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AT THE FAIR<br />
SUSSEX COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS • AUGUST 5-14, 2011<br />
Post your fair snapshots Pg. 2<br />
Final week for discount tickets Pg. 4<br />
Beulah the elephant power shower Pg. 6<br />
What’s new at the fair Pg. 8<br />
Fried Kool Aid? Pg. 10<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair<br />
Sussex County Farm & Horse Show<br />
®<br />
INSIDE:<br />
Fun for Kids Pg. 14<br />
Who will be queen? Pgs. 20-21<br />
Wine tasting Pg. 32<br />
Performing arts tent lineup Pg. 33<br />
ABCs of the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair Pg. 37<br />
Sunday, July 31, 2011
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Share your fun at the fair<br />
Are you going to the fair?<br />
The <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair Sussex County Farm<br />
and Horse Show unofficially kicks off Thursday with<br />
the Beulah Power Shower, where Beulah, an elephant<br />
who provides rides at the fair, will freshen up for the<br />
10-day event. A complete story about Beulah’s good<br />
clean fun is on page 6.<br />
For many county residents, the fair is an old family<br />
tradition, dating back to when the event was held<br />
in Branchville. For others, it is a new tradition, maybe<br />
even a first-time visit this year.<br />
Upload your photos<br />
taken at the fair<br />
onto the fair page at<br />
www.njherald.com.<br />
But, whether familiar or new, we want to see pictures of your fun at the fair.<br />
During fair week, the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Herald will provide extensive coverage of<br />
people and events at the fair. Our website www.njherald.com, will include a page<br />
devoted solely to fair events, including photos, daily videos, stories, and results. A<br />
button will be on the web page for fairgoers to upload their photos from the fair,<br />
such as pictures of the kids petting animals at the petting zoo, getting up close to<br />
a cow or sheep, watching bees at work, readying for a horse show, riding the rides<br />
or enjoying a walk on the midway. The fair page will remain on the Herald website<br />
for two weeks after the fair, giving plenty of time for people to enjoy the sights and<br />
sounds of the fair through your eyes and ours.<br />
Also during fair week, the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Herald will provide extensive coverage of<br />
the fair in its newspaper as well. Your photos submitted to the website also could<br />
be published in the pages of the newspaper.<br />
So when packing for a day at the fair, remember to include your camera to<br />
record those moments that make you smile. And share them with us. We could<br />
use a smile, too.<br />
The <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex<br />
County Farm and Horse Show opens Friday<br />
at 10 a.m. for fair-goers.<br />
The official opening ceremony is Friday at<br />
6 p.m. in the Conservatory courtyard.<br />
The opening ceremony will honor fair<br />
volunteers who have passed — including<br />
Bert Cronk, Margaret Hait, Carol Pierson,<br />
Barbara Snook and Warren Welsh— and<br />
will recognize county resident Nate Shatoff ,<br />
Herald file photo<br />
Alye Fonseca of Branchville and Alex Barkovitch of Blairstown, right, admire a rabbit in<br />
the small animal barn after grooming him at the fair last year.<br />
Fair opening ceremony to be held Friday<br />
president and founder of RELENTLESS<br />
Against Cancer, Inc.<br />
A luminary event will be held Aug. 13 at 7<br />
p.m. to honor Shatoff and other cancer victims<br />
and survivors.<br />
The horse show ceremony is 5 p.m.<br />
Monday, Aug. 8, in the Horse Show Ring.<br />
The Snook Museum will be rededicated<br />
Friday at 5 p.m. in memory of Barbara and<br />
Jack Snook.
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Ticket discounts available this week<br />
Tickets to the fair are $11 for<br />
adults and $5 for children ages 6-12.<br />
Children 5 and under are free, and<br />
parking is always free.<br />
Fairgoers can take advantage of<br />
special deals to cut down on the<br />
price of admission and carnival tickets.<br />
•Advanced admission tickets are<br />
$9 for adults and $4 for children, and<br />
are available at local outlets in the<br />
county. Stop by the following businesses<br />
before Aug. 5 to purchase<br />
tickets: Baker’s Pharmacy - Sussex,<br />
Chatterbox Restaurant – Augusta,<br />
Chocolate Goat – Lafayette, Dale’s<br />
Market, Family Drug Store, and<br />
Henry’s - Branchville, Sussex<br />
County branches of Lakeland <strong>State</strong><br />
Bank , Mountainview Country Store-<br />
Beemerville/ Wantage, Roy Bishoff<br />
Feed & Supply – Stillwater, Sussex<br />
Bank, Tri-Co Federal Credit Union,<br />
Frankford, Weis Market – <strong>New</strong>ton,<br />
Yetter’s Diner – Augusta, North<br />
Country Pharmacy - Franklin, First<br />
Hope Bank, Roberta’s Jewelers –<br />
Hamburg, Administration Building-<br />
fairgrounds in Frankford.<br />
•Senior citizens can show their<br />
identification at the gate and get a $9<br />
admission.<br />
•Adults coming after 8:30 p.m. any<br />
day of the fair also pay $9.<br />
•On Sunday, Aug. 14, adults are $7<br />
and children are admitted free.<br />
•Tuesday, Aug. 9 is Children’s Day<br />
and children’s admission is $4.<br />
•Pay One Price ride bracelets for<br />
the carnival are $20 plus the price of<br />
admission. The bracelets, which entitle<br />
wearers to all rides, are available<br />
on Friday, Aug. 5 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.;<br />
Monday, Aug. 8 from 11 a.m. to clos-<br />
VISIT: Historic <strong>New</strong>ton<br />
<strong>New</strong>ton is Sussex County’s county seat and was incorporated by an act of the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong><br />
Legislature on April 11, 1864 from portions of <strong>New</strong>ton Township. <strong>New</strong>ton operates under the<br />
Faulkner Act (Council-Manager) form of municipal government with a five-member Town<br />
Council, whose members are chosen in nonpartisan elections to four-year terms of office.<br />
The town has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2), of which, 3.1 miles (5.0 km) of it is<br />
land and .32% is water.<br />
Notable residents include: <strong>New</strong>man E. Drake (186-1930), founder of Drake’s bakery;<br />
Janeane Garofalo (born 1964), actress and comedian; John W. Griggs (1849–1927), 27th<br />
Governor of <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> who later served as United <strong>State</strong>s Attorney General and Red Strader<br />
(1902–56), football player and coach.<br />
ing; Tuesday, Wednesday and<br />
Thursday, Aug. 9, 10, 11 from noon to<br />
6 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 14 from opening<br />
to 5 p.m.<br />
•MegaPasses are two-part tickets<br />
that cover admission and the carnival<br />
— pay one price on any day. After<br />
today, megapass tickets are available<br />
only at the Administration<br />
Building at the Sussex County<br />
Fairgrounds Monday through<br />
Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and<br />
Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Child<br />
megapasses are $24 and adults are<br />
$28. They are also available at the<br />
outlets selling advanced tickets until<br />
Aug. 4.<br />
People seeking advanced tickets<br />
should call the ticket outlets to make<br />
sure the advanced tickets are still<br />
available.<br />
Herald File Photo<br />
Once at the fair, keep your eyes open for Oscar the<br />
Robot, left, the funniest flirt on the fairgrounds, who<br />
might scoot by with a comment or two. Or, if you happen<br />
to be in the Conservatory or elsewhere on the<br />
fairgrounds and spot a mannequin, look again... he<br />
might be the Mechanical Man, right, who’s a little<br />
less chatty than Oscar, but can be just as flirtatious.
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VISIT: Historic <strong>New</strong>ton<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS:<br />
The Greater <strong>New</strong>ton Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a<br />
Classic Car Show on Spring Street every Thursday<br />
through Sept. 8th, 2011<br />
Town-Wide Garage Sale<br />
August 5 - August 7<br />
Neighborhood Health Center - Health Fair<br />
August 11, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM at the Eastern Plaza Parking Lot<br />
Fire Department - Tower 804 Wet Down<br />
August 27, 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ VFW<br />
9/11 Remembrance 10th Anniversary Ceremony<br />
September 11, 4:00 PM @ September 11th Memorial at SCCC<br />
We will never forget that tragic September day.<br />
Join us with guest speaker, Elvis Duran of Z100 Radio in<br />
remembering the day that changed America.
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Herald File Photo<br />
Beulah, a 42-year-old fair veteran, will trade her annual bath at the fairgrounds for a power shower this year. Beulah will be the object of good, clean<br />
fun Thursday at 1 p.m.<br />
Elephant<br />
starts fair<br />
with good,<br />
clean fun<br />
Beulah power shower<br />
to be held Thursday<br />
BY JEFF SISTRUNK<br />
jsistrunk@njherald.com<br />
It’s not the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County<br />
Farm and Horse Show if a<br />
42-year-old elephant<br />
named Beulah isn’t<br />
involved.<br />
For the past 16 years,<br />
Beulah, who gives rides at<br />
the fair, unofficially has<br />
kicked off the 10-day fair<br />
with her now-ceremonial<br />
bath in the pond near the<br />
entrance to the fairgrounds.<br />
While Beulah’s<br />
handlers are swapping the<br />
pond swim for a power<br />
wash this year, the 2011<br />
incarnation of the free<br />
event, which is sponsored<br />
Continued on Page 7
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A shower is in the forecast for Beulah, the elephant who annually appears at the fair.<br />
From Page 6 Beulah’s Power Shower<br />
When:<br />
by the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Herald and slated for<br />
1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 4 at a tent near<br />
the pond, promises to provide an afternoon<br />
of fun.<br />
The Beulah tradition began in 1995,<br />
when R.W. Commerford and Sons, a traveling<br />
petting zoo from Goshen, Conn.,<br />
first came to the fair. After traveling,<br />
Beulah had to be cleaned off before the<br />
petting zoo was opened for the week, so<br />
her handlers took her to the pond.<br />
“It slowly got a following,” said Kathy<br />
Cafasso, media coordinator for the state<br />
fair. “People would call to ask what time<br />
the elephant was taking her bath.”<br />
Cafasso said she’s been “bowled over”<br />
by the number of people who have come<br />
out for Beulah’s appearances. Eventually,<br />
some attendees started bringing boxes of<br />
pizzas, soda and other snacks and making<br />
a day out of Beulah’s dip, she said.<br />
Beulah’s bath was made the official<br />
opening event of the fair in 2009, and vendors<br />
and amenities were added.<br />
About 100 to 150 people have attended<br />
the bath in recent years, Cafasso said,<br />
and Beulah apparently enjoys the bath as<br />
much as the spectators. Beulah’s owners<br />
had difficulty getting her out of the pond<br />
Thursday, 1 p.m.<br />
Where:<br />
Pond at fairgrounds,<br />
Plains Road, Frankford<br />
last year, Cafasso said.<br />
In addition to Beulah’s power-washing<br />
and scrub-down, this year’s event will<br />
feature hot dogs, pretzels and Italian ice<br />
as well as a presentation on “fun elephant<br />
facts” by Beulah’s handler, Tim<br />
Commerford, and a drawing for free fair<br />
tickets.<br />
A large cutout of Beulah will be on-site<br />
for people to pose with for pictures,<br />
Cafasso said.<br />
“This is a fun family thing to do,” said<br />
Lee Williams, the special events director<br />
for the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Herald. “You can<br />
pack a picnic, bring lawn chairs and<br />
enjoy a nice day out.”<br />
Attendees who sign up to subscribe to<br />
the Herald at the event will receive two<br />
free tickets to the fair, Williams said.<br />
The day of Beulah’s shower is also the<br />
last day that reduced-price advance tickets<br />
will be available. The advance ticket<br />
price is $4 for children and $9 for adults.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK<br />
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<strong>New</strong> this year: singing cowboy and strongmen<br />
By KATIE BRENZEL<br />
kbrenzel@njherald.com<br />
The <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex<br />
