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SI 8 Weaver retiresN C E 1 after8 8 years Message from the president by Mark Harrington Mark the Wednesday after Labor Day on your Many have never see him. But they have calendar. Anticipate the opening day of the 131st heard him, loud and clear. Sandwich Fair. As the virtual doors open, guests will “On the backstretch, your leader is Bo Ru be greeted by the sights, sounds and smells that Delco Bob!” draw you in every year. You can stroll the manicured Perched high inside the race track tower, grounds or race towards your favorite tradition. O.L. Buck Weaver described the harness Is it rides and entertainment for the kids? Will you horse race unfolding beneath him. “At the head toward the exhibits? Do you want to gather quarter-mile post, it’s Fox Valley Dakota and Larry Dannewitz, around the demonstrations and appreciate the dis- Broadway Expresso one-two!” President, Sandwich plays? Or, will you stroll down the aisles choosing When asked to estimate how many races which food you cannot live Fair Association Board he has announced to loyal grandstand fans, without? There are booths, see.PESDET.page.8 his modest reply is “a couple thousand.” He repeats his favorite expressions: “At the start, here they come...On the move, lookin for room...We’ve got a horse race (coming ound fce for lost, found down the homestretch)” by Mark Harrington brought the sobbing Now at age 90 and after more than 50 Lost child. little tyke to the Round years at the microphone see.WEAE.page.17 Lost wallet or purse. Office. So distraught Lost cell phone. and as often happens The little red Round in the midst of fear, she Visit SandwichFairApp.com Office in the center didn’t know her last of the Sandwich Fair- name, her hometown, September 6 – 10, 2017 for the Official grounds is the place to her parents names. go to soothe the panic Round Office man- Sandwich Fair App beast. ager Beth Swanson Take the case of six- said kids will reply App available by searching year-old Caitlyn who mommy or daddy for “Sandwich Fairgrounds” lost her parents last year. a substitute for a par- Three strangers kindly ent’s name. But her see.D FFCE.page.9 Sandwich Fair Schedule of Events EDNESD SEEMER CIDREN FREE D 7:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m...... Rays Rockets, ALS Kids 12 years old or less - free gate admission. 25 Ride Wristbands 3 p.m. to closing 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m...... Justin Moore, Main Stage All Day ...... Open and Junior Show Judging SURD SEEMER 9:00 a.m. .. Opening/Flag Raising Ceremony featuring Sandwich High School Round Ofce 8:00 a.m...... Junior Show Livestock Judging, all day 9:00 a.m...... Western Horse Show, Livestock area, all day 10:00 a.m...... Rides Open, NO WRISTBAND, straight tickets all day 11:00 a.m...... Harness Racing, Racetrack 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m...... Redhorse, HABS Noon ...... Ma Armstrong ALS 12:30 p.m...... NTPA Sanctioned Tractor Pulls, Pulling Track 1:00 p.m...... Culinary Competition, with Sherri Farley playing the hammered dulcimer, HABS 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m...... The Rock Barn Band, ALS 3:00 p.m...... Rides open, 25 wristband (on-site) from 3 p.m. to close 2:00 p.m...... Northern Illinois OutlawsShowdown in DeKalb County, 3:00 p.m...... Culinary Competition, with Sherri Farley playing the hammered dulcimer, HABS Livestock Area Horse Arena 4:15 p.m...... Junior Culinary Competition, with Sherri Farley playing the hammered dulcimer, 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m...... The Classi, HABS HABS 6:30 p.m...... NTPA Sanctioned Tractor Pulls, Pulling Track 6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m...... Jake Mack and the Staggs, HABS 7:00 p.m...... Micro-Mini Tractor Pulls, Livestock Area 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m...... Phoeni, ALS 7:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m...... Ethan Bell Band, ALS 7:00 p.m...... Carrollton, main stage SUND SEEMER URSD SEEMER SENIOR CIIEN RIN D 8:30 a.m...... Worship at the Fair, provided by area churches, HABS Senior Citiens 6 gate admission until 5 p.m. 9:00 a.m...... Junior Show Livestock Judging All Day ...... Open Show Livestock Judging 10:00 a.m. 5 p.m...... Rides Open at 10 a.m., LAST BLAST 20 Wristband (on-site) 11:00 a.m...... Culinary Competition, HABS 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m...... Sandwich Auto Show, Racetrack Ineld Noon ...... Orion Samuelson, ALS Noon 12:45 p.m...... Cloggin Crae, HABS 1:00 p.m...... Rides Open at 1 p.m., 25 Wristbands (on-site) from 1 p.m. to Close 1:00 p.m...... Draft Horse Pulls, Livestock Area Horse Arena 2:00 p.m. ....Culinary Competition, with Sherri Farley playing the hammered dulcimer, HABS 1:00 p.m...... Demolition Derby, on the track 4:00 p.m. ....Culinary Competition, with Sherri Farley playing the hammered dulcimer, HABS 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m...... Patchouli, ALS 6:30 p.m...... NTPA Sanctioned Truck Pulls, Pulling Track 2:00 p.m...... Sheep Lead Classes, Livestock Area 6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m...... Barbara and the Boys, HABS 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m...... Two Guitars and a Tuba, HABS 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m...... Rockin Moie, ALS 3:00 p.m...... 6 Gate admission for everyone after 3 p.m. FRID SEEMER RIN D 3:30 p.m...... Demolition Derby, on the track Everyone admitted for 6 until 5 p.m.. Ride wristbands, noon to 5 p.m....25 HABSHome Arts Building Stage ALSAg Land Stage 9:00 a.m...... Draft Horse Show, Livestock Area Horse Arena EERD All American Lumberack Show, Buttons the Clown, Bano Buddies 11:00 a.m...... Culinary Competition, HABS Diieland Trio, Dan Barth Entertainment, Carrie McQueen Stilt Walking and Noon 5:00 p.m...... Rides Open at Noon 25 Wristband (on-site) from noon to 5 p.m. Juggling, Mariachi America, Moo-Mania, Maggie the Milking Cow, Balster Magic Noon 1:30 p.m...... Live Noon Show, featuring Ma Armstrong, Chris Schwemlein, Productions, Inc., Rob Thompsons Pure Magic, Chris allillo Original and Traditional Kevin Schramm, TD Ryan, and Cross Roads Band, Acoustic Roots Music, Rob Ot the Robot, Alfys World of Robotic Puppets, Broadcasting on WSPY FM 107.1, WSPY AM 1480, WLBK FM 98.9, Shari Farley playing the Hammered Dulcimer, FFA Farm oo, Antiue Farm WLBK AM 1360, WCSJ FM 103.1, WCSJ AM 1550, ALS Machinery, Arts and Craft Demonstration, Ehibits, Rides, Displays, Food Stands, 2:00 p.m. ...Culinary Competition, with Sherri Farley playing the hammered dulcimer, HABS Hospitality Pavilion, Music on the Home Arts Stage and Ag Land Stage 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m...... Talk of the Town Band, ALS 4:00 p.m...... Culinary Competition, with Sherri Farley playing the hammered dulcimer, HABS ENER DMISSION RICES SESON ICE RICES 5:00 p.m...... intage Baseball, Track Ineld Adult...... $9 Adult...... $22 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m...... Winds of Change, HABS Child.6-12.years.old...... $6 Child...... $8 Child.5.years.old.or.less...... Free

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WSPY will be Broadcasting Live from the 131st Sandwich Fair with • Exhibitors Reports • Class Winners • What’s Happening

131st Annual Sandwich Fair – September 5-9, 2018 ENER DMISSION GATEAME Adult...... $9 SESON ICES Child.6-12.years.old...... $6 Adult...... $22 Paing is ince wit aission Child.5.years.old.or.less...... Free Child...... $8 EMATAGEAME ednesda is Children Free Day for kids 12 years old ednesda Se arness Racin FREE 11 am or less, with free gate admission Wednesday, and ride ednesda Se Carrn FREE m wristbands 25 from 3 p.m. to closing. hursda is Senior Citiens Bargain Day with Senior hursda Se N ruc us 30 m Citiens admitted for 6 until 5 p.m.. Ride wristbands Reserved...... $20. are 25 from noon to 5 p.m.. Hot.Seat...... $20. Infield.seat...... $20. Child.Infield.Seat...... $5 Frida is Bargain Day, everyone is admitted for 6 until 5 p.m.. Ride wristband 25 from noon to 5 p.m. Frida Se usin Mre 00 m Stage.Pit.Area...... $35 Sunda Bargain Day Admission is 6 after 3 p.m.. General.Admission...... $25.(Festival.Admission,.standing) Ride wristband 20, rides open at 10 a.m.. Saurda Se N racr us ALL TICKETSD W TOIC INFIELD / MAIN STAGE EENTS AN H w Shws 130 m and 30 m S F ARE AAILABLE ONA THE SANDWICH FAIR WEB Adult.Hot.Seats...... $20. E I

SITE (sandwichfair.comH R and click on TICKETS) Reserved.Seats...... $20. OR MONDAY,T LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER 3 , AND Infield.Seats...... $20. Child.Infield.Seats...... $5 TESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, FROM 9 A.M. 4 P.M. AT Sunda Se Demiin Der THE MAINSI GATE TICKET8 OFFICE. N C E 1 8 8 w Shws 1 m and 330 m General.Admission...... $15. Child.Seats...... $5. The Sandwich Fair is not responsible for lost or stolen tickets. Artists subect to change. Children 12 years and younger must have a ticket for entertainment events. All sales are nal. NO REFNDS, RAIN CHECKS or ECHANGES.

