Not Enough Time

Well, I've been working on my second speech.  This one is an informative speech.  We just have to inform the class on something.  Anything.  The problem with such a broad spectrum to choose from is that I keep changing my mind!  I finally settled on talking about some things to do and see in Crawford County, Ohio.  I live in Bucyrus, the county seat of Crawford County. The school I'm attending is in Marion County just slightly south, so I thought there might be some information I can share that would be new to the class. I am going to talk about the Bratwurst Festival held in Bucyrus, the Dutchtown Hatchery Festival in New Washington and the underground Speak Easy back in Bucyrus. I have the speech written, but haven't had much time to actually practice!  We've been getting things put together for my Father-in-Law's funeral.  Calling hours are tomorrow and the funeral is Monday.  I have to do my speech on Tuesday.

Here's a condensed version of Main Point 1 on my speech:

Bucyrus claims to the Bratwurst Capital of America. The town has a strong German heritage and many Bucyrus butchers over the years have created their own recipes for Bratwurst.  The most well know is Carle's. They have a nice store in town that sells lots of meats and cheeses.  It's a favorite stop for visitors to town.  Anyway, with such a background, the Bratwurst Festival was first held in 1968.  It's called the Eatingest Festival in Ohio because there are so many food stands.  Bratwurst is grilled on open flames and is so good, especially with sauerkraut on a rye bun.  Yum!  The festival also has a queen's pageant, 3 parades, live entertainment and rides.  It's a lot of fun.  

If you're ever in Ohio the third weekend of August, you should stop on by!  It's actually held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  

I'll tell you about the Harvest Festival tomorrow!

Talk to you later!!