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Talk-Line: Josie Hussey, Lee County 4-H · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Quarter past the hour. This is Friday, It's July twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: the year is twenty twenty five, and it's time for
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  Speaker 1: another informational look at talk line here at wix In.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It is time for our
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  Speaker 1: annual look in, our live look in from the Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Fair and four eighth Show, the twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 1: edition is underway on the fairgrounds near Amboy and representing
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  Speaker 1: the Lee County Fair Board today and pitch batting for
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  Speaker 1: our good friend Katie Patch.
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  Speaker 2: She got called away.
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  Speaker 1: Earlier this morning for some business that she had to
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  Speaker 1: attend to, but an ample replacement. Her name is Josie
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  Speaker 1: Huffy and she is live with us this morning representing
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  Speaker 1: the Lee County Fair four h Fair here at wixn Jose,
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Good morning, see, nice to have you with us, man,
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. I'm always kind of, you know,
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  Speaker 1: tongue tied, because I've been used for the last let's see,
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  Speaker 1: the years that I've been doing this. I'm not gonna
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  Speaker 1: I've always caught it the Lee County Fair and four
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  Speaker 1: h show. It just rolls off my tongue that way.
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  Speaker 1: But because of the fact that we've added a few
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  Speaker 1: things and kind of tweaked the schedule. Right, we've kind
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  Speaker 1: of gone through a little bit of a name change, right,
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  Speaker 1: we have.
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  Speaker 3: We went through a name change about two years ago. Now.
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  Speaker 3: We had a vision that we wanted to bring an
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  Speaker 3: open show of sorts. So we wanted community members to
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  Speaker 3: be able to show their can goods, their breads, their
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  Speaker 3: quilts and flowers, woodworking, and photography. So we added an
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  Speaker 3: open show and we thought that that needed a name
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  Speaker 3: change to be able to better encompass that into our fair.
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  Speaker 3: So we became Lee County Fair.
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  Speaker 1: And for each show, yes, yes, instead of the again prior,
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  Speaker 1: it's the latter now that Josie explains, and that's why
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  Speaker 1: we have the name change, and it is a good move,
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  Speaker 1: I think for the Lee County Fair and for each
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  Speaker 1: show to include you know, a lot more participation in
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  Speaker 1: those categories as Jodie mentioned at the fairgrounds near Amoy. Now, Josie,
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  Speaker 1: before we get to the fair schedule and talk about
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  Speaker 1: activities at the fair, and we're going to talk about
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  Speaker 1: the next three days today, Tomorrow and Saturday with Josie
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  Speaker 1: in this talk line time here at WIXM. Where are
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  Speaker 1: you right now in the fair grounds, Steve, I am.
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  Speaker 3: Saying on the patio, I thought that this was a
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  Speaker 3: great location. I can see all of the fouragers coming
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  Speaker 3: in for the day, leaving the exhibit building, setting down
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  Speaker 3: the midway to the Federation's. We've stand for some breakfast.
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  Speaker 3: I'm listening to some bird chirping and you know, cold,
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  Speaker 3: the chickens are squawking, and I can see every kid
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  Speaker 3: getting ready for this wine show that's going to begin
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  Speaker 3: at nine am. So this is a perfect quiet location.
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  Speaker 4: I can still see all the action though.
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  Speaker 1: All right, now we've got to querry you on the elements.
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  Speaker 1: Let's trip back to yesterday. Let's start with yesterday and
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  Speaker 1: bring everybody up to date. The fair actually opened yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: now I understand from information that I got, and you
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  Speaker 1: can correct me on this, Josie, please if I'm not
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  Speaker 1: if I'm out of line here, but I understand that
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  Speaker 1: the fare opened a little bit earlier because of the elements.
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  Speaker 1: We had some you know activity kick off a little
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  Speaker 1: bit earlier because we wanted to get things going before
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  Speaker 1: the warmth of the day arrived.
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  Speaker 4: Is that right, Yes, Yes, that's accurate.
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  Speaker 3: And everything to do we were doing our best to
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  Speaker 3: try to keep our animals as school as possible and
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  Speaker 3: say with our four agers. So we started our goat
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  Speaker 3: in our rabbit show at.
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  Speaker 4: Seven am yesterday to try to beat the heat.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that that was a good success on
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  Speaker 3: both ends. Everythink we finished pretty early around mid afternoon,
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  Speaker 3: So I think that that was a good move on.
