Hobbies:
Sewing, baking, crafts, volleyball, running, spending time with friends and family.

Employment:
Van Horn Hyundai in the summer. During the school year: UW-Stout tour guide, admissions office work and cashier at Marketplace Foods.
Education:
University of Wisconsin Stout, Senior (2012-2013)

Emily Ries
Goals & Ambitions:
Finish nursing school with honors and working for a Nurse Practitioner specializing in Cardiology.

Hobbies:
Reading novels, traveling knitting, glass etching, hunting, fishing, volunteering for the Fond du Lac County Market Livestock Committee, Marian University Nursing Association, and the Lomira FFA Alumni.

Employment:
Ries’ Sausage Plus Spirits, Marian University One-Stop.

Education:
Lomira High School (2010), Marian University, Sophomore (2014).

Rose Gudex
Goals & Ambitions:
Finish college in the fall, hopefully being on the Dean’s List. After graduating, I plan on getting my Master’s in Education so I will be able to teach elementary students. Working with children is a huge passion of mine that I want to do to the absolute best of my ability.

Hobbies:
Cooking, especially baking, reading, going for walks, hanging out with friends, pretending to be good at sports, horseback riding, being outdoors.

Employment:
Sales Associate at Kountry Korners in Lomira.
Private tutor for families in the Fond du Lac area.

Education:
Campbellsport High School (2008), University of Wisconsin Whitewater (2012).

Therese Senn
Goals & Ambitions:
To become the Fond du Lac County Fairest of the Fair, becoming an algebra teacher, continue as a drawing and painting leader for the Campbellsport 4-H, purchasing first home and becoming a mother.

Hobbies:
Volleyball, running, drawing, painting, being outdoors, hunting, farm work, spending time with god daughter, being with family and friends, listening to to music, planning my wedding.

Employment:
Teaching Assistant at UW-Oshkosh.
Math, Chemistry and Spanish Tutor.

Education:
Campbellsport High School (2006), University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (Senior).

Kelly Wondra
Goals & Ambitions:
2012 Fairest of the Fair crown, touch and inspire as many people’s lives as I can, give back to the fair community, opening a massage studio, learn sign language.

Hobbies:
Running, softball, reading, taking walks.

Employment:
Bartender, host, and waitress at Northwinds.
Throwing coach at Campellsport High School.

Education:
Cambellsport High School (2008), Wisconsin School of Massage Therapy (Graduate), Advanced College of Cosmetology (Graduate).

Don’t call it a comeback. For BUCKCHERRY founders–lead singer JOSH TODD and his co-writer, guitarist KEITH NELSON–the band has never really been away, and that urgency comes through loud and clear on FIFTEEN, their first album in four years.

“My desire never left,” says tattooed frontman TODD, a whirling dervish onstage with a classic rock & roll yowl that places the band in a unique space at the crossroads of punk energy and metal power. “I’m a musician, a performer and a songwriter, and I’m still really passionate about entertaining and making records.”

You can hear that intensity on the opening salvo of “So Far” and in “Next 2 You,” a collaboration between TODD, NELSON, ASHHURST and songwriter Marti Fredrickson (Aerosmith). The album’s first single, “Crazy Bitch”, was the last song written by TODD and NELSON before Buckcherry’s hiatus, so it is fitting that the track has become the anthem of the band’s rejuvenation.

“We had to take a break and assess what was important, and that’s creating music that fills what we see as a current voidfor classic rock with a modern edge,” says NELSON, a self-dubbed “East Coast blues-rock guitar guy” from Beaver Falls, PA. “We were just pulled apart by so many outside forces that took us away from what we set out todo.”

Recruiting guitarist STEVIE D, drummer XAVIER MURIEL and bassist JIMMY ASHHURST, BUCKCHERRY was energized enough to record their new album in 15 days (hence the album’s title), with NELSON co-producing alongside Mike Plotnikoff and Paul DeCarli. It’s a throwback to discs like Led Zeppelin I – made in one week with a barely contained rush of inspiration and spontaneity.

“We’re very fortunate to have guys playing with usnow who are true believers in what we want to do,” says KEITH. “I never realized how much fun and creatively inspiring this could be. It’s been a blast.”

