2020 Pierce County 4-H Achievement Day Sunday October 18th 1:30 pm Pierce
2020
Pierce County
4-H
Achievement Day
Sunday
October 18th
1:30 pm
Pierce
Welcome
Pledge of Allegiance
4-H Pledge
“I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to great-er loyalty, my hands to larger service and my health to bet-ter living for my club, my community, my country and my world.”
4-H Council Member Recognition
Friend of 4-H Award
Outstanding 4-H Alumni Award
Honoring 2021 High School Graduates
Member Recognition
Leader Recognition
Nebraska State Fair Award Recipients
Shooting Sports
Norfolk Daily News Special Edition Writers
National Western Stock Catch-A-Calf Program
Achievement Application Awards
Diamond Clover Achievement Awards
Pierce County Achievement Awards
Outstanding 4-H Achievement Application
Outstanding 4-H Exhibitor
Outstanding 4-H Member
2 0 2 0 P i e r c e C o u n t y
4 - H A c h i e ve m e n t D ay
Mark Oltjenbruns President Osmond
Jill Heemstra, Vice President Osmond
Joan Albers, Secretary* Randolph
Jennifer Fritz, Treasurer Plainview
Kevin Flesner Pierce
Angie Huwaldt Randolph
Landon Koehler Plainview
Cam Shelton* Hoskins
Kate Siebrandt* Pierce
Kim Spieker Hadar
Friend of 4-H Award Security Bank of Osmond
Outstanding 4-H Alumni Award
Jennifer Thomsen
*Denotes end of 4-H Council term.
2 0 2 0 4 - H C o u n c i l
H o n o r i n g
*Beginning in 1996, graduating seniors receive a commemorative American Eagle Silver coin if they have been involved in the 4-H program for 6 or more years. These coins replace
the six, eight, and ten year membership pins that were awarded in the past.
Cecelia Babl
Stetson Babl
Noah Bach
Emillee Backer
Luke Bauermeister
Logan Beacom
Brylie Benes
Jace Brodersen
Kynslie Cederburg
Liam Fletcher
Riley Gubbels
Alayna Herian
Cara Hoffman
Olivia Jessen
Spencer Koehler
Kennedy Konert
Brynlee Krueger
Sophia Kuchta
Amberlin Marks
Henley Marks
Jaymison Neal
Adalynn Negrete
Blair Nitz
Gavin Petoske
Sophia Price
Lydia Reicks
Myla Ueding
Braxton Wachter
Josie Willer
Eli Wubben
The Class of 2021 Name School Years in 4-H
*Jenna Albers Randolph Public School 12
*Rebecca Albrecht Pierce Public School 11
*Zachary Huwaldt Osmond Public School 10
Dustin Jensen Pierce Public School 5
Travis Jensen Pierce Public School 5
*Derrick Kolterman Pierce Public School 12
Hayle Krienert Osmond Public School 5
Sarah Perrigan Lakeside Christian Academy 5
*Baylie Shearer Randolph Public School 8
*Mason Sindelar Pierce Public School 13
C l o v e r B u d s
Stetson Babl
Caden Carley
Paige Carley
Kynslie Cederburg
Haylee Hickman
Jaden Jensen/Melcher
Brynley Koch
Spencer Koehler
Kennedy Konert
Sawyer Konert
Brynlee Krueger
Sophia Kuchta
Miley Larsen
Bryce Lindstrom
Amberlin Marks
Henley Marks
Lakin Prince
Layne Prince
Lydia Reicks
Cavin Shelton
Parker Spaulding
Cameron Wessendorf
Collin Wessendorf
Karsen Wragge
Kolten Wragge
Eli Wubben
Tate Brodersen
Hadleigh Collison
Logan Gubbels
Jade Halsey
Dustin Jensen
Travis Jensen
Caydence Krienert
Hayle Krienert
Payten Kuchta
Kenadie Larsen
Kristian Larsen
Hallie Meyer
Keaton Olson
Allison Perrigan
Gregory Perrigan
Sarah Perrigan
Easton Price
Izzabelle Price
Dylan Schutt
Cayden Unseld
Shawn Zellmer
Korvin Fritz
Zachary Huwaldt
Carter Jensen
Carter Olson
Jennarose Zierke
F i r s t Ye a r 4 - H M e m b e r s
F i f t h Ye a r 4 - H M e m b e r s
Te n t h Ye a r 4 - H M e m b e r s
* Receiving certificate for years of service.
