Crown Hill 4-H Beef Club held their achievement day June 19 at the farmyard of Trent and Caley Letkeman at Hepburn. The leaders are Richard Yasieniuk, general and senior leader; Glenn Sutherland, assistant and senior leader; Jim Attrux and Greg Remus, intermediate leaders; and Bev Reid and Caley Letkeman, the junior and Cloverbud leaders.
The members are: Cloverbuds, six- to eight-years-old, Zayne Letkeman, Wyatt and Taylor Henderson, Taylor Reid and Keardyn Cairns; juniors, ages nine to 12, Boden Letkeman, Hunter Reid, McKinna Cairna, Cheyanne Roth and Courtney Yasieniuk; intermediates, 13-15 years, Cole Reid, Hannah Remus, Jamie and Jessica Attrux, Cody Shumanski, Abigail Roth, Layne Cairns, Justin Yasieniuk, Rachel Sutherland; and seniors, 16 and over, Brittany and Morgan Attrux, Ariana Mulder, Anna Verbonac and Kolten and Tyler Yasieniuk.
Questionnaires, record books and judging results were: Cloverbuds – first Taylor Reid and Taylor Henderson, second Zayne and third Keardyn; juniors – first Courtney, second Hunter, third Boden; intermediates – first Cole, second Rachel, third Justin; and seniors – first Ariana, second Anna, third Brittany.
The record book judge was Nancy Kotelko and the beef judges were Wayne and Linda Libke. Two of the younger Letkemans, Zane and Cabri, showed their sheep and they each received red ribbons.
Grooming class results: juniors – first Courtney, second Hunter, third Boden; intermediate – first Cole, second Justin, third Rachel; seniors – first Kolten, second Ariana, third Anna; Top groomsman was Kolten Yasieniuk.
Showmanship results: juniors – first Courtney, second Hunter, third Chyanne; intermediate – first Cole, second Justin, third Rachel; seniors – first Kolten, second Anna, third Tyler. Top showman was Cole Reid.
The Cloverbuds led in their spring calves and each one received a red ribbon.
There were three classes of 17 yearling heifers in total. Picked first from each class were Cole, Cody, Hunter, Abigail, Rachel and Kolten. The grand champion heifer belonged to Hunter and reserve to Cody.
In the two-year-old cow with calf, in the first class, Rachel and Kolten won first, Jessica second, Abigail third and Hannah fourth. In the second class, first went to Cody and Morgan, second to Cole, third to Tyler and fourth to Jamie. The champion two-year-old cow/calf pair was Rachel’s with reserve to Kolten.
In the three-year-old cow with calf class, the only entry was Brittany who got first.
Grand Champion Female overall was Hunter’s with Rachel placing second.
In the steer classes there were three classes with a total of 17 animals. In the first class, first went to Tyler and Jamie, second to Boden, third to McKinna and fourth to Cole. In the second class, first was won by Justin and Courtney with Ariana second, Abigail third and Hannah fourth. In the third class, first was Rachel and Kolten, second Hunter, third Cody and fourth Anna. The grand champion steer was Tyler Yasieniuk’s and the reserve went to his brother Kolten.
At the awards after supper, Richard thanked everyone for coming and the parents, judges, donors and the 4-H kids and presented a gift certificate to the Libkes.
Each of the members who placed first could pick a prize: in questionnaires, Ariana, Cole and Courtney, Taylor R and Taylor H with Courtney getting a $25 gift certificate and trophy for top marks; in record books, Anna, Cole and Hunter with Cole getting top marks and the $25 and plaque; and in judging Ariana, Rachel, Courtney and Taylor Reid.
All of the Cloverbuds got a pail of grooming goodies, then the trophies and plaques were given out. Grooming and showmanship was won by Kolten who also got a $50 gift certificate and a show halter; the grand champion steer to Tyler and reserve to Kolten who each got gift cards; grand champion heifer and overall champion female trophy plus a $50 gift card to Hunter and reserve to Cody. Rachel got a trophy and gift card for two-year-old cow and calf and Brittany for three-year-old cow and calf. The grand aggregate trophy and gift cards for most overall points was tied between Rachel and Cole.
Every member then got a certificate, scotch comb and pail of cattle related goodies.
Richard thanked Donna Verbonac for all her years as assistant leader and her dedication to 4-H. She was given a gift certificate.
Winning the Father’s Day draws were Wayne Libke, Curtis, Jim and Tom Henderson.
The 4-H members will all be showing their animals at the Saskatoon Regional 4-H Show July 8 – 11 and participating in team grooming and judging.
