Personal Narrative: The Sac County Fairgrounds

Lets step back in time to the State Fairs' earliest beginnings in the nineteenth century. The State Fair credit goes to a well to do New England farmer and businessman, Elkan Watson, when he organized a display of his sheep in the public square of Pittsfield, MA in 1807. Some years afterward, following in

The first criteria for a fun trip to the fair is that it must bring us as friends closer to one another. This is so important because if you don’t grow closer to each other it doesn’t develop your friendships. If we become closer, it makes the trip even

My most important 4-H accomplishments include joining the Illinois State 4-H Youth Leadership Team (YLT), being chosen to serve on the Illinois Farm Bureau Youth in Education in Agriculture Committee 4-H representative (YEA), and county awards I have earned. Serving on YLT was a goal of mine ever since I went to the Junior Leadership Conference (JLC) my 7th and 8th grade years. On the team I have met some of the best people I now can call friends while representing 4-H across the state and impacting 4-H members too. Being apart of the team I have helped plan and execute two JLCs assisted with SFI-4-H training, worked at the Illinois State Fair, and represented 4-H at the University of Illinois Salute to Ag Day tailgate and football game. As

I never will understand this day to the fair and what all happened, I don’t think anyone will. I just know that one animal ruined a month for me. It was the week right before fair, and all I did was walk my cow. It was the first time ever showing a cow, my brother convinced me that it would be a fun learning experience. That didn’t happen at all for me when I walked into that show ring with a 1,100 pound steer. I was up at 4:00 a.m. the morning of the show, and I was ready to go wash my cows and get them ready for the show.

In my opinion, what the Minnesota State Fair means to people is tradition. Families go to the state fair every year to have that one last adventure with their kids before school starts up again. Its a place where people know they can find something that everyone in their family will enjoy eating because of all the many options available. Also, parents know that with all the many games, rides, and venues available that everyone will find something they can enjoy as a family for one true last memory until next summer.

By going to the Renaissance Fair at Mount Hope Estate, it impacted the education on the students. This supported the mansion as well. Now being a public historical/educational place, seeing the fair annually would teach other people something

One of my most significant 4-H projects was reserve supreme heifer in 2007. I chose this because this was the first year I had ever shown and this was the year I did the best. Showing cattle taught me how to be responsible. Without the responsibility of taking care of an animal I wouldn’t be able to remember all the homework I needed to do that night. Without this skill school would be a struggle and I would be stressed all the time knowing my grades weren’t the best. So I’m glad I have learned this skill because it helped shape me for the person I am today a very successful, responsible girl in the top 25 percent of my class. Once I had the feeling of responsibility it helped me decide that I wanted to help others and care for them just like how I took care of the cow. I love helping and caring for people and this project helped me decide that I wanted to be a nurse.

It has been a long time since I have seen my family. I am kind of missing them alot. I left 30 days ago on June 5, 1849.I came all the way from New York ,and it is very tiring to get to California I am not even half of the way there . I came on a wagon. It is still a long way to go, but i hope that it will be worth it .

It was a rainy Saturday night at the State Fair grounds. It was race night and it was one of the biggest races in the state. We packed up our soda, chips, and popcorn to head to the big race. I was so excited to see this race that I couldn’t sleep the night before. When we got there I say lots of people with jean jackets and jeans your typical racing attire. When we found our seats it was about race time and I was so excited I could hear my heartbeat.

For example, I liked the fair because I ate barbeque, saw some animals (cows,bulls,pigs, and etc), and the rodeo. Consequently I ended up spending around 100 dollars but it was all worth it. I ate some brisket and drank some ice cold lemonade. I saw the rodeo, cowboys were flying left and right, getting stomped on by the bulls. The effects were that I ended loving the fair, and recommended it to some companions. As a result, I think I might go next year again.

My most memorable 4-H experiences have came about with my pigs. As receiving glory, trophies, and plaques in the show ring is memorable, it's the steps leading up to the fair that I will never forget. The valuable life lessons I have learned throughout showing pigs in the 4-H community is what feels most rewarding. My most important accomplishments come from my aunt and uncles house, months before the fair. My memories come from waking up at 6:15 on summer mornings to get pigs walked before the hot, sticky sun rose. Or getting 16 pigs clipped in a day, so they can look their absolute best when they get to the fair. Those days of hard work will always be remember. While at the fair I have had my share of success. With my pigs, my greatest accomplishments

In 4-H I learned many things, like the difference between Virginia Wild Rye and Canada Wild Rye or how to trim hair on hogs. I have participated in many different activities and won quite a few awards. All of these things have raised my self-confidence and made me feel very good about myself, but this growth was not without some painful learning experiences. My 4-H experiences have taught me to me to accept disappointment without defeat, how to grow personally, and how to set goals.

One bright, sunny day, my best friend and I were on our way to the annual Pike County Fair. Every year, our county hosts annual pageants, rodeos, and a fair. Many fun activities take place at the Pike county fair.

In order to take something to the fair, you need to enroll in 4-H. In 4-H, you have a club, mine is Kountry Kousins, and it’s kind of like a second family. Each project has a

I was sure that when I first went to the fair, that showing animals was going to be my passion for the next ten years. It was simple, going to the fair has always been something that I have always loved, the people, the animals, and the food of course. Then something happened and fair started to get even more interesting for me. In 2007 I started showing animals at the Clark County Fair, the first year I started out with a rabbit and a turkey. I always knew I wanted to show animals I loved being around them, helping with animals any chance I could get, so I knew that when it was my turn I was going to rock it. I was so excited when I got to go see my turkey and when my rabbits got picked up and brought to my house. I finally had animals that were mine, it was time to start preparing them for fair. I would go out every day and change their water, give them feed, and clean their bedding.