Youth in Agriculture

Name:  Tyler McCabe, age 17
Family:  Parents, Glen and Ruth McCabe; brother, Riley 11, sisters; Makayla, 17 and MyRiah, 9
Education:  Senior at Camdenton High School
FFA Advisor:  Jeffrey Kitchen

Name:  Faith Bomstad, 16
Parents:  Rob and Gina Bomstad
Hometown:  Siloam Springs, Ark.
4-H Club:  Logan 4-H Club
4-H Leader:  Jackie Griffin

Name:  Miranda Allison, 16
Parents:  Bryan and Tracey Allison
Hometown:  Flemington, Mo.
FFA Advisor:  Bruce Blakemore

Name:  Allen Black, 14
Parents:  Mike and Cher Black
Hometown:  Harrison, Ark.
School:  Harrison Junior High School
4-H Club:  Newton County 4-H Club

Name:  Catherine Lund-Molfese, 11
Parents:  Nicholas and Christine Lund-Molfese
Hometown:  Rogersville, Mo.

Name:  Gentry Gosvener, age 13
Parents:  James and Mardi Gosvener
Hometown:  Hindsville, Ark.
School:  Huntsville Middle School
4-H:  Valley 4-H Club, leader Jerry Jo Hamm

Name:   Caitlin Claflin, 17
Parents:  Charles and Michelle Claflin
Hometown:  Sheldon, Mo
FFA Advisor:  Mr. Briant Barker

Name:  Cheyenna Black, 15
Parents:  Darral and Cynthia Black
Hometown:  Salina, Okla.
School:  Pryor High School

Name:  Hunter Wallace
Parents:  Brian and Robin Wallace
Hometown:  Bolivar, Mo.
School:  Senior at Bolivar High School
FFA Advisors:  Al Skalicky and Jason King

Name:  Jordan Yatska
Hometown:  Bee Branch, Ark.
Family:  Janet Yatska, mother; Somer, sister and Justine, twin sister
Club:  Van Buren County 4-H
4-H History:  Eighteen-year-old Jordan Yatska has been in 4-H since the 6th grade. She and her twin sister, Justine, had been Girl Scouts, and after moving to Bee Branch, Ark., in Van Buren County, their mom got them interested in being a part of 4-H. Jordan went to 4-H camps and found new adventure and got to meet people from the county, district and state and made friends with many of them. Jordan said, “Beginning with 9th grade it really became fun.” She has enjoyed the competitions, camps and grassland studies. In 2009 she won at national competitions twice in crop and seed identification and for five years she was first in the state. Jordan said, “I focused on competition.”