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Midway to be filledafter sitting emptyfor last year’s fair

by JUSTIN R. LESSMANPublisher

After striking out on a carnival last year, the Jack-son County Fair Associa-tion guarantees the sights, sounds and smells of a true county fair carnival will be part of the 2014 great county get-together.

Cody Amusements will set up rides, games and food trucks on the fair’s midway and be ready to roll the afternoons and eve-nings of Wednesday, Thurs-day, Friday and Saturday.

County fair tohave carnival

Photo by Justin LessmanEtta Banashak rides the swings at the Town and Country Days carnival in Jackson last month. An expanded version of the same carnival will fill the Jackson County Fair midway next week.See CARNIVAL on C5


The county fair is a time for local 4-H members to shine.

And, according to Blake Potthoff, the interim coor-dinator of Jackson Coun-t y ’ s 4 - H program, that’s ex-actly what they’re go-ing to do at this year’s great coun-ty get-to-gether July 21-26.

“The county fair is a big

Fair is time for4-Hers to shine

See 4-HERS on C2

Blake Potthoff

Jackson County 4-h’s two premium auctions annually raise tens of thou-sands of dollars for tomor-row’s leaders.

organizers of each ex-pect more of the same this year.

Long a staple of the Jackson County Fair, the 4-h livestock premium auction will take place this year on saturday, July 26. While live bidding starts at 8:30 a.m. in the olson Pavilion, prospective bid-ders are encouraged to

Premium auctionsbring in big bucks

See AUCTIONS on C2

submitted Photos After a wildly successful reception at last year’s Jackson County Fair, the eight-member band Lost Highway returns to the 2014 fair for an encore performance as Friday evening’s headliners. The country, rock, blues and folk group will crank it up starting at 10 p.m.

Country-rock septet Maiden Dixie returns to the Jackson County Fair for an encore performance in 2014. The band takes the grandstand stage at 7 p.m. on Friday.

Fair officials readyto show off stellargrandstand lineup


Magic, music, motocross and motorcars highlight the lineup of grandstand events in store for the 2014 Jackson County Fair.

The big shows kick off Wednesday with the local debut of magician and co-

median Lee Cole. Jackson County Fair Association President Mike Stade said the Des Moines, Iowa, en-tertainer has prepared an upbeat, family-friendly show especially for his Jackson County audience.

“I’ve seen Lee before and he is just great,” Stade said. “That he’s coming to Jackson County is really cool; that’s he as excited as he is to be here is just icing on the cake. He tells me the show he has prepared for Wednesday will be enjoyed

GRANDSTANDING

See GRANDSTAND on C3

FiLe PhotoQuinton (left) and Cameron Brunk sink their teeth into ears of juicy sweet corn during last year’s free sweet corn feed at the Jackson County Fair. The free corn feed is back for this year’s fair, starting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

FiLe PhotoChildren crowd around Farmer Bob as he works his balloon-bending magic during last year’s Jackson County Fair. Farmer Bob will be back on the fairgrounds this year from Wednesday through Saturday.


Plenty of fun can be had at the 2014 Jackson County Fair for absolutely free.

From on-grounds attrac-tions to free stage perform-ers, this year’s lineup of

no-money-down entertain-ment is second to none.

Starting at 2 p.m. and running to midnight on Monday, a boxing machine will be set up in the fair’s beer garden. The county’s inaugural “Strongest Man/Strongest Woman” contest

begins at 7 that evening.On Tuesday, the boxing

machine is back in the beer garden from noon to midnight, just as it will be through Saturday. Starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, barrel racing action hits the horse

Plenty of free fun at this year’s fair

See FREE FUN on C8

From cheese curds to omelets, plentyto fill any stomach


The food fare at this year’s county fair promises to be much more than just — well — fair.

With food options rang-ing from cheese curds to chicken, sweet corn to steak, malts to milkshakes, pizza to pork chops, gyros to watermelon to omelets and everything in between, every appetite is sure to be satisfied after a visit to the great Jackson County get-together next week.