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2 2018 Sandwich Fair Times Nelson Publishing, Inc. Morphey–photography, arts, crafts by Mark Harrington This is one Photographers consider the Sand- competition wich Fair one of their destinations ev- though that ery year. has to stay “If they take first to third here, they current with feel they can win anywhere,” Becky technology Morphey said. “They say the Sand- slides/trans- wich Fair is the one to enter com- parencies pared to other county fairs.” have dipped Some years up to 3,200+ photos from at one- are displayed in the fine arts and time 600+ en- crafts building, one of the highest tries to 30-50 fields among the nearly 25,000 en- entries with tries from livestock to baby booties, just five pho- making the Sandwich Fair one of to g ra p h e r s the largest in the Midwest. Only 3,421 still entering Becky Morphey, were farm animals last year. slides/trans- Superintendent, From sunsets to cats and dogs to parencies. Ametuer Photography children, the photography competi- With these and Arts and Ceramics tion starts at age eight. numbers this “Some of the serious photogra- will be the phers enter in every category,” said last year for Morphey, who has been the superin- slides/transparencies. We will be ex- tendent of photography since 1986. ploring other techniques to replace the slides/ transparencies category. THIS IS POSSIBLE “Cell phone pictures took the A high-quality higher education is possible. place of slide/transparencies in the Junior division several years ago Affordability which has allowed more kids to easily compete,” Morphey related. “We’re always looking for new categories and are happy to take suggestions. People tell us what they’d like to see”. Suggestions have spawned reptiles whereSupport beautiful landscapesand amphibians to selfies begin to spider web categories. We try to keep up with yearly events. Last year’s eclipse was a new category and in 2016 it High Quality was the Winning Chicago Cubs. Monday, Labor Day of fair week, photographers start to bring their photos for display. Photos are ac- ACCELERATED 12-WEEK COURSES cepted until 6 p.m. Tuesday. At 6 p.m. BEGIN IN PLANO SEPTEMBER 17! the doors close and the 30+ workers armed with staplers go to work hang- THIS IS ing the photos in the correct catego- ries. Each photo has to be stapled to Learn more at the boards and because of high en- waubonsee.edu/fall tries they often reach to the ceiling. If Waubonsee does not discriminate based on any characteristic your photo is at the top, please know protected by law in its programs and activities. see.MPHE.page.16

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Front left to right: Nancy Rex, Secretary; Ken Tyrrell, Vice President; Larry Dannewitz, President; John Wagner, Treasurer. Back left to right: Matt Wilson, Harold Dannewitz, Gene Frieders, Ron Henrich, Bill Haag, James Webber. Not pictured: Dan Breunig, Scott Breunig, Dick Delp OFFICERS SUERINENDENS ND SSISN SUERINENDENS Larry Dannewit ...... President egetables ...... John Wagner Oher Kenneth Tyrrell ...... ice President Herbs ...... John Wagner Tractor Pulls ...... Gene Frieders, Scott Breunig Nancy Re ...... Secretary Hybrid Corn ...... John Wagner Truck Pulls ...... Gene Frieders, Scott Breunig John Wagner ...... Treasurer Fruits ...... John Wagner Western Horse Show ...... Carole Hilleson Aitiona iectos Flowers and Plants ...... John Wagner Class of Speed ...... Jerry Dudik Scott Breunig Harold Dannewit Gene Frieders Needlework ...... Bonnie Young Micro Mini Tractor Pull ...... Dick Delp Dan Breunig Ron Henrich Matt Olson Clothing ...... Bonnie Young History Museum ...... Joan Hardekopf William Haag Matthew Wilson James Webber Art ...... Pam Nelson Hospitality Pavilion ...... Nancy pdike Suerinendens CSuerinendens ssisans Amateur Photography ...... Becky Morphey Caretaker ...... James Webber General.Livestock.Superintendent.–.Kenneth.Tyrrell Ceramics ...... Becky Morphey Oen Shw Crafts ...... Pam Nelson Concessions and Displays ...... Ron Henrich, Beef Cattle ...... Matt Olson Collections ...... Anne Hilliard Larry Dannewit, Matthew Wilson Dairy Cattle ...... Elaine Tuttle Foods ...... Pam, Penny, and Karen Monkemeyer Crafts and Demonstrations ...... Barb French Draft Horses ...... Philip Nielsen Culinary Competition ...... Cindy Akre Electricians .....Harold Dannewit and Reed Johnson Sheep ...... Brad Temple Entertainment ..Larry Dannewit, Kim Ron Henrich Dairy Goats ...... Kurt Mattson unir Shw Ag Land Entertainment ...... Gary Skinner Swine ...... Richard Delp Grains, Seeds and Forages ...... John Wagner Antiue Farm Machinery ...... Roger Peterson Rabbits ...... Mike Jackson egetables ...... John Wagner Sandwich Auto Show ...... Tracy Rogers Poultry ...... Mike Crayton Herbs ...... John Wagner Gaebo Information, Education ...... Karen Breunig, unir Shw Fruit ...... John Wagner Jackie Dannewit and Joan Hardekopf Beef Cattle ...... Sandi Frost Pumpkins...... John Wagner Parking and Police ...... Scott Breunig, William Haag Dairy Cattle ...... John Tyrrell Plants and Flowers ...... Cathy Meyer People Movers ...... Kenneth Tyrrell Sheep ...... Al Diet Clothing and Needlework ...... Pam, Penny and Sandwich Fair Historian ...... Joan Hardekopf Dairy Goats ...... Laerne Mattson Karen Monkemeyer Ticket Sales ...... Nancy Re Swine ...... Eric Hateld Foods ...... Pam, Penny and Karen Monkemeyer Fair Data Manager ...... Chris Schank Rabbits ...... Carole Hartel Arts and Ceramics...... Becky Morphey Livestock Data Manager ...... Kim Hoffman Poultry ...... Mike Crayton Amateur Photography ...... Becky Morphey Assistant Livestock Data Manager ..Dianna Richards General.Display.Building.Superintendent.–.John.Wagner Crafts ...... Diane Stahl Oen Shw Collections ...... Anne Hilliard Fair Manager ...... Brad Anderson Grains, Seeds and Forages ...... John Wagner

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Writer: Mark Harrington and 1401 Suydam Road, Sandwich IL 60548 Sales: Bonnie Guyer Cheryl Pearrearial Nick Laurenzana Stacey Smith Phone 815-786-2159 - Fax 815-786-6242 4 black 2018 Sandwich Fair Times Nelson Publishing, Inc. endors galore – Find it at the fair by Mark Harrington the buffet. However, my testimony is that no mice the next day at school in the teacher’s lounge, and If you leave the Sandwich Fair empty handed... invaded our house. The problem is we couldn’t find bought a few more pair for friends. We survived the well, something went wrong. that blue bag until cleaning a closet 10 months later. next 180 school days. Vendors are there for a reason, hawking prod- For years, I always stop by the antique clock We’ve never purchased a camper at the fair, ucts or at the minimum, getting you to later think, repairman’s booth. Every year, I grab his business just opening doors and going inside. One evening hey maybe even dream, about their product. If card. Then 364 forgetful days vanish to the next though, the kids and I venture into one, until we re- you go to the fair a second day, consider it sold. fair. Still no chance at reviving one of our “dead” alized it was our old camper, identified by the teen- Three big buildings and tented booths feature clocks. This is the year.. But hey, 12 antique clocks age neighbors’ BB gun ping dents on the siding. those hawkers and their entrapping lingo. Step on walls and shelves looks like ifestyles of the ich right in. You need this! How can you live without it? and amous, doesn’t it? They are the original infomercial before TV, a live Now one of the long time vendors has been the QVC and Home Shopping Network right before pans and pot seller. I remember long-time former your very eyes. coach Ernie Kivisto of East Aurora Tomcat Basket- My first experience came as a youngster. My ball fame hawking his wares. Hard to understand at mom gladly bought us balloons from the little red times, but ever the effervescent, enthusiastic person- wagon from Marseilles, still there today. What we ality. Today, I can envision him still selling in heaven. didn’t know, DID hurt us! Those balloons came at- Some of our best photos came after my wife tached to little willow-like sticks that later warmed convinced me that our little girl and boy would our little bottoms in mom’s 1960s-style attempt to look super attired in cowboy hats, one pink and reform us. Fifty years later, I can still hear that stick one black one at the western wear store on the sing in the air, my anticipated lean forward, and fairgrounds. Today, my favorite photo is them sitting the sting on our hands or heinie. in a convertible being sold in the automobile area. Need a rubber knobbed broom with the yel- Oh by the way, we didn’t buy the car. low pole. My wife and I have it. I will admit, those We leave our dogs at home while at the fair. But brooms are great at collecting yellow and black we don’t forget them. Those collars and leashes lab dogs hair off a hardwood floor. That broom have been life, err, dog-savers. One door or back- even works when the white stuffing from the dog’s yard gate opening and they are gone lickety-split. You haven’t experienced the fair totally unless toys is strewn all over. I bet it would work swell for Truth, the local fire and police department have you tell your wife of some bizarre way to make those Lego pieces. saved my retirement, my marriage, and children money at the fair. I am waiting for the sleep ap- How about a silver telescoping flag pole? Now relationships. nea concessionaire. Imagine their lingo: “Ladies, that was a good buy. Here’s a family secret, whoev- Strangers open their car doors, inside those four- watch as this (chain saw) snoring husband uses this er wins the Crosstown Baseball Classic each sum- legged lunkheads hop...Sadie and Grace on the head-to-chin jockstrap, breathe-right nose tape, mer, gets their team’s flag to brag under Old Glory. gold collar badge and two phone numbers. “Why oval shaped vibrating sensor in the pillow, and an The last couple years, to my chagrin, has been the yes, they are our dogs. At the corner grocery store? aquarium pump with tubes going in his mouth, nos- Cubs. After last season, the Blackhawks have dis- Be right there!” trils, and ears. Sleep better tonight! Wait husbands, mayed and the Bears or Bulls, ugh! Neither flag flies As for the leashes, the purchase was to allow us your wife snores?” over our home. to walk the dogs, not the other way around. Except Two good purchases in all the years come to Husbands can be loving upon arriving home in three years, we haven’t mastered the easy steps mind. We had our old kitchen cabinets easily re- from the fair with two new bed pillows, the miracle yet that the vendor keeps showing us on their huge worked and the honey from the Bee Man has been one filled with something like soybeans. Let’s just stuff dog. This is the year to master the leash! delicious. Have you spotted the queen bee, the say, I am still searching for that heavenly lofty soft Whatever you do as a parent, watch what you largest one, in his display? fall-asleep in two minutes and awake fresh pillow. I tell the little tykes in the tent housing more than 100 Waterfalls, crafts, disappearing brooks, used think that linked us to that Minneapolis “MY…” guy. breeds of rabbits, many for sale. My brain wasn’t in books, campaign materials, flowers, paintings, ce- Got mice problems. Last year we bought a big sync when I told them “next year.” Hey, how was I ment creatures, toilet seats, signs, garages, purses, blue bag of peppermint scented wooden granules to know that the parking attendant would direct candles, Ag products, T-shirts, socks, sunglasses, complete with tiny bags to fill. We had a mice prob- me to that entrance of the fairgrounds or that at soft wool slippers, water softeners, gutters, and lem, little Mickey waving to my wife one morning below age eight, the kids would remember. more can be found. under a kitchen skillet on the stove. I taught a teen- Being teachers and the fair just a few weeks af- For all the Sandwich Fair has to offer, the best ager how to load spring traps with peanut butter, ter school has opened, the feet were begging and thing when it comes to vendors...we’ve haven’t except his baited globs just invited six more over for those green gel-like inserts were calling. I bragged had to purchase a tombstone for me yet. 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Nelson Publishing, Inc. 2018 Sandwich Fair Times 5 Strolling acts, shows – a variety to please all by Mark Harrington If you see a crowd gathered on the stroll is Banjo Buddies isn’t just about a Voted in the top 19 out of 692 ma- Throughout the oak and hickory streets of the fairgrounds, chances are New Orleans or deep South flavor. They gicians serving Chicago by the Exper- shaded fairgrounds, the strolling acts, it’s Ed or Earl the smallest farmers in play and sing the old-time favorites like tise Web site, magician, illusionist, and well do just that, stroll and entertain America. Ventriloquist Rob LeMaster “You Are My Sunshine.” comedian Tim Balster brings his show along the way. No matter the weather brings not only these two cranky funny Having released eight albums, the to amaze fairgoers. You might see or sore feet, these strollers will bring a guys to life in the Moo-Mania Show, but group performs from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. birds appear or disappear, sleight of smile or a laugh to kids to adults. bring life to Gertrude the Goose and daily. They have been inducted into hand or small magic to saw a woman One of the coolest and wettest Hershey the Cow as well. The impromp- the Illinois Hall of Fame as Entertainers in half or floating an audience mem- shows around will be the free lumber- tu shows are part agricultural comedy of the Year. Performing at the games of ber in thin air. jack show, where the audience can and magic. the Chicago Bulls and White Sox, and at “He sweeps audiences into a world cheer their favorite Minnesota north “If I have a kid come up to me and Great America Six Flags, the trio is lead of wonder,” writes on audience mem- woodsmen, who throw axes at bull’s- say you’re silly, that’s happiness, a great by Ann Stewart and her rich alto voice. ber. Balster has appeared in more eye targets, compete in chain saw compliment to my show,” says LeMaster. “A swinging style, each and every than 4,000 shows in 46 states. art, and saw through logs faster than Here’s part of their show highlighting song is played as it was written today,” Now if south of the border is your you can say Paul Bunyan. During the Hershey, the cow. said the review. In addition, they are kind of music, the talented Mariachi show’s off hours, there are lumberjack LeMaster: Why is your head shaking? considered to be a small group art the America band in their charro attire will camps for the kids and a chance for Hershey: I’m making a milkshake. top of the jazz banjo world. perform. The culture of the area has all ages to try their skill at the famous Then Hershey might tell about his But not just jazz or dixieland, this changed and the fair connects with logrolling. Find them at the eastern brother, the minister...“He’s a holy cow.” band will remember the Roaring ’20s, all people. fairgrounds, near the second midway Moo-mania is a quick-paced show blues, novelty songs, big band tunes. Mariachi groups are expected to and giant slide. with audience participation, what Stewart plays jazz banjo but a trumpet play requests, so they may need to Professional athletes compete with more, even the adults laugh. and trombone blends the music. know hundreds of different songs. axes, modified racing chain saws Nationally-acclaimed singer-song- The Dan Barth Traveling Medi- There songs can range from machis- and cross cut saws on land. There’s writer Chris Vallillo will take folk music cine Show operates from an antique mo, love, betrayal, death, politics, rev- chain saw carvings and giveaways. lovers back to the people and places Prairie Schooner wagon, usually in olutionary heroes and even animals But the biggest is the competition the of rural America with his six-string and the center of the steam train tracks. and country life. logrolling. bottleneck slide guitars and harmon- If you’re looking for Tiger Fat Salve, Called the funny magic guy, he The best thing about strolling acts, ica. He was host for Rural Route 3, a Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic, or Doc strives to make everyone feel as though you can follow them around the walk- award-winning syndicated radio show Kilmer’s Swamp Root elixir, then Barth the show is just for them, according ways of the fairgrounds, then continue for several years. His “Abraham Lincoln only talks about it, not selling it. His to those who have witnessed his un- with a new show at every stop. in Song” album climbed to number 10 show is a reproduction of an old form explainable close-up sleight-of-hand Back again for another Sandwich on Billboard’s Bluegrass Album Charts. of entertainment for small towns. magic. Rob Thompson and Pure Magic fair week, are the following acts. If you see a talking tractor, it’s only His show has been recognized and is ropes, rings, and cards tricks sprinkled While he makes you laugh, smile, Johnny, of the Alfy’s World of Robotic recorded by The Smithsonian Museum with funny comedy. He may even make or just a wave, Buttons The Clown has Puppets. and by PBS TV. Performances have it snow in September with one trick. been a funeral director from LaMoille, Not just your ordinary puppets, been held with the White House, the Su- In one show he says, “laugh cause Illinois, down the road southwest of these are four-feet tall. With a hid- per Bowl, and the Olympics. He learned the jokes are not getting any better.” Sandwich. His cheery friendly voice lets den microphone and hearing device, from some of the original performer to A life-size human robot will mechani- you know he is around. One question: these puppets can listen, thus able to craft his show into an authentic piece. cally step-after-step along the way... How does he fit in that miniature car? carry on a conversation with children In fact, Barth worked with the grandson Rob Ot the Robot. At nine feet tall, Carrie McQueen or adults. They can even ride self-pro- of Buffalo Bill Cody. Dan’s mind is always on the audi- can juggle, blow bubbles, dance, do pelled vehicles such as a tricycle or And if you have a dental problem, ence. His number one consideration is balloon art and more, even walking a pedal tractor. The operator just blends his sign on his wagon says it all ... pain- what will make them smile, laugh, ooh calf. All while balancing on aluminum in with the crowd. less tooth extractions for one dollar. But and ahh, all while carrying away a little stilts. Actually she is 5’4” tall but grows So look for Officer Paddy, Harold the this is a variety show of yesteryear sprin- history they may not have known about to 9’3” when aboard to the stilts where Horse, Clarence the Cow, Okee the Pink kled with humor and storytelling. before. He may be in it to make a liv- she becomes elegant with different Pig or Olaf the farmer. That’s just a sam- This review was made: “lively and ing, but he really wants his audience to costumes and graceful. At that height, pling of 15 possible characters making creates a pleasurable experience for have experienced something unique she’s safe with her comedy but will try the fair trip. all visitors” or “a quintessential enter- for their time and he genuinely appre- juggling bowling pins. Always a fan favorite wherever they tainment professional”. ciates their attention.

