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Parade Route Page 3

Event Schedule Page 7

Farm Family Pages 12-13

2018 • QUINCY, WA

Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day

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Parade route changes this year - see the map. . . . . . . . . Page 3 Welcome to FCAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4,6 Schedule of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 Our bountiful land - a column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8-9 Farm Family of the Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12-13 Beat the Beast returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 16 Annual Cook-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 18 Test your Apple IQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 20-21 Cowboy poet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 23 Tractors! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 26 Honorary Farmer of the Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 30 Food at FCAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 32, 35 Dancing horses on parade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 34-35 Plenty of booths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 38

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A time to party and party-cipate For the past 37 years, Quincy has entered the home stretch of its summer days with a big get-together that stretches far past its city limits.

FCAD is the name, and while how to pronounce it sometimes stumps the newcomer (EPH-cad, in case you’re wondering), once you’re there, it doesn’t take long for people to feel right at home.

The reason is simple: There’s something for nearly everybody.

The action at FCAD, which is short for Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day, starts late on Friday, with a practice fireworks shoot at dusk. Then, on what technically is FCAD’s second day, Saturday, a tsunami of activity hits early in the morning, with a hot air balloon show at dawn kicking off the festivities.

And that, as they say, is just the beginning. Visitors to FCAD can

find something to entertain crowds of all ages, from the Lions’ community breakfast, to a variety of bus tours of the area’s crops, farms, factories and fields, to the roaring, gas-fueled camaraderie of the car show, to the mouth-watering smells of the Rotary barbecue, and the cuteness of the baby animals in the FFA barn.

Those seeking to catch a show may get a glimpse of The Weavils, cowboy poet Glen Bair, Dance Effects or a performance by a clogging dancing troupe. Those seeking to break a sweat might want to check out the Beat the Beast Fun Run, or the Rally in the Valley volleyball tournament. Those wanting to learn something will want to gather inside the Chuck McConnell Performing Arts Center at Quincy High School, where a slate of presentations on topics like geSee FCAD on page 6

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Mexican folk dance groups are among the attractions of the FCAD Grand Parade, happening at midmorning on Saturday, Sept. 8.

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Join us for the FIREWORKS extravaganza and balloon glow on Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day weekend this year at Lauzier Park!

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FCAD from page 4 ology, birds of prey and agriculture will run from early in the morning until close to dinnertime.

If all this activity makes you want to say thanks, look no further than the Memorial Wall honoring the area’s war veterans that in many ways made all this possible.

Part of FCAD is a dedication of plaques at the Memorial Park.

That night, a fireworks show at dusk caps the main day of activities. Then, early Sunday morning, a second balloon launch, weather permitting, and the Chef’s Challenge at White Heron Winery closes the door on another hectic, happy, and (hopefully) smoke-free year of FCAD. Regardless of what you do, whether waving at people at the Grand Parade or cheering on people at the Tractor Pull or celebrating people at the Farm Family of the Year and Honorary Farmer of the Year awards ceremonies, just remember that those who started FCAD did so with a purpose. They

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Gigantic farm equipment rolls through Quincy during FCAD, much to the amazement and amusement of spectators.

wanted to give you a party, but they also wanted you to participate. They wanted you to be entertained, but they also wanted you to be enlightened about what it takes for a crop to become your

salad, for a leaf to become your minty toothpaste, and for a potato from Grant County to become those crunchy chips with your lunches.

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EVENT SCHEDULE ALL ACTIVITIES ARE AT THE QHS FESTIVAL GROUNDS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

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Fireworks at dusk until 11 p.m., practice for the next day’s fireworks show.

SUN., SEPT. 9

SUNRISE - Balloon launch at Lauzier Park (weather permitting) 7 A.M.- Beat the Beast, 2K/5K/10K registration at Mountain View Elementary 7-10 A.M.- Breakfast at QHS cafeteria 8 A.M.- Beat the Beast begins at Mountain View Elementary School.

