The truck and trailer with the pigpens returned to the Josephine County Fairgrounds Tuesday morning at 8:07 a.m. About a hundred parents and kids unloaded the pigpens which will now be available for the kids (and the pigs) at the county fair in August. Kristopher Elliott, Interim Director of OSU Extension, told the Eagle, “I got a call Sunday morning …
Sunday morning, the Josephine County 4-H Association sent trucks with large flat bed trailers to the Josephine County Fairgrounds. The purpose was to remove pigpens and other equipment from the fairgrounds. I learned about this yesterday morning when Jen McGowen called me while the removal effort was underway. She said county commissioners were there as well as the Sheriff. McGowen …
4-H originally started in Oregon in 1916. It was a program that began for the purpose of educating boys and girls how to better grow crops and livestock. Here in Oregon, the 4-H programs recently have changed. Local leaders had been feeling some of these changes for the past five years but had found a way to still educate kids …