4-H Fair: The second most stressful week of the summer

   The only thing more stressful than Fair Week, says Aliza Hays, is the week beforehand. “This is the most stressful week of the summer,” the Jefferson High School freshman said last week. It’s when everything has to come together to make the Fair successful.

     That means getting locating pens to the fairgrounds. Judges have to be recruited, and they have to interview kids about their projects. And of course, the ribbons have to be purchased.

     Everyone chips in. Aliza’s younger sister, fourth-grader Allyson Hays, reported that, “the older kids are going to get the pens, while the younger kids are cleaning up the barn and decorating it.”