Pinckneyville, Ill. – Creativity and skills were on full display at the Perry County Fair as 4-H members shared their annual projects at the general show. The following week, those who love baking shared tasty and beautifully decorated items at the food show held at the Pinckneyville Community Center.
4-H members that receive state delegation will have the opportunity to display their projects at the Illinois State Fair on August 14 in Springfield.
Those selected for delegates for the state fair are:
Anna Bathon – 4-H Cooking 301
Isla Calderon – 4-H Cooking 101
Maddy Choate - STEAM Clothing 1 FUNdamentals Sewn Non-Clothing
Cody Epplin - Sportsfishing 1
James Epplin - Vegetable Gardening Display
Claira Folden - Photography 2
Rowan Giacomo - Family Heritage
Carly Heisner - Chalk/Carbon/Pigment Division A on Canvas, Paper or Glass
Avery Kellerman - STEAM Clothing 1 FUNdamentals Sewn Clothing, Heritage Arts
Lydia Kocian - Chalk/Carbon/Pigment Division A on Canvas, Paper or Glass, Chalk/Carbon/Pigment Division B on Wood, Metal or Textiles, Wooodworking 3
Addison Leonard - Clay
Abigail Luthy - Documentary
Mya McIntyre – Foods Innovation Class
Jenna Opp - 4-H Cooking 401, Wood
Kaitlyn Rains - STEAM Clothing 2 - Simply Sewing Sewn Non-Clothing
Sarah Restoff - Forests of Fun 3, Design Decisions-Beginning, Cover Crops, Tractor A, Nature
Michael Sizemore - Beekeeping 1
Bruce Still - Entomology 1
Harrison Still - 4-H Cooking 101, Herb Display
Steven Still - Beekeeping 2, Floriculture A, Vegetable Gardening Fruit Plate
Alyvia Suhr - Metal
Allison Szostak - Child Development, Health 3, Passport to the World, Leadership 1
William Szostak - Health 1, Woodworking 2
Dayton Wesseln - Photography 1, Food Decorating-Beginning
Mackenna Wesseln - 4-H Cooking 401
Addison Willis - 4-H Cooking 301
Brooklyn Willis - Journalism
The youngest 4-H members, known as Cloverbuds, also received a green ribbon for participation in the fair. The 2022 Cloverbud participants for Perry County are Jameson Rathert, Harvey Choate, Harper Giacomo, Henry Hill, Campbell Kinney, and Clara Mathis.
WRITER: Heather Willis, marketing and communications coordinator, hdwillis@illinois.edu, (618) 357-2126
SOURCE: Rhonda Shubert, 4-H program coordinator, rkshuber@illinois.edu, (618) 357-2126
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