Harrison County Extension: Post 3

It has been an action packed final month for my internship at the Harrison County Extension Office. Having our county fair and 4-H camp the same week made for an interesting week, to say the least. the first weekend of our fair was the livestock shows. I stayed back to help with them while our 4-H Agent went to Cloverbud camp. I thought that the judges for our shows were very good and worked well with the youth that were exhibiting their animals at the shows. Our largest show was the Beef show with just over 100 animals that were entered. Our fans that we installed in the show barn really helped keep the animals and showmen comfortable. After 4-H camp, family fun night and the tractor driving contest was that evening. we had over 10 4-H and FFA members and 6 adults compete. Family fun night followed the contest. Our Teen Club officers led the games for the children and the participants were able to win cash money to reward their efforts in the contests.

4-H camp started with a bang, of thunder that is. It was a stormy first half of the week at North Central. But, the camp staff and our group of agents, interns, and leaders were all flexible with the original schedule and were sure to keep all the campers entertained with everyone's safety in mind. This was my first time back at 4-H camp since I tried it out as a 9 year old, and it was a better experience for me this time around. We ended the week with a mud fight at the Sallie field because of all the rain we had, which was a North Central first to everyone's understanding. That was my favorite part of camp and it was good for everyone to be able to cut loose and have fun. If it weren't for our camp group I know that I would not have had as good of a camp experience. A big pat on the back is in order for Mike Meyer, Shelley Meyer, Shanon Farrell, Staci Thrasher, Rebecca Neltner, Kelsey Knight, and Katie Conn for being such a great group to work with.

After camp and fair week, things slowed down just a little bit in the office. Last week, I had the pleasure of being able to go on the western Kentucky ag trip that our Ag agent helped coordinate. We were able to see the UK Research center in Princeton, a canola crushing plant, the Fairview produce auction, and many large tobacco and grain farms. All the farmers we visited were extremely nice and hospitable towards our group, and were passionate about what they were doing. It was interesting to learn about how they do things on such a larger scale on that end of the state. This trip was a great way to start to unwind from my internship.