Wednesday, October fourteenth, as I remember it, was such a brisk, sunny afternoon; this was perfect for a Carny Fair at Emmanuel Bible College. Several of us students moseyed on down to the Pad, where various activities were being held. Upon my arrival, I was greeted by a cheerful Christie Heemskerk, who was enjoying the company of some line dancers. The common farm theme was evident when I spotted a hay bale throwing contest and began to head in that direction. On my way over, I noticed the free caramel and candy apples being offered and even though I didn’t try one, they did look delicious. At the same booth there was also an “udder” contest; yes, you did read that correctly. Rubber gloves were filled with milk and anyone who wanted to pretend to milk a cow could try; once again, I decided against it.

Making my way around the basket-ball court, I came across a milk-guessing table. From just looking at the containers, I could depict cream from skim milk. However, I could not guess which one was goat’s milk with the same method of observation. Apparently Matthew Gates won this milk tasting contest; he seemed very confident about this, but this may have been biased. Some of the milk-testers had the courage to down a glass of crème and others had the courage to chug a whole litre of chocolate milk!

The next event I found myself participating in was the hay bale toss. Before I did so, Curtis Robb had just hurled a bale of hay so far that it almost reached the grass on the opposite side of the basket-ball court; every guy was filled with jealous amazement. Someone mentioned to me afterwards that if it would have rolled onto the grass, he would have won a hundred bucks. However, when it was my turn to throw the bale of hay, I barely achieved half the distance It’s too bad though, because I could have used the money. All in all, the Carny Fair was a great success thanks to EBC’s resident advisors. Good work guys!

-Brittany Simpson