County Farm and Horse Show may be<br />
rooted in more than 65 years of tradition,<br />
but fairgoers will notice a few new features<br />
this year.<br />
According to Kathy Cafassso, media<br />
coordinator, physical changes to the<br />
grounds and new additions to the entertainment<br />
roster can be spotted.<br />
<strong>New</strong> Activities<br />
In terms of the event schedule, new<br />
and returning acts rotate continuously<br />
throughout the day and night.<br />
• Benefiting the American Cancer<br />
Society, a Luminary Ceremony, which<br />
will feature luminary bags purchased in<br />
honor of cancer victims and survivors,<br />
will illuminate the Horse Show ring in<br />
the intermission between the Lou Dobbs<br />
Classic (7 p.m.) and Grand Prix (8 p.m.)<br />
on Aug.13. The names on each bag will be<br />
projected on a screen in the ring.<br />
• The Acrobatic act “Bounce,OooLala<br />
and Daniel” which has performed at the<br />
fair in the past but not last year, returns<br />
to the Ronetco Family Entertainment<br />
Area with juggling, acrobatics. <strong>New</strong> to<br />
the fairgrounds, and skies, is the group of<br />
aerialists, High Flying Pages, with an<br />
“aerial thrill show.”<br />
• What do cowboys and poets have in<br />
common? The answer is TJ Casey, the<br />
cowboy singer, poet and storyteller,<br />
who will relate stories of the West.<br />
Returning to the Performing Arts Tent<br />
after a brief interval is John Stanky and<br />
the Coalminers, who will provide the<br />
sound track for the 32nd Annual Polish<br />
Night at the fair, Thursday, starting at 7<br />
p.m.<br />
• Joining the ranks of outdoor favorites<br />
such as the Demolition Derby and<br />
Monster Truck rides, is a competition of<br />
masculine strength. Professional strongmen<br />
will compete in the Miller Lite<br />
Outdoor entertainment area in the<br />
“Strongest Man at the Fair!”, presented<br />
by Rob Agnoli, professional strength<br />
coach, on Saturday Aug. 6 from 7:30 to 9<br />
p.m.<br />
• For youngsters ready to cultivate a<br />
green thumb, Master Gardeners will<br />
host garden tours and flower planting<br />
in Founders’ Park, on Children’s Day<br />
(Tuesday) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<br />
• For an extra fee, kids can climb<br />
Coconut Climbing Trees, which will be<br />
at the Ronetco Family Entertainment<br />
Area all week.<br />
<strong>New</strong> to the grounds<br />
• The Conservatory Courtyard, which<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Herald File Photo<br />
Sunny weather brings crowds to the fairgrounds during the annual <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County Farm and Horse Show.<br />
Thank you 2010 4H Market<br />
Animal Sale<br />
Buyers and Supporters<br />
Seller Buyer<br />
Beef G.C. Eric Redding Brodhecker Farms<br />
R.C. Charlottte Case 21st Century RP LLC<br />
Goat G.C. Lindie Rheeder Green Village Packing<br />
R.C. Michelle Schafer Augusta Feed & Supply Inc.<br />
Lamb G.C. Rachael Zeberl Green Village Packing<br />
R.C. Doug Agne Union Green<br />
Hog G.C. Blake Simeone Primetime Meats<br />
R.C. Avery Jinks Peter Cofrancesco<br />
Allen Langjahr<br />
Carl & Jennifer Wheeldon<br />
Communication Devices Inc.<br />
Delaware Valley Associates<br />
Dog Gone Gorgeous Boutique<br />
Dr. Terence Duddy, DDS<br />
Flatbrook Farm<br />
Frigid Freeze Country Butchers<br />
G&H Equipment<br />
ADDITIONAL BUYERS<br />
George Banghart Farms<br />
Grinnell Recycling<br />
Hayden’s Towing<br />
Hudson Farms<br />
Lakeland Bank<br />
Marilyn Schwartz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Pellow<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Raffetto<br />
Net Access Corp.<br />
Ralph & Phoebe Shotwell<br />
Sleepy Valley Farms<br />
Special Additions Inc.<br />
Sussex Bank<br />
Tire King<br />
Trace Environmental<br />
William Sytsema Sr.<br />
Wilson Coal & Supply<br />
For more information about the 2011 4H Market Animal Sale to be held Tuesday Aug. 9th, 2011 at<br />
7:00 p.m. at the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show/<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair, please contact<br />
Cooper Morris at 973-670-3161.<br />
8<br />
last year’s crowd saw half-constructed,<br />
is complete and will be the site of the<br />
fair’s opening ceremonies Aug. 5, at 6<br />
p.m. This area will be bustling with activity<br />
this year, Cafasso said, as the courtyard<br />
area, which is located between the<br />
Conservatory and greenhouse, will host<br />
music performances in the afternoons<br />
and evenings and glass-blowing demonstrations<br />
throughout the day.<br />
• Sprouting between the Snook<br />
Museum and Livestock Pavilion, is a new<br />
Honor Garden and plaque, commemorating<br />
the five fair directors who recently<br />
passed away, and honoring living former<br />
fair directors. The area has been relandscaped,<br />
Cafasso said, and transformed<br />
into a scenic avenue with flowers and<br />
seating. The garden’s dedication ceremony<br />
will be Aug. 6 at 10 a.m.<br />
“It’s not only a place to honor people,<br />
but it makes the walk in that area nicer,”<br />
she said. “It’s taking an area of the fair<br />
that wasn’t much of anything and making<br />
it into a nice, eye catching sort of spot.”<br />
• The Snook Agricultural Museum,<br />
which has been renovated and reorganized,<br />
will be rededicated Friday at 5 p.m<br />
in honor of Barbara Snook, who passed<br />
away this year.<br />
<strong>New</strong> perk for your wallet<br />
The last day of the fair, Sunday, Aug. 14,<br />
may seem bitter sweet. Brightening the<br />
day is an admission break: adult tickets<br />
cost $7 and children get in for free.
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Find help at the fair<br />
Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Intervention<br />
Services was established more than 25 years ago to<br />
provide safety and services to victims of domestic and<br />
sexual violence in Sussex County. The group’s booth is<br />
in the Sussex County Human Services Building. At the<br />
booth, along with resource materials about interpersonal<br />
violence, DASI offers information about the services<br />
available, such as counseling, support groups,<br />
emergency shelter, and 24-hour helpline (973-875-1211).<br />
There is also a special section dedicated to the Green<br />
Dot Violence Prevention Strategy — where visitors can<br />
enter a drawing for a $100 TD Bank gift card. Also this<br />
year, there will be a special fair event where proceeds<br />
will go to DASI: The Strongest Man at the Fair<br />
Competition on Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Miller Light<br />
Outdoor Entertainment Area, presented by NJ<br />
Muscle Strength & Conditioning.<br />
Register to vote<br />
Have you changed your<br />
name or address? Have<br />
you changed your political<br />
party affiliation?<br />
Have you recently<br />
turned 18?<br />
If so you need to update<br />
your voter registration.<br />
The League of Women<br />
Voters has a table at the<br />
porch of the Sussex County<br />
Building at the fair.<br />
Personnel will be<br />
available to assist with any<br />
questions about completing<br />
the registration form.<br />
To register, you must be a<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> resident and at<br />
least 18 years old at the<br />
date of the election.<br />
Farmers<br />
Market<br />
highlights<br />
<strong>Jersey</strong><br />
Fresh<br />
Once again, the Sussex<br />
County Farmers Market<br />
will be open for business<br />
in front of the greenhouse.<br />
Run by the Sussex County<br />
Board of Agriculture, this<br />
market highlights the best<br />
of <strong>Jersey</strong> Fresh.<br />
Fresh, locally grown<br />
fruits, vegetables, flowers,<br />
meat, cheese and other<br />
products can be found<br />
here.<br />
Stop by and pick up<br />
some peaches, plums or<br />
early apples to munch on<br />
as you stroll through the<br />
Agricultural Division of<br />
the fair.<br />
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butter, mashed potatoes and our Chef’s Special Sauce<br />
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Gov. Chris Christie enjoyed a stop at the Farmers Market at the fair last year.<br />
Sussex County farmers<br />
bring their products,<br />
fresh-picked from their<br />
farms, each day.<br />
Next, choose a beautiful<br />
perennial to entice hummingbirds<br />
and butterflies<br />
to your yard. Then, pick a<br />
scented bouquet of fresh<br />
cut flowers and herbs.<br />
There will also be selections<br />
of locally made<br />
items including goat milk<br />
soap, jams, jellies, pickles,<br />
alpaca wool and products,<br />
honey and other goodies.<br />
Local meat and farmers<br />
cheese will round out your<br />
menu selections.<br />
Additionally, the<br />
Farmers Market building<br />
at the main entrance road<br />
to the fairgrounds will<br />
maintain normal Saturday<br />
hours from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
both weekends during the<br />
fair.<br />
Bell’s Mansion was built between 1835 and 1840 by Robert P Bell,<br />
a renowned local businessman. Today, a thriving restaurant, family<br />
owned and operated by Jack, Maria, Anna & Peter Kaczynski.<br />
The mansion overlooks the Morris Canal with two acres of land,<br />
a lush garden surrounding the beautiful building.<br />
Chef Tommaso Wohlrob, graduate of the Academy of Culinary Arts<br />
in Mays Landing, began his relationship with food in the most<br />
influential of all kitchens - his grandmother’s. With an<br />
extraordinary passion for food, Chef Tommy prepares magnificent<br />
dishes with hints of French, Cajun, Italian, Spanish & Polish<br />
cuisines. Serving delicacies from our<br />
fresh garden is his pleasure!<br />
We’re dedicated to providing our guests with excellent service and<br />
an exceptionally delicious meal. With a light Tap Room Menu, to<br />
Lunch & Dinner choices, Dessert & Drinks – there’s something<br />
here for everyone!<br />
Great for casual lunch, romantic dinner, private parties<br />
& corporate events.<br />
Jack, Marie, Anna, Peter & Alex Kaczynski
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Brick oven pizza, fried Kool-Aid among new treats at the fair<br />
By STEVEN REILLY<br />
sreilly@njherald.com<br />
A new visitor hospitality tent will provide<br />
a spot for fairgoers to bring their<br />
yummy concoctions and sit down at picnic<br />
tables to enjoy them.<br />
The section is just off the corner of<br />
Main Street and Vendor Road on the fairgrounds.<br />
(All of the pathways in the fairgrounds<br />
have street names), behind Al’s<br />
sausage. The 20-foot-by-40-foot hospitality<br />
tent will be open into the Carnival<br />
Area. and Vendor Road.<br />
And there is plenty of food to choose<br />
from to bring to your table or enjoy while<br />
strolling the midway or watching a show.<br />
The fried-food fad has a new entry on<br />
the midway with the addition of Shelby’s<br />
Fried Kool-Aid dessert. The sweet,<br />
crunchy treat is just one of the new delicacies<br />
at this year’s extravaganza.<br />
Shelby’s will also have red-velvet funnel<br />
cakes and cinnamon buns on its menu<br />
for avid munchers.<br />
According to Joyce Buerkle, the director<br />
of concessions for the fair, a number<br />
of new stands will grace the midway with<br />
tasty treats.<br />
Dutch Valley Confections will be frying<br />
up frozen peanut butter balls to go along<br />
with succulent fried mac-and-cheese<br />
bites.<br />
And everything tastes better on a waffle.<br />
Just ask the chefs at Royal Waffle,<br />
which offers hot waffles with whatever<br />
you want inside, from the classic waffle<br />
ice-cream combo, to a daring waffle<br />
sandwich. The only limit is the customer’s<br />
imagination.<br />
Fair fans will also be treated to a classic<br />
with a re-creation of the 1965 World<br />
Fair’s favorite food, homemade Belgium<br />
waffles with farm fresh sliced strawberries<br />
and whipped cream.<br />
Tastefully British, which has been featured<br />
at many local fundraisers, will offer<br />
fish and chips dinners for sale.<br />
And, when it comes to big-boy foods,<br />
die-hard fair followers will have a bounty<br />
of new dishes to taste from to fill their<br />
cravings.<br />
At the Maison Crepe stand, fresh<br />
falafel, a fried chick-pea and parsley<br />
treat, will compete with fried mozzarella<br />
in corn flour and classic Arepas, popular<br />
Columbian dish made of ground corn<br />
dough.<br />
Coney Island Catering will fire-up a<br />
wood-burning pizza oven to satisfy the<br />
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need for the crusty, cheesy fair favorite<br />
pizza pie.<br />
