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Virginia 4-H Information Letter

Summer 1999

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The Virginia 4-H Information Letter is produced monthly to disseminate important 4-H information. This is the on-line version. Attachments which are referenced in this newsletter are not available electronically. To obtain copies of the attachments, contact Billie Cline at the address listed

Faculty Advisor: D. Brian Calhoun
Editor: Billie Cline

Submissions to be included in the newsletter should be sent to:

Billie Cline
107 Hutcheson Hall
Virginia Tech (0419)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
e-mail: bcline@vt.edu


John E. Dooley
Associate Director
4-H & Family & Consumer Sciences


Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption for 4-H clubs

The 1999 General Assembly extended this tax exemption for 4-H clubs through June 2001. 4-H programs may purchase tangible personal property for its use or consumption exempt of the tax. However, the exemption does not apply to purchases of taxable services such as meals and lodging. A copy of the attached document should be supplied to vendors from whom exempt purchased are made. The document is attached to hard copies of this information letter sent to each Extension Office.

John Dooley

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4-H Clover Graphic On-Line

The new USDA approved clover (with TM symbol) is now available on line. From the main 4-H page http://www.ext.vt.edu/vce/specialty/4h/main.html you may access the graphic as well as the written specifications regarding this change in the emblem.

Debbie Price

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1999 Virginia 4-H Congress

Six hundred seventy six delegates participated in 4-H Congress, June 28-July 1, on Va Tech Campus. Competitions, Assemblies, Dances, Friends, and Fun were highlights of the week. Results of the Congress statistical evaluation showed a 3.9 ranking with 5 being excellent. Participation details and summary of competitions and more highlights from Congress are on the 4-H Congress website at http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/99congress.

Billie Cline

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State 4-H Congress Congressional Games

During this year's State 4-H Congress, as in previous years, the delegates participated in the Congressional Games Activities. This is a competitive event in which districts compete in a variety of athletic events designed to have fun, build district spirit, and provide healthy recreation for all to participate or support.

This year's events are listed below. The traveling trophy went to the SOUTHWEST DISTRICT and will be on display at the Southwest Virginia 4-H Educational Center until next year's State 4-H Congress. Congratulations to the Southwest District. This district accumulated 4150 points for the event. The other districts¼ scores ranged from 2600 to 3800 total points. EVENTS included:

Basketball
Volleyball
Walleyball
Racquetball
Ping Pong
Pool (Billards)
Frisbee Golf
Executive Marbles
Bowling
Swimming Events

Bob Meadows

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1999-2000 4-H Officers Selected

The follow 4-Hers were selected to serve as officers of Virginia 4-H for the upcoming year. A complete list of officers and ambassadors are included later in this letter.

PRESIDENT:Justin Watson (Henrico)
VICE PRESIDENT:James Kirkpatrick (Patrick)
SECRETARY:Amanda Chaves (Va Beach)
REPORTER/HISTORIAN:Carissa E. Carpenter (Prince William)

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1999 4-H Achievement Winners

The Following 4-H¼ers were selected (after interviews during State Congress) to represent Virginia at National 4-H Congress to be held in Atlanta, November 1999. Congratulations to

Daniel Salatin (Augusta)
J. D. Wall (Bland)
Virginia Young (Clarke)
Karlena Sakas (Fairfax)
Lauren LaCroix (Fairfax)
Derrick Spangler (Floyd)
Gwen Catley (Goochland)
Blair Waller (Halifax)
Lauryn Dawkins (Henrico)
Lindsey Potts (Loudoun)
Kim Milton (Mathews)
Annika Liskey (Rockingham)
Robyn Raley (Shenandoah)
Chauntee Schuler (Spotsylvania)
Lila Orrock (Spotsylvania)
Lara Keyser (Page)
Megan Scanlan (Pr. William)
Carissa Carpenter (Pr. William)
Lisa Kovacs (VA Beach)

Beth Atkins

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4-H/CHARACTER COUNTS! UPDATE

With the success of the recent training of the 12 teams at Smith Mt. Lake 4-H Educational Center, there is much activity and interest with CHARACTER COUNTS! programming. With this publication, I am enclosing a copy of the brochure that was developed to promote this program. Mrs. Margaret Hager, our Lt. Governor's wife, has sent a copy of the brochure to every public school superintendent throughout the Commonwealth to help us promote 4-H's support of this curriculum.

