Introducing the Newbies!

The long awaited post has arrived! We are here to introduce to you, potential buyers and moral supporters, the two newest "editions" :) to our Coderlambian staff!
It doesn't really matter how we introduce them - they're twins, and are consequently very similar in age, looks, likes, and dislikes -

Madeline (left) and Megan (next to left) when we were on
family vacation this year.

Madeline and Megan are 8 years old, but have been around almost since Rachel, Grace and I joined 4-H market lambs five years ago. They've helped with getting late newsletters out on time; they enjoy entering things at the Clark County Fair; they like crafts and cooking (including the consumption thereof). They are ready for their first 4-H year!

Watch out Clark County Fair! Competition's comin' (to town)!

Red: editor of the Coderlambian

The Fair in an Overview - Part Four

Sorry for not having posted for a while...but of course, you didn't expect us to on family vacation, right?

Saturday decided to crawl (in regards to time). The official start time of the Junior Livestock Auction was 11 AM, but the sheep didn't get started till mid-afternoon. Several of the Coderlambian editors (myself included) served as auction runners, running paperwork to the buyers, and back to be filed. Finally, one-by-one, our turns came. All in all, we did exceptionally well, and we'd like to thank those who bought our lambs: Riverview Community Bank (under Mr. Sheaffer), bought not one, or two, but three of the Coderlambian animals; Rene and Calvin Wigen bought one of our lambs - we'd like to especially thank Mrs. Wigen for the multiple hours she spent at our house, giving us tips on good sheep techniques. We'd like to thank Three Kings Environmental (under Mr. King), as well as Fazio Bros. Sand (under...well, guess: Mr. Fazio). These four have been very kind, generous, and supportive when we've gone to see them. (In addition, this hasn't been the first time that we've seen Mr. Sheaffer, Mr. King, and Mr. Fazio buy Coderlambian lambs...) We also had some very generous add-ons - we greatly appreciate those who gave them.

That ended Saturday. Sunday evening, there was a Quiz Bowl for the sheep barn. The Intermediate division literally rocked the show, much to the shame of the Seniors...After the Quiz Bowl and a Potluck, we returned to the sheep barn to help pick up. However, pick up was picked-up rather quickly, and as we were going to wait a while (for a complicated reason), and as it was the last night of the fair, we decided to go on rides...again. But this time, we had some help.

Pictured here are Rachel and I, a friend from the sheep barn (to
the left of Rachel), and siblings/friends (everyone else)

We had a good time, but apparently, everyone else was aware of the fact that it was the last night! We were at the rides for 2 hours at least, but only were able to get on three or four rides...talk about traffic jams!

Well, next post, we'll be introducing the new editors to our group. Stay tuned!

Red: editor of the Coderlambian

The Fair in an Overview - Part Two

One of the best ways to communicate nowadays is pictures. You know the saying, "a picture is worth a thousand words..." Well, instead of reading tens of thousands of words, this post has quite a few pictures...

This part of the fair is extremely long. It went from August 7th to August 11th, but a lot happened in those days.
On Wednesday, Rachel and her friend MacKenzie got bored...


...this was the result. No, this is not a common occurrence at the sheep barn...at least, it wasn't. But boredom, Kool-Aid, and an Oxford wool sheep seem to a equal a tye-dyed sheep.

This is Rachel and MacKenzie putting the "poor" thing back. Actually, it turned out great. There were some hilarious reactions to this "new breed."

JAC - he sold two lambs

We also weighed in our sheep. At the Clark County Fair, your lamb needs to gain a certain amount of weight before being able to be sold at the Junior Livestock Auction.

Little Bo Peep and her miracle sheep

Rachel and her little lamb

 The Little Shepherd with his not-so-little sheep

Me and mine

 Our lambs met the requirement, but barely. Three of the lambs scraped by, two of the lambs cleared it, though it was skeptical they would because of their initial weight, and one lamb made it by handsomely.

On Day 2 (Thursday, August 8th) we had our first sheep show. This was market class; basically, how good does your lamb look for the freezer...here are some pics -

I just had to throw this pic in - the two on the right
(Pink and Purple) are Junior editors next year!

Jim and the judge

Z-man and Alisha

Line up during the show

Bo Peep and Coco

This picture on the bottom right needs some explanation. At the end of the show, each club gets together it's top five lambs, and the judge grades which group has the best set of lambs. Our club placed second in that category (the gent second from the left held Reserve Champion for 4-H market lambs).

Well, that's it for this post. There's at least one more coming up on the second part of the fair, possibly two, so stay tuned!

Red: editor of the Coderlambian

Still Entries

Three days before the 1st day of the Clark County Fair!

All morning, we were doing last minute preparations to head off to the fairgrounds with still exhibits. Baked goods, pictures, wool, and hand work were piled into the car for departure.

While we were running about, filling out paper work for the Clark County Fair, Grace and James stayed home to help our friends shear Cocoa (Grace's lamb). Grace's lamb's wool is actually rather nice - that is not completely normal since she is a meat lamb.

Joshua has been busy, too. He's been digging holes at a friend's house.

Rachel: editor of the CODERLAMBIAN

Our 4-H Day

Hello and good-day to you!

On the second Thursday of every month, we meet with both our 4-H Spinning club, and our 4-H Market Lamb club. 

In our spinning club, we learned how to card wool on a drum carder.

We got to do some fun colors. What do you think?

After you've washed and carded the wool, you can spin it as roving.

   
 
Our 4-H leader took a picture as we posed worked. Yes, we have a small spinning club, but we all love and enjoy it!

After our spinning class is over, everyone stays for dinner and then we all leave for our next meeting (4-H market lambs). A lot of reminders were given at this meeting, one of which we will post on soon. 



 
 Have a fantastic Friday!

Rachel: editor of The Coderlambian