Carly’s Seaside Grill will bring the<br />
beach to the farm with trendy fish tacos<br />
and hearty lobster roll sandwiches.<br />
Roasted corn can be found behind the<br />
greenhouse.<br />
Some fan favorites from last year’s<br />
fair will also make a return. The Thai-<br />
Thai stand will be packing their pad-thai<br />
with noodles as well as the ever-popular<br />
chicken-on-a-stick kabob.<br />
Woods Wings will be featuring their<br />
award-winning wasabi pixi-dust sauce<br />
on their chicken wings and fried shrimp<br />
items. And classic fair fundamentals<br />
such as the German knockwurst and<br />
Polish pierogies will be on the plate for<br />
many visitors.<br />
<strong>New</strong>ton Rotary will continue to offer<br />
the “Wurst” sandwich at the fair, Knights<br />
of Columbus will feature steamed clams,<br />
breakfast sandwich, hamburgers and<br />
hot dogs, and the agriculture area food<br />
booth also offers breakfast, hamburgers<br />
and hot dogs. Roast beef sandwiches<br />
can always be found at the Branchville<br />
Rotary booth.<br />
“Of course, the gyros are always good,”<br />
Buerkle said.<br />
Herald File Photo<br />
Wraps and sandwiches can be found at the<br />
Branchville Rotary food booth at the fair.<br />
HIGH POINT STATE PARK<br />
FREE SUMMER CONCERTS<br />
Saturday, August 20th: KINDRED SPIRIT, 6-8 pm<br />
Lake Marcia Beach
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VISIT:<br />
Sussex & Wantage<br />
Visit www.sussex.nj.us for Upcoming Events, County Tourism<br />
information and more!<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS IN WANTAGE<br />
September 10th: Wantage Day - Volunteers Needed<br />
Call 973-875-7192 or email administrator@wantagetwp-nj.org<br />
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Judges wanted to<br />
test Grandma’s cookies<br />
Grandma’s cookies are always the best.<br />
Good enough to risk getting caught with<br />
your hand in the cookie jar.<br />
“The Home and Hobby Division recognized<br />
that many grandmothers, and<br />
some grandfathers, make cookies that<br />
are ‘criminally’ delicious,” said Robin<br />
Casper, chairwoman of the Home and<br />
Hobby Division (of the Sussex County<br />
Farm & Horse Show –The <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> Fair). If you think that you have one<br />
of those tempting recipes, we’ve got a<br />
baking contest just for you.” This 11th<br />
annual competition will be open to grandparents<br />
and will be judged by grandchildren.<br />
Casper says that grandparents must<br />
submit their recipe along with a picture<br />
of their grandchildren. The contest will<br />
be held on Monday Aug. 8 at 1 p.m. in the<br />
Richards Building. Entries must be carried<br />
onto the fairgrounds prior to noon<br />
Monday.<br />
Pre-registration is encouraged, as<br />
those entrants will receive free admission<br />
to the grounds.<br />
The contest is sponsored by Service<br />
Electric Broadband Cable. A special ribbon<br />
will be awarded to the prize-winning<br />
baker along with a custom designed<br />
cookie jar from Lafayette Clayworks.<br />
The <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Herald will be covering<br />
the fair daily, in print and online. Go to<br />
www.njherald.com to watch our daily video!<br />
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Children can enjoy the rewards of the Cupcake Decorating Contest at the Richards<br />
Building<br />
Children invited to the annual<br />
Cupcake Decorating Contest<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County Farm and Horse Show, Creative<br />
Arts for Home and Hobby Division will once again hold a cupcake decorating<br />
contest for kids on Tuesday, Aug., Children’s Day, at 11:30 a.m. in the<br />
Richards Building.<br />
Children up to age 12 are invited to participate.<br />
Registration will take place on the day of the contest and the first 65<br />
children registered are eligible. Cupcakes and decorating supplies will be<br />
provided.<br />
Post your photos from the fair on<br />
www.njherald.com
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Sunday Herald, July 31, 2011 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show Page 13<br />
Doll look-alike contest<br />
What little girl wouldn’t love to dress<br />
up and look like her favorite doll? She<br />
may even win a new American Girl Doll<br />
or American Doll Bitty Baby and maybe<br />
some accessories.<br />
The <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex<br />
County Farm and Horse Show, Creative<br />
Arts for Home and Hobby Division will<br />
have it’s third annual Favorite Doll Look<br />
Alike Fashion Show and Contest at 6 p.m.<br />
on Tuesday Aug. 9.<br />
Contestants should come dressed like<br />
and carrying a favorite doll.<br />
They will be part of a fashion show and<br />
will have a chance to win an American<br />
Girl doll.<br />
There will be two categories. Doll/<br />
child clothing that is homemade and doll/<br />
child clothing that is store bought. First-<br />
place winners in each category will win<br />
an American Girl doll. Second place winners<br />
in each category will win an<br />
American Girl Bitty Baby. Third place<br />
will win doll accessories or clothing.<br />
Contest is for children ages 2-12.<br />
Judges will judge for first impression,<br />
child likeness to doll, neatness, attention<br />
to details, and overall appearance.<br />
Contestants can preregister online at<br />
NJ<strong>State</strong>Fair.org or may register from 5<br />
to 6 p.m.on the day of the event in the<br />
Richards Building.<br />
This event is sponsored by C&W Aero<br />
Services, Inc.<br />
Rooster crow champion<br />
The rooster crowing contest, a popular fair favorite, at noon on Tuesday., Children’s Day.<br />
Caleb VanderGroef of Wantage, and rooster Moonshine, won the contest last year.<br />
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Kid-friendly fun — Tuesday and every day<br />
A parent’s plan for a perfect Children’s Day<br />
The younger crowd doesn’t have to miss out on<br />
the fair’s fun. Tuesday, Aug. 9, will be Children’s<br />
Day where children aged 6 to 12 can get in for $4<br />
and children under 5 will be admitted free, as<br />
usual. Families can visit the performing arts tent<br />
sponsored by NORWESCAP on Tuesday.<br />
A Parent’s Plan for Children’s Day:<br />
•1 0 a.m. to 2 p.m. Head to the big tent early to<br />
have the children do free activities provided by<br />
local non-profit and community organizations.<br />
• 10:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Magician Simon<br />
Mandal will blend together comedy and interactive<br />
magic in the tent.<br />
• 11 p.m. to 1 p.m. A scarecrow stilt walker will<br />
make balloon animals high above the children in<br />
the tent.<br />
• 11:30 a.m. Lick your fingers of all the frosting<br />
after the Cupcake Decorating Contest for kids<br />
at the Richard’s Building.<br />
• 11:45 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Children will see a<br />
15-foot boa as part of Rizzo’s Reptiles in the tent.<br />
• 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The youngest fair-goers<br />
will be able to rock out in music class in the tent.<br />
•3 p.m. Test your kids vegetable eating habits<br />
with the “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Veggie?”<br />
contest.<br />
• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Young gardeners will master<br />
planting and growing at Founders’ Park.<br />
• 11 a.m. to noon. Those young gardeners can<br />
then head over to the Little Farmer’s Mini-<br />
Camp for 4-8 year olds that are pre-registered.<br />
• 3 p.m. Head to the barn for a kiddie tractor<br />
pull.<br />
• 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pick out a favorite party dress<br />
and match your doll to win the<br />
look-a-like contest.<br />
• Finally, pay one price of $20 for unlimited<br />
rides. Purchase tickets at the Carnival Ticket<br />
Booths.<br />
“Go do the children’s tent and then ride the<br />
rides,” said fair spokeswoman Kathy Cafasso, for<br />
a perfect children’s day.<br />
Everyday at the fair provides a long list of kidfriendly<br />
activities. During normal fair days, children<br />
aged 6 to 12 can enter for $5. On the last fair<br />
day, Sunday, Aug. 14, they can enter for free.<br />
Farm chore help wanted<br />
Prospective farmers are invited to help with the<br />
farm chores at the Snook Agricultural Museum at<br />
the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County Farm<br />
and Horse Show Little Farmers Mini Camp will be<br />
held on Tuesday, Aug. 9; Thursday, Aug.11 and<br />
Friday, Aug. 13 from 11 a.m. to noon each day.<br />
Children ages 4-8 years old will have the opportunity<br />
to feed the animals, milk a goat, make butter,<br />
grind corn and stack hay.<br />
Each session is open only to the first 10 children<br />
to register.<br />
All children MUST be accompanied by a parent<br />
throughout the activities.<br />
There is no charge.
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Sunday Herald, July 31, 2011 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show Page 15<br />
Animals delight and educate every day at the fair<br />
You may not see as many big red barns as there<br />
have been in the past in Sussex County, but<br />
agriculture is still an important part of life in the<br />
county. That importance is mirrored by the<br />
agricultural area of the fairgrounds.<br />
There are five pole barns full of animals during<br />
the 10-day run.<br />
Dairy cows and beef cattle, swine, goats, sheep<br />
and alpacas rotate through the livestock pavilion,<br />
with breed and showmanship classes. The small<br />
animal building is packed with chickens, geese,<br />
pigeons, turkeys, rabbits, and cavey.<br />
Fairgoers can visit the Farmland Dairies’<br />
Milking Parlor to watch cows being milked and<br />
listen to an explanation of the trip from cow to<br />
store shelf.<br />
Also, stop by the livestock pavilion and watch a<br />
show being judged. The judges explain what the<br />
criteria are, and how each animal conforms to<br />
that criteria They seek to educate and inform the<br />
public.<br />
Education is also a function of the Rare Heritage<br />
Breeds Educational Center. A member of the<br />
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, the<br />
center’s mission is to “protect the past to protect<br />
the future.” Information about breeds that are<br />
disappearing and real live examples of some of<br />
these breeds are displayed.<br />
Stop by<br />
and visit<br />
us at the<br />
fair!!!<br />
Sussex County Dairy<br />
Princess Kyleigh Little, 18,<br />
of Wantage dodges a lick<br />
from her cow “Crayola” as<br />
they wait to compete in the<br />
Experienced Showmanship<br />
class at the 4-H Dairy Show<br />
during a recent fair.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Herald File Photo<br />
Did you know?<br />
A cow has four stomachs and 32 teeth.<br />
Source: University of Illinois Extension<br />
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RoNetco Supermarkets returns once<br />
again as the sponsor of the Family<br />
Entertainment Area adjacent to the<br />
Performing Arts Tent. The variety of<br />
attractions located here means a family<br />
can pass part of an afternoon or evening<br />
Ronetco sponsors Family Entertainment Area<br />
watching free entertainment that is family-friendly.<br />
The Commerford Petting Zoo, IGX<br />
Interactive Game Experience and the<br />
Coconut Climbing Trees (extra fee) are<br />
open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. From noon<br />
to 9 p.m. there is a rotating schedule of<br />
performers.<br />
Every 30-45 minutes a new show<br />
begins.<br />
Audiences can thrill to the races of<br />
Robinson’s Paddling Porkers; look up at<br />
VISIT: Milford, Pennsylvania<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS:<br />
Sunday, August 21st<br />
Music in the Park, Memorial Park (Ann Street Park,)<br />
Milford Music School’s Student Appreciation Day:<br />
Musical performances by students. 2:00 - 4:00 PM.<br />
Sponsored by the Milford Borough Recreation Committee, area businesses and<br />
private sponsors.<br />
Donations are appreciated and can be sent to:<br />
Music in the Park Fund, 111 West Catherine St, Milford PA 18337.<br />
Please make check payable to Milford Borough Recreation Committee.<br />
For cancellations, rescheduled rain dates, and updates, visit:<br />
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The High Flying Pages aerial act; or acrobats<br />
Bounce, Ooo La La and Daniel; listen<br />
to TJ Casey, cowboy singer, poet & storyteller<br />
with Andy Wilson; and marvel at<br />
the chainsaw carving in Artistry in Wood.