“BUCKCHERRY is a rock & roll band. We wanted to get that vibe back which made us so explosive,” agrees JOSH. “We went out tofind the right guys who had that same mentality. These guys are in for the long haul.”

The L.A.-based band broke onto the national scene in 1999 with their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, produced by Terry Date and Sex Pistol Steve Jones for DreamWorks Records. They scored with such hit Modern Rock singles as “Lit Up,” “Check Your Head” and “For The Movies”, and quickly ignited a following of passionate fans craving a return of true rock and roll. “Coming on like the Black Crowes by way of AC/DC,” Entertainment Weekly raved, “this L.A.-based band is at its best blasting its way through hard-hitting riff rockers.” Melody Maker boasted that BUCKCHERRY is “a band who kicks arse, ’cause that’s why God gave us shoes”, and Q called the debut “a hugely entertaining record”, recognizing the “rumpty-tumpty groove of AC/DC and songs which recall such long-forgotten Sunset Strip bands as Junkyard and Little Caesar”. The band “establishes itself in adult Beavis & Butthead country”, added Mojo. “It’s Riffs R Us.”

BUCKCHERRY went on to release the follow-up record Time Bomb in summer 2000, followed by a successful stint opening for one of their longtime heroes, AC/DC. When DreamWorks Records effectively disappeared within the corporate monolith shortly afterwards, however, the group’s momentum stalled, band members split, and TODD and NELSON were left trying to right the sinking ship. It placed a tremendous amount of financial and emotional pressure on the band, which forced them to take a break to re-evaluate their future direction.

On FIFTEEN, BUCKCHERRY have survived the industry to show the world what they’ve always strived to become – a world-class rock band.

Tickets for the 2012 Fond du Lac County Fair are not yet available. Ticket sale prices and availability dates will be posted to the fair’s official website when the become available.

““One of my earliest memories is from when I was three or four,” he remembers. “I”
“was sitting between my parents in the car and a song came on the radio—it was Mel McDaniel’s ‘Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On’. I began using the gearshift as my microphone. The desire has always been there.””

“Born and raised in rural Gilchrist County, Fla., Easton spent much of his time on his”
“grandparent’s cattle farm after his parents divorced when he was young. “I lived a mile from the Suwannee River,” he says. “I grew up fishing on it and I loved to work on the farm. Every weekend, that’s where I’d be.””

“A member of FFA and 4-H, Easton showed cattle at the local livestock fair. Growing”
“up in the smallest county in the state on farmland nestled between two small towns had its advantages. “It’s a close community,” he says. “Everybody knows everybody.”
““There’s no Walmart there,” he says. “There was a Hardee’s, but it closed. That was”
“the only franchise fast food place in the county. Trenton has a red light; Bell has a blinking light. It’s a great place.””

“While no one in his family played a musical instrument, music was a big part of his”
“upbringing. “My grandparents liked to watch the Opry,” Easton remembers. “We’d start Saturday night off with ‘Hee Haw’ and then ‘Opry Backstage’ and then ‘Opry Live’.””
“It was also at his grandparent’s house that he discovered a record player and his”
“father and aunts’ left-behind records in a front room. “I’d go in there and play those records for hours,” he says.”

“When Easton was 15 years old he began taking guitar lessons from Pee Wee Melton,”
“a local musician who had at one time played on sessions in Nashville. “He was a great mentor,” Easton says. “He was a great player and a great teacher. He was a really big influence on me.””
“Every day when he got home from school, Easton would practice guitar for hours,”
“sometimes until his fingers were raw, then help his grandfather around the farm.”
“Encouraged by Melton, Easton began playing lead guitar in a local band. “I’d always”
“wanted to play and sing, but up until that time I never really did do it in public,” he says. “We’d play school functions and parties. We were too young to play bars, but”
“we played everything else.””

“An impromptu audition at a local music store led to a slot on the Suwannee River” “Jam, a nearby festival that attracts thousands of people and national touring acts. “It was just me and a guitar in front of a 40-acre field full of people,” Easton”"remembers. “It was great.””

“Soon he was opening for other national acts when they played the area, including”
“Janie Fricke and Mel McDaniel, the man whose song Easton had performed in the car years earlier.”

