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VICKY WEDIG Walworth County Fair 2015

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Clayton Odling, of Elkhorn FFA, shows his 1,230-pound crossbreed, at the 2014 Walworth County Fair. Kunes Country Ford purchased the cow during the meat animal sale. This year’s meat animal sale is at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 5. The meat sale of champions is at 3 p.m. on Friday.

‘Just Another Day in Paradise’ AT THE FAIR!

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elcome to the 166th Walworth County Fair – a tradition that, thanks to you, continues to bring together thousands of residents from Wisconsin and Northern Illinois area each year for a week of fair fun!

This year fair theme is “Just Another Day in Paradise!”

This year we are celebrating 166 years of the fair being held in the county – and what a ride it has been! Over the decades that the fair has been held, countless community volunteers and local businesses have worked together to bring you closer to our county’s agricultural heritage, all while offering our famous schedule of rides, food, craft vendors, entertainers, bands, animal exhibits, arts and many more competitions.

For many area residents, this is the kind of unique event where young adults, parents, and grandparents have been coming together every year since they were children. Around 145,000 people join in the festivities each Labor Day weekend, and, thanks to your participation, we are one step closer to bringing even more of our neighbors and friends together.

As you walk the grounds this year, be sure to look for our volunteers and let them know what you think. We want to hear

from you! Over the years the Walworth County Fair has been the catalyst for creating many memories for its exhibitors and fairgoers alike. We hope coming to the fair is “Just Another Day in Paradise!” for you and your family!

I would like to extend my sincere thank you to all exhibitors, sponsors, local businesses, fairgoers past and present for their support of the fair. Your participation is vital in keeping our agricultural heritage alive while celebrating the many talents of our great community.

In addition, my thanks goes out to the Walworth County Agricultural Society’s Officers, board of directors, members and volunteers for their endless hours of volunteer work and support all year long. You all truly are the memory creators, so to everyone, thank you for the memories and here’s to “Just Another Day in Paradise” this Labor Day weekend!

– David Adams

PRESIDENT Walworth County Fair Board

166TH WALWORTH COUNTY FAIR 2015 A publication of SOUTHERN LAKES NEWSPAPERS 1102 Ann St. Delavan, WI 53115 (262) 728-3411 Section Editor…Tracy Ouellette Creative/Production Editorial Assistant…Sharon Soch Creative/Production Director…Sue Z. Lange Advertising Director…Vicky Vanderwerff Special Sections Advertising…Karen Dubinsky

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A rainbow spans the sky behind the midway on Labor Day at the 2014 Walworth County Fair. (Maria Alfano photo)

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The Walworth County Agricultural Society Board of Directors are: Vicepresident Robert Handel (front from left), President David Adams, Treasurer Cindy Klewin and Secretary Dennis Duesterbeck; back row: Director Eileen Walsh Grzenia, Director Gary Ellsworth, Director William Thompson, Director Renee Cerny and Director George Mroch. The board’s mission statement states its purposes is to maintain community focus, foster tradition and history, provide an educational stimulating environment, develop and maintain a professional team that focuses on: community service, customer service, education, reliability, flexibility, integrity and honesty.

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Just Another Day in 166TH WALWORTH COUNTY FAIR 2015 Fairgrounds are open 7 a.m. to midnight, except Monday, Labor Day, when it closes at 8 p.m.

Admission Adult season ticket – $35 Junior season ticket – $10 Adult admission – Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 7 a.m.-2 p.m. – $7 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 2 p.m.-close – $10 Saturday and Sunday: $10 all day Monday: $7 all day Junior (ages 6-12) – $4 Children (age 5 and younger) – FREE Senior Days: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (age 62 years and older) – $5 Lifetime memberships – $350

FREE General Parking For more information, call (262) 723-3228 or visit www. walworthcountyfair.com.

Grandstand entertainment Wednesday – *New* Championship Bulls-N-Barrels, 7 p.m.

Thursday – Truck and Tractor Pulls, 7 p.m.

Friday – *New* All Star Monster Trucks, 7:30 p.m.

Monday – Demolition Derby, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Concerts Sept. 5 – Charlie Daniels Band Sept. 6 – Cheap Trick Saturday and Sunday seating: Track seating, $40; Reserve Bleacher, $20; Grandstand, free Accessibility seating on the Track, FCFS Wheelchair rentals: Limited available onsite.

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Daily Events Farm Machinery Display HCE Exhibits and Demonstrations Log Cabin North American Midway Barnyard Adventure Kiddieland Discovery Barn Calf Barn Walworth County Historical Society Used Book Sale in the Park – Daily 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Kids gobble up pie during the annual pie eating contest at last year’s Walworth County Fair. This year’s event will be at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6, in the Kiddieland area.

SCHEDULE of events WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2 Marshal’s Day Senior Citizen’s Day – $5 Special Admission Price – 7 a.m.-2 p.m. $7; 2 p.m.-close $10 Moonlight Madness Wristband Special: 1-11 p.m. $27 Judging: Junior Swine, Horticulture, Dogs, Dairy Showmanship; Open: Antiques, Horticulture, Baking, Photography 8 a.m. – Open Judging – Farm Products, Horticulture Building 8 a.m. – Swine Barrows, Showmanship, Swine Barn 9 a.m. – Dog Obedience & Showmanship, Activity Center 9 a.m. – Garden & Fruit Crops, Jr. Exhibits Building 9 a.m. – Jr. Judging – Flowers, Jr. Exhibits Building 9 a.m. – Open Judging – Antiques, Antiques Building 9 a.m. – Open Judging – Flowers, Horticulture Building 9:30 a.m. – Open Judging – Photography, Arts & Crafts Building 10 a.m. – Class in Old School House, Park 10 a.m. – Opening CeremonyHonorary Marshals – NEW LOCATION, Park Stage Noon – Open Judging – Food, Home

Ec. Building 1-11 p.m. – Moonlight Madness, $27 wristband, Midway 1:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 2 p.m. – Mark Wayne, Park Stage 2:30 p.m. – Chainsaw artist Dave Watson, Kiddieland 3:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 4 p.m. – Pelt Class, Small Animal Barn 4:30 p.m. – Chainsaw artist Dave Watson, Kiddieland 5 p.m. – Senior Idol, Park Stage 5:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 6 p.m. – Walworth County Talent Show, Park Stage 6:30 p.m. – Adult Dairy Showmanship, Activity Center 7 p.m. – *New* Championship Bulls-NBarrels, Grandstand

THURSDAY, SEPT. 3

Senior Citizen’s Day – $5 Special Admission Price – 7 a.m.-2 p.m. $7; 2 p.m.-close $10 NAM Family Day, 1-10 p.m. (one ticket per person per ride) Judging: Junior – Beef, Sheep; Open: Antiques, Arts & Crafts, Home EC Department 10 a.m. – Class in Old School House,

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Park 11 a.m. – Main Street Big Band, Park Stage 11 a.m. – Antique & Stock Tractor Pulls, Grandstand 12:30 p.m. – Chainsaw Artist, Dave Watson, Kiddieland 1 p.m. – Main Street Big Band, Park Stage 1:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 2 p.m. – Outstanding Senior, Vendor, Exhibitor and Grandparents Award, Park Stage 2:30 p.m. – Chainsaw Artist, Dave Watson, Kiddieland 3 p.m. – Main Street Big Band, Park Stage 3:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 4:30 p.m. – Chainsaw Artist, Dave Watson, Kiddieland 5:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 6 p.m. – Walworth County Talent Show Finals, Park Stage 6 p.m. – American Legion VFW Flag Ceremony, Grandstand 6:30 p.m. – Chainsaw artist Dave Watson, Kiddieland 7 p.m. – Badger State Tractor & Truck Pulls, Grandstand

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 4

Senior Citizen’s Day – $5 Special Admission Price – 7 a.m.-2 p.m. $7; 2 p.m.-close $10 NAM Ride Survival, 1-11 p.m. ($27) 8 a.m. – Open Judging – Sheep, Sheep Barn 8:30 a.m. – SMILES Open Horse Show, Horse Arena, All Day 9 a.m. – Open Judging – Clothing, Home Ec Building 9 a.m. – Open Judging – Home Furnishings, Home Ec Building 9 a.m. – Open Judging – Home Furnishings – Quilts – Wall Hangings, Home Ec Building 10 a.m. – Class in Old School House,

Park 10 a.m. – Draft Horse Halter Class, Draft Horse Arena 10 a.m. – Meat Animal Sale, Wiswell Center 10:30 a.m. – Jr. Judging – Rabbit Showmanship, Small Animal Barn 10:30 a.m. – Jimmy Mayer & The Good Time Band, Park Stage Noon – Kid’s Pedal Tractor Pulls, Kiddieland 12:30 p.m. – Chainsaw artist Dave Watson, Kiddieland 1-11 p.m. – Ride survival – $27, Midway 1 p.m. – Dairy Auction/Miss “Q” “Contest, Activity Center (Little Britches Contest to follow Supreme champions) 1:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland

2 p.m. – The Mississippi Valley Dutchman, Park Stage 2:30 p.m. – Chainsaw artist Dave Watson, Kiddieland 2:30 p.m. – Jr. Judging – Non-Rabbit Project, Small Animal Barn 3 p.m. – Meat Sale of Champions, Wiswell Center 3:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 4 p.m. – Jr. Judging – Pet Class, Small Animal Barn 4:30 p.m. – Chainsaw artist Dave Watson, Kiddieland 5:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 6:30 p.m. – Rainbow Bridge, Park Stage 6:30 p.m. – Chainsaw artist Dave Watson, Kiddieland 7:30 p.m. – *New* All Star Monster Trucks, Grandstand 9 p.m. – Decorate Your Campsite Contest, Campgrounds

SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 Youth in Agriculture Day

Midway Opens at Noon Judging: Junior – Goat, Rabbit, Poultry; Open: Dairy, Draft Horse, Beef, Cart/ Hitch

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Aubrey Shepard, of Whitewater, is seen with her pig, Niner, at the 2014 Walworth County Fair. Shepard earned a second-place ribbon with Niner and took first for showmanship with her other pig, Pinky.

