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Shay Wagner State Fair President

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am truly honored and proud to be selected as President for the 99th year of the Eastern New Mexico State Fair. The Eastern New Mexico State Fair started in 1922 and is no longer a regional fair, as we are accepting entries from every county in New Mexico.

Last year was very troubling in so many ways. The world, the coun-

try, the communities and especially the kids suffered so much during the pandemic. Moving forward, we can see where we wanted to be before COVID and are working together to leave the struggles behind us. Myself and the passionate board members want to get back to some normalcy and allow these kids to foster positive childhood memories that will shade out the darkness that has loomed over us for so long.

I was born and raised in Roswell. Both of my parents were super active with both the County and Eastern fairs. I showed animals and helped with educational booths growing up. I learned at an early age how hard work and giving back to the community will help you grow as a person. I did move away to attend college at New Mexico State University where the work ethic and community involvement I developed allowed me to be elected as the student body president for the Agricultural, Consumer, and

Environmental Sciences College at NMSU. After graduation, I had many accomplishments that I can tie directly back to what I learned from my parents, and from the 4-H and FFA. Family is very important to me.

I have four children who I love, adore and wish the best for them in their endeavors. I have a loving wife that I am very proud of and who supports me in all that I do, and doesn’t mind the early mornings or the late evening hours. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to put on a fair.

ENMSF is a privately owned non-profit organization that operates on its own initiative and does not rely on government funding to operate. ENMSF hosts the regional animal shows, the Chaves County Fair, and this year hosted the New Mexico Youth Livestock Expo open to the entire state. Volunteers and community involvement has been the lifeblood of ENMSF. Great people volunteer their time,

money and efforts to make positive memories for kids of all ages.

The strength, commitment and the love of all aspects of a fair make this the best fair in New Mexico.

Whether it is showing animals, arts and crafts exhibits, carnival rides, carnival food or just being with your friends, Eastern New Mexico State Fair is the place to be. During the offseason ENMSF provides meeting rooms for businesses, buildings to rent for baby showers, Quinceañeras, wedding receptions, and many other events for kids and adults.

Please join me and others this year for a fantastic fair. The theme is “A Year in the Rearview.” We all want to get back to safely having fun, connecting with old friends, meeting new people and making positive lifelong memories.

See you at the fair.

Shay Wagner, President Eastern New Mexico State Fair.

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2021 Fair Parade Grand Marshal

Jim Gill Grand Marshal

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hen Grand Marshall Jim Gill leads the 2021 Eastern New Mexico State Fair Parade, it won’t be his first time to parade down Main Street.

Armed with his trusty saxophone Jim marched the parade six times as a member of the South Junior High and Roswell High School marching bands. Jim says putting music ahead of sports was quite logical. “I decided that riding in the band bus with the pretty girls was better than riding in the football team bus with a bunch of smelly guys.”

Almost everyone knows that Jim is generation four of the Gill family that founded Roswell Seed Com-

pany in 1898, and that Jim and his wife, Shirley, operate the business to this day. So Jim’s roots in the community run far deeper than most and his bond with Pecos Valley growers goes back to when he was a tenyear-old boy sweeping floors and earning one dollar every two weeks.

“The store was my second home, the farmers seemed like part of my family and the money was just enough for me to run over to Ginsberg’s and buy a new 45 rpm record,” Jim says.

After graduating Roswell High School in 1966 Jim went to New Mexico State University where the ROTC program was mandatory.

After getting his thumb jammed in the works of an M1 rifle during an inspection Jim casually mentioned that he could play the saxophone. He spent the rest of his ROTC career in the relative safety of the regimental band.

NMSU gave him the opportunity to earn his pilot’s license but Jim found the outcome disappointing. “I noticed that nobody would ever fly with me twice,” Jim says. “I took that as I sign that I wasn’t cut out to be a pilot.”

Agricultural Engineering degree in hand, Jim went to work at the 3C Feed Lot near Hagerman, feed-

ing as many as 18,000 cows a day.

