August 15, 2025 • 14 mins
On this edition of ACF 411, Russ talks to the 2025 Allen County Fair Royalty about their fair involvement and what they're looking forward to during the 175th Allen County Fair!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back to another edition of ACF four one one,
the official podcast of the Allen County Fair, and we're
kicking off just like less than an hour ago. You
guys cut the ribbon. It's official. The one and seventy
fifth Fair is a go too late now camp back
out right, So joining us in the podcast studio, which
(00:21):
is cool because we're actually in the old milking parlor
just on the north side of the dairy barn. So
I love this. We would have a cow. We have
a cow. Yeah, he watches us in every episode. So
we have the royalty joining us today. We have our Queen,
we have the Princess, and then there's these other two
guys that follow them around. One of them says he's
(00:41):
the king and one says he's the Prince. So this
is like the royal family of the Allen County Fair
for this year, right, So grab the microphone. Let's start
with the Queen. Tell us your name, where you go
to school, and what your projects are.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
I'm Kara Schwartz. I'm a recent graduate of Spencerville Heist School.
I'll be attending the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
for Agribusiness this full this year, I'm taking market lambs
and rabbits.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Okay. And so you're going to Wooster right, the Wooster campus.
You didn't think I knew that, did you? Yeah? Ati,
I know where that is. Yeah, well that's great. That's great.
How did you decide that that's what you want to do?
And it was hard to find young people that want
to stay in agriculture.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yeah, so I'm really lucky.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
I've been blessed with like a really good opportunity. I've
worked at severer Cneimpeede for the past two or three
years now, and that's what kind of really got me
into it. I enjoy working in sales and getting to
communicate with the youth and helping them with their projects.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
So great. Nice looking crown, by the way, that's pretty cool.
So so passive over to the king. This is Sydney, right,
King Sydney Sheldon. I'm sorry, King Sheldon the first right,
So why don't you get a crown?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I think the hat will do, Honestly.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Really, you like your ball caps, Okay.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I'd rather wear the hat keeps it keeps the hair
in there.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Because last year's king was pretty upset about it. So
we ended up running over to Burger King and got
him a crown. I don't know if you remember that.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
I heard a few stories about it.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yeah, yeah, So introduce yourself to our listeners where you
went to school, because I think you're Delphis guy, right, Yeah,
I'm Sheldon Fetter.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
I will be a senior at Delphus Jefferson High School.
And I showed through Delphus livestock for each club, and
I showed through Delphus FFA, and I show a variety
of poultry projects, goats, Alama, and I'm showing a dairy
steer for the first time this year, expanding into another barn.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I guess you could say.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
So finally allow my guys. So here's the question I've
been dying to ask a Lama guy. Why do they
spits all the time? You know, every time I've seen
a lambid tries to like spit at me.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
To be honest, I've never had mind spit at me before.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Oh so maybe they just don't like ugly people. That
could be you, right, that could be okay, we'll get
back to that. We'll get back to the lamaking a
little bit. Why don't you Princess Mackenzie, Right, So, Introduce
yourself to us.
Speaker 5 (03:25):
I'm Mackenzie Owen. I graduated from Shawne and Apollo, the
Apollo's really childhood education program, and I show rabbits and
special interest.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So how many kinds of rabbits? There was a ton
of rabbits down there. I just went down through the barn.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Pardon there's way too many, I think.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Way too many. Yeah, So what interested you in rabbits?
Why rabbits?
Speaker 5 (03:48):
Well, I really liked them when I was younger, and
I've just stuck with it.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
All right, So you've been doing it for a while.
The rabbit thing ish six years. Any of them named bugs? Okay,
because that would be pretty stupid, right The Prince liked it, okay, Prince,
introduce yourself to us.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
So my name is Zane Newland. I was a twenty
twenty four grad of Alanie's High School, and I kind
of think it's a different route from these three. I've
shown animals in the past, but the last two years
I've just done special interest projects.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Great, let's go there. Tell us because a lot of
people watching this podcast or listening to it may not
understand what a special interest project is. That everybody understands livestock.
I think that's pretty self explanatory, explained to his special interest.
Speaker 6 (04:39):
Yeah, so the last two years I've taken multiple special
interest projects. I also took cooking projects when I was younger.
