Geauga Beef and Swine 4-H Club held its meeting on April 23 at the Geauga County Fairgrounds.
Geauga Beef and Swine
Geauga Beef and Swine 4-H Club held its meeting on April 23 at the Geauga County Fairgrounds. There were reports presented on hogs from Brock Calabrese, Coltin Calabrese, Riley Stumph and Kaiden Wolcott. Then the group discussed buyers gifts for the fair. Members discussed quality assurance, which is on May 6. Nancy McFaul, Danielle Laurenty and Mary Pat Martin will help with the barn decorations.
The group will be donating nonperishable goods to Fighting for Hunger.
The club nominated Jaime Loveland for Junior Fair Queen and Tyler Plants for Junior Fair King.
The next meeting is May 21 at the Geauga County Fairgrounds. (Submitted by Shannon McFaul, news reporter)
Geauga Engineering and Robotics
Eleven members from Geauga Engineering and Robotics (GEAR) 4-H Club participated in the National Robotics Challenge in Marion, Ohio, April 6-8. Eight robots were entered into three contests, Tactile Maze, Non-tactile Maze and Rescue Robot.
Maze contests involve programmed robots navigating through a maze as quickly as possible. Robert Sunderhaft, club president, represented the club in a very competitive Non-tactile High School Division Maze Contest. Ryan Mobley and Mitchell Wesen won bronze with their LEGO robot in the Elementary Division. Gregory Wenner (gold), Alyssa Mobley (silver) and Peter Wesen (fourth) represented GEAR in the Intermediate Division. Gregory Wenner also won silver for his tactile robot. The robot was also nominated for the prestigious Honda Innovation Award.
The Rescue Robot contest mimics a robot rescue that might take place in a collapsing building. The remote controlled robots must be able to climb stairs, go over a beam, through a gravel pit as well as into a cave. At each of these places there is a ping pong ball to retrieve. GEAR rescuers Grant Congdon, Bryn Morgan and Aidan Dondero, took the silver award. EMU rescuers Luke Reed, Gordon Zeitz and Gregory Wenner won bronze. Congratulations to all the GEAR 4-H Club members who participated in Marion.
