PHOTO GALLERY: Youth learn life skills during 2024 county fair

By Seth Boyes,

Looping tire tracks in the grass are one of the few lingering evidence of this year’s Winneshiek County Fair. The fair ended Saturday, but organizers say the lessons young fair participants learned during the week-long event will likely last them a lifetime as they look toward the next chapter of their lives.

Kendra Crooks, 4-H youth program specialist with the Winneshiek County Iowa State University Extension and Outreach office, said Winneshiek County is home to a dozen 4-H clubs — serving children in kindergarten through 12th grade —  as well as several chapters of the Future Farmers of America who participate in the local county fair each year. 

“We have some exhibitors that don’t necessarily live on a farm, but they still get to experience showing livestock,” said Winneshiek County 4-H Youth Coordinator Ashley Horgen. “That could be just helping somebody show or even just coming to the fair and experiencing the animals.”

Full article in the July 18 Decorah Leader.

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