SPARTA, Ill. – Creativity and skills were on full display as Randolph County members shared their annual projects at the general show. Members were judged in areas such as visual arts, photography, food and nutrition, floriculture, and much more.
Youth that receive state delegation will have the opportunity to display their projects at the Illinois State Fair on August 14 in Springfield. Blue ribbon winners are:
- Breanna Autry
- Chalk/Carbon/Pigment Division A on Canvas, Paper or Glass
- Animal Science
- Cori Burns
- Foods and Nutrition- Cooking 101
- Foods and Nutrition- Cooking 101
- Olin Elder
- Visual Arts- Clay
- Visual Arts- Clay
- Lillian Junge
- Family Heritage
- Visual Arts- Food Decorating-Beginning
- David Koester
- Foods and Nutrition- Cooking 301
- Foods and Nutrition- Cooking 301
- Loughlyn Kurtz
- Photography 1
- Civic Engagement 2
- Ivan Maddox
- Intercultural- Passport to the World
- Intercultural- Passport to the World
- Braine Orr
- Visual Arts- Paper
- Visual Arts- Paper
- Emma Rieckenberg
- Clothing and textiles- STEAM Clothing 1 FUNdamentals Non-Sewn
- Clothing and textiles- STEAM Clothing 1 FUNdamentals Sewn Clothing
- Communications- Creative Writing
- Foods and Nutrition- Cooking 101
- Visual Arts- Chalk/Carbon/Pigment Division A on Canvas, Paper or Glass
- Visual Arts- Scrapbooking-Beginning
- Micah Sattler
- Foods and Nutrition- Cooking 101
- Vegetable Gardening- Vegetable Plate
- Woodworking 1
- Alaina Smith
- Communications- Creative Writing
- Photography 2
- Vegetable Gardening- Vegetable Plate
- Theater Arts 3
- Visual Arts- Glass/Plastic
- Visual Art- Computer Generated Arts
- Chase Smith
- Visual Arts- Leather
- Visual Arts- Nature
- Foods and Nutrition- Food Preservation Jams Jellies Preserves
- Nickole Weber
- Foods and Nutrition- Food Preservation Jams Jellies Preserves
- Photography 1
- Clothing and Textiles- STEAM Clothing 1 FUNdamentals Sewn Non-Clothing
The youngest 4-H members, known as Cloverbuds, also received a green ribbon for participation in the fair. The 2022 Cloverbud participants for Randolph County were:
- Otto Elder (Coulterville)
- Dani Nelson (Coulterville)
- Annabelle Pearce (Evansville)
- Sophie Rieckenberg (Steeleville)
- Elijah Sattler (Red Bud)
- Leah Sattler (Red Bud)
- Josie Weber (Coulterville)
- Monabella Wahl (Ruma)
- James Weidendorf (Ruma)
WRITER: Heather Willis, marketing and communications coordinator, hdwillis@illinois.edu, (618) 357-2126
SOURCE: Michaela Castens, 4-H program coordinator, mes379@illinois.edu, (618) 443-4364
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