8 a.m. – Jr. Judging – Poultry, Poultry Barn 8:30 a.m. – Boots & Saddle Open & Speed Show, Horse Arena 8:30 a.m. – Jr. Judging – Goats, Goat Barn 9 a.m. – Healthy Babies of Walworth County, Park Stage 9 a.m. – Walenton’s Speed Show, Outside Horse Arena 9 a.m. – Jr. Judging – Rabbit, Rabbit Barn 9 a.m. – Open Dairy Show, Activity Center 9 a.m. – Open Goats Show, Goat Barn 10 a.m. – A Paradise of Fashion Show (4-H Fashion/Duct Tape Fashion Show), Park Stage 10 a.m. – Cart/Hitch, Draft Horse Arena 11:30 a.m. – Tasty Tater Taste Off in Farmers Market 11:30 a.m. – Brian Mitchell, Park Stage Noon – Harness Races, Grandstand 12:30 p.m. – Chainsaw artist Dave Watson, Kiddieland 1:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 2:30 p.m. – Chainsaw Artist, Dave Watson, Kiddieland 2:30 p.m. – Georgia Rae Band, Park Stage 3:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 4 p.m. – Open Beef, Activity Center 4:30 p.m. – Cloggers, Wiswell Center 4:30 p.m. – Chainsaw artist Dave Watson, Kiddieland 5:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 6:30 p.m. – Gary McAdams Band, Park Stage 6:30 p.m. – Chainsaw artist Dave Watson, Kiddieland 7:30 p.m. – Charlie Daniels Band, Grandstand

SUNDAY, SEPT. 6 Farm Family Day Midway Opens at Noon 8:30 a.m. – Linn Youth Benefit Horse Show, Horse Arena 9 a.m. – Walenton’s Speed Show, Outside Horse Arena 9 a.m. – Master Showmanship, Wiswell Center 9:30 a.m. – Wool Fleece Contest, Sheep Barn 10 a.m. – Hitch Class, Draft Horse Arena 10 a.m. – Ecumenical Church Service, Park Stage 10:30 a.m. – Chainsaw Artist, Dave Watson, Kiddieland 11:30 a.m. – 2016 Fairest of the Fair Finals, Park Stage 11:30 a.m. – Antique Car & Tractor Parade, Grandstand 11:30 a.m. – Chainsaw Artist, Dave Watson, Kiddieland Noon – Sheep Lead-In, Wiswell Center 12:30 p.m. – Chainsaw Artist, Dave Watson, Kiddieland 1 p.m. – Square Dancers, Park Stage 1:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 2 p.m. – Dairy Futurity Show, Activity Center 3 p.m. – Woodcarving Auction to Benefit the Walworth County Fair Foundation, Park Stage 3:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 4:30 p.m. – Adoration, Park Stage 5 p.m. – Bankers Night, Wiswell Center 5:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 6:30 p.m. – Class of 62, Park Stage 7:30 p.m. – Cheap Trick, Grandstand

MONDAY, SEPT. 7

Labor Day Special Admission Price: Adults – $7 all day NAM Carnival – Last Blast noon-8 p.m., $25 8:30 a.m. – Open Labor Day Horse Show, Horse Arena 8:30 a.m. – Horse Pulling Contest, Grandstand (Draft Horse Parade to follow) 9:30 a.m. – Blue Ribbon Art Auction, Arts & Crafts Building 10 a.m. – Bale Throwing Contest & Farmer Olympics, Activity Center 11 a.m. – Drill Team, Draft Horse Arena 11 a.m. – Local Favorite Band, Park Stage 11:30 a.m. – Fur & Feather Sale, Wiswell Center 1:30 p.m. – Demolition Derby, Grandstand 1:30 p.m. – Century Farms, Park Stage 1:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 2:30 p.m. – Local Favorite Band, Park Stage 3:30 p.m. – *New* Marvelous Mutts, Kiddieland 4 p.m. – Demolition Derby, Grandstand 6:30 p.m. – Demolition Derby, Grandstand

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MONSTER TRUCKS, BUCKING BRONCOS, TALENT SHOW AND MORE THIS YEAR

By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR

Every year the Walworth County Fair adds to its line up of fun, food and entertainment and this year is no exception.

From the new Tasty Tater Taste of competition to the Monster Truck demonstration, thrills and chills abound at this year’s fair.

Parking is free again this year, but admission prices have changed. Adult admission from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. is only $7 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Seniors pay $5. Labor Day admission is $7 all day long. Children’s admission is always $4. Adult admission is $10 the rest of the time.

The Antique Car Show has a new date for 2015 it begins at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6.

In the past, the fair has had three big bands or musical acts during its run.

This year, organizers say they’re trying something new.

We have the Monster Trucks that will be taking place instead of our third main concert act,” Walworth County Fair intern Sarah Neubauer said. “It’s an all-star, high-flying act full of excitement.”

The Monster Trucks can be seen at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 4, at the Grandstand.

And if that’s not enough fast-paced action, the Championship Bulls-n-Barrels horse show promises a “thrill a minute” for the whole family.

“It’s not just a regular rodeo show,” Neubauer said. “It’s high action all the time with constant excitement; it’s a heartpounding exciting show.”

Showing off talent The Walworth County Talent Show is open to everyone 14 years old or older and will be on the Park Stage at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2.

Organizers say they’re hoping for a big turn out and can’t wait to see the variety of talent acts from county residents.

Area wanna-be chefs take note, there’s a new food competition this year to show off your culinary talents. The Tasty Tater Taste Off is looking for dishes featuring Wisconsin russet potatoes.

Sponsored by Simple Cafe in Lake Geneva the judging begins at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5 in the Market Village Gazebo.

There will be 3hree “a-peeling” categories: • Tater Teasers (appetizers); • Spudlicious Dishes (main and side dishes: casseroles, salads, soups, etc.); and • Potato Pleasers (desserts, breads, etc.)

All entries should be prepared offsite and brought to fair, ready for judging.

There will be no onsite cooking.

New in Kiddieland We have Marvelous Mutts, a thrilling entertainment show that has some of the world’s finest K9 athletes, in Kiddieland this year,” Neubauer said.

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Pig No. 1, of the Show-Me Swine Racers in East Prairie, Mo., takes the lead out of the gate during a pig race at the 2014 Walworth County Fair. Race operators “Ham Bone” and “Pork Chop,” the Swine Bros., said the pigs race for oatmeal sugar cookies.

The high-energy act can be caught by fairgoers on Friday and Saturday, Sept.

4 and 4, at 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

And while visiting Kiddieland, don’t forget to stop by the new Learning Coop for a demonstration or two.

Fair food for all County fairs and good food go hand in hand. This year the vendors at the fair have many new and interesting menu items designed to please the palate.

All About Bacon will have pigs in a blanket on a stick, bacon ribs. Aunt Sue’s Famous Potatoes, salad, bacon taters on a stick, tater poppers on a stick, bacon wrapped Oreos, bacon soda and pancakefried bacon.

BBQ Express will offer Pig in a Cone, chicken salad in a bread cone, pork chop on a stick and ribeye steak sandwiches.

Bryan’s Concessions’ menu includes sirloin tips, sautéed mushrooms, grilled onions and peppers, potatoes and steak sandwiches.

Carnival Cupcakes will be serving jumbo cupcakes with milk – chocolate, white and strawberry.

DeAnna’s Ice Cream will feature

dessert such as apple dumplings with ice cream, homemade hot fudge brownie sundaes, strawberry shortcake, ice cream, malts, shakes, espresso drinks and chocolate chip cookies.

Matelecom Accessories, or the “Nut Hut” as it’s more commonly known, will have cinnamon roasted pecans, almonds, cashews and beverages.

Mediterranean Foods will have Greek specialties, including a variety of Greekinspired salads, chicken brochettes, shrimp shish kabob, seafood platters, Mediterranean sampler plates and chicken and seafood quesadillas.

Yesteryear’s Ice Cream also features a dessert menu of ice cream, brownies and bar, but offers sandwiches too. On the menu will be bourbon chicken, pulled pork and beef brisket meals complete with potatoes, coleslaw and a pickle.

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• Nelson’s Hometowne Recreation – gameroom items (darts, pool, etc.), grill accessories, and glassware; • Twisted Realms Haunted House – teaser walk through of haunted house they will be selling tickets for and merchandise; • Mike’s Repair – collectible tractors; • EZ Kut Products – outdoor tools; • J1224 Seed of Hope – fruits, vegetables, jams, plants and crafts; • Out of the Ordinary Act – caricature rawnings; airbrushed merchandise; • Redeemer’s Ride Ministries – Christian items; • Gutterglove & Sunsetter Awnings – awnings; • Bleepz – Under Armour, North Face, Oakley, New Era products; • Saffron Drop – sunglasses, hats, bags, backpacks, leather goods, scarves, shawls, belts, jewelry, stuffed animals; • Wisconsin Teams – sport art, T-shirts, hats, tailgate kits; • LTR – lawn equipment and tractors; • Adam’s Electric – power generators.

For more information, contact the Walworth County Fair Office at (262) 723-3228 or eileen@walworthcountyfair. com.

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Gary Finley has been named the 2015 honorary marshal at the Walworth County Fair.

Finley and his wife Maureen, along with their daughter Stacey Ambort, have been lifetime beef and dairy cattle exhibitors at the Walworth County Fair.

