This year’s 4-H Expo, hosted by the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association, marked 101 years of 4-H in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Twenty-one clubs from Lloydminster and surrounding areas came together to compete against one another and to exhibit their achievements and skills. Participating projects included: cow/calf, heifer, steer, light horse and multiple projects ranging from rabbits and blacksmithing to lamb.
4-H Expo concluded with a steer and lamb sale June 4 with a steer average of $2.64 per pound on 112 head. The lamb average was $592 on three head. Also sold at auction was a mechanized picnic table. It was a crowd favorite and sold for $1,400
Earning the grand aggregate trophy was the Lashburn 4-H Beef Club with members showing top fed calf showmanship calves (Jaylee Klinger, junior, Paige Lehmann, intermediate and Devyn Hoegl, senior) and earning reserve status in fed calf (Paige Lehmann) and breeder’s herd (Paige Lehmann). Seth McIntosh showed the grand champion two-year-old cow and calf and the club as a whole earned the group of five fed calves category. The club also placed second in the club judging category.
Other Northwest 4-Hers placing in the beef categories were: junior heifer showmanship – McKenna Goodfellow, Manitou Lake; intermediate heifer showmanship – Faith Chibri, Manitou Lake; reserve yearling heifer – Shay Hunt-Sissons, Hillmond; and intermediate record book – Madison Pike, Lone Rock 4-H Beef.
Eagle Hills 4-H Club took home some hardware in the light horse categories. Zadee Champman, who earned the overall light horse aggregate prize, was the top junior rider in Saturday’s and Sunday’s events and MacKenzie L’Heureux was second in the intermediate category Sunday.
Chelsea Debusschere of Hillmond Trail Blazers earned the senior aggregate light horse award. She placed first in the senior category Saturday. Tyra Anderson placed third.
Durness Multiple Club also rode in the light horse events with Hannah Jurke topping the senior category Saturday while Nicky Noble and Tess McCall were second and third. Kayle Wartman placed third in junior, as did Claire Chickness as a first-year rider. Addisyn Lepp was second in junior.
Durness Multiple earned the prize for best barn display.
In the multiple record book category Maidstone Gully members Austin McMillan (Cloverbud), Amanda Kaminski (intermediate) and Haylee Stockman (junior) earned top honours, while Jarret Sroka was second in intermediate. Georgia Watson of Manitou Lake was second in Cloverbud and Jake Hein of Manitou Lake in junior.
Hannah Pystrupa and Shylynn Robinson, both of Manitou Lake, placed first and second in the senior category.
In livestock record books, Ken Hougham of Paradise Hill placed first in Cloverbud, while Hudson Carbonneau of Paradise Hill was second. Alyssa Russett of Edam West was second in the junior category.
Hailey Hardes of Paradise Hill placed second in the light horse category. Natalie Hunter of Paradise Hill was first in intermediate and Amanda Kaminski of Maidstone was second. The senior category was topped by Dough Sroka of Maidstone Gully and Anya Kuziw of Durness was second.
Durness 4-H Club, earned the grand aggregate award in the multiple club competitions, earning first for a blacksmithing display and first and second for animal displays (rabbits and canine). Durness members also won all three spots in the Ignite Project category – Mikayla Flit, Paige Laycock and Carter Wartman.
Maidstone Gully was also prominent among the winners of the multiple project awards earning second and third for displays (equine massage and genealogy) and second for the Cloverbud Small Pets project. They were also third for Xtra Light Horse in the animal displays and earned first place for their 60 Years photo display and third for Multi Generations.
Hillmond Beef and Sheep club earned second in the photo competition with 4-H Is.