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Sunday Herald, July 31, 2011 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show Page 17<br />
4-H kids will be top showmen on Children’s Day<br />
Cow Kids: a 4-H prep club that centers around dairy showmanship:<br />
the art of showing a calf or cow at its best to a<br />
judge<br />
The Cow Kids 4-H Prep Club has been in existence over<br />
35 years. Two generations of children have learned about<br />
the dairy industry and have come to the fair to show their<br />
stuff in the ring with a cow or calf. The Cow Kids 4-H<br />
Showmanship class will be held at the fair on Tuesday, Aug.<br />
9 at 10 a.m.<br />
Members will exhibit a calf that they own or have borrowed<br />
from family or friends. They will be judged on how<br />
well they can control the calf and how they use their showmanship<br />
skills. They will be required to know the name, the<br />
breed and the birthday of the calves. Each member must<br />
walk the calf slowly, keeping her head up. Each is required<br />
to keep one eye on the judge and one on the calf. This experience,<br />
which is part of the 4-H dairy program, helps train<br />
them for later years of working with dairy cattle.<br />
This year’s show will have three classes. The members<br />
will show in the class that corresponds with the grade they<br />
have just completed in school.<br />
• Grade One Members: Brian Kardos, Wantage; Mark<br />
Southway, Fredon; Hailey Nop, Montgomery, NY<br />
•G rade Two Members: James Hough, Steven Hough,<br />
Reiss Little, Clay Sytsema, all of Wantage; Maebel Van Ek,<br />
Westtown, NY<br />
•G rade Three Members: Kindra Hough, Frankford; Zoe<br />
Lockburner, Hampton; Neil Southday, Fredon; Eden Van Ek,<br />
Westtown, N.Y.<br />
A member of the 4-H Cow Kids shows a calf.<br />
The public is welcome to attend the show.<br />
Back with a splash!<br />
Robinson’s Paddling Porkers will be back in the swim daily at the fair this year.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Herald File Art
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The Little Royalty made their appearance at the Performing Arts Tent at The <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fari/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show in 2010. From left-Olive Gruswitz, Andover<br />
Borough; Kristina Gerndt and Zachary Haltman, Andover Township; Tia Wasson and Zachary Fernandez, Byram; Pamela Meza and Abel Zierold-Soares, Franklin; Timothy Doyle<br />
and Autumn Doyle, Hamburg; Grant Krueger, Hampton; Emilia Reyer, Hardyston; Christy Brennan, Hopatcong; back-Kelly Baron, Queen of the Fair; Brianne Olenick and<br />
Christian Woel, Montague; Dazia Posey and Evan Williams, <strong>New</strong>ton; Eliana Alejo and Alexander Slater, Ogdensburg; Kate Sikora, Sandyston; Katie Williver and Cooper Waldo,<br />
Stillwater; Rebecca McCollum and Logan Benner, Sussex Rorough; Luke Zabriskie and Daniella Raso, Vernon and Hannah Stormes and Logan Slate, Wantage<br />
Little Royalty to be presented at the fair<br />
The 20th annual presentation<br />
of Sussex County’s<br />
Little Royalty and<br />
Sweethearts will be held<br />
at the fair in the performing<br />
arts tent on Aug. 10,<br />
from 3 to 5 .p.m.<br />
Introduced on stage will<br />
be 28 children who have<br />
won the title of Little<br />
Princess, Little Prince,<br />
Little Miss or Little Mister<br />
in their hometown competitions<br />
throughout Sussex<br />
County. Each will have a<br />
chance to chat with<br />
Priscilla Stafford, founder<br />
of the event, who noted<br />
A young royal chats with Priscilla Stafford.<br />
that, “This is for fun. The<br />
kids are really cute.” The<br />
event has grown tremendously<br />
since 20 years ago,<br />
when six children<br />
participated.<br />
Five Junior Miss and<br />
Miss Teen contestants<br />
will also attend. The group<br />
represents 15 county<br />
municipalities.<br />
The attendees will be<br />
presented with <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex<br />
County Farm and Horse<br />
Show bags containing<br />
“carnival ride tickets,<br />
stickers, fair buttons and<br />
other gifts.<br />
“The kids come all<br />
dressed up. They are so<br />
sweet,” Stafford said.
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Open Beef Show celebrates 25th year<br />
This year is the 25th year of the<br />
Open Beef Show of The <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> Fair/ Sussex County Farm &<br />
Horse Show. The exhibitors hail<br />
from Sussex County, other parts of<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong>, <strong>New</strong> York, Pennsylvania<br />
and Virginia. Many of the animals<br />
appearing at the fair are shown at<br />
regional and national shows as well.<br />
This year’s show begins of Friday,<br />
Aug. 5 at 4 p.m. with the obstacle<br />
course in the livestock show<br />
arena. This show involves the<br />
exhibitors walking their animal<br />
through a course with obstacles<br />
such as bales of hay, logs to travel<br />
over and between, in and out of a<br />
livestock trailer and into a blocking<br />
shoot.<br />
On Saturday, Aug. 6, the show<br />
begins at 9 a.m. in the livestock<br />
show arena. The show will feature<br />
Herefords, Angus, Red Angus,<br />
Simmental and other breeds. The<br />
culmination of the show will be the<br />
selection of Supreme Champion<br />
Bull, Cow/Calf and Heifer.<br />
On Sunday, Aug.7, the show begins<br />
at 9 a.m. with the Showmanship<br />
classes. Exhibitors will be judged on<br />
how well they lead and work with<br />
their animals and their knowledge<br />
of the beef industry. Following these<br />
classes will be the Market Steer<br />
classes.<br />
The beef cattle will be on display<br />
from noon on Friday, Aug. 5 until 3<br />
p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7 in the livestock<br />
barns.<br />
Love the fair? Then read all about it<br />
There is a whole cornucopia<br />
of books about farm<br />
animals and fairs for parents<br />
to read before a visit-<br />
to set the scene, or after<br />
attending- to recall good<br />
times. These are some<br />
that are available.<br />
•T wo books that address<br />
the fairgoing experience<br />
are “Night at the Fair” by<br />
Donald Crews and “A<br />
Fabulous Fair Alphabet”<br />
by Debra Frasier. Both<br />
authors also illustrate<br />
their books.<br />
“Night at the<br />
Fair”highlights in little<br />
text the experiences in<br />
attending a fair in the evening-<br />
games and prizes,<br />
food, rides and lights. The<br />
background of the illustrations<br />
is black to emphasize<br />
the night setting.<br />
Young children will enjoy<br />
the simple story and the<br />
two page spread pictures.<br />
Crews’ best known work<br />
is “Bigmama’s.”<br />
Frasier spent lots of<br />
time at the Minnesota<br />
<strong>State</strong> Fair. In viewing her<br />
photographs after one<br />
yearly visit, she was<br />
struck by the unique lettering<br />
of the midway<br />
signs, and returned the<br />
following year to photograph<br />
just lettering.<br />
From ‘arena’ to ‘zucchini’,<br />
Frasier’s bright pages<br />
highlight the parts of a fair<br />
in alphabetical order. The<br />
inside covers consist of<br />
photos from the Minnesota<br />
<strong>State</strong> Fair. Frasier’s best<br />
known work is “On the<br />
Day You Were Born.”<br />
• The Small Animal<br />
Building on the fairgrounds<br />
is filled to the rafters<br />
with poultry of every<br />
size and shape. In “Big<br />
Chickens Fly the Coop”<br />
by Leslie Helakoski, four<br />
chickens have always<br />
wanted to visit the farmhouse<br />
and so they start<br />
the nerve-wracking trek<br />
across the farmyard. The<br />
old favorite, “The Little<br />
Red Hen”, ties together<br />
the Small Animal Building<br />
with the baking competition.<br />
Jerry Pinkney’s version<br />
contains lush illustrations,<br />
with the names of<br />
the different animals colorcoded<br />
in the text.<br />
• Gail Gibbons is well<br />
known for her non-fiction<br />
books for children on a<br />
wide variety of topics.<br />
Her paperback books<br />
“Farming”, “Corn”, “The<br />
Milk Makers”and “The<br />
Honey Makers” all provide<br />
a lot of facts for children<br />
accompanied by<br />
illustrations, maps, diagrams<br />
and charts.<br />
• Alphabet books can be<br />
appreciated by children of<br />
all ages. Prolific author/<br />
illustrator Patricia<br />
Polacco has produced “G<br />
is for Goat.” Cavorting<br />
through the alphabet is a<br />
group of goats not unlike<br />
the family that lives at<br />
Polacco’s home.<br />
• Commissioned by the<br />
Vermont Board of<br />
Education to depict the<br />
letters of the alphabet in a<br />
way children would find<br />
familiar, professional<br />
printmaker and former<br />
teacher Mary Azarian created<br />
“The Farmer’s<br />
Alphabet” with blackand-white<br />
block print<br />
illustrations.<br />
They show common<br />
farm-related words such<br />
as barn, ax and maple<br />
syrup. The only color in<br />
the illustrations is the<br />
upper and lower case letters,<br />
and the word(s) on<br />
each page.<br />
Azarian followed this<br />
book with “A Gardener’s<br />
Alphabet” containing<br />
color prints and words<br />
such as compost, manure<br />
and prune.<br />
• Two great read-aloud<br />
novels about fairs and<br />
agriculture could also be<br />
independently read by<br />
older students. “Farmer<br />
Boy” by Laura Ingalls<br />
Wilder, tells the story of<br />
her husband Almanzo<br />
Wilder’s childhood on a<br />
<strong>New</strong> York <strong>State</strong> farm. E.B.<br />
White’s masterpiece,<br />
“Charlotte’s Web”,<br />
addresses issues of friendship,<br />
loss and the circle of<br />
life with a farm and fair<br />
background.<br />
This book list has been<br />
provided by The<br />
Agricultural Learning<br />
Center at the Fairgrounds.<br />
Herald File Photo<br />
Maiya Gibbs of Andover waits with “Tibet” for the<br />
Intermediate Showmanship Class of the 4-H Dairy Show.<br />
Tibet was selected as reserve junior champion earlier in<br />
the day. Animal shows are held daily at the fair.
