October 5 , 2023 The Beacon • 19
County Fair
4-H displays represent interests of club members
By Marianne Austin
Walking through the 4-H displays in the youth building at the Coshocton County Fair this year , visitors can see a variety of projects ranging from livestock to welding , food , sewing projects and more . This is the opportunity for 4-H members to show their hard work over the past year . Area clubs were busy setting up their booth on Sunday , Sept . 24 before the fair started . This year ’ s theme is “ Stay Cool in 4-H .”
Magic Makers 4-H Club from the Warsaw , Coshocton and Tri-Valley area finished its booth pretty quickly this year , advisor Stephanie Snyder said .
“ We have kids that get involved in a lot of different opportunities . We got all of our livestock boards done at meetings , so this is probably the quickest we have ever gotten our booth finished ,” Snyder said . “ We have a lot of older members now . The kids put a lot of work into it , and that made it go a lot smoother .”
Some of the young people take special interest projects , some have livestock projects , and some participate in different
Marianne Austin
Magic Makers 4-H Club from the Warsaw , Coshocton and Tri- Valley area finished its booth pretty quickly this year .
things like 4-H Camp , tasting smorgasbord and public speaking projects . Club member Piper Andrews is a junior fair board member and ran for fair queen . Magic Makers meets once a month on Sundays , usually .
Progressive Livestock 4-H Club members from Bakersville decorated their booth with snow , igloos , pine trees and polar bears , with a little help from advisors Nancy Lahmers and Amy Yoder . They borrowed some of their props after seeing them on someone ’ s porch at holiday time .
“ The theme is ‘ Stay Cool in 4-H ,’ and we are trying to do a winter scene . Someone in the community had polar bears , and someone had trees , so that ’ s where we got them ,” Lahmers said .
There are 12 members in the club altogether . Jordan and Justin Mizer , Austin Yoder , and Kendal Olinger were decorating on Sept . 24 . Members have a variety of projects this year including livestock , lambs , pigs , dairy heifers , chickens , welding , tractor projects and sign language .
“ We do all of the projects , whatever anyone wants to take ,” Lahmers said .
Millfork Valley 4-H
Club had a pretty good start on its booth . The girls were busy putting up their posters and project boards , taking care that everything was evenly spaced , and they had a well-balanced presentation under the eye of advisor Elaine Ashcraft . Projects included sewing , cake decorating , cooking , exploring ponds and more .
Still projects like photography , baking , collections , woodworking , arts , crafts and more tell each club ’ s story at each booth . Young people can do a 4-H project on just about anything of interest these days .
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“ We have a lot of older members now . The kids put a lot of work into it , and that made it go a lot smoother .”
— Magic Makers 4-H Club advisor Stephanie Snyder
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Millfork Valley 4-H Club projects included sewing , cake decorating , cooking , exploring ponds and more .
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Progressive Livestock 4-H Club members from Bakersville decorated their booth with snow , igloos , pine trees and polar bears , with a little help from advisors Nancy Lahmers and Amy Yoder .
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