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Nicollet County Fair 2013 Nicollet County Fair schedule Wednesday, Aug. 7 – Entry Day • Open Class Registration: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Harness Racing: 1 p.m. — $5 Admission — Free under 12 • Tyson & Durenberger Band: 5-9 p.m. – Big Tent • Pfeffer Tournament at 6:30 p.m. in Thompson Hall • Erkle Band: 6-10 p.m. – Big Tent • Big Screen Movie: 9:30 p.m. – Grandstand — $3 Admission (12 & under FREE) by Why Not Events Thursday, Aug. 8 • 4-H Shows beginning at 8 a.m. running all day (for specifics, go to: www.nicolletcountyfairgrounds.com) • Krissy Marie: 12-2 p.m. – Big Tent • R&B Crossing: 3-6:30 p.m. – Big Tent • Truck and Tractor Pull:

MORE INFORMATION $3 parking on the fairgrounds Hesse Petting Zoo — Open at 9 a.m. Thursday to Sunday at the Ag Center Keep up with the latest on the Nicollet County Fair Facebook page Get more info and registration forms online at www. nicolletcountyfair.com

6 p.m. — $10 Admission — $5 ages 6-12 -Free 5 and under – Sponsored by Traverse Elevator and Arnold’s Implement • Gary Tyson Band: 7:30 p.m.close – Big Tent Friday, Aug. 9 – Senior Day (Free parking for seniors): • Daycare Day (pre-register at 382-6241): 9-10:30 a.m. includes goodie bag and snack! • Jay Hanson: 12-1 p.m. – Big Tent • Senior Citizens Program and Farm Awards: 1 p.m. in Johnson Hall – Sponsored by: First Na-

tional Bank • Wendinger Band: 2-5 p.m. – Big Tent • Johnny Frost (‘Elvis’): 5:307:30 p.m. – Big Tent • Demolition Derby: 7 p.m. — $10 Admission — $5 ages 6-12 -Free 5 and under – Sponsored by Tire Assoc. • Black Rose Productions: 8 p.m.-close – Big Tent Saturday, Aug. 10 – Kid’s Day • Grilling Contest: 9 a.m. by 4H Food Stand • Kid’s Pedal Pull: 11 a.m. by Grandstand – Sponsored by

KNUJ • Reptile Z oo Exhibit: 12-5 p.m. – Big Tent • Firefighters Water Challenge: 1 p.m. – South end of track • The Shifters: 1-2 p.m. – Big Tent • K9 Unit Demonstration with Deputy Paul Biederman: 2:30 p.m. – by the Sheriff ’s trailer • Talent Show: 3 p.m. – Johnson Hall • Gary Tyson Magic Show: 3-5 p.m. – Big Tent • Lollipop the Clown: 4-7 p.m. – Big Tent • Demolition Derby: 6:30 p.m. — $10 Admission — $5 ages 6-12 -Free 5 and under – Sponsored by Tire Associates and American Legion Post #37 (St. Peter) • The Rum Runners: 9- – Big Tent Sunday, Aug. 11 • ATV Pull: 12 p.m. — $5 Admission — Free under 12

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There are two basic styles of demolition derby driving: The passive style of avoiding big hits and the aggressive style of dishing out hard hits. Kasota’s Brad Guth, 32, a 15year veteran driver at the Nicollet County Demolition Derby, chooses the latter. “I’ve always been one to put on a show, “ said Guth who will run in the Nicollet County Fair Friday, Aug. 2 and 3. “I’ll hit hard the whole time. I kind of do it for the fans. It’s a fun, hard-hitting derby. Me and my friends are all foot to the floor and away you go. That’s how you drive. And we all run here. “ The other type of drivers are more passive. “We call those people the sandbaggers,” Guth said. “They’re getting sick of being called that, so now they’re called smart drivers. They pick their hits. They don’t hit as hard and wreck their cars.” Guth doesn’t mind getting banged up. A smashed-up car can still run with a good engine. “If your motor stops, you’re done,” Guth said. “I’ve pushed that on everybody. There are a lot of cars out there where they’re full lit up and in half and they’re still running. A good tune-up will go a long way. “ Last year, Guth went headto-head with buddy Brad Haack, of Le Sueur. “I’m Brad 17,” Guth said. “He’s Brad Haack 71 with the gas mask. If you would look at that car afterward, the whole end was wrapped around his motor. He won.” Both are aggressive drivers who like to hit. “That’s what people pay to see,” Guth said. In addition to being an active hitter, Guth likes to have a colorful car. “That’s one reason why I painted that one up pretty,” Guth said of the car that will be raffled off at the derby. “I always like to do it so the crowds have something to look at. Nobody wants to watch a bunch of black cars running around hitting each other. You can’t tell who they are. “It’s for the kids. You got to give them something to look at. One moment when I was derbying, it made me keep painting my cars up. My car was smashed up. I was going up against Imperials and I had a ‘80s Buick, and it did