Those were the boom years when lucky investors could make a small fortune overnight, but when things crashed in 1975 Jim saw an awful lot of people lose an awful lot of money. Though he would go on to earn his MBA, Jim says most of what he knows about business he learned at the feedlot.

After eight years at the feed lot Jim rejoined the family business in 1979. And about the same time he met and fell in love with Shirley Brabham. Actually Jim and Shirley met as children. Jim recalls a Cub Scout meeting at the Brabham house when he was ten years old. He and his buddies were doing important “Cub Scout stuff” and too busy to notice the five-year-old girl running around. Years later an old photo of the Cub Scout troop revealed his wife-to-be sitting in the background.

Shirley was somewhat dubious when Jim first called her. She’d been warned that Jim kept his motorcycle parked in his living room. But her dog loved Jim so she gave him a chance. Things worked out and they were married in 1982. Shirley’s advice to their daughters? “Listen to the dog.”

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Jim has never lost his enthusiasm for agriculture and respect for the farmers of the Pecos Valley. “I’d rather walk a planted field than stroll along a beach,” he says. “My daughters would groan whenever I said we were going to drive out and watch a crop grow.”

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A down-home country fair 99 years in the making

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elcome to an event 99 years in the making! The Eastern New Mexico State Fair has a long and proud history. Although we count 99 years from the first Chaves County Cotton Carnival in 1932, the roots of the fair began many years before that with the Southeastern New Mexico and Pecos Valley Fair Association. The purpose of the fair was to exhibit agricultural and orchard products. The fair of 1893 was an opportunity for local resi-

dents to show how productive the Pecos Valley could be. Even local farmers were surprised at the array of crops represented at the fair. The highlight of the event however was the Alfalfa Palace. This architectural phenomenon was constructed of bales of sweet-smelling alfalfa and resembled a castle complete with battlements.

The Alfalfa Palace was more than an amazing structure as it also housed the local exhibits. Covered pens were adjacent to the palace and housed the livestock. It is noted that as the wind began to blow, the Palace had to be evacuated and one lady reluctant to leave was carried out by a concerned gentleman. It was later discovered that the “lady” was actually a dummy of Martha Washington from one of the displays. The gentleman in question was considered no less heroic upon this revelation.

Those early days of community gathering would slowly evolve into the Eastern New Mexico State

Fair that we enjoy today. The first parade to open a fair was held in 1900. This first parade created a new name for the fair.

There was such a wondrous display of floral decorations that the fair became known as the “Flower Fair.” Today’s parade boasts over 100 floats and entries representing businesses, schools, teams, clubs and more. In the early fair days children from local schools were given three days off so that they and their families may enjoy the fair. Today, the opening day of the

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fair is known as “Fair Day” and many children and their families attend to celebrate the commencement of fair week.

The tradition of gathering every year to show off crops and wares has continued since the 1890s with few exceptions. Although there was a lapse during World War I the fair continued in 1932 when the Cotton Carnival came into being. A noted addition to the fair began this year when a Cotton King was crowned in grand style on the courthouse lawn.

In 1933 a poll of fair visitors indicated that along with local residents, 25 states were represented amongst the fairgoers. Top on the entertainment roster was a community sing-along in which 2,000 school children participated, the crowning of Miss Alfalfa and Miss Apple, and of course the mock battle between the New Mexico National Guard and cadets of NMMI. By 1931, the Cotton Carnival was so successful that it became known as the Eastern New Mexico State Fair and soon outgrew its facility in the National Guard Armory and surrounding tents near North Main and 11th Street. To accommodate such a grand event, the fair board purchased land southeast of the city limits. The 27th annual fair became the first fair to be held on the current fairgrounds in the year of 1949. Thus the current Eastern New Mexico State Fair was born.

Over the years we have witnessed the evolution of local

cowboys competing in calf-roping events to a full Professional Bullriding Tour. We have seen the Junior Livestock sale become the largest event of its kind in the state.

We have had the home economic skills of farmers’ wives grace the displays and we have played host to entrepreneurs from all over the globe.

