Kiowa County 4-H Exhibit Day, State Fair results
Kiowa County 4-H has hit its busy time of the year.
First, starting with Kiowa County 4-H Exhibit Day August 1. Judging began at 10:00 a.m. continuing to 1:00 p.m. There were 45 projects judged, with 39 of those projects being promoted to Colorado State Fair.
That evening, the Eads Senior Citizen Center was opened to the public. People were able to view all the projects that were displayed and judged. At 6:00 p.m., the evening program began. Fashion Revue kicked off the program, with three members participating - Alexa Nelson, a 4-H Senior; Aspen Nelson a 4-H Intermediate; and Marley Zimmerman a 4-H Junior. All three members were champions for their age division with Alexa Nelson taking home Fashion Revue Grand Champion and Aspen Nelson Fashion Revue Reserve Grand Champion.
The awards ceremony followed the Fashion Revue. There were four divisional Grand Champions and four divisional Reserve Grand Champions awarded - “Other Sciences” Reserve Grand Champion Taygen Ferris (Self Determined) and Grand Champion Landon Zimmerman (Model Rocketry), “Natural Resources” Reserve Grand Champion Clayton Nelson (Leathercraft) and Grand Champion Landon Zimmerman, “Heritage Arts/Sewing” Reserve Grand Champion Mia Crow (Quilting) and Grand Champion Alexa Nelson (Quilting), and “Food Arts” Reserve Grand Champion Alexa Nelson (Cooking 201) and Grand Champion Tinley Lawrence.
The evening ended with the annual food auction, with Auctioneer Rob Morlan leading the way. Any food project members and the Cloverbud members are allowed and encouraged to bake and enter an item in the auction. Three percent of every sale goes to the Kiowa County 4-H Memorial Scholarship Fund, with the remainder distributed to the member themselves. This year, $62. 40 was raised for the scholarship fund, $2,217.60 went to the members, and $538 was donated to the Cloverbud Program, with a total of $2818 being raised that night!
About 80 people turned out for the Exhibit Day evening.
The Kiowa County Extension Office would like to thank our four project judges, four project Clerks, Rob Morlan, the Eads Senior Citizen Center, and the community for their continued support of the local youth!
County and Colorado State Fair results attached appear below. One member, Alexa Nelson, will be participating in the State Fashion Revue, and three members, Clayton Nelson, Gagie Rittgers, and Landon Zimmerman, are participating in the State 4-H Shoot.
4-H Member & Age Division | Project | County Placing | Colorado State Fair Placing |
Mia Crow - Intermediate | Artistic Clothing, Unit 5 (Creative Sewing) | Blue & Unit Champion | 2nd Unit Reserve Champion |
Mia Crow - Intermediate | Cake Decorating, Unit 5 | Blue & Unit Champion | Qualifier |
Mia Crow - Intermediate | Heritage Arts - Quilting, Unit 3 | Blue & Unit Champion | 3rd |
Mia Crow - Intermediate | Leathercraft, Unit 2 (Beg. Leather Carving) | Blue & Unit Champion | 9th |
Mia Crow - Intermediate | Photography, Unit 1 (Photography Basics) | Red | did not qualify at County level |
Peyton Eder - Intermediate | Photography, Unit 1 (Photography Basics) | Blue & Unit Champion | Qualifier |
Taygen Ferris - Senior | Self Determined- Homemade Goat Milk Soap | Blue & Unit Champion | State Fair does not have a Self Determined category for judging |
Miles Frey - Junior | Heritage Arts, Unit 1 (Crochet) | Blue & Unit Champion | 8th |
