Posted in: Pottawattamie (West)
Posted on
08/22/2022
at 12:15 PM
Diane Huddle has been involved with West Pottawattamie 4-H since 1982. She was a member of the Neola Victorettes from 1982-1989 and then a member of the Neola Busy Members from 1989-1991. While in 4-H, she was a member of the County Council from 1988-1991 and a member of the...
Posted on
08/23/2021
at 4:43 PM
Matt & E'lise Bracker were raised in West Pottawattamie County. Both were members of the Hazel Dell Challengers 4-H Club and exhibited beef projects. Chelsea and Cade were members of the same 4-H club and exhibited beef projects. During those 16 years, Matt and E'lise assisted at 4-H meetings with...
Posted on
08/23/2020
at 12:00 PM
On November 9, 1964 at the age of ten, John Fischer opened a checking account at his local bank to buy three 4-H calves at a local calf sale the next day. That began a relationship with 4-H that continues to this day. He showed cattle and had projects in...
Posted on
08/19/2019
at 2:07 PM
In 1986, the West Pottawattamie County Extension Director asked Tom Trede to fill a seat on the Extension Council as a township representative for one year. That one year lasted until 2002 when Tom stepped down after 16 years to let someone else have the opportunity to serve on the...
Posted on
08/21/2018
at 4:09 PM
Richard Pigman was never a 4-H member himself, but he has embodied the 4-H spirit in West Pottawattamie County for the past 20 years.
Aside from being a “4-H Dad” to Tyler and Brooke, he has served as chair of the West Pottawattamie Youth Committee, helped cook a 4-H alumni...
Posted on
08/28/2017
at 9:16 AM
I learned about 4-H the old-fashioned way: my mother was a leader and I was attending meetings with her and hero-worshipping the older girls long before I could become a member myself.
When I did join 4-H at ten, I joined both "boys" and "girls" clubs because I wanted to...
Posted on
08/26/2016
at 9:14 AM
Sometimes when you ask, you have a person that responds to your request in a huge way. When West Pottawattamie lost one of their scholarship donors, they decided to send letters, volunteers and staff out into the communities to request scholarship donations.
Each year, the county has between 22-25 graduating...
Posted on
08/19/2011
at 12:43 PM
Richard has been involved with every aspect of the West Pottawattamie County Fair for all his life, first as a member, then giving back to the fair as a volunteer. He was instrumental in tearing down the old fairgrounds in Council Bluffs with his father, Oscar. They recycled the old...
Posted on
04/21/2011
at 10:54 AM
Donald Felton, 78, and the late Flora Felton of Neola have been involved with the 4-H program for most of their lives. Don started his 4-H career at age 12 and has been involved ever since, except for two years when he was serving his country overseas. His projects included...
Posted on
04/19/2011
at 12:48 PM
Carroll was from a 4-H family of members and leaders, and was an eight year 4-H member. He was a local 4-H club leader for many years and was a member and chair of the county 4-H committee. Carroll also served as the beef superintendent at Westfair. Carroll first started...
Posted on
04/19/2011
at 12:09 PM
Richard Vorthmann is a perfect example of a lifetime 4-Her. From his first projects at age 10, to serving the West Pottawattamie County 4-H program another 78 years, he has been instrumental, helping to build most of Westfair’s current livestock facilities, and other annual improvement projects. He has served as...
Posted on
04/15/2011
at 11:47 AM
Carroll was from a 4-H family of members and leaders, and was an eight year 4-H member. He was a local 4-H club leader for many years and was a member and chair of the county 4-H committee. Carroll also served as the beef superintendent at Westfair. Carroll first started...
Posted on
04/07/2011
at 11:09 AM
As leader of Neola Clever Clovers 4-H Club, Roberta loved teaching members about communications, social skills, and etiquette. Her most memorable meeting was when a former 4-H member who was at the Air Force Academy came back and demonstrated etiquette at table. This member said that when she was 9...
Posted on
03/31/2011
at 1:21 PM
Helen Christiansen is a retired leader (if you really ever retire in 4-H) and volunteer with the Crescent Innovators 4-H Club. Helen has always found activities for the club to do that were fun, exciting, and educational all at the same time. Whenever there was a new member, she was...
Posted on
03/31/2011
at 10:38 AM
Clifford Johnson has had a long career with 4-H. He was born in Elkhorn in 1910 and started his 4-H career in 1923. He was a member of the Elkhorn 4-H Club from 1923-1927. In 1924 Cliff showed the Grand Champion Calf at the Shelby County Fair and the Reserve...
Posted on
03/29/2011
at 10:51 AM
Leonard Timm was born on October 15, 1915 in Hardin Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, on the farm his grandfather, then his father farmed. He in turn lived and farmed there until 1991, when he moved to Treynor, Iowa. As a farmer he fed cattle, raised hogs and had a purebred...