“We have a good variety of food vendors lined up for this year’s fair,” said Terri Bargfrede, secretary of the Jackson County Fair Association.

Cheese curds, gyros, malts, milkshakes and more will be available ev-ery day of the fair, Barg-frede said, with special dishes being served on various days and at vari-

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sandwiches will be avail-able starting at noon on Monday and throughout the evening hours, and a chicken dinner is planned at noon on Tuesday at the 4-H food stand.

A free sweet corn feed sponsored by the Corn Cob Open is planned

Wednesday evening starting at 6 p.m. and Livewire Printing Co., Jackson County Pilot and Lakefield Standard staff-ers start slicing up free ice-cold watermelon at 4 p.m. on Thursday. A pork chop dinner will be available at the 4-H food stand that evening from

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4-HERS: County fair is kids’ time to shineContinued from C1

AUCTIONS: Big bucksContinued from C1

FiLe PhotoBryn Anderson coaxes her pig into the sale ring at last year’s 4-H livestock premium auction. This year’s auction begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the Olson Pavilion.

community event to which everybody can come to-gether to see all our kids are doing and show support for them,” Potthoff said. “I really hope people from the community turn out to see what we do as 4-Hers. It’s really remarkable.”

Each day of the fair is jam-packed with 4-H ac-tivities, contests and ex-hibits, each designed to help develop today’s kids into tomorrow’s leaders, Potthoff said.

Entry day for general 4-H projects jumps the of-ficial start of the fair by a few days, beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday. At the same time Monday, 4-H rabbits, poultry and dairy are to be entered and weighed, fol-lowed by sheep and goats from 1 to 3. Swine take their turn from 3 to 7 p.m. and 4-H beef are entered and weighed from 8 to 9:30.

At 7 p.m. on Monday, general project winners will be recognized in a winners circle ceremony at the Olson Pavilion, in con-junction with the awards ceremonies honoring the Jackson County Farm Fam-ily of the Year and local Century Farms.

“The winners circle is a nice time to recognize those members who have really worked hard on their non-livestock projects over the course of the past year,” Potthoff said.

The lineup of 4-H live-stock shows fires up at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, with poultry in the Olson Pavilion. Rab-bits hit the ring at 1 p.m. Dairy goats show at 5:30 p.m., followed by dairy cattle at 6:30.

The annual 4-H Lamb Lead begins at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Olson Pavilion, followed by the

4-H sheep show at 8:30. Meat goats hit the ring at 2 p.m.

The 4-H swine show be-gins bright and early on Thursday, following the FFA swine show, which be-gins at 7 a.m. Meanwhile, across the fairgrounds at the horse arena, the 4-H horse show is set to begin at 9 a.m. Cat and pet judg-ing takes place at noon at the beef barn office.

The fair’s grand cham-pion market steer will be selected Friday during the 4-H beef show, which be-gins at 8 a.m. at the Olson Pavilion. Later that day, at 3 p.m., all state fair-bound 4-H members are to meet at the pavilion for a state fair meeting.

Following the meeting, the 4-H farmers market is set to open for business, running from 5 to 7 p.m. at the fair’s family dining court. Potthoff said the farmers market gives 4-H members the opportunity to prepare and sell their goods, with all proceeds going directly to the 4-H seller. Items up for sale may include fresh produce, canned and baked goods and quality homemade crafts.

“Not every tomato in the garden or cookie on the sheet ends up as an ex-hibit,” Potthoff said. “The farmers market is a way for 4-Hers to share their extra with the community.”