From the time of the Alfalfa Palace-style fairs to the Chaves County Cotton Carnival to the current day Eastern New Mexico State Fair, one thing has remained the same: the focus of the fair is community. Whether gathering to compare crop techniques, to support the youth of 4-H and FFA, or to delight in the sights, tastes, and experiences of the midway, there is something for everyone at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair.

Come be a part of history in the making as we look forward to next year’s fair and beyond.

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Some fun fair facts

• There were once two parades held during fair: the opening day parade and the “Old-Timers Parade.”

• In the 1890s children under 15 were invited to enter a burro race, the winner received $10.

• The Chaves County Cotton Carnival is rumored to have acquired this name because fair officials ‘wanted each word of the title to begin with the letter C! • At the time of the first “Alfalfa Fair” a business lot in town could be bought for between $100 and $500.

• In 1933, 100 Mescalero Apache Native Americans lived on the fairgrounds in teepees exhibiting baskets and beadwork.

• Fruit was the main crop in the Pecos Valley before cotton and alfalfa took over. In 1937 a devastating frost ended most of the commercial fruit crops.

• In 1939 the fair hosted Tidwell Shows. The truck hauling the performing elephant broke down in Lubbock.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021 • 4-H Inside Exhibit Summary Sheets from all Counties Due at Chaves County Extension Office

• Receive the following: Arts & Crafts, Preserved Food, Fine Arts & Photography.

This does not include bakes goods which will be accepted Saturday October 2 from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Monday, September 27, 2021 • All Junior Livestock Entry Forms Due. This includes Swine, Sheep, Steers, Dairy Heifers, Rabbits, Poultry, Goats, & Breeding Heifers • Open Barnyard Entry Forms Due • Natural Fibers and Wool Lead Entry Forms Due

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 • Queen Entries Due

Friday, October 1, 2021 8:00-11:00 a.m.

• 4-H Inside Exhibits will be accepted NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED

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3:00 p.m.

10:00 a.m.

5:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 3, 2021

9:00 p.m.

• Baked Goods Accepted-Arts & Crafts Bldg.

• DAIRY GOAT SHOW • All Dairy Goats Removed From Grounds

7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Livestock may begin arriving on grounds.

Enter through Poe gate. Dairy Heifers must be on grounds before 2:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m.

• Queen Contest: Contestant Check In and Orientation. Photogenic pictures will be taken at this time.

10:00 a.m.

• Queen Contest: Judges Orientation

10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

• Flower Show Entries Accepted

11:00 a.m.

Queen Contest: Personal Interviews

12:00 p.m.

• Rabbit Meat Pens will be Judged • Livestock Meeting/Show Ring • All individual, educational, extension club, FFA, 4-H, FHA booths and FFA Ag mechanics must be in place

Monday, October 4, 2021 8:00 a.m.

• RABBIT SHOW

10:00 a.m.

• Parade begins

11:00 a.m.

• 4-H & FFA BIRDS JUDGED

12:00 p.m

• Market Swine classification and weight declarations start in designated area in pig barn. Have your weights ready to declare at the time of classification.

• Queen Contest: Luncheon (Will need an approximate head count)

• Meat Goat weight declarations due

1:00 p.m.

• Commercial Building Open • Arts and Crafts Building Open-Halloween Magic Scratch Mask Free Demo & Contest 4-9 p.m.

• Queen Contest: Personality CompetitionSpeech, Modeling, Impromptu Questions.

Horsemanship will begin approximately 1 hour after completion of the Personality portion of the contest. Approximately 1 hour after Horsemanship, Coronation will take place. After coronation all girls are invited to go to the parade Monday morning to ride on the float.

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Saturday, October 2, 2021

• Receive Mail-in Entries for Arts & Crafts Items must be received no later than the 23rd to be placed and judged.

7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.

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• Dairy Goats on grounds

• Classify and pregnancy test dairy heifers

2:00-4:00 p.m.

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• Flower Show (In the Arts and Crafts Building)

12:00 p.m-11:00 p.m.

• Carnival Open

5:00 p.m.

• DAIRY HEIFER SHOW

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

10:00 a.m.

