Summer 2023 4-H Awards Ceremony: Special Interest award winners announced

Kathy Bruynis, Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development

The Summer 2023 4-H Awards Ceremony was held July 20 in the auditorium of Southern State Community College.

Congratulations to all those who competed.

For Special Interest projects, results are as follows:

• Cake Decorating Beginner: Baylee McClain, Highland's Best, first place and state fair representative - Senior Age Beginner Skill; Kiley Claypool, Belfast Kids Unlimited, state fair representative - Jr. Age Beginner Skill; Alexis West, Marshall Jr. Farmers, second place - Senior Age Beginner Skill.

• Cake Decorating - Intermediate: Arayla Montgomery, Fur Feathers and Friends, first place and state fair representative - Junior Age Intermediate Skill

• Get Started in Art: Rylee Harper, Fur Feathers and Friends, first place and state fair representative.

• Keeping Fit: Wyatt Osborn, Premier Showmen, first place and state fair representative.

• Staying Healthy: Blake Osborn, Premier Showmen, first place and state fair representative.

• Superhero You: Jada White, Premier Showmen, first place and state fair representative.

• First Aid in Action: Mercy Combs, Premier Showmen, first place and state fair representative.

• Tacking Your Health and Fitness: Zachary Burwinkel, Barnyard Bunch, first place and state fair representative.

• Your Feelings Matter: Jayah Chaney, Fantastics, first place and state fair representative.

• Your Thoughts Matter: Emma Barnett, Highland County Poultry Pigs and Lambs, first place.

• The Laundry Project: Madison Burwinkel, Barnyard Bunch, first place and state fair representative.

• Becoming Money Wise - Second Year: Preston Mossbarger, Highland County Unlimited, first place and state fair representative.

• Teens on the Road to Financial Success; Evan Fender, Barnyard Bunch, first place and state fair representative.

• It's My Home - First Year: Cora Fullenkamp, Premier Showmen, first place and state fair representative.

• Your First Home Away From Home - Second Year: Rachelle Priest, Marshall Jr. Farmers, first place and state fair representative.

• Makeover My Space: Ann Boyd, Barnyard Bunch, first place and state fair representative.

• Photography Basics - Book 1: Jayah Chaney, Fantastics, first place and state fair representative.

• Photography Master: Makenzie Arnold, Marshall Jr. Farmers, first place and state fair representative.

• Canning and Freezing: Maguire Ross, Country Critters, first place and state fair representative.

• Grow Your Own Vegetables:Lilly Fugate, Highland County Unlimited, first place and state fair representative; Bryson Cloud, Marshall Jr. Farmers, second place.

• Edible Landscapes: Jennielynn Ogden, Concord Jr. Farmers, first place and state fair representative.

• Growing with the Seasons: Kathryn Ogden, Concord Jr. Farmers, first place and state fair representative.

• Bright Beginnings Special Interest Award: Aubrey Pack, Belfast Kids Unlimited.

# 24 copy — Pictured are (front, l-r) Emma Barnett (Your Thoughts Matter), Preston Mossbarger (Becoming Money Wise) and Jayah Chaney (Your Feelings Matter) and (back) Evan Fender (Teens on the Road to Financial Success) Not pictured: Jada White (Superhero You), Mercy Combs (First Aid in Action), Zachary Burwinkel (Tracking Your Health and Fitness) and Madison Burwinkel (The Laundry Project).

# 25 copy — **Rachelle Priest (Your First Home Away from Home), Cora Fullenkamp (It’s My Home) and Ann Boyd (Makeover My Space).**

# 26 copy — **Mackenzie Arnold (Photography Master) and Jayah Chaney (Photography Basics).**

# 27 copy — Lilly Fugate (Grow Your Own Vegetables), Bryson Cloud (Grow Your Own Vegetables), Maguire Ross (Canning and Freezing), Kathryn Ogden (Growing with the Seasons) and Jennielynn Ogden (Edible Landscapes).

# 28 copy — **Aubrey Pack (Bright Beginnings Special Interest Award).**

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