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  Speaker 1: Our part, absolutely, you know, in protection of not just
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  Speaker 1: not just the animals, not just the livestock. As Josie mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it was you know, go judging and rabbit
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  Speaker 1: judging yesterday, and we moved that up again on the
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  Speaker 1: schedule because of the elements, because of the heat, and
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  Speaker 1: not just the not just the livestock, but the four
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  Speaker 1: agers themselves showing these exhibits need protection as well. So
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a great move was and you mentioned
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  Speaker 1: it really didn't hurt anything, you know, as far as
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  Speaker 1: the fair itself was concerned. So we went on, We
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  Speaker 1: went on with that earlier in the day, but we
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  Speaker 1: kind of picked it up in the afternoon. We had
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  Speaker 1: the tractor truck pull last night at the regular time,
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  Speaker 1: right that rat okay, right, So all of that ran
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  Speaker 1: at the regular time Thursday, you know, just a taste,
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  Speaker 1: just a taste of the you know, Lee County Fair
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  Speaker 1: and four each show Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Really the meat
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  Speaker 1: and potatoes I call it of the Fair. Yeah, it
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  Speaker 1: really did?
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  Speaker 2: You know? It really is.
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  Speaker 1: The fair really gets going today and as you mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: I believe the gates just opened, right, the gates just opened.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, o'lock okay, hit it in the full swing.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, what's the what's the ad mission price today to
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  Speaker 1: the fair today.
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  Speaker 3: And for the daily admission is five dollars into the
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  Speaker 3: main gate. The kids twelve and under are free. You
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  Speaker 3: can still get a season pass or its band for
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  Speaker 3: eighteen dollars. That's good for every day of the Sayer
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  Speaker 3: and we just ask that you put it on your
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  Speaker 3: wrist and you can get into the main gate with
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  Speaker 3: no hassle.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, right, So again you can still purchase the season pass,
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  Speaker 1: but the daily pass is five dollars and that will
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  Speaker 1: be the gate admission not only for today, but for
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  Speaker 1: Saturday and Sunday as well to the Lee County Fair
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  Speaker 1: and four eight show. Josie Huffey is our guest today.
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  Speaker 1: She represents the Lee County Fair Board and she is
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  Speaker 1: our live guest on the talk line from the Fairgrounds
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  Speaker 1: near Amboy. Now, before we get to the schedule of
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  Speaker 1: the first day of the fair that we want to cover,
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  Speaker 1: which is today, Josie, let's talk about the fairgrounds themselves.
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  Speaker 1: I know that they've been primmed and proper treated, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and it looks great, you know, all the fairgrounds.
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  Speaker 2: But a lot of people still don't know where you're located.
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  Speaker 2: So give us the directions.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we are right on the corner of Highway thirty
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  Speaker 3: and Franklin Road and Amboy to north northeast of Amboy,
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  Speaker 3: and we've been here for quite a few years. I
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  Speaker 3: wish I had the number of years that this ground
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  Speaker 3: has been established. But yeah, you can find us right.
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  Speaker 1: On US thirty, right next door to the intersections of
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  Speaker 1: US Highways fifty two and thirty.
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  Speaker 2: That's what I kind of make the direction.
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  Speaker 1: As you know, you're just east of that intersection between
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  Speaker 1: fifty two and thirty. If you take thirty east off
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  Speaker 1: of that intersection, you're going to head right to the fairgrounds.
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  Speaker 2: Then that's where you're gonna find it.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be on the right hand side as
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  Speaker 1: you're heading east on US Route thirty from that intersection
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  Speaker 1: of fifty two and thirty. That's the directions. But as
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  Speaker 1: Josie mentioned, right at the corner thirty and Franklin Road
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  Speaker 1: again is the Lee County four Each Fair Guns You
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  Speaker 1: cannot miss him, just to the east and north of Amboy. Josie,
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about today's activities. You mentioned the gates open
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  Speaker 1: just a little while ago. Now, do we have anything
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  Speaker 1: changed because of the weather situation, any judging changes or
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  Speaker 1: anything like that to going on.
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  Speaker 3: Not today, No changes in the schedule. Everything is as
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  Speaker 3: posted or very close to it, and everyone's run by
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  Speaker 3: a board of oteers going to get pulled in many directions,
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  Speaker 3: so we do try to operate right close to what
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  Speaker 3: the brochure says. But if we're a few minutes earlier,
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  Speaker 3: a few minutes behind, you bear with us as we're
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  Speaker 3: trying to make do with all the people that we have.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Daz, as you mentioned, you saw some four
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  Speaker 1: huers getting to their areas already getting set to go
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  Speaker 1: for day two of the Lee County Fair and four
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  Speaker 1: Each show. What's happening today, shosee take us through the schedule?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely so.
