to light
up 4H
barn

IN ACCORDANCE with the
4-H motto, “Learning to da
by doing,” several local club
members are learning about
animals by raising them.

Naomi Peters, a club fea-
der and member of the ex-
eculive, is raising three such
clubbers - and has another
child well on her way. ;

Heré son Andrew raises
poultry and eldest daughter
Jessica ‘rears horses as well'as
the barnyard birds.

Elizabeth, the middle
daughter of three, raises rab-
bits.

She plans to enter a tawny
Holland Lop, Cindy, and her
eight offspring in the Satur-
day morning Fall Fair rabbit
show - both in the 4-H and
open classes.

Currently Elizabeth is
prepping her bunnies for
show, cleaning their ears and
clipping their toe nails;

Also, as part of her show
preparation, she must spend
several quality hours with

-Cindy.

“One of the keys to
showing a rabbit is spending
time with the rabbit every
day,” Naomi said.

"Is the time of working
with them and teaching them
to stay calm.”

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A WEBSITES TO SEE:

ELIZABETH PETERS will be at the rabbit barn at the Skee-
na Valley Fall Fair this weekend with her bunny Domino.

In open class the judge
simply opens the cages and
critiques each rabbil.

But in 4-H competilion,
each entrant must handle
their rabbit, present if to the
judge and demonstrate
knowledge on the topic of
rabbits in general.

While the club doesn’t put
a large emphasis on winning,
Elizabeth is still aiming for
the blue ribbon.

“That’s my goal this
year,” Elizabeth said. “Not
the winning part, just
success.”

Lucky for Elizabeth and
olher entrants, the rabbit
barn begun before last
year’s competition has just
been completed.

“The rabbit barn’s ready
for rabbits this year,” said
Barb Adams, organizer of
the show for the second
time.

Overall three shows —- 4-

"A, youth fun and open class

~ will go on in the rabbit
barn this year.

Adams expects about 60
to 80 rabbits in the barn. for
the various competitions.

“There'll be Guinea Pigs
in there, too,” she added,
“which will make life kind
of fun.”

Adams said that cross-
bred rabbits are eligible for
competition as well — not just
purebred as in some compe-
titions.

“We're encouraging
people with pet rabbits to
enter.”

Jan Gosen, a judge from
Victoria, is being flown in
for the event.

He’s a registrar for the
American Rabbit Breeders
Association, and will enter
some rabbits of his own.

He raises English Lops
and Guinea Pigs, or Cavies.

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