Adair County 4-H clubs were recognized for their outstanding work during the group’s annual 4-H Awards Day held Sunday, November 9th at the Nodaway Valley High School Auditorium Greenfield.
The Adair County Hot Shots were honored as the Outstanding 4-H Club of the year. The Hot Shots achieved the largest increase in membership last year. One of their largest projects was hosting a welcome home and benefit for club member, Tyler Ford. They organized a food drive, helped at kindergarten piggy bank night, and set up games at the local Horizons celebration. Members mastered new shooting skills and participated in state level competition. Farmers Electric Cooperative, Inc., provided a $75 cash award to the Outstanding 4-H Club of the year.
Other club honors went to the Richland Royals as the Outstanding Educational Programming 4-H Club, Summit Super Stars as the Special Generosity 4-H Club, and Summerset Citizens as the Outstanding Outreach Club of the Year. Donors included: Southwest Iowa Egg, Massena; Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Winterset/Orient; and West Central Cooperative, Adair. Each group received a $25 cash award.
Individual 4-H’ers were also recognized for tenure, record book completion, and project work during the ceremony. 4-H records encourage youth to set goals, record their progress, and reflect on what they’ve learned and achieved. A group of individuals and businesses committed to 4-H and the record book concept have formed a group known as Friends of 4-H Record Keepers to recognize 4-H’ers who complete records. Their contributions make it possible to award every 4-H’er who completes a record book with $10. Members of the Friends of 4-H Record Keepers include: First State Bank, Stuart; Rex & Hope Wilhelm, Stuart; Farm Credit Services of America, Red Oak; Dean & Melodee Carstens, Adair; Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Winterset-St. Charles-Orient; Wayne Bohling, Fontanelle; Jane, Toby, and Maggie Stalter, Stuart; Ron & Becky Dreher Family, Adair; Adair County Pork Producers; West Central Cooperative, Adair; Paul Herr Family, Fontanelle; Rohrig Show Pigs, Orient; Kirk and Sara (Shepherd) Tokheim, Bode, IA; and Daisy Miller, in Honor of Deb Stalter, Stuart.
First year record keepers also received a 4-H sign provided by First National Bank of Fontanelle/Greenfield/Massena/Anita/Correctionville.
A complete listing of club awards, tenure, and project awards for Adair County clubs follows. An asterisk* is used to designate each member that completed a record book.
Adair County Hot Shots
Outstanding 4-H Club Award
Leaders: Sieanna Rawlings, Tyson Rawlings, Randy Hensley,
Jack Brown, Sr., Steve Johnston, Rick Miller, Brian Lundy, and Brooke Wilbourne
Assistant Leaders: Dallas and Tracey Mavis, Ranae Thompson, and Susan Stevens
Jesse Beaman – 6 yr.seal; Michael Beaman – 1 yr. pin; Jordan Brodersen – 7 yr. seal;*Merritt Caviness – 1 yr. pin, sign; Grant Dudley; Gregory Ford; Tyler Ford; Katey Havens – 7 yr. seal; Rachel Held – 8 yr. seal; *Wyatt Hensley – 3 yr. pin, Safety Education in Shooting Sports; Kale Hoadley – 6 yr. seal; Adam Johnston – 9 yr. seal; Travis Johnston – 5 yr. certificate; Ted Lundy – 4 yr. pin; Ryan McAtee; Sydney McElfish – 1 yr. pin; Abigail Miller; *Steven Pickrell – 3 yr. pin, Food & Nutrition; Ethan Spoerry – 1 yr. pin; Sylvia Spoerry – 1 yr. pin; Ashley Thompson – 5 yr. certificate; Jamie Thompson – 7 yr. seal; Brandi Wilbourne – 3 yr. pin; Joey Wilbourne –