Miles Frey - Junior | Woodworking, Unit 1 (Measuring Up) | Blue & Unit Champion | Qualifier |
Gage Gibbs | Gardening, Unit 1 (See Them Sprout) | Blue & Unit Champion | Qualifier |
Giana Gibbs | Cake Decorating, Unit 3 | Blue & Unit Champion | Qualifier |
Garrett Hainer - Junior | Leathercraft, Unit 2 (Beg. Leather Carving) | Blue & Unit Champion | 6th |
McKenzie Jones | Foods and Nutrition - Cooking 101, Unit 1 | Blue & Unit Champion | 7th |
Tinley Lawrence | Cake Decorating, Unit 2 | Blue & Unit Champion | Qualifier |
Tinley Lawrence | Photography, Unit 1 (Photography Basics) | Blue & Unit Champion | State Fair Lost Project |
Alexa Nelson | Artistic Clothing, Unit 5 (Creative Sewing) | Blue & Unit Champion | 3rd |
Alexa Nelson | Clothing Construction, STEAM 3 (Advanced) | Blue & Unit Champion | 5th |
Alexa Nelson | Foods and Nutrition - Cooking 201, Unit 2 | Blue & Unit Champion | 5th |
Alexa Nelson | Food Preservation, Unit 3 Boiling Water Canning | Blue & Unit Champion | 2nd Unit Reserve Champion |
Alexa Nelson | Heritage Arts - Quilting, Unit 3 | Blue & Unit Champion Heritage Arts/Sewing | 2nd Unit Reserve Champion |
Alexa Nelson | Home Design and Decor Unit 1 | Blue & Unit Champion | 4th |
Alexa Nelson | Leathercraft, Unit 4 (Adv. Leather Carving) | Blue & Unit Champion | 8th |
Alexa Nelson | Shooting Sports - Decorative Item | Blue & Unit Champion | Qualifier |
Aspen Nelson | Clothing Construction, STEAM 2 (Intermediate) | Blue & Unit Champion | 7th |
Aspen Nelson | Foods and Nutrition - Cooking 301, Unit 3 | Blue & Unit Champion | 3rd |
Aspen Nelson | Foods and Nutrition - Cooking 301, Unit 3 | Blue & Unit Champion | 7th |
Clayton Nelson | Food Preservation, Unit 3 Boiling Water Canning | Blue & Unit Champion | 3rd |
Clayton Nelson | Foods and Nutrition - Specialty Foods, Unit 5 | Blue & Unit Champion | 1st Unit Champion |
Clayton Nelson | Leathercraft, Unit 5 (Coloring and Shading) | Blue & Unit Champion | 5th |
Clayton Nelson | Metalworking (Welding) Unit 2, Metal Fabrication | Blue & Unit Champion | 2nd Unit Reserve Champion |
Clayton Nelson | Shooting Sports - Decorative Item | Blue | did not qualify at County level |
Clayton Nelson | Woodworking, Unit 4 (Finishing Up) | Blue & Unit Champion | 7th |
Gaige Rittgers | Shooting Sports - Decorative Item | Blue | did not qualify at County level |
Jaden Self (Eikenberg) | Shooting Sports (.22 Rifle) | Blue & Unit Champion | 6th |
Chase Stolzenberger | Leathercraft, Unit 9 (Braiding and Untooled) | Blue & Unit Champion | 2nd Unit Reserve Champion |
Hailee Trosper | Cake Decorating, Unit 5 | Blue & Unit Champion | 3rd |
Hailee Trosper | Veterinary Science, Unit 1 | Blue & Unit Champion | 8th |
Katherine Trosper | Cake Decorating, Unit 6 | Blue & Unit Champion | 5th |
Katherine Trosper | Veterinary Science, Unit 1 | Red | did not qualify at County level |
Zoey Trosper | Foods and Nutrition - Cooking 101, Unit 1 | Red | did not qualify at County level |
Landon Zimmerman | Model Rocketry, Unit 3 (Intermediate) | Blue & Unit Champion | 3rd |
Landon Zimmerman | Shooting Sports - Decorative Item | Blue & Unit Champion | 1st Unit Champion |
Marley Zimmerman | Clothing Construction, STEAM 1 (Beginning) | Blue & Unit Champion | Qualifier |
Marley Zimmerman | Heritage Arts - Quilting, Unit 1 | Blue & Unit Champion | 5th |
Marley Zimmerman | Shooting Sports (.22 Rifle) | Blue & Unit Champion | 9th |