A big part for me for the special interest is
that it just expands your horizon on things because the
fair is not just livestock animals.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
There's multiple of other things.
Speaker 6 (04:55):
But like the special interest projects, you have cooking science
like bottle rocket stuff. You can first aid a laundry project,
which I took, which helps, believe.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
It or not, seriously, yes, yes, cool? Can you do
my shirts?
Speaker 6 (05:09):
I can't do my shirts? Still?
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Okay, I'm getting there. All right, Well, I think that
is so cool. And that's up at the North End.
All those projects are on display up in the North End,
so and that's also where the auction is, right, the
silent auction for four h I think is in that
same building. So we want to encourage people to make
sure you go up and look at those special interest
projects and you know, take a chance on some silent
(05:31):
auction items as well. So let's come let's come back
to the Queen. We did this last year with Royalty
and I found this to be the most for me.
This was the most enjoyable part of this podcast with
the Royalty, and that is share with us. It's only
you know, a few million people, share with us. The
most embarrassing moment you've ever had at an Allen County
(05:53):
Fair either exhibiting or I.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Don't know how many times I've like fell on my face,
like just randomly. I will I'm a klutz and I'll
just I fell so many times and I.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Hate did you ever fall in the ring you were showing?
Or they have not be devastating, that would be pretty embarrassing.
Where's the king mess? Up? Man? What's the most embarrassing
thing ever happened to you out an Allen County Fair?
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Well?
Speaker 4 (06:28):
I think it was last year in the poultry barn,
I kind of left cages cage doors open on about
four of my birds, and three of them were running
around out in the barn just people didn't know until
I got there and I was looking, I'm like, where's
my where's my chickens at? And I guess they were
just running around having fun seeing the Allen County Fair
(06:49):
and up I ended up finding them a few hours.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Later, but so so they all have names you just
call them.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Yeah, some of them got names. I got a few
of them.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Have names really like Crispy and Barbecue. And I have
a Hennifer Lopez really oh yeah, yep.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
We have a Betty Cocker after like the Betty Crocker.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Yeah, I got it.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
And then I have a Louis. He's my goose.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Louis the Goose sounds like he should have a wingman, right,
all right, okay, so the Princess your most embarrassing moment
at an Allen County fair.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
One of my first years, I switched up my dough
in my buck on our Big Rabbit show and put
the wrong one on the table.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
That was pretty embarrassing.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Oops. Yeah, and when did you realize when they pointed
it out? Well, that's that's even more embarrassing, Prince your highness.
Speaker 6 (07:47):
Uh so it was two years ago at our goat
weigh ins.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (07:51):
I kind of ripped my pants and didn't realize until
I got back into the car.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
No, that's good. That's sounds like something I would do. Yeah,
and then you're like, the really fans really?
Speaker 5 (08:03):
Right?
Speaker 1 (08:03):
A lot of wind turns through Yeah, like it, So
tell us what you're most looking forward to princevill start
with you this time that you've got the mic. What
are you most looking forward to this week? Because it's
a busy week for Fair Royalty.
Speaker 6 (08:16):
Yeah, it's a real busy week. But for me, it's
just seeing the kids. I remember when I was that
young and looking up at the Royalty. It's just something
I've always loved being a good role model for the kids.
And hopefully they when they get my age, they want
to do this and kind of do the same thing
that we're doing up here.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Mackenzie, what what are you looking forward to most as
the princess this year?
Speaker 5 (08:36):
I'm really excited to see the costume contest. Not gonna lie.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
So when is the costume contest?
Speaker 3 (08:42):
I don't know.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
There's a bunch of them, but I heard that the
horse is really extensive and like they do a lot
for it.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
So and you guys, you get to go to all
of that stuff and it's pretty mapped out for you
where you have to be and win.
Speaker 5 (08:55):
Gave us the entire list day by day.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
And that would be Kelly that did all that to you. Yeah,
so she's responsible. So if it doesn't work out, you
can blame Kelly, right Your Highness, what are you looking
forward to?
