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 According
to Logan County Extension 4-H Program Coordinator Sherri Bishop
there was a relatively good group of guests who attended throughout
the evening.
The event was intended to cater primarily to those who are not
currently in 4-H with tables set up to introduce children of various
ages and their parents to 4-H on the whole and activities of
specific age groups in particular. There was a table addressing the
Cloverbud program which is a pre-4-H group for children under the
age of seven.
Popular activities included a homemade catapult
created with popsicle sticks and a plastic spoon. Another game using
a homemade launching device resembled a tabletop version of the
Ladder Toss game.
There were also tables for older children that included
representatives from some of the clubs. Heartland Community College
was also on hand and helped demonstrate some of the more technical
activities of 4-H including drones.
Heartland also had two mechanical animals, a calf and
a pig that kids could interact with.
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The highlight of the evening was the hay wagon ride
all around the Logan County Fairgrounds. The wagon filled with kids
and adults took literally every road in the fairgrounds as it left
the exhibit barn area, drove all around the outside parameter of the
property, circled around the livestock barns on the north end of the
fairground, then came back toward the exhibit barns for a pass on
the mid-way before circling around the exhibit buildings and coming
to a stop where it had started.
Riding along was Hunter Hawk, the HCC mascot who was a popular guest
not just on the wagon but throughout the evening’s activities.
Everyone was also treated to hotdogs cooked by Brad Luckhart of
Nuthatch Hill BBQ and served by Jennifer Luckhart along with chips
passed out by local 4-H members.
[Nila Smith] |
