4-H Youth Awards

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4H Leaders Awards

The Van Buren County 4-H Leaders Banquet was held, Thursday, October 7, 2008, at the Van Buren Conference Center in Lawrence.

Congratulations to the following leaders who received awards:

First Year Awards

Paul Callens– Young Explorers

Deb Fleetwood– Lucky Clovers

Phillip Gipson– Young Entrepreneurs

Tia Gipson-Young Entrepreneurs

Cassie Hartsell– West Valley Livestock

Catherine Kimbler– Geneva Wrens

Beth LaRue– Lucky Clovers

Kimberly Martin– Lucky Clovers

Kirk Martin– Lucky Clovers

Deanna McNett– South Haven Jay Dees

Gail Mercer– Silver Spurs

Jennifer Miller– Young Explorers

Scott Miller– Young Explorers

Debbie Peek– Arlington Harvesters

Jennifer Postello– Town & Country

Brandon Saidla– Porter Busy Fingers

Tali Sorenson– Geneva Wrens

Don Stermer– Lucky Clovers

Jennifer Stockwell– West Valley Livestock

Martha Stunk-Meyer– Porter Busy Fingers

Leah Sweet– Almena Happy Helpers

Cheryl Tromotola– Dream Chasers

Alex Zygaldo– Porter Busy Fingers

Second Year

Jane Brady-Ertz– Silver Spurs

Mondae Dedrick– Young Explorers

Kathy Glomski– Young Explorers

Dorothy Krohn– Geneva Wrens

Third Year

Lynda Antonson– Geneva Wrens

Lori Benedict– Geneva Wrens

Earl Chisholm– Porter Busy Fingers

Denise Consford– Young Explorers

Bridgette Darling– Porter Busy Fingers

Jennifer DeVries– Young Explorers

Helen Gargus– Hy-Hopes

VickiSue Hickmott– Double E

Verna Hughey– Dream Chasers

Julie Lesk– Geneva Wrens

Margie Lisowski– Young Explorers

Colleen Overacker– Almena Happy Helpers

Leslie Papesh- Almena Happy Helpers

Stephanie Richardson– Almena Happy Helpers

Herb Sheppard– West Valley Livestock

Melissa Warkentien– West Valley Livestock

Tonya Wretzky– Dream Chasers

Fourth Year

Lori Alexander– Almena Happy Helpers

Gary Consford– Young Explorers

Wendy Fisher– Dream Chasers

Roxanne Herrell– Geneva Wrens

Denise Hettig– Hartford Trailblazers

Lisa Kincaid– Young Explorers

Catherine Mead– West Valley Livestock

Marie Milliman– Dream Chasers

Raven Reed– Geneva Wrens

Julie Rice– Town & Country

Cindy Sheppard– West Valley Livestock

Todd Sollman– South Haven Jay Dees

Jacquelyn Stegman– Geneva Wrens

Latisha Tomsa– South Haven Jay Dees

Jennifer Watson– Future Spirits

Anne Webster– Lucky Clovers

Five Year Awards

Amanda Chopp– Almena Happy Helpers

Tiffany Darling– Porter Busy Fingers

Shannon Hoyt– South Haven Jay Dees

Jennifer Jepkema– Silver Spurs

Michelle Maxam– Almena Happy Helpers

Lisa McKellips– Hy-Hopes

Jenny Waite– Geneva Wrens

Artell Watson– Future Spiritis

Sixth Year

Rebecca Brown– South Haven Jay Dees

Kathleen Chisholm– Porter Busy Fingers

Karen Cole– South Haven Jay Dees

Anne Cox– Arlington Harvesters

Connie Johnston– Geneva Wrens

Nancy Krueger– Town & Country

Kristin Mroczek– West Valley Livestock

Brenda Patterson– Geneva Wrens

Randy Patterson– Geneva Wrens

Mariann Rutherford– South Haven Jay Dees

