Wayne County 4-H News

The Wayne County Fair was held July 31 - August 4 at Camden Park. Below are a few highlights from the 4-H Livestock Show held August 2, 2018. 

The Wayne County Energy Express program enters its last week with children. Site teams started June 8. Children started July 2 and met daily at the five sites (Crum, East Lynn, Fort Gay, Ceredo-Kenoa, and Buffalo). Children engaged in reading and hands-on activities (art, drama, writing, etc.) to help reinforce reading skills. Here are a few celebrity readers who visited the sites to read with children, as well as samples of the great artwork completed this summer. To learn more about Energy Express, please contact our office at 304-272-6839.

The Wayne County 4-H Ambassadors Team continues to work on the 4-H Heritage Quilt Trail. Currenlty, they have three 4ft x 4ft blocks available for anyone interested in having a block for their barn and outside building. For more information on the trail, please call our office 304-272-6839 or email Julie Tritz, 4-H Extension Agent.

Several Wayne County 4-H members attended Alpha II, a state 4-H Camp this month. They include (L-R): Ethan Cade, Zoe Harold, and Zara Harold. State 4-H Camps offer great opportunities to learn new skills, new friends and memories to last a lifetime.

Several Wayne County 4-H youth that attended Alpha I state 4-H Camp the week of July 9 at WVU Jackson's Mill in Weston. The youth who participated include (back row, l-r): Alex Hall, Ethan Napier, Erin Ferry, Zane Smith, Loren Hall, Cameron Cade, Chase Smith, Hunter Donahoe, and Benjy Chute. In the front row (l-r): Abigail Kincaide, Jade Stewart, Sarah Ferry, Zoe Harold, and Zara Harold Missing from the photo are Elijah Simms, Jayson Vanhoose, JoJo Vanhoose. These teens had an amazing week learning new things and making memories to last a lifetime. 

The Wayne County 4-H Program held their fourth and final 4-H Summer Educational tour at the Hermitage of the Holy Cross, a monastic community of Orthodox Christians. Youth learned how the 26 monks make soap, incense, raise goats, bees (for honey), and keep a garden to support their monastic lifestyle.

The Wayne County Fair Open Horse Show was held July 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Shirley Burgess Park just north of Wayne. Below are a few highlights from the event.

At 4-H Camp this year, youth had the opportunity to decorate a tongue depressor stick. In turn, the Wayne County 4-H Ambassadors took those decorated sticks and created a design on a green canvas. This work of art will be hung at a business, agency or organization in Wayne County (this has yet to be determined). If you know of anyone who would be interested in having this adorn their place of work or their business, please contact our office at 304-272-6839 or email Julie Tritz, 4-H Extension Agent. Many thanks to Phyllis Brumfield for the idea and for making the green canvas. 

The Wayne County 4-H Ambassadors visited the Wayne Nursing Home on Monday July 23. The team entertained residents with several folk dancing demonstrations as well as performing several songs on their banjo, fiddle and mandolin. To learn more about the Wayne County 4-H Program and opportunities for teens, please contact our office at 304-272-6839 or email Julie Tritz, 4-H Extension Agent.

The Wayne County Fair Open Horse Show will start at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 28 at the Shirley Burgess Park near Wayne. Negative Coggins required for all horses and health certificate for all out of state horses. Questions - call our office at 304-272-6839.