Speaker 4 (09:14):
Well, I mean every livestock kid when they get their
animals and they know what their end goal is for
the fair or a jackpot or a national show. This
is my one week a year. I get to see
people that I don't see every day. I get to
show my livestock, and like Zane mentioned, I get to
see the little kids, help the little kids with their livestock,
and just encourage them and help them to do good.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
With their livestock.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
So a couple of you have talked about younger kids.
What's the youngest age that they can be showing a
project here at the fair?
Speaker 4 (09:45):
I believe the you can start at nine, But if
you're eight and you're in the third grade, I think
you can show two.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
So if you started and you were eight and you're
now a junior in school or so, you've been showing
for quite a while at the FA right, yeah, yeah, great,
Now the Queen, it's really you know, your show. The
rest of those people are just kind of like you're entourage, right,
So what are you looking forward to the most?
Speaker 2 (10:14):
I'm looking forward to seeing all my friends. Like they said,
I don't see a lot of those people all the time.
So getting to see people that I only see this
time of year and getting to show that's like my
like my favorite shows.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
So for any of you, just raise your hand if
you want to answer it. But for people who aren't
in too, they didn't grow up on a farm where
they didn't do a project, or they weren't a member
of a four h and so the whole fair idea
is kind of foreign to them. What does this meant
to you to because you don't get to where you
(10:54):
are by this being your first rodeo, So what attracted
you to to the four h or FFA or junior fair?
And why do you enjoy it?
Speaker 2 (11:07):
So how I first got into it is my family
has raised sheep for I don't even know how long,
a long time, and that's how I kind of got
into it was with breeding sheep and with my dad.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
And then it's kind of like.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
I just started showing market lambs as soon as I
was in four h and.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
That's how I got it.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
I really enjoy showing and it's like my favorite thing.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Really. Now, is it tough when the fair is over
and it's like your project is done?
Speaker 5 (11:40):
Yeah, it is very tough.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
This year I'm it's sad that it's my last year,
and I'm.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Very sad about it.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
But king.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
I kind of started off my first year I did
market chickens, and my dad told me, he always told
me that you're never getting more livestock. You're just doing
market chickens because they're easy. You only have them for
about two three months that fall. I end up getting
some more chickens. My next spring and summer got more
and more, and then I think it was I want
(12:16):
to say four years ago, my neighbor had some goats.
She asked me for on to show, so that started
my next venture. I showed those and my dad told me,
you're not getting goats either. We're not going down that road.
You already have enough birds. And then what do you know,
two weeks after the Allen County Fair, I have two
more board goats at my house.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
So then it's kind of just moved from there. And
I also have to give props to my agg teacher,
mister Scott l.
Speaker 4 (12:41):
Where he really he's pushed me to be really good
with my proficiency awards and my sees and helping me
get a job too. I work at Ace Hardware and Delphus,
and it teaches you a lot to be responsible for
all the livestock and time management and being financially stable too.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
So if you were so for the Prince and Princess,
and will kind of wrap up, then if you were
talking to a young youngster, a young girl, young boy
who's thinking about maybe doing a project next year at
the fair, what advice would you give them?
Speaker 5 (13:14):
Look into the fair book. Kelly has a whole entire
list of all of the projects that are out there,
and it's really helpful. It is a little blurb about
all the special interest in each of the animals, So
it's really helpful to go through and figure out which
ones you.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Want to do.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
And I'm assuming some projects will take a lot more
time than others.
Speaker 6 (13:34):
Most definitely, Yeah, definitely the animals. I mean you have
them from the start of the year till now sometimes
and I can Care's case they raise she she has
them year round, so that never stops for her.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
So now my understanding was I think as the result
of being King of the Fair, you have to sing
tomorrow night with Lauren Dagile. Is that true? Is that.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
I wasn't aware this, but I'll.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
Get up on stage, I'll sing, I'll hold the Michael,
I'll steal the party.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
All right, Well, well we'll make sure she hears about that. DEVI.
Let's finish with the queen closing comments and what are
your wishes to anybody who's coming out to the fair
this week? What do you want them to know?
Speaker 5 (14:16):
Come out and.