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  Speaker 3: Some of the livestock shows today, Swine judging is about
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  Speaker 3: to kick off here in a few minutes at nine am.
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  Speaker 3: Poultry judging will be happening, happening at one o'clock in
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  Speaker 3: the poultry barn, and dairy judging is at two pm.
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  Speaker 3: Both swine and dairy judging are in the show barn,
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  Speaker 3: which is in the center of our ground, so it's
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  Speaker 3: pretty hard to miss. There's lots of bleachers in there,
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  Speaker 3: so you can take a seat and check out the
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  Speaker 3: kids and watch them show their animals. There are some
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  Speaker 3: big fans. I can't guarantee you that it's going to
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  Speaker 3: be the coolest spot on the grounds, but the doors
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  Speaker 3: are open so the breeze can flow through, and like
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  Speaker 3: I said, there's really big fans there that are moving.
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  Speaker 4: Some of the air.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, So a lot of judging during the
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  Speaker 1: second full day of the fair in the fair grounds
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  Speaker 1: near Amboy Swine judging, as Josie mentioned, poultry judging, dairy
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  Speaker 1: judging all taking place, and then we move into the
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  Speaker 1: afternoon and evening affairs. Josie and take us through those now.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so we are having a petting zoo and pony rides.
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  Speaker 3: Petting ze opens at one pm.
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  Speaker 4: That is free for the kids. I think that the.
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  Speaker 3: Petting view have some cups of food that you can
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  Speaker 3: purchase to feed the animals if you dish. And then
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  Speaker 3: the pony rides are also free for anyone to ride.
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  Speaker 3: I know that there's a weight limit for the kids.
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  Speaker 3: Magic by Corey. Corey has been coming to our fair
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  Speaker 3: for quite a few years. We really enjoy his presence.
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  Speaker 3: They'll be walking around the fairgrounds doing what he calls
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  Speaker 3: traveling magic before the show to get impressed. But that's
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  Speaker 3: in the main exhibit building on the stage, so that's
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  Speaker 3: at four PM.
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  Speaker 4: That's a good way.
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  Speaker 3: To sit down and cool off. Also, and I always
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  Speaker 3: look at your fit into Corey show also because I
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  Speaker 3: am always so amazed by some magic tricks that he does.
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  Speaker 3: And then we have our awards ceremony at five pm
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  Speaker 3: and our Ambassador announcement. This is for all of the judging.
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  Speaker 4: That takes place today, so the livestock judging.
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  Speaker 3: And then also the non livestock exhibit. Any award winner
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  Speaker 3: will get an award at the ceremony tonight. On the
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  Speaker 3: patio is pork Chops Sandwich is Flee County Pork Producers tonight.
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  Speaker 1: They've been a staple there for a lot of years,
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  Speaker 1: many many years they've been serving their delicious pork chop sandwiches.
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  Speaker 1: The Lee County Pork Producers will be serving on that
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  Speaker 1: patio that Josie sitting on right now at the Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Fair and for eight show, so that takes place
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  Speaker 1: at five o'clock. That runs for two hours, five until
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  Speaker 1: seven this evening. Then he got some evening activities.
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  Speaker 3: Going on, yes, so tonight at five thirty pm in
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  Speaker 3: the main exhibit building right at this stage is the
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  Speaker 3: Quality Meat and Make Good Auction. I don't think that
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  Speaker 3: people know what this is, and I think that is
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  Speaker 3: so important to highlight because this is the pinnacle of
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  Speaker 3: why we are here, why we're doing our fair. It's
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  Speaker 3: for the kids in our projects. So this auction is
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  Speaker 3: looking at all the premier classes, so beef, pork, lamb,
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  Speaker 3: and chickens. So the top that placed in the premier class,
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  Speaker 3: which is the carcass class, gets auctioned off to local
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  Speaker 3: buyers and anyone can come and bid on these kids's projects.
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  Speaker 3: So it's not all just meat. There's the top pie
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  Speaker 3: and teering, the top vegetable market basket, top flower arranging activity.
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  Speaker 3: So there's quite a bit for everybody on the auction.