Gary said his interest in the fair started as a humble 4-H beef project in 1963 and grew into a larger market steer and polled Hereford breeding stock program, exhibiting the champion steers in 1967 and 1971. He enjoyed working with 4-H and FFA youth as both a Jr. and Sr. project leader. Since 1977 he has served as a Meat Animal Sale auctioneer and considers it an honor to continue to participate in that capacity.

The Walworth County Fair has been an annual Finley family vacation for more than 50 years. Daughter Stacey with her husband Dan continue the tradition of working with Junior show exhibitors.

Gary said he is looking forward to watching his Grandson Vann show his first Holstein heifer at the fair.

Gary says foremost and most importantly the Walworth County Fair is all about people; family, friends, exhibitors, alumni, youth leaders, the board of directors, staff, and all the volunteers that make it such a special annual event.

Grand marshal Bill Stade has been named the fair’s grand marshal for 2015.

“I am elated and honored to be chosen as a Grand Marshall for the 2015 Walworth County Fair,” he wrote in his acceptance letter.

“I have been a livestock and farm auctioneer for 60 years, selling in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Walworth County.

I have received great support from my family (several work with the Auction Co.) and the great number of people for whom we have sold for and to.

“Fairs generate economic activity in the community, bringing people together and provide agricultural

Gary Finley 2015 Walworth County Fair – Honorary marshal

Bill Stade 2015 Walworth County Fair – Grand marshal

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MEET THIS YEAR’S

Six county residents have been nominated as this year’s Outstanding Seniors for the Walworth County Fair.

Christine Jones, Joann Kooistra, Betty Rucks, William Thompson and Ann and Jim Van DeBogert represent some of the most dedicated senior volunteers in the area.

The Outstanding Senior Awards will be presented at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, on the Park Stage. The outstanding vendor, exhibitor and Grandparents Award will also be presented at that time.

when she’s able for the fundraising dinners and youth programs as well.

Jones has attended the fair for most of her life and showed when she was young.

She worked in the poultry barn for about 30 years and for many years in the dairy barn.

She continues to help the youth in 4-H as a project leader and county key leader. She says she loves to help out at the fair wherever help is needed.

In her free time Jones enjoys traveling, cooking, collecting John Deere and gardening.

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Betty Rucks

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Betty Rucks

Betty Rucks was born on July 21, 1927, and lives in Elkhorn. She says she loves to volunteer; she enjoys putting smiles on people’s faces and believes volunteering is very rewarding.

For 32 years Rucks has been volunteering at Holton Manor in Elkhorn spending time with the residents and donating gifts to use as prizes. The blood bank, food pantry, Volunteer Connection and Kindred Hearts are other places Rucks brings smiles to many faces with her volunteer work.

As a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Elkhorn, she has made an impact there, generously servicing herself to their efforts and to the community. She is a member of the multigenerational church choir and the “Silver Tones,” traveling to nursing homes and retirement homes around the county. She helps at church functions such as funerals and luncheons, quilts and crochets prayer shawls.

She makes quilt tops weekly and ties them with the others every Monday morning. The finished quilts are given to missions around the world for disaster relief or even given locally as needed. Some quilts are even provided to veterans and Indian reservations.

She also shares her needlework skills with anyone in need of a prayer shawl and has made many of them throughout the years.

Rucks donates yarn to St. John’s and Volunteer Connection, as well as material and floss to quilters. She is continuously providing treats to all the groups she is involved in and bingo prizes at Holton Manor. She donates magazines and books to the library and donates the quilts and prayer shawls she makes with her church group.

Rucks worked at Oak Manufacturing; she was a home care worker for many years and retired in 2008 from Lutheran Social Services. Although she put in so much time, effort and love into her work, she says her biggest, most rewarding job was raising her six children.

Rucks was a member of 4-H in grade school and she entered her first fair exhibit in 1953. Since 1970 she hasn’t missed a year.

In 2008 she received an award for being a longtime exhibitor. In 2013 she received her ninth crocheting award, and in 2014 she was awarded her 57th grand prize.

William Thompson

William Thompson was born on May 5, 1945, and lives in Lake Geneva. He is one of the most active and well respected senior

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Senior Citizen’s Day The Outstanding Seniors will be honored at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, on the Park Stage citizens in Walworth County. He has spent his entire adult life volunteering to make Walworth County a wonderful place to live.

Thompson has a love for sports, horticulture, and for the Walworth County Fair. He is a long time and current Walworth County Fair Board Member and held the position as the Horticultural Hall Board President. He is the announcer for Badger High School sporting events including football, basketball, and wrestling and has been for the past 47 years.

Thompson is the fundraising chairman for Walworth County Farm Technology Days and is doing a fantastic job at it. He is an auction committee chairman at Wisconsin Association of Fairs, a part of the Agricultural Committee International Association of Fairs and Expos and in the past he was on the Linn Township Park Board.

He is a member of Linn Church where he is an elder and on the Audit Committee.

Thompson is retired from Catholic Financial Life as their vice-president of sales and prior to this job, he worked at Rural Insurance as a marketing associate and even was a Badger High School Agriculture Teacher for 19 years.

He has attended the Walworth County Fair every year of his life. As a kid he showed pigs, dairy and beef through 4-H and FFA at Delavan-Darien High School. He is now the director in charge of dairy and sheep and the chairman of the Pork Chop Dinner.

Thompson is a former superintendent of junior swine and dairy, and throughout all the years has exhibited vegetables, judged events

Ann and Jim Van DeBogert

and helped countless fair kids prepare for the Fair as an agricultural teacher (later as a 4-H sheep leader).

When he isn’t at the fair he enjoys gardening, collecting coins, golfing, playing bridge, and cheering on his Wisconsin sports teams such as the Badgers, Packers and Brewers.

Last but not least, he says he loves spending time with his wife, three daughters, son-in-laws, and his eight grandchildren.

Christine Jones

Christine Jones was born on Jan. 7, 1950, and lives in Lake Geneva. She was nominated because she has and continues to give a great deal of herself to her community, 4-H, her church and people in general.

Jones is very involved in her community and shows this by having served on the State Annexation Committee for three years, on the first Plan Commission for Town of Linn, as a Town of Linn supervisor, a 4-H county key leader, on the 4-H Centennial Committee, as deacon for Linn Presbyterian Church, on the 4-H county committee, a Linn 4-H leader for 37 years, and was the first woman elected to serve on Town of Linn Town Board.

In 2014, Jones was recognized with the “Who’s Who for Global Directory” award and was also presented with an achievement award for State Committee work.

She also works on the farm; from milking cows to doing bookwork, she does it all.

Somehow she even has time to help run their cocoa bean mulch business.

She’s even capable of saying she is the reason for her church’s youth program that she started about 20 years ago, where she now brings her own grandchild. She still helps out in the kitchen and participates

Ann and Jim Van DeBogert

Ann Van DeBogert was born on July 25, 1941, and Jim Van DeBogert was born on April 8, 1941. They live in Walworth.

Together they have a generous spirit, dedicated efforts, and intelligent, creative actions that inspire others. They both serve as examples for children, youth, and adults as for what the ideal devoted citizen to this county espouses.

Jim is retired from WE Energies after 28 years and after 22 years at the Walworth Grade School Ann is retired as well. Ann and Jim have been members of the Community Church of Fontana for 46 years; they both have responsibilities at church and often go above and beyond.

Ann, a devoted deacon, has also been volunteering, organizing, and distributing for their church’s Meals on Wheels for 20 years.

She headed up their church’s Relay for Life team for more than 15 years and for more than 30 years has been in charge of their Country Fair dining room.

Ann loves to sing; she regularly participates in her church choir as a soloist and is a member of the Masterpiece Chorale for 17 years.

Jim is the church’s faithful trustee; taking care of the beautiful but aging facility, managing repairs and projects as their sexton for 10 years. He has also helped run the church’s rummage sale at the Country Fair for several decades and supports Relay for Life and Meals on Wheels.

Joann Kooistra

Joann Kooistra was born on Dec. 4, 1948, and lives in Sharon.

“Joann is known as a wonderful Christian who expresses the love of God to everyone she meets. Joann is a model citizen for all to look to as examples of who we should be,” Kooistra’s reverend said.

She helps at the church she belongs to as the organist, choir director, and is the Ladies’ Guild Treasurer. She even visits the ill and widows.

Kooistra is a member of the Lions Club, a poll-worker at elections and plays guitar and sings at nursing homes. In the past, she held the role as president of the Williams Bay Scrappers Quilt Club and for 31 years she worked at Clair Law Offices, S.C. At the fair, she works in the adult area of the Home Economics and has exhibited some of her quilts. She has spent many years at the fair supporting her son in 4-H. When she isn’t at the fair or volunteering her time and talents to her church and others, she enjoys quilting, knitting, playing the guitar and singing.

She says her greatest achievement is raising two wonderful sons.

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How to get to the fair The Walworth County Fairgrounds are at 411 E. Court St., Elkhorn. To get to the fair from: • Milwaukee/Waukesha areas, take Highway 43 south to Exit 29 (Highway 11-Elkhorn Exit); turn right on Highway 11; fairgrounds are about 1 mile from off ramp. • Chicago/Kenosha areas, take Highway 12 north of Lake Geneva to Highway NN (Elkhorn Exit); turn left on Highway NN (about a block down the road is the Elkhorn High School on the right). There is an entrance to the fairgrounds through the high school driveway. There will be signs. • Beloit, Rockford and areas to south and southeast take Highway 43 North to Exit 29 (Highway 11-Elkhorn Exit); turn left on Highway 11; fairgrounds are about 1 mile from off ramp. • Williams Bay and areas south, take Highway 67 north to Elkhorn. At first stop sign keep going straight for two more stop signs; turn right on Court Street (Highway 11); fairgrounds are about one block further. • Oconomowoc and northern areas, take Highway 67 south to Highway 11 in Elkhorn (Court Street); turn left; fairgrounds about three blocks further. • Madison area, take Interstate 90 east to Janesville, Highway 11 exit; take Highway 11 east through Delavan to Elkhorn; the fairgrounds are on Highway 11 within the east city limits of Elkhorn.

