Miller is National 4-H Congress Winner

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Brent Miller

onal 4-H Congress Winner:

Brent Miller of Lyons will eat his Thanksgiving turkey this week and head for the airport to take part in the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Georgia. This prestigious 4-H event has taken place in some form or another since 1922.

Miller will be attending as the result of his 4-H efforts recorded in the 4-H Career Portfolio. This is a comprehensive record book of 4-H project accomplishments, 4-H leadership, community service, volunteer work, citizenship, educational experiences, and non 4-H experiences. After evaluation at the state level he was selected to represent Nebraska in the Animal Science curriculum area at the National 4-H congress in Atlanta, Georgia on November 29^th to December 3^rd, 2013. He will be one of 25 delegates from the state Nebraska attending the National 4-H Congress.

Brent has been involved in the poultry and sheep projects showing these animals at county, Fremont, State Fair, Ak-Sar-Ben and many area progress shows.  Taking this curriculum area to a new level, he began participating in the P.A.S.E. (Premier Animal Science Events) by attending Meats ID, Skill-a Thon, and Livestock Judging practices with Cuming county 4-Hers and competing on teams at state competition. A highlight was in 2012 when they were the state winning team in the P.A.S.E. Meats ID contest. The team was then able to represent Nebraska at the American Royal National 4-H Meat Judging and Identification Contest.

Other than the Animal Science project and activities he have been involved in the Science and Technology projects of woodworking, Aerospace, and electricity, the Environmental-Education projects of Homes for Wildlife and Shooting Sports, Plant Science projects of Horticulture and Floriculture, Healthy Lifestyle (Foods) projects and Consumer and Family Science projects including Home Environment and Sewing.

Brent has been the Lil’ Green 4-H Mascot at the Nebraska State Fair for 7 years and really enjoyed his time inside the inflatable mascot…except when it was REALLY hot! He also enjoyed the opportunity to attend many different 4-H camps and getting to meet new 4-H members at them.

Miller said this of his 4-H experiences: “Through both winning, and losing I have learned valuable lessons that will impact me throughout the rest of my life and have shaped me into the person I am. 4-H has allowed me to travel, meet new people, learn many life lessons, and develop and learn new skills. In the future I will be going to college and want to major in something agricultural. 4-H has made me who I am, and without the influence of 4-H on my life, I would be a completely different person. I believe that 4-H is an amazing organization that helps to develop talents and skills of everyone involved. It helps shape people into the persons they become and teaches many life lessons along the way.”