“After earning a business degree through the College of Agriculture at the University”
“of Florida, Easton took two important steps. “My wife and I got married on”
“September 2, 2006, and on October 14 we moved to Nashville,” he says. “I always knew I wanted to move up here. There was never any question about it. I didn’t want to wake up one day and wish I would have tried it, but I had to get my education first so I had something to fall back on.””

“Easton, who had been making regular trips to Nashville to perform at writer’s nights,”
“took a day job at a local Ace Hardware and his wife found a job at a doctor’s office.”
“When a distant cousin, also a professor of music management at the University of”
“Montana, heard Easton’s music, he asked if he could send it to some of his Nashville contacts. Among those who were impressed by Easton’s music was booking agent James Yelich, who asked if he could hear him play in person. Easton, eager for a shot to pursue his dream, quickly agreed.”
“Also at the meeting was Joe Fisher, who had recently joined Universal Music Group”
“Nashville as Senior Director of A&R. The two men were blown away and Fisher quickly signed him to the label.”

“Easton, whose musical influences include George Jones, Merle Haggard, George”
“Strait and Keith Whitley, found a kindred spirit in producer Carson Chamberlain, who years earlier had toured with Whitley as his steel guitar player and bandleader. “We”
“really hit it off,” Easton says. “I love traditional music and he does too. I knew he”
“was the producer for me.””

“The two men began working in earnest. “We worked our butts off trying to find the”
“right songs,” Easton says. The result is an over-the-top album that includes cuts from Nashville’s top songwriters, including Mark D. Sanders, Wynn Varble, Tony Lane and David Lee, among others.”
“Like his heroes Strait and Whitley, Easton is unapologetically country. His songs,”
“while rooted in the present, call to mind simpler times when the back porch was where folks gathered to network. Steel guitars and fiddles are as much a part of his”
“sound as his baritone drawl.”

“First single, “A Little More Country Than That,” which was written by Rory Feek, Don”
“Poythress and Varble, paints a picture of rural life that speaks to Easton’s small town sensibilities. “Even though I didn’t write it, this song identifies who I am,” he says.”
““It shows character and that’s important where I’m from. You learn to say ‘yes,”
“ma’am’ and ‘no, sir,’ and to open the door for the ladies.””

“Among the songs included on the album are three Easton co-wrote with Chamberlain”
“and Sanders during a trip to Colorado. “When I came to Nashville I realized how important it was to write songs,” Easton says. “The opportunity to sit in a room with experienced songwriters and learn their craft has helped me become a better writer.”

““I’m still working and developing as a writer, but I was fortunate enough to get some”
“songs on the album,” Easton says, perhaps more humble than he needs to be.”
““The Way Love Looks,” which Easton co-wrote with Chamberlain and Sanders, is a”
“love song pure and simple. “It’s just a fun upbeat song,” Easton says. “I love the line”
“‘when you beg and plead to go fishing with me and I have to bait your hook,’”
“because that’s what happens when I take my wife fishing.””

“Tony Lane, David Lee and Johnny Park wrote “Roll With It,” which speaks to the”
“important things in life like sunsets and pick-up trucks. “I love that one,” Easton says. “I can imagine listening to it just floatin’ down the river on the boat on a Saturday.””
“The tender “I Can’t Love You Back,” written by Chamberlain, Clint Daniels and Jeff”
“Hyde, has a universal message of loss. “It can mean different things for different people,” Easton says. “She could have died, she could have left him—people can interpret it the way they feel.””

“Now that his life long dream is upon him, Easton says he’s ready. “I just want to”
“make great country music,” he says. “Just the opportunity to play music for a living is a great thing. I’m just thankful to have the opportunity to do what I’m doing now.””

With a catalog of multi-platinum gems including Cold As Ice, Juke Box Hero, I Want To Know What Love Is and critically-acclaimed wonders from the 2009 “Can’t Slow Down” album—Foreigner is a band continually forging new musical peaks. Comprising Foreigner’s dynamic lineup are founder-lead guitarist Mick Jones, lead vocalist Kelly Hansen, bass guitarist Jeff Pilson, multi-instrumentalist Tom Gimbel, keyboardist Michael Bluestein and drummer Mark Schulman. The original incarnation of Foreigner, formed by Jones in 1976, included fellow Brits Ian McDonald and Dennis Elliott, as well as Americans Al Greenwood, Ed Gagliardi and Lou Gramm. It was this
mix of nationalities, and a feeling that music was coming from a different place, that inspired the band name. Stoked with Jones’ song-writing mastery and Gramm’s fiery vocals, Foreigner embarked on an unprecedented course of larger-than-life rock and never looked back.