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6 2018 Sandwich Fair Times Nelson Publishing, Inc. endors come from near, far Souvenirs – rich fair history by Mark Harrington their signature free yardsticks, now When you talk to Ron Henrich, part found in antique shops. Smoke curl- by Mark Harrington entrance. College students studying, of the concessions, amusements, and ing at one end signals taste buds for They will be lined up early Wednes- grandchildren, and senior citizens vendors team of the Sandwich Fair, be Fay’s Pork Chop Bar-B-Que. day morning of fair week, for many a love to receive them. ready for enthusiasm. Between he and More than 300 vendors dot the tradition. Forget breakfast, these fair Starting at the Sandwich Histori- his wife, the fair is in their blood, the fairgrounds and inside four com- fans want special trinkets, sometimes cal Society booth, the coveted 2018 love of the fair overlooks the number mercial buildings. Rental fees start at buying in bulk. toothpick holder is white porcelain of hours required for a successful fair. $400 for five days and upwards. The Souvenirs are part of the rich Sand- with a patriotic insignia. New this “We do not want to see any open number of local booths or people as- wich Fair history, dating way spaces,” he said, adding that right up sisting other booths is increasing. back to ruby-stained press to the first day of the fair, new ven- Valley Expo arrives August 31 to set glassed at the turn of the dors might be going into a vacant up booth dividers in the commercial century. Today, those pieces last-minute spot. buildings while Berg Tents set up the can fetch $600 to $1,000 on Henrich, who started hanging week prior to the fair. Then comes the auction websites. banners as a teen, said he has a electrical hookups from fair man Har- Antique postcards from waiting list of vendors and over abun- old Dannewitz and his crew. the turn-of-the-century of the dance of same category vendors. In “It all comes together in two weeks fair brings upwards to $400. the past months, he has made phone before the first fair day ... amazing,” Back then it cost one cent for calls and sent e-mail, sent contracts, Henrich said. He credits his predeces- the postcard and one cent and searched for payments. Dead- sors John Halloran and Donnie Bark for the stamp. It was the be- lines and deadlines. for establishing an atmosphere of ginning of ‘email’ because There is one secret ingredient (pun “how can we help (the vendor)”? some towns had mail delivery intended) when it comes to food Possible new vendors this year in- twice a day. You could invite stands. Henrich has to balance the clude a pineapple whip non-cream someone over in the morning number of stands selling the same cool treat, fire starters for the grill, and get a reply that late af- year will be a patriotic poster with the menu. “You can only have so many tur- jewelry and wallet engraving, flow- ternoon, all prior to everyone having words Sandwich Fair emblazoned on key legs, corn dogs, and taco stands.” ers, and more. Inside the Sandwich a telephone. For the fair, those post- top. Both celebrated the Illinois Bi- New vendors come and others Fair Museum or the Home Arts build- cards were easy advertisements. centennial celebration. depart, often leaving a void like the ing, old photos show the newest farm Even current fair director Larry For the first time, six tiles will be sold, chocolate chip ice cream sandwich machinery or technology in work Dannewitz admits he once had a each depicting a different sketch of man from Princeton, Illinois a few years chores those early days of the fair. felt cowboy-like hat with his name the Sandwich Fair and its historical ago, or the handwriting analysis man Interested parties looking to sell at stitched on the front with a big feath- buildings from the past or today. with the flashing computer light board. the fair, should go to the Sandwich ery plume once. They wore them to “The proceeds help maintain the Then, there is Kings and Son, a third Fair Web site for the application form, school minus the feather. (Old Stone) museum,” said Joan generation, selling tombstones with processes, and regulations. Twenty five years ago, an idea be- came one of the most highly sought Hardekopf, fair historian. “It helps us after Sandwich Fair collectibles. operate for the rest of the year and is At the fair’s gazebo, this year’s our main source of income.” How well do you know the Fair fair pin will be one of the blue ticket From previous fairs, other souve- All new questions this year. Answers at the bottom. No peeking. booth that allows fairgoers to enter. nirs toothpick holders, fair advertising Jackie Dannewitz has been design- posters, and Sandwich area histori- 1. How many laps do the harness racing 7. Where would you find a dam, get-of- ing the pins since 1998, taking over cal books will be available for pur- horses run around the race track? sire, junior, kid, doe or yearling? from local artist Quen Carpenter. Her chase. Hardekopf says the posters, Two Dairy Goats favorites are last year’s round pin with often featuring Victorian ladies, have One Sheep the windmill paddles and Quen’s art- all been reproduced by the historical Three Beef work of the roundhouse. society. No old ones have been dis- Four Swine (pigs) Some people collect the fair’s covered in years. While usually the line forms early at 2. What musical group entertained teens 8. Where do the mice come from for the postcard with the special postmark. in the 50s and later in the back of a popular Mouse Game? You can take time to write a brief the booth, including the gazebo, on pickup truck as senior citizens? Local pet store message and mail it from the post Wednesday, but most items remain The Bruenig Brothers Livestock barns at each fair office trailer near the livestock area available throughout the fair week. 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Nelson Publishing, Inc. 2018 Sandwich Fair Times 7 Sandwich Fair Souvenirs available at aebo by ivian C. Wright d.. Continuing the tradition that began in 2004, brown and white cow. She will be featured in the Souvenirs are one of the traditions at the DeKalb the Gazebo will sell a soft-stuffed animal designed children’s book as well. County ”Sandwich” Fair. They go on sale Wednes- by Glory Be. This year’s plush animal is “Daisy,” a A new item this year is a hardcover 10” x11” day, September 5 at the Gazebo at 9 a.m.. book. A “Fabulous Fair Alphabet” by Deb- Some of the items are available in limited ra Frasier is suitable for children as well as quantity, so fairgoers come early for the best adults. New are shirts for children and a selection of collectibles and gifts. large postcard. This year’s souvenirs highlight the ticket of- Children’s shirts are ash gray color in the fices and the windmill. The ticket office de- following sizes: Onesies 6, 12, 18 mo; Toddler sign is on the stoneware magnet, a wooden 2T, 3T, 4T; Youth xs, s, m, l. ornament, and a lapel pin. The magnet has Adult T-shirts are available in two styles: a navy background; it complements previous short sleeved in mint green and long sleeved years’ magnets in size and style. The wooden in coral. Additionally available is a navy over- ornament is laser-cut from maple suitable for the-head sweatshirt with a hood. a shade pull, Christmas tree, or mobile deco- Several items are returning this year: note ration. The lapel pin, one of the most sought- cards with artwork by local artist Jackie Dan- after souvenirs, is enameled with light blue. newitz and postcards. Fairgoers who are The windmill design is featured on the navy completing their collections of lapel pins and ball caps, the black ceramic mugs, and the plush animals will find a few available from shirts. previous years. A hand-painted, authentic Polish Pottery is These items may be purchased only at the this year’s custom-made collectible; the oval Gazebo located just north of the Home Arts dish is six inches across and has distinctive Building near the WSPY broadcasting tent blue and gold swirls. It is suitable for candy or from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the fair. For more a party dip. information visit SandwichFair.com. How to enter your items for ehibition at the Sandwich Fair by Mark Harrington and creating excitement and mem- Nancy Rex says the key to entering is Rex says to “know where (which build- Labor Day weekend is usually a ories, there is an easy way. But be “to read and follow the rules.” ing) to enter.” crazy, hectic time for some Sandwich warned, this part of the fair can be The process starts with searching Now the fun begins. The excite- Fair enthusiasts, especially if the old addictive without a cure. the premium book, available at the ment builds as you enter the building family is involved. Some fair exhibitors may enter Sandwich Fair Office or by going on- on fair day to see your exhibit. Will Dad is dusting off his antique exhib- 25, 50, 75 or more than 100 entries in line. Pick a category and follow the there be a first, second, or third place its; his son is building Lego creations. one fair. The Sandwich Fair has one rules. Pay the entry fee and receive a ribbon? Those ribbons earn various Daughter, mom, and grandma are of the largest number of entries in free ticket pass for all five days. amounts of prize money. That’s how baking snickerdoodle cookies and the Midwest, even surpassing some But there are deadlines to follow, some people eat, ride, or vendor pur- picking flowers. Grandma is picking state fairs. Other Illinois county fairs, usually the sometime during the third chase around the fairgrounds. out her best canning jar of bread- as one long-time fairgoer humorously week of August. Once you enter, you Now be fair warned; there may and-butter pickles, and last winter’s claimed, “may have three tomatoes can not change or add other exhibits be disappointment when the exhibit project, a latch hook rug. Even last on a pie tin” in a building. unless you want to pay another entry does not place. But the trick is to look year’s school art projects become Any age can enter. For kids, there fee. at the other three prize winners to see entries. is a junior division although they can At home, it is better to mark each why judges did not pick your entry. All That’s all part of the more than compete against adults. item with your exhibitor number, often exhibitor’s names are covered from 21,000 entries last year that over There are two ways to enter: on- using a small round sticker. For glass, a judges’ viewing. 177,00 fairgoers pointed at in awe. line at the Sandwich Fair website or dry erase marker will work. Each item Many exhibitors have years of ex- “Cool, look-at-that, and wow,” are by stopping to get a premium book- needs to be tagged, some clipped, perience. An adult may compete the common lingo of admirers. let at the fair office. Either way, Sand- stapled or tied with strings. Usually against an 80-year old. An eight-year Being a part of the Sandwich Fair wich Fair Association Board Secretary Monday and Tuesday are the days to old may take on a 17-year old in the bring entries to the fair. Again, consult junior divisions. the fair’s premium booklet. Some entries come from all over Don’t forget to pull off the bottom the state, even the Midwest. One se- of the exhibit ticket called a claim cret is to enter many different items, stub; that is the only way to get your at least to try and break even on the items back. If you know the location entry fee. Rules allow for entering a of your exhibits, organizing them in second or third place ribbon earning an order, will allow a quicker pickup entry or no ribbon the following fair come Sunday night. Waiting 30-45 years. minutes after the building reopens For example, an antique Sandwich Sunday night may avoid waiting in Manufacturing Company corn grind- lines. er took third, then second, and finally A good wagon or cart will be help- first place over three years. First place ful if you are bringing multiple items. If winners are not allowed to enter that you forget something like string, tape, item ever again. Some superinten- or stickers, the friendly superinten- dents have photos of previous fair dents and clerks may have supplies winning items to avoid repeat firsts. and are there to assist. Questions are This fair week is the time to enter expected and appreciated to help the Fine Arts and Crafts building, the ease your anxieties. Home Arts building, the Horticulture There is a certain level of commit- building, or the Antiques and Collect- ment, however. You have to take the ibles building to see what you could exhibit to the proper fair building on enter. There you can find the quantity the deadline Monday or Tuesday on of competition, quality of competi- the days before the fair. You can pick- tion, display tips, or just a few exhibits up your entries on Sunday evening, in one category to possibly insure an usually between 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. easier win. at the building your exhibit is enter. So, if you haven’t entered this year; Another secret to entering in the now is the time to start planning for fair, is when you bring your entries. the 2019 Sandwich Fair. Join the mad- Sandwich Fair Board Secretary Nancy ness, the fun, and become addicted.