5 yr. certificate
Adair County Wing Walkers
Leaders: Vanessa Martin and Tammy Walk
Saber Brandt – 2 yr. pin; Dean Frank – 2 yr. pin; *Joceline Holliday – 7 yr. seal, Meat Goat; Stephanie Jameson – 1 yr. pin; Tiffany Jameson – 1 yr. pin; *Judd Martin – 4 yr. pin, Citizenship, Food & Nutrition; *Velista Martin – 7 yr. seal, Beef, Leadership; Anthony Pitsenbarger – 1 yr. pin; Hunter Thompson – 4 yr. pin; Kelcie Thompson – 9 yr. seal; *Allison Walk – 6 yr. seal, Cat; *Brenna Walk – 2 yr. pin, Food & Nutrition; *Heather Walk – 8 yr. seal, Dog; Alex Welsch – 4 yr. pin
Grove Champions
Leaders: Karen Stamper and Mark Ruby
Haley Bjorn – 5 yr. certificate; Valerie Bjorn – 1 yr. pin; Katherine Christie – 2 yr. pin; Alicia Cooper – 5 yr. certificate; Tessa Dahl – 1 yr. pin; Cami Edwards – 7 yr. seal; Nicholas Freese – 1 yr. pin; Alex Harlan – 7 yr. seal; Danielle Luhrs – 4 yr. pin; Beth Lundy – 2 yr. pin; Tori Lundy – 6 yr. seal; Savannah Ruby – 6 yr. seal; Chantel Sevier – 3 yr. pin; Alexis Sheriff – 2 yr. pin; Jenna Stalder – 4 yr. pin; Kayla Stalder – 4 yr. pin; Jennie Stamper – 8 yr. seal; Kayleigh Wessel – 1 yr. pin; Hannah Yount – 3 yr. pin
Harrison Hummers
Leader: Deb Stalter and Kim Pepin
Kassiday Baudler – 1 yr. pin; Jasmine Blanchard – 1 yr. pin; Jessie Booth – 2 yr. pin; *David Brent – 4 yr. pin; *Hawley Brent – 4 yr. pin; McKenzie Dean – 1 yr. pin; Dustin Freeman – 2 yr. pin; *Katharine Hrubetz – 1 yr. pin, sign; Abigail Miller – 1 yr. pin; Margaret Miller – 1 yr. pin;
Chiho Naruse – 1 yr. pin; Megan Newton – 3 yr. pin; Mikayla Newton – 1 yr. pin; Kathleen Pepin – 7 yr. seal; Crystal Ruchti – 1 yr. pin; *Morgan Smith – 1 yr. pin, sign; *Bailey Waddell – 1 yr. pin, sign, Home Improvement; *Hannah Waddell – 1 yr. pin, sign
Independent Membership
David Schwartz – 8 yr. seal
Jefferson Pioneers
Leaders: Jon Linn, Rochelle Gilman, and Amy Doud
*Joanna Blomquist – 7 yr. seal; Caroline Doud – 1 yr. pin; Gabrielle Doud – 9 yr. seal; Gayle Doud – 9 yr. seal; Jackson Doud – 3 yr. pin; Maria Doud – 5 yr. certificate; Vince Doud – 1 yr. pin; Cera Drake – 4 yr. pin; Grant Dudley – 3 yr. pin; Greg Dudley – 6 yr. seal; Jeff Dudley – 6 yr. seal; Anna Earhart – 8 yr. seal; Caleb Fairchild – 5 yr. certificate; Danielle Fairchild – 5 yr. certificate; Kyle Fairchild – 2 yr. pin; Megan Fairchild – 2 yr. pin; Ethan Gilman – 7 yr. seal; Leah Gilman – 6 yr. seal; *Hailey Gross – 1 yr. pin, sign, Horse, Home Improvement; Cody Hansen – 1 yr. pin; Kayla Hansen – 1 yr. pin; *Anna Horn – 2 yr. pin, Dog, Horse; Brian Keller – 1 yr. pin; Jasmine Linn – 5 yr. certificate; Olivia McAtee – 2 yr. pin; Ryan McAtee – 3 yr. pin; Kelsey Nourse – 2 yr. pin; Emily O’Brien – 1 yr. pin; Megan O’Brien – 4 yr. pin; Claire Powell – 8 yr. seal; Clayton Scott – 3 yr. pin; Michael Tiernan – 6 yr. seal; Chad Varley – 9 yr.
