 Hello everyone and good evening. My name is Brittany Faber, the reigning 2011 Shiboyne County Fair Soul Affair. I currently manage a thousand cow dairy at Soaring Eagle up in Newton. My past consists of showing cattle and pigs at the Shiboyne County Fair for multiple years. I'm here this evening with two special guests at the Shiboyne County Fair Soul Affair Gala. With me this evening is Alice in Dairyland in the Wisconsin State Fair Soul Affair. First up is Alice in Dairyland, Rochelle. Rochelle, can you tell me a little bit about yourself? Sure. Well, I'm the 65th Alice in Dairyland and I grew up on my family's dairy and cash crop farm in Lodi. So not too far, right in the center of the state, and I grew up raising animals, being active on my family's farm, involved in 4-H, and I went to school at the University of Wisconsin Platteville, majoring in agribusiness. Great. Thank you for coming this evening as well. Can you tell me a little bit about the process it took to become Alice? It's a very long process to become Alice. The application is actually due in January and then an interview happens in February and the finals are in May. So it's several months and the finals itself is a three-day process where you do TV interviews, radio interviews, one-on-one interviews with a selection panel, and you tour a lot of agribusinesses to learn about our state's rich agriculture history and heritage and be able to share that in a short speech at the finals as well. Great. Thank you very much. So what does the rest of your schedule as Alice look like? I am busy. I started officially last Monday, so I've been on the job for one week and have been active. I've been traveling to Dairy Breakfast. June is Dairy Month, and I've also been invited to attend baseball games and speak on behalf of dairy producers at these dairy themed events. So Wisconsin agriculture is $59 billion strong and our dairy industry itself generates $26 billion worth of that $59 billion. So we've got a lot to be proud of here in America's Dairyland and I look forward to the many adventures to come this year. Great. Thank you. So is there anything else that you would like to tell us about Wisconsin's agricultural industry? Well, like I mentioned, Wisconsin agriculture is so diverse. We have a very strong dairy industry, but we also have a lot of other commodities that we're number one in. Cranberries, for example, are, you know, Wisconsin's a leader in cranberry production, mink production. We've got Christmas trees, vegetables, you know, the list goes on and that's something that we should really be proud of and enjoy because that is part of our Wisconsin way of life and you know, something that you and I can appreciate and it ends up on our food tables a lot of the time. Great. Thank you very much, Rachelle. Our next special guest this evening here at the Gala in Johnsonville is Rachelle Cassinson from the Wisconsin State Faires to the Faires. Rachelle, welcome. Hi, Brittany. Thank you so much for having me tonight. I'm so excited to be here. Glad for you to attend. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your basic backgrounds? Sure. My name is Rachelle Cassinson. Like you said, I am the 2012 Wisconsin Faires to the Faires. I grew up on a cash crop farm in Union Grove, which is located in Racine County. I'm currently a senior attending the University of Wisconsin Whitewater where I'm studying to earn a bachelor's degree in elementary education with a minor in special education and I'm excited to graduate in this coming December. Great. Thank you very much. Can you tell us a little bit about where you were crowned and the process it took to become State Fairest? I was crowned the Racine County Fairest of the Fair last July and ran for the state position in January and my title started then and I will go until this coming January where I will crown the 2013 Wisconsin Fairest of the Faires. In the process of becoming the Fairest of the Faires I had to go through a variety of interviews both individual and group, sit with judges at dinners and basically represent the fair industry in the best that I can. So it was a great process and I met a lot of great girls through the process. Great. Thank you very much for your input. Can you tell us a little bit about your schedule and what you look forward to for the rest of your years, Rain? So far I've been able to hit a variety of fairs crownings like tonight's festivities. I have also been able to go to Dairy Breakfast, the cheese exposition held in Milwaukee, as well as cows on the concourse where I was able to talk about the dairy industry in the fair industry. And so it's a really great way to meet people. I look forward to attending as many county fairs as I can. There are 76 county district and state fairs in Wisconsin. So I'm going to try to hit as many of those 76 as I possibly can, as well as be the official hostess to the 2011 Wisconsin State or 2012 Wisconsin Fair. Great. Thank you. Can you tell us what's new and upcoming at the Wisconsin State Fair this year? Definitely. This year at the Wisconsin State Fair you can see a shark show where a live person will jump into the tank to feed the sharks. There will also be a fair museum where you can go see the 161 years of the state fair. There is also a new carnival amusement area. So that's really great. Bring the kids out. It's going to be such a great time in a Disneyland like atmosphere. And also new this year is you can buy fair tickets at any festival of foods in Wisconsin. And you just simply go to the cashier and ask for a $5 ticket and that goes through June 30th. Great. Thank you very much. We'd like to thank everyone for joining us this evening here at Black's Hall in Johnsonville. Good evening. Welcome to the 2012 Sherwoite County Ferris of the Fair Gala. I am Heather Leipang and I'm so honored to have been asked by the Ferris committee to be here again with you this year, serve as your NC, and share in this exciting evening where we will learn about more amazing young women in our community and celebrate Sherwoite County agriculture along