Speaker 7 (14:17):
See all the projects go up and see the special
interest projects, go through all the livestock barns, and see
all the exhibitors hard work from this year or so.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Sounds like good advice, So our royalty, we want to
thank you for stopping by the podcast parlor. Enjoy your
very busy week the next nine days of the Allen
County Fair, and we'll be back with another edition right
after this
Welcome back to another edition of ACF four one one,
the official podcast of the Allen County Fair, and we're
kicking off just like less than an hour ago. You
guys cut the ribbon. It's official. The one and seventy
fifth Fair is a go too late now camp back
out right, So joining us in the podcast studio, which
(00:21):
is cool because we're actually in the old milking parlor
just on the north side of the dairy barn. So
I love this. We would have a cow. We have
a cow. Yeah, he watches us in every episode. So
we have the royalty joining us today. We have our Queen,
we have the Princess, and then there's these other two
guys that follow them around. One of them says he's
(00:41):
the king and one says he's the Prince. So this
is like the royal family of the Allen County Fair
for this year, right, So grab the microphone. Let's start
with the Queen. Tell us your name, where you go
to school, and what your projects are.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
I'm Kara Schwartz. I'm a recent graduate of Spencerville Heist School.
I'll be attending the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
for Agribusiness this full this year, I'm taking market lambs
and rabbits.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Okay. And so you're going to Wooster right, the Wooster campus.
You didn't think I knew that, did you? Yeah? Ati,
I know where that is. Yeah, well that's great. That's great.
How did you decide that that's what you want to do?
And it was hard to find young people that want
to stay in agriculture.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yeah, so I'm really lucky.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
I've been blessed with like a really good opportunity. I've
worked at severer Cneimpeede for the past two or three
years now, and that's what kind of really got me
into it. I enjoy working in sales and getting to
communicate with the youth and helping them with their projects.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
So great. Nice looking crown, by the way, that's pretty cool.
So so passive over to the king. This is Sydney, right,
King Sydney Sheldon. I'm sorry, King Sheldon the first right,
So why don't you get a crown?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I think the hat will do, Honestly.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Really, you like your ball caps, Okay.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I'd rather wear the hat keeps it keeps the hair
in there.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Because last year's king was pretty upset about it. So
we ended up running over to Burger King and got
him a crown. I don't know if you remember that.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
I heard a few stories about it.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yeah, yeah, So introduce yourself to our listeners where you
went to school, because I think you're Delphis guy, right, Yeah,
I'm Sheldon Fetter.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
I will be a senior at Delphus Jefferson High School.
And I showed through Delphus livestock for each club, and
I showed through Delphus FFA, and I show a variety
of poultry projects, goats, Alama, and I'm showing a dairy
steer for the first time this year, expanding into another barn.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I guess you could say.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
So finally allow my guys. So here's the question I've
been dying to ask a Lama guy. Why do they
spits all the time? You know, every time I've seen
a lambid tries to like spit at me.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
To be honest, I've never had mind spit at me before.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Oh so maybe they just don't like ugly people. That
could be you, right, that could be okay, we'll get
back to that. We'll get back to the lamaking a
little bit. Why don't you Princess Mackenzie, Right, So, Introduce
yourself to us.
Speaker 5 (03:25):
I'm Mackenzie Owen. I graduated from Shawne and Apollo, the
Apollo's really childhood education program, and I show rabbits and
special interest.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So how many kinds of rabbits? There was a ton
of rabbits down there. I just went down through the barn.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Pardon there's way too many, I think.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Way too many. Yeah, So what interested you in rabbits?
Why rabbits?
Speaker 5 (03:48):
Well, I really liked them when I was younger, and
I've just stuck with it.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
All right, So you've been doing it for a while.
The rabbit thing ish six years. Any of them named bugs? Okay,
because that would be pretty stupid, right The Prince liked it, okay, Prince,
introduce yourself to us.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
So my name is Zane Newland. I was a twenty
twenty four grad of Alanie's High School, and I kind
of think it's a different route from these three. I've
shown animals in the past, but the last two years
I've just done special interest projects.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Great, let's go there. Tell us because a lot of
people watching this podcast or listening to it may not
understand what a special interest project is. That everybody understands livestock.
I think that's pretty self explanatory, explained to his special interest.
Speaker 6 (04:39):
Yeah, so the last two years I've taken multiple special
interest projects. I also took cooking projects when I was younger.
