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It’s all about fair fun and life skills [Lewiston Tribune]

 

By Kathy Hedberg, Aug 12, 2019, The Tribune

4-H program’s benefits will be on display, and behind the scenes, at annual Idaho County event

 GRANGEVILLE — There’s lots to see and do at the Idaho County Fair, but possibly the most important feature is something people don’t see.

“The skills that we teach them — not only the bookkeeping and economic side of it, but also life skills, like how to work with other people, on a team, how to be a leader in a club, public speaking skills,” said University of Idaho/Idaho County Extension Agent Jim Church, describing the benefits county fair projects bring to young people.

“They each have to give a demonstration every year in front of their peers in their club, which, when you’re 9 years old, that can be pretty intimidating,” Church said. “A county fair is such a valuable thing for young people, especially in rural areas.”

The Idaho County Fair gets underway this week at the fairgrounds in Cottonwood. Church, who will be presiding over his 33rd fair, and 4-H coordinator Susie Heckman, who is ticking off 31 years of her own, have not dimmed in their enthusiasm and appreciation for the value of the county fair.

There’s always an economic benefit to a county fair that reaches beyond just the fairgrounds, but Church said there’s more to it than that.

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