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hile another crazy, lifefilled year has passed us by we look forward to celebrating with you at the 166th Walworth County Fair. Here our action-packed, adventure-filled time will be “Just another day in Paradise!”

The best part about our fairgoer paradise is that there is something for everyone! Our Kiddieland events and exhibits are for our true adventurers at heart. Between the stage shows, duck and pig races, pony rides and the butterfly barn there is something that is sure to hold the attention of even our youngest adventurers.

As always the park and other stages include fun entertainment, local musicians, award ceremonies, talent competitions, a chainsaw art auction and the crowning of the 2016 Walworth County Fairest of the Fair.

For those whose paradise includes thrilling quests and adrenaline pumping fun, look no further than the midway.

With gravity defying rides, a romantic Ferris wheel, or the biggest stuffed animal prize you can imagine, there is something for all of our fun seekers.

For our animal lovers, a stroll through the discovery barnyard and animal exhibit barns is just the ticket.

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While you are at it, take a peak in the junior and open class exhibit barns to see what our creative and ambitious blue ribbon contenders brought to the fair.

Back again this year is the fantastic Old World Artesian Village and Fresh Farmers market ... come on out to experience ways of the past, crafts, food and immerse yourself in a little piece of historical paradise. New this year is the Tasty Tater Taste Off, which will feature judging of open entries made with potatoes.

The grandstand is a great place to set up the cabana and lounge in your beach chair, as our week is filled with fantastic entertainment that you will not want to miss.

Our fair favorites: the Badger State Tractor Pulls, Bulls and Barrels Rodeo and of course the demo derby will be back, plus we’ve added a night of All Star Monster Trucks to the line up. The Charlie Daniels Band and Cheap Trick will keep our music loving vacationers in-tune on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Grab your shades and the sunscreen as you pack your bags for a fair goer’s paradise at this year’s Walworth County Fair!

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ix Walworth County women are in the running to be crowned the 2016 Fairest of the Fair – Hannah Earle, Nefateria Guzman, Abriel Odling, Shelby Peteler, Sara Sybesma and Rachel Vanderstappen.

This year’s Fairest of the Fair Emily Watson will relinquish her crown at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6, on the Park Stage.

The contestants for next year’s royal title include:

Abriel Odling Abriel Odling, 22, of Elkhorn is the daughter of John and Kelly Odling.

She graduated from the Elkhorn Area High School in 2011 and is in her fifth year at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Odling is also CNA certified through Gateway Technical College. She aspires to complete an occupational therapy program to help her achieve her goal of operating a farm for children and adults with special needs, behavioral needs, and even for inner city children who would like to be more involved in the farm life and agriculture.

Odling grew up showing livestock and horses winning numerous medals and awards.

At the fair in 2009 she was the champion of overall market lamb and in 2010 she won the champion shorthorn steer. She was also honored as the reserve champion master showman at the Walworth County Fair in 2011 and 2012.

In 2014, she won reserve champion market lamb over all.

Since the third grade, Odling has been volunteering through 4-H using her time to clean up the highway, helping at

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the nursing home, and ringing bells for Salvation Army. She volunteered her time to the FFA helping out at the community Easter egg hunt and the Food for America field trip for the Elkhorn elementary schools. She has also volunteered at a therapeutic riding center called Partners for Progress for children and adults. More recently Odling has been working with younger children through Horse and Pony project riding lessons.

She says her favorite part about the fair is getting together with her “fair family” that she usually only gets to see at the fair.

When she’s not at the fair, Odling enjoys spending time with her family and sharing her interest in agriculture with others that are not as involved as her and her family/ friends are.

From events, to the food, to the exhibitors, and the entertainment, “You can never go wrong at the Fair!” Odling said.

Nefateria Guzman Nefateria Guzman, 20, of Delavan, is the daughter of Juan and Barbara Guzman.

She graduated from the Delavan-Darien High School in 2014 and is a sophomore at Gateway Technical College. She has CNA training and wants to become a pediatric neonatal nurse and eventually specialize.

Guzman says she also wants to, one day, represent her town and the women who live in it.

She belonged to MOST and the drama club in high school.

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She was a Country Idle contestant a few years back and was a Junior Country Idle contestant for two years.

She says one of her biggest accomplishments is learning how to drive a manual transmission vehicle. Even though it was intimidating, and she didn’t always feel comfortable driving it, she said she “fought the good fight” and is now in love with her car.

At the fair, Guzman’s favorite thing to do is watch the demolition derby and has always wanted to participate in it.

Although she might be a bit “chicken” to join in, she said, her family has a tradition to be in the demo each year.

Guzman works for Brightstar Home HealthCare. Based out of Janesville, her job is to help assist her clients with showers, getting dressed, eating, and light, house duties.

In her free time she loves to do yoga and meditate, she also enjoys singing, modeling, and helping others. She has volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House in Madison in her time off.

Rachel Vanderstappen Rachel Vanderstappen, 18, of Lake Geneva, is the daughter of Martin and Nancy Vanderstappen.

She graduated from Big Foot High School this year and will be attending Western Technical College in La Crosse this fall to study massage therapy.

She would also like to study music performance and by the time she’s 20, she would like to have a job in music and then eventually move into a house and one day have a family.

Vanderstappen has been awarded as an FFA State Talent Runner-up, FFA State Talent Winner, and the National School Choral Award.

At the fair, she has won the County Fair showmanship and County Fair state champion and reserve champion lamb. She showed leadership as a manager for both girls soccer and boys basketball. She’s also still an active member in Big Foot FFA where she volunteers her time at the school garden and food pantries.

At her church she is a confirmation sponsor for a friend and a cantor for weekly masses, funerals, and weddings.

Because she grew up as an exhibitor, Vanderstappen says her favorite thing about the fair is the family atmosphere that both fairgoers and exhibitors create.

When she isn’t at the fair, she enjoys singing in as many competitions, concerts, and weddings that she can. She loves helping out on the farm and babysitting as well. When her family is home, she says

she likes to hang out with them but when they aren’t home she lies by the pool and swims with her friends.

Sara Sybesma Sara Sybesma, 23, of Delavan, is the daughter of Jon and Jackie Sybesma.

She graduated from Fieldside Academy in 2011 and from Mount Mary University in May. In the fall of 2013 she had the opportunity to study abroad in Paris where she learned about and developed connections in the high fashion industry.

One day she hopes to start her own online business designing patterns and/or garments for hand and machine knitters.

At school, she was recognized on the dean’s list, received the Sophisticated Rose Award, the Historic Inspiration Award, and the Donna Ricco Outstanding Dress Award. She graduated in the honors program and was awarded with summa cum laude graduating with a 3.9 grade point average, and was the commemorative class speaker at graduation. She was also acknowledged with the Wisconsin Make it with Wool and the National Make it with Wool award. She won the Walworth County Fair sheep lead in 2013 and 2014.

She says her favorite thing to do at the

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fair is to watch the judging, especially when she was in 4-H (third grade to freshman in college).

When she’s not at the fair, Sybesma enjoys designing clothes, knitting, photography, music, and spending time outside. She also is a Sunday school teacher and a photographer for the Delavan Recreation Department 11-12-year-old baseball.

She is a team member, organizes and assembles designs for “Now that’s a Jig,” she designs for Woolybaabaa.com and is the costume designer for the band members of Armageddon Awaits.

Shelby Peteler Shelby Peteler, 23, of Lake Geneva, is the daughter of Mark and Gail Peteler.

She graduated from Badger High School in 2011 and is in her senior year at DePaul University. She hopes to attend a graduate program for biological science after her undergraduate degree. After the graduate program she would like to attend medical school to become a forensic pathologist.

Peteler received the 2008 Agriculture

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The Walworth County Agricultural Society Board of Directors appointed Larry Gaffey as the general manager of the Walworth County Fairgrounds on May 19.

The board utilized International Association of Fairs and Expositions to conduct the extensive search, which produced interest from candidates from across the nation.

Gaffey brings more than 16 years of advertising sales, marketing and business development experience to this job; as well as accomplishments in fundraising, marketing, team building, and management. His recent past experience includes general manager of the National Cattle Congress in Waterloo Iowa and Cam-Plex, Gillette, Wy. “We are thrilled that Larry is joining the fairgrounds’ team and will be leading the

organization into the future,” Fair Board President David Adams said. “This was an extensive process, with many applicants, and we are confident that Larry’s accomplishments, his active involvement in the business world, and his significant experience will serve the fairgrounds well.”

Gaffey was raised in Iowa. He served in the U.S Army on active duty and in the reserves. As a charity auctioneer he has managed charity auctions for organizations including The Boys and Girls Clubs, Ducks Unlimited. United Way, Goodwill, Pheasants Forever, Pink Ribbon events, Scholarship organizations and for many individuals needing financial help with medical expenses.

He is a graduate of Northern Iowa University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in economics.

He will be responsible for overseeing the annual Walworth County Fair, as well as the interim events and facility rentals, the RV Campground, and the infrastructure of the Walworth County Fairgrounds.

“It is a great privilege to be asked to lead the Walworth County Agricultural Society.

The organization has a great reputation in the Fair Industry and in its community. I’m looking forward to being part of the Fair’s long history and tradition,” Gaffey said.

About the Fair Foundation From its beginning in 1850s, the Walworth County Fair has been one of the leading county fairs in the Midwest, having been recognized by several publications as a leader in programs for youth through its junior department and adults through its open class exhibits.