PESDET ...... continued from page 1 stalls, trucks and stands filled with delectable treats. Don’t forget to check out the many entries in home goods, horticulture and livestock, and see who’s going home with the blue ribbon or the coveted purple best of class! Every fall the DeKalb County Fair in Sandwich, Illinois is a desired destination. As Illinois celebrates its Bicentennial year, the Sandwich Fair is honored to be chosen as one of the many great destinations that attract visitors to our state and our area. For the safety of our fairgoers the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department provides round the clock se- curity for the entire five days of the fair. The sheriff’s office and first aid stations are located in the center of the grounds near the Round Office. Restroom facilities and mother/baby tents are provided for fam- ily comforts. Whether it is your first Sandwich Fair, or your 90th, we hope you enjoy your time spent with us. Also, take time throughout your visit, to thank the many volunteers, workers and exhibitors. That’s what makes the Sandwich Fair something to look forward to each year. See you at the fair!

8 2018 Sandwich Fair Times Nelson Publishing, Inc. Do you need a rooster to make eggs – Crayton has heard it all by Mark Harrington “Sudden noise get the hens up and started clucking and clucking more,” After 42 years of supervising or helping in the poultry barn, Mike Crayton says Crayton, adding that the tractor and truck pulls gets them going for has heard the questions. about one hour until they get used to it. But not the country or rock music “Do you need a rooster to make eggs?” is his favorite. He dispels the myth of playing on the Ag Land Stage across the street. “They love country music,” he smelly chickens. Then he defines what makes a cock (old male) from a cockerel smiles. “It calms them.” (young male) to a hen (old female) to a pullet (young female) to visitors. Meanwhile, when Max Armstrong shows up for his the annual WSPY live Chickens or poultry are housed in the historic horse barn, near the Ag Land radio Noon Show at the Ag Land Stage, the hens swoon over hearing his Stage. Last year in the midnight hours, the flock had a visitor with drooling baritone voice, softly clucking adoringly. The roosters crow disapprovingly taste buds. “That was the first time we’ve had a raccoon,” said Crayton. “Rac- at the Indiana outsider in their territory, especially if Armstrong mentions coons and chickens do not mix. They’re looking for meat.” market reports. Some years, more than 800 birds have been exhibited, but the usual Crayton has seen people talk to the chickens. “Chickens understand you amount is around 500. as far as voices and they’ll cock their head back and forth.” Certified American Poultry Association judges are the competition scorers. People do strange things to the chickens in the barn. Crayton, who does They are looking at body shape, the condition of the bird, how many feathers, not do chicken impersonations, said fairgoers cluck or crow or poke their fin- feathers on the legs or gers in the cage despite the signs warning against it. not, and five different “The adults are worse than the kids,” he said. “Some will open the cage types of combs. ”The door or unlock it, then we have to chase the loose ones. They like to poke their fingers in the rooster cages because the roosters do a little dance.” At the end of the barn, Crayton keeps a Silky for children to pet. As superintendent of the poultry barn, his favorites are the Polish with big crests on their heads and the fluffy Silkies. Crayton said chickens lay egg every other day 10 months to two years old, then the production dwindles. “This old hen I have here, she’ll probably lay three eggs a year and that’s about all for her.” Chicken facts are Internet plenty. If you fear chickens you have Alektorophobia. If not keep, reading. Chickens have three eyelids. Brown green, blue, or pink eggs, some say the ear lobe color is the key, matching the color to the egg. Chickens are the oldest living relative of the T-Rex dinosaur. A lifetime of one chicken’s waste will power a light bulb for five hours. Record for yolks in one egg is nine. Humans populate the earth at 7.4 billion but chickens are at 25 billion. more feathers, the better,” Crayton said. “We keep the birds in single cages, Sorry giraffes, chickens have more bones in their necks. so they don’t get pecked at (by the other chickens).” Human heart beats are 60-100 times a minute while chickens beat at 300. Preparations are necessary for fair ribbons and prize money. Don’t turn off the light...chickens can not see in the dark but they do “You have to wash chickens’ feathers and blow dry the feathers, clip their dream and can see full color in the outdoors. toenails and beaks too,” said Crayton. “Jersey and White Rocks are the more Smart, chickens can recognize 100 human or chicken faces and problem popular exhibited breeds.” solve. Their brain is similar to a human. Roosters are interesting creatures. Crayton says they crow three times a There are more than varieties of chickens and colors: those fluffy feathery day, early as 3 a.m. to 4 a.m., 11 p.m. to noon and 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 5-6 legs or the razzle-dazzle feathered head toppings? Big white hens that look p.m. before bedtime. There are special times. like a relative of Foghorn Leghorn and his trademark saying “ah say, boy, ah say,” Pick your favorite! You may not find the answer to the “Why did the chicken cross the road?” but fairgoers are always amazed inside the poultry barn. About the writer – Mark Harrington Just don’t say Colonel Sanders or chicken nuggets around the chickens. It The writer of these stories in 2018 Sandwich Fair Times might ruffle their feathers... began his fair experiences early. Attending his first Sandwich Fair when he was just one month old, Mark Harrington was passed around inside the Log Cabin Methodist Church Stand while his mom worked. His dad was a night watchman. FREE ER He is a fourth-generation original stockholder of the Sandwich Fair. He grew up in Oswego after his family moved from their 1850s farm south of Sandwich. INSORE RISS For 32 years, Harrington was a public school teach- er in Minooka and Lisle, where he taught first, third, Fr Od Cins Currenc and a d and fifth grades while coaching junior and high school sports. Previously he was a sports writer for newspapers in Aurora, DeKalb, Oswego, and Kendall County. Sier ainum and aadium Harrington can be heard on WSPY-FM 107.1, where he does news reports and The Weekend Story, a feature broadcast. He was awarded first places for Best Spot News and Documentary-Series by the Illinois Broadcasters As- E U ND SE sociation June 2018.

