$1 (Tax included: 73¢ delivered at home) 12 Pages Thursday, August 11, 2011 127th Year, Number 32 Music Fair closes for another year concert By Karen Krien [email protected] The Cheyenne County Fair is over for another year. The 4-H’ers set for and their families, along with all the volunteers, carnival crew and fair board members, headed home Sunday Saturday, tired but knowing that it had been a good fair. By Karen Krien The temperatures were hot for [email protected] the most part. There was rain Bring your lawn chair and plan Thurday night which cooled the to spend Sunday afternoon at the temperatures. However, it didn’t Haigler Music Festival. The 10th slow down the Tuff Trucks event festival will be held around the that was already getting wet as Haigler Village Park. Meals will they ended the last lap of the track be available in the park and a free- by going through a pool of muddy will donation will be accepted. water. Proceeds go toward Village im- Carnival games and rides were provements and the Haigler Im- busy all four nights of the fair but provement Committee scholar- lightning slowed down the rides ship. on Thursday but they were able to Featured musical groups are the resume later on. Garage Bunch, Nate and AJ, and The demolition derby drew the Skeeter Bite. crowd during the fair. Clay Zim- The Garage Bunch started in belman, committee chairman, 2002 when Vern Bauer retired said it sold out again. There were and moved to the north side of the 13 cars competing with St. Fran- tracks in Burlington, Colo., right cis man, Alan Rose, raking in the across the street from LaVoine first prize money of $1,500. Sec- Smith. One day Vern was sitting ond place went to David Rose in front of his garage plunking on who won $700; third prize went his banjo, and LaVoine walked to Kelly Lampe, and Keaton Fre- over to listen to the music. wen, fourth. David Rose earned When Vern asked if he played, the Mad Dog award of $500. that was the beginning of the Top winners and winners of the weekly jam sessions at Vern’s ga- heats were also awarded custom- rage. Soon the word spread, the made trophies by John Guthmill- ranks grew and most Friday after- er, Ross Manufacturing, and Mr. noons they were making music in Zimbelman. Vern’s garage. New this year was the pickup Most of the time, they have the derby. Winning first prize was Burlington bunch. Loren Lambert Dennis Vandike, Benkelman. on vocals, lead guitar, the fiddle For the first year, said Adam Pe- and bass. His brother, Doyle Lam- ter, fair board member, we had a CHECKING IT OUT — Kaleb Todd was intrigued with what the judge, Keith Vanskike, was saying on Wednesday bert on lead and rhythm guitar. good turnout of drivers who had morning. Herald staff photo by Karen Krien Vern on steel guitar, banjo, guitar, a lot of fun and the grandstand dobro and mandolin. Vern Jacobs- crowd seemed to enjoy the action. changes to the course. Sabin who performed a vocal County Memorial team rop- lowed by the open roping. Con- en, the harmonica player. LaVoine There have been several people This was the fourth year for the solo. Taking second place was ing was the grandstand enter- tributors added money to the Smith, who grew up in Haigler, indicate they will be there next lawn mower pull contest. the Isernhagen family; and third tainment. The local ropers, in pot, adding to the excitement of playing rhythm guitar and vocals. year and we are expecting more The Friday grandstand enter- place went to Breelyn Brigola, a round-robin order, had some the show. Winners were Den- Sometimes, Loren’s son, Kyle competitors. tainment drew a big crowd as Matthisen Witzel, Hadleigh Hilt good roping. Seasoned St. Fran- nis Walters andTJ Watts, first; shows up to play bass or guitar. Since this was the first year for local acts performed. There was and Makaila Matthies who per- cis ropers, Butch Ewing and Lyn Dwight Arnold and TJ Watts, Other regulars include Vern War- the event, there were some prob- a variety of entertainment and formed a sock hop to “Dance Wiley, took home belt buckles second; Shelby Tyan and Roger ner from Flagler, Colo., providing lems with the track. Next year, each routine received a round of Around The Clock.” provided by the St. Francis Eq- Meritt, third; and Tice Watts vocals and guitar. Don Ammons Peter said, we will make some applause. Winning was Darby On Wednesday, Cheyenne uity. The local roping was fol- See FAIR on Page 8 from Hoxie, who plays the bass, See MUSIC on Page 8 University student lands Congressman plans visit Cheyenne County residents meeting in Atwood from 1 to 2 with the debt and spending prob- are urged to meet