DEMO DERBY RAFFLE SET In a fundraiser for the St. Peter Youth Wrestling Club, a freshly built and painted demolition derby car will be raffled off at the Nicollet County Fair. Brad Guth, who has two sons in the wrestling club, Kole, 9, and Brock, 5, turned the 1985 Ford LTD into a derby car with help from his friends and relatives. Ray Stoecker, a longtime driver and member of demo club called Blue Light Motor Sports, of Nicollet, donated the car and the engine. Another friend, Jake Olson from Simply Twisted Motor Sports, of St. Peter, rebuilt the engine, a Chrysler 318 cubic inch. His cousin, Jim Rustman, did the Madd Cow graphics, which feature St. Peter Wrestling Club. “We were looking for a fundraiser because our youth wrestling tournament didn’t get a great turnout the last couple of years,” said Guth, who wrestled for St. Peter and has built built almost 40 cars in 15 years on his parents’ property in Kasota. Fifteen-year driver Brad Guth (17) of St. Peter gets in a lick in the 2012 Nicollet County Fair “I’ve seen it done before, Guth said of the raffles. “I get a Demolition Derby. (Brittany Guth photo) lot of people who ask me, ‘hey you should build me a car. I want to run one of your cars.’ “Nowadays cars typically cost $500-$600. You could pay all the way up to $1,200. I’ve never done that and never will. When I started, they cost 50 bucks. It’s gone up quite a bit.” They started selling tickets at the St. Peter Fourth of July parade. They’ll sell until Friday night at derby and call the name one hour before the derby starts. And they can run it Saturday night in the ‘80s and newer class. If a woman wins, she’ll run it in Powder Puff. Tickets are $10 each. All proceeds go to youth wrestling.

not work out. I’m up against the wall, and I look up. I painted my car cartoon characters and this little kid is cheering me on. That’s one reason my I’ve always painted my cars colorful. “My wife ran a Powderpuff car. I’ve had a Scooby Doo car, Superman car, Batman car, Cartoon Express with all the Looney Tunes characters. Kids love it. “It gets the kids involved, too. My son, Kole, has painted two of my cars, so I try to get them involved as much as I can. He helped here build that one. I got him welding some stuff, and he loves it.” Guth build his cars pretty much myself. Friend Brandon Thomas comes over and helps quite bit with painting and body work. His brother, Brian, who is two years older, used to help in building cars at their parents’ house in Kasota, but he’s got his own stuff, Guth said. “When both of us are here at the same time, it’s hard to do two cars. We both started the same time. He ran and I sat aside and watched. A year or two later I was old enough to build and drive my own. “ Guth builds two or three cars a year and races in other

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area derbies: Nicollet Friendship Days, Owatonna, Mapleton and Le Center. This he’s just doing Nicollet County. But he wants to try Winter Slam in February in Garden City. Guth grew up watching demo derbies. His parents, Roger and Sue, brought the family to the Nicollet County derby brought every year. “That was the thing to do during the fair, go to the derbies and always get front-row seats,” Guth said. “We got there early (1 p.m.) and put our blanket down to save front-row seats. “It was us, our cousins, aunts and uncles. Something our whole family went to watch. I had a couple uncles driving. Once I started, my little cousins started. All the cousins that I grew up around town here. We have a little group, brothers of destruction (BOD). Me and Brian started it off.

Brad Guth of St. Peter built this car to be raffled off prior to the Nicollet County Demolition Derby. It is a fundraiser for St. Peter Youth Wrestling Club. (Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald)

“It’s fun. Some people argue Reach Sports Editor Pat Beck with you that it’s not cheaper than at 931-8566, or follow him on racing, but I think it is. It’s just the adrenaline rush. Just going out there and what I built beat what you built or am I a better driver than you.” Although driving for 15 years, Guth said he still get nervous before a race. “But as soon as that green flag drops and you step the gas, they’re all gone. When they go, they’re grinning ear-to-ear. This is awesome.” He’s only won three times, twice in St. Peter. He’s placed a dozen times in the money, in the top five, top six. Guth expects his sons to follow his tire tracks. “Kole said he wants to do it as soon as he can (age 16).”

