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[JULY 20, 2001]  The Logan County 4-H Food and Nutrition Show was on Tuesday, July 17, at the Extension Building on the fairgrounds. Approximately 70 youth participated in the event. The Logan County 4-H Home and Family Show was the same day. Approximately 35 youth participated in that event. Illinois State Fair delegates and alternates were chosen in several categories.

Chris Ackerman, Lincoln; Food Preservation

Emily Bakken, Lincoln; Dairy Foods, Breads and Cereals, and International Foods

Elizabeth Carter, Lincoln; Food Preservation

Abby Coers, Chestnut; Fruits & Vegetables

Natalie Coers, Emden; International Foods, and Breads and Cereals

[Foods delegates chosen to represent Logan County 4-H at the Illinois State Fair are (back row, L to R) Elizabeth Carter, Chris Ackerman, Jennifer Schahl, Krista Ubbenga, Angela Cunningham and Natalie Coers; (front row, L to R) Jill Patrick, Jenna Opperman, Kim Turner, Emily Bakken and Abby Sasse. Not pictured: Laura Schahl and Abby Coers.]

Angela Cunningham, Elkhart; Breads and Cereals

Jenna Opperman, Lincoln; You Learn to Bake

Jill Patrick, New Holland; Sports Nutrition, Food Demonstration

Abrigail Sasse, Beason; Breads and Cereals, Fruits and Vegetables, and International Foods

Jennifer Schahl, Lincoln; International Foods

Laura Schahl; Lincoln, Let’s Start Cooking

Kim Turner, Atlanta; International Foods

Krista Ubbenga, Hartsburg; Breads and Cereals, Food Preservation, and Fruits and Vegetables

Benjamin Buse, Beason; Exploring Food Heritage

Elizabeth Carter, Lincoln; Exploring Food Heritage

Susan Cochran, Mount Pulaski; Fruits and Vegetables

Jonathon Davis, New Holland; Tricks for Treats I

Amanda Davison, Beason; Dairy Foods

Holly Ingram, Lincoln; Fruits and Vegetables

Allicent Pech, Lincoln; Sports Nutrition

[Foods category alternates chosen are (L to R) Holly Ingram, Allicent Pech, Elizabeth Carter, Amanda Davison and Susan Cochran.  Not pictured:  Jonathon Davis and Benjamin Buse.]

Top Foods 4-H’ers in Logan County

The following 4-H’ers were chosen as top individuals in Foods. These 4-H’ers will compete for an overall county award which will be presented at the 4-H Achievement Night in November.

Chris Ackerman, Lincoln; Food Preservation

Emily Bakken, Lincoln; Dairy Foods, Breads and Cereals, and International Foods

Elizabeth Carter, Lincoln; Food Preservation

Abby Coers, Chestnut; Fruits and Vegetables

Natalie Coers, Emden; International Foods, and Breads and Cereals

Angela Cunningham, Elkhart; Breads and Cereals

Jenna Opperman, Lincoln; You Learn to Bake

Jill Patrick, New Holland; Sports Nutrition, and Food Demonstration

Abrigail Sasse, Beason; Breads and Cereals, Fruits and Vegetables, and International Foods

Jennifer Schahl, Lincoln; International Foods

Laura Schahl, Lincoln; Let’s Start Cooking

Kim Turner, Atlanta; International Foods

Krista Ubbenga, Hartsburg; Breads and Cereals, Food Preservation, and Fruits and Vegetables

Click here for complete results of the 4-H Food and Nutrition Show.

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Home and Family Show

At the Home and Family Show, a number of 4-H’ers were chosen as award winners and to go on to the Illinois State Fair. These individuals are listed below.

Bethany Furman, Waynesville — Sewing and Textiles I Construction Award

Allicent Pech, Lincoln — Sewing and Textiles II Construction Award

Krista Ubbenga, Hartsburg — Sewing and Textiles III Construction Award

Leila Ballinger, Atlanta — 4-H Fashion Revue Award

Nichole Benz, Lincoln — Special Sewing and Textiles Award

Colleen Pech, Lincoln — Special Sewing and Textiles Award

Leila Ballinger, Sewing and Textiles III

Bethany Furman, Sewing and Textiles I

Leanna Gleason, Sewing and Textiles II

Allicent Pech, Sewing and Textiles II

Abrigail Sasse, Sewing and Textiles III

Krista Ubbenga, Sewing and Textiles III

Marjorie White, Sewing and Textiles II

[Clothing and Textiles delegates are (L to R) Allicent Pech, Leila Ballinger, Bethany Furman, Krista Ubbenga, Marjorie White, Abby Sasse and Leanna Gleason.]

Alternates

Emily Bakken, Sewing and Textiles III

Katelyn Beavers, Sewing and Textiles II

Abby Coers, Sewing and Textiles II

Amanda Davison, Sewing and Textiles III

Rachael Jones, Sewing and Textiles I

Kim Turner, Sewing and Textiles II

[Clothing and Textiles alternates are (L to R) Amanda Davison, Rachael Jones, Katelyn Beavers, Emily Bakken, Kim Turner and Abby Coers.]