For further information and help needed, please contact your respective District Team Captain. They are as follows:

Central District Laura McClenny
(804) 352-8244
Northern District Barbara Reese
703) 791-5862
Northeast District Linda Robinson
(757) 727-1401
Northwest District Jennifer Unroe
(540) 962-0276
Southeast District Dianette Ferguson
(757) 925-6409
Southwest District Mike Martin
(540) 233-6040

Further information will be provided to you, as we become more involved in this program. Thank you for your commitment and support of this program effort. Bob Meadows

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State Fair of Virginia is on the Web

The State Fair of Virginia has placed a great deal of information on their web site. For example, email addresses of all departments are provided. In addition, the entire contents of the Competition Guides are there in pdf files that can be downloaded and viewed or printed. These files include all rules for all shows and contests held. Also included are entry forms. A great deal more material can be found there about tickets, entertainment, directions, and other helpful items.

Their web site is www.statefair.com. For email addresses select "Who to Contact", and for the competition guides select "Competition". Please share this information with your clientele who may not have received a catalog for the fair, and bookmark this site yourselves for future use.

Mark Wahlberg

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NCI Update

We are hopeful for some scholarships for the National Camping Institute V event scheduled for February 16-20, 2000 at Airfield 4-H Educational Center. Information will be forthcoming concerning these scholarships.

It is hopeful that new 4-H agents and volunteers committed to 4-H camping program in their units and/or respective center will be given priority for these funds to support their attendance at NCI V. The registration form (included in the June, 1999 issue of this publication) is due December 1, 1999 for the early bird fee of $225. Registration forms postmarked after this date will be $250, until the Late Registration deadline of January 6, 2000, which will be $275. So, be sure to get your registration in early. A great program is in store for each one who attends.

We still have a few NCI 4-H throws for sale at $50. If you are interested, please send a check to NCI to my attention and one will be mailed to you. Be sure to communicate this event and the 4-H throws to your adult volunteers.

Bob Meadows

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Shooting Education Camp

We are still taking registration for the 4-H Shooting Education Camp that is scheduled for the week of Aug. 18-22, 1999 at Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center. This camp is for youth ages 12-16 with an interest in firearms. Instructors are certified through the 4-H Shooting Education Program and have the qualifications to instruct youth in a variety of disciplines including .22 rifle, shotgun, archery, air rifle, and air pistol.

An information brochure is attached to hardcopies of this newsletter. Please share information about this camp with interested youth and adults. For additional information or the Shooting Camp brochure, contact me at (804)248-5444, Jinx Baney at (804)848-2151, or Mike Clifford at (804)645-9315.

Richard Pulliam

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1999 State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest

4-Hers from 12 different counties came to Blacksburg on June 26 for the State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest. They judged classes of beef cattle, sheep, and swine, interpreted performance records, answered questions, and gave reasons. A total of 92 contestants competed in this event. See attachment for results.

Mark Wahlberg

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Virginia 4-H Foundation Auction

Virginia 4-H enjoys a unique partnership with the Virginia Auctioneers Association, which in turn provides opportunities for 4-H youth across the state of Virginia. The Virginia 4-H Foundation would like to extend an invitation to everyone who enjoys getting antiques, jewelry, vacation packages, furniture at GREAT bargain prices!!!! Funds raised during this auction are given to the 4-H Foundation to benefit the Virginia 4-H program.

The 4-H Foundation Auction will be held at 5:00 PM Saturday August 14, at the Sheraton Waterside in Norfolk, Virginia. This is a VERY nice hotel and conference center. Those interested in staying over night, may make a Reservation by calling (757) 622-6664. When calling, let them know that you are with the Virginia Auctioneer's Association. For more information email cabyrd@vt.edu

Carol C. Byrd

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Fall River Renaissance

Ideas and Resources for Individuals, families and Civic Group involvement brochure can be found at the address following. Check it out for some good ideas. http://www.state.va.us/~dcr/temp/frrhome.htm The Fall River Renaissance is a month-long campaign to encourage Virginians to learn about, enjoy and care for our state¼s magnificent aquatic resources. So get into the water and plan something for yourself, your group or your community. It can be educational, recreational, environmental or any combination. And don¼t forget to register your efforts with the Fall River Renaissance Committee. All participants in the Fall River Renaissance receive a certificate of appreciation from Governor Jim Gilmore. Call 1-800-592-5482 for a registration package. Register your group¼s participation by August 16 to be recognized.