Other points of commu-nity interaction take place on Saturday, with the 4-H livestock premium auc-tion at the Olson Pavilion starting at 8:30 a.m. and the commencement of the 4-H general project silent auction at 6 p.m. in the gen-eral exhibit building. Silent auction bidding will begin

at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.“Jackson County 4-H

has long enjoyed great community support for the livestock premium auction and the recently introduced general proj-ect silent auction,” Pot-thoff said. “It’s just an-other opportunity for the 4-Hers to show off a little more to the community what they can do, what

they can bring and what they can offer.”

The county’s finest livestock exhibitors will square off at noon in the Olson Pavilion for the prestigious title of “Pre-mier Showman” and the 4-H Cloverbud horse show, which begins at 2 p.m. at the horse arena, is the final 4-H activity of the 2014 fair.

attend a pre-auction meet-ing beginning at 8, at which attendees will be given a buyer’s number and an auc-tion program and have the opportunity to ask any ques-tions.

there will be two rings again this year, one dedicated to swine and the other to the other species. species order for the 2014 auction is as follows: sheep, market goat, beef, dairy, dairy goat, rabbit, poultry and horse. animals enter the ring in random or-der by club.

the money put into the auction benefits 4-h mem-bers and the Jackson County 4-h program. eighty percent of contributions go directly to the exhibitor, with the other 20 percent used for the 4-h program. in past years, these contributions have been used to cover costs of building improvements, educational materials, livestock quality assurance and ethics training expenses and other 4-h ac-tivities. Last year, funds were used to provide various up-dates for the olson Pavilion, including fans. the funds were also used to purchase new ear tag applicators, poul-try bands and items for barn improvement.

accordingly, 20 percent of any contribution is tax de-ductible.

Last year’s livestock pre-mium auction brought in $66,000.

the livestock premium auc-tion takes place in conjunc-tion with the KWoa/Jbs, usa fundraising auction, an an-nual event designed to gar-ner financial support for all Jackson County 4-h members who will participate at the minnesota state Fair and the minnesota state Fair horse show. the money helps pay for travel and participation expenses.

Last year, the Jackson County 4-h program intro-duced the inaugural general project exhibit silent auction, an opportunity for non-live-stock exhibitors to earn a premium for their general exhibit. each member who has completed third grade is eligible to select one exhibit item to be used for the silent auction. Photos of the mem-ber and the exhibit will be on display in the silent auction area of the general exhibit building and open for bid-ding from 8 a.m. on tuesday, July 22, to 6 p.m. on saturday, July 26.

Last year’s general project exhibit silent auction netted members $3,100.

all auction buyers and their families are welcome to at-tend the buyer’s meal after the completion of the auc-tions. the meal will be served on the north end of the fair campgrounds.

FiLe Photo Ryan Hinkeldey’s turkey was one of 153 livestock projects auctioned off dur-ing last year’s fair for a total of more than $66,000.


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by people of all ages, even the littlest kids, so we’re excited about that.”

Cole’s “MagiComedy” show begins at 7:30 p.m.

On Thursday, grand-stand-goers will get a twofer, as a sole admission ticket offers access to two great shows — the Brigade FMX Motocross Jumping Show and the ever-popular demolition derby.

Founded in Minnesota, Brigade FMX is a rider-formed company of thrill seekers who have the shared objective of bring-ing the exciting spectacle of freestyle motocross to audiences across the coun-try.

Terri Bargfrede, fair association secretary, said the troupe entertains crowds in the Phoenix and Las Vegas areas during the winter, but prefers to come back home in the summer and offer its exciting brand of riding for local audi-ences.

“They’ve put on 60 shows already this year,” Barg-frede said. “The show at the fair will consist of four

riders taking off and land-ing on ramps — all sorts of tricks, hundreds of them all packed into a one-hour show. It looks to be pretty exciting.”

Then, right after the high-flying antics are over, the smash-‘em-up-crash-‘em-up action of the demo-lition derby is set to unfold.

“It sounds as if we’ll have a nice turnout of cars for the derby,” Stade said. “That’s really two shows that evening for just one price of admis-sion. That’s hard to beat.” Also hard to beat is the return of the 2013 fair’s musical headliners Maiden Dixie and Lost Highway on Friday.

