Balloon Chase - U4 sponsors Balloon 4th year in a row

U4 again sponsored a balloonist for the Elkhart Fair. We had the oppurtunity to sponsor the balloonist "Phil Pate" from Lake Wawasee. We have always opened the balloon rides up for staff and friends.

Riders this year were:

Friday Evening: Cancelled (Gary Crisenbery)

Saturday Morning: Heather Truex and Friend

Saturday Evening: Beth Kroes

Sunday Morning: Renee Schwartz

Sunday Brunch: Ben Plikerd, Kristi Plikerd, Ken Plikerd, Butch Plikerd

Ken and Butch helped launch balloons. Thanks!

Elkhart Fair "A HUGE SUCCESS"

Elkhart 4-H Fair is currently in full swing. All U4 staff is scheduled at to work the fair at one time or another during the next week. U4 will be giving away U4 bags and "Smashed Pennies". Seen in the picture is Don Simmons and Heather Truex helping kids smash pennies. Located on the pennies is a U4 logo along with the web address http://www.whatisu4.com/

We think our fair booth is the best it has ever been. Thanks to "Diggin in the Dirt" from Syracuse for providing all the flowers and trees for us.

Elkhart County Fair Booth Completed

Rich Hays, Bill Rondeau, Bob Brown, and Ben Plikerd finished setting up the fair booth Thursday night before the fair. We have increased the size of our fair booth this year. We hope you can come visit our booth. We are located in the main merchant building again right next to where we were last year. Our booth is in the north west corner. Pictured is Kristi Plikerd making sure everything looks good.