Paddy Katzen

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1998 Summer 4-H Camp Evaluation Results

The 1998 summer 4-H camping season at the six 4-H educational centers was a huge success, thanks to the help and support from agents throughout the state. As you are aware, we conducted a randomly sampled survey of parents from each 4-H center for each week of 4-H camp during the 1998 summer camping season. The results are attached.

Bob Meadows

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CIT (Counselor-in-Training) for 4-H Camps Clarification

Each year, I receive numerous calls concerning the age requirements for CIT's for our 4-H camping program. Be sure to read this closely to help you and others to understand our policy.

Counselor-in-Training (CIT) means exactly this--a person who is in training to become a camp counselor in the future. The confusion exists as to whether the CIT is actually performing as such with supervisory duties of young children while learning to become a full-fledged counselor, or, as to whether the CIT is simply in a learning mode without supervisory duties of young children.

The primary question is:
Do CIT's below the age of 14 supervise younger children at anytime during 4-H camp? If any unit or camp cluster involved CIT's below the age of 14 (by January 1 of the current year) as supervising and/or having authority of younger children at any time during 4-H camp, this is not permitted and is a violation of camping standards. This applies to all 4-H camps, including Cloverbud, weekend, winter, seasonal, and camps for youth 9-13 years of age. In other words, CIT's may not be given sole responsibility to supervise any younger campers.

If, however, any unit or camp cluster involves CIT's below the age of 13 as a training emphasis of any type without supervision, and/or authority of younger children at any time during 4-H camp, this is all right. This may include trainees, learning assistants, or similar titles.

The answer is: No CIT's below the age of 14 (by January of the current year) are to supervise and/or have authority of younger children at any time during any 4-H camp.

Hope this helps. Best wishes for a continued successful summer 4-H camping season.

Bob Meadows

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Virginia 4-H Tech Corps

Once again, Virginia 4-H is in the national spotlight. This time, it's about technology and a partnership with the federal government. One of Virginia's newest activities - the Virginia 4-H Tech Corps, has teamed up with federal officials to help teach Senior Citizens how to reach the federal government, using the World Wide Web (WWW). The federal officials involved are administrators at the Health and Human Services Agency. Their job is to administer Medicare, the program that provides health care to all Americans, if they're over 65 years old, or disabled. Medicare is undergoing sweeping changes over the next two years, and older Americans need to make some choices about health care plans. To spread the word, the government has created WWWW sites such as http://www.medicare.gov and http://www.seniors.gov. It is these WWW sites that the Virginia 4-H teens and Medicare officials have been teaching to pilot groups of Seniors, in a service activity called "Teens Teach the Internet, An Intergenerational Program." Beverly Beasley, President of the Tech Corps is enthused -"Everyone has worked hard to bring this together, and it's a big reward to me just to meet the Senior Citizens and help their questions get answered."

Next in the process is a larger "Train-the-Trainer" weekend at University of Maryland, August 5th-6th. Here, a team of Virginia 4-H Tech Corps members will partner with Medicare and USDA/4-H officials, to teach teams volunteer teens from eight other states' 4-H programs. In this way, teams of 4-Hers from each of the states involved will go back to their communities and start Intergenerational Computer Programs of their own, using the workbooks created first by Anna Calasanti-Laws and Katie Gabyrsch of Virginia's Tech Corps.

One goal of the project is for all the trainers, in each state, to conduct a computer workshop on the same day - September 12th, in conjunction with Grandfather's Day. Dr. Virginia Gobeli, a National Program Leader in 4-H at the USDA is coordinating this event, and their should be some national publicity about it. Look for this in a community near you!

Virginia 4-H Tech Corps will be recruiting new teen members beginning in the Fall, for the year 2000. To find out how you can become involved, write to the President of the Corps, Bev Beasley, at bbeasley@swva.net.

