PETERSBURG, Ill. – 4-H members earned awards during the local 2025 4-H Shows by demonstrating knowledge and skills they gained this year. Menard County 4-H members showed 93 live animal exhibits at the Menard County Fair and 42 general project exhibits, and 1 entry at the Logan, Menard and Sangamon Dog Show during shows held at the Sangamon County Fairgrounds in New Berlin on June 28-29.
Every year 4-H members select projects that interest them in the categories of Animal Science, Creative Arts, Environmental Sciences, Civic Engagement, Food Systems, Healthy Living, Career Leadership, and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). After choosing a project, members learn about that topic on their own and then demonstrate what they have learned by exhibiting their work in the county 4-H shows.
“New for 2025, the first annual 4-H Master Showmanship Contest was held at the Menard County Fair. Participants competed by showing swine, sheep and beef in a back-to-back competition with the Champion being promoted to represent Menard County at the Illinois State Fair,” said Stacie Skelton, Menard County 4-H Program Coordinator. “Thank you to the Menard County Farm Bureau, Whitcomb Club Lambs, Wankel Farms/Channel Seeds and Menard County 4-H for making this contest possible.”
Menard County 4-H Results:
- 2025 Menard 4-H Beef Show
- 2025 Menard 4-H Rabbit Show
- Ava Satorius – Champion Buck
- Ava Satorius – Champion Doe
- Raelynn Shifflett-- Champion Rabbit Showmanship
- BLUE AWARDS – Ava Satorius (3), Raelynn Shifflett (2), Mollie Willis (2)
- 2025 Menard 4-H Sheep Show
- Maggie Wankel – Grand Champion Market Lamb
- Colton Wankel – Grand Champion Ewe
- Kirby Jo Bacon– Grand Champion Ram
- Kirby Jo Bacon – Senior Sheep Showmanship
- Milo Bacon – Junior Sheep Showmanship
- BLUE AWARDS – Kirby Jo Bacon (9), Milo Bacon (6), Levi Cook (2), Elise Ruppel (4), Colton Wankel (3), Emma Wankel (1), Maggie Wankel (4)
- 2025 Menard 4-H Swine Show
- Luke Willis – Grand Champion Barrow
- Macie Willis– Reserve Grand Champion Barrow
- Emma Wankel– Grand Champion Gilt
- Luke Willis– Reserve Grand Champion Gilt
- Ava Satorius– Grand Champion Market Gilt
- Waylon Carls– Junior Swine Showmanship
- Macie Willis– Senior Swine Showmanship
- BLUE AWARDS – Waylon Carls (4), Journee Cornell (3), Aiden Grosboll (2), Audrey Grosboll (2), Corajoy Koke (3), Eli Koke (2), Ava Satorius (1), Ethan Satorius (1), Henry Schirding (3), Emma Wankel (2), Luke Willis (4), Macie Willis (4), Mollie (4)
- 2025 Master Showmanship
- Champion Master Showman – Emma Wankel
- Reserve Champion Master Showman – Macie Willis
- Swine Champion – Macie Willis
- Sheep Champion – Kirby Jo Bacon
- Beef Champion – Emma Wankel
- BLUE AWARDS – Kirby Jo Bacon (1), Wesley Sampson (1), Colton Wankel (1), Emma Wankel (1), Macie Willis (1)
- 2025 Cloverbud Exhibitors at the Menard County Fair
- GREEN AWARDS – Cloverbud Division – Charlotte Bilyeu, Evelyn Bilyeu, Halle Foulk, Reese Justice, Cora Lee, June Lee, Jolene Schirding, Sawyer Taapken, Gracie Taylor, Braden Turner, Violet Whitehurst
- 2025 Menard 4-H General Projects Show
- Champion Animal Science - Kaisley Beiermann
- Champion Civic Engagement - Samantha O’Neill
- Champion Creative Writing - Allison O’Neill
- Champion Floriculture - Adalynn Beiermann
- Champion Horticulture - Kaisley Beiermann
- Champion Healthy Living - Adalynn Beiermann
- Champion Food Science - Adalynn Beiermann
- Champion Vegetable Display - Maggie Whitehurst
- BLUE AWARDS- Adalynn Beiermann (3), Kaisley Beiermann (4) Addison Duis (1), Aria Henry (4), Charlotte Lane (1), Allison O’Neill (2), Samantha O’Neill (2), Kendall Underwood (2), Maggie Whitehurst (3), Luke Willis (2), Macie Willis (3), Mollie Willis (3)
- RED AWARDS- Kendall Underwood (1)
- 2025 Logan, Menard and Sangamon Dog Show
- Champion Dog Obedience – Kendall Underwood
BLUE AWARDS- Kendall Underwood (1)
Twelve 4-H members from Menard County will exhibit their general project work at the Illinois State Fair in the Orr Building on Sunday, August 10. The public is welcome to view these exhibits throughout the day alongside the very best exhibits from other counties across the state. Local 4-H members will also be participating in the Junior Livestock shows during the Illinois State Fair. To learn more about the opportunities available to local youth through the 4-H program, visit extension.illinois.edu/lms/4-h-youth-development.
University of Illinois Extension develops educational programs, extends knowledge, and builds partnerships to support people, communities, and their environments as part of the state's land-grant institution. Extension serves as the leading public outreach effort for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences in all 102 Illinois counties through a network of 27 multi-county units and over 700 staff statewide. Extension’s mission is responsive to eight strategic priorities — community, economy, environment, food and agriculture, health, partnerships, technology and discovery, and workforce excellence — that are served through six program areas — 4-H youth development, agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, family and consumer science, integrated health disparities, and natural resources, environment, and energy.