The 4-H Family of the Year helps continue the strong tradition and history of Washington County 4-H. Receiving the 2024 4-H Family of the Year is the Gary Sheets Family. Special recognition is given to the Sheetz family matriarch Kay and remember fondly the patriarch Gary who passed away in 2016. Gary and Kay were both 4-H members as kids. Gary was a member of the Franklin Cubs in Washington County where cattle was his love. He was nicknamed Freddie 4-Her by friends in the cattle barn. Their children Lora, Sara, and Brad experienced showing cattle as Washington Hustlers with fair friends and now grandkids Jade, Blake and Tate have taken on the cattle barn. In 2018, in memory of Gary, the Sheetz family donated funds to build the new Herdsmanship board just south of the cattle barn.