Peter Laws

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Four Congressional Gold Awards Go To 4-H Youth

Four out of seventeen Congressional Gold Awards went to 4-H youth (one from Virginia) recently in a ceremony presided over by the Joint Leadership of Congress at Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. The award recognizes distinguished public service and personal development and is the highest honor Congress bestows on young people.

To earn this prestigious award, each young person must complete a minimum of 400 hours of voluntary public service, 200 hours of personal development, 200 hours of physical fitness and 40 hours of expedition/exploration.

Award recipient and 4-H member Heather Will, 20, of Boston, VA, volunteered at a free medical clinic and an elementary school. She learned about medical treatment for animals through a part-time job at a veterinary hospital..

Clayton Wilken, 18, from Sprague, WA, a community with less than 500 residents, worked with local government officials to rename duplicate streets in his hometown and secured grants to pay for new street signs so the community's 911 emergency service could locate addresses easily.

Another award recipient is Angela Vold, 18, also from Sprague, WA. Vold wrote a $750 Kraft Foods "Feeding the Hungry" grant through National 4-H Council for the Sprague Food Bank. She assisted the Chamber of Commerce and helped community beautification efforts.

The fourth 4-H member and award recipient Robbie Lliteras, 20, of New Castle, WY, volunteered in the local library, worked at preserving a museum, and served as a tutor.

For more information regarding the Congressional Award program, visit: http://www.congressionalaward.org/congress/home.html. Congratulations and accolades to Heather.

John Dooley

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History of Virginia 4-H Camping

The fifth center to be established was the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center near Front Royal, Virginia. The beginnings of this came about with the acquisition of 229 acres of the original United States Cavalry Remount Station just north of Front Royal in February 1976.

Prior to this acquisition, the United States Department of Agriculture was utilizing the property as a Beef Cattle Research Station in partnership and in cooperation with Virginia Tech, but decided to close this project. Along with a group of concerned citizens, Dr. William Skelton encouraged the Virginia Congressional delegation to pursue having a portion of these now surplus properties for the establishment of a district 4-H youth camp. Through the efforts of U.S. Congressman J. Kenneth Robinson and U.S. Senator Harry Byrd, Jr., the property was deeded to Virginia Tech for the purpose of creating a youth development center (the only 4-H educational center deeded to Virginia Tech). "The 4-H Center received its charter as a non-profit corporation in May 1976...by the end of the year a Board of Directors were meeting regularly with an emphasis on raising funds to build a facility" (History of Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center, p. 1).

Ground breaking ceremonies for this center were conducted on November 17, 1977, made possible by Dr. Skelton's efforts to secure a $573,000 grant from the Virginia Outdoor Recreation Commission (College of the Fields, 1987, p. 185). In that same year, the 4-H center board employed its first full-time director, Mr. Wesley Brachter. The official opening of the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center took place on May 17, 1980; however, the first camping season was not conducted until the summer of 1981, when three weeks of camp were held for 4-H'ers from Prince William, Culpeper, Orange, and Rappahannock counties. Some 270 youth participated in this first summer camping season. "Despite the lack of recreational facilities, the unique setting and lodging accommodations gave...4-H'ers a taste of things to come and the inspiration to share the experience with friends back home." During the 1982 summer season, eight 4-H camp weeks were provided and involved over 1,200 4-H'ers from all the Northern District counties except loudoun, Fairfax, and Fauquier (History of Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center, p. 3).

Before the establishment of this facility, the 4-H members from northern Virginia camped at an old CCC camp near Luray in the Shenandoah National Park, a very rustic facility (Douglas, 1979, p. 11), and at facilities in other districts (History of Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center, p. 2). An example of one of the early short courses conducted in this district was the District 4-H Club Short Course held at Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, August 24-29, 1925. "...courses of instruction were: Stock judging, poultry management and judging, agronomy, and home economics...155 boys and girls and club leaders from six counties represented..." (Agricultural 4-H Club Letter, 1925, October, p.1).

The center currently includes 229 acres of property and is often referred to as NOVA by those who camp there. The center can accommodate 318 campers per week and often provide concurrent camp programs of two or three sessions during the same week. The Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center is home to the 4-H campers represented by the 19 counties and cities who camp there. It serves Alexandria, Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, King George, Loudoun, Madison, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Warren units.