9 A.M.- Car show and tractor events registration at QHS grounds. Parade registration downtown.

9 A.M.-4 P.M.- Food, exhibits, quilt show, produce sale in the high school gymnasium and FCAD grounds 9 A.M.- Veteran’s memorial plaque dedication at Memorial Park 10 A.M. - FCAD Grand Parade through downtown Quincy 10:50 A.M.- Glen Bair-Cowboy Poets 11 A.M.-Tractor events begin after registration 11 A.M.- Children’s activities and petting zoo begin

6 A.M.- Balloon launch (weather permitting) at Lauzier Park 2 P.M. - Chef Extravaganza at White Heron Cellars, 23832 Fine Wine Road above Trinidad

11 A.M-3 P.M.- Quincy Rotary barbecue begins 11:30 A.M.- Car show judging begins 11:40 A.M.- 12 P.M.- Dance Effects NOON - Farm family of the year and Honorary farmer onstage 12:10-12:40 P.M.- The Weavils 12:30 P.M.- Cook-off entries due in QHS gym 12:40-1 P.M.- Dance -Tina Hobson 1 P.M.- Fire department Burn Demo 1- 1:50 P.M. Glen Bair-Cowboy Poets 1:15 P.M.- Cook-off judging begins 1:50-2 P.M.- Tractor Awards 2 P.M.-2:50 P.M.- The Weavils 3 P.M.- Car show & Cook-off winners announced & Parade Awards

Dark: Northwest pyrotechnics association fireworks’ show at Lauzier Park, around 8:30 p.m., with some fireworks lasting until 11 p.m.

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Sign up and meet for all tours in front of the high school at the bus turnaround. These are free tours and are first-come-first-served.

10 A.M. - Cruisin’ the Crops 11:30 P.M. - Great Ecape Geology 12:45 P.M. - Quincy Foods 11 A.M. - Quincy Fresh Fruit NOON - Quincy Foods 1:30 P.M. - Quincy Foods IN THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (PAC)/AUDITORIUM AT QHS 8:30 A.M. & 4 P.M. - Video: Desert Garden (15 min.)

9:00 A.M. - VIDEO: “Huge Floods in the Pacific Northwest – A Story of Lava, Ice and Water” featuring Nick Zentner, Geology Professor at Central Washington University (20 min.)

9:30 A.M. - VIDEOS: Frenchman Coulee (5 min.), and The Great Floods, Cataclysms of the Ice Age (15 min.)

10 A.M., 1:30 P.M. & 3 P.M. - Video: Desert Garden (15 min.) followed by “Interactive Agriculture” (10 min.)

10:30 A.M. & 3:30 P.M. - VIDEO: Ice Age Floods, Catastrophic Transformation of the West (30 min.)

11:00 P.M. - Talk by Ken Lacy, “The Great Escape.” Ken will tell about glacial Lake Missoula, the ice-age floods and the geologic features found around the Quincy Valley. Then, Ken will lead a tour by bus to the Potholes Coulee, Frenchman Coulee and the Drumheller Channels and nearby areas to view flood-carved geology.

11:45 A.M. - Lower Grand Coulee Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute Monthly Meeting 12:15 P.M. - TALK & VIDEO: David McWalter, Interpretive Specialist at the Dry Falls Visitor Center. David will talk about the Junior Ranger Program, Dry Falls and the Grand Coulee, and present a video featuring Nick Zentner, Geology Professor at CWU. 2 P.M. - WSU Raptor Club Presentation with live birds of prey and telling the story of each one. The WSU Raptor Club is a non-profit organization located on the WSU campus in Pullman. Its mission is to promote wildlife conservation through the use of non-releasable raptors as living representatives in public environmental education programs. The club’s presentation gives people an opportunity to see these amazing birds up-close. Please bring your children and/or grandchildren to this program.

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By Jeannie Kiehn wheat and beef cattle. the Quincy Valley are I’m also involved with blessed with irrigation county, state and national Cattle- from the Columbia Basin ProjWomen and Cattlemen Associa- ect. The Bureau of Reclamation tions and have been a 4-H live- website states: the Columbia Bastock leader for 27 years. sin Project serves about 671,000 As a farmer’s daughter, I learned acres in east central Washington. early to respect the land that feeds While Congress authorized the us. I’ve also learned that Mother Columbia Basin Project in 1943, Nature gives and takes. Some construction of the irrigation sysyears are productively good on a tem did not start until after World farm and some not so good. It de- War II. The first irrigation water pends on the frost days, rain, wind was pumped from the Columbia

River near Pasco in 1948 and was delivered to about 5,400 acres.