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Amid the many daily duties and responsibilities that come with caring for farm animals, the Nicollet County Fair is special treat for countless kids involved in the local 4-H programs. “It’s kind of like a vacation,” said Bethany Anderson, who has been showing animals at the fair for 12 years. Though Bethany enjoys hanging out with friends from around the county — showing her animals and watching other events and shows at the fair — a successful showing at the fair does not come without lots of hard work and preparation. Special treatment Emily Annexstad has been bringing calves to the fair since she was 7. Now with eight years of experience under her belt and 15 living on a dairy farm, she has a good feel for both what judges expect and what it takes to compete in her category. “The judges look for different things depending on if you’re showing a dairy or meat animal,” said Emily. While meat cows should look muscular and masculine, judges like dairy cows to be trim and more feminine-looking. “We blow all of the hair on their back up because you want them to have a straight back,” Emily said. “And you clip their hair so [the judges] can see the definition of the ribs.” In addition to hair care, in the weeks leading up to the fair, Emily and her twin brothers, Leif and Matthias, cut back on the hay and grain their calves eat, start giving them a good wash every few days and practice walking the animals they will show. “One day we’ll take them on a longer walk and then the next day we’ll practice the show ring,” said Emily. When it’s time to show their calves at the fair, each participant walks their animal around a show ring and then lines their calf up with the others before being interviewed by the judges. Bethany, who lives on a farm

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Thursday, August 8 8 to 9a.m. — — 4-H beef interviews 9 a.m. — — 4-H sheep and market goat show 10 to 11a.m. — — 4-H poultry interviews 11 a.m. to Noon — — 4-H rabbit and horse interviews 12 to 1 p.m. — — 4-H dairy and goat interviews In the weeks leading up to the fair, Leif, Emily and Matthias Annexstad practicing walking their calves and lining them up like 1:30 p.m. — — 4-H beef they will have to when they show their animals in front of the judges. (Erin O’Neill/Le Sueur News-Herald) show shown pigs, rabbits, calves and will 6 p.m. — — 4-H rabbit show goats for the first time this show year. “You have to understand how Friday, August 9 the animal works and how it looks. 8 a.m. — — 4-H horse It’s a lot of learning.” show Though it can sometimes mean 8:30 a.m. — — 4-H dairy hours of extra research and readgoat followed by dairy show ing for the participant, especially 2 p.m. — — 4-H poultry if they are showing a species for show the first time, the education piece 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. — — is what Emily values most out of swine and sheep interviews the whole experience. Saturday, August 10 “I look forward to it every 9 a.m. — — 4-H swine year,” said Emily. “I like showing show other people what we do on our Sunday, August 11 farm and educating the public.” In addition to informing fairNoon — — 4-H cat & pet goers about cows and dairy proshow

just down the road from the Annexstads, about 10 miles outside of St. Peter, does similar exercises with her pigs, but also makes sure they are socially ready for the fair. “We turn a radio on so they get used to the commotion,” said Bethany. Because farm animals are raised in quiet rural environments and interact with a limited number of people on a daily basis, the chaos and crowds of people at the fair can be incredibly stressful for animals, causing some to get sick and even die. For breeders, it isn’t just about presentation, but knowing your animal inside and out. Lots of learning After the initial showing and presentation of the animals to the judges, each participant is asked a series of questions about their species and animal. “It’s a lot of facts to know about your breed,” said Bethany, who has

duction, Emily and her brothers help give tours on their farm in summer, opening the eyes of inner city youth to life on a farm. “We show them the milk parlor, the calf barn, where we feed them and the free-stall barn,” said Matthias. While she has enjoyed growing up around and being able to care for animals all her life, Bethany understands that not all of her 4-H buddies are so lucky. So she came up with an idea to help her friends that live in town. “I would sell my 4-H rabbits after showing them for a year,” said Bethany. “Most people have space for a rabbit. Whether it’s washing their calves, giving tours of their farm or researching a new species to Bethany Anderson, who has shown rabbits, pigs and calves at the Nicollet County Fair, will show, these kids love what they do. show goats for the first time this year. (Erin O’Neill/Le Sueur News-Herald) “I just like being with cows,” admitted Leif. “They’re nice and any other way,” said Bethany. lay around and are fuzzy.” Reach reporter Erin O’Neill at And as far as the chores that go Open all year! Stop in today for 931-8576, or follow her on Twitalong with living on a farm? the area’s best selection of “I couldn’t see myself living ter.com @LNHeoneill.