Foreigner has 14 (and counting) Top 20 hits – some of them the most enduring songs in rock history – as well as 10 multi-platinum albums. Jones, who began playing guitar in his teens, is a Grammy and Golden Globenominated songwriter and winner of the prestigious British Ivor Novello songwriter award.

Foreigner’s debut album produced these hits: Feels Like The First Time, Cold As Ice and Long, Long Way From Home. The amazing “Double Vision” album followed, as did a string of more hits like Urgent, Juke Box Hero and Waiting For A Girl Like You. Those three songs helped give Foreigner “4” its impressive run at number one on the Billboard chart. At the zenith of 80s sound, Foreigner’s fifth album, “Agent Provocateur,” gave the world the incredible Number 1 global hit, I Want To Know What Love Is. This musical milestone followed the recordbreaking song Waiting For A Girl Like You (14 weeks, Billboard #2). As successful as the band has been with ballads, Foreigner is and always will be a high-energy rock band.

The frenetic ride of the original Foreigner incarnation reached a milestone in 2002 when Gramm and Jones performed together for the last time. Gramm’s decision to leave the band prompted Jones to re-evaluate his life and his vision of Foreigner. With much support and encouragement, Jones rallied a newly-charged powerhouse lineup. A final touch to this intense re-vision was recruiting Kelly Hansen as vocalist, opening full throttle the reemergence of astounding music that speaks to both hard-core Foreigner fans and younger generations.

Foreigner released “Can’t Slow Down” in 2009, which entered the Billboard chart in the Top 30 and had great success on radio with two Top 20 singles. The past two years have been an almost constant run of sold-out shows across Europe and the United States culminating with the release of a live album recorded in Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium that spent thirteen weeks of 2011 in the Billboard Top 200. The September release of the band’s 3-disc set, “Feels Like The First Time,” includes an acoustic CD with an intimate and unique reinterpretation of many Foreigner classics, studio re-records by the new lineup and a live performance DVD showcasing the group’s exceptional live energy.

Where will the future take Foreigner? Expect more blazing rock music, ferociously delivered, resonating globally, stronger than ever before.

More on the band’s website, www.foreigneronline.com.

The convention was held Nov. 28-Dec. 1 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Carol Porter of Haas & Wilkerson Insurance presented the awards to the recipients, who were nominated by people associated with their respective fairs.

Each winner received a plaque and $1,000, and each fair nominating the winners received $500.

The nominees were required to have at least 10 years of fair management experience and could receive no more than $2,500 remuneration annually for serving in the position.

The nominees’ fairs were also required to be current members of IAFE.

Stanchfield began exhibiting cattle at the Fond du Lac County Fair in Fond du Lac nearly 70 years ago while growing up on his family’s dairy farm.

In 1978, he was elected to the Fond du Lac County Fair Board, which he has served as a director, treasurer, manager, and currently, as president.

He has been involved in all aspects of the fair, including managing all operations while serving as manager.

Stanchfield has been attending IAFE annual conventions since 1995 and has attended 12 IAFE Zone 4 meetings. He has also participated in the IAFE Consumer Protection Program.

Stanchfield is involved with the Wisconsin Association of Fairs and has attended every convention since 1978.

He has served the Wisconsin Association of Fairs as a director for eight years and as president for two and has been a member of the Credential and Grievance Committees.

Stanchfield worked as an electrician for Mercury Marine for more than 40 years after serving in the Navy and starting his own farm with his family.

He has been involved with the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporporation, has served as a supervisor and chairman of the Fond du Lac County Board and as Fond du Lac County Pork Producers president.

Immel Insurance and Financial Services just began their 30th year of providing excellent service to farm and agriculture clients. The staff at the Immel Agency knows the hard work that goes with preparing cattle for the show ring. The exhibitors’ hard work and pride shows in presentation at the show as Rural Mutual and Immel Insurance work hard to help clients protect their valuable assets that they have attained.