The irrigation system carried its first water from Grand Coulee Dam to about 66,000 acres in spring of 1952.

Without irrigation, the Columbia Basin wouldn’t exist as the outstanding agricultural region that it is today!

Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day was born out of the need to educate and advocate for our farmers and ranchers who help to feed the world. It’s difficult for me to believe that there are people who truly believe their food only comes from the store. But that’s because I grew up here.

I have to admit there are things happening in the metropolitan areas that I probably would be

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More than 60 different crops are grown in Grant County, making it an agricultural capital.

According to the Grant County Economic Development Council, there are 1,700,000 acres of farmland (which includes pastureland) in production in Grant County alone. Grant County’s 1,858 farms annually produce crops and livestock valued at $1.19 billion.

The five top agriculture products produced here are apples, milk, potatoes, cattle and wheat.

In Grant County, farmer’s markets are present in Quincy, Moses Lake and Ephrata during summer months. Local roadside stands provide fresh fruits and vegetables that are available during peak growing seasons.

To name a few, spring months bring us asparagus, peas and cherries. The summer months bring us sweet corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, watermelon and mint. In fall, we are

blessed with fresh apples, pears, potatoes, grapes and beans just to name a few.

Let’s not forget forages such as alfalfa, timothy hay, and grain corn which are fed to our livestock to produce meat and dairy products.

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Farm Family of the Year

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Farm Family of the Year The 2018 Farm Family of the Year, the Thaemerts and the vegetable that started it all. Potato farmers for three generations now, they relish the opportunity to give back to the community “that has given so much to us,” Kevin Thaemert said.

At left, from foreground to background, mom Rita, son Todd, grandson Jason and grandson-in-law Ryan. At right from foreground to background, son Greg, granddaughter Robin (Ryan’s wife) and son Kevin (Robin’s dad.)

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The Thaemerts are the 2018 FCAD Farm Family of the Year It’s on their shirts, it’s on their trucks, it’s in their hearts. The potato, one of nature’s most generous vegetables, has given the Thaemert family of Quincy plenty as well.

Third-generation potato farmers, they have now been bestowed with the title of Farm Family of the Year for the 2018 edition of FarmerConsumer Awareness Day.

“The community has given us a lot, so we are honored to accept the award,” said Kevin Thaemert, a second-generation potato farmer.

Decked in Thaemert Farms Tshirts and driving trucks with license plates that read “TATRCHIP,” the Thaemert family members gleefully admit their devotion to the tuber.

“When we go places, we like to pick up potato chips and look at ’em,” said Todd Thaemert, a second-generation potato farmer, like his brother Kevin, “to see if they are possibly ours and look at the quality.”

Codes on the back of the bag allow them to decipher whether there’s a little bit of Grant County

in any particular bag.

Their love for all things tater is a little bit easier to decipher. The marriage of Cleo and Rita Thaemert yielded four children who grew up on a potato farm, which also had carrots and at one point 2,000 head of cattle.

“So we had a lot of meat and potatoes,” said Todd and Kevin’s

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mom, Rita, a native of Twin Falls, Idaho, who moved with Cleo in 1956 to the Quincy Valley.

Cleo began working as a potato sorter almost immediately. A year later, the couple began growing beans on rented farmland until they heard of some sagebrush-filled expanses of undeveloped land near Frenchman Hills.

“Besides raising the kids, Mom worked right alongside Dad,” said Greg, the Thaemert’s oldest son, who is also in the family business.

The couple cleared the land from sagebrush and started growing potatoes, with Rita driving massive potato trucks.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Cleo Thaemert, founder of Thae-

mert Farms, and Rita’s husband of 66 years, died of pancreatitis in October last year, so getting the Farm Family of the Year award without him, “is a little bittersweet,” Greg said.

The Thaemert sons and some of the grandchildren are now in the family business, and that is part nature, part nurture and part oldfashioned good business.

“The companies that we deal with want a succession plan,” said Kevin Thaemert, Greg and Todd’s brother. “They want to know as we, Todd and Greg, get older, who’s going to take over this operation, and they have to be confident that this operation will keep going.”