D FFCE ...... continued from page 1 FO E COINS S 100 N R 1 ih nrh I cure that day to calm the child was tower was lowered. a small stuffed animal. The child Just tell the kids - look for the big Naerie a he arrenie rder was reunited with her parents at the yellow two-story building, the largest DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office two on the fairgrounds in the middle. Go doors away after a public address to the little red Round Office nearby, aecinscm announcement was made. despite that it is not round. Or go to 30300100 For parents with children, they will the nearest vendor. Or find the police admonish, if separated or lost, meet officers patrolling the streets of the at the Round Office. Parents can use fairgrounds. other sites within the fairgrounds like Then there is the case of the miss- UIC UCION the gazebo, the Home Arts Building, ing parents, actually, the call over the or the train ride. squawky loudspeaker that Mark and If fairgoers lose something, the Kent report to the Round Office, your Sa Oc 01 30 am sar best chance for finding the item is the parents are missing, circa the 1960s. Round Office, even if it’s a pink wa- In addition, if you have a com- 178 Railroad Street, Leland, Illinois termelon jacket for a curly hair two- plaint, the Round Office is the place year-old. to lodge it, although compliments Several huge estates Boes so far: Over 100 dolls When it’s cold, jackets appear. are always readily taken as well. dating back to early 1900s, Old Toys - many mint in When it’s hot, sunglasses and hats For example, there was the time, a appear. complaint was lodged against a ven- bo from 1950s, Old WWII relics, MANY old pocket Over the course of two days last dor selling inappropriate T-shirts. Or watches, old estate ewelry, large amount of antiue year, more than 50 cell phones were the moment, when a couple strolled turned in to Swanson at the Round in and wonder if alcohol was sold on glassware and household items. Items of local interest Office. Purses containing cash and the fairgrounds the polite answer was credit cards are common. But the no. That followed their response of from surrounding towns. ery large amount of old coins more unique was the lost diamond “good, we like that the fair is a family and paper money and old stamps. ring. affair.” Back in the day, the Round Of- Need to know where something is fice was the judge’s tower for horse or where you parked, the Round Of- EATEE racing, usually harness, where they fice is the information booth. You can ILLINOIS LIC. #440000675 could see the dirt track that is today’s save the embarrassment by remem- Terms: All sales nal, 10 buyers premium, No Sales Ta, Not Responsible outer road inside the fairgrounds. bering if you came in the farm ani- When the current track was built, the mal side or the carnival side. for Accidents. Cash, ISA, MC and pre-approved checks accepted.

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10 2018 Sandwich Fair Times Nelson Publishing, Inc. Horse competitions by Mark Harrington and the six-horse hitch is more dif- the big indoor arena shows. Tucked away on the western ficult. “The driver sits 30 feet away Nielsen adds that spectators edge of the fairgrounds, a touch of from his hands to the horse’s bit. have the chance to walk around the Old West comes to the Sand- The horses respond more to his and talk to the horse owners and wich Fair, fast becoming a popular voice and he has to manage the ask questions. People can watch place for entertainment. The only extra (harness) lines.” the contestants braid the manes thing missing are the mountains. The Sandwich Fair differs from and tails. Between strains of country or western music or both, the West- ern Speed Show is held at 9 a.m. Wednesday and the Draft Horse competition starts at 9 a.m. Friday. Four D barrel racing is one contest where three barrels are placed in a cloverleaf. After all times are recorded, the top seven times are broken in a new class and works down with the next sev- en. “It gives kids and beginners a chance,” said co-superintendent For Storm Damage Steve Hilleson. In pony plug, one barrel is set down in the middle of the dirt are- Windows na. “They can turn left or right with- & out knocking the barrel down.” The two-flag competition fea- Skylights tures a unique twist. Horse riders grab a flag that is tucked in a pail MASSAGE AND FACIAL SPA of sand atop a barrel then race to the next barrel to stick it the empty INTRODUCTORY ONE-HOUR pail. Siding When it comes to the draft hors- es Friday, Phillip Nielsen says to get MASSAGE there at 9 a.m. and stay all day be- cause the morning show is differ- or FACIAL ent than the afternoon show. MASSAGE AND FACIAL SPA* “These horses are two-and- $ 95 Gutter, a-half times bigger than regular A horses,” he gushed. “Impressive, $99.95 Soffits & see the best and the top, elite.” VALUE! Fascia The nearby Waterman resident 59 calls the Sandwich Fair show the best, describing the tree-shaded OSWEGO | 630-282-7840 atmosphere, the crowd’s reaction, Steep and the weather of sunny days- 3050 US Route 34 • Target Plaza between cool nights. Famous Footwear and Party City Slope “People have a chance to be *Introductory offers valid for first-time visit only and not valid towards gift cards. Sessions include time for consultation and dressing. Roofing up close and see and smell the Rates and services may vary by location. Independently Owned & Operated. ©2018 Hand & Stone Corp. Franchises Available. sweat of the horses,” he said. “You can hear the traces, the jingles, even feel the ground shake when the horses come on by.” Clydesdale, Percheron, Bel- gians, and Shires are the common breeds at the show. “They are just massive,” Nielsen said. “Two thou- sand pounds compared to a regu- THE DESIGN, Before lar 800 pound horse.” & After He calls the afternoon the fun THE BUILD, part of the show, a “high-energy event.” There are hitch classes, cart THE SERVICE . . . WE DO IT RIGHT! competition, draft ponies, and the unique riding a draft horse, where an egg-spoon contest, a barrel race…typically the horse is more a working than riding horse. In the junior showmanship, age 18 and under kids demonstrate Call for your how to handle the horse, how to run the horse, keep the head up, FEE inspection and keep it moving, then stand- .. ing, along with grooming. Nielsen believes it is important because it grows the future of draft horse shows. “It’s an opportunity not to judge the horse, but to judge the kid.” Ladies will compete in the cart horses. Then come the wagons, costing between $7,000 to $20,000. Think of the Budweiser Beer Super Bowl commercials. Nielsen said the harness is special, a six-horse hitch costing $15,000. In the tandem competition, two horses are extremely difficult to handle because the second horse is 20-feet away from the bit to the driver’s hand, said Nielsen. “In the unicorn contest, there are two horses and one up front,” he ALPHA STORM SOLUTIONS tells. “That was used for extra pow- 800 E. Maret treet nit a er on when snow was on the road omonau 81.9.9 in the days past. The lead horse Toll ree 8.1.800 opened up the road, so the other alphastormsolutionsgmail.com two would have at least one side alphastormsolutions.com to go through.” Four horses are lined up in pairs

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After five days animal side of the fairgrounds?” Somonauk or East Sandwich Road is be in the shade.” and a few hours from closing time, So, why do car parkers do this job? the quickest route into a fun day at Then, sometimes there is the four of them found enough time finally One parker called it “a paid vaca- the Sandwich Fair. tion.” Another added a perk of the Oh, then there was the one week- job, “getting into the fair for free.” day when the rain poured and Still, the best day is the old folks, who poured and poured. By the late af- ...... continued from page 3 treat them nice and “are pretty awe- ternoon, the car area was flooded MORPHEY some,” said a tired worker. with many being rescued and pulled the judges climb ladders to examine them In the old days, cars followed the out by tractors, forcing the fair to shut Eight judges start at 7 p.m. Tuesday, working in teams of two. They work tradition of the horse and buggy down by 4 p.m.. well into the night judging all 158 categories. After that is completed all eight judges come together to award the Best of Show winners. This is done by as- sessing all the first place ribbon winners. This process usually takes the longest. This is where disagreement and compromises between the judges produces the Best of Show. “Each judge looks at something differently,” said Morphey. Powered by: Some of the criteria judges are looking for are clarity, center point and the title entered in the correct category. Wednesday morning, the doors are opened Visit SandwichFairApp.com with all photos being judged and ribbons hung, and Best of Show displayed. When we first started, if we had 1,000 entries that was a big entry year,” for the Official Morphey said. “Now with digital photos and cell phones the numbers have exploded in both Open and Juniors divisions. Every year, the state of Illinois sends a medal for the Superintendents to Sandwich Fair App award to a Junior exhibitor in all the departments. Morphey usually waits un- til the weekend to award the medal. She likes to watch the Juniors as they come in to see if they have placed in anything. ”The Juniors try really hard App available and need encouragement to continue to enter. Sometimes it might be an by searching exceptional picture or it might be a really good picture that did not receive a ribbon but the Junior needs the encouragement.” There is a superintendent “Sandwich choice plaque that is awarded to an Open and a Junior exhibitor. It is usually a picture the she has noticed and really liked. Sometimes it is a ribbon winner Fairgrounds” and sometimes not. Over the years, one photo has stood out in Morphey’s on Google Play or memory, it was on a farm, a grandpa and his grandson are walking down the lane with the young grandson only able to hold on to one or two fingers. It just on the App Store told a cute story. Another unique contest in Photography is the Themed Photo Competition contest. The photographers are given a theme and they have 90 minutes to take two photos on the fairgrounds and submit the photos. The photographers are the ones that judge the photos. Every year the theme is top secret said 01 ih Sch Fa Morphey with a grin. That theme is revealed at the contest’s start and not before. Over the 32 years of being superintendent there is a camaraderie among radcas the 35+ workers which makes the organization task easier. Families and friends have been generational from grandparents to parents to spouses, in-laws, Schedue teen, and children all pitching in to get the job done. Morphey commented her assistant (Jodi Brummel) of 30 years resigned to take a less active roll only ie n S FM and working one day. It has been hard to replace her but several of her family sreamin n SNewscm still work. Some workers enjoy set–up and some enjoy tear down. 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16 2018 Sandwich Fair Times © Nelson Publishing, Inc. Step back, Sandwich Fair Museum offers pieces of bygone fairs by Mark Harrington highlighted, the prized display from fairs ending in the year eight. A looking at the names on the atten- “I remember that!” “I never knew 1867, a framed piece showing the list display of a fair ticket and an 1873 dance registers for a previous fair, that!” “I have that one.” of officers rules, and the type of ex- poster are included. In addition, a looking for family and friends from Those exclamations are heard hibits. Back then the fair was called parade of toothpick tumblers from long ago. They like to see what their every year. the Union Agricultural Institute and 1992 to 2018 and all the postal can- parents and grandparents might If you want to see the history of held the first part of October. cellations of Sandwich Fair pasts have seen. A DVD shows movies of Sandwich Fair souvenirs, then the Sandwich Fair Historian Joan can be viewed. fairs past as well. fair’s own museum is housed in the Hardekopf has one favorite in the You can even stand in front of Back again is a souvenir keep- former green secretary’s office museum, a ruby stained glass hat the old ticket booth and imagine sake for the kids, the Fair Facts book- building. One secret, if it’s hot out- donated by Rick Lindner in honor of selling tickets for a few cents back let where kids pick up the booklet at side, this place is the only air con- his mother Marie. in 1888. Fair trivia buffs like to remi- the gazebo, then journey through- ditioned building for fair spectators. Inside fairgoers can see a time nisce about the grandstand acts, out the fairgrounds to get different A different year is spotlighted line of photos, posters, souvenirs, like Reba McEntire or Blake Shelton pages stamped. At the end, the in the fair history. Fairs ending advertisements, newspaper stories, before they became famous. child turns it into the gazebo for a in the year with an eight will be buildings, and activities from those For some people, they love small prize.