With a staff of six full-time and two part-time employees, they are always there to answer client’s calls. Mike Immel specializes in all lines of insurance. Matt Immel assists clients with insurance and financial planning and Erik O’Brien focuses on assisting farmers with crop and farm insurance. Immel Insurance and Financial Services is a full-service agency handling all insurance needs.

Other sponsors of the event include Fond du Lac County Agricultural Society, Fond du Lac County Holstein Assn., Holiday Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep, Woods Flowers and Gifts, Frey Livestock Trucking, IBA Distributors, Badgerland Financial, Tari Costello and United Cooperative

For the seventh year the show will consist of two age classes of Holsteins. The five-year-old show will begin at 6:45 p.m. in the Fairgrounds Cow Palace. The two-year-old class will follow.

Futurity committee members include Rae Nell Halbur and Richard Julka, co-chair, Jim and Marlene Kelroy, Kurt Loehr, Jeff Hayes, Joe Sattler, Amy Ryan and Jim Bliefnick.

For more information about the Futurity contact Rae Nell Halbur at 920-922-9672.

Joe Battaglia and Backflip Billy at 4 Seasons

The annual competition will be held Sunday, May 22, at Northwinds Supper Club, 321 Fond du Lac Ave., Eden. The finals will begin at 6 p.m., according to an event press release.

Fairest of the Fair will represent the County Fair, attending community events and making impromptu appearances throughout Fair week. She will compete at the State Fairest of the Fair in January.

Tickets cost $7. Call Katie Grinstead at (920) 960-8190 or Rose Boyke at (920) 960-0966 for ticket availability.

Following are profiles of this year’s contestants.

Correna Bovee

n Hometown: Fond du Lac

n Age: 20

n Parents: Faith and Joe Bovee

n Education: Fond du Lac High School graduate and University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac alumna. She plans to attend Moraine Park Technical College this fall for accounting.

Elizabeth Drendel

n Hometown: Fond du Lac

n Age: 21

n Parents: Rod and Linda Drendel

n Education: Trinity Baptist School graduate. She graduated from Marian University, majoring in business administration and business management. She’s a Realtor at RE/Max Heritage.

Rose Gudex

n Hometown: Lomira

n Age: 20

n Parents: Ken and Karen Gudex

n Education: Campbellsport High School graduate. She’s attending University of Wisconsin-River Falls for elementary education and early childhood education.

Jennifer Kindschuh

n Hometown: Brownsville

n Age: 21

n Parents: David and Dianne Kindschuh

n Education: Lomira High School graduate. Attending Madison Area Technical College’s veterinary technician program.

Angela Kochan

n Hometown: Fond du Lac

n Age: 20

n Parents: Joe and Kathy Kochan

n Education: Fond du Lac High School graduate. She’s attending University of Wisconsin-Stout for family and consumer sciences education.

Kelly Wondra

n Hometown: Eden

n Age: 20

n Parents: Steve and Lori Reilly of Eden

n Education: Campbellsport High School graduate and Advanced College of Cosmetology in Waupun alumna. She’s attending Wisconsin School of Massage Therapy.

Victoria Ziebert

n Hometown: Campbellsport

n Age: 20

n Parents: Paul and Tamara Ziebert

n Education: Campbellsport High School graduate. She’s attending University of Wisconsin-Madison, majoring in animal sciences and psychology.

This family event will start and end on the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds. Runners and walkers of all skill levels are welcome to participate. The Fondy Fair 5K Run/Walk is also an opportunity to promote and educate event participants about the importance of agriculture in Fond du Lac County.

Runners and walkers in this race take off at 8:00am from the fairgrounds and will follow the 3.1 mile course that will eventually loop back to the fairgrounds.

A registration fee is required to participate on the day of the race. The registration fee covers single, all day admission to the fair on Saturday, July 23th, a race t-shirt (only guaranteed to those registered by July 16, 2011) and post-race refreshments. Prizes will be awarded to the top winner in each age category. There will be a special division for 4-H and FFA members. Registrants can register online or via mail-in forms. Completed forms and checks can be mailed to Fondy Fair 5K Run/Walk, P.O. Box 1466, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 54936-1466.

Generous sponsors for this year’s event include the Fond du Lac County Ag Society and RoadID. If you or your business would like to help sponsor the 2011 Fondy Fair 5K, please contact the 5K Race Director at runningevents@fonddulaccountyfair.com .