Seven Sanborn County 4-Hers participated at the South Dakota State 4-H Horse Show in Huron on July 25-27. Events ranged from speed, equitation and performance events to Youth in Action contests.
Hope Baysinger and Delaney Zoss earned trips to compete at the National Western Roundup during the Denver Stock Show. Hope is eligible to compete in Senior Demonstration and Delaney in Senior Hippology.
…Read the results and see additional pictures in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!
Sanborn County 4-H is celebrating the Centennial (100th) Birthday of 4-H in Sanborn County. There will be a table available at Achievement Days, where memorabilia will be showcased of 4-H from the past 100 years. If anyone has something they would like to display, it can be dropped off on Thursday, Aug. 4, during the static exhibit judging between 4-7 p.m.
On Friday evening, everyone is invited to stop by the Centennial Birthday to enjoy a grilled burger or hotdog meal, including cake and ice cream, from 6-7 p.m. Check out the 4-H member exhibits while you are there. The Ag Olympics will follow the meal from 7-8 p.m.; plan to enter a team or just watch for entertainment.
The final Sanborn County 4-H Youth-In-Action event (before Achievement Days) was held on Wednesday, July 20, at the 4-H Building in Forestburg. The Fashion Revue Contest is an opportunity for youth to model complete outfits that are either made or selected by the exhibitor. Participants are judged on their interview, personal presentation, modeling, appearance of outfit/garment and responses to judges’ questions. This year’s eight contestants kept the two judges, Ruth Ann Olinger and Cindy Larson, busy with a total of 18 outfits!
Competing in the Fashion Revue Contest were the following 4-H members along with their ribbon placings:
Purple – Paige Anderson (3), Lane Burkel (3), Ashlee Hanson, Brooklyn Larson (2);
Blue – Ty Burkel, Sophie Kelly (2), Timothy Kelly (2);
Red – Chris Burkel, Ty Burkel, Timothy Kelly;
White – Chris Burkel.
…See pictures in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!