WEAVER ...... continued from page 1 experience. During fair week, races On Kings Day: “Won at Maywood Pickens to a third place finish in 2004 might run three or four afternoons in the fall and later went on to stand Sandwich Fair or daughter Sara driv- soaking up several hours. at stud in Wisconsin for some owners.” ing the horses on the dirt tracks. He knows the reason for Illinois On Frontier Nibs: (whom Buck Sara Weaver tells her Wisconsin county fairs dwindling to one day trained) “He was the world record county fair friends about Sandwich of racing, a lack of mutual meets so holder for a three-year gelding on a Fair all the time. “I will always tell there is a shortage in the agricultural five-eighth mile track at Quad Cities them that you haven’t really experi- premium fund. State budget woes Down.” enced a county fair until you’ve gone and cutbacks have sliced away the On Game Guy: “He wins in Sports- to Sandwich.” Buck’s favorite thing prize money. Horse owners and driv- mans in Chicago, and that was a about the fair is the little train. ers have followed the money trail to prime track.” His father was tagged with the Indiana and eastward beyond. On Bernie Frisco and mare Beaver moniker Buck after the famous White Now Buck Weaver had raced at Jester: “All of the offspring, we hung Sox player of the early 1900s, you Sandwich, the outcome…”didn’t the name Jester, and some colts car- might know him as the third baseman have enough horses.” Then came ried the Frisco name.” (Buck Weaver) in the classic film “The his life’s opportunity. “I owned horses Buck Weaver worked for the Busse Field of Dreams.” This Buck Weaver with Don Busse and they raced down family in Kirkland in northern DeKalb remembers his ancestors from west of there. Something happened to Char- County. Don Busse was 1963 National Batavia, Illinois. ley Haight (auto accident). They were Driving Champion and his son Daryl Not growing up on a farm, the short an announcer, so I got some of in 1975, the only father-son team to neighbor’s barn had harness horses his jobs.” win national driving titles. Was Buck in stalls. A friendship with the Busse Even one of his horses claims a Weaver the man behind the success? family in nearby Kirkland, led to his Sandwich Fair legacy after Buck’s “Partly, I showed up every day,” he life-long friendship with harness rac- for the Sandwich Fair, his voice will be early day fair rituals, stopping the laughs. “Well, we trained, cleaned ing as a trainer, groomer, driver, and silent when the horses round the final diner operated by St. Paul’s Catholic stalls, fed horses.” announcer. Like it was yesterday, curve, kicking up dirt, and heading Church. Announcers can have trouble with Buck tells how to train horses. for home this fair season. Mid-July, he “Someone would order and a names. Weaver knows one immedi- “First, you have to get them broke bid the Sandwich Fair a resignation man working would repeat it, two ately. to drive. Then teach them to turn and goodbye. cheeeseburrrgerrs” Weaver drawls. “Zantasticzensation,” he says. go the right way of the race track Back in the day he may have “So we named a horse Two Cheese- “Hard to say.” against time. Usually they say 60 days called winners and losers, trotters or burgers. And he wasn’t a bad horse.” His daughter laughs, saying he from the haystack to the racetrack for pacers and an occasional galloper His daughter Sara Weaver relat- doesn’t like long names, where own- a veteran horse.” in 150 races a year throughout Illinois ed this story from a county fair near ers take several words and make it His driving style as he says, “take and Wisconsin county fairs. Of the Green Bay, Wisconsin, the announc- into one. what comes” agreeing every race is a Sandwich Fair track, he rates it “as er entertaining how horses get their Now Weaver grinned when asked different decision to get out fast and good as any in Illinois.” names, sharing Two Cheeseburgers. how to pick a winner, “study the pro- lead, hang back, make a charge, go Before the race if possible, he “After the races, a lady came down gram and the past performance of inside or move to the outside. studied the race card program. Only from the grandstand and said I know horses; hopefully they repeat.” Ironically Buck Weaver is in the Wis- armed with a clipboard and the race exactly what food stand you are Here is one recollection from Weaver. consin Harness Racing Hall of Fame, program in one hand, he grabbed talking about; that’s the county fair I “Right across from the Sandwich but not in Illinois which he softly replied the microphone by his free hand. In grew up with,” Sara said. Fair, VF Beck had a farm and he had ‘no’ when inquired. However, he did the tower, the timer provides the min- He chuckles when saying the best real nice horse that race against Rox- receive a Lifetime Achievement Award ute-second splits while Buck Weaver thing about the Sandwich Fair is the burg Bob called Fairside Pal.” from an Illinois group. For the Sandwich relayed them to the crowd, all the little train ride. Daughter Sara says she So began this fun, lively banter with Fair, he says “one of the most success- while focusing his eyes on the driver’s caught up the bug as her dad would this reporter and Buck in July near ful fair men I ever knew was (SFA Board colors and the the color of the horse’s drag her on the fair harness racing cir- Harvard, Illinois Director) Dutch Hough.” saddle pad twice around the half- cuit, her dad proudly bragging, “She Who won the race? Wednesday at the 131st Sandwich mile track. No binoculars on a fancy could (announce) if she wanted.” “I really can’t remember.” It wasn’t Fair, the fair association will honor Buck neck holder for Buck. In his driving days, Weaver smiles your horse right? “It might not have Weaver’s success with a plaque to be Sadly, the look in his eyes tells it all... and chuckles, “more losses than been.” How many first place horse nailed to the wall inside the judge’s harness racing may be a vanishing wins.” races were you in? “Did I win?” Yeah tower prior to the first race at 11 a.m.. sport in the state of Illinois. In 1997, the However, he fondly remembers his cause you’ve been telling me you One more race, twice around the Sandwich Fair race program showed horses’ names backed by a story. didn’t do too well. “Not very many.” half-mile Sandwich Fair oval track, 14 races each day (ten in 2004) span- On Roxburg’s Bob: “There’s Rox- But his daughter has done the re- the hooves quickly pounding the dirt, ning two afternoons, today just a burg’s Bob’s picture right over there,” search and chimes in...15 or 20 (wins) sulky cart wheels spinning with jock- quick four on only one day. he points to a table. Number Two? maybe. eys encouraging behind the tight “They used to race horses three “Yeah,” he beams. “Roxburg’s Bob “Any horse race I ever won, it grasp of leather reins. If you listen heats years and years ago”, he said. was the best three year old in North- wasn’t because I was the best driver carefully, you will hear Buck Weaver At Sandwich, there was a spring meet ern Illinois at that time.” but because I had the best horse,” reeling off the quirky names...Trot- in June to test a new horse or build Buck chuckles, a fondness for chest- ting Sally, Mr. Cool Breeze, Cheer for nut (or red) horses. “One of the great- Freedom, Happy Pappy, Fox Valley Celebrating our est horses ever was almost white, Bandit, Hollys Pretty Legs, Master of Greyhound.” My Heart, Jezzabell Hotspur, Cocktail E One race stood above many Peanuts, and Impress Me More. AAE 57th Year races when a driver suffered a fatal Horse racing aside this September, AAG at the heart attack, falling out of the sulky he is guarantee to watch a Sandwich Sandwich Fair cart onto a Wisconsin track. Other Fair harness race. More importantly races he remembers include the time though, you’ll probably find him hold- the Searle brothers (Steven and Tim) ing a fork in a church food stand, star- raced against each other, or the Ma- ing down at a mouth-watering slice gee father-son (Gary and Mike) com- of delicious homemade pie, after petition, or announcing while his own eating a cheeesssseburrrrger that is. son Wayne Weaver driving Better Now that’s a first place winning day.