Traci Collison, 1*
Landon Koehler, 1*
Justin Koch, 1*
Jason Holan, 1*
Rene Peters, 2
Amy Lambrecht, 2
William Perrigan, 2
Sarah Endorf, 3
Jessica Evans, 3
Scott Fritz, 3
Kate Siebrandt, 3
Jill Heemstra, 4
Mikkal Herian, 4
Lydee Jo Krueger, 4
Jeff Wragge, 4
Kathy Tinker, 5*
Darlus McWilliams, 5*
Bailey Tinker, 5*
Angie Huwaldt, 6
Adrianne Krueger, 6
Adam Thompson, 6
Cam Shelton, 7
Letha Shimerka, 7
Kim Spieker, 7
Kim Huwaldt, 8
Katie Meyer, 8
Ellie Myers, 9
Cheryl Timm, 9
Craig Flaming10*
Sarah Hilkemann 10*
Judy Kruger, 10*
Marla Huwaldt, 10*
Jennifer Fritz, 10*
Kristine Wacker, 10*
Curtis Alderson, 11
Chad Kment, 11
Jan White, 13
Kristi Anderson, 14
Sharel Olson, 14
Audra Huwaldt, 15*
Terri Sudbeck, 15*
Susan Craft, 16
Jennie Kolterman, 17
Vickie Dejong, 20*
Sharon Johnson, 20*
Shari Kruger, 20*
Mark Oltjenbruns, 20*
Julie Oltjenbruns, 20*
Joan Albers, 23
Doug Albers, 23
Kevin Flesner, 23
Don Huwaldt, 23
William Latimer, 23
Jennifer Thomsen, 23
Jeremy Olson, 24
Kip Thompson, 24
Debra Thompson, 24
David Thomsen, 24
Chris Hilkemann, 25*
Margret Svitak, 25*
Ed Huwaldt, 29
Nita Meyer, 29
Gloria Kudera, 30*
Linda Latimer, 31
Jim Herian, 32
Dan Bach, 32
Mary Ann Bach, 32
Mary Beth Kruger, 34
Joan Korth, 35*
Larry Foster, 38
Karen Foster, 38
Gene Thomsen, 42
Velma Thomsen, 42
Sharon Lesser, 45*
L e a d e r R e c o g n i t i o n
Special Recognition Awards:
Landon Oltjenbruns-Aerospace
Cayden Holan-Home Environment
Sarah Fenton-Photography
Brandon Thomsen-Photography
Alexus Sindelar-Photography selected to be displayed in the Extension Dean’s Office
and CASNR
“Best of Show” Awards
Madeline Huwaldt-Reserve Best of Show- Home Environment. She also received spe-
cial recognition on this project.
Kaila Spieker-Best of Show-Photography
Fashion Show Participants
Kaila Spieker-Constructed STEAM 3 Clothing
Sara Thomsen-Shopping in Style Purchased Outfit
Beef:
Jaycee Schomberg-Champion Senior Beef
Showmanship, Champion Foundation Simmental
Breeding Heifer
Weston Stemick-Reserve Champion Market Beef
Hereford, Reserve Champion Steer-British Breed
Cayden Holan
Aubrey Jensen
Travis Jensen
Dylan Schutt
Wyatt Stemick
Clay White
Sheep:
Tate Brodersen
Emilee Olson
Ethan Olson
Carter Olson
Livestock Exhibitors and Awards:
While the Fair looked different than it has in the past, the Nebraska State Fair provided an
opportunity for young people to celebrate their successes and the work they have been doing
throughout the year. Despite the changes due to the pandemic, Pierce County 4-Hers shinned
at the Nebraska State Fair.
