Staff photo by Fritz Busch Comfrey Comets and Brown County 4H Ambassador Hailey Green washes up “Karen,” one of her sheep at the Brown County Fair Wednesday. The county fair sheep and goat show starts at 3:30 p.m. today.

NEW ULM — 4-H is a family tradition for the Green and Scholtz family of Comfrey.

Hailey Green, 19, has been in 4-H since kindergarten. Her mother Stacy Green and grandfather Dennis Scholtz were in 4-H ahead of her.

A county 4-H ambassador and summer intern, Green said 4-H continues to be an enjoyable experience.

“My favorite part is meeting new people and getting to see all my friends I don’t see a lot during the school year, and helping others with their projects,” said Green. “I enjoy seeing kids grow in 4-H, like I did when I was younger.”

Studying agriculture at Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville, Green plans to continue studying agricultural at Iowa State University.

“I want to work in the genetics or nutritional side of livestock, but I’m going to see where the ball rolls now. There are so many opportunities in agriculture,” said Green.

She likes working with sheep more than cattle.

“Sheep have different personalities compared to cattle. It’s cool to see their different personalties,” Green said. “Some sheep are very stubborn and pig-headed. Others follow you around.”

She brought four sheep to the Brown County Fair this year. She’s advanced to state fair competition for six years, usually in the market class with a market or wether lamb.

Green showed swine and goats at the state fair earlier in his 4-H career. Now she shows sheep and cattle.

Last year, she showed the state champion yearling wether lamb.

“All my siblings show sheep. A lot of others that show them have asked me for help,” added Green.

She also stays busy playing trumpet in the Iowa Lakes Jazz Band and is on the trapshooting team that advanced to the national contest in Texas.

Brown County 4-H Extension Educator Janessa Palmer said Green is a true 4-H leader.

“She not only understands how to excel in each of the disciplines she works in, but she really understands the concept of leadership by example. She’s really exemplary at doing that,” Palmer said. “As a Brown County 4-H ambassador this year, she really stepped up and said the group is quite small, but really needs to step up and be visible so we can recruit new, younger members.

“She went out of her way to be at the fair showing multiple species and be in the exhibit fall every evening, recruiting kids, welcoming them to 4-H. She’s also the junior chairperson in our round-robin event for all eight species, getting kids to show all of them,” Palmer said. “She not only won that but also wanted to make the program