MPS): Membership Award, Shopping in Style; Cody Johnson (HS): Key Award; Charlie Lindamood (FM): Emerald Award, Bucket Calf, Sewing & Textiles, Foods & Nutrition, Photography, Horticulture, Fiber Arts, Meat Goats, Shopping in Style, Visual Arts, Woodworking; Henry Lindamood (FM): Silver Guard Award, Bucket Calf, Sewing & Textiles, Foods & Nutrition, Photography, Horticulture, Fiber Arts, Meat Goats, Shopping in Style, Visual Arts, Woodworking; Sydney Lindamood (FM): Leadership Award, Fiber Arts, Foods & Nutrition, Meat Goats, Photography, Horticulture, Visual Arts, Woodworking, Interior Design, Sewing & Textile; Caylin Luthi (MPS): Gold Guard Award, Leadership*; Cooper Luthi (MPS); Silver Award, Beef; Kiah Luthi (MPS): Clover Award, Fiber Arts; Leora Luthi (MPS): Membership Award, Visual Arts; Elias Mason (RW): Silver Guard Award, Visual Arts; Lydia Mason (RW): Gold Guard Award, Foods & Nutrition; Carver McDonald (MPS): Emerald Award, Aerospace/Rocketry; Mason McDonald (MPS): Leadership Award, Horse; Katelyn Nutsch (WVGG): Clover Award, Sewing & Textiles, Foods & Nutrition, Horse, Visual Arts, Shopping in Style, Fiber Arts; Tyler Nutsch (WVGG): Clover Award, Geology, Visual Arts; Brystle Osborne (FM): Bronze Award, Photography; Karsyn Osborne (FM): Bronze Award, Photography*; Hannah Perrier (RW): Gold Guard Award, Beef*; Henry Perrier (RW): Silver Guard Award, Horse; Brody Rockhill (HS): Bronze Award, Bucket Calf, Pets, Health & Wellness; Brynn Roth (MPS): Key Award, Foods & Nutrition*; Addison Seaton (WVGG): Membership Award, Bucket Calf, Foods & Nutrition; Haddie Mae Seaton (MPS): Bronze Award, Meat Goats; Hiatt Seaton (MPS): Bronze Award, Shopping in Style; Stella Shivers (RW): Clover Award, Sheep, Sewing & Textiles, Foods & Nutrition, Visual Arts, Photography; Cinch Stapleford (FM): Emerald Award, Bucket Calf; Lylly Stapleford (FM): Silver Guard Award, Horse; Bryce Teter (HS): Bronze Award, Sheep; Clay Teter (HS): Clover Award, Beef; Audrey Wallace (HS): Membership Award; Lathan Wallace (HS): Membership Award; Tyler Wells (HS): Membership Award, Rabbits, Visual Arts, Horticulture, Foods & Nutrition, Shopping in Style; Addison Westerman (RW): Gold Guard Award, Beef.
Top three record books for the county were: 1st: Hannah Perrier (RW) - Beef;
2nd: Brynn Roth (MPS) - Foods; 3rd: Caylin Luthi (MPS) – Leadership. The following fair winners were also recognized: High Point Girl: Sydney Lindamood (FM); High Point Boy: Henry Lindamood (FM).
The Alumni Award recognizes a former 4-H’er who continues to be involved and helpful in the 4-H program. This year’s Alumni Award recipient was Carla Davis.
Davis served as a leader of the Madison Pacesetters 4-H Club for 13 years and continues to serve 4-Hers as the goat superintendent. Thanks to her vision, meat goats became part of the Greenwood County 4-H Premium Livestock sale in 2006. Since that time, goat sales have raised over a quarter of a million dollars in premiums for our county’s 4-Hers. Davis also coaches, alongside Jeanna Beeman, Greenwood County 4-Hers in judging contests. Over the last 14 years, Greenwood County has had multiple teams win or place in the top three at Regional, State and National Contests and had many top 10 individuals. The 2023 team won the Kansas State 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes Team, winning the state title in Meats, Quiz Bowl and Skillathon and went on to be the Reserve National Livestock Quiz Bowl Team. Over the last three years, Greenwood County’s team has had five individuals who qualified for and were selected to be on the Kansas All Star National Meats Evaluation team. These Kansas All Star teams went on to win two National Championships and a Reserve National Championship with each year’s team including members from Greenwood County. Davis and her husband Greg now operate RanchLand Feed in Madison.
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