Presentations

Another reason it doesn't always feel like summer vacation is that we still have to do 4H. The week we were to leave for the funeral was also the week that we were scheduled to give presentations at the county level. This young lady had a scheduling conflict and had made her presentation early on Monday. We asked if we could join her to get our's done before we left for the funeral. The agent agreed, and off we went.
The girl above, who will be one of my son't three dates tonight (when you are good-looking you just can't help yourself!), gave her presentation on The Power of Peanuts. She made a wonderful snack called Peanut Delight. Yummy!!

#2 repeated his presentation from last year with a few tweaks here and there. His topic is wildfire and prescribed burns, and he calls it "Fire: Just What the Doctor Ordered". This year instead of beginning with a song, he gets the judges' attention by telling a joke. "What is Smoky the Bear's middle name?" "The."
I liked this one, but he can't tell it...Why didn't Smoky the Bear have any cubs? Because every time his wife got hot he beat her with a shovel!
Anyway, he did a good job, but needs to add some more material and especially some props. It shouldn't be too difficult, but it means we have to get it done.

#1 entered the Public Speaking contest offered at Presentations. He did that two years ago and spoke on the history of basketball. He had a good speech, but when he listened to others give their speeches he realized he didn't have the best topic. It was a perfectly appropriate topic for a 12 year old boy, but the ones he heard were older and they did things like violence in school and bullies. So this year he chose to speak on "War: What Is It Good For?" He talks about the bad things of war, but then details good things that have come out of war. His conclusion is that although war is an evil thing, some good can come from it.
District competitions will be at the end of June and we will go straight from the competition to WV to attend 4H camp there. What was that about summer break?