with the traditions of the Sherwoite County Fair. Sherwoite County is truly a special place that I know I couldn't be happier or more proud to be from and happier to call home with my husband Joe and raise our three children, Andrew, who's five, William, who's three, and Lucy, 18 months. And like all of you, I have many fond memories of the county fair. As a child, I enjoyed walking through the barns and sharing sweet treats with my grandparents. Cream puffs, of course, they were my grandma Lucy's favorite. And hopefully as Joe and I enjoy the fair with our children, we are creating special memories for them as well. And speaking of unique memories, our 2011 Sherwoite County Ferris of the Fair has had a great year. Brittany Faber is 21 years old and the daughter of Dennis and Rebecca Faber. She is a graduate of Plymouth High School and Lakeshore Technical College, where she received a technical diploma in dairy herd management. She is currently employed at Soaring Eagle Dairy as assistant hermit's person. Let's give a warm welcome to our 2011 Sherwoite County Ferris of the Fair, Brittany Faber. Thank you Heather. Hello fair goers and enthusiasts. Welcome to the 2012 Sherwoite County Ferris of the Fair Gala. My name is Brittany Faber and tonight is my final moment as a 2011 Sherwoite County Ferris of the Fair. It doesn't seem like all of us here competing at this very event. It was one busy year but boy, it was worth it. And it really went by fast. Tonight I am pleased to say that we have four very qualified contestants that are inviting for this position. Leading up to the gala, the ladies have to send in an application and resume. Then, contestants, committee members, and myself attend the Dale Karney training course to better prepare us for this position and other life endeavors. Throughout today, each individual contestant went through individual interviews, workshops, and group interviews and attended workshops with the Wisconsin State Ferris, Alice in Dairyland, and myself. Tonight you will witness this stage performance and speaking skills by presenting their self-introduction and radio advertisement. I am proud to say that I have a slight connection with each of these ladies from showing pigs and fairing sows late in the morning with Liz Lippert, being a part of a fair going to school with Abby, working with Vanessa and the rest of the Van Will family with Taylor's Memorial Raffle, and getting to know Steph at Lasher's Gala and Dale Karney training course. I am very confident to say that any of these ladies will do an outstanding job representing our county and our fair. I would like to thank all the committee members, fairer members, and various program sponsors for your continuous support throughout the years. And a special thank you goes to Lax Hall for hosting our gala again this year, the judges for judging our event, and the 4-8 youth for the entertainment this evening. Good luck to all of the contestants, and thank you all for attending the gala, showing your support for the contestants of the Sheboyne County Fair. Enjoy the evening, and thank you all once again. I'd like to recognize the men and women in service to our great country, and those that have given their lives. Please rise if you are currently serving in our military, and those veterans who have served and are able, so we may thank you all for your sacrifice for our freedoms. A supreme rush in the Spring Valley 4-H Club to lead us in our Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And now we'll begin with our candidate introductions. Each candidate will introduce herself, and we will welcome them in alphabetical order. First let's meet Abby Gainser. I'm Lisa Dairy Farm. I'm currently working as the parlor manager. I'm also employed at Kellogg's Foods, part-time merchandiser. My fair experience started off with Farmer Bud and progressed into 4-H Dairy Kellogg, showing estate and county fairs. In my free time, I enjoy playing softball in the fall and summer leagues, and I also enjoy experimenting with different foods and making meals for my family and friends. My goals are to buy registered holstings and continue my education. Thank you. Next we'll meet Stephanie Kahn. From Plymouth, Wisconsin, where I have lived with my parents, Mary and Joff Kemp, for my entire life of 20 years. I'm currently attending the University of Wisconsin, River Falls, studying biology to become a doctor of veterinary medicine. Over the years, I have participated in numerous leadership activities that could help me fulfill the very important role of Ferris's affair. Thank you. My name is Elizabeth Lindbergh. I grew up on a small dairy farm in the town of Briebush. I'm currently attending Carroll University as a biology major. In the future, I hope to accomplish my dream of becoming a large animal veterinarian. As many of you already know, Swine has always been a passion. I want to continue being a mentor and share my knowledge to all 4-H and F thing members. Thank you. I have been attending Lakeland College and this will be my sophomore year. I'm currently majoring in history with the goal of working in a museum and helping them with their archives. I also am employed at Pine Haven Nursing Home as a dietary aide and I love doing that and working with the residents there. I also enjoy snowmobiling, being with my family, cows and traveling. Thank you. Many special guests join us this evening and first we'll meet the 2012 Wisconsin Ferris of the Ferris, Rachelle Cassinson and siblings Tom, Tia and Callie Jo. She's a 2008 graduate of Waterford High School and currently a senior attending the University of Wisconsin Whitewater. She's studying to earn a bachelor's degree in elementary education with a minor in special education and plans to graduate in December this year. Outside of school, she enjoys advising the Racine County 4-H Ambassadors as well as helping other families meet processing facility. Please help me welcome to Sheboygan County, your 2012 Wisconsin Ferris of the Ferris, Rachelle Cassinson. Thank you, Heather. For coming out this evening, I am so excited