4-H Fair Winners Announced

COURT HOUSE – The following were winners in the 2019 Cape May County 4-H Fair. The event was held at the fairground in Court House July 18-20.
Special Contests and Awards:

THE RUTH STEENLAND MEMORIAL 4-H LEADER AWARD

Winner: Ben Anaya – Milky Ways

FRANK L. GERMANIO, SR. 4-H EXEMPLARY SERVICE AWARD

Winner: Samantha Downes — Teen Ambassadors 4-H Club

HORSE CARE & MANAGEMENT

Winner: Kathleen DeGenova – Wranglers 4-H Club
STALL CARE & MANAGEMENT AWARDS:
Individual: Chloe Pinkerton – Wranglers 4-H Club / Lollipop
Club: Wranglers 4-H Club
OUTSTANDING TEEN AMBASSADOR
Winner:  Samantha Downes – Teen Ambassadors 4-H Club
HORSE & LIVESTOCK ROUND ROBIN GRAND CHAMPION
Winner:  Lexi Anaya – Milky Ways 4-H Club
General Awards:

BEST IN SHOW FRUIT & VEGETABLE AWARD

Winner: Colby Schalek — Milky Ways and Teen Ambassadors 4-H Clubs

Sweet Banana Pepper

BEST IN SHOW FINE ARTS – JUNIOR
Winner: Rainbow McAtee — Scales & Tails, Kitchen Phanatics, Needle and Thread, Tightlines and Science Rocks 4-H Clubs
 Painting

BEST IN SHOW CREATIVE CRAFTS

Winner: Eddie Hoover — Scales & Tails, Tightlines and Science Rocks 4-H Clubs
Fortnight Clay Figures

BEST IN SHOW PHOTOGRAPHY – Senior                         

Winner: Mina LaFrance — Star Hollow Riders 4-H Club
Jacob William
BEST IN SHOW PHOTOGRAPHY – JUNIOR
Winner:  Chloe Pinkerton — Wranglers 4-H Club
Rising into the Sun          

BEST IN SHOW CREATIVE WRITING

Winner:  Rebecca Arcuri — Needle and Thread 4-H Club
Poem-”Growing a Brighter Future”

BEST IN SHOW SENIOR TEXTILES & CLOTHING (9^TH -13^TH grades)

Winner:  Samantha Downes — Needle & Thread 4-H Club – “Sunny”/A Sun Dress

BEST IN SHOW INDIVIDUAL SCRAPBOOK

Winner: Elise Heim — Shore Blazers 4-H Club
Engineering Portfolio
BEST IN SHOW GROUP SCRAPBOOK
Winner: Lower Cape May Regional High School 4-H Club               
BEST IN SHOW SHOE BOX EXHIBIT
Winner: Rebecca Arcuri, Needle & Thread 4-H Club Shoebox      

BEST IN SHOW JUNIOR FOODS and NUTRITION (4^TH-8^TH grades)

Winner: Rebecca Arcuri — Needle & Thread 4-H Club
Macaroni Salad 

BEST IN SHOW SENIOR FOODS and NUTRITION (9^TH-13^TH grades)