A big part for me for the special interest is
that it just expands your horizon on things because the
fair is not just livestock animals.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
There's multiple of other things.
Speaker 6 (04:55):
But like the special interest projects, you have cooking science
like bottle rocket stuff. You can first aid a laundry project,
which I took, which helps, believe.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
It or not, seriously, yes, yes, cool? Can you do
my shirts?
Speaker 6 (05:09):
I can't do my shirts? Still?
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Okay, I'm getting there. All right, Well, I think that
is so cool. And that's up at the North End.
All those projects are on display up in the North End,
so and that's also where the auction is, right, the
silent auction for four h I think is in that
same building. So we want to encourage people to make
sure you go up and look at those special interest
projects and you know, take a chance on some silent
(05:31):
auction items as well. So let's come let's come back
to the Queen. We did this last year with Royalty
and I found this to be the most for me.
This was the most enjoyable part of this podcast with
the Royalty, and that is share with us. It's only
you know, a few million people, share with us. The
most embarrassing moment you've ever had at an Allen County
(05:53):
Fair either exhibiting or I.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Don't know how many times I've like fell on my face,
like just randomly. I will I'm a klutz and I'll
just I fell so many times and I.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Hate did you ever fall in the ring you were showing?
Or they have not be devastating, that would be pretty embarrassing.
Where's the king mess? Up? Man? What's the most embarrassing
thing ever happened to you out an Allen County Fair?
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Well?
Speaker 4 (06:28):
I think it was last year in the poultry barn,
I kind of left cages cage doors open on about
four of my birds, and three of them were running
around out in the barn just people didn't know until
I got there and I was looking, I'm like, where's
my where's my chickens at? And I guess they were
just running around having fun seeing the Allen County Fair
(06:49):
and up I ended up finding them a few hours.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Later, but so so they all have names you just
call them.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Yeah, some of them got names. I got a few
of them.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Have names really like Crispy and Barbecue. And I have
a Hennifer Lopez really oh yeah, yep.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
We have a Betty Cocker after like the Betty Crocker.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Yeah, I got it.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
And then I have a Louis. He's my goose.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Louis the Goose sounds like he should have a wingman, right,
all right, okay, so the Princess your most embarrassing moment
at an Allen County fair.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
One of my first years, I switched up my dough
in my buck on our Big Rabbit show and put
the wrong one on the table.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
That was pretty embarrassing.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Oops. Yeah, and when did you realize when they pointed
it out? Well, that's that's even more embarrassing, Prince your highness.
Speaker 6 (07:47):
Uh so it was two years ago at our goat
weigh ins.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (07:51):
I kind of ripped my pants and didn't realize until
I got back into the car.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
No, that's good. That's sounds like something I would do. Yeah,
and then you're like, the really fans really?
Speaker 5 (08:03):
Right?
Speaker 1 (08:03):
A lot of wind turns through Yeah, like it, So
tell us what you're most looking forward to princevill start
with you this time that you've got the mic. What
are you most looking forward to this week? Because it's
a busy week for Fair Royalty.
Speaker 6 (08:16):
Yeah, it's a real busy week. But for me, it's
just seeing the kids. I remember when I was that
young and looking up at the Royalty. It's just something
I've always loved being a good role model for the kids.
And hopefully they when they get my age, they want
to do this and kind of do the same thing
that we're doing up here.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Mackenzie, what what are you looking forward to most as
the princess this year?
Speaker 5 (08:36):
I'm really excited to see the costume contest. Not gonna lie.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
So when is the costume contest?
Speaker 3 (08:42):
I don't know.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
There's a bunch of them, but I heard that the
horse is really extensive and like they do a lot
for it.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
So and you guys, you get to go to all
of that stuff and it's pretty mapped out for you
where you have to be and win.
Speaker 5 (08:55):
Gave us the entire list day by day.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
And that would be Kelly that did all that to you. Yeah,
so she's responsible. So if it doesn't work out, you
can blame Kelly, right Your Highness, what are you looking
forward to?
Speaker 4 (09:14):
Well, I mean every livestock kid when they get their
animals and they know what their end goal is for
the fair or a jackpot or a national show. This
is my one week a year. I get to see
people that I don't see every day. I get to
show my livestock, and like Zane mentioned, I get to
see the little kids, help the little kids with their livestock,
and just encourage them and help them to do good.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
With their livestock.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
So a couple of you have talked about younger kids.