• MARKET LAMB SHOW

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

SPECIAL NEEDS DAY ENMSF hosts organizations working with people with special needs. Groups should sign up with the fair office prior to September 14th.

10:00 a.m.

• MARKET SWINE SHOW

12:00 p.m.

• Classify all lamb breeds, with the exception of black face, start in designated area in sheep barn. Weight declarations for all breeds due during classification. Have your weights ready to declare at the time of classification.

4:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

• Arts and Crafts Building Open-Halloween Magic Scratch Mask Free Demo & Contest 4-9 p.m.

• BEEF SCALES CLOSE

4:00 p.m-10:00 p.m.

• Arts and Crafts Building Open-Halloween Magic Scratch Mask Free Demo & Contest 4-9 p.m.

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

• Arts and Crafts Building Open with Make it and Take it Painting Demo and Activity 2-4 p.m., Halloween Magic Scratch Mask Winners Announced, prizes and masks released to the public 4-9 p.m.

• Market Beef weight declarations due

4:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

• Commercial Building Open

• Scheduled Senior Day Activities Begin

• Wool Lead animals due on grounds

2:00 p.m.

12:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.

12:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.

• Carnival Open

• Natural Fibers and Wool Lead Orientation *Bring Garment*

Sunday, October 10, 2021

4:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

• BREEDING BEEF HEIFER SHOW

• Arts and Crafts Building Open- with Make it and Take it Flower Arrangements Demo and Activity 4-6 p.m., Halloween Magic Scratch Mask Free Demo & Contest 4-9 p.m.

• MARKET BEEF SHOW to immediately follow heifer show.

• Flower Show (In the Arts and Crafts Building)

• All inside exhibit booths must be emptied and cleaned out

• NM Cattle Growers Association Showmanship Contest to immediately follow Market Beef show (exhibitors must be NM Cattle Growers Youth Member)

• Commercial Building Open

9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

• All junior livestock pulls due in Jr. livestock office one hour after Market Beef show

5:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 7, 2021

SENIORS DAY Admission and Parking free for our senior guests 55+ all day! Special events for seniors will take place prior to general opening time. Please call the fair office for more information.

12:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

• Flower Show (In the Arts and Crafts Building)

• Carnival Open

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

CHILDREN’S DAY

• GATES OPEN

3:00 p.m.

4:00-11:00 p.m.

• MEAT GOAT SHOW

• Carnival Open

• JR. LIVESTOCK SALE BEGINS

• ENMSF hosts schools, child cares, and other organizations working with young children. Groups should sign up with the fair office prior to September 14th.

• Commercial Building Open

swine show should the swine show run after 5:30 p.m.)

12:00 p.m.

12:00 p.m.

• Parade Trophies Awarded

6:00 p.m. (OR one hour after the end of

• Buyers Breakfast

• Commercial Building Open

Friday, October 8, 2021

• Classify Market Beef

8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

• Commercial Building Open • Poultry Showmanship Judging

Saturday, October 9, 2021

• Flower Show (In the Arts and Crafts Building)

4:00-11:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

• Carnival Open

• Arts and Crafts Building Open-Halloween Magic Scratch Mask Free Demo & Contest 4-9 p.m.

• Flower Show (In the Arts and Crafts Building)

• Flower Show (In the Arts and Crafts Building)

4:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

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• Carnival Open

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• Farm & Garden Entries Released

Monday, October 11, 2021 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

• Arts and Crafts entries released

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• Flower Show entries released

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• 4-H exhibits released

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By Lisa Dunlap Roswell Daily Record

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his year’s theme for the Eastern New Mexico State Fair — A Year in the Rearview — is a revision, developed after a little thought about what the people in the area experienced in 2020.

Leslie Robertson, fair manager, said that the themes are developed each year using different processes.

“Sometimes we just stumble upon one that seems particularly relevant for the particular year,” she said. “In the past, we’ve put it out to the public and we’ve had a contest. ... That’s been done a few times. And sometimes it’s just kind of a play on the current anniversary we are celebrating.”

