Rapid City 4-H Beef Club 68th Achievement

burg with award sponsored by Hilldern Stock Farm – Norm and Sandy Underhill.

Submitted

By Deb Inglis

The Rapid City 4-H Beef Club held their achievement in conjunction with the annual fair June 24, 2023. The day started with participating in the parade. All the members looked great in their new shirts. Right after the parade they were down to work getting their animals ready to start their show.

Announcer, Amie Griffith did a great job of welcoming everyone to the day and introducing the judges Bennett Foster & Kate Barnett. Stephen Hinsburg was the Ring Person and Photographer was Sierra Inglis who had taken the Photography Project this year for 4H.

Show started off with the Grooming Classes:

Intermediate Grooming Award sponsored by Phil Harder & Family: 1st Kendra Hinsburg, 2nd Kate Hinsburg, 3rd Zane Finlay; Junior Grooming Award sponsored by Steve & Bernice Dmytriw: 1st Chance Inglis, 2nd Kaleb Brown; Cloverbud Grooming Award sponsored by Rapid City & District Coop.: 1st Breelee Bootsman, 2nd Benson Bootsman, 3rd Swayzie Bootsman, 4th Lakelyn Brown.

Future 4-H’s Grooming Award sponsored by Blaine & Joyce Axten presented to Ensley Bootsman. Prize money for the above class was sponsored by Marie Andrew “In Remembrance of Ed Hinsburg”.

Next class was showmanship with the following results:

Intermediate Showmanship Award sponsored by Jake & Laura Rawluk: 1st Kendra Hinsburg, 2nd Kate Hinsburg, 3rd Zane Finlay; Junior Showmanship Award sponsored by Minnedosa Insurance: 1st Kaleb Brown, 2nd Chance Inglis; Cloverbud Showmanship Award sponsored by Rapid City Lions Club: 1st Swayzie Bootsman, 2nd Benson Bootsman, 3rd Breelee Bootsman, 4th Lakelyn Brown.

Future 4-H’r Award sponsored by KCH Cattle Co was presented to Ensley Bootsman

The conformation classes were next. The Beginning Beef Award was sponsored by Ron & Barb Kristjansson presented to Lakelyn Brown. Prize money was sponsored by Chris & Shirley Martin.

Yearling Heifer Class was next. The Class was split with the first group being. Kendra Hinsburg, Kate Hinsburg, Zane Finlay, and Chance Inglis. The top 2 were placed being Kendra and Kate Hinsburg. Next class was Benson Bootsman, Breelee Bootsman, Ensley Bootsman, and Ensley Bootsman. The top 2 were placed being Benson and Breelee Bootsman. These 4 heifers then entered the ring to determine the Champion and Reserve. Champion Award sponsored by Oakview Equipment, Doug, Halie & Zane Finlay presented to Kendra Hinsburg. Reserve Champion Award sponsored by Little Valley Livestock, the Inglis Family presented to Kate Hinsburg. Also, a bag of mineral and prize money sponsored by Ken Nolan representing Feed Co. In no particular order Ensley Bootsman, Swayzie Bootsman, Zane Finlay and Chance Inglis.

Best Home Raised Yearling Heifer Award was sponsored by Dale Horn & Deb Lee, presented to Kendra Hinsburg. The prize money was sponsored by Rapid City & District Co-op.

Champion Cow/Calf Pair Award was sponsored by Downhill Simmentals, Everett Olson, presented to Zane Finlay. Prize money was sponsored by Country Lane Sewing, Bernice Finlay.

The Supreme class was the final female class.

The Champion Yearling Heifer-Kendra Hinsburg: Champion Cow/Calf PairZane Finlay and Champion Beginning Beef (if a heifer)- Lakelyn Brown compete for this prize.

Supreme Female was presented to Kendra Hins -

That ended the mornings classes with a lunch break and the Steer Classes to follow.

Market Steer Class: Champion Market Steer Award sponsored by Horner Cattle Co was presented to Kaleb Brown. Reserve Champion Market Steer Award sponsored by Ken Nolan representing Feed Co. was presented to Kendra Hinsburg. 3rd place Kate Hinsburg, 4th place Zane Finlay

Prize money sponsored by Rapid City Lions Club.

Best Home Raised Steer Award was sponsored by Mike & Karen Bootsman presented to Kaleb Brown.

Best Steer shown by member 04 & under excluding Champion and Reserve was awarded to Kate Hinsburg Prize money sponsored by Rapid City Lions Club.

Last class of the day was the Pair of Yearlings from one family. The animals can be heifers or steers or both. The award is sponsored by Lorna Hodgins “In memory of Jeff Fontana”. Champion Pair was presented to Breelee & Benson Bootsman.

Reserve Champion Pair award was sponsored by Hinsburg Homestead –Steohen Hinsburg awarded to Kate & Kendra Hinsburg. Prize money for this class is sponsored by Ed & Pat Hinsburg.

We had a couple of members take on a project other than Beef this year. Sierra Inglis took Photography. It was interesting taking pictures in a certain light and different times of the day to get a different look. Sierra is in her 9th year of 4H. She will be entering grade 11 in the fall at Elton Collegiate. She loves to read.

Chance Inglis took a small animal project. He did it on his fish and had fun with it. He ended up with some girl fish and got some babies which he found fun. Chance has been in 4H for 5 years now and really enjoys the cattle. He hopes to take his heifer Cherry Blossom back next year as a cow/calf project. He was the club Reporter this year.

Project Book Awards were handed out as fol - lows. Senior Project 1st Sierra Inglis; Intermediate: 1st Kendra Hinsburg, 2nd Kate Hinsburg, 3rd Zane Finlay; Junior: 1st Chance Inglis, 2nd Kaleb Brown; Cloverbud: 1st Breelee Bootsman, 2nd Swayzie Bootsman, 3rd Benson Bootsman, 4th Lakelyn

Brown Future 4H’s 1st Ensley Bootsm. Their awards were sponsored by Rapid City Beef Club with Prize money sponsored by Rapid City Lions Club.

Our club competed in the Neepawa and Area 4-H Fat Stock Inter-club show on July 5. The members have had a great year. The Club has been very busy this year and appreciates everyone who has supported the club in any way be it fundraisers, tickets sale or compost sales. We look forward to next year!