“Friday’s a big night,” Stade said. “It’s basically five hours of live music for one ticket.”

Billed as passionate and energetic, Maiden Dixie opens the night of music at 7 p.m. The band stormed on the scene in the fall of 2011 and has been on the fast track to fame ever since. From writing to record-ing to performing live, the

seven members of Maiden Dixie — two Iraq veterans, six music/composition ma-jors and one Division I col-lege basketball player — do everything in their power to make sure they connect with the audience.

Headlining band Lost Highway takes the stage at 10 p.m. Since the group formed in 2009, it has prov-en to be one of the Up-per Midwest’s top coun-try bands. From opening shows for national acts such as Hank Williams Jr., Clay Walker and Josh Thompson to playing out-door festivals and capac-ity crowds in the area’s hottest venues, Lost High-way makes sure its com-mitment to country music and electrifying crowds is evident every time its hits the stage.

“They both gave great shows last year,” Bargfrede said, “and we’re sure that will be the case again this year.”

The fair’s 2014 grand-stand event lineup goes out with a bang Saturday, as 8 p.m. sprint car races at

the track are followed by a grand fireworks display.

GRANDSTAND: Fair boasts stellar lineupContinued from C1

Photo by Justin Lessman

COUNTYWIDE INVITATIONJackson County Fair Association director Jeff Fiala (left) and board president Mike Stade invite those gathered for Jackson’s Town and Country Days parade last month to the great Jackson County get-together, which is set to begin next week at the fairgrounds in Jackson. Other fair association officers include Doug Johnson, vice president; Terri Bargfrede, secretary; and Sandy Phillips, treasurer. Other fair association directors are Curt Chergosky, John Chonko, Jason Diemer, Dennis Froderman, Jeff Heser, Rhonda Nelson, Jim Nesseth, Wayne Walter and Ed Yonker. Bill Tusa is the Jackson County Commission’s fair association liaision, and Sydney Eddy is student director.


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THURSDAY, JULY 24Pork Chop Supper $9

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FRIDAY, JULY 25Ribeye Steak Supper $10

Includes a ribeye steak, baked potato,green beans, roll, and milk or coffee

• Serving from 5–7 p.m. at the 4-H food stand• Net proceeds to go to the Jackson County 4-H Andrea Ruesch Endowment Fund and are grilled by Jackson/Cottonwood Beef Producers

SATURDAY, JULY 26Made-to-order Omelets $5• Serving from 7 a.m.–noon at the 4-H food stand• Sponsored by the Jackson Knights of Columbus

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Jackson County Fair of-ficials are excited Feder-ated Rural Electric’s an-nual meeting will take place during fair week literally next door to the fair-grounds.

The Jack-son-based electrical coopera-tive’s 79th annual member-ship meet-ing begins at 6 p.m. Wednes-day at the Jackson National Guard Armory adjacent to the Jackson County Fair-grounds. Normally sched-

Fair, Federated team up to draw peopleuled in November, Feder-ated officials decided to host the annual meeting in conjunction with the great Jackson County get-togeth-er this year in an attempt to draw more members.

“Our attendance has dropped in half since 2000,” said Andrea Christoffer, marketing and communica-tions manager with Feder-ated. “We wanted to make a move to go to the people.”

Federated’s general manager, Rick Burud, con-curred, saying, “We’ll try something new in order to reach more members and families.”

Free parking is available all day Wednesday on the fairgrounds for Federated members and Christoffer

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and Burud encourage mem-bers to enjoy the fair before and after the meeting.

Fair officials say they have crafted a day of fun around the annual meeting they’re sure will appeal to Federated members.

“We wanted to try to cater to those people who will go to both the fair and the an-nual meeting,” said Terri Bargfrede, Jackson County Fair Association secretary.

