4-H families have a long list of ‘Why’s’ they are involved in 4-H programs. 4-H has fun camps. 4-H teams travel a lot. Or, because 4-H teaches life skills.
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TORRINGTON – 4-H families have a long list of ‘Why’s’ they are involved in 4-H programs. 4-H has fun camps. 4-H teams travel a lot. Or, because 4-H teaches life skills.
Dudley and Jennifer Booth of rural Torrington grew up in 4-H families, and are passing the tradition on to their sons, Conner and Kaleb. Jennifer grew up at Lingle, where she sat with the ‘big girls’ while her mother, Kathy Miller, taught knitting. Her grandmother, Barb Ellis, taught sewing. Jennifer also took leathercraft, rabbits, pigs and foods.
Dudley grew up within an Angus tradition. He was in 4-H as long as possible, and after that, was in FFA.
Now, their sons, Conner, 12, and Kaleb, 9, are following their parents’ footsteps. They have breeding beef, pigs, sheep, and do livestock judging. According to their mother, the boys have been showing livestock since before they were old enough for 4-H.
Dudley and Jennifer both worked in University of Wyoming Extension offices during their college years. He spent 5-6 years working with 4-H Extension Educator Ron Kaufman at the Torrington office, while Jennifer filled in for an Extension Educator at the UW Extension office in Laramie while she was attending UW.
“I just love working with kids,” she explained, sitting at her desk at Pinnacle Bank. “I’ve always been a leader.”