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2010 Alexandria Fair: Fun, family, friends . . . . . . . . . . . .4Horse shows make for good family traditions . . . . . . . . .5How does your garden grow? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6New events planned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Parade kicks off fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Barbians lead parade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Fairest of the fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Good cooks share secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Livestock leads into lessons for life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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By Neva Martin | Contributor
As summer windsdown, preparations for theAlexandria Fair & HorseShow spiral up. Thisyear’s event has a combi-nation of old and new.
Now in its 154th year,the fair is held over theLabor Day Weekend,beginning the Wednesdaybefore and continuingthrough the holiday, saidDoug Carmack, chairmanof the fair board.
“Wednesday nightopens our fair with aparade,” Carmack said.“Wednesday night is free.
It’s Alexandria night.”Admission to the fair
on all other days is $8 aperson for ages 6 and up,with Murray BrothersShows in charge of con-cessions, and includesrides and events fromhorse show to beauty pag-eants.
Those under 6 mustpurchase an $8 ticket toride. Parking is free.
This year’s paradetheme is “VolunteersMaking a Difference,” andthe parade starts out, asalways, at CampbellCounty Middle School,beginning at 6:45 p.m. It
proceeds down WashingtonStreet, Main Street, and intothe fairgrounds, saidValerie Sanzenbacker,parade chairman.
“We usuallyhave about 60entries,” saidSanzenbacker.“We havehorses, bands,all our pastqueens, and thisyear’s grand marshalsare Gene and PaulaBarbian … We alwaysmatch the grand marshalsup to the parade themeand (the Barbians) arevery involved in the fair-grounds.”
The horse shows bringa lot of people from out oftown, and the beauty pag-
eants – from Baby andCutie Pie to MissAlexandria – attract much
local interest,Sanzenbacker
noted. Onenew event isa drag racewith ATVs,held on
Thursdaynight at 7 p.m.,
the same time asthe Miss Teen pageant.“We’ve also moved all
the beauty pageants on tothe new entertainmentstage,” Carmack said.
Open exhibits, also anattraction, are held in thesame building as the 4-Hexhibits.
Co-chairs LindaBowers and Wanda
Painter will oversee theopen exhibits in ExhibitHall. Fruits, vegetables,flowers, photography, art,quilting, knitting, crochet-ing – all open exhibits canbe entered Wednesday,Sept. 1, between 1 p.m.and 6.m.
“We have six to eightpeople to help us and ourjudges come from out ofthe county,” said Painter.
The fair signals the endof summer, which is a bitsad, said Sanzenbacker.
“But it’s just a goodtime for getting togetherwith family and friends,”she added.
More information canbe found online at www.alexandriafairandhorseshow.com.
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Those who are in need of a“horse fix” should come to thefair, says said Doug Carmack,president of the Alexandria FairBoard and manager of the HorseShow.
“Our Horse Show starts onFriday, Sept. 3, and runs day andnight, through Labor Day,” saidCarmack, who lived just acrossthe road from the fairgroundsand grew up showing horses.
He has passed his love ofequines to his daughter Brittany,who has shown horses from theage of 3 and, now a college grad-uate, still shows Arabian, RoadHorses and Hackneys, amongothers.
“She gets pretty into it,” hesaid.
Many others get into it as well.“I have 235 stalls and they're
all full,” said Carmack. “Thatdoesn't count people who work
out of their trailers.”Last year the horse shows had
more than 500 entries, from allover the state and beyond.
One longtime Alexandrianative, Tom Gray, has a farm inGrant County, called Gray'sStable, where he raises cattle aswell as Roadster horses andponies, or trotters, which pull abuggy and compete for speedand style.
He has won many awards.“You jog 'em for slow gait,
then road-gait 'em, then speed,”he added.
Gray's family has been show-ing horses for at least six genera-tions.
“My great-great-grandfatherraised trotters and showedthem,” said Gray. “He also builtthe buggies to run in. TheMennonites and Amish use thetrotters.”
His family also owned fairstock in the Alexandria Fair
when it first started, and today asa descendent, Gray qualifies forfree admission to the fair.
