{"id":60,"date":"2006-07-31T09:52:47","date_gmt":"2006-07-31T13:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realst8.crankpin.com\/?p=60"},"modified":"2006-08-03T13:59:48","modified_gmt":"2006-08-03T17:59:48","slug":"60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/events\/60\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fair Comes to Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/images\/Fair_at_Night.JPG\" \/>The annual St. Joseph County <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.4hfair.com\/\">4-H fair<\/a> is underway. It began yesterday with a float parade and livestock show. Today it adds a carnival&#8217;s triple threat of rides, games and elephant ears. The weeklong fair features a Frank Sinatra impersonator, a Beatles tribute band, a magic show and a concert by Tracy Lawrence. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;hl=en&#038;q=York+Rd+%26+E+Jackson+Rd,+South+Bend,+IN+46614&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;om=1&#038;ll=41.645979,-86.215897&#038;spn=0.061701,0.173035\">fairgrounds<\/a> are on Jackson Road between Ironwood and York. Admission is $6.00. Check <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.4hfair.com\/entertainment.html\">here<\/a> for the event lineup.<\/p>\n<p>The Four Hs, if you wondered, stand for &#8220;Heart, Head, Hands, and Health.&#8221; The organization is sponsored by an extension of the USDA and was originally designed to strengthen the connection between public school and rural life. The Hs are taken from the 4H pledge:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I pledge<br \/>\nMy head to clearer thinking,<br \/>\nMy heart to greater loyalty,<br \/>\nMy hands to larger service, and<br \/>\nMy health to better living,<br \/>\nFor my club, my community, my country, and my world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can learn more about 4-H programs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.4husa.org\/\">here<\/a>, or just enjoy the fair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual St. Joseph County 4-H fair is underway. It began yesterday with a float parade and livestock show. Today it adds a carnival&#8217;s triple threat of rides, games and elephant ears. The weeklong fair features a Frank Sinatra impersonator, a Beatles tribute band, a magic show and a concert by Tracy Lawrence. The fairgrounds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-south-bend"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}