“We’ll have the DL Cajun Band playing in the fair village free of charge from 3 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, and then have the family-friendly magician and co-median Lee Cole in the grandstand at 7:30,” said Mike Stade, fair association president. “We’re hoping Federated members will catch some free music be-fore their meeting and some great family entertainment afterward.”

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Monday, July 2110:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Open Class Entry 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Enter and Weigh

4-H Rabbits, Poultry, and Dairy.1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Enter and Weigh

4-H Sheep, Dairy Goats and Meat Goats1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: 4-H Livestock

Interviews2:00 p.m. – Midnight: Boxing Machine and

Beer Garden by Bridget’s Bucksnort’s Brew Ha Ha & Grill

3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Enter and Weigh 4-H Swine

7:00 p.m.: 4-H Winners Circle, Farm Family of the Year, Century Farm Presentation Olson Pavilion

8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.: Enter and Weigh 4-H Beef

7:00 p.m.: Strongest Man/Strongest Woman Contest, Beer Garden

10:00 p.m.: All Livestock in Place

~ Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches Available at Noon and Evening ~

Tuesday, July 22 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Judging Open Class

(building will be closed during judging)8:30 a.m.: 4-H Poultry Show, Olson

Pavilion1:00 p.m.: 4-H Rabbit Show, Olson PavilionNoon–Midnight: Boxing Machine and Beer

Garden by Bridget’s Bucksnort’s Brew Ha Ha & Grill

5:30 p.m.: 4-H Dairy Goat Show, Olson Pavilion

5:30 p.m.: Kids’ Pedal Tractor Pull - Fair Village

6:00 p.m.: Creative Spirits – Paint, Sip, Create, Beer Garden

6:30 p.m.: 4-H Dairy Show, Olson Pavilion7:00 p.m.: United Barrel Racing

Association, Barrel Racing, Horse Arena9:00 p.m.: Adult Bingo, Beer Garden,

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Wednesday, July 23KIDS’ DAY AT THE FAIR

7:30 a.m.: 4-H Lamb Lead, Olson Pavilion8:30 a.m.: 4-H Sheep, Olson Pavilion8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.: Prairie Ecology Bus

Center, sponsored by Jackson SWCD9:00 a.m.–Noon: Kids’ Day at the Fair Day

CampNoon–9:00 p.m.: Commercial Displays

Open 1:00 p.m.: FFA Sheep and Cattle Show,

Olson Pavilion2:00 p.m.: 4-H Meat Goat Show, Olson

Pavilion2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.: Mini Arcade for Kids

– place to be determinedNoon–Midnight: Boxing Machine and Beer


3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: The DL Cajun Band, Fair Village

6:00 p.m.–Until Gone: FREE Sweet Corn Feed sponsored by the Corn Cob Open

6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.: Guess My Brew – Home Brewing Stands in the Beer Garden

7:30 p.m.: Lee Cole – MagiComedy, Grandstand

8:30 p.m.: Tripwire, Beer Garden Free Stage

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Thursday, July 247:00 a.m.: FFA Swine Show followed by

4-H Swine Show, Olson Pavilion9:00 a.m.: 4-H Horse Show,

Horse ArenaNoon–9:00 p.m.: Commercial

Displays Open Noon: 4-H Cat and Pet Show

Judging, Beef Barn Offi ce Noon–Midnight: Boxing Machine

and Beer Garden by Bridget’s Bucksnort’s Brew Ha Ha & Grill

4:00 p.m.–until gone: FREE Watermelon Feed sponsored by Pilot/Standard

5:00 p.m.: Pet Parade, Olson Pavilion 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.: Pork Chop Dinner, 4-H Food Stand5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.: Jackson Chamber of Commerce Business After

5, Beer Garden5:30 p.m.: SPAM Contest, Open Class

Building – time tentative6:00 p.m.: Community Dog Show, Olson

Pavilion – tentative6:00 p.m.: Mechanical Bull Riding

Contest and Cow Milking Contest –Beer Garden

7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.: Optional Release of 4-H Swine – tentative