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The question stellar set list for Moore’s live shows Moore. will be can he load that area like Old which also feature No. 1 hits like “Point Equally evoca- Dominion did last year, an estimated At You” and “Lettin’ The Night Roll.” tive is “Rebel Kids,” 6-8,000 music goers, considered an The Valory Music Co. recording artist a snapshot of those all-time record. Moore has a follow- has earned multiple ACM, ACA and rowdy teenage ing after appearing at the Sandwich ACC Awards nominations, tallied mil- years that Moore Fair in 2012. lions of track sales as well as placed delivers like a rural He has charted eleven times on seven singles in the Top 10 at Coun- Springsteen, full of the Hot Country Songs, including with try radio. His previous album, “Off the lived-in small-town the #1 singles “Small Town USA”, “If Beaten Path”, scored a No. 1 album pride. “That song Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away”, “ ‘Til My release. A known road warrior, Moore is totally me and Last Day”, “Lettin’ the Night Roll”, “You has shared the stage with Hank Wil- speaks to my fans,” Look Like I Need a Drink”, and the top liams Jr., Brad Paisley, Miranda Lam- he says. “It’s one of 10 hits “Backwoods” and “Point at bert and Brantley Gilbert and is cur- those kinds of relat- You”. rently on his headlining American able songs we’ve It would seem appropriate, a small Made Tour with Lee Brice. had on every album, town fair and a country song “Small The title to country radio hit maker like ‘Small Town USA’ Town USA.” Here are some of the lyr- Justin Moore’s fourth studio album and ‘For Some Ol’ ics: may suggest he doesn’t give a damn, Redneck Reason.’” These are my roots and this is what but when it comes to the music, noth- Likewise, “Kinda I love ing could be further from the truth. Don’t Care’s” title Cause everybody knows me and I On “Kinda Don’t Care”, the Arkansas track, bolstered by know them singer, outdoorsman and family man weeping steel gui- And I believe that’s the way we reaffirms his commitment to recording tar, celebrates the were supposed to live honest, entertaining country songs. merits of just let- Wouldn’t trade one single day in Sure, they may be unapologetic at ting loose: saying to small town U-S-A times, but that’s Moore, an artist who [heck] with watch- Give me a Saturday night my baby refuses to ever project anything he’s ing your weight, by my side not. pouring a cold one A little Hank Jr. and a six pack of “The title refers to how uptight our and even lighting up lights society has become. It’s in a place a smoke — at least salute to politicians, bankers and all- Old dirt road and I’ll be just fine right now where we are consumed for one night. around haters. “It’s the evolution of ‘I Give me a Sunday morning that’s with being politically correct. Some- But Moore doesn’t allow himself to Could Kick Your Ass,’” says Moore, ref- full of grace times you just have to worry about get comfortable or too lost in coun- erencing the fan favorite off his 2009 A simple life and I’ll be okay being correct and telling it like it is,” try’s past. While he honors the genre’s debut. “I loved it because if you just Here in small town U-S-A says Moore. Which is what he’s al- tradition, he isn’t afraid to push the heard the idea, someone may be of- Around here people break their ways done with his impressive string envelope. The funky “Somebody fended by it. But if you take a second backs just to earn a buck of hits, from his five Number Ones, Else Will” cries out to be a radio hit, to listen to the lyrics, who wouldn’t We never get ahead but we have including “Small Town USA” and “If bouncing forward with a moody bass agree with it? I knew I needed Brant- enough Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away,” to the line and Moore’s atmospheric vocals ley for it. We actually recorded that I watch people leave and they gold-certified singles “Bait a Hook” detailing a now-or-never moment in together in the studio and it really come right back and “Backwoods.” a bar. “We discovered a really cool helped raise the energy level.” I never wanted any part of that All of those songs, as well as his R&B feel, especially in the verses,” he The pair are doing just that right I’m proud to say that I love this most recent chart-topper “Point at says. “It’s a song that everyone who now on the road, bringing their Take place You” and his current rising single has heard it just loves.” It Outside Tour to amphitheaters Good ole small town U-S-A “Kinda Don’t Care,” possess an un- “Got It Good,” written by the Ca- around the country. Moore relishes Four albums span from 2009 en- deniable confidence and attitude dillac Three’s Jaren Johnston and Neil being onstage, where, even in the titled Justin Moore, then Outlaws Like that distinguishes Moore from the Mason, along with producer Stover, glare of the spotlight, he’s able to Me and Off the Beaten Path to 2016 crowded Nashville pack. Above all elevates Moore’s game. Mixing sim- connect with fans and show them with Kinda Don’t Care. else, there’s that unmistakable voice, ple acoustic guitar over drum loops, he’s just like them. Steve Leggett of Allmusic raved in which propels “Kinda Don’t Care’s” it’s proof that country boys like Moore “One of the things I hear most of- his review: “He is that good kid from a 12 songs and a 16-track deluxe ver- can be at home in the club. ten after shows is, ‘Man, you’re so nor- small town with a rowdy heart of gold sion of the album. But it’s “Hell on a Highway” that mal.’ I guess people have this idea who just happened to be able to sing “The goal was to create a feel- best marries the singer’s twangy vo- that, if you have any small amount about it.” good record. There is still the same hill- cals with modern-day production. of fame or success, you’re supposed On the jumbotron video screen, billy and Redneck stuff on the album, A classic ‘she’s gone’ song, the mid- to be some kind of freak show or su- fairgoers might experience his “If but we also made the most modern- tempo track is custom-made for perhero. But I’m the same guy I was Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” song sounding record of my career,” says burning up the pavement with the before I signed a record deal. When and video that won the 2011 Inspira- Moore, the 2014 ACM Awards’ New setting sun in the rearview. I look in the mirror,” he says, “I still see tional Country Music Awards Main- Artist of the Year winner. “I wanted to “This record just feels different to me,” Justin.” stream Inspirational Country Song release a record that would fit in per- says Moore. “My favorite artists and al- Justin Moore, a guy who, despite and the Inspirational Video award. fectly on country radio, but one that bums are those that have unique voic- what is emblazoned on his strongest In 2014 he won the the Academy of pushed myself creatively. Besides, in es or sounds, and that’s what “Kinda album yet, really does care. About his Country Music Award for New Artist of the end, if I’m singing, it’s always go- Don’t Care” is like. There are not a lot fans, his family and, especially, coun- the Year. ing to sound country.” of people who sing like I do, and mixed try music. Arkansas native Justin Moore spent Co-produced by Moore’s long- with Jeremy’s production, it’s really spe- “Everyone growing up has dreams,” three years putting together his fourth time collaborator Jeremy Stover, as cial. I’ve been fortunate to have had says Moore. “Mine just happened to studio album, ‘Kinda Don’t Care’. The well as Scott Borchetta and Julian success because of it.” come true.” project is chock-full of new music and Raymond, “Kinda Don’t Care” opens The album reunites Moore with As fair president Larry Dannewitz earned the singer his third consecu- with a bang, a Wild West fantasy titled Brantley Gilbert, one of his closest said in June, “it will be tough to follow tive No. 1 album debut. The platinum- “Robbin’ Trains” that imagines what friends and duet partners. Together, (numbers of concert goers at Old Do- selling entertainer kick started the Moore and his crew might be doing they team up for the irreverent rocker minion, 2017) but we’d be excited to album with his sixth chart-topping had they been born in the 1800s. “It’s “More Middle Fingers,” a one-finger be near it.”

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18 2018 Sandwich Fair Times © Nelson Publishing, Inc. Ag Land Stage Carrollton – Wednesday night Entertainment The free Ag Land stage is a great that old time rock-n-roll.” The band place to take in local music acts says even country if people ask for with benches to rest, tree-shaded country: “People say we look like for cooling, and a large dance we are having a good time and floor. You might find yourself sing- we ry and transfer that back to the ing along and moving and groov- audience.”” ing in your seat. Here are your acts: Saturday 1-4 p.m. THE ROCK BARN Wednesday 7-10 p.m. PHOENIXX BAND From reviews, this band is great The accolades read “bring- for dancing and great for listen- ing down the house,” “promises a ing, making it hard to stay in your great time,” and “packs the peo- seat. Members are from Millbrook, ple in.” Sandwich, Plano, and North Auro- Saturday 7-11 p.m. THE ETHAN BELL by Mark Harrington “Bold sound, tight harmonies, In- ra. Many songs are three-part har- BAND Breaking the mold and for the die-rock vibe.” monies. They play Rock-n-Roll Hall From nearby Yorkville, the band first time, a gospel-recording artist Their music has been compared of Fame artists from Elvis, Chuck has toured the Midwest, even comes to the Sandwich Fair when to The Eagles, Hootie and the Blow- Berry, Chicago, the Doobie Broth- down in Nashville, Tenn. Billed as Carrollton performs on the main fish, and Jeremy Camp. From their er, Bob Seger, The Guess Who, the blurring the line between country, stage Wednesday night from 7 p.m. website, the band writes about their Rolling Stones, the Beatles, to the pop, and hip-hop, the band has to 9 p.m. But don’t let that label own life experiences and others met Eagles and Bruno Mars. opened for Chris Bryant, The Mar- “gospel” deter your attendance. If while touring. This group features in- Thursday 7-10 p.m. ROCKIN’ MOXIE shall Tucker Band, Love and Theft, you like The Eagles, well... tricate instrumental work with soulful Rachel McPheeters belts out and Dylan Scott. From this, two sin- In these times, their big song has sound, energetic melodies, driving songs of Pink, Joan Jett, Patti gles have been produced “Party been “Let Love Win,” is sure to reso- beats, and even tender ballads. LaBelle, Pat Benatar, Gin Blos- Bus” and “Hold Your Own.” They nate with fairgoers: “We wanted to try something dif- soms, No Doubt, Tom Petty, and credit their musical influence to the Oh, it goes places we’re afraid of ferent,” said fairgrounds manager Alanis Morrisette for starters. But likes of The Zac Brown Band and going Bradley Anderson. “A different genre what makes this band unique Florida-Georgia Line. You might be It’s not a fist it’s a hand wide open instead of (former main stage) coun- is McPheeters mom, in her ’70s, singing to Free Bird to Sweet Caro- Reaching out to the down and try shows in the week.” plays keyboard and sings harmo- line. broken Two albums Breathe Deep and ny to songs outside her era. Her Sunday p.m. 1-4 p.m. PATCHOULI Even in this darkness hope will rise Holding on To You Sunlight and husband even learned to play the Returning again, the acoustic again Shadows have been released with bass. The Elburn band covers hit guitar duo. Bruce Hecksel is a mas- Based between Louisville and top 20 charts positions on several songs of the ’90s. McPheeters de- ter guitarist while Julie Patchouli Cincinnati, the band gets its name songs, including Billboard Magazine. scribes her band as having an at- has been compared to Joni Mitch- for the half-way meeting place be- The latest album has been called a titude, a swagger, thus the name ell. City Pages writes…”amazing, I tween those two cities the boys call beautiful mountain top days of sun- Rockin’ Moxie. “Soulful, bluesy, yet compare it to taking a yoga class home for rehearsals, Carrollton, Ken- light mixed with the days of shad- at the same time with female an- in a field of running mustangs.” The tucky. ows. However, a new album release thems,” she says. Victory Music Review wrote “Their Here are what some reviewers in a few weeks may take them to the Friday 7-11 p.m. RAY’S ROCKETS music takes me back to the early say. top again on the charts. The Streator, Illinois based band ’70s at country hippy party on a “Barn-burning, southern gothic Here is a short list of their songs This that defies aging, playing the 50- sunny, blissful days…like a warm, chorus with blue collar lyrics.” is Life, Everything or Nothing, Tell Me, 70 decades even singing a few sunny inviting beach.” Original “Southern rock with a hint of Shelter, Made For This. pop and bubble-gum tunes. Ad- sound, rhythms, harmonies. Folk southern gospel.” Worship leader comprise this vertised as early rock-n-roll through jazz with a little Latin and African “Rustic warmth with arena-filling band with southern harmonies of the 1990s, this group features a horn influences, they use marimba, pan hooks.” pop and rock. Some call them an section. As the song says, “reminis- flute, African drum, piano and 6-12 “Stripped back appeal and hon- American contemporary Christian cence about the days of old with string guitars. est songwriting.” music band. HOME ART BUILDING STAGE ENTERTAINMENT Just behind that showpiece big yellow building in the center of the of harmonica, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, or washboard. A CD is entitled fairgrounds, there is entertainment a plenty at the Home Arts Stage. Just “Speed of Light.” Their description reads a fresh sound, charisma, better a great place to relax, while you enjoy a fair refreshment or treat. than the originals. This band covers the Beatles to the Grateful Dead to ednesda 33 m C D SSR SS Jimi Hendrix. A Rock-Americana quartet, this is a high-energy band with an electic Saturda 433 m CSS repertoire original material. Writes one admirer: “they grab the listener This is a non-stop fun, dancing shoes boogie band, the premier classic with clever hooks.” Playing 200 shows a year, this band has been on WGN rock band from the 1930s to the 1980s yet they been known for their jazzy and Chicago radio. side too. hursda 33 m RR D OS Sunda oon4 m CO CR Recording a 45 single with Hooty Sappenticker and The Boys Cobra An early American form of dance resembling tap dancing featuring on the flip side, this is a rock-n-roll novelty band. Influences are credited precision and enthusiasm with steps such as stomp, kicks, heel drags of to Carole King, Otis Redding, James Taylor, even George Gershwin. “A the basic step of double-step and rock step. But the advance featur- house party feel at every fun show,” writes on reviewer. ing numbers like Kentucky Darg, Pothole, Outhouse, Shave and a Haircut, rida m DS O C High Horse, and Mountain Goat. Two taps are nailed to the shoe bottoms Saturda mRDORS unlike one for tap, dancing to popular or country music. Playing a variety of instruments, this Sandwich area band’s highlights Sunda 4 m O RS D range from blues, folk rock, Americana/country, classic, rock-n-roll, Mo- From Chicago, the best long-forgotten tunes and great love songs. “A town, and covers all with their popular original music. You also hear vibes revival of that long ago feeling,” says one website.

