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Warrick County brought me notebooks entered by six 4-H members in the Genealogy Project for me to judge for the county fair. This was last Friday, but I still have about 2 hours to finish evaluating the last ones to judge. Today Gibson County delivered ten 4-H'ers exhibit notebooks to be judged. The entry for Division 5 in Gibson County looks very nice and has six 3-inch notebooks! It takes about 30 minutes on average to judge one exhibitor's notebooks... it will take me 4-8 hours to go through the Gibson County exhibits. But, believe me, judging these exhibits is a labor of love!
I have been judging county exhibits for the last 30 or so years and the Indiana State Fair exhibits for Div. 3 over the last five years. Having the opportunity to judge at the State Fair is like a super big honor! I have been involved with 4-H since I was a new first-year member at age 10 about 55 years ago. It is a great youth organization and I am glad there is a 4-H Genealogy Project. I served as the Vanderburgh County 4-H Genealogy Project Superintendent for about 25 years. For the Tri-State Genealogical Society, I serve as the 4-H Coordinator and present awards in four counties in southwest Indiana for 4-H'ers enrolled in the genealogy project. For the Indiana Society Sons of the American Revolution, I serve as the State Chair of the 4-H Youth Awards.
I can still remember how I felt as a ten-year-old going to the 4-H County Fair for the first time and at age 65 this is always an exciting time of the year!
- Written by JGWest
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