to be here as well as find out who will be the 2012 Sheboygan Ferris of the Ferris. In my position as the Wisconsin Ferris of the Ferris, I have the opportunity to represent the 76th County District in State Ferris in Wisconsin as well as the official hostess to the 2012 Wisconsin State Fair. I had so much fun already and look forward to my summer representing the fair industry in Wisconsin. Thus far, I have attended a variety of events, some of which include Ferris of the Ferris County like tonight's facilities, as well as dairy breakfast and a cheese exposition held in Milwaukee and a cow's-on-pack horse in Madison representing the fair industry and talking about the series behind the fair industry. I look forward to continuing my travels this summer around the state as I try to attend as many of the fairs as I possibly can and I will be coming back to Sheboygan County. The fair has always been a big part of my life. At the fair, you can experience so many different activities and events and what is even great is that each fair is different from one another. So I can't even imagine something better than the fair and experiencing all these different activities that you can participate in. It's a great way for you to make memories and start traditions with loved ones, friends and families. So whether you attend the fair for the carnival, the evening activities, or trying to find that food on a stick, I encourage you all to go out and visit the fairs this summer. Not only Sheboygan County, but the other fairs located in Wisconsin. I also encourage you to attend the Wisconsin State Fair presented by U.S. Cellular August 2nd through the 12th. This year at the State Fair, we have a variety of new events, some of which include a shark show where they will have a live person diving in and feeding the sharks, a fair museum depicting the 161 years of the state fair, as well as a new carnival amusement area held in the same place but with a new atmosphere. So really great things happening down at State Fair. I also would like to encourage you to go purchase your state fair ticket at any festival food for five dollars. You can purchase a ticket at any cashier when you're checking out and that is now through June 30th. So make sure you all go out and buy those State Fair tickets. Lastly, I just want to congratulate all the contestants on how far you've made it. I've had the opportunity to get to know the contestants today and any one of them would make such a great contribution as well as asset to the Sheboygan County Fair. And I look forward to seeing whoever is crowned and I will be nervous for you. So again, thank you so much for having me tonight and I look forward to seeing you all this summer. The selection team started at three o'clock this afternoon doing individual interviews and a group interview and had a light dinner with the candidates so far. Their jobs aren't over yet as the candidates are still being evaluated on their professionalism, speaking ability and fair knowledge. I will ask that they please stand as we recognize them for their commitment to the program. Amy Ryan. Amy is a public relations and freelance writer for several agricultural publications. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in agricultural journalism and dairy science. Amy and her husband Chad are dairy producers at Ryan View Paul scenes and reside in fond life with their two active children. This singular is from Manitowoc and the co-owner of Irish Acres. Actively involved in Farm Bureau, Brent and his wife Becky are past winners of the State Achievement Award and former State Young Farmers Chairs. Brent is a graduate of the Farm Bureau Leadership Institute. Brent and Becky have three children, 15, 8, and 6. Welcome Brent as well. It's a cash crop operation with her husband, State Representative Keith Riff. Laurier is actively serving on the Fair Board of the Lodi Agricultural Fair and Co-Chairs Affairs Committee. A mom of three children, Laurier experienced one of her proudest moments as a parent when her daughter Rochelle was selected as a 65th Alps in Dairyland. Please join me in thanking the selection panel for this time. If you have any special guests you would like to introduce, please, I'm here for the podium. So we've already met our 2011 Fair, so the fair will be a favor. Rochelle, you have to appear for me. Pretty, pretty favor. Please stand and I'll introduce our special guests. With Alison Dairyland, who we will learn more from later, Rochelle Riff. So the fair is again, Rochelle Cassison. Hersh of White and County Fair is joining us this evening. Brianna Wimler, two foundation sponsors, Bill and Pauline Jens. And he's right here with the tie-up for Leslie Gladden, photos by Leslie Faye. And by the Johnsonville Hustlers 4-H Club. Our videographer from WSCS-CVN Sherwigan, C. Reiner, who provides an extra special touch and our presages this evening in some of our floral arrangements for tonight's program. Thank you, everyone. Okay, now we'll continue with the candidate program. At this time, we're ready to move into the applicant's radio advertising and impromptu questioning. We'll be here on stage. The women drew in order this afternoon for this component of the contest. And our first will be Abby Gazer. Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I would excuse the other candidates, please. Before we get started. Thank you. Abby is 22 and from Plymouth, and a daughter of Brian and Jean Gazer. She's a graduate of Plymouth High School and a tenant of Rock Valley Technical College. She is currently employed at her family's dairy farm, Gazer Dairy, as the parlor manager. She is also employed by Kellogg's as a part-time merchandiser. Her future goals include going back to college to finish her culinary arts degree. Her long-term goals include owning her own registered animals and saving money to travel and see the world. At the Shiboyne County Fair is only a few weeks away. There's fun for everyone. The children can't wait to hop on rides, e-con candy, visit animals, and laugh with forever credit. The adults are already toe-tabbing as they await their favorite poker country and rock performers. Then it's off to the pig races, spring car races, and track poles. So if you see me, say hi. Abby Gazer, your fairs to the fair. See you there. August 30th through September 3rd at the Shiboyne County Fairgrounds in Plymouth. Okay, we have our impromptu question. A neighboring county is considering developing a Ferris of the Fair program. They contact you as Ferris and ask for your opinion. How do you respond? For it, it is a great opportunity for the young girls and even boys to get involved in their community and teach them about your fair and showing all the great aspects of going to a county fair and all the projects that the little four-agers, even the educational building with the school surrounding, are involved. And then all the great just four-age projects that showing animals, all the woodwork, crafts, and school projects in the educational building where they get to show off their children's artwork. And I think it would be a great opportunity for your county to get a fairs program. People, welcome Stephanie Cannon. Stephanie is 20 years old in Plymouth and the daughter of Jeff and Mary Cannon. She's graduate of Shiboyne Lutheran High School and is currently attending UW River Falls, majoring in biology with a minor in animal science, Pre-Vet. This summer, she will be working at the Plymouth Aquatic Center as a lifeguard and lessons instructor and Athena's manufacturing company. Her future goals include obtaining her bachelor's degree in biology. She would then like to apply to veterinary school and then the master's international program through the Peace Corps. Her long-term goals include opening her own small and large animal veterinary clinic and continue with volunteer work. What you must do is pack your car full. It's a Shiboyne County fair, so take some notes. You can sell the rabbits, sheep, cows, and goats. But that's just the beginning. Think of all the games you could be winning. 4 H milkshakes and hot Wisconsin cheese and a food to make you more than pleased. With bands like 76 Juliet, you'll have on singing and dancing, I'd like to bet. I'll see you there at the Shiboyne County fair this August 30th through September 3rd, so go out and spread the word. A neighboring county is considering developing a fairest of the fair program. They contact you as fairest and ask for an opinion. How do you respond? If a neighboring county decided to develop a fair to the fair program, I would highly encourage it. The opportunity that is given to me now is one that I can take a lot of stuff from, a lot I've learned, a lot of interactions I've had with people. I've learned so much about Shiboyne County itself and I would highly, highly recommend anyone to do this. Thank you. Vanessa is 18 and from Waldo, the daughter of Jay and Cindy Vanderbilt. She's a graduate of Usford High School and currently attending Lakeland College, majoring in history with a minor in Spanish and non-profit management. She is currently employed as a director of Aida Pine Hanna Christian Home. Her future goals include graduating from college. After graduation, she would like to become archivist at a historical society or company and attend UW-Milwaukee for her master's in museum studies. Vanessa Vanderbilt, 2012's fairest of the fair and I would like to personally invite you and your family to the Shiboyne County Fair August 30th through September 3rd. This year we have entertainment for your entire family, including lumberjack shows for the little ones and we have some awesome demolition derbies for those that are more into adventure in your group. We'd like to have you check us out online at www.shabco-fair.com and I look forward to seeing you and your family at the Shiboyne County Fair. Thank you Vanessa. Now I have a question for you. A neighboring county is considering developing a fairest of the fair program. They contact you as fairest and ask for your opinion. How would you respond? Saying that it would be an awesome idea for another county to consider a new a fairest of the fair program. Now only does it help them find a good representative for their fair and what they're looking for to promote it. They're also helping girls in the community be able to learn new skills like public speaking communication and things like that and it works really well for them to be able to have someone to promote them in a positive manner. Liz is 19 from Lemula, the daughter of Jerome and Barbara Lindbergh. She's a graduate of Plymouth High School and currently attending Carroll University majoring in biology with intent to free veterinary medicine. She's currently employed at Dairy Doctors Veterinary Services and during the school year is a phonophone supervisor and planning with Carroll University. In three years her goal is to apply to the UW School of Veterinary Medicine. Her long-term goals are to become a large animal veterinarian and own a happy farm. The Sheboygan County Fair is a lot of fun for age to see. Animals, bands, cotton, candy, demolition, entertainment, farmer bugs, grandpa crutches, horses, ice cream, judging contests, kettle porn, lumberjack show, motocross racing, night lights, oil can harry, project rides, quotes, sales tractor pull, udders, banners, winners, excitement, yo-yo-loon and the zipper. Join me at the Sheboygan County Fair from August 30th to September 3rd where it's fun from A to Z. Question for you. A neighboring county is considering developing a Ferris of the Ferris program. They contact you as Ferris and ask your opinion. How would you respond? If the neighboring county would ask me to help them start up a new Ferris the Ferris program, I would help them by first encouraging them to do so because having an Ambassador of the Fair definitely helps with promotion, education, and being a role model. So if there is someone who would want to do that, I'd definitely help them with their candidates, their applications, and everything they need to become a Ferris of the Ferris County. Thank you. Use our judges. We're to this point already