The Marion County Conservation District would like to encourage all Marion County art students in first through fifth grades and writing students in the sixth through 12th grades to participate in the annual Jim Claypool Conservation Art and the Conservation Writing Essay Contest. In the past years, participation has declined. The Marion County Conservation District wants the future generation to realize the importance of soil by expressing their ideas and thoughts of what they can do to help to protect the soil and how they benefit from it each and every day.
What a busy week! Between the usual games and matches, plus extra assignments and Ham Days, I barely got a wink of sleep over the weekend. I suppose in the long run though, staying busy is good, even if we don’t think so in the present moment.