Carrie Ann Knauer: Carroll County 4-H FFA Fair watch

Carrie Ann Knauer: Carroll County 4-H FFA Fair watch

For many years, we have enjoyed Carroll County Times writer, Carrie Ann Knauer’s coverage of the Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair. That’s Ms. Knauer, from a file photo covering the 2006 fair…

Once again, this year, Ms. Knauer has a Fair blog. Check it out here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/talk/4h/

Agricultural reporter Carrie Ann Knauer will be at the Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair every day and will be sharing her insights and stories through this blog. Feel free to share your favorite fair moments as well and let us know what the county fair means to you.

So far, she has posted:

Saturday, July 26: A special kind of 4-H’er

Friday, July 25: Blue Ribbon Experience
Friday, July 25, 2008 2:40 PM EDT

July 23: Ready to Judge
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:31 PM EDT

July 21: Getting out the ironing board
Monday, July 21, 2008 3:19 PM EDT

July 9: It's fair time already?
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 5:20 PM EDT

Ms. Knauer’s other articles:

Carrie Ann Knauer: Carroll County 4-H FFA Fair watch

July 27, 2008 Carroll County Times

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Clubs spend weeks getting ready for 4-H & FFA Fair
The entertainment and enjoyment of the Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair may be starting for visitors today, but 4-H youths and their families have been working for weeks to get the fair ready. Becky Stem, vice chairwoman of the fair board, said much of ...

Veterinarian to help repair animal shelters in New Orleans
ELDERSBURG Hurricane Katrina may have swept through New Orleans nearly three years ago, but the rebuilding and cleanup process continues. On Friday, an Eldersburg veterinarian will be one of 60 helping to repair animal shelters in New Orleans. The ...

Woman chronicles Carroll's farming past
Coming from a family of farmers that dates back in Carroll County to 1790, Lyndi McNulty considers the farming history of the county as part of her own history. McNulty is asking other farming families of Carroll to share their stories, and more impo...

Doctors struggle to diagnose tick diseases
It began with a tick bite. Then there was the rash that spread across his chest and itched more than poison ivy. After a few weeks, Scott Kirk had enough. He needed to see the doctor. The diagnosis? Rocky Mountain spotted fever, one of a half-dozen t...

Getting their start in 4-H: Fashion
In Jessica Bennett’s closet, woolen smock dresses and skirt sets of her childhood share the limited space with a dramatic plum and pumpkin silk dress and couture pant suits. The closet shows an evolution of Bennett’s

Tractor pull signals start of fair
The 2008 Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair may not officially begin until Saturday, but a tractor pull tonight will kick off a host of tractor and machinery-related events scheduled during the first weekend of the fair. Tim Albaugh, one of the participan...

Getting their start: 4-H attracted them at young ages and instilled in them passions that became careers. For one, it was sewing, for another, floristry, and for a third, fair management.
In Jessica Bennett's closet, woolen smock dresses and skirt sets of her childhood share the limited space with a dramatic plum and pumpkin silk dress and couture pant suits. The closet shows an evolution of Bennett's sewing skills, from her first pat...

Getting their start: 4-H attracted them at young ages and instilled in them passions that became careers. For one, it was sewing, for another, floristry, and for a third, fair management.
Rene Bonde laughs when she thinks back to the presentation she gave to judges from the National Junior Horticulture Association in Memphis while wearing a candy striper costume. But it may have been the detail of her floral arranging presentation tha...

Getting their start
Whether it was raising livestock, growing vegetables, giving speeches or a number of other indoor activities, Andy Cashman grew up loving 4-H and the fair. "When I was a little boy, I told my sister I wanted to own the state fair," the 47-year-old Ne...

Getting their start in 4-H: Fair management
Whether it was raising livestock, growing vegetables, giving speeches or a number of other indoor activities, Andy Cashman grew up loving 4-H and the fair. “When I was a little boy, I told my sister I wanted to own the state fair,” the 47...

Getting their start in 4-H: Floristry
Rene Bonde laughs when she thinks back to the presentation she gave to judges from the National Junior Horticulture Association in Memphis while wearing a candy striper costume. But it may have been the detail of her floral arranging presentation tha...

Tick trouble
A half-dozen veterans of the Central Maryland Lyme Disease Education and Support Group sit around a rectangular table in cold metal chairs in the social hall at Zion United Methodist Church. Someone asks about a girl they remembered seeing months ago...

4-H & FFA Fair events to check out
Opening day Saturday is the opening day of the Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair, filled with family events for children whether they are in 4-H or not. Indoor exhibits are entered and judged and animals are brought into the Agriculture Center, so watch ...

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