Emily Bakken, Lincoln

Leila Ballinger, Atlanta

Katelyn Beavers, Broadwell

Krista Ubbenga, Hartsburg

Leanna Gleason, Elkhart

Allicent Pech, Lincoln

Marjorie White, Beason

Bethany Furman, Waynesville; Beginning

Sarah Moore, Elkhart, Beginning

Jenna Opperman, Lincoln; Beginning

[Interior Design delegates are (L to R) Bethany Furman, Sarah Moore and Jenna Opperman.]

Child Care

Mary Healy, Middletown; Child Development III

Michelle Johnson, Latham; Child Development II

Krista Ubbenga, Hartsburg, Child Development II

[Child Development delegates are (L to R) Mary Healy and Krista Ubbenga. Not pictured: Michelle Johnson.]

Click here for complete results of the Logan County 4-H Home and Family Show.

[JULY 2, 2001]  After the short course on corn, it is only fitting to provide a brief description of soybeans. Most people know what a soybean seed looks like. It is round and has two halves. These halves will later become the cotyledons (seed leaves). The hilum is the seed scar where the seed was attached to the pod, much like a pea. The embryo of the plant is attached between the two seed halves.

The germination process is triggered when adequate moisture is available to swell the seed and the temperatures are generally over 60 degrees in the soil. The soybean is quite different than corn in that the cotyledons (seed halves) are actually raised out of the soil by the shoot as it grows longer. The cotyledons provide food for the young plant until leaves provide food through photosynthesis.

After the cotyledons, a pair of unifoliate leaves comes out. The growing point of the soybean plant is the top part of the plant and always exposed. After the unifoliate leaves, the trifoliate leaves begin to emerge. These are the leaves that have the regular three leaflets that will make the food for the plant and seed for the remainder of the growing season.

Soybeans bloom based on the length of the night. This means that the earlier varieties begin in late June and the other varieties commonly grown in our area will follow within the next 10 days or so. Most soybeans grown in the Midwest are of the indeterminate variety, which means they will continue to bloom and add leaves until they begin to die.

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Many of our soybean fields will have only about 25 percent of the flowers actually develop into pods and produce seed. Most plants in a field will have 30 to 100 pods on them, with two to three seeds per pod. One way we estimate yield is to figure four bean seeds per square foot equals a bushel.

Soybean plants normally ripen in the months of September and October, depending on the maturity of the plants used. Most maturities in our area are either Group 2 or Group 3 varieties. Normal yields are from 40 to 60 bushels per acre, depending on variety, fertility, management and weather. The weather is the big factor each year in determining yields.

[John Fulton]

Honors & Awards

[JULY 20, 2001]  Listed below are the results of Logan County 4-H shows on Tuesday, July 17, at the Extension Building on the fairgrounds.

Courtney Akers

Kristine Apel

Jamie Bobell

Kelli Brooks

Maxwell Buse

Jonathon Davis

Sarah Deal

Katie Gosda

Devin Pegram

Hannah Sheley

Esther Tomlinson

Hannah Wagner

Karolyn White

Benjamin Beavers

Michelle Boyer

John Brooks

Kelly Gosda

Holly Ingram

Michelle Johnson

Nichole Benz

Emily Bobell

Maxwell Buse

Rebekah Crider

Kelly Gosda

Greg Harmon

Emily Hauter

Zack Huffer

Jenna Opperman

Devin Pegram

Laura Schahl

Katrina Schreiner

Jessica Allen

Lorraine Allen

Nichole Benz

Kristin Bishop

Michelle Boyer

John Brooks

Emma Cross

Jonathon Davis

Hollie Dollinger

Jenna Opperman

Kathryn Opperman

Katrina Schreiner

Hannah Sheley

Katie Turner

Krista Ubbenga

Hannah Wagner

Caiti Wunderlin

Elizabeth Fanning

Katelyn Beavers

Benjamin Buse

Abby Coers

Katie Gosda

Jill Patrick

Allicent Pech

Emily Bakken

Jackie Bakken

Angela Cunningham

Amanda Davison

Krista Ubbenga

Benjamin Buse

Elizabeth Carter

Kelly Cross

Megan Johnson

Jill Patrick

Krista Ubbenga

Timothy Carter

Emily Bakken

Jackie Bakken

Elizabeth Brooks

Natalie Coers

Amanda Davison

Sarah Deal

Holly Ingram

Ashley Lamb

Abrigail Sasse

Jennifer Schahl

Kimberly Turner

Krista Ubbenga

Marjorie White

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Bethany Furman

Sarah Moore

Jenna Opperman

Michelle Johnson

Krista Ubbenga

Marjorie White

Mary Healy

Camillia Bone

Nichole Benz

Kristin Bishop

Bethany Furman

Rachael Jones

Kathryn Opperman

Colleen Pech

Katrina Schreiner

Katie Turner

Hannah Wagner

Katelyn Beavers

Abby Coers

Leanna Gleason

Allicent Pech

Kimberly Turner

Marjorie White

Elizabeth Carter

Jennifer Schahl

Emily Bakken

Leila Ballinger

Amanda Davison

Abrigail Sasse

Krista Ubbenga

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