CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield County 4-H Teen Council wants to recognize the winners and participants of two contests offered during the 2017 Clearfield County Fair.
On Friday, Aug. 4, a total of 17 4-H and FFA youth took part in the Clearfield County 4-H Teen Council’s 10th annual Master Showman Contest.
The goal of this contest is to help animal participants strive for greatness in showmanship, where selection is based on a participant winning first place in their age division in one of several animal showmanship contests offered during fair week.
Animals include swine, lambs, goats, horses, steer, dairy cattle, rabbits and poultry. If selected for the contest, youth are challenged to step out of their comfort zone and learn new animal skills.
For 2017, the results are as follows:
Senior Division for youth ages 15 & older:
- Cassie Folmar, first place;
- Alexis Lichvarick, second place;
- Amanda Pennington, third place;
- Sydney Turner, fourth place;
- Amanda Martell, fifth place (tie);
- Ryan Lazauskas, fifth place (tie); and
- Cory Leonard, sixth place.
Intermediate Division for youth ages 12 to 14:
- Kyra Henry, first place;
- Krissa Lichvarcik, second place;
- Allison Hess, third place;
- Aniela Cortina, fourth place; and
- Hayden Kovalick, fifth place.
Junior Division for youth ages 8 to 11:
- Nathan Swope, first place;
- Dylan Henry, second place;
- Rayanna Lichvarcik, third place;
- Katherine Thomas, fourth place; and
- Emily Ankerbrand, fifth place.
All participants will receive a special commemorative T-shirt and the top three winners in each age division received a trophy.
The council wishes to give a special thank you to the judges that volunteered their time to help with the contest: Taylor Bowser (horse), Rachel Hicks (dairy), Amy Hinman (poultry), Tyler Johns (steer and swine), Megan Junod (goats and lambs) and Mike Mayersky (rabbits).
A huge thank you was also given to the contest’s sponsors: Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub, Drayer Physical Therapy Institute, Knepp Fencing, Little’s Drive In Auto Sales LLC, Nosker Insurance Agency, Robert A. Ralston Trucking Inc., Swisher Coal, T. English Construction, Open Range 4-H Club, Turners’ Rabbit Habit, All New You – M.L. Moore Fitness, Bob Boob Garage, M.L. Moore/Real Estate and Thundering Hoofbeats 4-H Club.
On Saturday, Aug. 5, the Clearfield County 4-H Teen Council announced the top three winners of their Annual 4-H & FFA Royalty Contest during the Annual Livestock & Poultry Sale.
The contest was open to current 4-H and FFA members, as well as 4-H and FFA alumni.
The contest served three primary objectives:
- to increase awareness of the 4-H and FFA programs;
- to recognize current and past 4-H and FFA members for their involvement and dedication to the programs; and
- to raise money for the programs.
Fairgoers had the opportunity to read bios and view pictures for each of the 11 nominee and vote in a locked box in the Grange & Agricultural Building. Monetary donations were collected throughout fair week and tabulated to determine the winners.
The 2017 winners of the 4-H & FFA Royalty Contest are:
- First place, Landon Fairman of DuBois
- Second place, Chloe Pflueger of Clearfield
- Third place, Lindsey Swisher of Clearfield
The winners received a gift card of their choice, as well as a gift certificate to Neeper’s Sweet Treats of Clearfield.
Other nominees for 2017 included: Ronni Berlin, Steve Blackburn, Cassie Folmar, Mike “MP” Kerr, Amanda Martell, Deb Matthews, Katelyn Matthews and Ben Wriglesworth.
Thanks to the generous support of fairgoers, more than $270 was made from this fundraiser, which will help support various activities of the Clearfield County 4-H Teen Council.
The Clearfield County 4-H Teen Council serves as a leadership opportunity for youth, between the ages of 12 and 18 years as of Jan. 1, enrolled in the 4-H program.
The council meets every other month with the next meeting taking place Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. at Dr. Doolittle’s Roadside Café & Creamery, located on 1290 Rich Hwy., DuBois.
For more information, please contact council advisors Jana Davidson at 814-592-2465 or Teresa Berlin at 814-375-0158. Or find the council on Facebook.
4-H is a youth development program of Penn State University for youth ages 8 to 18 years, as of Jan. 1.