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The association grounds and building are a model in the fair industry and presently include nearly 100 acres in the city of Elkhorn.

During its existence the fair has received the support of the entire county of Walworth as well as surrounding counties.

The success of the fair has been due not only to the solid foundation upon which it was laid, but also through the united support of all its members which totaled 7,500 in 2009.

It is with the future of the fair in mind that the board of the Walworth County Agricultural Society Inc. founded the Walworth County Fair Foundation Inc. on Nov. 1, 2001 to build an endowment fund for the future needs of the fair.

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Madison Wnek and Cooper Ellis, of Batavia Ill., take a ride on a giant bee in the Kiddieland carnival at the 2014 Walworth County Fair.

For the kids Kiddieland has family friendly activities and events There’s always something to do at the Walworth County Fair’s Kiddieland. Kids can enjoy pony rides, Butterfly Barn, kiddie carnival, contests and the Barnyard Adventure Tent. Performers entertain nonstop with acts all week long including Nick’s Kid Show, the Marvelous Mutts and chainsaw artist Dave Watson.

The Learning Coop Tent has demonstrations and bingo during the fair’s duration.

Kiddieland is sponsored by Casey’s General Store, Mercy Health System, Robertson, Ryan & Associates, Walworth County Dairy Promotions, Dean Foods, Gallagher Tent & Awning, Kunes Country Auto Group, Walworth County Farm Bureau, Simple Café, Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board and Associated Bank.

Wednesday, Sept. 2 11 a.m. – Senior Barnyard Bingo, Learning Coop Tent Noon – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 12:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist 1:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts

2 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 2:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist 3:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 4 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 4:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist 5:30 p.m. – Scarecrow Making Contest, stage 5:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 6 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 6:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist

Thursday, Sept. 3 10 a.m. – Garden Guy, stage 11 a.m. – Senior Barnyard Bingo, Learning Coop Tent 1:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 2 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 2:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist 3:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 4 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 4:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist 5:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 6 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 6:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist

Friday, Sept. 4

11 a.m. – Adventures with Ma & Pa, Farmers Market 11 a.m. – Pedal Tractor Pulls sign-up Noon – Pedal Tractor Pulls Noon – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 12:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist 1 p.m. – Senior Barnyard Bingo, Learning Coop Tent Marvelous Mutts 2 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 2:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist 2:30 p.m. – Pickle Eating Contest-Stage 3:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 4 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 4:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist 5:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 6 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 6:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist

Saturday, Sept. 5 11 a.m. – Freckles Contest,

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LEARNING COOP TENT SCHEDULE

The Learning Coop Tent will host demonstrations and bingo during the fair. The schedule of events is as follows: Wednesday 10 a.m. – Intro to Bee Keeping with Kristin Karlson 11 a.m. – Senior Barnyard Bingo 1 p.m. – Stamping Demonstration Make and Take with Laura Zaraza Thursday  10 a.m. – “New Foods for Your Taste Buds” with Jenny Wehmeier 11 a.m. – Senior Barnyard Bingo 1 p.m. – Stamping Demonstration Make and Take with Laura Zaraza 2:30 p.m. – Butterfly Garden with Judy Grasser Friday 10 a.m. – Staycation – Kathy Seebert 1 p.m. – Senior Barnyard Bingo 2:30 p.m. – Taking the Perfect Selfie Saturday 10 a.m. – Fly Fishing Tying Demo – Kathy Tober Sunday 10 a.m. – Backyard Chickens – Poultry Class -Dale Wheelock 11 a.m. – Intro to Bee Keeping – Kristin Karlson 12:30 p.m. – Lei Making Demo (Tattered Leaf) with Joann Leach Monday 10 a.m. – Dressing Your Holiday Table on a Budget 11 a.m. – Preserving Herbs and Flowers

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3:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 4 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 4:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist 5 p.m. – Rooster Crowing Contest 5:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 6 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 6:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist

Sunday, Sept. 6 10:30 a.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist 11:30 a.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw

artist Noon – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 12:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist 1 p.m. – Hula Dancing, stage 1:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 1:30 p.m. – Dave Watson, chainsaw artist 2 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 2:30 p.m. – Pie Eating Contest-Stage 3 p.m. – Potato Sack Races, stage 3:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 4 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 5:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts

Noon – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 1 p.m. – Pigtail/Ponytail/Braid Contest, stage 1:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 2 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 2:30 p.m. – Cream Puff Eating Contest, stage 3:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 4 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage 5:30 p.m. – Marvelous Mutts 6 p.m. – Nick’s Kid Show, stage TRACY OUELLETTE Walworth County Fair 2015

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Cheap Trick and the Charlie Daniels Band to perform

Cheap Trick returns to the Walworth County Fair at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6, at the Grandstand.

A favorite of fairgoers, Cheap Trick may be one of the most covered bands of all time. Since the 70s the band has been blending elements of pop, punk and even metal in a way that is instantly catchy and recognizable.

With timeless classics such as “I Want You to Want Me,” “Surrender,” and “The Flame,” Cheap Trick are a musical institution. Anyone familiar with Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report will note that Cheap Trick wrote and performed the theme song.

With more than 5,000 performances, 20 million records sold, 29 movie soundtracks and 40 gold and platinum recording awards, the band was honored in October 2007 by the Chicago Chapter of NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) for their contributions to the music industry.

Cheap Trick were featured in the John Varvatos Spring 2008 ad campaign.

The band has most recently performed their Dream Police album in its entirety along with an orchestra in select cities across the United States. The innovative show also includes many other songs from the band’s extensive catalog, garnering them critical acclaim after performances in venues such as the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

Their most current release, The Latest, (released on CD, vinyl and 8-track) has garnered glowing reviews worldwide and continues Cheap Trick’s reign as power-pop progenitors as they continue their legacy of more than 35 years in the music industry.

For more information, visit www. cheaptrick.com.

7:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 6 Grandstand

Wednesday, Sept. 2 10 a.m. Opening Ceremony 2 p.m. Mark Wayne 5 p.m. Senior Idol Finals 6 p.m. Walworth County Talent Show Thursday, Sept. 3 11 a.m. Main Street Big Band 1 p.m. Main Street Big Band 2 p.m. Outstanding Senior, Exhibitor, Vendor and Grandparents Award 3 p.m. Main Street Big Band 6 p.m. Walworth County Talent Show Friday, Sept. 4 10:30 a.m. Jimmy Mayer & the Good Time Band 2 p.m. Brian & the Mississippi Valley Dutchman 6:30 p.m. Rainbow Bridge

Charlie Daniels Band Charlie Daniels and his band are also making a return trip to the fair and can be seen at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Grandstand.

Daniels is partly Western and partly Southern. His signature “bullrider” hat and belt buckle, his lifestyle on the Twin Pines Ranch (a boyhood dream come true), his love of horses, cowboy lore and the heroes of championship rodeo, Western movies, and Louis L’Amour novels, identify him as a “Westerner.”

The son of a lumberjack and a Southerner by birth, his music – rock, country, bluegrass, blues, gospel – is quintessentially Southern.

Like so many great American success stories, the Charlie Daniels saga begins in rural obscurity. Born in 1936 in Wilmington, N.C., he was raised on a musical diet that included Pentecostal gospel, local bluegrass bands, and the rhythm and blues and country music emanating respectively from Nashville’s 50,000-watt megabroadcasters WLAC and WSM. When people hear a classic Charlie Daniels Band performance like “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” they hear music that knows no clear genre. Is it a folk tale? A southern boogie? A country fiddle tune? An electric rock anthem? The answer is, “yes”

New this year, the area’s premier performance-based music school will be sponsoring and coordinating a showcase of local talent on what’s been formerly known as the Pepsi Stage.

The new stage is welcoming all styles of music and performers throughout southeast Wisconsin, with a focus on up-and-coming Walworth County musical artists. The entertainment line up as of press time includes:

Thursday, Sept. 3 6 p.m. Todd Greene

On the Park Stage The entertainment and event line up for the Park Stage at the 2015 Walworth County Fair is as follows:

Lake Geneva House of Music Stage

Wednesday, Sept 2 3 p.m. Nick Brose

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4 p.m. Jon Hainstock 5 p.m. Jason Liebovich 6 p.m. Matt Jacob

Friday, Sept. 4 4 p.m. 1 Missed Call 5 p.m. Dead Fortune Music 6 p.m. Pat Jones

Sunday, Sept. 6 1 p.m. Todd Greene 2 p.m. 1 Missed Call 3 p.m. Tracy Beck 5 p.m. Andrus & the Mariners 6 p.m. Audriophilia

Saturday, Sept. 5 1 p.m. Tracy Beck 3 p.m. Susannah Thorngate

Monday, Sept. 7 2 p.m. Nick Brose 4 p.m. Eimilie Malmgren

to all of that and more.

And the same goes for “In America,” “Uneasy Rider,” “The South’s Gonna Do It,” “Long Haired Country Boy,” “Still in Saigon,” “The Legend of Wooley Swamp,” and the rest of a catalog that spans 50 years of record making and represents more than 20 million in sales.

“In his time he’s played everything from rock to jazz, folk to western swing, and honkytonk to award-winning gospel,” former President Jimmy Carter said. “In Charlie’s own words, ‘Let there be harmony, let there be fun and 12 notes of music to make us all one.’”

On Jan. 19, 2008, Daniel’s lifelong dream became a reality when he was inducted as a full-fledged member into the Grand Ole Opry.

“I have been blessed with Gold, Platinum and Multiplatinum albums, I have appeared many times on network television, even in moving pictures. I have won multiple awards from The Country Music Association, The Academy of Country Music, The Gospel Music Association and even a Grammy. I have even played on the Grand Ole Opry many times. But I was always on the outside looking in. I was always a guest, never a member,” Daniels said.