7:00 p.m.: Brigade FMX Motor Cross Jumping Show, Grandstand

8:00 p.m.: Demo Derby, Grandstand9:00 p.m.: Undercover, Beer Garden

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Friday, July 25SENIOR CITIZENS DAY

6:30 a.m.: Enter and Weigh Prospect Calves

8:00 a.m.: 4-H Beef Show, Olson Pavilion 9:00 a.m.: Senior Citizens Day - free

entertainment during the day10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.: Commercial

Displays Open 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.: Free Rolls –

Jackson County Senior Citizens CenterNoon–Midnight: Boxing Machine and

Beer Garden by Bridget’s Bucksnort’s Brew Ha Ha & Grill

2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.: Carriage/Buggy Rides for Senior Citizens, sponsored by Jackson Livestock Exchange and Bucksnort’s

2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.: Ferris Wheel rides for Senior Citizens, sponsored by Cody Amusements

3:00 p.m.: 4-H Livestock and General Exhibit Encampment, State Fair Meeting, Olson Pavilion

4:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.: 4-H Farmers Market - tentative

5:00 p.m. –7:00 p.m.: Ribeye Steak Dinner Served at the 4-H Food Stand by Jackson & Cottonwood Beef Producers

7:00 p.m.: Grandstand – Maiden Dixie10:00 p.m.: Grandstand – Lost Highway

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Maiden Dixie

10 p.m.: Lost

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Cody Amusements

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Lee Cole

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Wednesday

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6 p.m.360 Sprints, Sport Mods, Stock

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Saturday, July 267:00 a.m.–Noon: Omelet Fundraiser, 4-H

Foodstand 8:30 a.m.: 4-H Livestock Premium Auction

& KWOA/JBS Auction, Olson Pavilion10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Perry Allen – Bill

Edlin Tractor Display Show10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.: Commercial

Displays OpenNoon: 4-H Premier Showmanship Contest,

Olson PavilionNoon–Midnight: Boxing Machine and Beer


12:30 p.m.: Go-Kart Races, Hot Laps/Registration, Racing to Follow

1:30 p.m.: Perry Allen Memorial Tractor Parade

2:00 p.m.: 4-H Cloverbud Horse Show, Horse Arena

2:30 p.m.: Jackson Speedway Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Anderson Building

3:00 p.m.: Talent Show, Olson Pavilion, sponsored by Jackson County Fair Association

5:30 p.m.: Jackson County Open Class Sheep Show, Olson Pavilion

6:00 p.m.: RACES, Grandstand – 360 Sprints, Sport Mods, Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks, Micro Sprints, Sport Compacts

Sunday, July 279:00 a.m.: Saddle Club Horse Show, Horse

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The Jackson County Fair has seen a mixed his-tory of poor weather and near financial ruination over the years. The fact the local residents can still boast one of the old-est fairs in Minnesota is a reflection and testimony of the resolve and deter-mination shown by our citizens.

The Jackson Agricul-tural Society was formed in 1869 and the first fair followed that fall — originally known as the Jackson Fair. The organi-zation had little money to invest in these inaugural events and the location of the fair was subsequently moved around, utilizing empty buildings and va-cant lots around the town. Some stability was then achieved with the avail-ability of the old Central Park block, which was used up until 1897. Life-time memberships were then introduced as a way of securing a better fi-nancial footing, and were issued for the then hefty sum of $15. More than 100 people agreed to sign up for the scheme and land was then purchased, with 25 acres located south of the old depot site secured from B.W. Ashley and George W. Moore.

Buildings were soon erected at a cost of $2500, including a mod-est grandstand to ac-company the newly built racetrack. A horse barn was also constructed. Unfortunately, attendance dropped dramatically due to bad weather and some very disappointing fairs followed; subscribers then failed to deliver on the money they had first promised and owed. The subsequent debt incurred saw the society struggle to keep afloat.

