New Richmond Elementary fifth grade student Aaron Prescott now has blue ribbons from the county and state fairs to hang on his wall next to his trophy catches.
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| New Richmond Elementary fifth grade student Aaron Prescott displays his Blue Ribbons won at the Clermont County and Ohio State fairs. |
"He chose to do a project on fishing since he loves the outdoors and to go fishing already," explained Laura Prescott.
It addition to research about Ohio's fish and their habitats, Aaron's 4H project required him to set goals related to doing activities in the community. He had to answer questions from judges about the types of fish in Ohio and the environmental problems that they face, along with
trying to catch one of each type. The fish he caught were large mouth bass, small mouth bass, catfish, bluegill, white crappie, and black crappie.
Upon completion of the project book and going fishing, Aaron had to create a poster that summarized his project before presenting it to a judge. He made his presentation between baseball tournament games on July 7 which resulted in first place at the county fair which qualified him for the state fair in Columbus where he again took first place.
"He hopes that more people will join 4-H since he learned so much about how to make a poster, do interviews and complete a large scale project," said Laura Prescott. "Next year he plans on taking an animal to the fair, along with doing the next fishing project and a rifle project."
