Nearly 110 Story County 4-H youth including Clover Kids participated in the 4-H Communication Contest on March 28 and March 29 in Story City. The contest is a Story County Youth Fair event that happens before the fair in July. Judges evaluated each entry and award state fair rosette, alternate state fair rosette, top award rosette, purple, blue, red, or white ribbons. For qualified contests, judges selected exhibits to shown at the Iowa State Fair in August. Following are the contest results:
Educational Presentations
Youth communicate information about a topic of their choice and also use visuals like posters in their presentations.
State Fair: Caitlin, Jessica, Eric, Sarah, Molly, Michaella
Alt. State Fair: Cassidy, David, Michaella
Top Award: Erik, Alex
Purple: Augusta
Blue: Henry, Garrett, Emily, David, Stephanie, Hannah, Peter, Nora, Hannah, Mary Kate, Cody
Red: Jordan, Megan Jo, Jennifer
Working Exhbits
Youth communicate a process and invite the audience to participate.
State Fair: Kayla, Kristina, Jessica, Jennifer, Gabbie, Brooke, Celsey, Caleb
Alt. State Fair: Peter, Nora, Hannah, Emma, Simon, Zachary
Blue: Gabrielle, Danielle, Anna, Kaylee, Megan, Mia, Chelsea, Noah, Spencer
Red: Katlyn, Emma, Zach, Chelsea, Zachary
4-H Posters:
Youth select 1 of 5 4-H themes and develop a poster with specific dimensions.
State Fair: Justin, Anna
Top Award: Nicole
Purple: Kayla, Kristina, Hannah, Danielle, Alyssa
Blue: Emily, Abbey, Maggie, Jennifer, Chelsea, Lane, Michael, Jordan
Extemporaneous Speaking
Youth select one of three 4-H topics they draw and in 30 minutes prepare a 4-6 minute speech.
State Fair: Lynn
Blue: Kendra
Extemporaneous Writing
Youth were given the topic: How do the four “H”s relate to you? Then youth write about this topic for a specified amount of time.
Top Award: Abbey
Purple: Kendra, Rachael, Lynn
Blue: Chelsea, Emily, Anna, Michaella
Clover Kid Posters
Youth in grades K – 3rd developed a poster and received participation ribbons.
Participants: Josie, Josiah, Alison, Hannah, Maria, Molly, Maggie, Sophia, Elizabeth, Luke, Kaylee, Colby, Kade, Ben, Tessa, Teagan, Jakob, Brock, Calli, Christy, Cindy, Mackenna, Shelby, Will, Alec, Hannah, Creighton, Phelan
Sponsors
Thank you to the many volunteers that helped with the contest details and the Harvest Evangelical Free Church for facility use. Thank you to the following contest supporters: Brian Heithoff, Fran & Jeff Berger, Morton Boyd, Melva & Bill Berkland, Bob & Kathy Nervig, Story County Pork Producers, Story County Horse Committee, Ralph & Carolyn Manning, Story County 4-H Fair Association.