Garvin County 4-H members recently competed in the 2022 Consumer Decisions and Skill A Thon Contest. The contest is designed to test skills and knowledge gained by participating in all aspects of a Family and Consumer Science project. In the Skill A Thon portion, members are asked to identify objects from these three areas: clothing and sewing, foods and cooking, and interior design and home repair. The Consumer Decision portion is based upon consumer observation, comparisons and making fact-based purchases. Each class is based upon a scenario and then class selections are ranked.
Seventeen Garvin County 4-H members participated in the county contest in three age divisions: Junior, Intermediate and Senior. Many of these members also competed at the SE District Consumer Decisions and Skill A Thon contest in Ada earlier this week. The following are the results for the 2022 Garvin County contest.
Junior Division Champion was Tinley Milligan of Pauls Valley, and Junior Reserve Champion was Jessi Harrell of Elmore City. Third place went to Kendal Bonner of Stratford, fourth place went to Charlee Cothren of Stratford, and rounding out the Junior Division was Aidan Wheeler of Pauls Valley.
Intermediate Division Champion was Ella Lister of Stratford, and Intermediate Reserve Champion was Addison Wheeler of Pauls Valley. Third place went to Kally Milligan of Pauls Valley, fourth place went to Kayden Summers of Pauls Valley, fifth place was Sylas Harrell of Elmore City and completing the Intermediate Division was Shelby Lister of Stratford in sixth place.
The Senior Division was one of our larger groups and is full of experienced judges in this contest. The 2022 Garvin County Senior Division Champion was Karlie Koesler of Pauls Valley, while Reserve Champion Laci Lewis completed her final judging contest before graduation. Third place went to Faith Wright of Stratford 4-H, and fourth place went to Cooper McKinzie of Wynnewood. Fifth place honors went to Ryan Burch of Elmore City, who was also participating in her final county Consumer Decisions contest. Sixth and seventh placings went to Lauren Earp of Elmore City and Riley Lundy of Stratford. Completing the Senior Division was Taryn McCaa of Elmore City in eighth place.