CYAN20-21 MAGENTA20-21 YELLOW20-21 BLACK20-21<br />
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21 to compete for title<br />
FRANKFORD — Twenty-one young women will vie<br />
for the title of Queen of the Fair in the annual pageant<br />
to be held 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6 at the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County Farm and Horse Show.<br />
The pageant will be<br />
held in the performing<br />
arts tent located near the<br />
Administration Building.<br />
Kelly Baron, the 2010<br />
Miss Byram and Queen of<br />
the Fair, will be on hand to<br />
crown this year’s winner,<br />
said pageant director<br />
Priscilla Stafford.<br />
A parade will start at 7<br />
p.m. Saturday near the<br />
Administration Building<br />
and travel through a por-<br />
tion of the fairgrounds.<br />
Transportation for the<br />
parade will be provided<br />
by a <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
Fair Trolley.<br />
Music will be by the Claude Paddock trio.<br />
KELLY BARON<br />
2010 QUEEN OF THE FAIR<br />
After the parade, contestants will be presented on<br />
stage, where each will have up to one minute to tell<br />
why she would like to be Queen of the Fair and explain<br />
her principal future goal. Six semi-finalists will be<br />
chosen and asked questions pertaining to the theme<br />
of the pageant, which this year is “Improving the<br />
Environment.”<br />
A panel of out-of-county judges will select the 2011<br />
Queen of the Fair and the first and second runners-<br />
up.<br />
The new queen will receive a $500 cash award, regal<br />
scepter, and a bouquet of roses. The first runner-up<br />
will receive $300 and the second runner-up $200. The<br />
six semi-finalists will receive bouquets of yellow roses.<br />
The contest is sponsored by Service Electric<br />
Broadband Cable.<br />
Stanhope and Ogdensburg will not be represented<br />
in the contest.<br />
Did you know?<br />
The first Queen of the Fair pageant was held in 1934.<br />
The 1936 queen, Lois Dickerson Kopec, who is now 92,<br />
is expected to attend the pageant this year and will<br />
ride in a carriage in the horse show opening ceremony.<br />
KELLY SMITH<br />
MISS ANDOVER BOROUGH<br />
ALLYSON SALMON<br />
MISS BYRAM<br />
KAITLYN RUST<br />
MISS FREDON<br />
OLIVIA DAVIS<br />
MISS ANDOVER TOWNSHIP<br />
ASHLEY RHODES<br />
MISS FRANKFORD<br />
HOPE DOUGLAS<br />
MISS GREEN<br />
Who will be Queen of the Fair?<br />
KAITLYN PATTON<br />
MISS BRANCHVILLE<br />
SAMANTHA PASZKIEL<br />
MISS FRANKLIN<br />
STEPHANIE RUSSELL<br />
MISS HAMBURG<br />
HARLEY ROLPH<br />
MISS HAMPTON<br />
HALEY JACOB<br />
MISS MONTAGUE<br />
AMANDA THOMPSON<br />
MISS STILLWATER<br />
CHRISTINE WILSON<br />
MISS HARDYSTON<br />
KAYLA SIBBLIES<br />
MISS NEWTON<br />
LEANN HALL<br />
MISS SUSSEX BOROUGH<br />
CARLY WOLFF<br />
MISS HOPATCONG<br />
SARAH BROOK<br />
MISS SANDYSTON<br />
SARAH WOODS<br />
MISS VERNON<br />
MIRANDA SAVIOLI<br />
MISS LAFAYETTE<br />
ADRIANNA MARCINO<br />
MISS SPARTA<br />
MEGAN ZUMMO<br />
MISS WANTAGE
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Most often identified as the<br />
big blue building, the Richards<br />
Building houses a wide variety<br />
of exhibits. Four divisions of<br />
the fair share quarters in the<br />
four corners of the building:<br />
Honey, Art, Photography,and<br />
Creative Arts for Home &<br />
Hobby.<br />
The honey corner showcases<br />
the entries in the Honey Show,<br />
products made from honey and<br />
a cross-section from a hive on<br />
exhibit. But the real draw is<br />
outside the building- the cage<br />
where the fearless Tom Webb<br />
This year’s annual fair basket is a<br />
real keepsake, and harkens back to<br />
the days when a bread box sat on<br />
every kitchen cabinet next to the<br />
canisters.<br />
Made in America by the American<br />
Traditions Basket Company in Ohio,<br />
the bread basket is a limited edition<br />
collector’s basket. Each is made of<br />
Richards Building in center of fairgrounds worth a look<br />
lectures fairgoers on the care of<br />
bees while standing in the midst<br />
of them. People are either fascinated<br />
or repelled by sight of<br />
bees investigating the human in<br />
their midst.<br />
The Photography Show<br />
abuts the Honey Show. Its panels<br />
offer a wide assortment of<br />
photos from children and adults<br />
in categories such as flora,<br />
fauna, portrait, still life, architecture<br />
and landscape. Black<br />
and white and color both have<br />
their fans. Prizes are awarded<br />
to students in age groups and to<br />
handwoven hard maple, signed and<br />
dated by the artisan, and numbered.<br />
The Bread Box Basket is 16 inches<br />
by 12.5 inches by 5/25 inches by 10.75<br />
inches. It has a plastic protector and<br />
a wooden lid, with leather hinges and<br />
a porcelain knob. The lid has a carving<br />
of the barn at the entrance to the<br />
fairgrounds, a map of <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong>,<br />
adults in two amateur divisions,<br />
and there is an alternative<br />
imaging class open to all age<br />
groups. A stroll through this<br />
corner of the Richards Building<br />
will yield something of interest<br />
to everyone.<br />
The Art Show is open to artists<br />
of all ages, and the children’s<br />
division of the show has<br />
seen real growth in the last several<br />
years.<br />
All kinds of medium are on<br />
display in the work by Sussex<br />
County artists. Much of the<br />
work is for sale, as well as The<br />
Little Gallery with additional<br />
work available for purchase.<br />
Taking up an entire side of the<br />
building is the Creative Arts<br />
for Home and Hobby Division.<br />
This includes canning and baking<br />
classes, handicrafts, Quilts<br />
of Valor, a demonstration kitchen,<br />
and changing exhibits. Eyecatching<br />
quilts are hung from<br />
the ceiling, and fairgoers can<br />
vote for their favorite.<br />
Formerly called Home<br />
Economics, the Creative Arts<br />
for Home and Hobby offers an<br />
area for everyone. Children can<br />
ribbons stating “Celebrating<br />
Agriculture” and “A Family Tradition<br />
Since 1940”. There is a commemorative<br />
brass plaque on the front of the<br />
basket on the hunter green splint<br />
that runs around the edge.<br />
Priced at $60, the basket may be<br />
ordered from the fair Administration<br />
Building, by calling 973-948-5500.<br />
enter the Cupcake Decorating<br />
Contest.<br />
The final weekend is the new<br />
and popular Men’s Weekend<br />
with demonstrations and exhibits.<br />
All classes in baking, canning<br />
and handicrafts are open to children<br />
as well as adults.<br />
Grandma’s cookie contest is<br />
for grandma (or grandpa’s)<br />
favorite recipe. Children serve<br />
as judges.<br />
Some of the baking events at<br />
the fair can be found on Page<br />
36.<br />
Bread box souvenir available to commemorate day at the fair
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Don’t miss<br />
Plants, flowers and vegetables<br />
The greenhouse at the fair showcases the best of <strong>Jersey</strong> vegetables. From garlic<br />
to zucchini, all manner of veggies are competing for Best of Show. There are individual<br />
specimens and Market Basket competitions. The show committee will take<br />
your extra zucchini and donate it to the Salvation Army Food Panty.<br />
Near the greenhouse is the very popular ‘The Melody Farm Follies’, back for a<br />
second year. The show with the singing fruits and vegetables is a real child-pleaser.<br />
The adjacent Conservatory contains the Flower and Garden Expo. Both horticulture<br />
and artistic arrangements are represented, with amateur and professional<br />
classes. The Expo’s theme is “A Garden <strong>State</strong> of Mind”. he Horticulture Professional<br />
classes mirror this with classes such as ‘A Kitchen Garden’, ‘An English Garden’ and<br />
‘A Farmer’s Garden’. Classes in the Artistic Division include ‘Monet’s Garden’,<br />
‘Picasso’s Garden’ and ‘Van Gogh’s Garden’.<br />
Behind the Conservatory is the Conservatory Courtyard, featuring permanent gardens<br />
that reflect the design aesthetic of each of the professionals that designed and<br />
donated them. The final stage of the Courtyard was finished in time for this year’s<br />
fair. Greenery, flowers and water features combine to make this a peaceful, attractive<br />
place to stroll.<br />
Snook Agricultural Museum<br />
The Snook Agricultural Museum, a perennial nostalgic favorite of fair-goers has<br />
undergone a drastic transformation since last year’s fair. Since it’s opening in memory<br />
of agricultural leader, Jack Snook, 28 years ago, the Snook Museum, operated by<br />
the Sussex County Agricultural Society, has hosted school groups, scout groups and<br />
tens of thousands of fair attendees. The Snook Museum has been described as a step<br />
back in time, a slice of nostalgia, a local gem, a reminder of Sussex County’s roots in<br />
agriculture and a peaceful escape from the excitement of the fair. When long-time Ag<br />
Society member and leader, Barbara Snook, passed away in December, memorial<br />
donations were dedicated to renovations in the museum.<br />
The improvements include the installation of white pine walls in the interior of the<br />
building and a reconfiguration of the entire agricultural display, including a dedicated<br />
area for educational displays and demonstrations.<br />
Demonstrations in the Snook Building this year will include weaving, spinning,<br />
knitting, woodworking, lace making, and quilting. Informational talks and displays<br />
will include those on raising backyard chickens, beekeeping, gardening, and local<br />
farming history. Please see the Fair website for schedule. As always, the General<br />
Store in the Snook Building will offer stick candy, ice cream, and milk for an inexpensive<br />
snack for the family. Stop by to play a friendly game of checkers at our barrels<br />
and try your hand at shelling and grinding corn.<br />
All are invited to the official re-opening and re-dedication of the Snook Agricultural<br />
Museum on Friday, August 5 at 5 p.m. The building will be dedicated in memory of<br />
both Barbara and Jack Snook.<br />
Light up the night against cancer<br />
When Fair President Alan Henderson attended the small Remembrance Ceremony<br />
for cancer victims and survivors at last year’s fair, he was touched by the story of<br />
Nathan Shatsoff. Founder of Relentless Against Cancer, Shatsoff had been diagnosed<br />
at 21 with Stage IV colon cancer. He was named to the Heroes of Hope Class of 2011<br />
by the American Cancer Society.<br />
This year the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show Association is partnering with<br />
the American Cancer Society and Relentless Against Cancer to present a<br />
Remembrance Ceremony at a larger venue- the main ring of the Horse Show Area.<br />
Held on Saturday, Aug. 13, prior to the popular Sussex County Grand Prix, the ceremony<br />
will have luminaria displayed, with the names of those honored or remembered<br />
noted on them. Henderson and Fair Manager Mark Musilli have set a goal of 1,000<br />
luminaria for this year’s ceremony.<br />
Donations are $10 per luminaria, with the complete donation going to the American<br />
Cancer Society. Forms are available at the fair office, and at the American Cancer<br />
Society booth at the Fair. Donations can also be made directly to the American Cancer<br />
Society, 7 Ridgedale Ave. Suite 103, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Herald File Photo<br />
Daily honeybee demonstrations<br />
A member of the Sussex County Beekeepers Association, holds his chin close to a honeycomb<br />
during a bee demonstration outside the Richards Building at the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
Fair/Sussex County Farm and Horse Show. Honeybee demonstrations will be held daily at<br />
the fair, weather permitting. Times vary.<br />
Did you know?<br />
A worker bee lasts six to eight weeks in the summer. The common cause of death is wearing<br />
their wings out.<br />
Source: American Beekeepers Federation<br />
973.875. 0 1 47<br />
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Featured photographer<br />
Cheryle Kopycienski-Williver , 38, of Stillwater,<br />
is the featured photographer at the fair this<br />
year. She has been a stay-at-home mom for five<br />
years, but started her photography business,<br />
Images Everything, three years ago after<br />
friends and family convinced her to start selling<br />
her work.<br />
She won best-in-show in the Student Division<br />
in the photography exhibit at the fair when she<br />
was 12 and has won several ribbons and contests<br />
since. She had a photograph in the<br />
Skylands Regional Juried Art Show this year<br />
and also participated in the Tour of Art in<br />
<strong>New</strong>ton. Her work has been on display in Andre’s<br />
Restaurant and wine boutique in <strong>New</strong>ton.<br />
Kopycienski-<br />
Williver<br />
She became interested in photography at age 12, when she got her first<br />
camera for Christmas. She shoots 95 percent of work in color.<br />
Among her favorite spots to shoot photographs are <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
Parks.<br />
She uses two photo printers to print her work, but also uses online services<br />
such as Mpix and Shutterfly.<br />
“Believe it or not, Costco has a great lab as well,” she said.<br />
She shoots with a Nikon D7000. She also still has a Nikon N80 film camera<br />
and learned on a Minolta and Pentax K1000.<br />
Food<br />
Saturday, September 17 th - 2011<br />
Sunday, September 1 8 t h - 2011<br />
Rain or Shine From 10 AM to 4:30 PM<br />
WILBUR’S COUNTRY CRAFT FAIR<br />
(50 Crafts People & Artists from Four <strong>State</strong>s)<br />
Held in a charming country setting at Wilbur’s Country Store & Barn Shops...<br />
735 Route 94 (between Blairstown & <strong>New</strong>ton), NJ<br />
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<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Herald File Photo<br />
Madysen Piper, 9, of Hamburg won first place for her tap dance in the Sussex County<br />
Talent Day Children’s Division Saturday at the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County<br />
Farm and Horse Show last year.<br />
Talent Show highlights area’s best<br />
The 30th annual Sussex County Talent<br />
Day will be held Saturday, Aug. 13, at the<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County<br />
Farm and Horse Show in the performing<br />
arts tent.<br />
Three divisions will be represented by<br />
contestants from throughout Sussex<br />
County: Children at 1 p.m., juniors at 4<br />
p.m. and adults at 7:30 p.m. The show is<br />
produced by the Sussex-Warren Arts<br />
Foundation and sponsored this year by<br />
Montague Stone/Complete Kitchen and<br />
Bath.<br />
Created in 1982 by Priscilla Stafford,<br />
Arts Foundation President, the show<br />
has grown from a small beginning as a<br />
TalentNight to a Talent Day, with a number<br />
of local talent shows being held<br />
throughout Sussex County. Unofficial<br />
entries are taken directly at the fair if a<br />
resident’s town does not have its own<br />
show.<br />
The children’s division awards prizes<br />
of $75 for first place; $50 for second place<br />
and $25 for third place.; Juniors receive<br />
$150 for first place, $125 for second place<br />
and $100 for third place while adults will<br />
receive $250 for first place; $200 for second<br />
and $150 for third.<br />
Plaques will also be given to the top<br />
three winners in each division.<br />
For information, call 973-729-7928.