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“They do a wonderful job for us, and they work so hard,” Kevin said.

Kevin’s son-in-law Ryan works for the farm, as does Todd’s 24-year-old son Jason.

“I have been around it all my life, since I was a little kid,” Jason said. “I can’t imagine doing anything else.”

Rita remembers Cleo watching Jason drive a tractor at 12 and admonishing him to put on a seat belt, with Jason replying, “I can’t. I can’t reach the brakes.”

Jason’s sister is taking her first steps in the agribusiness world, as an intern for a company in Moses Lake.

Kevin’s daughters earn their paychecks in different ways. Heidi works in Phoenix for the PGA Tour and Robin, Ryan’s wife, works for Central Washington University as a copywriter.

“It’s nice to see them get out a little bit and experience different things,” Kevin said. “If they make the choice to come back to the farm, it will be here.”

Very much like FCAD itself, the Thaemerts are committed to teaching people about what goes on during the journey from windswept farm to the crunchy chip in your hand.

In fact, you can get an inside look at the Thaemert operation in a video by Washington Grown at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=KQp25nzaxwo.

Kevin will also tour Walmart stores in three cities, so consumers know that the Frito-Lay potato chips in their bag is grown locally.

“It’s called Meet-The-Grower,” he said. “They are going to do Moses Lake, Wenatchee and Yakima.

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Sixth year of Beat the Beast It started as a nickname, and it now has become a tradition.

Beat the Beast, the set of three runs honoring the memory of Quincy resident Ben Horning, returns to this year’s Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day with three events: a 2K race, a 5K race and a 10K race.

The runs will start at Mountain View Elementary at 8 a.m., and people who sign up ahead of time receive a commemorative T-shirt. The deadline to sign up in time to get a T-shirt was Aug. 30.

The top three finishers in every race will receive a medal.

The race started six years ago as a tribute to standout Quincy athlete Ben Horning, who died just 10 short years after a Quincy couple adopted him from Russia at age 11. A passionate runner, Horning was hit by a car as he ran alongside a highway in 2012. He was 20 years old.

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Horning, Kathleen said, was a very competitive sort, who would go into “Beast Mode.” Such a moniker, first made famous by NFL running back Marshawn Lynch, was the origin for the name of the run.

The first two years, the Beat the Beast run took place outside of FCAD, but on the third year, the run became a part of it.

“They used to have a run,” Kathleen Horning said of FCAD, “but then they asked if we would like to take it over, and so we did.”

Every year about 70-100 people come from all over the state to try and Beat the Beast.

“It helps that it’s Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day,” Kathleen Horning said. “People come to town for that, too.”

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The run starts at Mountain View Elementary on D Street NW heading west toward Road R NW. Once runners reach the intersection, those running the 2K will turn around.

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Those running the 10K will reach Road R NW, then continue north to Road 12 NW, then east to Road Q NW then back south to D Street NW and west to the school.

The runs are open to people of all ages. People interested in signing up can go to the Ben Horning Beat the Beast Run page on Facebook and click on Sign Up. A window with the registration form will appear.

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Proceeds from the runs go to the foundation, which then turns the money into things like scholarships for Quincy students.

Registration fees are $20 for the 2K, $25 for the 5K and $25 for the 10K. Checks must be made payable to Ben Horning Memorial Foundation.

Same-day signups are also OK, but “your chances of getting a T-shirt are very slim,” Horning said. Sameday signup is at 7 a.m. the day of the race at MVES. “We miss him dearly, every single day,” Kathleen said of Ben, whom, she added, would be a big fan of the run.

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The Cook-off highlights classic farm produce Add apples, bake some beans, cook your corn, peel the potatoes for your winning recipes. It’s time for the annual Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day Cook-off!

Everyone is invited to create their culinary masterpiece using at least one of the following ingredients: apples, beans, corn or potatoes. The categories are: main dish, side dish/salad and bread/dessert.

By all means, enter them all.

The entry need not be a large portion, only enough for three judges to sample. The dishes cannot be sold or shared beyond the judging. The Grant County Health Department oversees the competition.

A recipe is required to accompany each dish. The entries will be given a number without displaying the contestant’s name.