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  Speaker 1: All right again that starts at five thirty. That moves
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  Speaker 1: again in that area of the Lee County Fair and
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  Speaker 1: four age show. Then you moved to the grand stands.
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  Speaker 3: We moved to the grand stand. Tonight at six pm
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  Speaker 3: is the Truck and Tractor Poll with a Linine State
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  Speaker 3: Bowlers and that is ten dollars at the grand standgate.
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  Speaker 3: So we talked about the daily admission at the main
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  Speaker 3: gate which is five dollars, and then to get into
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  Speaker 3: the grand stand to watch the tractor and truckfull it's
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  Speaker 3: ten dollars emission to our grand stand gate.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you have to note that you're going to pay
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  Speaker 1: admission at the gate, but you have to pay the
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  Speaker 1: extra admission freight to get into the grandstand. But it's
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  Speaker 1: a great show that they put on again starting again
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  Speaker 1: at six o'clock again in front of the grandstand at
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  Speaker 1: the Lee County Fair and four eighth show. And then
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  Speaker 1: you got some activity in the show barn once again.
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  Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, this is a fair favorite from all the kids.
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  Speaker 3: They get done showing and they want something to do
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  Speaker 3: for the apps for the evening. With ten dodgeball in
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  Speaker 3: the show barn, it's a rowdy time. Those kids are
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  Speaker 3: they love to play the They love to play dodgeball bone.
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  Speaker 3: It is very fun to watch and even sometimes we
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  Speaker 3: have a team of parent adults that like to join
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  Speaker 3: into so that's always fun to watch.
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  Speaker 1: Josie Huffy is our guest today from the Lee County
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  Speaker 1: fair Board. She is going to be sticking with us
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  Speaker 1: because we're going to take a break here for five
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  Speaker 1: minutes of news at the half hour, but when we
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  Speaker 1: come back, we'll go over Saturday Sunday Fair Activities. Were
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  Speaker 1: spotlighting the twenty twenty five Lee County Fair and four
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  Speaker 1: H Show with Josie Huffy from the fair Board today
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  Speaker 1: on Wixen. Let's take a break for news first next
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  Speaker 1: with Tim Ley at the bottom of the outfit of
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  Speaker 1: our portion of talk line today here at Wixen featuring
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  Speaker 1: our good friends from the Lee County Fair and four
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  Speaker 1: H Show. The fair is on at the four H Fairgrounds,
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  Speaker 1: the Lee County Fairgrounds near Amboy. We talked about your
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  Speaker 1: directions getting there. This is just to the north and
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  Speaker 1: just to the east of Amboy and US Route thirty
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  Speaker 1: at Franklin Road and the fairgrounds are open for business
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  Speaker 1: today for this Friday activity slate, and we ran down
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  Speaker 1: the Friday events for you earlier in the morning with
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  Speaker 1: our good friend, our representative today. Her name is Josie
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  Speaker 1: Hussey and she is with us today live from the fairgrounds.
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  Speaker 1: Katie Pratt had to be called away from our microphones
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  Speaker 1: for business, but Josie is an ample replacement, and we
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  Speaker 1: thank you so very much for pitch patting for Katie
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  Speaker 1: today here at Wixen. Josie once again, good morning, Good morning.
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  Speaker 1: Where are you now on the fairgrounds?
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  Speaker 3: I still remain on the patio. What spot?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, we are just highlighting.
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  Speaker 3: Seeing all the kids getting ready for this, especially this
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  Speaker 3: wine show. I have direct eye to the swine barn.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I don't blame you. That's a good place. It's
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  Speaker 1: a nice comfortable place, you know. It's a nice comfortable
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  Speaker 1: place on the fair grounds to be located and talk
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  Speaker 1: to us today about news and information from the Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Fair and four each show. As Josie mentioned, fair
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  Speaker 1: activities yesterday, fair activities today and into the weekend. We're
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  Speaker 1: hoping the weather cooperates, you said, Josie. Right now, it's
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  Speaker 1: pretty comfortable at the fair grounds.
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  Speaker 3: Right It is beautiful this morning, little overcast, but I
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  Speaker 3: can see the sunshrine to peek through the burger chirping.
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  Speaker 3: I can hear all the animals this morning. It is gorgeous.
