18 • The Beacon April 7 , 2022
Coshocton 4-H Fun Day held at the fairgrounds
By Marianne Austin
4-H Fun Day at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds on April 3 had free
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ODNR brought animal pelts , shotguns and archery so people could try it . 4-H is not just animals and farming , although that is a good occupation in this area , but also it offers education and hands-on experience for just about any occupation you could think of .
Dee Woodward Wells said , “ Basically , what we are doing is exploring every project area . We want youth that maybe always takes a cat project to be able to talk to people who take different areas of projects to explore different things and showcase what 4-H is all about . It ’ s not just about market animals ; it ’ s not just about pocket animals . We have so many different things that 4-H offers , from self-determined to photography , to sewing , to all kinds of food projects . That includes woodworking , first aid , all kinds of things like natural resources . The 4-H world is endless .
“ We want to make sure that everybody has the opportunity to explore things in a fun way . With a self-determined project , any area of interest that you have , you can make it into a project . From string art to reptiles , to hedgehogs , music , paper crafts , babysitting , skateboarding , you can make it a project . It ’ s awesome . For example , sewing , if your project is not in one of the books , you can make it a self-determined project . The girls that are here with their cookies used the self-determined and made a business out of it .
“ 4-H is so much more . We wanted to open doors . We teach life skills and community involvement , archery , fishing , welding ,
gun safety , even horseless horse — you don ’ t have to own a horse and you can learn all about them .”
Ridgewood High School sophomore Jonathan Woodward , president of Raising Champions 4-H Club , has been raising market turkeys for seven years , as well as taking archery for seven years and shotgun for five years .
“ My turkeys are my favorite project ,” he said . “ Ever since I ’ ve been little , I have wanted to have turkeys , and 4-H has allowed me to do that . I showed at the state fair , nationals , county fair , everywhere . I got grand champion at the Ohio State Fair in turkeys twice , grand champion here once and reserved here at the Coshocton County Fair twice .”
Woodward built his own barn for his turkeys when he was in the fifth grade ,
and two years ago he added an addition to the barn . “ It ’ s strictly for my turkeys and only my turkeys ,” he said . “ I used my own money . I used my turkey money and my cow money to do that .”
Shiloh Kinzel , a sixthgrader at Warsaw , has been showing market hogs for four years and dairy cattle at the Coshocton County Fair . She got reserve for her hog the second year . She is thinking of going into jackpot shows with her hogs . Jackpot shows are for any size hog of any breed with people from all over the U . S . “ I breed sows now , and I think it ’ s fun ,” she said .
Clare Bintz chose horses and goats as her project . “ My family raises goats and a little bit of Kiko goats ( meat goats ), so I took meat goats for a starter project . Last year I started taking
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