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Sunday Herald, July 31, 2011 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show Page 25<br />
A young rider waits for results after riding in the horse show at the fair.<br />
Horse Show highlights<br />
Horses are a constant sight at the<br />
fair. Whether they are being<br />
schooled for their classes, competing<br />
in one of the rings, or being<br />
walked to their stables, they are a<br />
staple on the fairgrounds fair week.<br />
The10 days of the Fair begin with<br />
the Quarter Horse Show. Featuring<br />
popular barrel racing, the Quarter<br />
Horse Show runs for the opening<br />
weekend, Friday-Sunday, Aug. 5-7<br />
Monday, Aug. 8 begins the weeklong<br />
Sussex County Horse Show.<br />
Classes run from early morning<br />
through evening. Each day offers a<br />
variety of classes with riders of different<br />
skill sets. Evenings have<br />
special classes, exhibitions or competitions.<br />
The Horse Show’s Opening<br />
Ceremonies will be Monday, Aug. 8<br />
at 5 p.m. The Draft Horse Team<br />
Pulling will follow. Tuesday eve-<br />
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ning, Aug. 9th features costume,<br />
old timers’ and family classes.<br />
Wednesday evening, Aug. 10 will be<br />
the $5000 Sussex County Hunter<br />
Derby 3’3” Exhibition. On<br />
Thursday evening, Aug. 11, there<br />
will be the $500 NAL Children’s<br />
Jumper, $1,500 NAL Adult<br />
Amateur Jumper and at 8 p.m. the<br />
$10,000 Rost Memorial Jumper<br />
Stake. Friday Evening, Aug. 12 will<br />
be the $6,500 North American<br />
Classic 6 Horse Hitch and $4500<br />
North American 4 Horse Hitch.<br />
The final weekend holds two of<br />
the popular events of the week.<br />
Saturday evening begins with the<br />
$10,000 The Lou Dobbs Show<br />
SJHOF Junior/Amateur Owner<br />
Classic, the Relentless Against<br />
Cancer Luminaria Ceremony and<br />
the $50,000 Grand Prix, and<br />
Sunday has driving classes.<br />
After the Fair come and enjoy the BEST<br />
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Art show introduces new award; local artist featured in exhibit<br />
The <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
Fair/Sussex County Farm<br />
and Horse Show, Art in<br />
Sussex County will be featuring<br />
artists who live in<br />
Sussex County — including<br />
professional, non-professional,<br />
and students<br />
from tot to 18 years old.<br />
Official rules and entry<br />
forms for this exhibit can<br />
be found in local libraries,<br />
Victory Frames in<br />
Lafayette, Craft Creations<br />
in <strong>New</strong>ton, Alishes Paint<br />
Store in Sparta and some<br />
town municipal buildings.<br />
They will also be available<br />
the night of receiving art<br />
at the Richards Building.<br />
Receiving for the art is<br />
Wednesday, Aug. 3 from<br />
4:30 to 7 p.m. Pickup is<br />
Sunday, Aug. 14, from 5-6<br />
p.m.<br />
A reception on<br />
Thursday, Aug. 4, from 7<br />
to 9 p.m., will be held to<br />
announce and take photos<br />
of the ribbon winners<br />
in the non-professional<br />
and student categories.<br />
Buyers may view and purchase<br />
from the exhibit at<br />
the reception.<br />
Most art is for sale.<br />
A very popular part of<br />
the exhibit is the “Little<br />
Gallery” where a buyer<br />
can pick up unframed<br />
original artwork by the<br />
invited professionals at<br />
reasonable prices.<br />
NEW AWARD<br />
Art in Sussex County<br />
will give out a new award<br />
this year.<br />
The Committee’s<br />
Choice Award in the<br />
amount of $300 will be<br />
given to an artist whose<br />
painting will be chosen to<br />
represent Sussex County<br />
art and will be on next<br />
year’s cover of the art<br />
program for the fair.<br />
This year’s featured<br />
artist is Valerie Castimore<br />
VISIT:<br />
Spectacular Sparta<br />
With its beautiful lakes, mountains, and<br />
farmland, Sparta offers a wide variety of<br />
amenities, services and local businesses<br />
supporting the community.<br />
whose art is reminiscent<br />
of “American Folk Art.”<br />
She paints watercolors,<br />
oils and acrylics on wood,<br />
paper, tin and canvas.<br />
Artists Martin<br />
Chipkosky and Jill<br />
Dickerson will be exhibiting<br />
their artwork in the<br />
Conservatory with the Art<br />
in Bloom exhibit.<br />
These paintings will be<br />
the inspiration for six<br />
local florists to create<br />
beautiful floral arrangements<br />
to coincide with the<br />
paintings<br />
While viewing the<br />
exhibits at the fair,<br />
don’t forget to vote for<br />
the<br />
‘People’s Choice<br />
Award’
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Chili cooks invited to enter contest<br />
Compete for awards and<br />
bragging rights!<br />
Enter your famous chili at<br />
the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/<br />
Sussex County Farm and<br />
Horse Show . The contest will<br />
be on Sunday, Aug. 7 in the<br />
Agriculture Pavilion next to the<br />
Richards Building.<br />
The 16th Annual Chili<br />
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First place will winner take<br />
home a prize of $250, second<br />
place $150 and third place $100.<br />
Chili will be judged on sensory<br />
qualities (taste, texture,<br />
and appearance) In addition<br />
entries will be judged on creativity<br />
of presentation. The<br />
most creative display will<br />
receive a special award.<br />
For all contest rules and<br />
entry information, please visit<br />
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Sussex County Farm and<br />
Horse Show website at www.<br />
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roll, butter and dessert can be purchaed for $10. The<br />
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Held on Senior Day, Thursday, Aug. 11, the barbecue<br />
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Tickets are on sale Thursday when the fair opens at 10<br />
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Thursday will be packed with fun for seniors<br />
By JESSICA MASULLI<br />
jmasulli@njherald.com<br />
Senior Day on Thursday, Aug. 11 will be packed full of<br />
senior-friendly options, including a senior area hosted<br />
by the Division of Senior Services at the Performing<br />
Arts Tent from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
For the early birds, there will be a refreshments at<br />
the tent and baked goods judging at 10 a.m. at the<br />
Richard’s Building.<br />
The Performing Arts Tent will provide a great place<br />
for seniors to relax and see live entertainment for the<br />
rest of the morning and early afternoon. Senior Day will<br />
take the form of “Remembering the Summer of ‘55.”<br />
“It is shaded and has water so you can come in and sit<br />
and watch the entertainment on the stage,” Cafasso<br />
said.<br />
In the Senior Day tent, there will also be a Food<br />
Drive to accept donations to help restock the Social<br />
Services Food Pantry. Seniors who donate a bag of nonperishable<br />
foods will be entered to win a $50 WalMart<br />
gift card.<br />
As well, nominees for Sussex County’s “Senior of<br />
the Year” and “Bus Driver Safety Awards” will be<br />
recognized and a winner will be announced.<br />
Later in the day, seniors can visit an antique loom<br />
weaving demonstration or chair caning with Richard<br />
Jones, both at the Snook Museum. For those planning<br />
to stay late, there will be a wine tasting seminar by<br />
Burke’s from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts<br />
Tent. Starting at 6 p.m., there will be family and oldtimers’<br />
classes at Ring 1 of the horseshow.<br />
The popular 32nd Annual Polish Night will also be<br />
back from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Senior Day. This year’s<br />
Polish night will feature John Stanky & the Coal Miners,<br />
and for the 11th year everyone can compete for the<br />
Polka dance title.<br />
Even though Senior Day is Thursday, the fair will<br />
have something for seniors all week. Senior Day is<br />
sponsored by <strong>New</strong>ton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary,<br />
Bristol Glen, Bently Assisted Living and Iliff-Ruggiero<br />
Funeral Homes. Ticket admissions for seniors will be<br />
reduced to $9 for the entire length of the fair.<br />
“The plus is that you can just show up whenever,”<br />
Cafasso said.<br />
The 32nd Annual Polish<br />
Night will be held at the fair<br />
Thursday with a fun-filled<br />
evening of music and dancing<br />
from 7 to 11 p.m.<br />
John Stanky and the Coal<br />
Miners orchestra will provide<br />
the evening’s<br />
entertainment. For more than<br />
60 years, the Pennsylvania<br />
coal-mining town of<br />
Nanticoke has claimed its<br />
own John “Stanky” Stankovic<br />
as one of the “giants of<br />
Eastern-style Polka, a Polish-<br />
American sound with horns,<br />
reeds, and accordion driving<br />
the up-tempo music. With<br />
joyous, bouncy melodies<br />
Wine tasting<br />
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<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Herald File Photo<br />
Maria and Jazi Alkaya, of <strong>New</strong> York City take to the dance floor on Polish Night at the fair.<br />
John Stanky band will keep dancers moving<br />
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Page 30 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Sunday Herald, July 31, 2011<br />
VISIT: Branchville<br />
On April 26th, 1940 the non-profit Sussex County Horse show<br />
combined with the agricultural organizations in the County to<br />
form the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show. From the<br />
beginning, the organization was run by volunteers with all<br />
benefits going to charities in the County.<br />
Due to its phenomenal growth, the home town of Branchville<br />
lost the fair to a much larger location when in 1976, the nation’s<br />
bicentennial year, it moved to Frankford Township.<br />
Former Home of The Sussex County<br />
Farm & Horse Show
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VISIT: Beautiful Branchville<br />
Located in the northern most region of Sussex County, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong>, lies the picturesque village of Br anchville. Originally part of the surrounding Township of Frankford,<br />
N.J., Branchville separated from it and formed its own self governing borough in 1898. The town is a pproximately1/2 mile in size and has a total population of 840.<br />
Despite its smallness, Branchville has quite a long and fascinating history.<br />
Extension of rail service to Branchville in 1869 brought and even greater boon to the village’s econ omic market growth. From 1869-1871 forty new homes were built.<br />
The railroad had made it possible to ship products from the local mills and creameries to larger urb an areas to the east. With lake communities nearby the tourism<br />
was also spurred by the railroad. Up to six trains a day would bring people from the larger cities t o enjoy a country vacation.<br />
Even though the train whistle no longer blows, grist mills aren’t grinding and cows and farms are a rarity the town’s past is very much evident today. Many if not most<br />
of the original buildings are still in use whether as a private residence or businesses. Residents t ake great pride in their town. Branchville today is a beautiful, well<br />
maintained and very busy village.
