“So I was 34 years old, I decided I wanted to make a switch in my life and I remember having a puppet as a child,” he said.
When asked how he got into puppetry, he explained how adults from the 50s, 60s and 70s grew up with puppets in their lives, due to puppets appearing on television and in theater. Puppet, performed Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the fairgrounds. She helped him lead her heifer around the ring in the Multi-Purpose Building.īob Abdou, also known as Mr. Smith acted as a role model for her cousin, Waylon McCoy, 3, during the Pee-Wee Showmanship event. The stands were packed as fairgoers piled in the Multi-Purpose Building to view the Dairy Showmanship event on Monday. It makes me really proud of myself, because I worked hard for this.” “I actually grew up and had the role model of my sister, Morgan, she’s taught me what I know.
It shows how much hard work I’ve done throughout the years of showing,” she said. Smith said she enjoys the companionship between her and her animals and was excited to receive a blue ribbon. She grew up surrounded by cattle, on a market beef farm and has been showing animals at the fair for nine years. Macie Smith, with the Decatur Buckeyes 4-H group and Warren FFA, received first in her market class for her dairy beef showing. “That’s what 4-H is about, community,” he said. He said he was in 4-H as a child and now gets to work alongside community members who taught him when he was in the program. He has been volunteering with 4-H for 21 years and has previously been on the fair board for 12 years. (Photo by James Dobbs)īarth said the breakfast helps raise money, which goes back into the program to help pay for workshops, project books and scholarships for 4-H members, as well as helping purchase much-needed items for the fair, like an ice machine or new tables.īarth said he chooses to volunteer at the fair and with 4-H to give back to the community. Waylon McCoy, 3, practices roping in the Multi-Purpose Building at the Washington County Fair.
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