4-H Busy Getting Ready For Fair

Fair time is just around the corner and it’s shaping up to be a good year for all the 4-H members. Members have been working hard for the past year on skill building projects ranging from Quilting to Aerospace to Leather Craft. This year in the exhibit building you will see projects like Cake Decorating, Robotics, Welding and one youth has taken on the task of completely restoring a tractor. Between working on projects for the fair, participating at the State Congress at the Montana State University Campus in Bozeman, and the different 4-H workshops, they have been very busy this summer. The fair is all about showing off what this area’s youth can do, and the indoor exhibits are a big part of what 4-H is about. Many of these exhibits will lead into much more than just a project, they will spark an interest that will carry on past the teenage years. The indoor exhibits will be on display in the 4-H Exhibit Building, from Aug. 1st to conclusion of the fair on Saturday. We invite everyone to stop by the 4-H Exhibit Building and enjoy the hard work that is put into these projects.

Livestock Sale

Set For 5:00 p.m.

Awards at 4:30 pm

Friday Aug. 3

Fair is just a few days away and the Richland County 4-H youth are prepared to show the excellent work they have done in caring for their animals. The livestock program has been very strong with many new members showing livestock for the first time this year. The barns are going to be full of high quality, market ready animals ready for the sale. Members take part in many educational programs throughout the year including a Market Quality Assurance program that insures that the animals are properly fed, handled, and cared for. Friday night will include an awards show at 4:30 p.m. that will include the presentation of awards to members that are donated by area businesses. Buyers, parents, and the general public are invited to attend the awards ceremony to take part in celebrating the hard work that our Richland County youth have put into their 4-H projects. The sale is going to start at 5:00 p.m. on Aug. 3 at the 4-H arena located between the beef and swine barns. As a way to say thank you, one of our 4-H clubs will prepare a meal that evening to show our buyers how much we appreciate your support. Thank you to all past and present buyers, without your support the 4-H program would not be the success that it is.

Have a meal at the 4-H food booth and help raise funds to re-build it

The 4-H Food Booth is preparing for another great year at the fair. The menu this year will include the old favorites and a new item, a beef brisket sandwich. Our hamburgers, chicken wraps, biscuits and gravy and chicken burgers were among the crowd pleasers from last year and we hope that you have an opportunity to try one or more. The tradition at the 4-H Food Booth is a home cooked meal at an affordable price. If you get hungry, stop by and try our new brisket sandwich and finish it off with a piece of homemade pie with a scoop of old fashioned ice cream. As with all things, the food booth has seen its better days and in the near future it will be re-built. A campaign will begin at this year’s fair to “brand the new booth”. So stop by and fill out a form so that your brand can be included when the building is re-done.