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  Speaker 4: I hope it stays like this all day.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Well, we hope so too, and we'll keep
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  Speaker 1: tabs on the weather for you right here on wi xcent. Josie,
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  Speaker 1: Let's move ahead and talk about the weekend activities. Now,
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  Speaker 1: we talked about the fair price being five dollars in mission,
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  Speaker 1: and that's going to carry through right gated mission five
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  Speaker 1: dollars every day.
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  Speaker 2: Right at the fairground.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, so that we'll carry through all the way
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  Speaker 1: through Sunday. Now, Saturday and Sunday events at the Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Fair and four h show. Lots of events still
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  Speaker 1: to be taken in, and obviously we hope everybody gets
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  Speaker 1: a chance to What we want is your support of
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  Speaker 1: the youth and the four AH that really you know,
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  Speaker 1: you know, they make an effort, you know, to bring
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  Speaker 1: their livestock, their projects to the fairgrounds, you know, in
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  Speaker 1: order to display them hopefully for a chance to go
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  Speaker 1: to state fair, right right, Josie in some area.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, that's the main goal, you know, the whole
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  Speaker 3: reason why we put this fair on is to highlight
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  Speaker 3: all the projects and exhibits with the kids. You know,
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  Speaker 3: they worked all year long to show their projects, and
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  Speaker 3: this is why we're here exactly. Yes, that ultimate goal
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  Speaker 3: is to hope to win and head on down to
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  Speaker 3: the State there, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Which will be held a little bit later on in
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  Speaker 1: the year in August at the State Fairs Fairgrounds in Springfield,
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  Speaker 1: and we're hoping for a good contingent from Lee County
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  Speaker 1: to make the trip down there to represent our area. Now,
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  Speaker 1: let's talk about Saturday, July, the two you're on that patio,
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  Speaker 1: and that patio is going to be busy tomorrow morning
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  Speaker 1: as the fair.
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  Speaker 2: Opens, right it sure is.
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  Speaker 3: Our friends from teen Turf we're going to be here
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  Speaker 3: hosting a pancake breakfast from seven to ten am. They
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  Speaker 3: narrow down to one Saturday or just doing Saturday morning,
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  Speaker 3: but and I wish they were still doing every morning
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  Speaker 3: so I could start my morning off with some fresh pancakes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, delicious, And teen Turf serves those at the patio
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  Speaker 1: again at the Lee County Fairgrounds, but the gates will
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  Speaker 1: open an hour after the pancakes are served to probably
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  Speaker 1: four achres, right, I mean, that's pretty much the main says.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the four achers come in early, get themselves
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  Speaker 1: set up so they'll be able to enjoy pancakes. But
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  Speaker 1: then the gate opens eight, so you'll still have time
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  Speaker 1: to get over to the patio to enjoy those pancakes
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  Speaker 1: until ten o'clock on Saturday. What else is happening on Saturday?
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  Speaker 1: Take us through the schedule, now, Josie.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so Saturday is another big day for livestock exhibits.
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  Speaker 3: Sheep will start at well before that, the horses start
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  Speaker 3: out on our horse arena. You gotta kind of walk
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: through the grand stand to get out to the horse arena,
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: but you can bring a lawn chair. There's some bleachers
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: out there to watch all the horses. That starts at eight,
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: Sheeps judging starts at nine, and the beef show starts
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: at ten. So another busy day in the showbarn.
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, so again, yeah, that showbarn will be busy.
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: Lots of judging goes on, lots of livestock judging, especially
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: in that showbarn area at the Lee County Fair, and
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: four eight show. After that, you've got some openings later
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: in the morning and into the afternoon of things going on.
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: Talk about that.
• 16:33
  Speaker 3: Yeah, a lot of things for the kids, very kids
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: oriented day on Saturday for a lot of free events also,
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: so we have our kids corner craft from at eleven
• 16:41
  Speaker 3: and then again at two pm. I know one of
• 16:44
  Speaker 3: bee craft is a mud pie, so kids can make
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: and bake a mud pie in the sun. And then
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: I think that the Lee County Master Gardeners will be
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: hitting up another one of the kid's corner craft yad
• 16:57
  Speaker 3: so those are free for the kids. And then we
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: have a petting zoo and pony rides. The petting zoo
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: is also available at one pm and that is free there.
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: I believe they have cups of food that you can
• 17:09
  Speaker 3: feed the animals and then pulling your hands to for free.
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: And then we have bingo which is also free at
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: four pm.
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, and then we move into the evening events,
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: so take us there as well.