Tim Sinkler– Young Explorers

Amanda Soukup– Heneva Wrens

Martha Szotek– Almena Happy Helpers

Eighth Year

Karol Chopp– Almena Happy Helpers

Rob Egly– Town & Country

Steve Massey– Young Explorers

Amber Ostlund– Porter Busy Fingers

Warren Sell– Arlington Harvesters

Iris Swift– West Valley Livestock

Ninth Year

Debra Brown– Corwin Crackerjacks

Abbey Dorr– Teen Club

Christine Egly– Town & Country

Patricia Gruber– Geneva Wrens

Debbie Hood– Young Explorers

Kathy Moore– Geneva Wrens

Tenth Year

Kristen Garceau– Almena Happy Helpers

Carisa Hamre– Almena Happy Helpers

Margaret Jonatzke– Hartford Trailblazers

Terri Karasch– West Valley Livestock

Kellie Ransler– Porter Busy Fingers

Eleventh Year

David Hollis– South Haven Jay Dee

Sharon Kridler– Young Explorers

Densie Massey– Young Explorers

Shannon Moore– Geneva Wrens

Julie Rumsey– Almena Happy Helpers

Janet Tripp– Geneva Wrens

Nancy Whelan– Double E

Twelfth Year

Susan Conklin– West Valley Livestock

Lori Evesque– Almena Happy Helpers

Patty Hinz– Geneva Wrens

Ed Karasch– Corwin Crackerjacks

Karen Karasch– Corwin Crackerjacks

Thirteenth Year

Jennifer Elmore– West Valley Livestock

Terri Tripp-Novotny– Hy-Hopes

Fourteenth Year

Stephanie Rudd-South Haven Jay Dees

Fifteenth Year

Jennifer Chandler– Young Explorers

Jeff Conklin– West Valley Livestock

Sixteenth Year

Nadine Aldrich– Arlington Harvesters

Shirley Denbow– Geneva Wrens

Connie Hollis– South Haven Jay Dees

Nancy Wheatley– Silver Spurs

Seventeenth Year

Robin Knapp– South Haven Jay Dees

Julie Sheppard– Young Explorers

Eighteenth Year

Suzanne Bus- Geneva Wrens

Nineteenth Year

Barbara Linderman– Geneva Wrens

Tamara Shriver– Hartford Trailblazers

Twentieth Year

Mary Darling– Porter Busy Fingers

Robert Linderman– Geneva Wrens

Twenty First Year

Bo Cowell– South Haven Jay Dees

Tod Kubiszak– Lucky Clovers

Ken Tomsa– Geneva Wrens

Twenty Second Year

Gerri Fleetwood-Farm, Friends & Family

Brenda Stickels– South Haven Jay Dees

David Stickels– South Haven Jay Dees

Twenty Fourth Year

Laura Sweet– Aleman Happy Helpers

Twenty Fifth Year

Gary Mead– West Valley Livestock

Twenty Sixth Year

Tammy Dykstra– Geneva Wrens

Virginia Edgerly– West Valley Livestock

Bonney Meachum– Hartford Trailblazers

Twenty Eight Year

Margie Godines– Hartford Trailblazers

Thirtieth Year

Barb Stelter—Hartford Trailblazers

Nancy Whaley– Geneva Wrens

Thirty First Year

Beverly Wyhowski– Geneva Wrens

Thirty Second Year

Melva DeVries– Hartford Trailblazers

Thirty Thrid Year

Gary Smith– Geneva Wrens

Mary Ann Smith– Geneva Wrens

Thirty Fifth Year

Nancy Curtis– Lucky Clovers

Beverly Rajzer– West Valley Livestock

Thirty Ninth Year

Beck Vanheukelum– Young Explorers

Fiftieth Year

Elaine Maxa– Corwin Crackerjacks

Thank you to ALL the 4-H Leaders in Van Buren County for your time and dedication to "making the best, better"!

Banquet Pictures

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