In 2014, Daniels with David Corlew

Charlie Daniels Band 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5 Grandstand

Saturday, Sept. 5 10 a.m. A Paradise of Fashion Show (4-H Fashion/Duct Tape Fashion) 11:30 a.m. Brian Mitchell 2:30 p.m. Georgia Rae Band 6:30 p.m. Gary McAdams Brand Sunday, Sept. 6 10:30 a.m. Ecumenical Church Service 11:30 a.m. 2016 Fairest of the Fair Competition 1 p.m. Square Dancers 3 p.m. Foundation Auction 4:30 p.m. Adoration 6:30 p.m. Class of 62 Monday, Sept. 7 11 a.m. Local Favorite Band 1:30 p.m. – Century Farm Awards 2:30 p.m. – Local favorite band

and Joe and Mercedez Longever founded The Journey Home Project, a not-for-profit organization, that assists in securing funds to help causes that benefit veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. Conscious of the need to assist our nation’s veterans, they have set out to partner with organizations that do the most good, with the least overhead.

The Journey Home Project is making a difference in the lives of American patriots.

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Inventor of the ‘Lambeau Leap’ to sign autographs, take photo on Sept. 5 Former Green Bay Packer LeRoy Butler neighborhood children play kickball – will be at the Walworth County Fair from 11 something he could not even imagine a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5. He will doing. At the time, doctors predicted that sign autographs, take photos with fans and be Butler would be lucky if he ever walked available for “meet and greet” sessions. normally. Certainly, the notion of becoming a Butler is a former American football professional athlete was not in his foreseeable strong safety who played his entire career future. with the Green Bay Packers (1990-2001), As fate would have it, when he was eight according to his website www.leroybutlerinc. years old Butler discovered he no longer com needed his leg braces – quite by accident.

Born on July 19, 1968, When his older sister raced out Butler spent his childhood in of the apartment one day, she Jacksonville, Fla. His parents inadvertently knocked Butler out separated when he was a of his wheelchair, sending his WHAT: Meet LeRoy toddler, and his mother, Eunice, leg braces flying as well.

Butler supported Butler and his four Picking himself up, Butler WHERE: Walworth siblings by working first as a discovered that he could not County Fair, near the only walk normally, but he secretary and later as a nurse.

Treasurer’s Office could also run pretty well. He The family lived in a small WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 immediately ran outside and apartment in the crime-infested p.m. on Saturday, Blodgett Homes housing project joined in a kickball game.

Sept. 5 on Jacksonville’s west side.

By the time he was 10 Visitors will be years old, Butler was starring As a child, Butler’s problems able to get items on the neighborhood football went beyond poverty and crime. autographed by He was born so pigeon-toed team. And, after junior high, Butler, meet and take a picture with that doctors had to break bones he was recruited by football the Super Bowl in both of his feet when he was powerhouse Robert E. Lee champion. only eight months to correct the High School on the other side of town, where he earned seven problem. varsity letters in all – three in Walking was a major football and two each in basketball and challenge for Butler, who spent much of his early youth in a wheelchair. Between the ages track.

When he was a high school senior, Butler of six and eight, he had to wear leg braces. was a unanimous All-America pick, and he He spent much of his early childhood was heavily recruited by colleges all across gazing out the window watching

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Former Green Bay Packer LeRoy Butler will be at the Walworth County Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5.

the country. After accepting a football scholarship to Florida State University, Butler shared the defensive backfield for two years with two-sport superstar Deion Sanders.

Butler was selected by the Packers in the second round of the 1990 draft. He played in 181 regular season games, 14 postseason games, earned a Super Bowl ring after the

Packers defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI at the end of the 1996 season, selected All-Pro four times, and was selected to the Pro Bowl four times (1993, 1996, 1997, and 1998).

He was named to the NFL 1990s AllDecade Team by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and later inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Project Leadership Award, the2011 Florence Sweno 4-H Leadership Award and the 2011 Walworth County 4-H Sr. Achievement Award.

She was the Wisconsin Jazz Education Network treasurer and the Linn 4-H historian, treasurer, vice-president and president.

As Fairest of the Fair, she said she would enjoy speaking to 4-H clubs and FFA chapters around the county to inspire young women while gaining public speaking skills and experience.

She auditioned for a musical group at the University of WisconsinWhitewater to go to New York and was

successful. She says one of her greatest achievements is having the privilege to play in the New York Wind Band Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York, New York.

Attending the outdoor concerts is one of Shelby’s favorite things to do at the fair. She said she loves seeing families together and enjoying themselves through live music as well.

She is interested in aquariums and fish breeding, horseback riding, enjoys fitness, and creating/listening to music. She also devotes her time as a community volunteer/intern at the McHenry County Coroner’s office.

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Area young women compete in state talent show Both won their divisions at last year’s Walworth County Fair

By Chris Jensen CONTRIBUTOR

Two young women who won top honors at last year’s Walworth County Fair talent show participated in the second annual Wisconsin State Fair Amateur Talent Show staged Aug. 14 at the state fairgrounds’ Exposition Hall.

Walworth County’s youth division winner Melissa Konkel, 13, a vocalist from Elkhorn, did not win or place in the state competition, however she was able to sing “Everything is Alright” by Motion City Soundtrack.

Konkel, the daughter of Lisa and Duane A. Konkel, 5639 Highway 11, Elkhorn, is an incoming eighth-grader at Walworth Middle School. Last September, she won the Walworth County Fair youth talent show.

Although she turned 13 last March, Konkel was able to compete in the state youth division (ages 2 to 12) since she won the Walworth County preliminary when she was 12.

Rachel Nicole Vanderstappen, 18, of rural Lake Geneva, who won the teen talent show at last year’s

Walworth County Fair talent show, did not place at the state fair talent show, which included twelve entrants from all over the state.

She is the daughter of Nancy and Martin T. Vanderstappen of rural Lake Geneva, and is a 2015 graduate of Big Foot Union High School.

She plans to attend Western Technical College in La Crosse this fall to study massage therapy.

During the teen talent program on Aug. 14, she sang singer Carrie Underwood’s version of the classic hymn “How Great Thou Art.” Nearby teen division contestant Cole Conrad, 18, of Burlington, who performed his “Jack and the Beanstalk” monologue, did not place. He won the Green County talent show on July 25 in Monroe since he was not able to compete in a southeastern Wisconsin talent show preliminary.

Coincidentally, at last year’s inaugural state fair talent show, the two winners of the 2014 Green County talent show (the youth, ages 2-12, and teen, (ages 13-18)

both won the state fair talent show competition in their respective age group.

Winning the 2015 youth division of the state talent show was vocalist Ellie Brenner, 11, of Durand, representing Northern Wisconsin State Fair in Chippewa Falls. The runner-up was gymnast Lindsay Klapatauskas, 9, of Medford.

The teen winner was gymnastic and acrobatic dancer Faith Suzanne Hopkins, 13, of Eau Claire. The runnersup were Cloe Halverson, 17, of Hudson, and Isiah Berdhon, 14, of Packwaukee in Marquette County.

Serving as host of state talent show competition for the second consecutive year was Kenosha native Nicholas J. Dattilo who is best known for running karaoke events and “Nick’s Kids Show”.

For information and possible entry into this year’s Walworth County Fair talent show, contact director Susan Pruessing at susan@walworthcountyfair.com or (262) 723-3228.

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Farming has changed drastically over the past 25 years. Greater public awareness of agricultural challenges could help the industry in the future.

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CHALLENGES facing farmers today and tomorrow

Though farming was once big business in the United States, by 2012 less than 1 percent of Americans were professional farmers. Many challenges face today’s farmers, many of which are largely unknown to the general public.

Many people have an outdated view of a farm as a small, family-owned and operated parcel of land where livestock is raised in open pens and crops are handharvested when ripe.

The reality is that modern-day farms have had to overhaul operations to meet demand and remain competitively priced while adapting to the ever-changing ways technology infiltrates all parts of life.

Each of these factors present obstacles for today’s farmers.

Technology Rural farming communities are expected to make an effort to integrate modern technology into an industry that has been around for centuries. But such a transition in rural areas, where communications systems may not be as up-to-date as those in urban areas, is not always so easy.

According to the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council, a shift from a resource-based to an informationbased economy, compounded by the rapid introduction and expansion of new technology in the workplace, has altered farm operation and the skills in demand. Older workers who have been schooled in one way of agriculture may have a significant impact on labor supply and the vitality of farming as a career.

Younger adults who are knowledgeable in technology may no longer seek out agricultural careers.

Decrease in farming as an occupation The United States Environmental Protection Agency says that only about 960,000 Americans claim farming as their principal occupation. As that figure has dwindled, the average age of farmers continues to rise, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that roughly 40 percent of the farmers in this country are 55 years old or older. This has led to concerns about the long-term health of family farms throughout the United States.

Environmental concerns Many farmers have come under scrutiny for how farming impacts the environment. A growing emphasis on sustainability and conservation has led many people to protest certain farming practices.

Protesters claim that certain practices, such as raising livestock, can pollute water, while the use of fertilizers and chemical pesticides is bad for the environment.

Many farmers, however, have altered their methods to be more environmentally friendly and self-sustainable in the process.

Climate change is another environmental issue farmers must deal with. Strong storms and severe droughts have made farming even more challenging.

Financial fall-out The ongoing recession of the last half-decade has also affected farmers.

In November of 2012, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that the unemployment rate within the

agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting industries was at 13.6 percent, far higher than the national unemployment rate.

As a result, many farm families have found themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place, as rising costs for equipment and technology are being coupled with decreasing profits and rising unemployment.

Further complicating matters is competition from corporations and international food producers who have made it difficult for family farmers to turn a significant profit.