in the evening. So thank you. Thank you, judges. Like to meet another special guest, Rochelle Riff is our 65th Alice in Dairyland. She's from Lodon, Wisconsin and raised in her family's Dane County Dairy and Cash Crop Farm. She graduated from UW-Platteville in 2009 and is an associate marketing manager for Madison-Faith's Pellet and Parking. Let's welcome to Sheboygan County, Rochelle Riff. This is the four young women here who just gave it their all, and I hope you can read now. I remember sitting in those seats as a Ferris of the Fair for the Lodon Agricultural Fair a couple of years ago now. So great job. I look forward to seeing you guys out there active, continuing to promote the fair industry and our agriculture industry. Welcome, all of you, to the Sheboygan County Ferris of the Fair Gala. My name is Rochelle Riff and I am the 65th Alice in Dairyland. I was selected on May 19th, and in that moment, my life changed. This is a one-year contract position through the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection. And in my role, I get to travel across the state of Wisconsin, putting on over 40,000 miles in one year. That's more than enough to circle the globe. Pretty amazing. First week, I already put on over 1,000 of those miles attending dairy breakfast, as well as dairy game baseball games to cheer on the Wisconsin Timberriders and the Milwaukee Brewers, where I have been educating consumers of all ages on the importance of including three servings of dairy products per day in their food choices. June is Dairy Month, a time to celebrate our high-quality products, outstanding care of the animals, and our dedication to preserving our natural resources. To appreciate how far we've come, we need to take a step back to look at our agriculture heritage. The original pioneer farmer grew enough food to feed their family. Today's American farmer produces enough to feed 155 people. I was lucky to have one dairy cow. Today's Wisconsin farmer has an average of 100 cows, driving our $26 billion dairy industry. Cooper's President, George Washington, was also an innovative farmer. He used new fertilizers, prop rotation, and equipment, in fact, Washington invented a tool to make planting crops easier. His design was a foundation to modern day planters that we see in the fields today. Look how Wisconsin pioneers have cultivated the way toward modern agriculture. W.T. Hoard founded the Wisconsin Dairyland Association, a trendsetter in his time, hoards us to design ideas on farm and communicate with his findings by publishing Hoard's dairyman magazine. His passion to share ideas continues to inspire dairymen across state to keep our competitive edge as America's Dairyland. Alice in Dairyland shares a similar passion to educate and engage consumers. Modern technology allows each farmer as well as Alice in Dairyland to tell agriculture story and communicate directly with today's consumers. Farmers like consumers access online information wherever they are, even from their fields. And if you enjoy a cold, sweet treat in an ice cream cone like I do, we can thank our pioneer, Dr. Stephen Batta from his invention. The butterfax tester helped farmers measure how much butterfax was in their cow's milk, which is still used today. Measuring butterfax, a key ingredient to creating those quality, delicious, and nutritious calcium treats. Let's not forget that ice cream is the perfect pairing with other tasty Wisconsin products such as mint, strawberries, tortures, and many, many more. These commodities are part of Wisconsin's diverse agriculture industry, which generates $59 billion annually. While our agricultural pioneers have paved the way for progress, it's our consumer demand that continues to inspire upcoming pioneers to produce enough high-quality products to feed a growing world. It's that pioneer spirit that I shared across Wisconsin that is truly something special from Wisconsin. Thank you for the support of the fair program here in Sheboygan County. As you heard, these young ladies are ready to get promoting the county and the fair program that you have here. And they are the future, the voices of our agriculture and our fair industry. And I think they will do an excellent job. So thank you for having me, good luck to the girls, and thank you all for your support of this program. An update of this year's fairs activities, representing the Sheboygan County Fair Association's board president, Gary Vanderken. We all know how important and appreciate all the work that they do, and so we'd like to take another moment to thank him and the board for everything that goes into the fund that we have and the positive impression their work brings to Sheboygan County. That's all from Gary for an update. Good mess up with the forages, jizz. Followed out the scenario, I am. Thanks a lot. Hop in on the Sheboygan County Fair. Okay, I think things are kind of on the down hill right now. We started looking at entertainments right after the fair last year in October. We had most of it booked probably by December. What we didn't have booked, we probably booked at our convention in January. And we're feeling very good about our fair. We are the second third largest fair in the state, and we're proud of that. If you go by our grounds right now, the grounds are beautiful. We are really proud of that. We're kind of tweaking things right now. I'm going to follow that for a second. I'm about 20 times better than I speak at home. Yeah, so yeah, good at this. But now, so far this year, we've been very involved in the recent, and we're having a record year this year, every Saturday night, the Fair Association runs the fair, runs the races with the help of various volunteer groups, which are all the Tony, which would pay a certain amount, only a thousand bucks a night to help us off, because it's just getting so big we can't handle it ourselves. So we've been doing that for years. But to the fair and not Thursday night, and the fair is the fair. How do you change it up a lot? We start Thursday night with the meat animal sale, and um, I also got Thursday