Congressman p.m. on Wednesday at the Rawl- lems facing the country. internship in California Tim Huelskamp on Wednesday, ins County Courthouse. “I look forward to continuing Aug. 17, for a town hall meet- The meetings were postponed to listen to what Kansans have to St. Francis resident, Sara Miller ing. The meeting will be held in because of unforeseen changes say on these issues and others,” was selected from roughly 1,100 the commissioners’ room in the in the Congressional calendar. he said. “Washington still has a applicants for one of 39 spots in Cheyenne County Courthouse in The congressman said he had lot of work to do when it comes the Academy of Television Foun- St. Francis. heard from hundreds of constit- to reducing excessive spending. dation’s coveted summer intern- Besides St. Francis, Congress- uents over the past fedw weeks I need to hear from Kansans ship program. This summer, she man Huelskamp will also hold a as Washington attempts to deal what their priorities are.” will be supporting the Los Ange- les-based production company, Mark Burnett Productions, work- ing in tandem with some of the industry’s top show runners. In addition to hitting the agen- Board cy’s in-house “9-5,” Sara began July 25 attending professional de- velopment workshops put on by the Television Academy Founda- member tion, and being exposed to mul- tiple industry networking oppor- tunities. honored Sara discovered the internship program online. It was my ulti- By Karen Krien mate dream goal to plan the Os- [email protected] cars someday, she said. As she St. Francis man, John Finley, searched, she kept that goal in was recognized for his years of mind helping at the fair at the Wednes- “When I found the Emmys day night team roping. He was Foundation and its internship pro- presented a huge belt buckle gram, I just couldn’t pass it up!” SARA MILLER works at her desk in Los Angeles. She was which he immediately replaced she said. selected out of over 1,000 as an intern and will be helping his old buckle with. See LANDS on Page 9 He is a fair board member and with the Emmy production. has helped with the Cheyenne County Fair almost since it began. He even remembers the fair being behind the courthouse. Strong storm takes off roof Mr. Finley has spent almost his entire life in Cheyenne County. He was the son of John and Doro- northwest of Bird City thy Finley. As a youngster, he was a mem- By Karen Krien city, said Ryan Murray, county marble- to dollar-size and there ber of a 4-H club which np longer [email protected] emergency manager. was a lot of it along with about exists. Each year he took a steer The National Weather Service Another tree at the roadside rest 2-inches rain. and dairy heifers to the fair. He in Goodland sounded the alert area in McDonald was split and The corn crop in that area also liked working with livestock but JOHN FINLEY put on his new belt buckle after he was given about 6 p.m. on Monday that a laid over onto U.S. 36. An irriga- suffered from the hail but, at this especially liked horses. severe storm was headed toward tion sprinkler belonging to Claude time, the amount of damage is not it on Wednesday night of the fair. When he went to college at Kan- Herald staff photo by Karen Krien eastern Cheyenne County. Emer- Gleason in the Big Timber area available. sas State University in Manhattan, gency crews were out watching was overturned. Mr. Murray said no tornado was he received a degree in animal which was held in the Cow Palace In the late 30s or early 40s, the the storm and the tornado siren With wind speeds of over 70 seen and the tornado warning was science but his main interest was in San Francisco. fairgrounds were established at was heard in Bird City. miles per hour, a protective roof lifted about as fast as it had been horses and rodeo. He was a char- Mr. Finley said he was 7- or the present site. Bird City received mostly high was blown off at the Sam Beeson announced. Within 30 minutes, ter member of the K-State Rodeo 8-years-old when he attended the From Jenkins Hall, the livestock winds, uprooting some large trees place northwest of Bird City. Nor- the storm had made it’s way out of Club and participated in the calf first fair. The exhibit area was be- barn was added to the west and on the west side of the city. There ma Martinez, who lives southeast the county and was into Rawlins roping event in the first Inter-Col- hind the courthouse in St. Francis hog barns to the north. In those was significant tree damage in the of Bird City, said the hail was and Thomas counties. legiate Rodeo Association Rodeo and temporary pens were put up. See HONORED on Page 8