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Joy Wilken from Lincoln County, Washington has been a 4-H leader for the teen program for 12 years, and has heard and witnessed quite a few 4-H stories. Following is a story her dad, Richard Nolt, wrote about in his book, "When I Was Young." He (Richard Nolt) grew up in Lodi, Ohio and had quite a bit to share about 4-H in his book. Joy hadn't realized he had attended National 4-H Congress until her son, Clay Wilken, was going in 1998 and his grandpa told him they were attending 50 years apart.
Her dad's story included, "I raised a 4-H garden for two years. Then I bought a pure bred Berkshire gilt hog. They were marked by a black belt around the body. It was my responsibility to raise it and train it, then show it at the county fair. Pigs are hard to show because they don't always go where you try to guide them. I raised several pigs and then I raised a young heifer as my 4-H project. She was much easier to lead at the fair. Then I enrolled in a 4-H Tractor Maintenance and Leadership Training Project. We had to drive to Medina for these classes. My dad bought a '37 Ford Sedan for me to drive. It was so rusted that the bottom of the doors had holes in them, and so did the floor. When it rained my feet would get wet. During my high school years I would work at the root beer stand at the county fair. We could drink all the root beer we wanted while also earning a few dollars....The summer of my senior year, at the county fair that year my friend John and I did a 4-H demonstration using old baler twine, weaving it into a rope. We won 1st prize in the county so we got to do it again at State Fair. We won state, including a trip to National 4-H Congress in Chicago, IL. It was my first trip anywhere without my parents. John and I thought we were really big stuff. Then one evening when we were walking back to our hotel, we were approached by a lady offering us her 'services'. We were very shocked and moved on quickly back to our hotel."
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