night. Thursday night, wristbands, tractor pull, a local tractor pull. I'm sorry, yeah. Friday night, we're going to go racing with the IRA, Sprint Paris. Saturday night, we're going to have, I don't know if I got the name straight or not, we're going to have the monster trucks on Saturday night. And on Sunday night, on Sunday, during the day, of course we have the maturity show, which has been very well received, and people really put a lot of work into that. And Sunday night, we're going to try something new. We have a different kind of board now. I'm the oldest. But we have a younger board coming on now, and bringing new ideas. And we want to try a motocross. I guess this is a hot thing right now. And if you want GSB in this motocross, it's hot. So, they brought in 600 yards of topsoil, which is sitting in the North parking lot right now. They have to go on the track. Saturday night has to come off. Monday morning, the demolition derby. We have Monday afternoon. So all in all, right now, I think we're in pretty good shape. All the entertainment is pretty much hired, which is a little clean to do, not a lot, but we hope to see you at the fair. Thank you very much. And once again, I would like to thank Courtney and her Ferris and the Ferris Committee for what great job they do. They did a lot of work, a lot of effort into this, and they keep smiling. I don't know how to do it. Thank you. Thank you. The entertainment tonight's entertainment is brought to us by the hardworking 4-H Club members and parents of the Johnsonville Hospital 4-H Club. They will be presenting Accidental Discoveries, a lesson in just being yourself. Don't they look great? Ladies and gentlemen, Accidental Discoveries, a lesson on just being yourself. This musical was written by Logan Schreiber, a member of the Johnsonville Hustlers 4-H Club. Discover the message in the musical that we should all look beyond what we see on the outside of people. People may surprise you when they have more in common with you than you think. So sit back and enjoy Accidental Discoveries, a lesson on just being yourself. Don't be sheep. Exchange students from Germany mistake their English and accidentally attend Betsy Ross Elementary School. During their stay, they may saw an unexpected discovery. And gentlemen, we find to play football without American friends. Our schedule says that in science class we learn fun facts about plugs. I wonder if they'll be in a music class. Yeah, maybe we can scare them with the plugs. Luke, here we are. Discovery number one, in all girls' school, hearts get dirty and bugs are smiling creatures. Girls are about frills, lace, makeup, dresses, sparkles, and worst of all, pink. But knowing that they didn't want to go back to Germany, they decided it would be easier to try to fit in red and rather be so different from everyone else. This might survive today. This won't be the last time that you see me around the fair or attending fair events. It's in my passion and it's here to stay. I had many memorable moments as Ferris from meeting new people and participating in different events, the list goes on and on. So I'm not going to babble on the different events that I did. That's what my scrapbook is for. I'm here to talk about the connections I made and the lessons I learned along the way those to observe and to think outside the backs. I have a huge thank you to the committee members for teaching this to me and you probably didn't know you impacted me as such. Each committee member has also taught me something, something different. The Courtney and she taught me no matter what is going on to always have a smile on your face and present yourself positively. You never know whose life you can impact. Not once have I ever seen her with a smile on her face and that has rubbed off on me and made me a happier person. One that has shown me tremendous strength and to be proud of who you are and represent yourself well is Brenda. One face, be five foam foam, enough said. Verla, our committee, but with her modern unique fashion and style, she taught me to express myself in stand-note. It's important to leave a lasting positive impression on people no matter if it's kids or the media. You and John taught me hard work and to work towards what you strive to achieve. You must be in the farmer's blood. Barb taught me to get involved and participate in many events as possible to widen my knowledge of my community and my faith. All of this taught me to push myself and get outside the box. There was a lot of help in the Bill Carnegie class, but she demonstrated that acting foolish to get a point across may not be so foolish in the end. Kara, she was always laughing and giggling. She always learned to embrace every opportunity and make the best of it. Verla, you showed me that my family is important and to value their support. No matter how many activities are going on and how crazy my year got, I always had my family to fall back on and for that I am thankful. This was learned and many more to come, I'm sure. This evening, because we all share one passion, the Chihuahua County Fair. And that wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for the Fair Board and the Fair Employees. I had an amazing week fun with all the office ladies and the other members. When I wasn't being shoveled around on a golf cart and being rushed here and there and pulled here and pulled there, the office ladies always made it known if I ever needed anything or needed a place to rest that I had somewhere to go. Thank you so much for making my 2011 Fair Week lots of fun and entertaining. Those ladies were a hoot. The events of the Fair from opening up for various fans and slipping in the mud in my formal dress to welcome the sold out audience to the monster truck show. One of my highlights was walking around the Fair, talking with other fairgoers and children. My goal was to speak to as many children and youth as possible and what helped me accomplish that was having a baby to eat foodies. I learned so much about my fellow community and other interests at the Fair. I have not