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Hayden Weck one of 29 youth in Ohio to receive 4H Achievement Award

by Lynette Dotson
The annual 4-H Achievement advanced levels there are about seven
Awards were held on Thursday, June 6 chapters and in each chapter, there
at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau were two recipes so I made 14 recipes.”
4-H Center in Columbus. This event “4-H is a lot of work, it is a lot of
was hosted by the Ohio 4-H Foundation learning, but it is also a lot of fun, you
which recognized 29 youth who received can learn and do basically anything that
this year’s Achievement Award in their you are interested in, there are about
project area. Among those honored was 200 or more projects and if it is not a
Muskingum County’s Hayden Weck. project, you can make your own project.
Weck received the Food and Nutri- You can learn stuff that you can’t do in
tion Achievement Award. He has en- school, it’s a lot of hands-on activities
tered to be considered for the award in and a lot of fun like that,” Weck said.
the past, but this was his first time being He is trying out for Muskingum
selected. Although, he has been recog- County Fair King, and Senior Goat Am-
nized for several other types of awards bassador this year. Since he is going into
through the years. The process to be his senior year at Tri-Valley High School,
considered for an achievement award college is also on his mind.
involves completing projects, writing an “After graduation, I hope to go into
essay, submitting photos, and sharing a Muskingum University and be a part of
history of his 4-H career, among other re- their undergrad biology, because I want
quirements. It is quite an honor as only to be a large and small animal vet – The
a limited amount of people are chosen Dorothy Montgomery, Hayden Weck, and Jamie McConnell pictured at the 4-H Achievement Awards. end goal is to get into OSU in their vet
every year. submitted program,” he stated.
After hearing that he had been se- Ohio 4-H is the youth development
lected he was shocked. Weck explained, all of my advisors in 4-H and the judges, ule full by being a member of the Tri-Val- program of Ohio State University Exten-
ley Symphonic Band, Tri-Valley Drama
and all of the volunteers in Muskingum
“I wasn’t expecting to win, to be honest, sion, the outreach arm of the College
because I have tried before and I was County” Club, A2J Crew Dance Kompany and of Food, Agricultural, and Environmen-

their competition team, Muskingum
Weck has been a member of 4-H
just like well, I will try again, we were tal Sciences. To learn more about how
just in disbelief I guess.” since Kindergarten. He is in the Adams- County Junior Leaders, and serves as a you can get involved in 4H visit 4-h.org.
4-H Ambassador, an Eagle Scout (Pack
ville Renegades 4-H Club and has been
He was allowed to take a small num- For more information on the Ohio State
ber of guests but immediately wanted to since he was a Cloverbud. During those 122), is on the Jr. Fair Board, and is a University Extension go to https://musk-
almost 12 years he learned so many
participant at State Leadership Camp
ask 4-H volunteer of 70 years, Dorothy ingum.osu.edu.
Montgomery, to accompany him. new skills and life lessons including and Citizenship Washington Focus.

time management.
He takes a variety of still projects
Weck is thankful for all who have
“I feel that time management, try-
helped him along the way. ing to stay organized with all of the proj- and has won many awards at the Ohio
State Fair. He also shows his pygmy and
“I want to thank Jamie McConnell
because she is the one that nominated ects, with still projects which I do a lot of, dairy goats. Some of his still projects
included Your Thoughts Matter (mental
you need to focus on those at a certain
me, and for all of her work at the 4-H
extension office,” said Weck. “I want to time, and when you take as many as I health project), Magic of Electricity level
one (making circuits, switches, etc –
do you need to manage that time in be-
thank my sponsor Betsy Moore, I want to
thank my Mom (Adeline Weck), and sis- tween each project,” he explained. STEM), and Assisting Animals in Action.
Besides 4-H Weck keeps his sched-

Weck explained his project titled

ter (Hannah Fasilis) for helping me, and
Cooking on Your Own, “I made a roast
in the oven, I had to make my entire
dinner complete with a main dish, a
side dish, and a dessert, I made hand-
breaded chicken, with roasted potatoes,
Walter Randolph, M.D. with green beans, for the side I made a
fruit salad, and for dessert, I made ba-
nana oatmeal cookies. – In the more
Gynecology and Women’s Health
Night one of Dresden Homecoming
Accepting new patients kicks off with court introductions
at two locations
Dr. Randolph brings over
20 years of experience
and performs surgeries at
the Genesis Coshocton
Medical Center.
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