Winner: Kathleen DeGenova – Wranglers 4-H Club
Blueberry Buttermilk Cake       
BEST IN SHOW MARINE SCIENCE
Winner: Eddie Hoover — Scales & Tails, Tightlines and Science Rocks 4-H Clubs
Horseshoe Crab Tagging
BEST IN SHOW NATURAL SCIENCE
Winner: Nature Center of Cape May- Nature Center of Cape May Summer Camp, Grades 3-6, 
 “Marine Debris”
BEST IN SHOW MISCELLANEOUS SCIENCE
Winner: Mina LaFrance — Star Hollow Riders 4-H Club
Modeling the Human Cardiovascular System        
BEST IN SHOW 4-H PARTNERSHIP AWARD
Winner: Nature Center of Cape May- Rutgers’s Teen Leader Program at The Nature Center of Cape May, “Upscaled Pallet Garden”
BEST IN SHOW 4-H CLUB EXHIBIT – LOCKWOOD 4-H YOUTH CENTER:
1^st Place- Growing Sprouts 4-H Club – Club Scrapbook “The Growing Sprouts 4-H Club”
2^nd Place- Tightlines 4-H Club – Tightlines 4-H Club Exhibit
BEST IN SHOW 4-H CLUB EXHIBIT – HORSE BARNS:
1^st Place: Whinny Pigs 4-H Club
2^nd Place: Star Hollow Riders 4-H Club 
BEST IN SHOW 4-H CLUB EXHIBIT– LIVESTOCK BARNS:
1^st Place: Scales & Tails 4-H Club
2^nd Place: Barnyard Buddies 4-H Club           
BEST IN SHOW 4-H PERFORMANCE / JUNIOR
(Project Record Books) Autumn Richards — Needle and Thread, Science Rocks, Tightlines and Scales & Tails 4-H Clubs                                           

BEST IN SHOW 4-H PERFORMANCE / SENIOR

(Project Record Books) Nora Conover – Needle and Thread 4-H Club
BEST IN SHOW SPECIAL FEATURE
Winner: Elise Heim – Shore Blazers 4-H Club
National Agri-Science Youth Summit Exhibit         

BEST IN SHOW ADULT EXHIBIT

Winner:  Joyce Stokes – Needle and Thread 4-H Club
Wall Quilt
ADULT / BEST IN SHOW FOOD AND NUTRITION
Winner: Louis McAtee – Kitchen Phanatics 4-H Club
Chicken Monterey          

BEST IN SHOW 4-H PROGRAM FOCUS EXHIBIT

Winner: Teen Ambassadors 4-H Club     

BEST IN SHOW EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT

Winner: Shea Mayer – LCMRHS 4-H Club
Animal Adventure Park
OPEN CLOVERBUD (K-3^RD Grades)
Winner: Summer Program at the Wetlands Institute
Yellow Submarine Taxi
OPEN YOUTH (4^TH-12 Grades)
Best in show open youth -$25
Winner: Summer Program at the Wetlands Institute
Oceanopolis
 Horse Awards:
GRAND CHAMPION MODEL HORSE
Winner:  Elise Heim — Shore Blazers 4-H Club / Pardon Me                                                             

RESERVE CHAMPION MODEL HORSE

Winner:  Mina LaFrance — Star Hollow Riders 4-H Club / Carpe Noctem                  

GRAND CHAMPION VERSATILITY

Winner: Elizabeth Schalick — Star Hollow Riders 4-H Club / Swanky Party

RESERVE CHAMPION VERSATILITY

Winner: Coryn Dykhouse Star Hollow Riders 4-H Club / King Solomon

OUTSTANDING YOUTH SPORTSMANSHIP IN THE HORSE AREA

Winner: Sophia Hess -Whinny Pigs 4-H Club       

OUTSTANDING 4-H HORSE SHOW PARENT

Winner:  Oak Schalick — Whinny Pigs 4-H Club

GRAND CHAMPION WESTERN GROOMING & SHOWMANSHIP

Winner: Kate Mihal – Wranglers 4-H Club / Allie’s Way

RESERVE CHAMPION WESTERN GROOMING & SHOWMANSHIP

Winner: Caitlyn Martindale — Whinny Pigs 4-H Club / Ms. Annie Vestor

GRAND CHAMPION ENGLISH GROOMING & SHOWMANSHIP

Winner:  Coryn Dykhouse — Star Hollow Riders 4-H Club / King Solomon

RESERVE CHAMPION ENGLISH GROOMING & SHOWMANSHIP

Winner:  Mina LaFrance — Star Hollow Riders 4-H Club / Carpe Noctem

BEST ENGLISH RIDER AT FAIR

Winner: Robbie Elwell — Shore Blazers 4-H Club

BEST WESTERN RIDER AT FAIR                                                       

Winner:  Elizabeth Schalick — Whinny Pigs 4-H Club / Swanky Party

BEST BEGINNER RIDER / ENGLISH

Winner: Caitlyn Shaffer — Whinny Pigs 4-H Club / Google It
BEST BEGINNER RIDER / WESTERN
Winner: Caitlyn Shaffer — Whinny Pigs 4-H Club / Google It
Livestock Awards:
 
