ELMWOOD – The Pierce County 4-H Awards Day was held on Sunday, Nov. 6 at the Elmwood Auditorium. Many thanks to all who pitched in from the Spring Valley and Elmwood area 4-H clubs to help make the 2021-2022 Awards Program a success: Elm Valley Patriots, Heartland Hustlers, Martell Rushers, Merri-Heirs, Olivet Otters and Valley Eagles.

Below is a list of award recipients: Key Award: Claire Anderson, Valley Eagles. The Key Award is the highest county level 4-H award a member can receive.

Farm Bureau Award: Meggan Daniels,

Town & Country; Cody Holcomb, Elm Valley Patriots. This award recognizes one boy and one girl who have applied their leadership skills in agriculture and actively participated in their club and community.

Family, Home & Health Award: Nora Boles, St. Croix Stars; honorable mention: Niki Miller, Falcon Falls. This award recognizes an outstanding member who had done exemplary work and shown leadership in the Family, Home & Health projects.

Arts & Communication Award: Emily Odegard, River Ramblers; honorable mention, Meggan Daniels, Town & Country. This award recognizes an outstanding member who has demonstrated abilities and shown leadership in the cultural arts projects.

Natural Science Award: Jacob Sammon,

Town & Country; Brady Cebulla, Valley Eagles; honorable mention: Sam Hines, Helpful Workers This award recognizes an outstanding member who has demonstrated abilities and shown leadership in the Natural Science projects.

Outstanding Livestock Member Award: Cora Capatske, Country Partners, Beef; Val Achenbach, Heartland Hustlers, Swine; Octavia Hueschele, Falcon Falls, Goat; Kaylee Bazille, Spring Valley FFA, Sheep. This award recognizes outstanding members who have demonstrated leadership in the livestock projects.

Jim Geraets Memorial Scholarship Award:

Jake Shafer, Madelyn Kopp, Kayleigh Volkman and Mattie Wilk. This award is given to a member who is in their first or second year of showing livestock Friends of 4-H Award: Jim & Justin Harsdorf, Mei Mei’s Cookies & Creamery,

and Katie Christenson. This award is given to individuals and businesses who support our 4-H program.

H.G. Seyforth Outstanding Leader Award:

Sara Anderson, Jessica Gale and Paul Daniels. This award is given to individuals who have served as volunteer leaders in their clubs, counties, state and nationally.

Bank Award: Brooke Meyer, Town & Country; Peyton Freund, Maiden Rock Rockets; Noah Hines, Helpful Workers; Hope Turvaville, Busy Fingers; Addison Peters, Busy Fingers. This award is given to outstanding graduating 4-H members who have displayed leadership skills on the club, county, and state level.

Secretary Award: Lilliana Mariana, Martell Rushers. This award is given to the outstanding Secretary who has done an exemplary job of keeping club records.

Scrapbook Awards: Falcon Falls, Maiden Rock Rockets, Country Partners. This award is given clubs who have submitted their scrapbooks and show their projects they have worked on through the year.

4-H Week Display Awards: Busy Fingers,

first place; Martell Rushers, second place; Maiden Rock Rockets, third place; Town & Country, fourth place; Falcon Falls, fifth place.

Community Service: Nikki Miller, Falcon Falls; Sadie Bergeson, Merri Heirs; Sam Bergeson, Merri Heirs; Nora Boles,

St. Croix Stars; Jonathon Woltman, Town & Country.

Leadership/Officer: Jocelyn Boyle, Busy Fingers; Andrea Esterby, Busy Fingers; Joy Turvaville, Busy Fingers; Lily Claflin, Elm Valley Patriots; Varah Sorenson, Falcon Falls; Lucas Gale, Helping Hands; Cameron Krogstad, Maiden Rock Rockets; Katarina Meyer, Mann Valley; Jorja Hince, Martell Rushers; Reid Ackerman, Merri Heirs; Evan George, Merri Heirs; Carolyn Trannel, Merri Heirs; Addison Neidermyer, Olivet Otters; Henry Rohl, St. Croix Stars; Brooke Meyer, Town & Country; Madeline Nelson, Town & Country; Hannes Rolf, Town & Country; Elizabeth Sammon, Town & Country; Claire Anderson, Valley Eagles; Danika Ramirez, Valley Eagles.

Outstanding Members: Addison Peters, Busy Fingers; Zack Peterson, Country Partners; Cole Christmas, Elm Valley Patriots; Grace Gale, Helping Hands; Manny Gale, Helping Hands; Lucy Goebel, Helping Hands; Evie Myklebust, Mann Valley; Iris Selb, Mann Valley; Morgan Hince, Martell Rushers; Madalyn Kopp, Merri Heirs; Lauren Bigaouette, Olivet Otters; Sydney Boyer, Olivet Otters; Lucas Boyer, Olivet Otters; Emma Lindner, Olivet Otters; Grant Moore, Olivet Otters; Brayden Turner, Olivet Otters; Harper Turner, Olivet

Otters; Riley Volz, Olivet Otters; Alexandra Tibayan, St. Croix Stars; Zoe Pablo, River Ramblers; Malia Flannigan, Town & Country; Collin Jennings, Town & Country; Aubrey Volger, Town & Country; Snow Wayne, Town & Country.