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Purple ribbon champions

Local exhibitors win big year after year OPEN CLASS

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With paint smeared fingers, quickly moving needles and fast chopping, vintage VegOMatics — they slice, dice and julienne — local exhibitors are gearing up for another year of competition at the Nicollet County Fair. For many of the county’s most successful exhibitors, the title Grand Champion is a mere accolade. They enter the fair not because they want to win, but because it’s hands down, without a doubt, fun. “I had kids involved in 4H,” Betty Wenner, repeat champion, said. “We lived on a farm and they would enter pigs. My daughters would enter terrariums. They had so much fun, I decided I wanted to do it too.” Wenner has been racking up awards and collecting prize ribbons for almost 10 years now. A crocheter, she enters afghans, tablecloths, caps, booties and more on a regular basis. She also enters flowers, grown each year in her garden, and ceramics. She’s currently working on a ‘yo-yo’ quilt which she hopes to enter in 2014. “I used to enter bedspreads and tablecloths I had crocheted, and won grand champion for them,” Wenner said. “But crocheting is going out and quilts are in.” Being a successful exhibitor takes a lot of talent, a little bit of luck and good intuition, Wenner said. You have to know what the judges are looking for, whether it be perfect stitches or a unique design. Terry Lynch, last year’s grand champion in painting, said it comes down to catching the judges’ eyes. Entries need to stand out to win. Lynch has entered art in the fair three times. Last summer he won a purple ribbon, qualifying for grand champion status with a lifelike painting of a rose. Still an artist in training, he started taking art classes six years ago, shortly after retiring. At 52-years-old, he had never pursued art as a hobby before. “I didn’t do anything from the time I was 8 years old to 52,” Lynch said. He first learned to draw the human figure, then quickly began working in a variety of different mediums — paint, pastel, colored pencil and charcoal. He has submitted other types of art before and said that entering in the fair has been a good way to get feedback on his work.

For information on how to enter art, baked goods, canned good and more for consideration in this year’s fair, visit www. nicolletcountyfair.com and download entry forms and rules. There is a $3 entry fee person. With the entry free, registrants get an exhibitor’s parking pass.

“Sometimes it’s good just for reinforcement,” Lynch said, “to be told you’re doing it the right way.” Some exhibitors already know they’re doing things right. Keith Bense and the “pickle boys” are a prime example. Serious enough about pickling to adopt the model, “Pickling is not just cucumbers and vinegar; it’s a lifestyle!” the men say they know their pickles are good and aren’t afraid to brag about them. “I think the recipe is a good recipe,” Bense said. “I’ve never tasted a pickle that tastes like ours,” Mark Bollum, one of pickle boys, said. Bense began pickling eight years ago, teaming up with Joanie Bollum, Mark Bollum’s mother. It was shortly after his mother died. “My mom always did stuff like that, pickling,” Bense said. “So I guess it was a way to remember her.” He was quickly joined by Mark Bollum, Dan Sterk, Steve Sizer, Jeff Knutson, Tim Lokensgard, Leo Kempenich and Mark Siebels. Together the eight men cut cucumbers, stuff jars and brew brine. Forming an assembly line, the men churned out more than 800 jars of pickles last year. This year they’re shooting for 1,000. Using their “top secret” recipe, they make the pickles in a large shed in rural Nicollet County. They grow some of the cucumbers themselves, but buy the rest from local farms. To cut the cucumbers, they use vintage VegOMatics. Sizer, self-proclaimed “mix-master,” cooks up the brine. The rest of the men, slice the cucumbers and pack them into jars. “We don’t just allow anyone to pack the pickles,” Lokensgard said. “That’s an art right there.” When the jars “pop” or seal, the men toast. They not only make dill pickles, but spicy ones with Serrano or jalapeno peppers. Some of the men make horseradish pickles, too. They usually enter the best

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Keith Bense and the “pickle boys” gather at this shed in rural Nicollet County every summer to make pickles. Back row, left to right: Leo Kempenich, Dan Sterk, Mark Bollum, Tim Lokensgard and Steve Sizer. Front row, left to right: Keith Bense and Jeff Knutson.

