Kids Kids Are Farmers LINDA WILLIAMS Bedford Co. Correspondent BEDFORD (Bedford Co.) Abby Heinz of Scranton was manning a fair craft booth with her grandmother at the Bedford Fair when she discovered the Farmer for a Day activity being sponsored by the Bedford Coun ty Farm Bureau Association. “Abby is our steady custom er,” said the booth attendant. “Between this and the petting zoo. she is busy all day long.” Chores at the “farmer” booth include gathering eggs, picking apples, digging for potatoes. Chickens were plush with plastic eggs nesting in beds of real straw. Apples were plucked from wooden trees and potatoes were found in a sawdust pile. The petting zoo included ev erything from llamas to minia ture horses. Visitors could pur chase a $1 cup of pellets or a $2 bottle of milk to feed the ani mals. Children’s attractions are something the Extension office plans to expand at forthcoming Bedford County Fairs. Blast For Kids CiAY BROWNLEE Yummy food, as much ice Somerset Co. Correspondent cream as you wanted, games, Kids had a blast at the party hayrides, kids tractor pull, three Walker’s Farm Service of Somer- clowns, music, square dancing, set threw for more than 1,500 prizes, and trophies, people. The party is like saying a One kid aiming at the dunking jolly “thank you” to customers. tank threw the ball so well, he hit One grown up said it was the the bull’s eye three times. The social night of the year for farm- person on the monkey seat ers. splashed into the water tank This dad has a load to push around with triplets from front, are Jacob, Samuel, and David with John Brian Mihailovich, Cumberland, gathers eggs from the make-believe chicken. Korne r This little boy has rhythm and wants the mi crophone. below. There were four big square boxes filled with shelled corn, money and prizes. After remov ing their shoes, the kids climbed into the boxes and sifted the ker nels. They looked like prospec tors panning for gold. Soon the wrapped candies, quarters, dimes, nickels were making their bags heavy. Then, as coins were found more money was dropped into the corn by an adult, who walked through the corn box, unrolling coins that fell Abby Heinz is a steady customer at the farmer booth. Here is Ben Habel with Pinky the Clown. as she went. Parents laughed as the chil dren dug for hidden treasure. Probably some moms and dads wanted to remove their shoes and do what the kids were doing. Pinky the Clown was a super balloon twister. She made hats that wrapped around your fore head and stuck up so high in the back you looked like an alien about to lift off for outer space. Believe me, there were scads of little aliens still running around when the party ended around 10 p.m. By then, instead of going to the moon or Mars, most kids de cided for their own beds, which pleased their parents. Pedaling to
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