The top three entries will receive ribbons and cash prizes: $75 for

first place; $40 for second place; and $30 for third place.

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The creations from your kitchen can be dropped off on Saturday from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at Quincy High School. The judging will take place on Saturday at 1:15 p.m.

“It’s fun seeing the variety of dishes,” said Janet Lybbert, who has been in charge of the Cookoff event since 2014. “I wish there were more Mexican foods – we mainly get Dutch and German fare.”

Don’t be afraid to be inventive or spontaneous. That is how Mike Carlson won in 2017, entering his spur-of-the-moment “Apple Cinnamon Upside-Down Cake.” He felt like baking that morning and the rest is history. Or, come with

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your most beautiful presentation – looks can be as appetizing as the taste.

“I remember one year Patsy Kromm brought a beautiful side

dish. It was so spectacular I hated to touch it,” Lybbert said.

Maybe it was Kromm’s firstplace-winning “Sweet Corn and Bacon Quiche” in 2008 or “Salmon/Corn Quiche” in 2005. The recipes, along with all the other prize-winning entries since 1999 are available in the Quincy FCAD Cook-off Winning recipe booklet.

Sadly, the recipes prior to 1999 were all lost in a fire.

Lybbert pointed out that the Cook-off is a separate event from the Chef’s Challenge.

The Chef’s Challenge takes place at White Heron Winery. The guest chef’s ingredients are chosen from within the local area and will arrive garden-fresh. The guest chef will prepare a buffet using those ingredients. Guests are invited to sample not just the wine, but the chef’s numerous dishes.

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Cowboy poet comes to FCAD stage A poet and balladeer for more than 25 years, Glen Bair makes his Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day debut Sept. 8 after decades of living in the area.

At least, he thinks so.

“If I have been there before, it was a long time ago,” he said from his home outside of Ephrata. “I think it’s my first time there. I have done a lot of poetry in the neighboring towns, but I don’t think I’ve ever been to the Quincy Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day.” A farmer by trade, Bair said his poetry and his songs are his hobby, and the hobby has taken him to a variety of events around the state over the years, but never to FCAD. A rarity, perhaps, considering how close by he has been.

“I’m not a professional by any stretch, I’m just an old farmer with a hobby,” said Bair, 67, who started writing around 1990, and who started working on a farm at 20.

Still, he manages to entertain and attract people with his folksy art.

“People enjoy it,” he said. “They think it’s fun, and if it is not funny, it has some meaning to it.”

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It helps him that his poetry is not “the kind that you listen to and you wonder what they are trying to say,” he added.

Bair will perform two different sets of an hour each and said he has enough material to do

twice as much if need be. Most of his ballads and poems come from personal experience and the experiences of friends, he said.

“I’ll hear a funny story or one that makes me think, and I’ll write a poem about it,” he said.

If the original story comes from someone else’s experiences, Bair will write it, show it to the person, and if they like it, add it to his book of poems. The person gets a copy of the book, and credit for the story.

The poems are split 50-50 between his own experiences and his friends’.

A self-described “Ephrata guy with a lot of Quincy friends,” Bair has performed in Quincy before, in his younger years, when he was more active in farming than he is now, he said.

“I’m just about done,” with farming, he quipped. Not writing, though, as long as the audiences keep listening.

“I like to get their attention with funny stuff, but almost every performance I will have a thought-provoking poem or two,” he said, before joking, “I have had people cry and I have had people laugh. With me. Not at me.”

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Big tractors make their presence known in parade They are literally the biggest attraction of the Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day parade.

With gigantic wheels and shiny metal bodies, the super-size tractors that show up on parade day thrill crowds with their colossal size.

And the people lining the parade route get a good chance to look. JP Parra, service manager at the Quincy branch of Washington Tractor, says some of the tractors that show up in the parade can go as fast as about 25 mph, but for the parade, they keep their speed to about one-fifth of that. As they roll by, their impressive size leaves many a spectator with a slacked jaw.

That is particularly true of the younger set.

“They love it,” Parra said of the children. “I mean just the wheels alone are three times the size of a 3-year-old or a 4-year-old.”

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Unlike the tractors of yore, these big machines are quite comfortable, with things like heated seats and XM Radio available for the driver.

