The 2007 4-H Family Fun Night and Awards Program was held on November 17th at the YMCA in Burlington. About 175 members, leaders and families attended the event. Congratulations to everyone who received recognition and thanks to those who helped that evening. After the awards program, everyone was invited to use the facilities at the Y from 8:00-10:00 PM. Families had fun playing basketball, racquetball, and swimming. Refreshments were also served. The following awards were presented:
Meritorious Service – Wes & Roberta Pfaudenhauer
Alumni Award – Merle Ann Unkrich, Berni Laue
Honorary Award – Johnny Johnson
Club Community Service Award – Unity H
Honorary Community Service Awards – Town & Kountry Kids, Mediapolis Busy Bees
Achievement Award – Stacy Runnells
Leadership Award – Meghan DeBerg
Citizenship Award - Catherine Cortum, Russ Beckman
Danforth Award – Megan DeBerg
Outstanding 4-H Members –Megan Kupferschmid and Megan DeBerg
Project Awards were presented to the following members in the areas noted.
Cassie Adamson – Food & Nutrition, Clothing and Textiles, Communications
Ryan Adamson – Rabbits, Food & Nutrition, Clothing and Textiles, Outdoor Education
Hillary Ague – Rabbits
Russ Beckman – Market Beef
Catherine Cortum – Food & Nutrition, Personal Development
Natalie DeBerg- Music, Food & Nutrition, Citizenship
Sam DeBerg – Communications, Clothing Selection, Music, Citizenship
Will DeBerg - Music, Communications
Katie Gerst – Visual Arts, Photography
Kaci Keitzer – Sheep
Katlyn Malone – Beef
Marissa Miller – Visual Arts
Lindsay Oetken – Photography
Mallory Riffel – Food & Nutrition, Citizenship
Lisa Runnells – Food & Nutrition
Stacy Runnells – Gardening, Food & Nutrition, Communications
The following leaders were presented certificates and pins for their years of dedication the Des Moines County 4-H program.
5 Years of service and the award of the Silver Clover:
Becky Fraise – Danville Chris “T” Fours, Carl Thomson – Heritage Trailblazers
Johnnie Thomson – Heritage Trailblazers, Nola DeBerg – Sunshine Club, Jodi Ertz – Hilltop Helpers, Sandra Gerst – Mediapolis Busy Bees/ Huron Peppy Pals
Chris Kupferschmid – Danville Corn Huskers/ Town and Kountry Kids, Joe Miller – Mediapolis Jr. Farmers, Curtis Orr – Mediapolis Jr. Farmers, Bill Tucker – Prairie Stars.
10 Years of service and award of the Gold Clover:
Terri Hutcheson – Country Clovers, Becky Kroll – Hilltop Helpers, Paula Mehaffy – Buckaroos, Evelyn Swearingen – Unity H, Merle Ann Unkrich – Huron Peppy Pals.