Many family farmers rely on loans and lines of credit to survive, but thanks to changes in the financial sector that saw banks become less willing to extend lines of credit, some farmers are facing bankruptcy.

Though it can be easy for those who do not work in the agricultural industry to overlook the struggles facing today’s agricultural professionals, a greater understanding of those struggles and the challenges that lay ahead can benefit the industry and its employees down the road.

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Home pickling can spice up your table Here’s a canny idea: home canning and pickling.

This tasteful pastime for preserving food at home has soared in popularity, especially as part of the burgeoning Farm-to-Table movement.

Now, preserving food can be easier than many people realize, and vinegar is a key ingredient. For example, “refrigerator pickling” (also known as “quick pickles”) takes just four simple ingredients and three easy steps.

It’s a fun way to enjoy local or organic vegetables, particularly if you have a small amount of produce to preserve. Enjoy as side dishes for entrées, condiments for your special cocktail or for your favorite snack; share them with family and friends at your next picnic or take some along as a delicious hostess gift.

BASIC PICKLING RECIPE

For every pound of vegetable: 1 cup vinegar 1 cup water ½ cup sugar 1 tablespoon kosher salt For variety, add ingredients such as fresh herbs, red pepper flakes, mustard seed, cumin seed, peppercorns, cloves of garlic, or any other pickling spice.

Preparation Select, clean and prepare all vegetables. You can blanch them in boiling water, steam them lightly or roast them beforehand. The key is to start with crunchy vegetables.

Pack all the vegetables tightly into containers with airtight lids. You can also combine more than one vegetable in the same jar if you want variety. Just make sure the flavors of the combined vegetables will be compatible because they’ll take on a bit of each other’s flavors.

Bring all the brine ingredients to a boil in a small pan and pour the brine over the vegetables. Place lids on the containers, cool to room temperature, and then refrigerate for at least 24 hours before eating. This allows time for the flavors to meld. Refrigerator pickles will keep for about a month.

Depending on what produce you’re putting up and how you like it, you can use any kind of vinegar, explain the experts at The Vinegar Institute: white distilled (by far the most popular choice), apple cider, rice, white or red wine.

For further facts and recipes, visit www. versatilevinegar.org.

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Having children help with the planning, planting and harvesting of a home garden is a good way to show them their connection with the world around them and where the food they eat comes from.

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HANDS DIRTY Teaching children to be good stewards starts at home

Growing your own garden is a popular pastime that cuts grocery bills and puts fresh produce within arm’s reach. But to parents it’s so much more than that.

Gardening is a trending family activity that provides plenty of teachable moments, and it also promotes positive characteristics like self-reliance and stewardship of the earth.

“You don’t have to be a green thumb to start a garden at home,” says Kevin Bryant, a garden enthusiast and director of national marketing at Tractor Supply Company. “It’s a fantastic activity for families to do together that also lets parents teach valuable lessons to their children. Whether it’s just a few garden boxes on the deck or a full plot with backyard chickens, families everywhere are embracing the adventure of gardening together and learning so much about nature and each other in the process.”

The recent self-reliant movement sweeping the country is highly appealing to families. Plus, growing basic vegetables, fruits and herbs at home is a viable option whether in the city, suburbs or rural areas.

In fact, 29 percent of Americans obtained locally grown food in the past year from a home garden, according to a national Tractor Supply survey – and interest appears to be on the rise.

Furthermore, many families have a deep desire to improve their children’s comprehension of nutrition and food resources. A whopping 89 percent of American parents agree with the statement “My children need a better understanding of where their food comes from,” the survey found.

Research plants

The region where you live will dictate which seeds you should plant and when. It’s best to select highyielding plants that you know will be successful, particularly if you have a small garden. Your local extension service is a great resource.

Decide on size

If you have a large backyard, a bigger plot might be a good option and allow you to grow a wider variety of plants. If you live in the city or a restricted area, container gardens or garden boxes are a great option for herbs, flowers and some vegetables. Don’t bite off more than you can chew during the first year; starting small increases the likelihood of success, and you can always increase the size next year.

Go shopping

Once you have a general idea of your garden’s size, location and types of plants you’d like to grow, it’s time to take the family shopping. Visit a store, such as your local Tractor Supply, for seasoned advice, tools, soil, seeds, fertilizers and pest control.

You can also find all the supplies necessary for raising backyard chickens, which offer a great way to eliminate backyard pests and boost the health of your garden.

Additionally, the kids will love tending to the flock.

Make time together

Children love to get their hands dirty, so involve them in every step of the gardening process, from tilling the soil to harvesting the produce.

Set a schedule for watering and weeding to teach kids responsibility. Be sure to keep an open conversation about their observations and try to answer their questions.

If you don’t know all the answers, explore and learn together.

“Getting outdoors, growing a garden and learning about the land is one of the best things families can do during the warm-weather months,” says Bryant. “Plus, kids are more likely to eat fruits and vegetables when they help grow them in their own backyard. That’s a win all around.”

When planning next year’s garden, keep the kids in mind.

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Gardening is one of America’s favorite pastimes.

An impressive 35 percent of U.S. households are growing food at home or in a community garden, according to the National Gardening Association.

That means 42 million households are currently planning their annual gardens and researching how to make this year better than the last. Fortunately, the trick to growing healthier plants with fewer pests and bigger yields might be simpler than you think.

“Garden enthusiasts will be amazed by the effectiveness of the natural fertilizer and weed control they get from raising chickens,” says Michael Diedrich, director at Tractor Supply Company.

“For families who want to explore ways to grow their own food and be better stewards of their resources, raising chickens and growing a garden together is a great option.”

Winning over Americans who don’t raise chickens might be as simple as helping them learn the benefits of keeping a flock. Nearly one in five people would be more likely to raise chickens if they knew more about it, according to a national Tractor Supply survey. Interest with parents is even higher, as 27 percent would consider raising chickens with their families if they had more information on the hobby.

With so many people already gardening and interest in backyard chickens gaining steam, it’s no wonder that more people are researching the benefits of chickens for their vegetable and flower beds. Chickens are known as nature’s gardeners after all.

Here are the top reasons raising chickens will take your garden to a whole new level:

chickens, you will labor less because they will do much of the necessary turning for you while rooting for food and bugs.

Eat unwanted bugs and weeds Chickens love to forage and they eat the bugs that can be harmful to plants, which is great news for gardeners. They are great at weeding out unwanted plant species from a garden bed before you plant, such as dandelion, prickly lettuce and purslane.

But watch your flock around your vegetables though because they will happily eat those as well.

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Keeping a flock of chickens in your backyard can help your gardening by reducing bugs and weeds.

Effective natural fertilizer Chicken droppings are a highly effective, 100 percent natural fertilizer.

A byproduct of raising chickens, the droppings can then be mixed in with your compost pile to make what some people

call “black gold” – a fertilizing mixture that plants thrive on.

Compost turning made simple Every compost pile needs to be turned to properly decompose. If you have

Gasoline-free tillers Chickens have a natural tendency to dig and scratch, which is great for preparing a garden bed for planting. After the growing season, they will also happily till your garden and help clean out old plants, which prevents the buildup of disease and harmful bugs.

Spring is the best time to start a backyard flock. Not only is it the start of the gardening season, but it’s also “Chick Days” – a time each spring when baby chicks and ducklings and the tools needed to care for poultry are sold at most Tractor Supply stores.

If you’d like to learn more about raising backyard chickens, visit the Know How Central section on www.tractorsupply.com.

“The health of the food and flowers in your garden is tied to the health of your soil,” says Diedrich. “Whether in modest yards or wide open rural spaces, raising chickens can revitalize your garden and give plants a natural boost. Plus, let’s not forget about the fun of collecting farmfresh eggs every day, too.”

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Advancements in modern farming TECHNOLOGY HELPS KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE

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Producing more food with fewer resources is important to both farmers and consumers.

From farm to table, much about food production has changed – for both farmers and consumers.

Like any other business, farmers must adapt to a changing world – one that will see its population grow to 9.6 billion by 2050.

With finite resources, it will take innovation and a variety of technologies to meet the world’s food demand. This includes using new technologies like biotechnology (also referred to as genetic engineering), which can help produce more food on the same amount of land, without having to destroy wildlife habitats.

A 2014 study by the International Food Information Council, “Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology,” shows that more than seven in 10 consumers agree that modern agriculture – conventional farming using today’s modern tools and equipment – can be sustainable and produce high-quality, nutritious foods.

The survey also underscored that 66 percent of respondents say it is important that their food be produced in a sustainable way, including producing food affordably with the same or fewer resources, in a way that is better for the environment.

“When consumers understand the potential benefits that technology in food production can have for both people and the planet, they can get behind it,” said Marianne Smith Edge, MS, RD,

LD, FADA, and senior vice president of Nutrition and Food Safety at IFIC. “People need to know what’s in it for them.” To this point, of consumers who ranked these factors of sustainability as important, most believe there is a role for biotechnology: • Ensuring a sufficient food supply for a growing global population; • Producing more food with fewer natural resources; • Conserving the natural habitat; and • Reducing carbon footprint.

To address increasing interest in how our food is produced, IFIC Foundation provides a glimpse of modern agriculture in its new animated video, “Your Food, Farm to Table,” showing how farmers in the United States and globally are working to produce our food year-round, including using technology to safely produce more food, while putting less stress on our natural resources.

With more “precise” information at their fingertips, farmers can be more selective with supplies and resources such as fertilizers, pesticides, tractors and other fuel-run equipment, and irrigation water.

For more information, visit www.foodinsight. org/farm4thought.

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History of the Walworth County Fair

The constitution of the Walworth County Agricultural Society was adopted April 28, 1842.

The first annual fair and cattle show of which we have any record was held in the Village of East Troy on October 16, 1850.

