Dom's 4H Letter...Go to the Rich County Fair!

Hi! My name is Dominique Casillas, but you can call me Dom, my parents are Samuel and Jennifer. I am 9 years old and I will be in the 4^th grade at North Rich Elementary this year. My favorite subjects are art, science and math.  

When I am not in school I enjoy my beta fish, Linda and Tangerine, my cat Bandana, growing plants, I have over 70, camping, riding my bike, swimming, I used to want to be an Olympic Swimmer but I changed my mind, now I want to be a veterinarian and a farmer and I am a licensed beekeeper with the State of Utah.

This is my first year in 4-H, and I LOVE 4-H! I am part of the Laketown Jr. Livestock   4-H Group in Rich County. This is my first year doing a market swine.  I am also the club secretary for the Laketown Jr. Livestock 4-H Group and the President for my 4-H sewing club, Happy Stitchers.

This summer I have worked really hard training my pig, Hamster! Hamster weighs about 251 lbs., she is a Red Duroc! I worked with Hamster every day, well all most every day; so, she could learn how to respond to my commands and so I could learn how to handle her.  Hamster loves to play hide and seek in the straw, she will hide, and I have to find her, she loves her belly to be tickled, she will faint like a fainting goat! She is really smart and most days she will come running when I call her name, or she sees me. Sometimes she really frustrates me because she won’t work or do what I want her to do and she doesn’t like treats! Hamster gets mad at me also sometimes, she won’t move, or else she will just lay back down in the straw and grunt at me, she will also dip her head in the water and then shakes it all over me! She is really good at blowing bubbles in the water with her nose.  I love Hamster, she is my best friend.

Hamster has taught me a few things, to never give up, that I can do hard things, and how to be responsible for taking care of another living thing. 

I would like to invite you to the Rich County 2019 Fair where I will be judged on showmanship, Thursday, August 15^th at 5 pm, Hamster will be judged at the market show on Friday at 8 am and then Saturday at 11:30 am is when Hamster will be auctioned off.  They will also be auctioning off sheep, goats and steers. If you are interested in being a buyer this year you will need register on Saturday by 10 am. If you are unable to attend and would still like to support me or one of my friends, you can boost us.  All these events are taking place at the Rich County Fairgrounds, in Randolph, Utah. If you have any other questions you can call the extension office at (435) 793-2435. 

I hope that you will be able to come to the auction and not only support and cheer me on by bidding on Hamster, but also all my friends too.  All the money, most of it, will be put in my savings account to go towards my mission and college and some of it I am going to use to buy myself a bonsai tree and next year’s 4-H pig.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at jennyysunflowers@gmail.com.  I hope to see you at the fair and I am excited to visit with you, even if I am a little shy.  Thanks for all your support.

Dominique

P.S. I told my mom what I wanted to say, and she helped me put it all together.