This year the Purdue Extension Agency and Local FFA Chapters hosted Ag Day at the Ripley County Fair Grounds.  Students from South Ripley, Jac-Cen-Del, and Milan learned about non-point vs. point source pollution

 

 

 

 

Thanks to everyone who visited the SWCD booth this year at the Ripley County 4-H Fair.  This year at the fair the rainfall simulator was a hit with people as they took noted of the difference in soil loss between the no-till and conventional tillage sample.  A special thanks to the Lawrence County SWCD for the use of their rainfall simulator.  Face painting kept the kidscoming for more; many children all around the fair grounds proudly displayed their farm animals, insects, and more on their faces. 

 

 

Also Congratulations to the door prize winners:

Savanah Boatwrite - Pedal Tractor

James Kash - Fishing Pole

James D. Benham - Fishing Pole

Jacob Brinson - Fishing Pole

Kaitlyn Samples - Fishing Pole

There were 220 posters submitted to the annual poster contest “Dig It, The Secrets of Soil.”  All schools in Ripley County were invited to participate.  The overall winner was Jacob Christie, a 4 grader, from Batesville Intermediate School. 

 

 

 

 

1 place – Abigail McCarty, South Ripley 1 Grade

2 – Paris Raab, St. Louis School Kindergarten

3 – Connor McCarty, South Ripley 1 Grade

 

 

1 – Chloe Johnson, South Ripley 2nd Grade

2 – Luke Begley, South Ripley 2nd Grade

3 – Marie Werner, St. Louis School 3 Grade

 

 

1 – Jacob Christie, Batesville Intermediate School 4 Grade

2 – Cassidy Molnar, Batesville Intermediate School 4 Grade

3 – Lauren Kieffer, Batesville Intermediate School 4 Grade

 

 

1 – Sarah Billingsley, Batesville Middle School 7 Grade

2 – Anna Meyer, Batesville Middle School 7 Grade

3 – Whitney Lambert, Batesville Middle School 7 Grade

 

 

1 – Joshua Whiteford, Milan High School 10 Grade

2 – Kaitlyn Gress, Milan High School 10 Grade

3 – Judy Groce, Milan High School 10 Grade

 

 

After rain, wind, and two tents later the week was a success for the Ripley County Soil and Water Conservation District. 

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth to talk with us and thanks to all the kids who stopped to play the “Pitch In to Conserve” game    

 

 

 

 

Each year the Purdue Extension Agency puts on an Ag Day Presentation for Ripley County third graders, in 2008 the SWCD presented Migration Hopscotch to teach kids about wetlands and their importance.