It is important to note that Dr. John Dooley, Associate Director, 4-H & Family & Consumer Sciences-Virginia Cooperative Extension, served as Director of the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center from 1982-1991, just prior to coming to State 4-H Staff as Executive Director of the Virginia 4-H Foundation.

Bob Meadows

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1998 Summer 4-H Camp Evaluation Results

The 1998 summer 4-H camping season at the six 4-H educational centers was a huge success, thanks to the help and support from agents throughout the state. As you are aware, we conducted a randomly sampled survey of parents from each 4-H center for each week of 4-H camp during the 1998 summer camping season. The evaluation instrument was designed with the assistance of Dr. Lex Bruce, Extension Specialist--Program Evaluation. The results are as follows:

14,189 participated in the summer 4-H camping season
883 parents of these campers were randomly selected and sent an evaluation instrument to measure possible gains in six life skills with their child
the surveys were mailed at least two weeks after the camping session concluded for their child
367 surveys were returned completed, representing a 41.5% response rate
With the question, Did your child enjoy 4-H camp?, the response was
With the question, Would you encourage your child to attend camp again next year?, the response was
With the question, Would your child be interested in attending 4-H camp in addition to the summer season?, the response was
With the Life Skills Rating by Parents, the following response was given (on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest):
Life Skill MeasuredBefore Camp      After Camp
Understanding 3.81 4.01
Communicating and relating to Others 4.10 4.21
Acquiring, analyzing, and using information 4.10 4.22
Problem solving & Decision making 3.79 3.94
Managing resources 3.62 3.82
Working with Others 4.15 4.30

Bob Meadows

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1999 Virginia 4-H Congress

676 youth and adults participants in the 1999 Virginia 4-H Congress
570 4-H'ers300 competitors/270 non-competitors
106 adults61 staff / 45 volunteers
463 females ( 68%)213 males (32%)
26% minority delegates1 international exchange1 out of state delegate

 

71 of the 675 delegates (10.5%) participated one day only.

Eighty of the 106 Extension Units sent 4-H members to Congress. Twenty-five units reached the "goal of 10" participants. From those units came 426 or 63% of the total Congress delegation. Congratulations to the following units for reaching their "goal". (The number in their delegation is included in parenthesis)

Accomack (15)

 

James City (17)
Appomattox (10)

 

Mecklenburg (14)
Bland (23)

 

New kent (10)
Brunswick (17)

 

Page (15)
Chesterfield (16)

 

Patrick (19)
Clarke (15)

 

Petersburg (15)
Culpeper (11)

 

Pr William (17)
Chesapeake (14)

 

Rockbridge (13)
Fairfax (27)

 

Rockingham (29)
Franklin (10)

 

Shenandoah (21)
Halifax (17)

 

Southampton (12)
Hanover (15)

 

Sotsylvania (13)
Henrico (16)

 

 

In 1995, 12 units reached their "goal of 10"; in 1996, 20 units; in 1997, 24 unts; in 1998, 30 units.

Rockingham County with 29 delegates was, for the 4th year, the largest delegation.
Bland County was recognized as the most improved delegation (13 in 1998; to 23 in 1999)
Southwest District won the Congressional Games Trophy.

Competition still plays a major role in Congress. This year, 53% (300 of 570) of our youth delegates were involved in competition. Communication/Expressive Arts and Animal Science contests hosted the largest number of competitors‚ 117 and 111 respectively.

A new Service Learning (Community Service) component was a successful addition to Congress this year. The Share Fair once again brought an afternoon of hands on activities. More information on Congress can be found on the 4-H Website at http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/99congress/news/


1999-2000 VIRGINIA 4-H STATE OFFICERS

PRESIDENT
Justin Watson (Henrico Co)

VICE PRESIDENT
James Kirkpatrick (Patrick Co)

SECRETARY
Amanda Chaves (Va Beach)

REPORTER/HISTORIAN
Carissa E. Carpenter (Prince William Co)


1999-2000 VIRGINIA 4-H AMBASSADORS

CENTRAL

 

NORTHERN
Katie Wood (Henry Co)

 

Danielle LeCompte (Pr William Co)
Christina Galanes (Bedford Co)

 

Kathleen Malo (Pr William Co)
 

 