Seal; *Millie Varley – 3 yr. pin; Kennedy Wallace – 2 yr. pin
Nodaway Valley Clover Kids
Iowa 4-H’ers for 4-H Campaign Contributor
Leader: Polly Miller
Jake Baudler – 2 yr. pin; *Cheyenne Benton – 4 yr. pin; Sidney Hohertz – 2 yr. pin; Corrine Jones – 2 yr. pin; *Casey Ladd – 2 yr. pin; *Cody Ladd – 5 yr. certificate; Michael Miller –6 yr. seal; Andrea Sackett – 5 yr. certificate; Craig Sackett – 3 yr. pin; Amber Spainhower – 5 yr. certificate; Mikel Spainhower – 7 yr. seal; Lucas Svoboda – 2 yr. pin; Mandi Svoboda – 2 yr. pin; Samantha Svoboda – 2 yr. pin; *Gina Wallace – 7 yr. seal, Food & Nutrition
Orient Bulldogs
Leader: Emily Ford
*Dean Barnett – 7 yr. seal; Mark Cooley – 6 yr. seal; Chantz Davidson – 3 yr. pin; *Chisum Downing – 4 yr. pin, Food & Nutrition; *Heath Downing – 2 yr. pin, sign, Beef, Food & Nutrition; *Kysa Downing – 4 yr. pin, Home Improvement, Citizenship; Blake Eddy – 1 yr. pin; Devon Eddy – 4 yr. pin; Hayley Fenley – 1 yr. pin; Kenton Ford – 8 yr. seal; Kevin Ford – 7 yr. sea; Paul Frederick – 6 yr. seal; Bailee Huddleson – 6 yr. seal; Zackary Huddleson – 8 yr. seal; *Joey Huntington – 1 yr. pin, sign, Woodworking; *Aaron Kralik – 1 yr. pin, sign, Photography, Fish and Wildlife; Cody Long – 2 yr. pin; Tyler Long – 5 yr. certificate; Alex Maeder – 9 yr. seal; *Tessa Mittag – 7 yr. seal, Beef; *Tucker Mittag – 9 yr. seal; Bobbie Patten – 4 yr. pin; Chrystal Patten – 4 yr. pin; *Branden Sammons – 5 yr. certificate, Dairy Goat, Sheep; *Brooklyn Sammons – 2 yr. pin; Casey Tanner – 9 yr. seal; Cole Tanner – 5 yr. certificate; ordan Tridle – 8 yr. seal; Whitney Tridle – 8 yr. seal; Jake Waddingham – 9 yr. seal; Katie Walter – 1 yr. pin; *Tommy Walter – 5 yr. certificate, Swine; Kennedy Wheat – 1 yr. pin
Richland Royals
Iowa 4-H’ers for 4-H Campaign Contributor
Outstanding Educational Programming 4-H Club Award
Leaders: Sharon Mensing and Linda BreDahl
Jessica Baier – 9 yr. seal; *Emily Huntington – 5 yr. certificate, Communication; *Michelle Mensing – 9 yr. seal, Food & Nutrition; Sasha Miller – 9 yr. seal; Mikayla Nielsen – 1 yr. pin;
Sierra Nielsen – 4 yr. pin; *Hannah Thompson – 1 yr. pin, sign, Clothing, Food & Nutrition
Summerset Citizens
Iowa 4-H’ers for 4-H Campaign Contributor
Outstanding Outreach 4-H Club of the Year
Leaders: Tammie Cass, Karen Schulteis, Ami Venteicher, and Susan Marnin
*Benjamin Baudler – 6 yr. seal, Visual Art; *Bradley Baudler – 4 yr. pin, Beef, Visual Art;
Mark Baudler – 2 yr. pin; *Emily Bingaman – 8 yr. seal; *T.J. Bower – 3 yr. pin; *Brittany Carlson – 1 yr. pin, sign; *Adrienne Cass – 2 yr. pin, Dog; *Brandon Cass – 6 yr.
seal; *Christopher Cass – 7 yr. seal, Meat Goat; *Kelsie Cass – 9 yr. seal, Communication; *Mason Clarke – 3 yr. pin, Food & Nutrition; *Laura Feick – 5 yr. certificate; *Megan Feick – 3 yr. pin; *Mikel Feick – 5 yr. certificate; *Christine Gross – 3 yr. pin, Beef, Clothing; *Rebecca Gross – 9 yr. seal; *Rachel Herr – 9 yr. seal, Food & Nutrition, Citizenship; *Susan Herr –7 yr. seal, Food & Nutrition; *Laura Marnin – 7 yr. seal, Clothing Selection; *Lisa Marnin – 5 yr. certificate, Clothing, Communication; *Sam Marnin – 1 yr. pin, sign, Clothing; *Rob Mensing – 9 yr. seal, Leadership; Shelby Mullen – 4 yr. pin; *Stefan Queck – 2 yr. pin, Photography; *Benjamin Schulteis – 8 yr. seal, Woodworking, Food & Nutrition; *Katrina Schulteis – 9 yr. seal, Clothing; *Landon Schulteis – 6 yr. seal, Food & Nutrition, Woodworking; Aubrey Shannon – 1 yr. pin; *Justin Tanner – 4 yr. pin, Child Development; *Nathan Venteicher – 4 yr. pin, Beef; *Shelby Venteicher – 5 yr. certificate, Beef; Karree Voss – 1 yr. pin’ Kaylee Voss – 1 yr. pin; Kentzee Voss – 1 yr. pin
