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Post Rock District 4-H provided four judging contests during 2023 4-H Day in Beloit and Osborne! The judging contests consisted of entomology, life skills, meat ID and photography. Fifty-nine 4-Hers from Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne and Smith counties put their knowledge to the test by participating in the judging contests. Each judging contest had a junior and senior division.

In the entomology contest, the youth looked at real Kansas bugs and identified them. In the life skills contest, the junior division had to choose the best lettering for a poster, count change back and identify a good speaker.

In the senior division, participants practiced financial skills by making a deposit and balancing a checking account, choose how to write a good resume and handle a situation to reduce stress. In the meat ID contest, the 4-Hers viewed pictures of different cuts of beef, pork and lamb and identified the cuts by name. Finally, in the photography contest, 4-Hers judged classes of photos and ranked photos based on composition, focus, lighting and exposure.

Here are the results from the 2023 judging contests for Jewell County:

Entomology - junior division, Claire Walker, second place

Other participants: Lily Walker, Wyatt Walker, Haylee Bledsoe, Jillyan Cady, Bradley Bledsoe, Waysen Colson, Harlee Harris, Blaine Frost, Cloverbuds and Jenna Cady.

Entomology - senior division, Jayce Cady, second place

Other participants: Lenden Worm and Nelson Underwood

Life skills - junior division participants: Jillyan Cady, Claire Walker, Haylee Bledsoe, Lily Walker and Bradley Bledsoe

Life skills - senior division, Jayce Cady, second place

Participant: Nelson Underwood

Meat ID - junior division participants: Wyatt Walker, Bradley Bledsoe,

Haylee Bledsoe, Lily Walker, Claire Walker, Harlee Harris, Devyn Frost, Waysen Colson, Blaine Frost and Jillyan Cady

Meat ID - senior division participants: Jayce Cady, Lenden Worm, Nelson Underwood and Whitley Frost

Photography - junior division particpants: Haylee Bledsoe, Bradley Bledsoe, Claire Walker, Jillyan Cady, Wyatt Walker, Lily Walker, Cloverbuds, Jenna Cady and Mckenzy Bledsoe

Photography - senior division participants: Jayce Cady, Whitley Frost and Nelson Underwood