THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 • VOL. 112, NO. 18
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A Fine Easter Weekend Celebrated In The Valley
Baskets and bags in hand, children raced through a large section of Toppenish’s Pioneer Park and picked up as many eggs as they could. Thousands of plastic Easter eggs were picked up in under one minute.
Kaia, Jessie and Easton Garza prepared themselves for Easter egg hunting at Pioneer Park on Saturday.
Local Boy Creates Codes To Market The Livestock Show By Erick Peterson For the past three years, Tyler King has been showing animals at the upcoming Central Washington Junior Livestock Show. This year, in addition to showing animals, he is creating QR codes to help promote the show. The Central Washington Junior Livestock Show is May 4 to 7 at the Toppenish Rodeo Grounds (500 S. Division St.). QR codes are the square-shaped
squiggles commonly found on print advertisements. People can use their smart phones, with the help of the right application, to scan these boxes and discover new information. QR codes can direct people to pictures, videos or other advertisement. King, an 11-year-old homeschool student, said that many people, particularly older people, do not pay much attention to these codes. More and more younger people, however, frequently take note of them. He, for example, actively looks for them. “You don’t even think about them, but when you know what they are, you see them everywhere,” he said. He remembers that he first discovered them while browsing the Internet. Once he discovered what they are, he started looking for them, first going to Walmart. To his surprise, they were located on many different products, and they were helpful. A QR code found on a bicycle, for instance, directed him to more information about the bike. Still new to the world of QR codes, he shared this information with his mother, who encouraged his interest. Together, they started collecting the codes and scanning them wherever they could find them. In an average day, they scan five to 20 QR codes. They see so many of them nowadays, King and his
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Harrah resident Tyler King holds up a pack of gum with a QR code. This particular code can be scanned to discover more information about the gum company. King has created his own QR codes to promote the upcoming Central Washington Junior Livestock Show.
Harrah Prime Cut 4-H Club has been busy making posters, creating educational boards and getting ready for the Central Washington Junior Livestock Show.