“Four years ago (at the fair's150th anniversary), I won the150-year whip for my trotters,”said Gray. “That was a greattime.”
Since he hauls hay, grain, fer-tilizer and straw to ChurchillDowns, River Downs and otherlocal race courses, Gray hasn'thad time to participate in manyfairs this year.
But he does plan to be at theAlexandria event.
“My children and grandchil-dren are all involved in show-ing,” said the 59-year-old Gray.
“I stop all five days at the fair.I take my trailer and have livingquarters and I'm probably theoldest 'Roadster' in all ofAlexandria,” he said.
Debbie Browning presents the flag for lastyear's Alexandria Fair and Horse Show.
Jill Quaid took Grand Champion for the American Saddlebred Five Gaited horse last year.
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By Patricia A. Scheyer | Contributor
A county fair is a great timefor residents to show off whatthey have grown during the sea-son. The Alexandria fair has noshortage of people with greenthumbs who enter their flowersand produce to be judged thebest of the best.
“I have been organizing thefruit, vegetable and flowerexhibits for three years now,”said Linda Bowers. “What I findis that the fruit and vegetablegroup of people is pretty muchequal to the flower group of peo-ple. We have approximately 200exhibitors, and many categories,in which we award first, second,and third place.”
One lady who has entered herflowers in the fair since sheretired at age 62 is 90 years old
this year, and due to a heartattack, will not enter this year.
“I was grand champion everyyear but two,” Thelma Weckbachsaid. “You are grand championwhen you have the most blue rib-bons.”
Weckbach grew and enteredmany varieties of flowers, includ-ing roses, zinnias, marigolds andasters, but her favorite hasalways been dahlias.
“I just love dahlias, becausethey start blooming in July, andare full of blooms when theyfinally freeze,” said Weckbach.
“They’re the only flowers I canhonestly say they never stopblooming.”
Weckbach said her flow-ers won so many timesshe didn’t know what todo with all the silvertrays she received, so
she suggested the fair give vases,or glassware, so they did.
“I still didn’t know what to dowith all the vases and glass-ware,” she said, laughing. “But itis a lot of hard work to grow real-ly good flowers. And you have tohave good stock – once I paid$17.50 for one dahlia bulb. Youwon’t have great flowers withoutgood bulbs and hard work.”
Another contributor, SusanCampbell, has grown flowersand vegetables to enter in the fairfor about 10 years, involving hertwo daughters, who have beencompeting for 4-H also.
“We have a half acre garden,so we have two to three vari-
eties of a lot of vegetables,such as tomatoes, pep-pers, cabbage, pota-toes, cucumbers,and eggplant,
to name a few,” said Campbell.“We never know what we aregoing to enter until we pick theproduce a couple days before thefair, because you don’t knowwhat you have. We have turtleswho eat a bite out of things andleave the rest, and deer whotrample the squash, and that’snot even considering the hun-dred degree heat. I don’t knowwhat will be presentable.”
Everything Campbell enters ispresented in one of her twodaughters names, and they havewon many blue ribbons. What isher secret to good vegetables?
“There is no secret,” she said.“It is hard work, plain and sim-
ple. Beginners shouldstart small, so they
don’t get discouraged, andkeep the weeds out.”
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By Patricia A. Scheyer | Contributor
The brand new pavilion at the Alexandria Fair builtto house the beauty contests has freed up the mainring for other events, and the fair board of directorscreated a committee to come up with a great event thatfairgoers would flock to on Thursday night.
“We all decided to have a four wheel ATV drag rac-ing contest,” said Chris Carmack, who has been part ofthe fair for 15 years, since he was 10.
“This is the first time in the history of the fair thatwe have had one of these. The word is definitely out,but I have no idea how many people will sign up tocompete.”
The committee also decided to hold some children’scontests 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
“I believe we will be having about three contests forkids,” said Andy McNichols, one of 15 directors of thefair. “They will be along the lines of tug-of-war. Thenat 7:30 p.m. we will have the ATV contest.”
The fair board has hired a company, Wolfe Brothers,to put on the drag racing contest. Carmack said thatrequirements would include the basics of helmet,boots, and long pants in addition to the ATV vehicle,but he wasn’t aware of additional restrictions.
