Kaitlyn Micheel and Tucker Micheel, members of the Pearl Creek Boosters 4-H Club, share their views of 4-H membership:
• “My goal was to improve on my swine and beef showmanship,” Kaitlyn Micheel said. “At the Beadle County 4-H Achievement Days I won the Junior Swine Showmanship Contest and earned Reserve in the Junior Beef Showmanship Contest. Last year, I was also in the rabbit project area where I showed two rabbits. I gave an illustrated talk on Five Tips of Child Care in the Child Development project area. In the Special Foods project area I made pork chops. I learned to modge podge and paint with acrylic paint on canvas in the Visual Arts project area.”

• “Ice Cream and I were in the show ring over 15 times this past year,” Tucker Micheel said. “Last year, I was also in the swine and rabbit project areas where I showed three pigs and two rabbits. I also gave an illustrated talk on the Parts of a Pig and their Cuts of Meat. In the Special Foods project area I made a strawberry-banana smoothie. I learned to paint with acrylic paint on canvas in the Visual Arts project area.”
For more information you may contact the Beadle County 4-H Youth Program Advisor John Madison at 1070 Third St. S.W.,  by phone at 605-353-8436, or at www.igrow.org.

Photos:

Kaitlyn Micheel, a sixth-year member of the Pearl Creek Boosters, is pictured with her Crossbred Breeding Gilt named Marshmallow.

Next, Tucker Micheel, a third-year member of the Pearl Creek Boosters, is pictured with his Charolais steer named Ice Cream.

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