Changes included, static exhibits displayed for exhibition were not rejudged but were given
the opportunity to be selected for special recognition and “Best of Show” Awards. projects,
such as foods, horticulture, floriculture, and large item exhibits, were to be submitted virtual-
ly. All 4-H shows were moved to the first weekend of the fair instead of being with the FFA
Shows on the second weekend. The Fashion Show was divided into three smaller fashion
shows to accommodate the new space in Raising Nebraska and social distancing require-
ments.
N e b r a s k a S t a t e Fa i r Aw a r d s
Cub Bare Bow
Keegan Holan
Cub Bow Hunter Freestyle
Kolton Wragge
Karsen Wragge
Cub Freestyle Limited
Brandon Thomsen-2nd
Cub Freestyle Limited Recurve
Cayden Holan-4th
Youth Bow Hunter Freestyle
Cooper Wachholtz-2nd
Gregory Perrigan-3rd
Camden Jansen
Taydym Koch
Youth Freestyle
Ashton Koch– 1st
Young Adult Freestyle
Ashton Koch
State Indoor Archery
State Outdoor Archery
3D Results
Cub Freestyle Limited
Brandon Thomsen-2nd
Youth Bow Hunter Freestyle
Cooper Wachholtz-3rd
Camden Jansen
Young Adult Freestyle
Ashton Koch
600 Results
Cub Freestyle Limited
Brandon Thomsen-2nd
Youth Bow Hunter Freestyle
Cooper Wachholtz-2nd
Camden Jansen
Young Adult Freestyle
Ashton Koch-2nd
State 4-H BB Gun and Ari Rifle were canceled this year.
S h o o t i n g S p o r t s
N o r f o l k D a i l y N e w s S p e c i a l E d i t i o n
Writers submitting articles for the Norfolk Daily News Special
4-H Edition were:
Wyatt Stemick
“Spoiling Calves and Growing the Herd”
“Since my brother and I were out of school, we were able to help even more during this years calving season. We were able to be on cow dusty, watching and cheking our cows at night as they got closer to having their babies and we helped lead them to the barn just before
bedtime (we got to stay up a little later to help with this). Since we have all show heifers they are led to the barn and don’t have to calve out-
side. Yes, they are spoiled.”
Dierck White
“4-H’er Masters Steer Through Sweat, Tears”
“My most recent vision for 2020 was to show a market animal this year. I was very hesitant to try it, but with much encouragement from my family mastered a nervous, quite tall, crossbred steer named Roger
Rabbit. Her got his name form all of his stunts he has tried this summer on me….I will say he was a handful, but I mastered the challenge of a
1,420 pound steer after a few tears and some soaked T-shirts from sweat.”
Weston Stemick
“Brothers Work Together to Raise Calves to Show” “When the school year for 2020 changed to online learning beginning in March, I started planning spring and summer with my show calves. No school allowed me to envision 2020 as a great because I had extra
time to spend in the barn with my show steers. Online school work came first, however, the extra time at home allowed for me to help with
morning chores and more time in the barn with my calves.”