“There will be a entrance fee, and I think it will beabout $10, but that could change,” said McNichols.
“I know we will have different classes, probablyabout 16 classes.”
A good number of members on the new committee,dubbed the Thursday night committee, are younger,and McNichols said they are always pleased to havethe input of younger people.
“We have a wide age range on our board as well asthe associates, who assist us in all features of the fair,”said McNichols.
“It is no question that younger people bring in freshideas, and we encourage that.”
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By Patricia A. Scheyer | Contributor
The Alexandria Fair began in1856, and is one of the oldestfairs in the state of Kentucky. Tenenterprising residents of thecounty wanted to show off theirproduce and animals, and sothey initiated the first fair, buteven though the tradition hasendured through-out the years,the parade onlybecame part ofthe celebrationin the 1980s.
“Ourparade hasgrownevery
year, and continues to grow,”said Valerie Sanzenbacker, chair-person of the parade committee.“Right now, the color guard atthe beginning of the paradearrives at the fairgrounds beforewe can get the last groups start-ed. And our parade route isabout a mile long.”
The color guard is made up ofboys and girls from the 4-H clubsmounted on horses, and theylead the parade from CampbellCounty Middle School , downWashington Street to Main Street,and right to the AlexandriaFairgrounds.
“We have 60-plus entries thisyear,” said Sanzenbacker. “Thenwhen you get to the fairgrounds,admission is free, but only forWednesday night, Sept. 1. One of
our biggest events is calledBackseat Driver, held in the cen-ter ring, and that’s where wehave golf carts that are driven bypeople who are blindfolded, andother people get in the back seatand tell the driver which way togo. It’s very popular, and a lot offun.’
People line the parade route ina solid crowd all the way to thefairgrounds.
Dan and Esther Buckler havebeen watching the parade for 25
years, and they plan on watchingit this year.
“We like to go and see the dif-ferent things in the parade,” saidEsther Buckler. “They have theCampbell County high schoolband, and Dan likes the old carsand tractors. We go rain orshine.”
“I think the community reallyenjoys the parade, and the fair,”she stated. “I know we’re proudof it, and the fact that it is one ofthe oldest in the state.”
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When Gene Barbianhelped the parade com-mittee come up with atheme for this year’sAlexandria parade,he didn’t realizethat he couldbe chosen asgrand mar-shal. Thetheme of theparade isVolunteersMaking aDifference.
“My name wasbrought up, but I didn’tthink they were serious,”said Gene Barbian. “Thenthey said, why don’t youstep out of the room, andwe’ll vote on the nameswe have. So they voted,and my wife, Paula, and Iare the grand marshal. Itis an honor, and one thatmay not come aroundagain.”
Gene Barbian has vol-unteered for theAlexandria Fair for about16 years, and concurrentlyvolunteered with 4-H forthe last 11 years.
In addition, he volun-teers his time on Saturdaysto spin the turntable for alocal radio station, 88.3 onthe FM dial.
“My regular job is inheating and air condition-ing, but I love the things Ivolunteer in,” said Gene.
“I am one of three lead-ers in the 4-H Saddle UpClub, along with GaryHenderson and HelenCurless.
“We give kids theopportunity to workhorse shows, to showhorses, and to get ribbonsif they win, all for pointswhich are redeemed forawards at our banquet
that is held at the end ofthe year.”
Gene’s wife, Paula, alsovolunteers at the fair andwith the 4-H group.
She acts as show secre-tary at the horse shows,
and is one of a setof co-leaders
who do a lotof the behindthe scenework.
Gene andPaula started
in the 4-Hgroup when
their first daugh-ter, Julie, joined. Julie is
now 23, but daughterCatherine is 14 and ridesa contest horse, whichmeans she participates inbarrel racing and polebending.
“Both of us knew that4-H is a great group, soright from the start weliked volunteering there,”said Gene. “But when itcomes down to it, we doit for the kids, eventhough we do enjoy it.”
