We do love fair season anytime but it’s even more fun when we know folks who have projects exhibited. Today Mason, Michael and I went to the Vanderburgh County Fair to see friends’ goats and alpaca. We knew Mia was showing animals but Cate’s alpaca, Gabe, (above) was an unexpected find. Mia showed a mama […]
This week was the Warrick County 4-H Fair. Mason completed a Division II Electric Project to build a shakelight. He and Bill worked together to complete the activities in the handbook and then soldered the pieces to make the light. Good solder is the key to a good project. They also made a display board. […]
This morning was Breakfast with Santa, the annual gathering hosted by the PTSA and catered by the Boy Scout troop. This year Bill invited the Webelos to come along and do some of the cooking. I went along as well to watch how things were done. Behind the scenes, a full breakfast was being prepared. […]
Tonight was our first 4-H meeting of the year. To change it up a little, we met at the Newburgh Park called Fortress of Fun. First we had a regular meeting and, as a treat, ice cream sundaes. Then for our activity, the kids moved to a small contained section of the fortress and played […]
There are certain activities we like to participate in every year at fair if we can. We headed out early enough to watch the rocket launch and then the boys competed with other clubs in Quiz Bowl. We had fun, but we did not win. We worked our annual shift in the 4-H council booth. […]
Fair kicked off last night so Walker and Mason turned in their projects yesterday afternoon. Mason entered his series circuit for electricity. He and Bill stained the board, carefully soldered all the connections and then labeled each part. The light bulbs do illuminate demonstrating that the circuit does work. Walker met with his judge who […]
We are fortunate that our good friends, Mel and MaryBeth, have offered to let us use their woodshop (aka Mel’s hobby barn) to cut and store the wood for Walker’s Eagle Project. Today was the first workday and there was a lot going on. Walker’s chair instructions came with cardboard templates. To preserve their integrity, […]
To earn the Saturday overnight between his camp sessions in July, Walker has had to really put his nose to the grindstone to finish, finish, finish his 4-H project. During Mason’s week of camp, he got the content written but it still needed to be displayed on his board. He has become quite adept at […]
In a labor of love and friendship, our community came together to celebrate life with Chris and his family. The lines of connection cross multiple times but Chris and his wife, Millie, have four kiddos. We know them from school, church and our 4-H club. In his honor, our 4-H club sponsored a benefit dinner […]
At some point on Bill’s travels through the internet, he discovered the Tiny Tesla. He was intrigued by the idea and thought it would be fun to build one with Mason. A tesla coil is a form of induction coil for producing high-frequency alternating current. It uses a simple spark gap (a spark that jumps […]