Butler County 4-H members and volunteers were recognized at the organization’s annual achievement banquet, held Nov. 3 at the General Butler Vagabond Center in Lyndora.

Andrew Costel of Butler, Elizabeth Greiner of Tarentum and Sara Lang of Harrisville were named the Outstanding Junior, Intermediate and Senior 4-H members, respectively.

Andrew, 12, is the son of Gary and Melisa Costel; Elizabeth, 15, is the daughter of Ron and Carol Greiner; and Sara, 18, is the daughter of Larry and Carrie Lang.

The Big Butler Fair board of directors was named the Friend of 4-H, an award given to a community member or business that supports the county program. The board members support the county youth program during the fair with awards, activities, shows and a petting zoo.

Nearly 30 members received outstanding project awards. They were:

Beef — junior, Katelynn Kerr; intermediate, Ben Drake; senior, Sara Lang

Dairy — junior, Kylie Burke; intermediate, Jacob Kenney; senior Trisha Covert

Environmental and earth science — junior, Andrew Costel; senior, Larissa Edinboro

Goats — junior, Cheyenne Henry; intermediate, Cameron Suorsa; senior, Ashley Frye

Horse — junior, Jennifer Cichra; intermediate, Jesse Dillaman; senior, Lanae Mortimer

Leisure education — junior, Mark Edinboro; senior, Wesley Edinboro

Other animal science — junior, Olivia Blatt; intermediate, Kaitlin Eichenlaub

Rabbits — junior, Gretchen Kellar; intermediate, Rachel McGinley

Sheep — junior, Rachel Beacom; intermediate, Aaron Drake; senior, Paul Drake

Swine — junior, Sabrina Sutej; intermediate, Madilynn Kerr

Science and technology — junior, John Mack; intermediate, Ruth Askey

Textile science — junior, Laura Hone; intermediate, Elizabeth Barclay.

AgChoice Farm Credit and the Pomona Grange also sponsored project awards, and Butler County Farm Bureau sponsored the Blue Ribbon Club award that went to the Caprine Connection.

Two individual 4-H’ers put together scrapbooks, and first place was Shirlann Harmon and second was Larissa Edinboro.

Six clubs also submitted scrapbooks, with the West Sunbury Wranglers getting first place.

Butler County has more than 70 volunteers who serve as club leaders and helpers. Those reaching milestones were recognized at the banquet.

First year leaders — Heather Barclay, Elaina Eppinger, Gerri Goldschietter, Laurel Johnson, Marki Palmer, Rebecca Mogielski, Jaquelyne Ranko, Carol Rost and Jinnie-Ann Stora.

Five-year leaders — Amanda Dillaman, Ashley Foertsch, Jeffery Frazier and Michelle Henry

10-year leaders — James and Karen Dillaman and James and Denise Foertsch

30-year leader — Connie Haswell

Butler County has more than 330 4-H members participating in nearly 30 different clubs, plus several afterschool 4-H programs.

For more information about Butler County 4-H, contact Jean Kummer at 724-287-4761.