Paula agrees.“Over the years volun-
teering has been a way forus to be involved withour children and theactivities they enjoy, suchas Girl Scouts, vacationBible school, Sundayschool, Missionettes, soc-cer, softball, 4-H andhorse camp,” she stated.
“It’s playing bluegrassmusic on Saturday morn-ings for family, friendsand people you don’teven know who like lis-tening to it.
“It’s working on thefair board to provide afacility to be used bymany to serve others. It’sserving others to provideopportunities to changetheir lives and your own.It’s serving the Lord.” CE-0000415939
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A real crowd draw forthe Alexandria Fair arethe beauty pageants,which are open toAlexandria residents upto age 21. Miss AlexandriaFair is very importantbecause the winneralways competes in thestate contest for MissKentucky State Fair.
This year the pageantwill take place onThursday, Sept. 2, at 8:30p.m., right on the heels ofthe Miss Teen AlexandriaFair, which is at 7:30 pmThursday.
“Contestants in theMiss Alexandria Fairalways compete in swim-suits and evening gowns,because that’s what theywear in the state contest,so it is good practice,”said Valerie Sanzenbacker,on the pageant committee.“Girls have to be between16 and 21 years of age,
and we usually haveapproximately 20 everyyear, give or take a few.”
All of the pageants areconducted in the brandnew pavilion whichopened last year.
“It is wonderful thatwe can hold the pageantsthere,” said Mary JaneShack, pageant directorfor the fair. “This way wedon’t get panicky–wedon’t even have toaddress the issue of rainanymore.”
The pageant for thebabies, who wearAlexandria Fair T-shirts,and diapers or shorts,starts at noon on Saturday,Sept. 4, and the Cutie Piecontest, for ages 2 to 4years, is held immediatelyafter the babies, who areseparated into 6 to 12months, 12 to 18 months,and 18 to 24 months.
On Sunday, the FairPrincess is decided at 1:30p.m., for girls ages 8 to 10,and the Miss Pre-Teen
Alexandria Fair followsthe princess at 2:30 p.m.for girls ages 10 to 12.
“Most of the other pag-eants require the contest-ants to wear age appropri-ate dress, or street clothes,except for the babies andthe older girls,” saidSanzenbacker.
“With the teenagers,we have to make surethey are relaxed, and thatthey have eaten some-thing, because in the pastwe have had some girlspass out. Then we sched-ule rehearsals so that theyknow what is expected ofthem.”
Shack echoed this sen-timent.
“We want them to feelcomfortable, and be famil-iar with the routines,” shesaid. “Everything usuallyruns smoothly, becausewe order flowers, and tro-phies and sashes ahead oftime, so we can concen-trate on the children andgirls in the pageants.”
Fairest of the fairThe Barbianslead parade
“It’s servingothers toprovide
opportunitiesto changetheir lives.”
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For 154 years, as longas the Alexandria fair hasexisted, good cooks havebrought samples of theirwares to be judged at thefair. This year is no excep-tion, and on Sept. 1 thecooks will show up withsome of their best, or mostunique, offerings.
Stan Laferty, a retired
teacher, has brought hiscream pull candy everyyear for about 20 years.
“I make it in a heavypressure cooker, withoutthe top, and I don’t haveto stir it,” Lafertyexplained. “I make 20 to30 batches aroundChristmas, because thefamily expects it.”
Laferty has won in thecream candy categoryevery year he entered, but
he did win second placeone year.
“It’s no secret, it’s just agood recipe,” Laferty stat-ed. “I don’t mind sharing.I’ve tasted other people’srecipes, and I’ve discov-ered that the candyshouldn’t be moist – itneeds to be real dry andairy. I have demonstratedfor kids, and for groups,and I usually let themparticipate. You also needa slab of cold marble tomake it come out right.”
Audrey Thomas lovesto bake. She enters the fairevery year, and offers “alittle bit of everything.”Thomas has won manytimes throughout theyears.
“I’ve entered yeastbread and rolls, jams,pickles, corn muffins,cookies, biscuits, sweetbreads and coffee cakes,to name a few,” saidThomas with a laugh. “Ilearned to cook by experi-menting, and reading arti-cles and recipes, and I justlove cooking!”