The poor weather was becoming a predictable annual disappointment; the regularity of the in-cessant rain allowed the local community to coin a saying: “Rainy weather comes with the Jackson Fair, so put up your hay before the fair.” The fair took place just before the part of the season when upland hills haymaking of the short grass was taking place. People were expected to spend days, if not weeks, traveling to the fair from all over the state and beyond and even most of the locals were more than 25 miles away in the unbroken, sparsely populated prairie. If the paths into Jackson be-came heavily rutted due to the mud caused by rain, then even the surround-ing communities would be unable to attend. Ter-rain across the whole of Minnesota was difficult to traverse, so population growth in small towns like Jackson was very gradual; trails were nothing more than clogged cow paths (in poor weather it was not uncommon for box wagons to be hub deep in mud).

The settlers in the ac-cessible vicinity would also have to carry food, and grain and hay for horses; most would have

to make the event a weeklong commitment. They used a canvas that attached to the wagon like an awning; this would pro-vide an area for cooking and limited shelter. The eagerly awaited arrival of the railroad did not ease the travel options either, as most could not afford the fare plus the added expense of paying for lodging and food.

No headway was sub-sequently made into the debt the Jackson Ag-ricultural Society had amassed until 1908, when a new organization was put in place with the backing and investment of $20,000. By 1910, the fair was starting to take off and horse races, good music, dances, merry-go-round rides and lunches were becoming very popular. Unfortunately, precipitous conventions did not change in 1920, and wet weather once again caused the fair to be postponed — until that October.

It was the determina-tion shown by the first Jackson Agricultural Soci-ety members to persist in annually organizing this event despite the prob-lems that beset them that now allows us to visit the historical Jackson County Fair today. But if you are walking around with your corn dog and ice cream, you may want to keep just one eye on the weather.

(About the author: Adrian Lee is a London-

born historian and author now living in Windom.)

Looking for ‘fair’ weather

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fOOD: Many optionsContinued from C1

5 to 7. Ribeye steaks are to be served at the food stand from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday and on Saturday morning, from 7 to noon, is the annual made-to-order omelet feed hosted by

the Jackson Knights of Columbus at the food stand.

“Come hungry,” said Mike Stade, fair asso-ciation president, “and you’ll go home full. I can promise you that.”

The fair’s carnival will be an expanded version of the one in place for Jackson’s Town and Country Days celebration in June.

“It’s the same opera-tion as was at Town and Country Days, but they’ve promised to bring more rides up for the fair,” said Mike Stade, president of the Jackson County Fair

Association. Stade said he’s glad the

2014 fair will have a carnival. “There’s just something about a carnival at the fair,” he said. “It’s that noise, that commotion, that action. It really makes the county fair experience complete.” Need full-color or black-and-white

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With new steps, new walkways and some new paint, the Jackson County Fair Village is ready to re-ceive visitors during the great Jackson County get-together next week.

It just needs people to man the buildings.

“It looks like we’ll have enough volunteers to have the school and the cabin open,” said Mike Kirchmeier, director of the Jackson County His-torical Society, “but we could sure use more help.”

The alternative is to open the doors of the build-ings but prevent entrance, Kirchmeier said, or — as a last result — to leave the buildings locked up.

The former is likely in store for the church; the latter may be the unfor-tunate fate of the phone

museum.“The church sustained

some damage last year during the fair when it was unmanned,” Kirchmeier said. “It looks as if we may have to put a panel in front of the door to block entrance this year.”

Sad, Kirchmeier said,

considering the work be-ing done to spruce up the historic house of worship.

“We have new steps and stairs up to the church and work is being done on the steeple,” he said.

Also said is the fact the phone museum may not even be open this year.

“It’s such an interesting building filled with inter-esting pieces,” he said. “We’re going to try to keep it open, but we need to have people.”

