TROY, N.Y. — On Saturday, April 27 the Capital District 4-H Public Presentations and Regional Horse Communications contests were held at Tamarac High School. 4-H members representing Albany, Columbia/ Greene, Fulton/Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, Washington, and Warren counties presented on a variety of topics to volunteer evaluators.
Representing the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County 4-H program at the Capital District 4-H Public Presentations event was Emilee Roadcap of Troy. Emilee received a blue certificate for her presentation entitled “The Rabbit Breeding Cycle”.
At the Regional 4-H Horse Communications contest the Cornell Cooperative Extension Rensselaer County 4-H program was represented by: Brigham Logue of Johnsonville who placed first in the senior individual presentation category with his presentation “Bale Out”; James Czub of Schaghticoke placed second in the senior individual presentation with his presentation “Ranch Horse”. In the Junior Division, Abigail Trinkle of Nassau and Kaylie Millar of West Sand Lake placed first with their team presentation “Is It Worth It, Yay or Neigh”. All of the horse presenters qualified to compete at the NYS 4-H Horse Communications contest at Cornell University on May 11.
All of the youth representing the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County 4-H program did an excellent job and shared a lot good information on a variety of topics. The 4-H Public Speaking project offers youth an opportunity to develop valuable communication skills that will assist them greatly in the future.
To discover more about 4-H programs in your county, please go to http://cce.cornell.edu/localoffices.
— Eileen DePaula, CCE Rensselaer