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Stewartsville at the age of 17 with five cows and a team of mules. He bought his present farm in 1951 in White Township and has been farming with his loving wife, sons and daughter and now with his grandsons, Adam and Tyler Herb. Os and his family have exhibited Registered Holsteins at the Fair for over 50 years. He has served his community well over the years, whether on Township Committee for 24 years or as Mayor for eight terms, on the ASC Board and as a director of Farmers’ Mutual Fire Assurance Association for more than 20 years. Os served as the Treasurer for the WC Board of Agriculture from 1965 to 2012. Frank Van Horn is our immediate past President and was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1996 but his involvement with our Fair started years before his appointment to the board. He was and is our announcer for the Tractor Pulls and other motorized events where you can still find him ‘talkin’ up a storm’ in our main arena. He was a former director at the Sussex and West End Fairs and has been a member with the Farm Bureau and Board of Agriculture since 1996. Frank was a dairy farmer and an advocate for open space, farmland preservation and for the farmers in their plight against over development. Later he started F&M Transportation, originally picking up milk from local farmers. Currently he transports milk and water locally and to the tri-state area. On the local governmental level, he served as Mayor of Knowlton Township starting in 1995 and chose to step down in 2012, after serving his residents tirelessly and with great compassion. He would always lend a helping hand. He has been a Knowlton Lions Club member since 1996, District Chair for his local Boy Scout Troop and a life member for the Knowlton Township Fire and Rescue. Frank is now spending more time with his wife Mary and his grandchildren. Rich Castimore has served as President and vice president during his tenure on the board, which started in 1990. He was a local dairy farmer and member of the Moravian Grange for several years. Rich is in charge of the sanitation department during the week and supervises the Correctional Officers and workers in maintaining a clean and safe fairgrounds. He also assists his wife Mary Beth, our vendor secretary, in the setup, placement and numerous requests of the various vendors. Rich is always willing and able to lend a hand and his expertise with any task needed during the Fair. Ann Thomas has served on the board since 1997 and has held the positions of President and Vice President for several terms. She has been involved with the 4-H Horse Shows/programs since 1975 and has co-chaired the Open Horse Show since the early 1990’s; lending her expertise and guidance to the horse shows and activities during the Fair. She also serves on the Queen and Princess Committee. Ann has been a member of the Warren Grange since 1990, Pomona Grange since 1992, and has taken the State and National level degrees. She has been a director of the Ag Tourism Council of NJ since 2006. Ann has served various officer positions with the Agricultural Fair Association of NJ over the years where she created, coordinated and oversees the State Ambassador Contest; which she started in 2004. Sam Santini has served as Vice President and President on the Board since being appointed in 1997. Sam was a former dairy farmer and now grows several different field crops with corn being his major one, farming over 1,500 acres in Stewartsville and the surrounding townships. He has been the winner for the National Corn Growers Yield Contest numerous times, including 2010 contest thus affording him various awards at the convention held throughout the United States. As you can see he is ‘outstanding in his field’. Sam can be found in the main arena assisting with the Truck Pull and the Mud Bog. Ken Hoser was appointed to the board in 1999 and was a dairy farmer in Stewartsville, where he farmed for over 40 years; raising purebred Brown Swiss. He decided to sell his herds and start raising goats until this year when he decided it was time to kick back and enjoy life. Ken can now be found driving a ‘Deere’ helping other farmers make hay or cutting corn in the fall. At the Fair you can find Ken helping to scoop up a bowl of delicious ice cream at the fabulous ice cream sundae along with our own Fair royalty, our queen and princess, as well as other Fair directors. Carl and Ken oversee the duties of the chairman for the Animal Exhibit Barn making sure everything is hatching ‘egg’ actly in order and ‘moo’ ving smoothly along, with no ‘kidding’ around, and that’s no ‘bull’. Mitch Jones was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2008, having graduated from Penn State University in 1998. Being no stranger to the Fair he started helping when he was an FFA student in high school in the Home and Garden Building, handling registrations of various shows and continues volunteering each year, now with the assistance of his wife Lauren. He currently farms over 600 acres in White, Franklin and Harmony Townships. You can find Mitch most days in the main arena as Chairman for the Farmers’, Stock/Hot Stock and Antique Tractor Pulls with his committee Wayne, Jim and Robert. Mitch also helps Jim Bischoff with the ATV Mud Bog competition. He also lends his expertise to maintaining the fairgrounds assisted by Jim Bischoff. He has been a member of the Warren Grange since 2003 and has served as Master since 2008. Mitch has also been a member of the WC Board of Agriculture since 2002 and has served as president and vice president being elected to serve as Treasurer in 2013. James (Jim) Bischoff was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2010. He is a graduate of Morris County Community College with a degree in landscape design and management. Jim has been helping at the Fair since he was in high school with FFA also in the Home and Garden Building with registration for horticultural crops since 2000. His duties as a Fair director include chairing the ATV Mud Bog Competition and helping Mitch and Wayne with all of the tractor pulls. Jim is also in charge of getting local landscapers to set up displays at the Fair as well as maintaining the landscape design at the main entrance. Jim also chairs the Truck Show on Saturday which has him ‘truckin’ from one event to another. Helping Jim with all of