Terry Lynch, a St. Peter artist, won ‘grand champion’ in the Nicollet County Fair’s painting division last year. (Jessica Bies/ St. Peter Herald)

of the batch into the fair, selling the rest to family and friends or auctioning them off at charity benefits. “The most we’ve ever gotten for one jar is $220,” Mark Bollum said. Last year, they were declared division champions. They’ve won blue ribbons in the past as well. Bense said the pickles not

only taste good, they look good. Sliced “tongue style,” long and flat instead of in spears, they are crunchy and packed with flavor. “They’re pretty good,” Bense said modestly. “They’re a sweet pickle. Not real sweet, but sweet.” Reach reporter Jessica Bies at 507-931-8568 or follow her on Twitter.com @sphjessicabies

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Betty Wenner, frequent fair champion, enters several crocheted items every year. (Jessica Bies/St. Peter Herald)

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NICOLLET COUNTY FAIR: Good fun, great food By JAMES STITT

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The Nicollet County Fair is on its way — and that means good fun and great food. This year there will be a variety of food vendors and food offered at the fair. There will be funnel cakes, hot dogs, smoothies, pizza, authentic Mexican food, cheese curds, barbecue, pork and much more. Don McCabe, a director for the fair, said planners try to include a wide variety of foods and try to make sure each of the food stands are different. He said the diversity of the stands can make it tough for visitors to try each one of the food vendors. McCabe said that it makes him a busy man to try to get to each one. “My family and I try to make it to each stand at least once,” said McCabe. For some people though, it is all about one stand. “I call it pork week,” said Doug Wenner. “That is about all I eat that week.” Wenner is a part of the Nicollet County Pork Producers, and the week of the fair is a busy week for him and others that are a part the pork producers. They spend the time prior to the fair by cleaning out the pork producers building and stocking up on food. The pork producers can go through 400 pounds of shredded pork, 2,000 pork chops, 200 pounds of Mr. Ribs, 150 pounds of pork burgers, and 30 gallons of baked beans. Even though they stock up with all of that food, they still can see it go by in a flash. “Sometimes it is almost gone by Saturday,” Wenner laughed. The Nicolett Pork Producers have two huge grills that are constantly running, cooking up hundreds of pieces of pork at once. The two grills have a surface of 72 inches by 140 inches, and can cook around 150 pork chops at once. The pork producers are open from dusk ‘til dawn, opening at 9 a.m. and closing around 8 or 9 p.m., or until the crowd quits. Wenner said that the weather can have an affect on how much people will eat. He said the hotter the weather, the less people will eat at stands, though they will cool down with lemonade or a malt. Even though they may have some downtime during the hot days, Wenner said there is one time where they see a lot of traffic. He said the busiest time for

the pork producers is during the demolition derby. “The demolition derby always gets people hungry,” said Wenner. Scott Van Deest, president of Nicolett County Pork Producers, said of all the food they offer, the pork chops are his favorite. And people seem to agree. “I prefer the pork chops, they are definitely juicy,” said Van Deest. “A lot of people who eat our pork say the same thing.” Wenner said he always gets questions on how the pork producers makes such good pork. “Everyone wonders how they taste so good,” said Wenner. He people will ask him what the secret is to good pork and he always tells them it is a good meat thermometer. Wenner said that the key is to make sure that the meat is cooked properly, and after that, a little seasoning is all you need. He said if people come in, the pork producers will be more than happy to show them how to make good pork chops. “Come in and we will teach you the right way to grill pork,” said Wenner. The Nicolett County Pork Producers are at the fair to serve good food, but are also there to teach people about pork products. “Educating people [about] the pork industry is one of the biggest things we can do,” said Van Deest. Wenner said even though it is pork week for him, he still finds a way to get to taste other treats. He said having such good pork chops helps him when he is looking for something else. “Sometime I will go out and trade some pork chops for a malt,” said Wenner. The Nicolett County Pork Producers travel all over, cooking food for different events and educating people on the pork industry. Wenner said even though they travel, the Nicolett County

Hanna Herr (left) and MacKenzie Scholtz (right) enjoy some lemonade at a past Nicolett County Fair. (Photo submitted by Don McCabe)

Bob Streip of Bricelyn turns over some shrimp wrapped in bacon during a Grilling Contest at the 2012 Nicollet County Fair. (File photo)

Fair is always a special event. He said that they get different experiences at other events, but nothing beats the atmosphere of the Nicolett County fair. “You meet so many different people,” said Wenner. “But I just enjoy the rural flavors.” Reporter James Stitt can be reached at 931-8572 or follow him on Twitter @LCL_j_stitt.

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