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so we have our award ceremony that is for
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: all of our foragers, the family and their friends, the supporters,
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: anybody that was a big winner on Saturday's judging events
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: both livestock and my non livestock will happen at five
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: pm and our clover Bud graduation. So if you're not
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: familiar with the fourage program. Any kids under eight are
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: in the clover Bud program.
• 17:41
  Speaker 4: And then once you.
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: Become eight, then you will jump into what.
• 17:44
  Speaker 4: I like to call big Kid four age.
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: And so that is a graduation ceremony for the clover
• 17:49
  Speaker 3: buds graduating and moving on up to big kid for age.
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: All right, all right, dad.
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: That takes place at five o'clock again in that area
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: of the Lee County Fair and four eh show you're
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: serving again on the path to you again we are well.
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: Actually this year we switched. It is in the Federation
• 18:06
  Speaker 3: sta okay, okay, Welee County Farm Bureau Young Leaders are
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: serving steak sand and they will be working in the
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: four h Federation food stand helping them out and serving
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: the rest of a full menu in the food stand.
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: All right, so note that away from the patio boat,
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: but delicious steak sandwiches courtesy of the Lee County Farm
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: Bureau Young Leaders from five until seven in that Federation
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: area that will be serving delicious food all during the fair,
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: as a matter of fact. And then at seven o'clock,
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: big grand stand of it, yes.
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: Rodeo which he and a bucking bulls at seven pm
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: in the Grand scand and once you pay to get
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: in the main gate at five dollars, you need to
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: pay again at the Grand sandgate and that is seven dollars.
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: But children five and under are free to get into
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: the rodeo.
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: All right, And we shouldn't leave out the Master Showmanship
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: contest that takes places.
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Masters Showmanship is something different a lot of it's
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: for livestock and non livestock exhibitors. You just have to
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: be able to show a goal, a sheep and a
• 19:07
  Speaker 3: pig and anybody can show you got to got to
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: find a friend with one of those animals that will
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: share their animals with you. But that's a real big
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: challenge for our livestock exhibitors to seeing they might be
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: seasoned and showing a cow, but they might give it
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: a drive with a with a sheep and pig also,
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: So that's pretty fun to watch, all right.
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: That takes care of Saturday's events at the Lee County
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Fair and four h show. Then you move on to
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: Sunday Josie, and it's pretty much kind of an abbreviated
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: kind of a you know, light schedule as you wrap
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: things up.
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, it is Sunday The only thing to be
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: judged that day is another day of horses out at
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: the horse Arena, and then we have our marketplace from.
• 19:47
  Speaker 4: Ten to two.
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: A lot of local cracters and vendors.
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: Will be in both in the exhibit building and out.
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: In our entertainment tent, and you can shop from ten
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: to two with them, okay.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: And then kind of culminating you've got some you know,
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: pony rides the pedal pole, right.
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, is peddle pole.
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: Pedal pol is big for the kids.
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: That starts at eleven am. I think it's only like
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: two dollars entries if you would like to enter, any kid,
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: don't have to be a four her come join the
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: pedal pool, okay, the way in well, that will begin
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: at ten thirty.
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: Am, and you know, the full affair kind of culminates
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: after that, Josie, kind of a clean up time and
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: then you know, organizing right for next year, and then
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: sending those four huers onto the state Fair hopefully with
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: you know, results and all kind of wrapping things up
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: at the twenty twenty five Lee County Fair and four
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: eh show again. It runs until July the twenty seventh Sunday.
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: It is today, tomorrow and Sunday on the fairgrounds near Amboy. Josie,
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: is there anything else to add before we let you go?
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: I know that you're busy and I want to have
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: you get back to your duties, but anything else.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: That you want to add before we let you go?
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: I think we hit the nail on Hessy.
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: Thank you so much for letting us highlight our fair.
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: We really love what we do and it's all for
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: the kids, so I hope everyone can come and join
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: us and see everything. All the kids have worked really
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: hard this year.
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: She has been live from the fairgrounds. Josie Hussey has
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: been with us from the patio area of the Lee
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: County Fair and four EH Show, giving us the live
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: look in of fair activities full the weekend and we
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: spotlight them during our talk line today here at WIX
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: and Josie, appreciate you taking time out of your busy
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: day to join us. Good luck with the rest of
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: the fair, and thanks for joining us today. Thank you
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: Josie Hussey from the Lee County four each Fair Board
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: our guest today on the Friday morning talk line here
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: at