Jodi Neuhauser (Albemarle Co)

 

NORTHEAST

 

NORTHWEST
Lauryn Dawkins (Henrico Co)

 

Daniel Salatin (Augusta Co)
Carey Watson (Henrico Co)

 

 

Fran Crowder (Rita Schalk)

 

SOUTHEAST

 

SOUTHWEST
Erin Bain (Dinwiddie)

 

Christina Hylton (Patrick)
Carly Tilson (Dinwiddie)

 

Denise Lew (Pulaski)

 

 

Constance M. Whitt (Bland)

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1999 State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest

4-Hers from 12 different counties came to Blacksburg on June 26 for the State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest. They judged classes of beef cattle, sheep, and swine, interpreted performance records, answered questions, and gave reasons. A total of 92 contestants competed in this event.


Winners in the Junior Division (members age 9 through 13) are summarized below. There were 46 contestants with 12 teams of 3 or 4 members who represented 10 different counties.

Top Ten Teams by Category
(top 3 members compose team total)		   Top Ten Individuals by Category
(Ties broken by reasons or questions by species)

 

Beef Cattle Beef Cattle
Rank Team Score  Rank Contestant County Score
1 Pittsylvania A 512  1 Matt Deacon Rockbridge 180
2 Shenandoah A 510  2 John Funkhouser Shenandoah 175
3 Rockingham B 443  3 Lauren Sink Pittsylvania 174
4 Washington 441  4 Daniel Logan Shenandoah 172
5 Wythe 436  5 Graham Wynn Pittsylvania 171
6 Rockbridge 436  6 Eric Vanderhyde Pittsylvania 167
  7 Hannah Lindsey Pittsylvania 166
  8 Sarah Pratt Wythe 165
  9 Samuel Funkhouser Shenandoah 163
  10 Adam Wilson Washington 162

 

Sheep Sheep
Rank Team Score  Rank Contestant CountyScore
1 Wythe 406  1 Eric Vanderhyde Pittsylvania 150
2 Rockingham A 388  2 Sarah Pratt Wythe 148
3 Amelia 385  3 Hunter Wilson Wythe 147
4 Washington 380  4 Graham Wynn Pittsylvania 142
5 Pittsylvania A 376  5 Samuel Funkhouser Shenandoah 141
 6 Melissa Motley Pittsylvania 139
 7 Colleen Buckley Fauquier 136
 8 Andy Butler Fauquier 136
 9 Paul Burgess Rockinghma 133
 10 Laura Ford Rockingham 133

 

Swine Swine
Rank Team Score  Rank Contestant County Score
1 Rockingham A 491  1 Hunter Wilson Wythe 182
2 Augusta A 469  2 Laura Ford Rockingham 180
3 Pittsylvania A 438  3 Jessica Rohrbaugh Augusta 166
4 Amelia 432  4 Melissa Motley Pittsylvania 164
5 Wythe 427  5 David Liskey Rockingham 160
 6 Graham Winn Pittsylvania 157
 7 Bryant Burke Amelia 157
 8 Colleen Buckley Fauquier 156
 9 Eric Vanderhyde Pittsylvania 154
 10 Cory Butler Fauquier 154

 

Reasons  Reasons
Rank Team Score  Rank Contestant County Score
1 Pittsylvania A 124  1 Eric Vanderhyde Pittsylvania 44
2 Rockingham A 122  2 Paul Burgess Rockingham 43
3 Pittsylvania B 120  3 Kathryn Taylor Amelia 43
4 Rockingham B 119  4 David Liskey Rockingham 42
5 Wythe 118  5 Lauren Sink Pittsylvania 42
 6 Sarah Pratt Wythe 41
 7 Melissa Motley Pittsylvania 41
 8 Laura Ford Rockingham 41
 9 Hunter Wilson Wythe 40
 10 Samuel Funkhouser Shenandoah 40

 

Total Score Total Score
Rank Team Score  Rank Contestant County Score
1 Pittsylvania A 1326  1 Hunter Wilson Wythe 478
2 Shenandoah A 1293   2 Eric Vanderhyde Pittsylvania 471
3 Rockingham A 1280  3 Graham Winn Pittsylvania 470
4 Wythe 1269  4 Laura Ford Rockingham 445
5 Pittsylvania B 1188   5 Sarah Pratt Wythe 443
6 Amelia 1163   6 Samuel Funkhouser Shenandoah 438
7 Augusta A 1159   7 Garrett Irvine Augusta 437
8 Fauquier A 1137  8 Colleen Buckley Fauquier 436
9 Augusta B 1136  9 John Funkhouser Shenandoah 435
10 Washington 1104  10 David Liskey Rockingham 427


Winners in the Senior Division 46 Individuals and 10 teams of 3 or 4 members participated. They represented 10 different counties. The winners in each category are shown below.

