Tioga County 4-H’ers participate in 4-H Public Presentation Day

Each year, Tioga County 4-H members have the opportunity to develop a public presentation for the county 4-H Public Presentation Day event. The 4-H’ers attend workshops to learn how to prepare a presentation, practice their skills in club meetings and at home, and prepare themselves to be evaluated on their efforts. This year, 34 members participated in the annual event.  

The following are the categories, youth and presentation titles.

Cloverbud (youth five to eight years old) – Fenton Bergfjord, Ranch Riders 4-H Club, I Love Pokemon!; Collin Dunbar, Ranch Riders 4-H Club, Raggedy Ann Salad; Matthew Greene, Berkshire Broncos 4-H Club, Pine Wood Derby Car; Grace Guiles, Flora & Fauna Friends 4-H Club, Arlo the Good Dinosaur; Kate Guiles, Flora & Fauna Friends 4-H Club, Triceratops; Kyle Jantz, Flora & Fauna Friends 4-H Club, Maple Syrup and Jonathan Zorn, Flora & Fauna Friends 4-H Club, Tractor Pulling.

Junior Members (youth nine to 12 years old) – Abby Chobot, Meadow Bank Homesteaders 4-H Club, Swingset Chicken Coop; Abby Goodrich, Ranch Riders 4-H Club, Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan; Kathryn Greene, Berkshire Broncos 4-H Club, What is a Paleontologist?; Jacob Guiles, Flora & Fauna Friends 4-H Club, History of the LEGO Brick; Megan Henry, Flora & Fauna Friends 4-H Club, The Delaware Water Gap; Brody Hines, All Over Clover Kids 4-H Club, Norberta; Rosie Hines, All Over Clover Kids 4-H Club, Cross Country; Hannah Holt, Berkshire Broncos 4-H Club, The Importance of Reading; Jason Jantz, Flora & Fauna Friends 4-H Club, Samuel de Champlain; Mahayla Walsh, Ranch Riders 4-H Club, Why You Should Read this Book; Aundrea Zorn, Flora & Fauna Friends 4-H Club, The Parts of English & Western Saddles; Makenna Zorn, Flora & Fauna Friends 4-H Club, How to Show a Cow; and Wyatt Zorn, Flora & Fauna Friends 4-H Club, The Drone DX-3.

Senior Members (youth 13 to 19 years old) – Rebecalyn Barber, Hoof & Claw 4-H Club, Experience at 4-H Nationals; Alison Goodrich, Ranch Riders 4-H Club, Glider Flying Basics; Staci Greene, Berkshire Broncos 4-H Club, Raising Horses from Birth to 2 Years; Emily Henry, Flora & Fauna Friends 4-H Club, What is a Park Ranger?; Courtney Hiller, Animal Aholics 4-H Club, Cow Shampoo vs. Human Shampoo; Cassie Hollenbeck, Animal Aholics 4-H Club, The Importance of Self-Defense; Peter Lukach, Farm Fanatics 4-H Club, Guitars; Marlie Lukach, Farm Fanatics 4-H Club, Types of English Saddles; Madison Peabody, All Over Clover Kids 4-H Club, Working Goats; Daniel Popp and Katie Popp, Hoof & Claw 4-H Club, Bubble Tea (team); Emma Smith, Ranch Riders 4-H Club, The Effects of the Bit; Matthew Suttmeier, Independent 4-H Member, The Zipf Mystery; and Tyler Weidman, Animal Aholics 4-H Club, Vehicle Breaks.

Junior Horse Communications (youth eight to 13 years old) – Tess Bergfjord, Ranch Riders 4-H Club, The Wonder-Fell Pony. 

Twenty presenters from the General Presentations and one presenter from the Horse Communications are eligible to represent Tioga County at the 4-H District Public Presentation event in Chenango Forks on Saturday, April 8. They will be evaluated alongside 4-H presenters from eight other New York counties.  

The 4-H members representing Tioga County at the District Presentation event are: Junior Gold Seal Award presenters: Mahayla Walsh and Wyatt Zorn; Senior Gold Seal Award presenters: Marlie Lukach and Madison Peabody; Junior Blue Award presenters: Abby Chobot, Abby Goodrich, Kathryn Greene, Megan Henry, Hannah Holt, Rosie Hines, Aundrea Zorn and Makenna Zorn; Senior Blue Award presenters: Rebecalyn Barber, Alison Goodrich, Staci Greene, Emily Henry, Cassie Hollenbeck, Peter Lukach and Matthew Suttmeier; and Junior Horse Communications presenter: Tess Bergfjord.

To find out more about the Tioga County 4-H Program contact the 4-H Office, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Tioga County at 687-4020 or visit www.cce.cornell.edu/tioga.