The 4-H Special Edition was printed on October 5th, 2020 on a Youth Page Insert. Copies are still available at the Norfolk Daily
News or the Extension Office
N a t i o n a l W e s t e r n S t o c k
C a t c h - A - C a l f P r o g r a m
This year Pierce County 4-H’er Clay White participated in the National Western Stock Catch-A-Calf program. This program is designed so successful partici-pants catch a calf, feed it, and return with the animal one year later as a market steer. The market animals are judged on rate of gain, quality of fitting, and car-cass quality. The exhibitor is judged on showmanship, their record book, and a personal interview. Clay’s CAC experience began in September 2019 by completing a paper appli-cation and submitting it to the National Western Stock Show Committee for se-lection. In late December, Clay received a reply letter from the NWSS that he was selected to participate in the live rodeo performance on January 19th to try and catch a steer. He met in January with 40+ other youth ages 12-18 to partici-pate in the event. The committee at NWSS took the youth back to the rodeo are-na, coached them, handed them a long sleeve shirt to change into, a halter, then they lined up in the arena and within 3 minutes almost all the calves were caught. It was a race on foot to halter a 200lb calf and lead it out of the arena. In May the family was invited to Chappell, NE to meet Clay's steer for pick up, and begin the journey of training, caring, feeding, grooming, showing, and record keeping. Clay named his 755lb Charolais Cross Steer “Denver”. Beginning in May 2020, and for the for the next 8 months, Clay would type a 1 ½ page letter to the calf's sponsor about school or summer break happenings, activities and events, shows he attended with Denver, current events, and Denver’s weight, average daily gain, feed consumption, feed conversation ratio, cost of feed per month. Clay must also complete a Microsoft Excel progress form on Denver. The form involves calculations to determine monthly feed cost, pounds of feed fed, and a set of questions in regards to: major accomplishment of the month, challenges of his calf, and clubs or shows attended. Each of these are graded (scored). Clay has participated in 3 shows with his calf. Stanton progress show, Randolph Tri-county fair, Pierce County Fair. Thus far in the program, he has gained experience in responsibility by monthly tracking, taking notes daily on grooming & training, weighing his calf every 2 weeks, recording live market cattle bids. He has also gained public speaking ex-perience by doing a live interview with the editor of Norfolk Daily News in July. This interview allowed him to share his knowledge about this calf and of the live-stock industry. He is presently focusing on walking his steer into place, building hair growth for winter, and striving to obtain the market finish weight of 1500 pounds. As of today, Clay is 3/4 of the way through the Catch-A-Calf Program.
STEM
Brandon Thomsen
Leadership
Sara Thomsen
Sapphire– Level 4
Brandon Thomsen
Emerald-Level 5
Sara Thomsen
4-H Event Scholarship
Brandon Thomsen
Day Camp Scholarship
Sara Thomsen
Outstanding 4-H Achievement Application
Brandon Thomsen
Outstanding 4-H Exhibitor– Matthew Alderson 129 pts.
Outstanding 4-H Member– Travis Jensen & Derrick Kolterman
The Achievement Application provides an opportunity for 4-Hers to keep track of what they have participated in, given leadership to, and learned through 4-H. Completing the applica-tion and submitting it to the Extension Office allows 4-Hers to be recognized and compete for awards at the county and state level. The Nebraska 4-H Achievement Application is the application form used for the selection of county and state award winners, including Nebraska delegates to *National 4-H Con-gress and *National 4-H Conference, as well as *Nebraska 4-H Foundation scholarship award recipients.
The Nebraska 4-H Diamond Clover program encourages 4-H youth to engage in a variety of programs, projects, and activities that will enable youth to acquire skills and abilities that will prepare them for success in the future. The program consists of six levels that require a young person to plan and report a broad range of age-appropriate accomplishments. At the begin-ning of the 4-H year, participants plan what they want to accomplish and at the end of the 4-H year, they report on their completed accomplishments. Successful completion of a level's Plan & Report form results in a 4-H youth earning that level of the Diamond Clover program.
The following awards are applied for with the Achievement Application. The recipient of the Event Scholarship receives $30 that can be used for 4-H camps or Kids U Classes. The recipi-
ent of the Event Scholarship receives $25 that can be used for Kids U Classes.
A c h i e v e m e n t A p p l i c a t i o n Aw a r d s
D i a m o n d C l o v e r
P i e r c e C o u n t y A c h i e v e m e n t s
O u t s t a n d i n g 4 -H ’ e r s
Outstanding Exhibitor is based on an accumulated point system of ribbon placings received at the fair. Each ribbon placing is awarded a point value.
(Purple-4pts., Blue-3pts., Red-2pts., White-1pt.) The Outstanding 4-H Member is nominated and then is voted upon by the 4-H Council.
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