We ended the last 4-H year this week with the project competition of 250 of the top 4-H'ers in the state, including four from Newton County. While each of the 4-H'ers was nervously focused on the announcement of winners at State 4-H Congress, I have to admit, I wasn't nervous at all. By Wednesday night as we gathered in the Crystal Pistol at Six Flags, to me the ribbons meant little when I already knew that each of our 4-H'ers had done their personal best.The butterflies in my stomach hit their peak earlier in the morning when each presented a demonstration and marched off to portfolio