just widened my knowledge about the Chihuahua County Fair or the county in general but found out a lot about myself as well. I have very thankful for this opportunity that I was given and I have truly grown as an adult and grown as an individual. I thank you all along that have supported me along the way drove me in grades and helped fix stresses which was almost a full-time job. I also wanted to thank Lauren Bobot the 2011 Chihuahua County Fair's attendant who has helped me through so much this past year multiple events she attended for me and with me. I can't thank her enough for all of her dedication to this program and to the Fair. I was truly blessed to have her at my side seeing how we've known each other since we were diapers. I want to thank everyone once again for coming for all their effort and supporting that has put into this program. Thank you very much and I was truly honored to serve as the 2011 Chihuahua County Fair slip fair. Thank you very much and enjoy the rest of the evening and good luck to the contestants. Representative Steve Castell and State Senator Joe Leihman to the stage Thank you Heather welcome everybody it's good to be back here at Locks Hall you know thinking about how many times we've been here over the years and actually this is the ninth time that we've been together consecutively at Locks Hall to select the Fair slip fair and this will be the eighth fairs that we'll be recognizing and it's obviously a great thing I want to point out in all those years there's never even been an attempt to recall the fair slip fair Senator Michael and I are very, very happy to have an opportunity to participate in the small way by recognizing with the citation from the Wisconsin legislature the outgoing fair slip fair and it's really you know we've always been so proud of the young ladies who represent us representing Boyke County it's an opportunity every time I've had an opportunity to meet one of the new fairs after they've begun their reign I'm reminded of just how lucky we are not only to be living in Wisconsin but the cherry on top is to be living in Boyke County, Wisconsin it's really wonderful so let me begin and whereas Ms. Brittany favor of Plymouth, Wisconsin USA has successfully completed her honorable tenure as the Boyke County fairs of the fair and whereas Brittany with her accomplishments as fairs of the fair proudly displays and represents the very best that Boyke County has to offer whereas Brittany favor has worked diligently to strengthen Wisconsin's agricultural sector and raise public awareness about the positive impact agriculture has on our economy and our daily lives and whereas Brittany represents the bright future of Wisconsin agriculture and the Boyke County community wishes her well as she works to advance her career and dairy her management therefore State Senator Joel Iblum and State Representative Steve Costel hereby recognize and congratulate Brittany on her dedication to the promotion of Wisconsin agriculture and her service as Boyke County's fairs of the fair I'm going to sneak up here and do an extra special presentation tonight as well I want to congratulate Brittany and Anchor for a great service over the past year but Representative Costel also recognized Locke's Hall and I would like Carl to join us up on the stage here at this time if he can't hopefully he's not serving come on up everybody the whole Locke's family presentation that I expect tonight we're going to have Courtney start us off here in a special presentation for Locke's Hall Ladies and gentlemen it's an honor for the fairs of the fair committee and all the fairs that are here tonight to be celebrating and celebrating the fairs that are here tonight to be celebrating 100 years with the Locke's family and Locke's Hall for the past eight years we've had the pleasure to work with each of you as we prepared for this wonderful event to support our young people and what reminds me so much of our program is so much of what I feel your family lives by and that is faith, family, and friend throughout the years you've not only touched us the last eight years but for the last 100 years Locke's Hall and this family have contributed to the community by all that they do because they love the Lord and they love their family and the friends that they've made over the years so on behalf of the fairs committee we've put together this bouquet it's an artificial arrangement that will last for hopefully another 100 years and it has on here a certificate that says congratulations Locke on 100 years Sherwin County Ferris to the Fair and it has each one of our past eight ferris that have been selected here at Locke's Hall so congratulations I can remember being in 4-H and we just had a wonderful experience when we were in it as a family and we would hope that every parent would bring their children into the 4-H program our grandchildren because there's so much to be learned by being involved in 4-H thank you for you from the state of Wisconsin thank you Courtney 100 years think of these walls to talk just imagine imagine all of the fun serious and emotional times that have been had in this facility over the past 100 years including this great event focusing on the Ferris to the Fair but the Locke family has been focused on that 100 years as Courtney said and as we all know I'm really treating their customers like family and working to make our experiences here the most fun and enjoyable and just kind of family kind of based as they can be and on behalf of the citizens of the area Representative Castell and I wanted to recognize the Locke family on their 100 years of committed service to this facility and I mean 100 years of being in the restaurant business that is just amazing it's just awesome that you're all still smiling wanting to be here tonight and wanting to continue to serve so we wanted to recognize them I know you had a great festivity a couple of months or a couple months ago and we weren't able to be there but we wanted to recognize the Locke family on their 100 years of excellence in running locks, tavern, and