One of my favorite things here is sharing great news about our Glenwood kids. This is the time of year when Glenwood High School seniors are deciding on colleges and receiving acceptances. It’s exciting for the seniors and their families and makes all of us proud of these kids we’ve watched grow up.
Isabella Bensel, daughter of Jason and Sarah, has been accepted to Montana State University in Bozeman, where she plans to study nursing. She’ll make a great nurse, for sure. Go, Bobcats!
Grace Griffin, daughter of Dan and Kara, has been accepted to Eastern Oregon University in LaGrande, where she will major in elementary education. Grace has been a student aide in elementary classrooms here in our school and will pursue a field dear to her heart. Go, Mountaineers! I’m looking forward to sharing more of these “breaking news” stories about members of our Glenwood class of 2024 in the weeks to come.
The Mt. Adams Community 4-H Club certainly has earned the right to feel very proud after their great showings at the Klickitat County Fair this year. The following 4-H news was sent to me by Josie Dickey, the club reporter. There’s a lot, but it’s all great news. I would just like to add a huge thanks to all the adults who contributed their times as leaders and helpers to make the 4-H year such a great success.
The Mt Adams 4-H Club has been up to quite a bit this year. We had our first meeting, where we discussed our goals for the year and welcomed our new members. We started the year with a fruit sale to help raise money to put towards our club and new Glenwood Community Welcome signs. As we approached The Ketchum Kalf Rodeo, we sold water and pop at our annual pop stand. We also made an appearance in the parade with the newly decorated and musical float. We even had a float and pop stand in the Trout Lake Fair Parade as well!
As the summer went on, we started to break off into our groups, working hard on our fair projects and learning new skills along the way. Recently we just returned home from our long week at the fair where we finally got to show off our hard work. As we round out this year of fair, we would like to give a big thank-you to all the people in our communities who have supported us, as well as to our amazing buyers at this year’s Market Livestock Sale!
This year our club was awarded several large achievements. For the pig barn, we have Grand Champion Market pig shown by Isabella Bensel, Reserve Champion Market Pig shown by Emily Anrig, Grand Champion Senior Showman Jayla Avila, Grand Champion Intermediate Showman Riley Rickman, Reserve Champion Junior Showman Norah Kabrial, Bernice Thiele Memorial Hog awarded to Bailey Rickman. The club was also awarded the Fair Directors Award for New Technologies/Decorations.
The pig barn wasn’t the only barn with achievements. In the Goat Barn, we have Reserve Junior Showman Rileigh Dickey, who also won 2nd in the costume contest. In the Poultry Barn, we have Reserve Grand Champion Market Chicken shown by Bryn Kreps. Bryn also won first place in the poultry costume competition.
Lastly, but not least, we have the steer barn with several achievements. The steer barn was awarded the State Commissioner’s Award for excellence in educational displays, outstanding quality of livestock, and exemplary exhibitors. The State Commissioner complimented the club on how well-spoken, helpful, and knowledgeable all the kids were. Way to go beef kids. Josie Dickey, Max Tuthill, and Claire Jenson got a Directors Award for exemplifying new skill sets.
On the 4-H Foods Day we had many accomplishments. Junior Jacy Bryan — Favorite Foods White Ribbon, Table Setting, Blue Ribbon. Intermediates, Riley Rickman — Favorite Foods, Blue Ribbon, Grand Champion Ribbon, and Table Setting, Blue Ribbon. Kyla Bryan — Favorite Foods, White Ribbon, Table Setting, Blue Ribbon, and Judge’s Choice Award. Riley Eichner led an activity where the 4-Hrs made fresh-fruit arrangements during their free time between other activities. Mrs. Lonnie Dean served as the judge and Bailey Rickman served as the clerk for 4-H Foods Activity Day.
The Style Revue was held in the Glenwood School Multipurpose Room on Friday, August 11th. Mrs. Kate Kreps gave a demonstration to each of the girls about the best way to model their outfits to show off the garment’s features. Mrs. Jaecee Hoctor helped coach the girls as they modeled their outfits. It was a special treat to have Kate and Jaecee help the girls with their modeling. Four of the intermediate girls scored 100% on the modeling portion of their contests!
Kyla Bryan — Construction, Blue Ribbon and Grand Champion Ribbon, Modeling, Blue Ribbon, Top of Show Ribbon, and Judges Choice Ribbon. Bailey Rickman — Construction, Blue Ribbon and Reserve Champion Ribbon, Modeling, Blue Ribbon, and Judge’s Choice Ribbon. Riley Rickman — Construction, Blue Ribbon, Modeling, Blue Ribbon, and Judge’s Choice Ribbon. Riley Eichner — Construction, Blue Ribbon and Modeling, Blue Ribbon. JayCee McLean — Construction, Outfit #1, Blue Ribbon, Modeling Outfit #1 Blue Ribbon, Construction, Outfit #2, Blue Ribbon, Modeling, Outfit #2, Blue Ribbon, Construction, Outfit #3 Blue Ribbon and Reserve Champion Ribbon, Modeling, Outfit #3, Blue Ribbon and Judges Choice Ribbon. All intermediate girls sent their garments to State Fair in Puyallup.
We would also like to give a big shout-out to our Horse department. We have Bailey Rickman, who was 3rd overall Intermediate Western Games, and the Hoctor family consisting of Jocee, Jentry, Josh, and Jacee winning second place in the family penning competition.
Now we would like to give a special shout-out to our Market Livestock Buyers this year! In the Pig Barn, we have Isabella Bensel’s pig bought by Brasuell Plumbing, Emily Anrig’s bought by Mountain Logging, Avery Eichner’s bought by Radcomp, Riley Eichner’s bought by Gross Enterprises, Norah Kabriel’s bought by IBC Construction, Paislee Lavallie’s bought by Glenwood Community, Jade Mclean’s bought by Brasuell Plumbing, Jaycee Mclean’s bought by West End Communities, Wyatt Patterson’s bought by A & E Heating and Air, Bailey Rickman’s bought by Wolf Line Construction, Riley Rickman’s bought by Bill and Toni Troh, Dale Thiele, and Jake and Gina Eldred. Lilly Rude’s bought by Blankenship Trucking, and Lynnaha Steinbach’s bought by Market Stock Sale Support.
In the goat barn, Rileigh Dickey’s goat was bought by Gorge Storage Units. In the Poultry Barn we have Bryn Kreps’ chicken bought by Mountain Logging. In the Steer Barn we have Josie Dickey’s steer bought by Jerry Bryan and Stanley Dickey, Emma Patterson’s bought by A & E Heating and Air, Max Tuthill’s bought by Chilton Logging, Claire Jenson’s bought by Viper Winds, Blaine Arnold’s bought by Market Stock Sale Support, Joslyn Arnold’s bought by Glenwood Community, Jentry Hoctor’s bought by A & E Heating and Air, Jocee Hoctor’s bought by Martin Taylor, and Samuel Knott’s bought by Glenwood Community. Thank you for your support!
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