“Some of these units are made to be ridden for 16 hours a day and some people run ’em in 24-hour shifts,” Parra said. “So they try to make ’em as comfortable as they can for everybody.”

Driving on parade day is fun, but it requires skill, with special care placed on turning corners on streets that are lined with people on both sides. FCAD requires insurance from drivers participating in the parade.

Nevertheless, it’s a gas for all involved, even if that pedal barely gets touched. Parra said he takes his daughter along on parade day, and she feels great watching everything from the tractor’s cabin.

“She says it’s ‘big-huge,’” Parra said with a laugh. “She loves it.”

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Honorary Farmer of the Year • Honorary Farmer of the Year

Mike Wallace teaches the rising generations about agriculture Mike Wallace, an agriculture teacher and co-adviser for FFA at Quincy High School, is the 2018 FCAD Honorary Farmer of the Year.

It’s the first time Wallace has received the honor, after a quartercentury teaching at QHS. The news of the award found Wallace doing what he is most often seen doing, helping children out on an agriculture-related venture, in this case the Grant County Fair.

Wallace fielded the phone call from the FCAD committee, and immediately accepted the honor when he heard of it. What’s unusual about that is that Wallace is often pretty busy already during FCAD. “Kind of like a one-armed paper hanger with an itch,” he said. “But it’s cool.”

A Cheney product who graduated from Washington State University, Wallace taught ag for one year at Moses Lake before making the move to Quincy.

“Kelly and I said we were going

to go wherever we got hired first, because we were both looking for jobs at the same time,” Wallace said of his wife of a year and a half at the time. “So I got hired at Moses Lake High, and Kelly got hired at Quincy Junior High to teach English.”

The next year, Quincy ag teacher Michael Blakely retired, and Wallace applied for the job. Twenty-five years ago, he’s still going strong.

“I’d like to think the biggest lesson (a student learns) from taking an ag class is understanding the industry that keeps us from starvation,” Wallace said.

The curriculum of teaching agriculture has changed plenty over the years, he said. It still teaches how to farm, grow crops and raise animals, but it also teaches how to be a judicious consumer.

“What Rod and I try to do in the classroom,” he said, referring to his longtime pal, colleague and FFA co-adviser Rod Cool, “is teach these kids about agriculture to the point that they understand as

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Mike Wallace, longtime agriculture teacher at Quincy High School, is the 2018 FCAD Honorary Farmer of the Year. Next to him is Aggie, the cow skeleton that is the unofficial mascot of Quincy FFA.

consumers where their food comes from and understand why we do what we do in agriculture. To me that’s the big thing.”

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popping up all over town. And if the time ever comes that he needs to retire, he’ll find a way to become that paper hanger yet again, this time on his ranch.

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Local food an important part of FCAD The foundation of most good hometown celebrations is neighbors, fun and great food.

If you are looking for those, you don’t have to look farther than Quincy’s own Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day. Set each year on the second weekend of September, the event is centered around celebrating the area, especially celebrating what local farmers contribute – a wide variety of table fare.

The day kicks off on Sept. 8 with the Quincy Lions Club breakfast starting at 7 a.m. at the high school cafeteria. Breakfast runs until 10 a.m. and features pancakes, hash browns, sausage and drinks. Cost is just $5 for adults and $2 for those 13 years and under.

Dustin Cornwell, club president, said the group has been serving up the popular meal for 30-plus years. FCAD started in 1981. The club members cook the meals with the help of school staff to make sure all health standards are met.

Cornwell said that normally around 200 meals are served, with the money going back into the community in many forms. The breakfast and the woodcutting project are the club’s

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The Lions breakfast has been a regular feature at FCAD for decades.

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America), Grid Kids, Boy Scouts and soccer “We provide multiple scholarships in the clubs,” Cornwell said. community as well as offering help for any He said any community member is welcome club or service activity that needs help, includSee Food on page 35

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Some say nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. For about 50 people from around the state, though, it’s as strong as ever.

Wanting to bring a Mexican tradition to celebrations across Washington, people from all around our state gather at different events, Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day included, and let their horses cut a rug to the sound of Mexican music.

