The 2009 Cochise County Fair was a great success with 4-H and Future Farmers of America exhibits displayed by more than 115 youth members.

Award winning quilt at the Fair.

Below are the Champion and Reserve award winners from the 4-H Building and Dog competition.

Congratulations to all participants and many thanks to the numerous volunteers and donors who helped to make it a great year.

Emily Addington – San Pedro Spirits 4-H: Grand, Jr. Cake Decorating

Dominic Arellano – Double Adobe 4-H: Grand and Reserve, Junior Horticulture

Caleb Atchison – Stronghold 4-H: Grand, Jr. Ceramics/Pottery; Grand, Junior Fine Art

Kayli Brittain – Stronghold 4-H: Grand, Jr. Photography

Irene Charette – San Pedro Trailblazers 4-H: Reserve Champion Sr. Building Exhibitor; Grand, Senior Crafts; Reserve, Senior Clothing; Grand, Senior Quilting; Grand and Reserve, Senior Horticulture; Champion, Senior Dog Showmanship; Champion, Novice Senior Obedience

Valerie Cordova – Desert Stars 4-H: Grand, Senior Mechanical Sciences

Clarey Cunningham – Stewart District 4-H: Grand, Sr. Recycled Crafts; Grand, Sr. Food Preparation; Grand, Sr. Photography

Rebekah Czernik; Coronado 4-H: Reserve, Jr. Dog Showmanship; Reserve, Jr. Pre-novice Agility; Reserve, Jr. Dog High Point Overall

Cameron Emrie - Coronado 4-H: Champion, Pre-novice Junior Obedience; Champion, Jr. Pre-novice Agility; Champion, Jr. Dog High Point Overall

Ian Emrie – Coronado 4-H, Reserve, Sr. Pre-novice Agility; Reserve, Sr. Dog High Point Overall

Kaycee Forsyth – Stronghold 4-H: Champion Sr. Building Exhibitor; Grand, Sr. Ceramics/Pottery; Grand and Reserve, Sr. Paper-Fiber-Leather craft; Reserve, Senior Quilting; Grand and Reserve, Senior Food Preparation; Reserve, Senior Photography; Grand, Senior Cake Decorating

Audrey Frank – Double Adobe 4-H: Grand, Junior Food Preparation

Rebekah Shannon Henry – Coronado 4-H:  Grand, Sr. Photography

Patrick Hoyack – Desert Stars 4-H: Grand, Junior Entomology

Britanie Keil – San Pedro Roadrunners 4-H:  Grand, Jr. Paper-Fiber-Leather craft:

Andrea Lugo – Desert Stars 4-H: Grand, Junior Recycled Crafts

Monica Mascarenas – Stewart District 4-H: Reserve, Pre-novice Jr. Obedience; Champion, Jr. Dog Showmanship

Sarah Mascarenas – Stewart District 4-H: Reserve, Pre-novice Sr. Obedience; Reserve, Sr. Dog Showmanship; Champion, Sr. Pre-novice Agility; Champion, Sr. Dog High Point Overall

Savannah McReynolds – Rancho Sacatal 4-H: Grand, Senior Misc. Projects

Amy Micinski – San Pedro Trailblazers 4-H: Reserve Champion Jr. Building Exhibitor; Grand, Junior Crafts; Grand, Junior Clothing

Ophelia Micinski – San Pedro Trailblazers 4-H: Champion Jr. Building Exhibitor; Reserve, Junior Fine Art

Colton Morris – San Simon 4-H; Grand, Senior Educational Exhibits

Nick Ortega – Desert Stars 4-H: Grand, Junior Mechanical Science

Marisela Palma – Desert Stars 4-H: Reserve, Senior Mechanical Sciences

Kayle Skiles – San Simon Roadrunners 4-H: Reserve, Junior Food Preparation

Sarah Smeal – New Horizons 4-H: Reserve, Jr. Photography

Zack Smith – Stewart District 4-H: Reserve, Junior Mechanical Science

Allison Vaughn – Double Adobe 4-H: Reserve, Sr. Food Preparation

Preslee West – San Pedro Spirits 4-H: Reserve, Junior Ceramics/Pottery; Reserve, Jr. Cake Decorating

Katie Wilson – San Pedro Trailblazers 4-H: Reserve, Junior Crafts

4-H history

From 1902 to 2009, 4-H has been providing youth with positive opportunities to develop life skills.  With nearly 7 million youth actively involved, 4-H is the largest youth organization in the nation.  More than 45 million alumni have been “making the best better” by using the skills learned through their 4-H experience.

In the beginning, 4-H met the needs of youth by providing agricultural information that assisted with crop production as well as the preservation of food to last through long winters. 

Today, 4-H projects still meet the needs of youth, but through public speaking, computer technology, rocketry, welding, woodworking, fitness and more.

Youth from urban communities, military installations, after school programs, home schools, public and charter schools benefit from research based educational opportunities that are 4-H programs designed to meet the ever changing needs of 5-19 year olds.