Summit Super Stars
Iowa 4-H’ers for 4-H Campaign Contributor
Generosity 4-H Club Award
Leaders: Teresa Noland, Jeanette Jorgensen, and Beth Davenport
*McKenna Davenport – 5 yr. certificate, Citizenship, Photography; Lynae Fisher – 8 yr. seal;
*Josh Irlmeier – 4 yr. pin, Poultry; *Hannah Jorgensen – 1 yr. pin, sign; *Kyle Jorgensen – 8 yr. seal, Beef; *Zachary Jorgensen – 7 yr. seal; *Matthew Noland – 4 yr. pin, Swine, Beef; *Shelby Soper – 2 yr. pin, Clothing, Meat Goat, Beef; Shyanne Soper – 3 yr. pin; Shelby Sorensen – 1 yr. pin
Washington Stars
Leaders: Amy Thompson and Kris Ford
*Beau Brown – 10 yr. seal; *Tanner Brown – 6 yr. seal; *Ty Brown – 9 yr. seal; Megan Eblen – 3 yr. pin; *Matthew Evans – 1 yr. pin, sign, Food & Nutrition, Dairy Cattle; Brittany Firch – 5 yr. certificate; Dustin Ford – 5 yr. certificate; Gregory Ford – 7 yr. seal; Nichole Ford – 6 yr. seal; Tyler Ford – 6 yr. seal; Montgomery Funke – 4 yr. pin; Rachel Jacobson – 3 yr. pin; Rebecca Jacobson – 6 yr. seal; Zachary Jacobson – 7 yr. seal; Matthew Jensen – 4 yr. pin; Abigail Lowry – 5 yr. certificate; Hollie Perrin – 2 yr. pin; Casey Rice – 5 yr. certificate; Taylor Rice – 3 yr. pin; Brett Thompson – 8 yr. seal; Jeff Thompson – 5 yr. certificate; Kristyn Thompson – 5 yr. certificate
Way Out Walnuts
Leaders: Ralph Lents, Cindi Lee, and Lonny Jensen
Katie Clarke – 4 yr. pin; Gunnar Dinkla – 3 yr. pin; Logan Dinkla – 3 yr. pin; Zoey Dinkla – 1 yr. pin; Alyssa Jensen – 4 yr. pin; Samantha Jensen – 5 yr. certificate; Whitney Jensen – 5 yr. certificate; Heather Lee – 4 yr. pin; Jeff Lee – 4 yr. pin; Waylen Lemke – 2 yr. pin; Katie Lents – 8 yr. seal; Shelby Mills – 2 yr. pin; Kassadee Nelson – 2 yr. pin; Monica Weston – 7 yr. seal
Award winners were honored with an informal reception hosted by the Summit Super Stars and Way Out Walnuts 4-H clubs following the presentation of awards.
2008 Major Award Winners
4-H Alumni
Deb Hall, Sharon Mensing, Guy Powell
Friends of 4-H
Adair County Corn & Soybean Association
Adair County Lamb & Wool Grower's Association
Achievement-Velista Martin, Michelle Mensing
Ak-Sar-Ben Leadership-Joceline Holliday
Danforth-Ben Baudler, Emily Bingaman
Senior Merit-Katrina Schulteis
Golden Apple-Susan Herr
Agriculture-Joanna Blomquist, Zach Jorgensen
4-H Spirit
Christopher Cass, Christine Gross, Laura Marnin, Steven Pickrell, Landon Schulteis
Outstanding Members
Juniors: McKenna Davenport, Matthew Noland
Intermediates: Tessa Mittag, Justin Tanner
Seniors: Kelsie Cass, Rachel Herr
2008-09 4-H Youth Council
Jessica Baier, Ben Baudler, Emily Bingaman, Haley Bjorn, Joanna Blomquist, Hawley Brent, Christopher Cass, Kelsie Cass, Gabby doud, Cami Edwards, P.J. Frederick, Rachel Held, Rachel Herr, Susan Herr, Kale Hoadley Joceline Holliday, Kyle Jorgensen, Zach Jorgensen, Laura Marnin, Velista Martin, Michelle Mensing, Rob Mensing, Shelby Mullen, Katie Pepin, Steven Pickrell, Savannah Ruby, Andrea Sackett, Branden Sammons, Amber Spainhower, Mikel Spainhower, Jennie Stamper, Justin Tanner, Gina Wallace
2008 4-H Awards Day Program
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