The dancing horses troupe is so informal that it doesn’t even have a name, says Yareli Aguilar, the group’s coordinator, saying that people just do it for the love of horses, traditions, and the old country south of the Rio Grande.

“We love our culture,” said Aguilar, a Quincy resident who has been with the group for about two years.

The horses have been trained individually to dance to the beat of upbeat Mexican tunes. Last year, horses and their owners came from places including Seattle, Othello, Moses Lake, Yakima, Royal City, Mattawa and Wenatchee to the FCAD parade.

“Everybody knows everybody, we exchange phone numbers and find out who’s coming,” she said. “Maybe we need to be more organized, but this is how we are doing it now.”

The horses and their riders don’t rehearse or practice together, and just show up at the parade to clop-clip-clop for a while See Horses on next page FCAD 2018

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“We love to give back to the community in any way possible,” he said.

When breakfast wears off, not to worry. The Quincy Rotary Club has you covered. Serving up barbecue and the fixings, the local club serves 600 to 800 hungry people during FCAD, with a focus on locally grown food.

The menu hasn’t changed much in over 20 years of holding the fundraiser, said Paul Slager. Slager is this year’s organizer for the Rotary barbecue and is a past president of the club.

“We still do barbecue beef sandwiches, locally sourced corn and apples, French fries from Lamb Weston, and soft drinks,” Slager said.

The Quincy Senior Center cooks the food while the Rotary members serve the meals. The cost is $10, and you will find the booth near the car show, which the Rotary also sponsors. Tickets are available

from any Rotary member or at the booth on Sept. 8.

“There are many reasons we do the barbecue, but most importantly it is a way to serve the community, literally and figuratively,” Slager said.

It also is a good way to show our face in the community, he explained.

When you buy a barbecue dinner, you aren’t just helping yourself. The money raised goes back into the community, helping the local hospital, schools, the George Community Hall, the Quincy library, city parks and other local needs.

Slager said the group is made up of about 50 local residents and business leaders. Anyone who has a passion to give back to the community and work to improve the world is welcome to join. The local club is part of Rotary International, known for working to eradicate polio, help provide clean water, and rural education.

- Joyce Edie, for the Post-Register

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“Everybody pitches in money to pay for the band,” Aguilar said, adding that the group participates in events in places like Seattle and Sunnyside.

“Wherever people invite us,” she said, “we just go.”

Aguilar said she would like to have a spot for the horses after the FCAD parade in the future, a spot where folks can see the horses af-

ter the parade.

Given the reaction they get at the parade, it’s a safe bet they will keep on coming to Quincy.

“In Quincy there is a lot of Hispanic people and Mexican people,” Aguilar said. “People stand up from their chairs wanting to dance along. You get a lot of energy from those people, seeing them happy and clapping. It’s part of their culture, and they love to see a little part of Mexico here.”

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FCAD booths offer something for everyone After the Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day pancake feast, stroll through the vendor booths and find a treasure to tickle your fancy.

The high school gym will host an abundance of booths, with more spilling out onto the school grounds.

Grace Kok, the FCAD secretary, treasurer and Booth Lady Extraordinaire, said the gym holds about 50 booths while another 20-plus will be set up outside.

Most vendors have set up shop at FCAD for many years, selling handmade jewelry, embroidered and crocheted goods and much more. Some of the vendors are youth who bring the projects they made throughout the year, like sewing and knitting.

“They’re local and they’re such neat kids!” Kok said.

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The FCAD booths area offers an air-conditioned environment on a hot September weekend, as well as lots of goodies and goods to view and purchase.

Some are vendors who come booths, like the annual cook-off from miles away, and some are contest. locals putting up FCAD-only And also, don’t forget that

2018 is an election year, so in addition to handmade crafts, toys and treats, “there will be a lot of political booths,” Kok said.

While you may be too full to be tempted on the first stroll through, return to the booths area after the parade to choose from a variety of lunch and snack options on display. And maybe take a little something home for later.

Or simply come back in to get out of the midsummer heat.

The smoke blanketing most of Washington state will not stop the vendors or, hopefully, the customers, Kok added.

Regardless of the smoke, the booths will welcome visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Be ready to look at a variety of fun items for all ages.

“We’ve got a lot of everything,” she said.

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