Top Ten Teams by Category
(top 3 members compose team total)		   Top Ten Individuals by Category
(Ties broken by reasons or questions by species)

 

Beef Cattle Beef Cattle
Rank Team Score  Rank Contestant County Score
1 Rockingham A 640  1 Bo Knight Rockingham 235
2 Shenandoah A 631  2 Jennifer Showalter Rockbridge 231
3 Amelia 623  3 Whitney Lindsey Pittsylvania 224
4 Rockbridge 618  4 Jonathan Coleman Augusta 223
5 Augusta A 597  5 Rebecca Begoon Rockingham 218
 6 Abbi Copp Shenandoah 217
 7 Jessica Bricker Amelia 216
 8 Rachel Swortzel Augusta 214
 9 Jennifer Bricker Amelia 212
 10 Jason Arehart Augusta 211

 

Sheep Sheep
Rank Team Score   Rank Contestant County Score
1 Rockingham A 540  1 Rebecca Begoon Rockingham 187
2 Augusta A 540  2 Neal Buchanan Augusta 184
3 Pittsylvania B 531  3 Jonathan Side Madison 181
4 Amelia 516  4 Emily Curry Augusta 181
5 Shenandoah A 514  5 Jessica Sink Pittsylvania 180
  6 John Dillard Amelia 180
  7 Rachel Swortzel Augusta 180
  8 Carrie Heizer Augusta 180
  9 Bo Knight Rockingham 179
  10 Ronnie Funkhouser Shenandoah 178

 

Swine Swine
Rank Team Score  Rank Contestant County Score<
1 Pittsylvania A 664  1 Nicole Ross Shenandoah 234
2 Rockingham A 661  2 Neal Buchanan Augusta 233
3 Augusta A 651  3 Rebecca Begoon Rockingham 233
4 Augusta C 646  4 Tim Gregory Pittsylvania 230
5 Amelia 636  5 Adam Motley Pittsylvania 227
  6 Matt Switzer Rockingham 224
  7 Jennifer Bricker Amelia 223
  8 Jonathan Sides Madison 223
  9 John Rieck Pittsylvania 223
  10 James Hankins Pittsylvania 223

 

Reasons Reasons
Rank Team Score  Rank Contestant County Score
1 Rockingham A 511  1 Rebecca Begoon Rockingham 175
2 Amelia 497  2 Jennifer Bricker Amelia 173
3 Augusta A 457  3 Bo Knight Rockingham 168
4 Pittsylvania A 456  4 John Dillard Amelia 168
5 Shenandoah A 448  5 Matt Switzer Rockingham 168
  6 Neal Buchanan Augusta 163
  7 Jonathan Sides Madison 163
  8 Abbi Copp Shenandoah160
  9 Adam Motley Pittsylvania 158
  10 Sarah Liskey Rockingham 158

 

Total Score Total Score
Rank Team Score  Rank Contestant County Score
1 RockinghamA 1820  1 Rebecca Begoon Rockingham 638
2 Augusta A 1765  2 Jennifer Bricker Amelia 612
3 Amelia 1751  3 Bo Knight Rockingham 611
4 Pittsylvania A 1705   4 Rachel Swortzel Augusta 609
5 Pittsylvania B 1695   5 Nicole Ross Shenandoah 599
6 Shenandoah A 1690  6 Emily Curry Augusta 598
7 Augusta C 1678  7 Whitney Lindsey Pittsylvania 598
8 Augusta B 1670   8 Neal Buchanan Augusta 593
9 Rockbridge A 1596  9 Jonathan Side Madison 593
10 Rockingham B 1508   10 Carrie Heizer Augusta 592

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