A total of 35 first premiums, 17 second premiums and 3 third premiums were given at that time.

The first County Fair held in Elkhorn was in 1851, and again in 1852, in the block southwest of the City Park. In 1853 the fair site was moved to Delavan but returned to Elkhorn in 1854.

In 1855, the first purchase of land, from Colonel Edward Elderkin, was made consisting of six acres within the Village of Elkhorn limits. The cost was $100 an acre with 10 percent interest, a high price for the time. The city of Elkhorn donated $300 to fence the land, erect pens and sheds and to dig wells. The fair site has remained in Elkhorn since 1855 on this same location.

Many visitors of the Fair at that time came by train. At one time, there were 19 Special Trains, which unloaded daily and left again each evening after the races from the fairgrounds. They came from Libertyville, Rockford, Freeport, Walworth, Beloit, Madison, Janesville, Milwaukee and Waukesha.

Night shows like the WLS entertainers began in 1933, at the Walworth County Fair.

1933 also marked the first year that the fair opened on Sunday.

Today, the Association owns about 99 acres. The land and buildings are now valued in excess of one million dollars.

During its existence the fair has received the support of the entire community. This support is shown by the gradual increase in its receipts. The increase in interest taken in the fair has been proportional to the increase in receipts, and the success with which the fair has been due not only to the solid foundation upon which it was laid, but also the united support all members, regardless of their social position, political views, or creed.

The Articles of Incorporation for the Walworth County Agricultural Society were signed on April 5, 1965 by the Secretary of State.

Fair attendance over the years 1970 97,153 1993 190,763 1971 112,923 1994 181,041 1972 118,693 1995 188,541 1973 117,215 1996 175,915 1974 131,740 1997 172,874 1975 119,223 1998 177,386 1976 141,219 1999 194,057 1977 147,187 2000 171,330 1978 150,114 2001 182,129 1979 151,765 2002 168,446 1980 142,390 2003 164,859 1981 137,079 2004 167,568 1982 152,587 2005 168,103 1983 157,230 2006 157,342 1984 165,706 2007 157,605 1985 160,188 2008 155,555 1986 172,396 2009 152,156 1987 156,824 2010 150,648 1988 159,908 2011 140,677 1989 178,599 2012 134,409 1990 191,890 2013 130,685 1991 188,501 2014 133,369 1992 180,023 2015 TBD

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Walworth County Master Gardeners helped youth separate and plant their own houseplants to take home during last year’s Back to 4-H night.

Young people get a feel for 4-H

Last October Walworth County 4-H hosted a Back to 4-H Night for young people considering joining 4-H for the upcoming year.

The event targeted young people who were not enrolled in 4-H and was open to anyone who wanted to attend.

The 48 young people who attended learned that 4-H is not only for farmers when they saw scale models, plants, crafts, equine education, wildlife and shooting sports. Animal projects were included too with horses, cats, small pets, rabbits and poultry.

4-H is the youth development program

of the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

Membership is open to children in 5-yearold kindergarten to 13-year-olds. Members participate in monthly community club meetings and have access to county, state, national and international learning opportunities.

For more information about joining 4-H, contact the UW-Extension office at (262) 741-4951 or visit the UWExtension website at http://walworth. uwex.edu. Anyone who needs reasonable accommodations to participate in 4-H activities and events, should contact the UW-Extension office.

Girls learn about water clean up Ten fourth- to seventh-grade girls discovered what it takes to clean up the water people use every day during the Walworth County 4-H Girls Science Explorers mini workshop last October.

Keira Taylor, of Delavan, was among the participants.

The event took place at the Fontana-Walworth Water Pollution Facility in Walworth and provided girls with an opportunity to see the water purification process stepby-step. Favorite spots on the tour included the clarifiers where participants saw the final sludge being removed from the dirty water and the laboratory where they saw up-close views of some of the micro-organisms that help in the cleaning process. After the tour, participants put their observations to work to build their own filtration devices out of simple science equipment. The tour and workshop were led by Torell Geffers, a lab manager at the facility.

Walworth County 4-H Girls’ Science Explorers events are conducted in an effort to keep girls interested in and excited about science and science-related careers.

National research shows that women pursue degrees and careers in science and mathematics at a lower rate than men.

Girls Science Explorers events are coordinated by the Walworth County 4-H Girls Science Outreach Team.

Teenage girls or women with a passion for science who would like to get involved in the program may contact Debbie Burkman at the UW-Extension office at (262) 741-4951 or deborah.moser@ces.uwex.edu.

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Emma Henningfeld, of East Troy, builds a water filtration device Oct. 18 during a 4-H Girls Science Explorers workshop at the Fontana-Walworth Water Pollution Facility.

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Swim pier, private beach, park area, perfect getaway home.….................$ 12 9, 9 0 0

MLS: 1377013 – DELAVAN Large 5 bedroom cottage w/lake rights to the Jackson Park pier system and swim area on Delavan’s North Shore. Plenty of room in this classic summer retreat…..$149,000

MLS: 1428724 – DELAVAN 3 bedroom, 2 bath ranch home in the Town of Delavan. Kitchen w/ breakfast bar, hardwood flrs, partially finished basement, and a large backyard....…....................$149,000

MLS: 1416358 – DELAVAN Efficient one bedroom, one bath unit in the Geneva Landings complex.

Includes pool, one car garage, club house, exercise facility and boat launch................................$149,000

MLS: 1417191 – DELAVAN Cute, well maintained year-round Delavan Lake home with boat slip, wooded back yard & 2-car garage.

Two bedroom, one bath, short walk to the water…....................$159,000

MLS: 1411632 – DELAVAN Lake access and lake views with this 3BR, 2BA two-story that features a large cedar front porch, cherry cabinets and open concept design…............................$179,000

MLS: 1423497 – DELAVAN Delavan Lake condo. 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath, great room with a natural fireplace, eat-in kitchen, 1 car detached garage. Lake views from balconies….......................$227,500

MLS: 1424707 – DELAVAN Lofted 2BR, 2BA lakefront condo with master balcony, waterfront deck, open concept living, laminate floors, solid surface counters and gas fireplace…..................$229,000

MLS: 1393777 – DELAVAN 2BR, 2BA unit in Geneva Landings featuring main floor master suite, open concept great room with cathedral ceiling, gas fireplace and waterfront deck……..........$229,000

MLS: 1409660 – DELAVAN First floor 2BR, 2BA waterfront condo with main floor master suite, lakeside balcony, wall of windows, boat launch, swimming pool and club house….....................$239,000

MLS: 1404569 – DELAVAN A boat slip on the main body of Delavan Lake comes with this spacious two story vacation property featuring four bedrooms and three full bathrooms……..................$249,900

MLS: 1427308 – DELAVAN Affordable, low maintenance 3 bedroom, 2 bath with 40’ of Delavan channel frontage. Perfect get away! ..............….........................$260,000

MLS: 1423174 – DELAVAN Bright, open condo w/ wood floors & lakefront patio. This Garden unit has lakeside master suite, second bedroom w/ water views & sleeping room or den…...................$269,000

MLS: 1408774 – DELAVAN Northwood’s designed lake access property with three bedrooms, two baths, walk-out lower level, impeccable finishes, boat slip and seasonal lake views…......$325,000

MLS: 1430219– DELAVAN Unique Delavan Lake property with 10’ feet of frontage on the water along with a 3 bedroom, ranch home on the other side of South Shore Dr ...........................................$330,000

MLS: 1422111 – DELAVAN 3BR Country charmer on nearly 3 acres. Formal dining room, living room and spacious great room with gas fireplace. Walkout to in-ground swimming pool…...............$349,000

MLS: 1405458 – DELAVAN Single family condo with boat slip, deck, and association pier. Spacious first floor master suite, great room and 2-car garage…...........$399,900

MLS: 1426802 – DELAVAN 2 Story contemporary home with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and a 2.5 detached garage for all your toys. 50’ of frontage and lakeside deck.......……....................$489,000

MLS: 1377716 – DELAVAN Enjoy your personal paradise with this 3BR, 3BA furnished North Woods style lake home on 120 feet of Delavan Outlet frontage w/private dock and boat slip…..........$489,000

MLS: 1329576 – DELAVAN Remodeled 4 bedroom, 2 bath Delavan Lake home with a plethora of spectacular features. There’s 80 feet of prime lake frontage and panoramic views of the water…............$775,000

MLS: 1414502 – DELAVAN Spacious 6BR, 5BA lakefront with 91’ frontage and walk out lower level on the Outlet of Delavan Lake with oversized pier, pool, deck and second kitchen……..........$799,000

MLS: 1412693 – DELAVAN Newly constructed 3BR, 2BA, lakefront on 39 feet of level North Shore frontage. Includes 3 car garage, full basement and additional parcel….............................$799,000

MLS: 1411277 – DELAVAN Classic 7BR, 5BA lake home on 60’ of prime North Shore frontage.

Includes master suite on first and second floor, deck, oversized pier & 2.5 car garage….............. $799,000

MLS: 1384106 – DELAVAN Prime South Shore lakefront features 6 bedrooms, 2 kitchens, spacious waterfront deck, oversized pier system and guest cottage on 102’ of frontage…...........$1,200,000

MLS: 1420300 – DELAVAN Beautiful Delavan Lakefront with 210 feet of frontage. Large outstanding home with exquisite views throughout.

Home features wine cellar, hot tub, 2 saunas, etc…...................$3,300,000

MLS: 1410435 – DELAVAN Magnificent prairie-style 6BR, 7BA lakefront estate on 200’ of South Shore frontage. Features theatre and billiards room, four guest suites, 3.7 acres…....................$3,400,000

Ryan Simons | Keefe Real Estate (608) 852-3156 · 416 Bauer Parkway · Delavan, WI www.DelavanLakeProperty.com 214672