See ae eae ge) aa | Projects give club | members a raise By DUSTIN QUEZADA RESPONSIBILITY. That’s the main benefit Blanche Wight feels her Children get from being members of the Shamrock 4-H Club. -’ And she’s witnessed over the last four months how her daughter and two’sons have manifested that responsibil- ity by raising animals on their own for competition at ' this year’s fall fair. : Unfortunately, the fam- — ily dog claimed the life of youngest sibling’ Conrad’s rabbit and the family agreed at seven he was probably too young for the project this year. « But Wade, 11, and nine- sear-old sister Clarissa are the proud rearers of turkeys and a rabbit respectively. ; “I’m raising turkeys and mnaking them as. heavy as - F-can for the (fall fair) auc- tion,” says Wade on the eve of last: weekend’s. fall : fair. “They eat a lot but-I thought they’d get a lot bigger fast- ; er.” - Wade has weighed them ail and has chosen the heavi- ést ones for auction and for the judges. © His turkeys. will be judged on appearance, size and ‘cleanliness, says his mom, who adds Wade bore — the responsibility of feeding. them and ensuring they had clean water. ' Wade graduated from chickens, which he raised | Jast year for the fair, and can relate to his sister in her first © try in the rabbit demonstra- tion. - Clarissa is the proud owner of Teea, her three- ~ year-old Jersey wooley rab- bit. “On top of. cleanliness, Clarissa says ‘Teea’ will be judged on her nails, which need to be clipped, on her teeth, which need to be straight with an overbite and ” mite free. ’ The. brother and sister also had to keep track of the expenses they incurred in feeding their animals. " For Clarissa’s pet, it was pretty simple: carrots, broc; coli and grass. * Wade, however, spent ‘$300 on feed for his turkeys, though he will get will be ‘compensated when his ani- ‘mals sell in the auction. . Whatever the animals fetch in excess of $2/lb, the ears;:which must be’: the. same size, upright and. in 4-H club will give back to Wade, says Mrs. Wight, . adding. her. son hopes to make about $20-$30. | The 11-year-old, as it tums out, is a budding farm- er, if not entrepreneur. His chickens lay eggs - which he sells to people along his paper route — and the money he makes from’ both those ventures went | - toward the purchase of a mountain bike. And.that leads to the sib- lings’ other fair event with their 4-H bicycle club. Clarissa, the youngest and only female member of the group, and her brother will take part in the 4-H bike demonstration. They can expect ramps ‘and jumps and other obsta- cles. Mrs. Wight says the fam- ily i is looking forward to an- other fall fair. — “We went a couple of years ago...it’s good for the kids,” she says. “Now we go i every year.’ The 4-H Club will con- tinue a tradition started last. year by camping at the fair,’ something Clarissa clearly likes. “We don’t have to worry. about staying up’too late,” she says, smiling. | | VERITAS would like to thank — SCHOOL CLARISSA A Wight: proudly shows off her pet rabbit, Teea, which she entered into competition at the fall fair last weekend. She says she'll try her hand at.photog- raphy for next year’s fair. WADE Wight, with one of his seven turkeys, is getting to be 2 an experienced. farmer. © Though he says.his turkeys are a lot friendlier than his chickens, he says they’re not very smart because they follow him everywhere. The Terrace Standard, Wednestiay. 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