ALEXANDRIA, Ind. —
By the time you read this, Emilee Hollingsworth will have been up for hours, prepping and primping, cleaning and clipping the nails of her 18 rabbits, readying them for judging at the Madison County 4-H Fair.
Showtime is 8 a.m. Tuesday.
And Emilee hopes to take home some metal.
The 17-year-old high school junior has been raising rabbits for seven years.
“I knew I couldn’t have a horse,” said Emilee, who was raised in Summitville. “But I knew it would be easy to take care of a rabbit.”
While she’s won many ribbons, trophies have eluded her so far.
Emilee thinks she may have winners with two Silver Fox rabbits that are rare here in Indiana.
These rabbits have luxurious back fur flecked with silver highlights.
In addition to showing rabbits, Emilee also has chickens entered competition.
“I learn something every day,” she said.
After graduating from high school Emilee plans to attend Ivy Tech Community College to begin working on a nursing degree before transferring to a four-year school.
However, she doesn’t plan to give up showing rabbits. She can compete for one more year in 4-H programs. After that, she’ll be able to enter adult competitions.
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Emilee Hollingsworth cradles Kacie, a Mini Rex Broken Black rabbit she's entered in competition at the Madison County 4-H fair. Stuart Hirsch
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Horses big part of 4-Hers life
Nine-year-old Micah Hardy, like many 4-Hers, has never known a life without horses. Her mother joked that her daughter was even on a horse before she was born as she rode while she was pregnant with the girl.
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Souped up and ready to go
It isn’t much of a spectator sport but the competitors readying their garden tractors for the decades-old pull sure do enjoy it. “It’s not that exciting to sit and watch,” joked Wayne Richards, the coordinator for this year’s Garden Tractor Pull at the Madison County 4-H Fair. “But it is a lot of fun to be a part of.
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More to 4-H than livestock
Don’t go into Exhibit Hall just to escape the sweltering heat at the Madison County 4-H Fair. 4-Hers like Tressia Phipps and Jackie Lieurance want you to go there to appreciate the hundreds of projects on display inside that air-conditioned building.
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Teen loves her pigs — and lets them go
In her fifth year of 4-H, Cheyenne Morgan is part of the Grand Champions Club. This year she won two reserve-champion ribbons, a third, two fifths and a sixth place and showed six hogs.
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Midway rides thrill fairgoers
Despite the heat and the storms, the midway at the Madison County 4-H Fair has a lot to offer for Alexandria and the rest of Madison County. Between classic fair food and new and returning rides, the fair has delivered another carnival for the entire area.
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At 4-H Fair, responsibility an age-old component
For Isaac Mohr and his brother, Cade, of Pendleton, raising and showing their animals for 4-H is about responsibility.
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Raising, showing animals is hard work
Showing animals in the Madison County 4-H Fair competitions is more than just strutting animals around an arena. There is a lot of hard work that goes into raising the animals, and then caring for and prepping them for the fair competitions.
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Frankton teen takes first attempt at 4-H competition in stride
Lexie Bousman is participating in her first Madison County 4-H Fair, and though her pet rooster, "Quail Bird," didn’t fare well with the judges, the bird was still a hit in other ways.
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Struggling to find the cool at the fair
As temperatures once again soared into the mid-90s on Monday, finding effective ways to keep animals and their humans cool became job one at the Madison County 4-H Fair.
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Rising early to get rabbits ready
By the time you read this Tuesday, Emilee Hollingsworth will have been up for hours, prepping and primping, cleaning and clipping the nails of her 18 rabbits, readying them for judging at the Madison County 4-H Fair.
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