{"id":2462,"date":"2012-08-01T16:59:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T20:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2012-08-01T11:00:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T15:00:25","slug":"remembering-rabbits-and-ribbons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2012\/08\/01\/remembering-rabbits-and-ribbons\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering rabbits and ribbons"},"content":{"rendered":"

We can’t let this week go by without mentioning the St. Lawrence County Fair in Gouverneur. \u00a0 It’s on through August 5th. \u00a0 I have fond memories of exhibiting at the Anoka County Fair in my home state, Minnesota.<\/p>\n

I was active in my local 4-H club — the Northwest Sunnysiders — and remember loading the pickup with crates of ducks, chickens, roosters (for the crowing contest) and rabbits. This is me in the mid-70’s with “Captain”, who won a blue ribbon that year:<\/p>\n

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Zen and the art of bunny maintenance. Captain was an American Dutch and one of about 2 or 3 rabbits that I exhibited each summer at the county fair.<\/p><\/div>\n

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One year, I got a first-place blue ribbon for my vegetable garden exhibit. That meant if the local Grand Champion or Reserve Champion couldn’t attend the State Fair, I would go. I got the call about a week before the State Fair in St. Paul and assembled my collection of veggies from the garden — tomatoes, beets, onions, summer squash, beans, potatoes. \u00a0It was lots of fun staying in a dormitory on the fair grounds with 4-Hers from all over the state. \u00a0But not so fun when the judge informed me that potatoes weren’t allowed at the state level and I was given a white ribbon. \u00a0Guess I was so excited I didn’t read the fine print.<\/p>\n

Live and learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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