Ag Day Great Success!!
Ag Day was held April 10th at the 4-H Fairgrounds. Ag Day was a day long activity for third grade students from both elementary schools in our county. There were 12 Ag Commodity related stations in the morning and 3 safety stations in the afternoon. There were 144 3rd graders, 33 adult volunteers, about 35 presenters, and 8 youth volunteers, 9 teachers and teacher aides, 5 moms and kids from the community visited, also. When the students returned to their classrooms they were given a goodie bag which included informational materials in the form of coloring and activity books.
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Mark Bell showing Electrical safety to a group of 3rd graders.
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College Corner Firemen preparing a group to enter the Smokehouse demonstration.
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Bev shows the children how the wool from a sheep can be made into thread to make sweaters and scarves using a spinning wheel.
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Dr. Ken Krom explaining to a group of 3rd graders the need to vaccinate farm animals and pets to keep them healthy.
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"Pizza is all made from items that come from the farm!!" says Karen Lackey.
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REMC shows students first hand a truck that helps fix those power outages after a storm.
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ATV safety also includes wearing protective clothing as explained to this group of students.
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