ballroom let's give them a congratulations and congratulations we would like to offer our sincere thanks to the numerous businesses and individuals who were generous in their donation to the Ferris to the Fair program so if you would please turn with me to the back of your program all pouring of support for the Ferris program I would like to very briefly wonderful sponsors support those businesses if you can throughout the year again to each and every one of you that are here tonight thank you for being a sponsor we look forward to working with you again next year well the Ferris committee is standing with me here on stage and we started planning the Gallant in early spring with the goals of getting a great group of candidates and having a great turnout at Locke's Hall do you think they did a good job it's committed, it's hard working and we're fun we all believe that our efforts are making a difference in the lives of young candidates and the Shaboyi County Fair we all take our role very seriously but we very much enjoy our time together so thank you ladies for joining me up here on stage I would like to introduce them if you'd step forward here at Abraham's our treasure Kelly Bindel Leanne Black Sue and John Bourne Elizabeth Gibbs and Barb Spulton and she'll be joining us here she had another meeting that she had to go to for a second thank you so please join me in extending a heartfelt thank you and congratulations to the Ferris committee the Ferris committee we thank you very much for the great job that you did as our 2011 Ferris of the Fair you are very hard working professional and talented we all respect you and we ask for a mile for our program great job Brittany congratulations and best wishes for the future for the next Ferris of the Fair we enjoyed working with you today we wish you all the best of the lot tonight we look forward to working with you in the future our next group to be recognized is the Ferris Selection panel oh my goodness and they're not back yet they are really working we'll have to appreciate them later I also would like to thank Ms. Rochelle Kastenson our Wisconsin Ferris of the Fair and our 65th Alice in Maryland the girls enjoy our workshops and we're honored to have you the best this evening to brighten our evening and share your positive messages congratulations great numbers who took time to be here and it was great because there was so much laughter in the crowd and we're just looking forward to great things from you in the future we also wanted to say thank you to our agency Heather Lydon for giving up her evening to join us tonight she has nine talents among us being a great mom working with WeE Energy and she also was a past Miss Wisconsin so let's bring her back out here right ladies and gentlemen all for joining us again this evening and for supporting our talented down leaders the best to all of our candidates and please stay after the gala this evening for the winner's dinner donated by our generous sponsors thank you again have a great evening ladies and gentlemen oh it's the exciting conclusion of our night it's time to invite all the candidates to come forward on stage and to go to reminders as Courtney mentioned everyone's invited to stay after the gala celebrate and enjoy the delicious products donated by our sponsors and a reminder to the median family photos will be taken after the event in front of the stage please come forward at that time today's we'll be receiving gift baskets worth several hundred dollars for my generous sponsors as well actually maybe our Alice will come up and talk just a little bit about her schedule our Alice and Daria are going to join us on stage one more time to talk about her busy week selected the next morning I signed a contract right at 9 am to make sure that I was committed to doing this job for one year and they handed me several pages of events to do so my first week like I mentioned I've been going to dairy breakfast and baseball games I got to throw the first pitch of the brewers game yesterday and they came home with a win thank goodness they survived I have lots of events coming up this is the week of the Wisconsin State FFA convention so I will be there in attendance and hopefully inspire some young agriculturalists to continue pursuing a future in agriculture you know the average consumer is now three to five generations removed from production agriculture so there's definitely a need for them to be heard and represented here in Wisconsin I know that you guys have your county breakfast on the farm coming up for this next weekend and this is not my most updated schedule but I hope to be there and our selection panel is back so thank you the candidates will be receiving a special gift basket from some of our generous sponsors and I'll describe what we have been forward the third runner up will receive a $50 cash prize from the Ferris program the second runner up also receives $50 cash from the Ferris program the first runner up will be active filling the shoes of the Ferris in areas where she is not able to attend first runner up will receive a $200 cash award from new scholarship sponsors Bill and Pauline Jens family their granddaughter Erin Jens who is the 2008 Sheboygan County Ferris of the Fair is with us tonight and is representing the family this evening thank you Jens family the 12th Ferris of the Fair will be responsible for serving their official host Labor Day Weekend as well as participate and represent Sheboygan County in a state competition in January the winner this evening will be receiving the Jean and Kathy Kassner family foundation scholarship of $500 thank you Kassners $50 scholarship award from a grant provided by the 2006 farm technology days in Sheboygan County may I have the envelope please I'm going to ask you to move to the front of the group when your name is called good luck to all of you, thank you and we look forward to supporting you wherever your path leads in the future okay here we go our third runner up is third runner up is Abby Gaser Vanessa Van Der Wiel third up is Stephanie Kapp thank you so much