People did turn out re-cently for a day of painting at the village, but volunteer

Spruced-up fair village needs people to man buildings

See VILLAGE on C7

submitted PhotosWork that began with last fall’s removal of the steeple atop the Jackson County Fair Village’s church wrapped up this past Friday when the repaired steeple was erected just in time for the start of the 2014 Jackson County Fair next week.


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FiLe PhotoSophia Lovell (left) and Jordann Schneekloth play an historic board game in one of the fair village buildings during last year’s county fair. How many of the fair village buildings are open to the public at this year’s fair depends on the number of volun-teers to staff them.

help is always needed. Those interested in volun-teering are encouraged to contact Kirchmeier.

“It can be done if we get people working together,”

he said. “We can make this work.”

VILLAGE: Volunteers are neededContinued from C6

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There is still plenty of time for talented people in the Jackson County area to enter the Jackson County Fair Talent Contest.

This year’s contest will be on Saturday, July 26, at 3 p.m. at the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Jackson.

Prizes are awarded to the top three winners of each category — Preteen, 12 and under; Teen, 13 to 18; and Open, any age. All first-place winners at the county fair level advance to the Minnesota State Fair Amateur Talent Con-test at the Minnesota State Fair, which runs Aug. 21

through Labor Day, Sept. 1.Performance time limit

is four minutes. Points will be deducted for contes-tants going over the limit.

Vocalists using recorded accompaniment cannot have any vocals on the re-cording. Vocal contestants will be disqualified if ac-companiment has vocals of any kind. For recorded accompaniment, a CD is required.

Those seeking talent con-test information may call (507) 840-0320 and ask for Lori.

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Free music by the Min-neapolis-based DL Cajun Band begins Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the fair village and runs until 6.

“We’ll set up the mobile stage in front of the fair village’s general store and hear some Cajun music from southwestern Loui-siana,” said Mike Stade, president of the Jackson County Fair Association. “We thought that sounded like a pretty cool idea.”

Home-brewing stands will be set up in the beer garden from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, featuring lo-cal brewers promoting their craft and educating fairgoers about their fast-growing industry. Music courtesy of upbeat country band Tripwire begins on the beer garden free stage

starting at 8:30 p.m.“Tripwire is going to be

our main headlining band next year at the grand-stand,” Stade said. “This a good chance to get a free sneak peek of what’s to come at next year’s fair.”

The beer garden is the center of free activity on Thursday, too, as mechani-cal bull riding and a cow-milking contest begin at 6 p.m. Sioux Falls, S.D.-based band Undercover will play the beer garden free stage starting at 9 p.m.

Friday is Senior Citizens Day at the fair, with free entertainment in the senior building starting at 9 a.m., free rolls from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and free carriage/buggy and Ferris wheel rides for seniors from 2 to 5 p.m.

The Perry Allen Memo-rial Tractor Parade will make its way through the fairgrounds at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and fairgoers are

invited to watch the most talented folks in Jackson County take the stage in the Olson Pavilion free of charge at 3 p.m.

Also, from Wednesday through Saturday, the Vogel Exotic Animal Petting Zoo will be set up and Farmer Bob brings his brand of history and humor back to the fairgrounds. And new this year, from Wednesday to Friday, chainsaw artist Duane Nelson will be set up on the south side of the fair village’s church carv-ing logs and tree stumps into works of art.

“He’ll be there, live carv-ing, and people can come and watch him,” Stade said. “Then, on Saturday afternoon from 2:30 to 3, we’ll have an auction of his pieces by the beer garden. It’s just another neat addi-tion to the fair that abso-lutely free.”

fREE fUN: Plenty at 2014 fairContinued from C1

submitted PhotosThe DL Cajun Band will entertain fairgoers in the historic Jackson County Fair Village from 3 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

Fairgoers can get a free sneak peek at next year’s grandstand headliners Wednesday as Tripwire plays the beer garden free stage starting at 8:30 p.m.

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