the motorized events is his girlfriend Jen. Milly Rice has worked with the Fair since 1981 as part of her responsibilities with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension office in Warren County, when she was hired to work in the Home Horticulture Department. Over the years she has gleaned information from attending classes in Rutgers in her area of emphasis and from first hand knowledge of working with the public. Milly has served as the WC Shade Tree Commission secretary since 1999. She also began the Arbor Day Contest in 2006. Second and third graders write stories and draw pictures. The project started with 75 entries and spiked to 675 last year and 475 this year. Her obligations to the Fair are a year round responsibility. She handles all aspects of the Fair from preparing and organizing the schedule of events, booking entertainment, compiling rules and regulations for over 40 shows and contests. She also handles the administrative duties as a secretary, working with volunteers, contacting judges, chairman and committeepersons for over 40 shows, handling fair merchandise, ordering show rosettes and trophies; as well as ordering bathroom supplies – so as you can see she handles the paperwork from the beginning to the end. She oversees the set up, cleaning and tear down of the Home and Garden Building as well as scheduling the building watch during the Fair. 48
Jim Watters was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Farmers’ Fair in April of 2012. He is a fifth generation hay and grain farmer in Port Murray where he farms 700 acres with his father and brother. He is married and has 3 children. Jim is very active in his community and currently serves as a director of the Livestock Auction Market in Hackettstown. He also serves on the executive board for the Warren County Board of Agriculture, on the Mansfield Open Space Committee, Municipal and Charitable Conservancy Trust Committee and is a trustee of the Rockport Presbyterian Church in Port Murray. Jim will be in charge of the open cattle barn and checking health papers for all animals on the grounds this year. Mary Beth Castimore has held the position of Vendor Secretary since 1999. She handles all the duties associated with signing up vendors, handling all paperwork from contracts and insurance forms to ordering tents. Mary Beth works with over 150 vendors from food to businesses selling various products to local non profits to veteran related organizations. She has to make sure they are set up in their ‘spot’ for opening day. She is always prepared to answer any questions they may have before and during the Fair. Whether they are coming to the Fair to sell their wares, serve food or to pass out information about their products, services or company Mary Beth is there to assist them with all of their requirements. Together Rich and MaryBeth make a dedicated team at the Fair. Betty Turcic has been the Ground’s Rental Secretary since 2007 handling the rental contracts, scheduling bookings of the grounds and the paperwork associated with the storage of farm equipment. During the Fair you’ll find her setting up for the livestock and Holstein shows and on the Friday before the Fair opens, she’s busy with the registration and set up of the hay and silage shows. Prior to the Fair she’s busy sending out entry tags/registration forms to the past exhibitors for the animal and hay shows and preparing rules and regulations for these shows. Following the Fair she prepares the winners lists from her shows. In June of 2012 Betty accepted the additional duties of financial secretary. This year you will find her in the Fair office assisting the treasurer with the gate workers and grandstand ticket takers. Leah Laubach is responsible for one of the hottest spots on the fairgrounds – the Kids’ Corral. Leah handles many duties and continues to grow the childrens activity area (with the help of her husband Eric) by adding more interactive fun. Leah will be the first to tell you how much credit her staff deserves. She has worked closely with Giulia to bring their vision for an educational, fun and affordable attraction for fairgoers to fruition. Giulia Iannitelli is our advertising manager and co-coordinator of the Balloon Festival. This year she would like to forego her “5 minutes of fame” in the program book to thank her nephew Armando Taddei for all his help during the past 13 years. He is off to Oklahoma State University this year and if he is as dedicated to OSU as he has been to the Fair, he will end up on TV one day. (She hopes he doesn’t forget about her.) Fred Grotenhuis, the balloonmeister of the Balloon Festival at the Warren County Farmers’ Fair conceived the idea 13 years ago. The added attraction has helped the Fair to continue to grow. The pilots that attend have a great deal of respect for Fred. Tony Iannitelli has taken promotional photos for the Warren County Farmers’ Fair and Balloon Festival for the past few years. Many of the photos on the cover and throughout this book were taken by Tony. He also helps with the Mr. & Ms. Warren County contests. We want to thank everyone who volunteers at the Fair whether it is a donation of your time, expertise/talents and/or with a monetary donation; we wouldn’t be able to provide a successful agricultural based, family oriented Farmers’ Fair to the public without YOU. CARS • TRUCKS • OFF ROAD 24 HOUR ROAD SERVICE 1028 New Jersey 173, Asbury, NJ 08802 (908) 479-2226 www.performancetireco.com 49
Page 1 and 2: The 76th Annual Warren County Farme
Page 3 and 4: Celebrating 76 Years of Affordable
Page 5 and 6: FAIR MAIN HOURS Saturday, July 27 -
Page 7 and 8: Native Born to New Jersey, Dominic
Page 9 and 10: Schedule of Events 2 pm Cutest Bab
Page 11 and 12: Alyssa Marie Sebold is 17 years old
Page 13 and 14: Emma Susanne Kelley, is 10 years ol
Page 15 and 16: Warren Hills FFA Alumni 8th Annual
Page 17 and 18: Wrestling Tournament Saturday, Augu
Page 19 and 20: FROM THE ORGANIZERS OF THE LAST FLI
Page 21 and 22: Some Entertainment at the Kids’ C
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Page 41 and 42: Ways To Win a Free Balloon Ride! 1.
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Page 45 and 46: Bourbon Street Wine & Spirits is a
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Page 51 and 52: Asbury Jr. 4-H Dairy Club Celebrate
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