NYS 4-H Media Corp - State Fair News
  From the Corp • September 4
 About the Media Corps

The Media Corps is a component of the work of our 4-H Junior Superintendent Program. Junior Superintendents are 4-H'ers who have applied to work at the fair in Youth Leadership positions throughout the 4-H Youth Building and the Fairgrounds. While on assignment for Media Corps, they will be reporting on their observations and experiences as 4-H Youth at the Fair. This newsletter represents their perspectives on the events and daily happenings while they are here.
Fair Results!
We are posting fair results as we receive them!
Cornell Chemical Engineers Visit the 4-H Youth Building
Casey Hill

Chemical engineering is a career field of opportunity in the 21st century. During the fair, several Cornell University Graduate Students visited the Youth Building to teach the public about polymers. They set out a table where they engaged us with sodium alginate, a slimy substance, made from algae. When you squirt some of the compound in a water calcium solution the outside of it hardens. How? The compound, sodium alginate, binds with the calcium, causing a chemical reaction. This simple activity is just the tip of the ice when it comes to polymers. One student in particular tells how he got into the field of chemical engineering. He states It all started when he realized he wanted to help people, outside of being a doctor. He wishes to create new medicines and chemicals to cure and treat diseases. Maybe this is the career field for you!
Junior Super for a Day
Heather Sullivan

At 6:30 AM, your roommate’s alarm goes off, because they have to take a shower, but you don’t need to be awake for another 45 minutes. You roll over and try to go back to sleep, but no such luck, because yet another obnoxious alarm goes off, and you’ve finally given up trying to sleep in any later. After tossing on a clean outfit, running a brush through your hair, and grabbing your dorm button, it’s down to the kitchen for breakfast. You give your friend a grumbled “Morning” and spend the next ten minutes alternating between eating breakfast and bellyaching about how tired you are and how much fun today is going to be, all the while voice dripping with sarcasm. Then at 8:00, just like clockwork, the old-timey chime sounds, and everyone ritualistically chants along with the loudspeaker, “Good morning, and welcome to the New York State Fair. All vehicles must be removed from the interior streets of the fair by 9:30, or they may be towed. Again, all vehicles must be removed from the interior streets of the fair by 9:30, or they may be towed. Thank you for your cooperation.” You check the schedule taped to the back of the door and see that after working for a straight four hours, you have the afternoon off. A little well-deserved cheer, then on goes the neon vest, and out you go, spending the morning getting tables and chairs, watering plants, directing people to county booths and to the bathrooms, occasionally stopping in the kitchen for a snack or drink or break, until at long last, when you don’t think you can take any more of this, once again the chime sounds, relieving you of your duty. A relieved sigh, and you stash your vest, head upstairs for a two-hour nap, then once your friends get off shift, you all go out to enjoy the fair, knowing that you did good today and that you earned it. Finally, at 10:30 PM, you drag yourself back to the dorms and spend the next half hour talking with friends, getting ready for bed, and updating your parents on all 4the going-ons of fair life. At 11:00, it’s lights out, and you go to sleep, ready to do it all again in the morning,
4-H From State to State
DJ Adams
DJ Adams took a few minutes to interview NY State Communications Administrator Jennifer Bassman, who grew up in 4-H in Ohio, about some of the similarities and difference in New York and Ohio 4-H Programs.

What is one of the main focus of 4-H in Ohio? 
When I was in 4-H in Ohio, my main experience was agriculturally based, so I participated in many Agri-Science projects and the clubs that I was in were also Agri-Science based. That being said just like in New York, there are many other areas in 4-H in Ohio

Are there any major differences between New York State 4-H and Ohio State 4-H?  
YES! The entire organizational structure of 4-H in Ohio and New York State are very different. New York State Extension is unique in that counties are more independent, meaning the counties have more control over what they do. In Ohio, everything is organized in a very top down approach. I believe most of the 4-H educators work for the state, as opposed to each individual County. It's really a leadership and organizational structure that's different. 

What do you feel is the most important part in 4-H as a whole? 
What I love about It most is that's it is so broad based and really is a pathway for any youth to get involved and learn something and meet other kids that are doing other things that are interesting and build relationships. Is one of the organizations that I have seen that is very capable of breaking down boundaries that you see in other organizations in schools and see that these types of boundaries can be overcome. 
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Upcoming 4-H Events @ The Fair

Monday, September 4
9:00AM  Horse Show, Gymkhana Division,  Coliseum

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