Logan County Fair 2022

2022 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS JULY / AUGUST 2022 Page 27 MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2022 STORY By Angela Reiners PHOTOS By and Jan Youngquist Nine-year-old Lila Cross is in her first year of 4-H and did both visual arts and photography projects. Cross’ drawing was of the ocean and her photo was of a white caterpillar. She chose the white caterpillar because it stood out among the brown caterpillars. Ten-year-old Ryan Wrage is in his second year of 4-H, but it was his first year entering projects. Wrage’s projects were animal tracks and bugs. For the animal tracks, Wrage said he got the deer, heron, coyote and raccoon tracks from a mud spot in their pond that was low due to the drought. He used plaster of Paris poured into the track, put it in a disposable container over it for shape until it hardened, then put everything on a wood board he prepped to display. Wrage caught the insects and butterflies with a net in an open field. Once they were frozen then dried, he carefully pinned them to the display board and added printed identification labels. Rosetta Caterson got witty crossing several categories in wood working, art, horticulture and nature. She cut wood in the shape of an oversized paint pallet, mounted real potted cacti and succulents with primary and secondary colors accenting. Continued p