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© Nelson Publishing, Inc. 2018 Sandwich Fair Times 19 Engines, Truck-Tractor Pulls, Demo Derby, Antique Autos by Mark Harrington stopwatches on cars,” Chad Frieders said. “If a driver sandbags or sit in the If the machine has an engine and it makes noise, then these days at the corner biding their time, they have so many seconds to hit someone.” Sandwich Fair are roaring. In the demo derby, station wagons have seemed to be usual winners. For three days, the racetrack heats up with the truck pull (Thursday), the “Station wagons are hard to beat.” Chad Frieders said. “Older cars are be- tractor pull (Saturday), and the demolition derby (Sunday). The roar is deafen- coming hard to come by. That makes the compacts and mini-vans right now ing and heard for miles around. The black smoke shoots plumes high into the popular choices. sky. Cars are checked over prior to the demo start by inspection judges, former ruc and ractor us demo derby drivers, who are not afraid to crawl under a car. Gene Frieders National championships are crowned by the National Tractor Pull Associa- said it is not uncommon to see cutting torches to correct an issue prior to race tion for trucks and tractors at the Sandwich Fair, sometimes up to five titles. time. “Guys will be at the end of our track, adding up points (for the national “If you get hit and the back end drags on the ground,” says Gene Frieders, title),” supervisor Gene Frieders said. “It’s that close. Those places bounce “or sags, you can’t get traction and you’re not going anywhere.” around like ping-pong balls until that last race.” And why the mud on the track? Names emblazoned on tractors like Shafted, Farmer’s Nightmare, Lock-N- “Have to for safety,” Gene Frieders revealed. “Keep the cars away from the Load, Bionic Buzzard, Triple Bypass, Rampage, Mr. Twister, and Totally Geared. crowd. Keep cars from going too fast!” Flashy truck nicknames like Dirt Flirt, Punisher, Hammer Down, Nasty Boys, Pret- For the second year, women are competing in the demo derby. Six class- ty Wicked, and Hair Dryer Gone Blown. es participate for the top five places and a chance to win part of a total of Nowadays “as you pull farther down the track, the weight box on the sled $13,000. The bone stock of 1980s and newer cars are the highest payout at is gear driven. As the wheels turn on the truck or tractor, the sled gears grinds $2,500. With $20 in your hand, you can secure a pit pass. and pushes more weight onto the sled, forcing more resistance,” revealed Frie- At the 1 p.m. show, even kids bang up using electrical power wheel kiddie ders. cars in a mini-demolition derby followed by a race to the finish line. That’s when the engine roars and black smoke blasts. Back again, a $10 raffle ticket may get you a seat in the special derby clash, “If you are throwing dirt, you are losing ground. It piles up in front of the sled. where a donated, ready-to-go van is for the winner to compete. Tickets will be The bad ones with the top trucks dig a one-and-half inch rut. Those tires are available on derby day starting at 8 a.m. by the driver sign-in area. spinning at 50 to 100 miles per hour. If you are not doing it right, those ruts are ntiue Show eight inches deep. Those that throw more dirt, the pull is even harder.” Come Sunday, the free antique auto show (inside the race track on the Fairgoers can watch the action live or on the Jumbotron screen for both grass infield) brings back the days of drive-in restaurants and dirt roads. Fonzie pulls. Unable to attend, then you can go to NPTApull.com and log-on for live and Richie or LaVerne and Shirley may even be spotted. video streaming of its season or just for the Sandwich Fair competition. Somewhere on the 182 fairground acres, you may find farm broadcaster This year at the truck pull, a 3.6 inch turbo pro-stock diesel event is new and extraordinaire Max Armstrong’s red antique FarmAll tractor. Sneaking in auto- expected to draw local contestants. graphs with chalk is permitted under the engine, but don’t tell him. Demoition Der arm achiner Demolition Derbies….the last moving car is the winner that survives bust- Inside the oval miniature steam train track, the days of yesteryear comes ed radiators, popped, shredded tires, busted axles, engine fires or the worst alive. At its early beginnings, Sandwich was home to the gas engine to help - banged up onto the boundary wall teetering with wheels spinning in air. with farm and home chores. For example, clothes washing was made easier. Muffler rumbling, dirt spitting, smacking, and jarring crunches, and jammed You might see a log being sawed or corn being shelled. wheel wells...the Sandwich Fair Demolition Derby. On the one end, antique farm tractors, pickup trucks, industrial-business “I was so sore the next day,” recalled Gary Zimmerman of Earlville, a former trucks, and the popular fire trucks are for viewing. derby driver from years ago. Then there are the new machines. “The best place to hit a car if New car and truck models are at the east end. you want to take someone out, Skid loaders, ATVs, red, green, and yellow farm is take out the front end early,” tractors and equipment dot the landscape. You supervisor Chad Frieder says. “It might even see the latest in semi-trucks. has the crucial components, like But the favorite engine of all, the Augie Otto a radiator hole that leaks cool- steam train crafted in the 1960s and ’70s by the ant and overheats. The back local man. That train takes 94-year old grandmas end of the car can take a pretty around twice. It is a great way to cool off with a good beating. Guys use the breeze on a warm day or see all the stuff inside the back end to hit. train oval. Don’t play “hide-and-chick- Recently, his first train, the Iron Pony was sold in en” either, called playing it safe. Indiana to a rail buff in the Channel Islands by jolly “The guys in the tower keep England.

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20 2018 Sandwich Fair Times © Nelson Publishing, Inc. OR For the Sandwich Fair, it takes an army of peo- Merkel, the fair’s office manager, died leaving a ple, many volunteers, to put on the grand classic big void. The tall lanky guy greeted you at Suy- of fairs in the Midwest. However, sadly every year dam Road office fair counter, not just during fair the fair association bids goodbye to people who week but year round. If you had a question, he oe eer, 48, of have passed away. was the answer man. Sandwich was head of Three people will be missed this year. security for 22 years for ohn o, 83, of Som- the fair. He passed away om ere, 62 of Sand- onauk served for more than at home a month after wich, served the fair in var- 50 years, his last duty work- the fair. ious ways for more than 35 ing as night watchman. His “He was always in- years, managing the of- obituary in June put it sim- volved in some way with fice since 2008. ply, “he loved being night the fair,” Dannewitz re- “He was the man be- watchman at the fair.” membered. hind the scenes,” Sand- Dannewitz recalled that “Joe seemed to be around when we needed wich Fair Board President John Fox had deep roots an extra strong back and a lot of muscle to get Larry Dannetwitz said. “He in Sandwich Fair history. He the job done.” guided many processes had followed his dad Ray He followed his dad Jim “Biff” Webber, who associated with the fair Fox, who was on the first was the caretaker of the grounds, which is now from beginning to end. night watchman crew, and maintained by Joe’s brother. He additionally Tom took care of many behind the scene activi- whom he took over as the lead night watchman. served for many years as the head of the night ties that happen year round to make the fair run Watchmen walk around the fairgrounds all night watchman. smoothly.” to look for any suspicious activity and to alert the Just a few weeks before last year’s fair, Tom proper authorities. Hit and miss . . . antique trucks, tractors, engines by Mark Harrington engine slows up and fires.” Every fair week, the big boy comes on the farm way, kids can turn the Pop, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, With a governor to set and control out, the steam traction engines, the crank on small corn shellers. There will whoosh, Pop. the speed, as the speed decreases, era before the gasoline tractors when be a working blacksmith. On display Hercules, Fairbanks and Morse, John then the machine fires orhits to main- the power came from burning coal will be barbed wire, miniature gas en- Deere, Stover, International Harvester tain its average speed. If the ma- or wood to produce steam. Peter- gines and insulators. (McCormick-Deering) or Sandwich. chine exceeds the speed, it doesn’t son calls them the most unique. Of Of course, you can always stand, Inside the miniature steam engine fire or misses, the name hit-and-miss course, the inside of the track allows smell, watch, and drool, all for free, as tracks, the past comes alive. Walk- engine. When more power is needed one to watch the famed and loved the cooks turn the big grates on the ing or riding the train are the ways to for a chore, Peterson says they really Augie Otto steam miniature train. pork chops. view it all. pop, almost every time. In addition, children can Tractors, hit and miss engines, fire Comparing the gas engines to to- watch and make rope the trucks, industrial size trucks...there’s day’s electric motors riding lawn trac- old-fashioned way with a almost a need for more space. tors is simple. crank, a neat souvenir. Down For those coming from the city and The hit and miss can weigh 235 to suburbia, there is amazement. Roger 3,200 pounds and the speed is usu- Peterson has seen it in his duties in ally kept below 500 rpm. For the day charge of the displays. of doing chores by hand, that speed “I’ve seen people watching corn was amazing. Those machines had being shelled,” he said. “They’ve nev- to have a set controllable speed or er seen an ear of corn. That ear goes be staked down or be bolted into a in and comes out with just the cob heavy base to prevent bouncing, and they are amazed.” shaking, and flying apart. Hit and miss engines were made Electric motors today weigh 50-100 just down the street from the fair- pounds and the rpm is 360. Motors grounds, thanks to a fire that wiped then became smaller for chores at out Jacob Haish’s factory in DeKalb farm and home, thus the hit and miss more than 100 years ago. Haish em- engines faded into oblivion, stored in ployees moved down to Sandwich. the barn back corners collecting dust Specializing in Residential, From that factory came the Excess and rusting in weedy farm areas until Power in 1913, the Light 6, the Big a revival for collectors and in shows. Commercial, Farmland 6, the Cub. One and one half to 10 Oil cups on top were used to lu- horsepower models. The popularity bricate the machines, being placed Choose a proven leader in the area. Results are peaked during 1913-1930. higher than the machine to lubricate Those engines were high tech for the pistons just by dripping. That oil, what matters, and we sell more local properties the day, used in rural and in town set- dust, and chaff from the chore makes year in and year out than anyone else! tings alike. cleaning the machine a priority. Keep On the farm, they would crush a machine full of water, gasoline, and rocks, saw logs, shell or grind corn. In oil, it could run all day. town, they could be used for running Back in the day, Peterson said an washing machines. In either locale, engine might cost $100. Today, the the machines could pump water. Pe- collectors will pay $400-$500 for a terson said a five inch rock could be common engine and Peterson says crushed to three-fourths of an inch. upwards to $20,000–$30,000. “Those “Pretty impressive,” he adds. are a little different in design, more When electricity arrived, the end- elaborate, and rare. They were newer of-an-era came first in towns, al- for the day and very expensive. Not though Peterson points out that south everyone could afford one.” of Sandwich on the farm relied on gas Fire trucks return to the fair. The engines since the electrical current earliest is a 1920s and then the ones didn’t hum until 1930. However, the in the ’60s. People like the old stuff, end helped win World War II when says Peterson. many were scrapped for the iron and But tractors are another favorite steel community drives. for him. When asked for his favorite, People are fascinated by the pop- he admitted it was a difficult task. “I ping noise of the hit and miss engines. like them all. It’s a close tie with John Peterson shared his expertise in an ex- Deere and International (for the big- planation. gest number in the fair display).” “Not every revolution (turn) of the A persons fascination with tractors flywheel, do they fire,” he said. “The may come with a comparison. engine fires inside, there is an explo- “The days gone bye,” said Peter- SNDIC 11 sion in the cylinder. The pop comes son. “A lot of kids nowadays see these out the muffler. About every five to big fancy tractors with cabs and air Two locations 03 E Church ten revolutions it is coasting, then the conditioning.” to serve ORIE 3033333 you better eerans w Uni E

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