Page 32 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Sunday Herald, July 31, 2011<br />
Wine a little during Senior Day<br />
Free seminar, tasting offered in performing arts tent<br />
For its 30th year, the ever-popular wine<br />
seminar and reception will return to the<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County<br />
Farm and Horse Show on senior citizens<br />
day, Aug. 11. The wine seminar and<br />
reception will be held in the performing<br />
arts tent from 4 to 5:30 p.m.<br />
Randy Burke, of Burke’s Wine and<br />
Liquors in Sparta, will open the program<br />
with a lecture on the history of wines,<br />
types and servings of wines, labels and<br />
bottle aging, and will offer some helpful<br />
tips.<br />
Nicole Borrelli, regional manager of<br />
Dreyfus Ashby Company, will talk about<br />
Torres wines from Spain., one of the oldest<br />
Spanish wineries, dating from 1870.<br />
She will also speak about the Joseph<br />
Drouhin wines of France.<br />
Richard Ziemba, Mid-Atlantic reigonal<br />
manager of OWS Wines and Spirits, will<br />
draw upon his 30 years of experience in<br />
the wine industry to give information on<br />
Chamarre wines and Barton and Gustier<br />
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District Sales Manager Steve Halloran<br />
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seminar with a discussion of Coors Light<br />
and other non-alcoholic and Yuengling<br />
beers, with Luci Lombardi speaking<br />
about the Santa Carolina and Finca El<br />
Origen wines from Chile.<br />
Jim Faulkner, Eastern Regional<br />
Manager of Mionetto Wines, will discuss<br />
Prosecco and Pinot Grigio wines from<br />
Italy, as well as Henkell sparkling wines<br />
from Germany.<br />
To round out the program, Stacey<br />
Pulley, state manager of Barton Distillers<br />
will give information about Platinum<br />
vodka and Eagle rare bourbon. Mike<br />
Peterson will discuss 1800 Cuervo tequila.<br />
Following the lectures, a wine reception<br />
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A day at the fair begins by driving past<br />
colorful entry gardens and manicured<br />
lawns.<br />
The grounds crew works along with the<br />
Master Gardener volunteers who help<br />
with the garden, and the area landscapers<br />
who donate time to creating gardens<br />
, improving drainage, and installing hardscape<br />
features.<br />
All the flowers at the fair, which number<br />
close to 10,000, are grown in the fairgrounds’<br />
greenhouse by Maureen<br />
Verbeek, horticulture coordinator, and<br />
her crew — Elizabeth Downs and Denise<br />
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of assorted annuals begin arriving and<br />
are transplanted into cell packs. Spring is<br />
also the time start seeds and bulbs.<br />
After two months in the greenhouse<br />
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Take some time to enjoy the flowers<br />
landscape gardens. The Master<br />
Gardeners design, plant and maintain<br />
several of the fairgrounds gardens and<br />
cannot be thanked enough for all their<br />
hard work.<br />
By fair time the gardens are in full<br />
bloom. Many fairgoers take a quiet break<br />
from the fair in the shade by strolling<br />
through Founders Park with its large<br />
assortment of perennials and beautifully<br />
designed annual gardens. <strong>New</strong> this year<br />
will be a dahlia garden, located behind<br />
the conservatory. This garden was made<br />
possible thanks to the donation of dahlia<br />
tubers by Walter Spinks of Kemah Lake.<br />
<strong>New</strong> in 2010 was the installation of<br />
landscaped gardens behind the<br />
conservatory. Six local landscapers have<br />
created unique gardens with sitting<br />
areas and water feature that are a must<br />
see.
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Don’t miss a chance to learn about Northwest <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong><br />
Located almost centrally<br />
on the fairgrounds, the<br />
5,600 square foot blue<br />
Sussex County building<br />
houses some great exhibits.<br />
Since approximately<br />
1981, this structure has<br />
provided a home for county<br />
and municipal governments<br />
and many non-profits<br />
groups. Veterans<br />
groups and the League of<br />
Woman voters will make<br />
sure you are signed up to<br />
cast your ballot and help<br />
shape our future.<br />
Sitting at the front desk<br />
is one of the most dedicated<br />
volunteers on the<br />
fairgrounds, Ernie Kosa,<br />
who will help direct your<br />
visit.<br />
Front and center is a<br />
replica of High Point<br />
Monument (the highest<br />
point in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> at<br />
1,803 feet above sea level)<br />
— presented by Holt-<br />
Morgan-Russell<br />
Architects — who were<br />
instrumental in the renovations<br />
of the actual monument<br />
at High Point <strong>State</strong><br />
Park in northern Sussex<br />
County. The front section<br />
of the building is devoted<br />
to exhibits about county<br />
government – its divisions<br />
and departments are represented<br />
with achievements<br />
of the past year and<br />
visions for the upcoming.<br />
Along the perimeter of<br />
the building, the county’s<br />
24 municipalities adorn<br />
the walls with glimmers of<br />
significant events and historical<br />
tidbits about their<br />
respective towns.<br />
The competition is<br />
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The remainder of the<br />
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All roads lead to the fair Aug. 5-12<br />
By LYNDSAY CAYETANA BOUCHAL<br />
lbouchal@njherald.com<br />
FRANKFORD — For many locals,<br />
navigating to the fair is second nature,<br />
an annual summertime pilgrimage; but<br />
for others, perhaps newcomers to the<br />
area, the task may not come so easily.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County<br />
Farm and Horse Show spokeswoman<br />
Kathy Cafasso said people are coming<br />
from outside the county like Port Jervis,<br />
N.Y. or Milford, Pa., should take <strong>State</strong><br />
Route 206 South for several miles, past<br />
Branchville. When they reach a light at<br />
the intersection of Route 206 and Plains<br />
Road, turn left onto Plains.<br />
From there, Cafasso said, you can’t<br />
miss it — “it’s the biggest thing on the<br />
grounds.” Up the road, an entrance to<br />
the state fair will be on your right.<br />
“(Route) 206 South is the best way to<br />
come because everybody’s coming<br />
from 206 North,” she said.<br />
From Sussex Borough, or the northeastern<br />
part of the county, Cafasso<br />
recommended taking <strong>State</strong> Route 23,<br />
turning right onto County Road 639,<br />
which turns into County Road 565. Stay<br />
on 565 until you see a sign to turn right<br />
onto Plains Road. The fair will be on<br />
your left.<br />
If people miss that turn off, they can<br />
make a right onto Lynn Smith Road,<br />
Cafasso said; and turn left onto Plains<br />
Road at the “T” intersection. And if all<br />
else fails, motorists can continue<br />
straight to Ross’s Corner or the intersection<br />
of routes 206, 565, and <strong>State</strong><br />
Route 15 and turn right onto 206 North<br />
toward the Plains Road intersection,<br />
where they turn right.<br />
Out-of-towners coming from South<br />
<strong>Jersey</strong> should take <strong>State</strong> Route 80 West<br />
and turn off at Exit 34B, where they will<br />
then continue up Route 15 North until it<br />
ends at Ross’s Corner. Cafasso said;<br />
continue through the light onto Route<br />
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Cafasso recommended that fairgoers<br />
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traffic on the road and you bypass the<br />
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busing will deviate from its<br />
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on, she said.<br />
The other perk of arriving early is<br />
that the carnival portion of the fair<br />
doesn’t open until noon, giving people<br />
the opportunity to explore other sections<br />
of the fair before their kids beg to<br />
board rides for the rest of the day.<br />
Further, Cafasso suggested visiting<br />
the fair on Thursday, Senior Day<br />
because many of the older citizens<br />
travel together and traffic is less congested.<br />
Tuesday is Children’s Day, so<br />
there will likely be buses of kids arriving<br />
around 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. “that<br />
could slow (parking) down.”<br />
Cafasso also said there are no bicycle<br />
racks at the fairgrounds, but cyclists<br />
could “probably lock their bikes on outside<br />
fencing.”<br />
The fare is $1 each way. Did you know?<br />
Get to the fair early in the day<br />
for a better parking spot and to<br />
enjoy some of the fair before<br />
crowds arrive later in the day.<br />
Gates open 10 a.m. daily.<br />
Herald File Photo<br />
PALMRA Lawmower Racing will be held at the fair Aug. 7 in the Miller Lite Outdoor<br />
Entertainment Area.
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Sunday Herald, July 31, 2011 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show Page 35<br />
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Contests, fun for the fair foodie<br />
Stop in for a nibble. Some entries are for sale/distributed after the competition<br />
Professional<br />
Bakers<br />
The second annual<br />
Professional Bakers<br />
Challenge will be held 6<br />
p.m. Monday, Aug. 8. This<br />
contest challenges the<br />
local professional baker to<br />
submit items to be judged<br />
by other professionals.<br />
This year, crumb cake<br />
will be judged.<br />
Criteria:<br />
• Cake must be made<br />
from scratch<br />
• Filling, if used, must<br />
be made from frozen or<br />
canned fruit<br />
• Entry must be half<br />
sheet or larger on disposable<br />
board<br />
• Cake to be presented<br />
at the demonstration area<br />
of the Richard Building by<br />
6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 8<br />
A plaque will be pre-<br />
sented to the first, second<br />
and third-place chefs.<br />
Further information is<br />
available at www.njstatefair.org<br />
or homeeclady@<br />
aol.com<br />
Cheesecake<br />
Do you like your cheesecake<br />
plain or with a fruit<br />
topping? Cherry or pineapple?<br />
Graham cracker<br />
crust? Whatever your<br />
preference all will probably<br />
be at the fifth annual<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong>’s Best<br />
Cheesecake Contest at<br />
the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
Fair/ Sussex County Farm<br />
and Horse Show.<br />
The contest is open to<br />
professionals as well as<br />
non-professionals and will<br />
be held on Friday, Aug. 12<br />
at 5 p.m. at the Richards<br />
Building. Entries must be<br />
submitted by 4 p.m.<br />
Pre-registration should<br />
have been received by<br />
July 25.<br />
No cheesecake to enter?<br />
Entries in the contest will<br />
be offered for sale after<br />
judging!<br />
Further information can<br />
be found on the website:<br />
www.njstatefair.org<br />
Gingerbread<br />
This year marks the<br />
14th year of the<br />
Gingerbread Building<br />
Contest at the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County<br />
Farm and Horse Show.<br />
Entries must be a haunted<br />
house. Entries will be<br />
judged on originality, overall<br />
appearance, choice<br />
and use of materials, and<br />
difficulty of design. The<br />
contest is Tuesday, Aug. 9.<br />
at 2 p.m.<br />
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fair. For all rules, entry<br />
categories date and time,<br />
please visit the <strong>State</strong> Fair<br />
website, www.njstatefair.<br />
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Blueberry<br />
The “One and Only”<br />
Blueberry Contest will be<br />
held at fair Wednesday,<br />
Aug. 10, at 5 p.m.<br />
First--, second- and<br />
third-place ribbons will be<br />
awarded in each of the following<br />
categories. • Jam,<br />
jelly or preserves with<br />
blueberries as the main<br />
ingredient.<br />
• Any baked item with<br />
blueberries as a main<br />
ingredient<br />
• Any handicraft item<br />
with a blueberry theme.<br />
The competition will be<br />
judged by the Creative<br />
Arts for Home and Hobby<br />
officials<br />
This competition is open<br />
to all <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> residents,<br />
professional and<br />
non professional.<br />
Entry samples will be<br />
distributed after judging.<br />
Entries had to be mailed<br />
by July 25. For<br />
information,visit www.<br />
njstatefair.org<br />
The home-brewed<br />
beer competition<br />
award ceremony<br />
will be held Saturday,<br />
Aug. 13,<br />
at 11 a.m.<br />
A side of veggies<br />
The best of the season’s vegetables find a home in the<br />
greenhouse during fair week. On Saturday, Aug. 6<br />
at noon, the judges pick the winners.<br />
Once they are finished, the show is open to fairgoers.<br />
The Best of Show highlights the top specimens<br />
of each class.<br />
• Those entered into the scarecrow building class<br />
start to assemble their entries on Sunday, Aug. 7.<br />
The judging begins at 10 a.m., so the exhibitors need<br />
to hustle to get their entry into “The World of Harry<br />
Potter” competition. People’s Choice voting goes<br />
on until Friday, Aug. 12 , with the rosette awarded<br />
on Saturday, Aug. 13.<br />
• Children’s Day on Tuesday, Aug. 9 will be<br />
celebrated with the “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad<br />
Veggie?” vegetable tasting challenge at 3 p.m. It is<br />
limited to 10 participants in each group: ages 3-7<br />
and 8-12.<br />
• Stop into the Greenhouse on Aug.7 at 2 p.m. to<br />
see Healthy Cooking by St. Clare’s. A chef will demonstrate<br />
healthy cooking techniques using fresh<br />
vegetables. Samples and recipes will be provided.<br />
• Later that afternoon, the Weigh-in for the Great<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Zucchini Contest will be held at 5 p.m.<br />
at the Farmers’ Market tent in front of the greenhouse.<br />
Trade your zucchini<br />
for ice cream<br />
Get rid of those endless zucchini by taking<br />
part in “Sneak Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s<br />
Porch” Night Aug 12. Sneak your zucchini<br />
onto the porch located by the Best of Show<br />
Shed and it will be donated to the Salvation<br />
Army Food Pantry. Beginning at 6 p.m. the<br />
first 10 people to “get caught” sneaking zucchini<br />
onto the porch will receive a coupon for<br />
free ice cream at the 4-H Dairy Bar.