GRAND CHAMPION HOG (Market)         
Winner: Ryan Germanio – Barnyard Buddies 4-H Club
RESERVE HOG (Market)               
Winner: Reagan Germanio – Barnyard Buddies 4-H Club
GRAND CHAMPION SHOWMANSHIP HOG
Winner: Erin Schalick – Whinny Pigs 4-H Club
RESERVE CHAMPION SHOWMANSHIP HOG
Winner: Thomas Germanio – Barnyard Buddies 4-H Club
GRAND CHAMPION LAMB
Winner: Thomas Germanio – Barnyard Buddies 4-H Club                           
RESERVE CHAMPION LAMB
Winner: Sam Barry – Barnyard Buddies 4-H Club
GRAND CHAMPION LAMB SHOWMANSHIP
Winner: Patrick Kelly – Whinny Pigs 4-H Club
RESERVE CHAMPION LAMB SHOWMANSHIP
Winner: Lauren Kelly – Whinny Pigs 4-H Club
GRAND CHAMPION BREEDING SHEEP
Winner: Lauren Kelly – Whinny Pigs 4-H Club
RESERVE CHAMPION BREEDING SHEEP
Winner: Patrick Kelly – Whinny Pigs 4-H Club
GRAND CHAMPION GOAT
Winner: Kate Pantelione – Milky Ways 4-H Club
RESERVE CHAMPION GOAT
Winner: Kate Pantelione – Milky Ways 4-H Club
GRAND CHAMPION GOAT SHOWMANSHIP
Winner: Trinity Hamann – Pitchforks & Buckets 4-H Club
RESERVE CHAMPION GOAT SHOWMANSHIP
Winner: Kate Pantelione – Milky Ways 4-H Club
GRAND CHAMPION RABBIT (Breed)
Winner: Sophia Hess – Jersey Wooley/ Whinny Pigs 4-H Club    
RESERVE CHAMPION RABBIT (Breed)
Winner:  Cadence Golley – New Zealand / Pitchforks & Buckets 4-H Club             
GRAND CHAMPION RABBIT & CAVY SHOWMANSHIP
Winner: Alexa Anaya – Milky Ways 4-H Club
RESERVE CHAMPION RABBIT & CAVY SHOWMANSHIP
Winner: Trinity Hamann – Pitchforks & Buckets 4-H Club
BEST FUR – RABBIT
Winner: Cadence Golley — Pitchforks & Buckets 4-H Club
GRAND CHAMPION CAVY
Winner: Patrick Kelly–Whinny Pigs 4-H Club      
GRAND CHAMPION POULTRY (Breed)
Winner:  Drew Ludman — Milky Ways 4-H Club
RESERVE CHAMPION POULTRY (Breed)
Winner: Sophia Hess — Whinny Pigs 4-H Club
GRAND CHAMPION POULTRY SHOWMANSHIP
Winner: Drew Ludman — Milky Ways 4-H Club
RESERVE CHAMPION POULTRY SHOWMANSHIP
Winner: Simon Allay — Milky Ways 4-H Club
GRAND CHAMPION WATERFOWL
Winner: Kate Mihal — Milky Ways 4-H Club
RESERVE CHAMPION WATERFOWL
Winner: Kate Mihal — Milky Ways 4-H Club
BEST IN SHOW HERPETOLOGY
Winner:  Rainbow McAtee  — Scales & Tails 4-H Club