News for the Inquiring Minds

We held our 4-H sponsored ski night last Friday and we made $464 for the program. It really is a great fundraising program and I thank Schweitzer for letting 4-H be part of it. Watch for our date next year and hopefully we will have another great year.

Last night we held a Horse Leaders workshop and Ty Cochran from Elenbaas Feed spoke to those attending about Equine Nutrition. It was very informative. No matter how much you think you know, there is always more to learn. Ty does a great job going over the digestive system and how it works. He really covers the good, the bad and the ugly and he covers it in a way the normal layman can understand. Ty has done other workshops for us and I will always be happy to have him in our county. I wish I had remembered to get a picture because when he speaks he is very animated.

He had Bill Armstrong with him, another Elenbaas Feed rep. Bill enjoys talking about he show beef and steers rather than the horses. Bill will be back on Thursday, March 18, in Sandpoint speaking at the Panhandle Bank for the Carter County Livestock seminar. Check it out if you can. It is bound to be informative.

And for all those horse people out there that feel they have to feed their horse buckets of grain, in the words of Ty Cochran, "Horses don't do grain!". To find out more check with Kim Dana at Carter Country feed or give me a call.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

This is a photo of some of the trees that had to be sacrificed for the camp ground. I believe I counted about 64 rings so I would assume the tree was planted about the time the fairgrounds was moved from Lakeside to the current location.

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

The old water tank is now gone and work is going forward on the new camping area for the Bonner County Fairgrounds. Look for great things in the future!

Day two of the Water Tank demo!

The distruction continues. Another day or so and it will be history.

First, out with the old to make room for the new!

The old water tank at the Bonner County Fairgrounds is being removed in order for the construction of the new and improved campgrounds coming our way. Anyone out there remember what year the tank and power house was put up? Stay turned for more updates as they occur.

Bonner County Has a Ski Night at Schweitzer!

Mark your calendars for Friday, February 19, 2010. This is our 5th year being invited to host a ski night at Schweitzer. Tickets will be $8 and will be available at the Extension Office or the Schweitzer Conoco gas station from February 15 through the 19th. Anyone can purchase a ticket at this price for a night of skiing at Schweitzer from 3-7 pm on Friday, February 19th. This is a great activity for the whole club. Let your friends know and encourage them to help support the 4-H program activities.
The 4-H program receives 1/2 the ticket price to help with funds to buy leader resource material and provide funds for the summer day camp.
For questions,contact Nancy Wright at 263-8511