In the photos, from the top, Cottonwood 4-Hers Joseph Trimble (left) and Sarah Roe, both 12, wait to show their meat goats; Cameron Pella (left), 14, of Palo Cedro 4-H and Logan Theobald, 13, of Whitmore 4-H take a test of their knowledge of raising goats; and Rebecca Peconom, 16, of Shingletown tries her hand at decorating a cookie. The photos were taken this morning at the 4-H Field Day at the Shasta District Fairgrounds.
Nearly 400 kids -- mostly from the Redding basin -- attended today's field day and took part in a wide range of contests involving large and small animals, home economics, agricultural technology and gardening. This year was the first time all the disciplines had their field days together, which gave kids a chance to see what youngsters in other facets of 4-H are doing.
"Normally I do sheep and poultry projects, but I decided to come in here and do something different," said Peconom, a Black Butte 4-H member who went into the home economics building to see what the other members were up to. "I'm not in the baking projects, so it's really fun to do something like this. The whole day is really fun because you get to see things you didn't really know exist."
For many of the children, today's showing events and contests were a last shot at qualifying for the Shasta District Fair, which is next month.
For more on today's activities, look for my story at CapitalPress.com on Monday.
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