What's the youngest age that they can be showing a
project here at the fair?
Speaker 4 (09:45):
I believe the you can start at nine, But if
you're eight and you're in the third grade, I think
you can show two.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
So if you started and you were eight and you're
now a junior in school or so, you've been showing
for quite a while at the FA right, yeah, yeah, great,
Now the Queen, it's really you know, your show. The
rest of those people are just kind of like you're entourage, right,
So what are you looking forward to the most?
Speaker 2 (10:14):
I'm looking forward to seeing all my friends. Like they said,
I don't see a lot of those people all the time.
So getting to see people that I only see this
time of year and getting to show that's like my
like my favorite shows.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
So for any of you, just raise your hand if
you want to answer it. But for people who aren't
in too, they didn't grow up on a farm where
they didn't do a project, or they weren't a member
of a four h and so the whole fair idea
is kind of foreign to them. What does this meant
to you to because you don't get to where you
(10:54):
are by this being your first rodeo, So what attracted
you to to the four h or FFA or junior fair?
And why do you enjoy it?
Speaker 2 (11:07):
So how I first got into it is my family
has raised sheep for I don't even know how long,
a long time, and that's how I kind of got
into it was with breeding sheep and with my dad.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
And then it's kind of like.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
I just started showing market lambs as soon as I
was in four h and.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
That's how I got it.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
I really enjoy showing and it's like my favorite thing.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Really. Now, is it tough when the fair is over
and it's like your project is done?
Speaker 5 (11:40):
Yeah, it is very tough.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
This year I'm it's sad that it's my last year,
and I'm.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Very sad about it.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
But king.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
I kind of started off my first year I did
market chickens, and my dad told me, he always told
me that you're never getting more livestock. You're just doing
market chickens because they're easy. You only have them for
about two three months that fall. I end up getting
some more chickens. My next spring and summer got more
and more, and then I think it was I want
(12:16):
to say four years ago, my neighbor had some goats.
She asked me for on to show, so that started
my next venture. I showed those and my dad told me,
you're not getting goats either. We're not going down that road.
You already have enough birds. And then what do you know,
two weeks after the Allen County Fair, I have two
more board goats at my house.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
So then it's kind of just moved from there. And
I also have to give props to my agg teacher,
mister Scott l.
Speaker 4 (12:41):
Where he really he's pushed me to be really good
with my proficiency awards and my sees and helping me
get a job too. I work at Ace Hardware and Delphus,
and it teaches you a lot to be responsible for
all the livestock and time management and being financially stable too.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
So if you were so for the Prince and Princess,
and will kind of wrap up, then if you were
talking to a young youngster, a young girl, young boy
who's thinking about maybe doing a project next year at
the fair, what advice would you give them?
Speaker 5 (13:14):
Look into the fair book. Kelly has a whole entire
list of all of the projects that are out there,
and it's really helpful. It is a little blurb about
all the special interest in each of the animals, So
it's really helpful to go through and figure out which
ones you.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Want to do.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
And I'm assuming some projects will take a lot more
time than others.
Speaker 6 (13:34):
Most definitely, Yeah, definitely the animals. I mean you have
them from the start of the year till now sometimes
and I can Care's case they raise she she has
them year round, so that never stops for her.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
So now my understanding was I think as the result
of being King of the Fair, you have to sing
tomorrow night with Lauren Dagile. Is that true? Is that.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
I wasn't aware this, but I'll.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
Get up on stage, I'll sing, I'll hold the Michael,
I'll steal the party.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
All right, Well, well we'll make sure she hears about that. DEVI.
Let's finish with the queen closing comments and what are
your wishes to anybody who's coming out to the fair
this week? What do you want them to know?
Speaker 5 (14:16):
Come out and.
Speaker 7 (14:17):
See all the projects go up and see the special
interest projects, go through all the livestock barns, and see
all the exhibitors hard work from this year or so.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Sounds like good advice, So our royalty, we want to
thank you for stopping by the podcast parlor. Enjoy your
very busy week the next nine days of the Allen
County Fair, and we'll be back with another edition right
after this
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