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4-H June Dairy Month
How do you love your dairy?
Caitlin Dunn won 1st place for her Dairy Poster entry in Hamilton
County. She also won the state contest! Her poster was on display at the
2018 Tennessee June Dairy Luncheon Month luncheon hosted by the
Dairy Alliance and held in middle Tennessee.
Daniela Ford has served as the June Dairy Month Chairperson.
4-H youth have engaged the public in June Dairy Month activities at St.
Albans Farmers Market, John A. Patten Youth and Family Development
Center and Agriculture Night at the Chattanooga Lookouts baseball
game. You can check out photos and video on
our Facebook page at UT/TSU Extension—
Hamilton County.
Topics include:
June Dairy Month
June Dairy Month posters
4-H Roundup Finalists
4-H Jr High Portfolio winners
National Cornbread Finalist
Regional 4-H Clover Bowl
Hamilton County Fair
4-H Achievement Day
4-H Premier Exhibitors
4-H Horse Club and Show
4-H Archery Club
4-H Healthy
Habits Day
Camp
4-H Hamilton County Update
May / June 2018
For more information call the Extension office, 423-855-6113, or contact:
Agent Nancy Rucker, [email protected]
Agent Keith Bridges, [email protected]
June Dairy Month
Below are the winning county posters and more photos from June Dairy Month.
4-H Finalist for Roundup
Congratulations to Leiah Wilkins, Luke Ford and John Goggans. They have been selected as finalists to
compete at the 95th Annual Roundup and All Star Conference. Leiah will compete in Communications.
Luke will compete in Nutrition, Health and Fitness. John will compete in Performing Arts and Recrea-
tion. They will compete for scholarships, awards and national trip. Senior high youth in 9th through
12th grade may submit a portfolio in the spring for competition.
4-H Junior High Portfolio winners
Carter Barhite, Anne Marie Ford and Desha Wilkins competed in the Eastern Region 4-H Portfolio Contest. Carter
received 1st place in the Electric project, Anne Marie placed 2nd in the Performing Arts and Recreation project and
Desha placed 1st in the Consumer Education and Economics project.
London Brevard—finalist for
National Cornbread Festival
Congratulations to London. He competed in
the National Cornbread Cook-off.
Below is his recipe. Check out the delicious
Strawberry Short Corncake.
Congratulations London!
Short Corncake Whipped Cream 1-1/2 cup Flour 1 cup Cold Heavy Whipping Cream 1-1/2 cup Martha White Self Rising Cornmeal Mix 3 T Powdered sugar 3/4 cup Sugar 1/2 tsp Vanilla 2 T Baking Powder 1/4 cup melted Butter Strawberry Topping 1-1/2 cup Milk 1 lb. Strawberries 3 Eggs 2 T Sugar 1 lb. fresh strawberries Pan Spray Method of preparation: Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly. Mix all wet ingredients. Mix wet and dry together. Remove stems from 1lb strawber-ries, slice and lightly mash. Add mashed strawberries at end and fold into mixture. Spray 10 in Lodge Skillet with Pan Spray and pour mixture in. Put in oven, to cook Mix powdered sugar, vanilla and Heavy cream together, whip until light and fluffy. Slice 1 lb. strawberries and toss with 2 T sugar Allow Corncake to cool and cut into 3 inch round pieces, serve with sliced strawberries on cake and dollop of whipped cream. Cooking Temperature: 350 F Time: 45 minutes Number of Servings: 6
4-H Region Clover Bowl Contest
The 2018 Eastern Region 4-H Clover Bowl Contest was held on the campus of The University of Ten-
nessee—Knoxville. Hamilton County was represented by a 4th grade team from Hixson Elementary
and a 5th grade team from Allen Elementary. The 5th grade team from Allen Elementary won the
region contest!
Hamilton County Fair
The 2018 Hamilton County Fair will be held in September.
You can enter many items in the Fair.
Check out the website:
The site will be updated with the 2018 information in July.
Site: hamiltontn.gov/fair
Start putting your items together now for the Fair.
4-H Achievement Day
4-H Youth in Hamilton County competed at the multi-county Demonstration and Interactive Exhibit
contests.
The 4-H Demonstration participants and winners include:
Kaylee Robertson, participant Companion Animal project (4th grade)
Serenity Wright, 1st Companion Animal (5th grade)
Madison Whalen, 1st Consumer Education/Economics project (4th grade)
Makenlee McNeill, participant Food Science project (4th grade)
Isabell Stewart, 1st Food Science project (5th grade)
Mei Ling McNelly, 2nd Horticulture/Garden project (4th grade)
Brandon Mooneyham, 2nd Line and Design project (5th grade)
Andrew Price, 1st Performing Arts/Recreation (5th grade)
Calee Oliver, 1st Leadership/Personal Development project (4th grade)
Ruby Woodward, 1st Leadership/Personal Development project (5th grade)
Nicolette Gonzalez, 1st Plant Science project (5th grade)
Nick Nipper, 1st place Swine project (4th grade)
4-H Premier Exhibitors named
During the 4-H Achievement Contest the winners of the Interactive Exhibits were named.
The winners from Hamilton County include:
Desha Wilkins, 1st Consumer Education/Economics project
Carter Barhite, 1st Electric project
Annabelle Avelis, 1st Performing Arts/Recreation
Anne Marie Ford, 3rd Performing Arts/Recreation
The Premier Exhibitors have combined Interactive Exhibit score and portfolio score to determine the
winners. Congratulations to Hamilton County’s 4-H Premier Exhibitors:
Desha Wilkins won in the Consumer Education/Economics project
Carter Barhite won in the Electric project
Anne Marie Ford placed 2nd in Performing Arts/Recreation project
4-H County Horse Show
The Mane Attraction 4-H Horse Club hosted an Open 4-H Horse Show. Below are some photos of the
afternoon classes. Another 4-H Open Horse Show is scheduled for September. If you are interested in
the show and want more information about the club, contact the Extension office
Special thanks to Volunteer Leader Adam Presley and the many volunteer leaders and parents who
continually support this 4-H Club. Results of the Eastern Region 4-H Horse Show will be in the July 4-H
Update.
4-H Archery Club
Members of the Hamilton County 4-H
Archery Club shot on a 3-D range. They
enjoyed the course at Highland Sports-
man's Club.
For more information about this club,
contact the Extension office.
4-H Healthy Habits Day Camp We are having another 4-H Healthy Habits Day Camp. It will be held July 12 & 13, 2018, Extension office,
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be open to 20 youth 4th grade through 8th grade. Cost is $10 per person. Call for
a registration packet. Registration will be open until day of camp or until all spaces are filled.
During camp you will learn about food safety, cooking skills, nutrition, teamwork, recreation and more!
Come and be part of these fun filled days.
Here are some phots from the last day camp
