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Granny’s Kids 4-H Club held its annual picnic Aug. 15 at Chardon’s Mountain Run Park...
Granny’s Kids
Granny’s Kids 4-H Club held its annual picnic Aug. 15 at Chardon’s Mountain Run Park. Members enjoyed hotdogs and hamburgers while playing cornhole and climbing trees. One member brought a game and the upcoming fair schedule was discussed.
The Great Geauga Fair will run Sept. 2-6. Club members will be exhibiting everything from market hogs, goats, rabbits, ducks, chickens and turkeys to guinea pigs, baked goods and artwork. Thursday will be the market poultry, dairy goat and swine show in the morning and the rabbit breed show will be in the afternoon. There is an open dairy goat show, showmanship and the fancy poultry show on Friday. The small animal show will be Saturday morning and the auction is in the afternoon. Members will be selling fudge in the dairy goat barn.
Thank you to everyone who donated food or money to the Geauga Hunger Task Force food drive organized by Greener Fields 4-H Club. Club members collected 85 cans of food and $100. Donations will be matched by Dr. Augustine Kellis, of Kellis Eye Center, at 50 percent. (Submitted by Buddy Ferg, news reporter)
Geauga Beef and Swine
The Geauga Beef and Swine 4-H Club had a meeting on Aug. 15 at the fairgrounds. There were 26 members present and five advisors. Members presented projects about caring, trustworthiness, swine breeds, swine hair care, swine byproducts and how to wash chickens. Campfire safety was the safety topic.
Club members are counting down just a few weeks until fair. The next meeting will be for barn setup.
The livestock sale will be on Sept. 4; small animals begin at 2:30 p.m. and large animals at 5 p.m. Animals will be sold by the head. Bidding can be done in person or online. The online website is www.breedersworld.com. (Submitted by Kaiden Wolcott, 11, news reporter)
Geauga County Fair 4-H 5K
Sept. 5, 8 a.m.
The third annual 4-H 5K and fun run takes place at the 199th Great Geauga County Fairgrounds in Burton. Race day registration begins at 6:30 a.m. The 5K starts at 8 a.m. followed by the fun run at 8:15 a.m.
Proceeds benefit Geauga Engineering And Robotics (GEAR), Geauga Prime Time, Breeders & Feeders, Plantmasters and Geauga Caprine Kids 4-H clubs.
Registration is $25 by Sept. 1 or $30 afterward. Fee includes two free admissions to the fair, live chip timing, race shirt and medals awarded for first three places in each age group for both men and women.
For more information, visit greatlakesracetiming.com.
Breeders and Feeders
On Aug. 15, the Breeders and Feeders 4-H Club held a meeting at the Munson Town Hall. The meeting was called to order by club president Rachel at 2:03 p.m.
Club members discussed community service. The club participated in donating 252 items to the Geauga Hunger Task Force 4-H project.
The Breeders and Feeders joined with four other 4-H clubs to have the Great Geauga County Fair 4-H 5K race and fun run. Please come join on Sept. 5 at the fairgrounds. Check out on Facebook GeaugaFair5k for information on how to register.
The club will also be helping with the Red Tulip Project with a Pasta With A Purpose dinner at 5 p.m. Sept. 17 at St. Mary’s Chardon. Check out redtulipproject.com for updated information. Lastly, on Oct. 5, the club is helping at the Farm Bureau Members Dinner at Sirna’s.
The Geauga County Fair small animal sale begins at 2:30 p.m. and the large animal sale begins at 5 p.m. on Sept. 4. There is also a live auction online at www.bwfinaldrive.com.
The members have been working hard on getting their animals ready for the Geauga Fair and Livestock sale. The Breeders and Feeders 4-H Club has beef, pigs, poultry, goats and rabbits. They hope to see everyone at the fair. (Submitted by Hannah Hutchinson, news reporter)