Project Achievement: Dawson Peters, Busy Fingers; Cora Capatske, Country Partners; Ava Kolodzienski, Country Partners; Samantha Miller, Falcon Falls; Amelia Dopp, Helpful Workers; Makenzie Klassen, Helping Hands; KayLee Krogstad, Maiden Rock Rockets; Mackenzie Hince, Martell Rushers; Adeline Meyers, Martell Rushers; Anya Rasmussen, Town & Country; Brady Bednarerk, Valley Eagles; Trista Falde, Valley Eagles; Grace Hennemann, Valley Eagles.

Club Project Awards Aerospace: Aiden Goebel, Helping Hands; Jasper Knutson, Martell Rushers; Greg Meyers, Martell Rushers.

Arts/Performing: Maddie Struemke, Mann Valley

Arts/Visual: Alexis Vold, Falcon Falls; Megan Odegard, River Ramblers; Paige Pablo, River Ramblers; Annika Hall, The Soaring Eagles; Lillian Naughton, Town & Country.

Beef: Cadie Asher, Olivet Otters; Madyson Rasmussen, Olivet Otters; Milo Shafer, Olivet Otters.

Bicycle: Oliver Novek, Maiden Rock Rockets; Quinn Justen, St. Croix Stars.

Cake Decorating: Amelia Dopp, Helpful Workers; Jillian Hayes, Martell Rushers.

Cat: Ava Bocksell, Merri Heirs; Kenny Cosgrove, Royal Rushers.

Communications: Kinsey Peterson, St. Croix Stars.

Dairy: Eli Freund, Maiden Rock Rockets; Kalie Lansing, Elm Valley Patriots; Ava Kolodzienski, Country Partners; Hadley Coulson, Heartland Hustlers; Bryce Mark,

Merri Heirs; Meggan Daniels, Town & Country.

Dog: Brynn Moore, Olivet Otters; Clayton Olson-Pechacek, Country Partners.

Electricity: Luke Lundstrom, Country Partners.

Exploring: Caden Claflin, Elm Valley Patriots; Kayda Roesler, Country Partners; Silas Boden, St. Croix Stars.

Foods & Nutrition: Max Mandelkow,

Busy Fingers; Carolina Young, Martell Rushers; Clayton Goelzer, Olivet Otters; Cianna Hall, The Soaring Eagles; Isaac Koenning, Valley Eagles.

Gardening & Horticulture: Carly Meyer,

Town & Country.

Goat: Logan Huppert, Country Partners; Danell Horvath, Country Partners; Reid Achermann, Merri Heirs.

Home Environment: Ambrea Kjos, Town & Country.

Horse: Mackenzie Klassen, Helping Hands; Quinn Emery, Busy Fingers; Trinity Wilkens, Denim ‘N Dust.

Knitting & Crocheting: Evie Peterson,

Heartland Hustlers.

Leadership: Julia Boyle, Busy Fingers; Ben Boyle, Busy Fingers.

Llama: Manny Gale, Helping Hands; Astrid Downey, Falcon Falls; Lucy Goebel, Helping Hands; Naomi Schneider, Olivet Otters; Kassidy Hansen, St. Croix Stars.

Mechanical Sciences: Nate Cady, Country Partners.

Music: Daniel Hasapopoulos, Town & Country.

Natural Science: Trevor Doherty, The Soaring Eagles.

Personal Development: Neveah Peters,

Busy Fingers.

Photography: Evelyn Scheckel, Mann Valley; Max Pnewski, Town & Country.

Plant & Soil Science: Delia Woltman,

Town & Country; Collin Jennings; Town & Country.

Poultry: Laynee Johnson, Denim ‘N Dust; Xander Halvorson, Martell Rushers; Samuel Bergeson, Merri Heirs; McKenna Edgar, Olivet Otters; Gabrien Maloney,

River Ramblers.

Rabbit: Augustus Elbe, Merri Heirs; Cora Shafer, Olivet Otters; Elizabeth Sammon, Town & Country; Maggie Johnson,

Town & Country.

Sheep: Ruth Hennemann, Valley Eagles.

Shooting Sports: Max Kusilek, Helpful Workers; Efraim Goebel, Helping Hands; Matthew Johnson, River Ramblers; Tyrone Mader, River Ramblers; Amelia Brunner,

Valley Eagles; Brady Cebulla, Valley Eagles.

Swine: Stella Kiefer, Olivet Otters; Charlie Maier, Valley Eagles; Cody Obermueller, Elm Valley Patriots; Lily Puhrmann,

Country Partners.

Vet Science: Ashley Symicek, Falcon Falls.

Woodworking: Aiden Johnson, Country Partners; Austin Peterson, Heartland Hustlers.

Submitted by Pierce County 4-H