State fair

the Alaska State Fair I was faced with the realization that not only were both of my children missing, but I had to come up with a plan to find them. My plan was to find out when they disappeared, who to contact, and where to begin looking. As a parent, losing your child is one of the scariest moments to endure. Even if it’s for 5 seconds, it can be the longest 5 seconds ever. It’s every parent’s nightmare, but it can happen to anybody. Walking through the crowds at the Alaska State Fair I was…

I am Erika Vasquez. This year is my first in 4-H. I am fourteen. My parents are Oscar and Dany Vasquez. I have one younger sibling. Her name is Angela. I live near Slocum, Texas. My school is Slocum ISD. I have two horses. My hobbies are reading, soccer, and drawing. Even though I don't own one, I love cats. My dream job is a radiologist. I discovered 4-H at my school's Meet and Greet. 4-H had a display board explaining their purpose in the hallway. My project goals were altering…

Finally the day was Wednesday the 13th of August. I was so excited to be attending the Jackson County Fair with Ryan, my boyfriend, this year. But the one thing I wasn 't excited for was to ride The Ring Of Fire. This was the ride I gazed at from my house, three blocks away. Sixty feet high in the sky, round like a ferris wheel, passengers would sit in a caged style ride, that looped around clockwise and counterclockwise, and occasionally stops at the top. The fire engine red loop reminded…

“UC Davis Career and Internship Fair” This fall I started my journey with UC Davis. Davis is a really exciting, new and challenging chapter in my life. I moved from San Mateo, where I lived with my fiancée, to an apartment in Davis where I live on my own. Starting new school, and being surrounded by many new faces is not easy. I am not a person who can easily meet and connect with new people. UC Davis offers a lot of events for its students, some of them are very exciting like the…

I am in a club called 4-H. I have been in 4-H for 1 year, Iam starting my second year. I think that my first year going to fair was really awesome and fun. I got excited when I when to fair. 2 days before fair was the day that our projects (besides the animals) got judged. When me and my Mom drove to the fairgrounds I was excited and nervous at the same. When we got there we unloaded all the small stuff. We had to have some help unloading my big, heavy, wood compost box. There was at…

While I stood in line at the State Fair, I engaged in conversation with my friends. Then a suspicious man behind me groped the contents of my drawstring bag. Instead of ignoring the man, or moving away from him, my initial disgusted reaction resulted in an impetuous confrontation. In the subsequent instant, I whirled around in bewilderment to face him. With a defensive tone and direct eye-contact, I interrogated, “What do you think you’re doing?” In dismay, the man mumbled an outlandish excuse…

year of giving themselves and representing Holmes County and the fair, royals Bryce Burgett and Lyndsey Davis are eagerly anticipating the arrival of this year's fair. King Burgett, 19, is the son of Dan and Jenny Burgett. He was nominated by the Nashville Jolly Farmers. Queen Davis, 17, is the daughter of Jerry and Lisa Davis. She was nominated by the Killbuck Handy Helpers 4-H Club. “I've been super busy traveling to other fairs and festivals,” said Davis, who said that by mid-summer she'd…

4-H has played a large role in creating who I am today. I am a first generation camper for my family, so my older friends were the people to bring me into 4-H. They welcomed me and many others into the program with open arms and created an accepting environment for those that wanted to join. When I joined, I had no idea of the impact this club in Madison would take on my life. My first camping experience is something I will never forget. I had no prior knowledge of how camp worked before that…

It was the morning before the sheep show. I could not stop thinking about how much I wanted my dad to be there to watch me show. My dad was never able to come to the Iowa State fair with me because he always had football practice. I have shown at the state fair for four years. It has never really bothered me that my dad was never able to come, I understood why. For some reason this year I really wanted him to be there. I knew that he wouldn’t be coming thought and that made my heart break. The…

I went to the state fair and I rode almost all the rides. It was so fun. A couple of the rides went upside down. I almost threw up on the one that went upside down. I guess that I probably shouldn’t have went on the roller coaster that went upside almost ten minutes after I ate a hotdog, two corndogs, and a little bit of cotton candy. Afterwards my stomach didn’t feel to well and I went to the bathroom and nothing came out so I just kept riding rides and having fun. I also went on the zipline.…