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Sunday Herald, July 31, 2011 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show Page 37<br />
What’s at the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong> Fair from A to Z<br />
A is for Agriculture: the<br />
largest Agriculture fair in the<br />
state.<br />
B is for Bees: honey in<br />
the comb, bees in the hive,<br />
beekeeper giving lectures in a<br />
cage of bees.<br />
C is for Conservatory: it’s<br />
beautiful, it’s green, it’s stuffed<br />
with flowers and plants.<br />
D is for Dairy cows:<br />
black, white, red, brown, 4-H &<br />
open shows.<br />
E is for Ethnic: dancing,<br />
music, food & crafts.<br />
F is for Fair Food: candy<br />
apples, cotton candy, curly<br />
fries, everyone has his favorite.<br />
G is for Goats: Nigerian,<br />
dwarf and dairy.<br />
H is for Hay: in the<br />
Forage Show, in the hay maze<br />
and in the scarecrows.<br />
I is for Ice Cream: cones,<br />
sundaes, milkshakes.<br />
J is for Jumpers: jumping<br />
classes in the horse show and<br />
the Grand Prix.<br />
K is for Kids: lots of fun,<br />
free things for them to do all<br />
day.<br />
L is for the Learning<br />
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demonstrations and storytime.<br />
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M is for Milk: at the<br />
Milking Parlor you learn how it<br />
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N is for Nighttime: you<br />
can see the lights of the fair<br />
before you get here.<br />
O is for Oreos: rewards<br />
for the Paddling Porkers.<br />
P is for the Flying Pages,<br />
aerialists with free shows in<br />
the Family Entertainment<br />
Area<br />
Q is for Queen of the Fair:<br />
who is the fairest?<br />
R is for Rides: all kinds<br />
for all ages, with Pay One Price<br />
days.<br />
S is for Strongman<br />
Competition… who’s the strongest<br />
on the fairgrounds<br />
T is for Tents: housing<br />
crafts, food, vendors, animals<br />
and games.<br />
U is for Under the commercial<br />
tent: bargains by the<br />
bagful.<br />
V is for Vegetable: heirloom<br />
or run of the mill, you’ll<br />
find them in the greenhouse.<br />
W is for Wood: carved<br />
into fantastic sculptures by<br />
chainsaw and auctioned on<br />
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X is for Xmas: Christmas<br />
Trees- locally grown beauties.<br />
Y is for Yarn: from sheep<br />
in the sheep show to shawl in<br />
the knitting classes.<br />
Z is for Zoology for beginners:<br />
cows, goats, sheep, chickens,<br />
ducks, horses, steers, rabbits,<br />
donkeys and others.<br />
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Historical display features farm map<br />
This year’s new display in the Walt<br />
Richards Building will showcase a<br />
variety of interests.<br />
• A large map of the farms and road<br />
system of Sussex County from the year<br />
1933 will show approximately 1,200 farms<br />
in existence. The original map, owned by<br />
Alex Everett of Lafayette, was loaned to<br />
the fair History Committee to copy in<br />
order to have a display copy.<br />
The committee has listed the farms in<br />
each municipality to the side of the large<br />
map so that one can find local farm<br />
names. A flip book will aid in finding specific<br />
farms.<br />
•T he fair History Committee has been<br />
assembling a scrapbook each year with<br />
the happenings and people involved in<br />
each fair. These will be on display, as well<br />
as what was happening during “the war<br />
years” of 1941-1945.<br />
• This year there will be a special focus<br />
on fair security and grounds people who<br />
have been involved over the years.<br />
• In addition, there will be a memorial<br />
section in honor of the fair<br />
directors who passed away<br />
in the last year:<br />
• Bert Cronk, worked<br />
concessions and gardens,<br />
among many other duties.<br />
• Margaret Hait, ran the<br />
<strong>Jersey</strong> Fresh promotion<br />
and worked in the home<br />
economics building. She<br />
did quilt workshops at the<br />
fair.<br />
• Carol Pierson,<br />
arranged for box seats for<br />
the horse show.<br />
• Barbara Snook, worked<br />
in the Snook museum for a<br />
number of years. She set up crafters and<br />
ordered milk. The museum is named in<br />
honor of her husband and will be rededicated<br />
to honor both of them Friday.<br />
• Warren Welsh, founding member of<br />
the Sussex County Agriculture<br />
Development Board, secretary of the<br />
Farm and Horse Show.<br />
Welsh was known for his rooster crow<br />
that opened the fair every year.<br />
Aldon Sayre, 90, who knew Welsh for<br />
many years has taken on the rooster<br />
crow task and will open the fair on Friday.<br />
An honor garden is being built near the<br />
livestock area to honor Welsh. A plaque<br />
will be placed in the garden as well to<br />
honor other agricultural volunteers.<br />
Did you know?<br />
The public has been invited to share<br />
their “Favorite Fair Memory” by way of<br />
the fair website, and are encouraged to<br />
do the same at the exhibit on a large<br />
board in the Richards Building.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Herald file photo<br />
Sussex County Farm and Horse Show president Alan<br />
Henderson watches Warren Welsh officially open the fair<br />
with his traditional rooster crowing at the opening ceremonies<br />
at the fair last year. Welsh, who died in January, will be<br />
honored with a memorial garden at the fairgrounds that<br />
will also honor other agricultural volunteers.<br />
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SECTV, longtime supporter of the Fair, will<br />
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“There’s always something<br />
fun happening at the<br />
Sussex County Fairgrounds”<br />
is not just a<br />
slogan.<br />
The Sussex County<br />
Fairgrounds is a hum of<br />
activity most weekends,<br />
not just the 10 days of the<br />
fair. With a schedule that<br />
spans April to November,<br />
there can be three or four<br />
events on the same day.<br />
Some of these events<br />
are indirectly connected<br />
to the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
Fair/ Sussex County Farm<br />
& Horse Show. In March,<br />
the Agriculture Division of<br />
the Fair puts on Springfest,<br />
its annual flower show.<br />
The Sussex County Farm<br />
& Horse Show Foundation<br />
hosts a Beefsteak Dinner<br />
catered by the Brownstone<br />
in May, and the new<br />
Festival of Trees in<br />
December.<br />
In most months there is<br />
a benefit horse show run<br />
by the Sussex County<br />
Horse Show Association.<br />
Real crowd pleasers<br />
come with nice weather<br />
— the Crawfish Festival<br />
in June, the Native<br />
Herald File Photo<br />
Artistry in Wood artists will be carving wood sculptures daily at the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show. The sculptures created will be auctioned<br />
Sunday, Aug. 14 at 2 p.m.<br />
Fairgrounds fun continues all year<br />
American PowWow in<br />
July, Peters Valley Craft<br />
Fair in September, and the<br />
Salute to Veterans in<br />
November.<br />
Visitors to fairgrounds<br />
can watch dog shows,<br />
dressage, wrestling tournaments,<br />
a cross country<br />
meet, craft shows, poultry<br />
shows and an Irish festival.<br />
For information, go to<br />
www.njstatefair.org, click<br />
on “events”at the top of<br />
the home page, and “all<br />
events” on the listing<br />
page.<br />
Sponsors finance fair fun<br />
Corporate and local sponsors<br />
make it possible to bring<br />
fairgoers new exhibits,<br />
expand existing exhibits and<br />
acts, or underwrite classes in<br />
a division. Sponsorships<br />
come in all amounts. Some<br />
families donate trophies to<br />
livestock competitions, or<br />
knitting classes in the name<br />
of family members. Some<br />
corporations enter into multiyear<br />
contracts for a building<br />
or area. The following are<br />
2011 sponsors:<br />
RoNetco Supermarkets -<br />
Shop-Rite<br />
Verizon Wireless<br />
Miller Lite<br />
US Foodservice<br />
Pepsi Bottling Group<br />
Sundance Vacations<br />
Franklin Mutual Insurance<br />
PSE&G<br />
PNC Bank<br />
TD Bank<br />
Wells Fargo Home<br />
Mortgage<br />
Health Craft Cooking Show<br />
<strong>New</strong>ton Memorial Hospital<br />
Johnson Dodge Chrysler<br />
Jeep, Budd Lake<br />
Ocean Spray<br />
Bicycle Playing Cards 125<br />
Anniversary Tour<br />
Kitchen Craft<br />
AARP/Walgreens Wellness<br />
Tour<br />
Vacation Village Resorts<br />
Saint Clare’s Health<br />
System<br />
Eastern Propane<br />
Reithoffer Shows<br />
Service Electric<br />
Broadband Cable<br />
Farmland Dairies<br />
Cutco Cutler<br />
DB Food Concessions<br />
Lakeland Bank<br />
Clipper Magazine<br />
C & W Aero Services, Inc.<br />
Skylands Ice World<br />
Kitchen Magic<br />
First Hope Bank<br />
The Chocolate Goat Gift<br />
Shoppe<br />
Wm. H Wilson Septic<br />
Tank Service<br />
Holiday Inn Express of<br />
<strong>New</strong>ton<br />
Montague Tool & Supply<br />
Union Green Advertising<br />
Sussex Bank<br />
Sussex Skyhawks<br />
John Johnson Dodge,<br />
Boonton<br />
Full line of Produce<br />
& Cut your own<br />
Flowers<br />
Harold & Lois Pellow<br />
Bristol Glen Retirement<br />
Community<br />
Selective Insurance<br />
Company of America<br />
Ruggiero Funeral Homes<br />
<strong>New</strong>ton Memorial Hospital<br />
Auxiliary<br />
Augusta Feed & Supply<br />
Lafayette Exxon Kwik Pik<br />
AdvancedGroup.net<br />
AroundThe Area.com<br />
Elenora L. Benz, Attorneyat-Law<br />
Krogh’s Restaurant &<br />
Brew Pub<br />
Pieceful Choices Quilt<br />
Shop<br />
Pierson Landscaping &<br />
Excavating<br />
Wilson Coal & Supply<br />
Augusta Feed & Supply<br />
The Wooden Duck Bed &<br />
Breakfast, <strong>New</strong>ton<br />
Residence Inn by Marriott,<br />
Stanhope<br />
Homewood Suites by<br />
Hilton, Dover/Rockaway<br />
Best Western at Hunts<br />
Landing, Matamoras, Pa.<br />
Holiday Inn Express Hotel<br />
& Suites, <strong>New</strong>ton<br />
Picking our own<br />
Sweet Corn &<br />
Vegetables Daily!<br />
We are looking for BANDS & CRAFTERS<br />
for our FALL FEST 2011. CALL US!!!<br />
Visit our cows at Dairy Barn #1 at the Fair!<br />
Two Locations:<br />
Rt. 517 Allamuchy, NJ | Corner of Rte. 46 & Asbury Rd<br />
www.tranquillityfarms.com | 908.979.0303<br />
Wholesale/ Retail
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