Her three childrengrew up with their momcooking and canning, andone, her daughter MindyConnell, shares her loveof cooking and baking.
“Mindy and I wouldcook and can together,”remembers Thomas. “Allmy children liked what Icooked, but they hadother interests, and Mindycooks, and also entersthings in the fair.”
Connell remembershelping her mom cook,but she said she reallylearned basic cookingwhen she got married.
“Mom and I like toenter the fair because it’sfun to share our stuff andsee if it wins,” explainedConnell.
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Directions: In large bowl, mix 11⁄2cups of the cake mix, yeast, flour,eggs and water. Beat two minutes atmedium speed. Spread in a greased9-by-13 pan. Blend filling ingredi-ents, and drop by teaspoonfuls ontobatter to cover evenly. Mix toppingingredients and crumble over all.Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45minutes. Mix glaze and drizzle overwarm cake.
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2 cups all purpose flour1 cup sugar1⁄2 cup packed brown sugar1 teaspoon baking powder1 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon cinnamon1⁄2 teaspoon salt1 cup buttermilk or sour milk2⁄3 cup butter or margarine melted2 eggs beaten1 cup fresh or frozen raspberriesor blueberries (I used 2 cupsblackberries)
TTooppppiinngg1⁄2 cup packed brown sugar1⁄2 cup chopped nuts1 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions: In a large bowl, com-bine flour, sugars, baking powder,baking soda, cinnamon and salt. In aseparate bowl, combine buttermilk,butter, and eggs; add to dry ingredi-ents and mix until well blended. Foldin berries.
Pour into a greased 9-by-13pan. Combine topping ingredients,sprinkle over batter. Cover and refrig-erate several hours or overnight.Uncover and bake at 350 degrees for45 to 50 minutes, or until cake testsdone.
11August 2010
By Neva Martin | Contributor
Time management, recordkeeping, training animals – 4-Hand Future Farmers of Americamembers and their leaders allagree these are valuable skills tolearn for life’s journey, andGracie Wright learned a skillright off the bat when she got hertwo pigs in February.
“I got them used to me byfeeding them marshmallows,”said first-year 4-H memberGrace, 10, whose parents areRhonda and Brett Wright.
And the longer youngstersraise livestock, the more theylearn, Harlon Steffen agreed.
“They learn management withtheir finances and food,” saidSteffen, a fair board director whoworks with board members andcounty Extension leaders.
“They have to keep a recordbook and they learn animalhygiene, how to keep parasitesoff (their animals), keep themcleaned up, what shots arerequired.”
Owen Prim, county Extensionagent for 4-H Youth Development,said approximately 40 membersare involved in showing livestockat the fair this year.
“The money the kids get forthe sale helps to finance the proj-ect for next year, as well as helpsfor education,” said Prim. “Theycan put some aside for college.”
Luke Trapp, 13, has been in 4-H since he was 9 and has showncattle since he was 7.
“It’s a lot of responsibility,”said Luke. “I have to get up at5:30 to take care of them, and thencome home at 4:30 to feed them.”
His parents, Jonathan andGina Trapp, were both in 4-H. Hisdad showed cattle during his 4-Hcareer and they have
a 40-acre farm in the county.Luke has won the Champion
award in the county for his cattleover the past two years. Luke alsoenjoys the friendship of other 4-Hmembers raising livestock. CharlieKrift, 13, of California is one.
“My friends have helped me alot,” said Charlie. His parents,
Charles and Diana, don’t live ona farm so they rent out a barnfrom a nearby neighbor. “I havetwo steers and a heifer. I’ve beendoing it four years.”
The 4-Hers often take their ani-mals to other fairs. Charlie, thisyear, has shown his cattle at sixplaces, receiving a ReservedGrand Champion at Bardstownamong other honors in open class.
Gracie, a fifth-grader at GrantsLick Elementary, has shown herpig “Ellie” at the Grant CountyFair, earning second place, and“Yoyo” at the Germantown Fair inBracken County, where shereceived fourth place in show-manship, learning yet anothervaluable lesson -presentation.
“You have tolook like you’rehaving fun, evenwhen the pigs areacting up,” sheadded.
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