Pinckneyville, Ill. – Local 4-H members have been busy and were eager to share their hard work and creativity at the annual general show during the Perry County Fair. The following week, they took to the kitchen baking or cooking tasty and beautifully decorated items to display 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 in Springfield in August.  

Those selected for delegates for the state fair are:

Anna Bathon – Civic Engagement 1

Leah Bathon – Cooking 301,Tractor B

Francis Calderon – Model Rocketry

Isla Calderon – Animated Video

Maddy Choate - Design Decisions-Beginning

Tucker Dearmond – Tractor Driving

Margo  Dudek - Chalk/Carbon/Pigment Division

James Epplin – Wildlife 1

Chase Heinemeyer – Poetry

Avery Kellerman – Clothing 1, Food Preservation

Addison Leonard – Food Decorating-Beginning, Chalk/Carbon/Pigment Division

Cooper McIntyre - Food Preservation (Pickles and Relishes), Food Preservation (Drying)

Mya McIntyre – Cooking 301, Herb Display, Veterinary Science

Ty McIntyre – Cooking 301, Sports Fishing 1, Natural Resources 1

Grayson Mohr – Corn

Jenna Opp - Fiber, Wood

Sarah Restoff – Child Development, Clothing and Textiles

Bruce Still – Floriculture B, Clay, Calk/Carbon/Pigment Division A

Harrison Still – Vegetable Plate

Steven Still – Beekeeping 2, Vegetable Plate

Braydon Swisher – Beekeeping 2, Woodworking 2

Carter Swisher – Clothing 1, Woodworking 1

Shealee Swisher – Heritage Arts

Dayton Wesseln – Photography 1

Addison Willis - Cooking 401

Brooklyn Willis - Journalism

The youngest 4-H members, known as Cloverbuds, also received a green ribbon for participation in the fair. The 2023 Cloverbud participants for Perry County are: Avery Buschschulte, Harvey Choate, Abigail Epplin, Peyton Specogni, and Brielle Suhr.