The third method was the original plan this year, when some staff and members of the board of directors thought they’d use “99 and Still Doing Fine,” denoting the 99th anniversary of the local tradition.

Then the board of directors met

and started sharing their thoughts and feelings about the previous year, which sadly had included the cancellation of the event due to the coronavirus pandemic and the public health orders restricting large gatherings.

Robertson recalled that Board President Jonathan Dudley said he was ready to put a difficult past year in the “rearview mirror.”

“We started talking about what we missed,” Robertson said, “all the things that go along with putting the fair together.”

She said they talked about how the fair is a significant community event, one of the largest events each year, and how everyone missed seeing each other.

The fair community, she said, includes vendors who have participated every year. Some of them have passed away since 2019, and the directors and staff talked about missing them.

She also said that the fair is a big event for youth.

“We do this for our livestock exhibitors, our 4-H and FFA kiddos who work so hard on their projects all year,” Robertson said. “A lot of our families in Roswell and near Roswell — the fair might be their only vacation for the year, and how many of them missed that in 2020?

How fortunate we are to be able to provide that this year, to allow them to come out and enjoy the carnival, to eat at their favorite food booths, to see the livestock and the agricultural side of things. It is an experience that a lot of our local families look forward to every year.”

She said that several board members and staff realized that the missed year and the promise of the coming one allowed them to reflect on the fair’s importance to all of

them.

“That play on words kind of morphed its way into our new theme for the new year,” she said.

She said the theme is used for all aspects of fair activities and will be seen in parade entries, in the educational booths in the Education Building and in all the publicity and advertising materials produced by the fair board.

Robertson added that next year’s theme should be special.

“We are looking forward to seeing what we will come up with for next year since we will be celebrating 100 years of the Eastern New Mexico State Fair,” she said. “That one is going to have to be big.”

Lisa Dunlap can be reached at 575622-7710, ext. 351, or at reporter02@ rdrnews.com.

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ENMSF Queen serves as ambassador for fair Submitted

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Kheyenne Coombes

he Eastern New Mexico State Fair Queen contest selects a young lady to serve as an ambassador for the fair. She is well spoken, articulate and understands the agricultural and western ways of life. She typically has a variety of experiences that make her well versed in 4-H and FFA and capable of speaking about these programs to fairgoers and patrons of all ages. She is a confident horsewoman and able to present the American Flag from horseback in the Bob Crosby Arena.

She receives a saddle, belt buckle and $1,000 schol-

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arship for her service. She will also wear the ENMSF Crown during her year of service and pass it on to the next young lady. During her reign, the ENMSF Queen is available for appearances at various events, fairs, rodeos, etc.

The Queen contestants participate in a personal interview, deliver a speech, model, answer an onstage question and perform two patterns on horseback, a queen’s run, and answer horsemanship questions in an interview. These scores will determine who the new queen will be and prizes are given in each category.

Additionally, prizes are awarded in the Photogen-

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ics and Congeniality categories, but do not affect the overall contest score.

Every contestant receives a prize package and scholarship for participating in the contest.

The 2021 Queen is Ms. Kheyenne Coombes from Tatum, New Mexico. She is a senior at Tatum High School and is actively involved in Lady Coyote Athletics and is a member of the Tatum FFA. She will retire her crown on Sunday.

We invite anyone interested in learning more about the contest to contact a member of the committee or come see the girls in action on Oct. 3 at the ENMSF.

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Ezzell puts youth at center of four decades of service

By Lisa Dunlap Roswell Daily Record

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alder Ezzell joined the Eastern New Mexico State Fair Board of Directors 40 years ago, recommended as the right person for the job by his law partner who was leaving Roswell and the fair board.

But Ezzell said his work over the decades often has been far removed from contracts and legal agreements.

“The first thing they did the first time I showed up out there was to put a shovel in my hand,” said Ezzell, a partner in the Hinkle Shanor law firm, a rancher and, since 2016, an elected Chaves County commissioner representing District 2 of the county.

Eastern New Mexico State Fair Board Inc. is a privately run nonprofit managed by a few staff and a board of directors that now includes four officers, 12 directors and four ex-officio members.

The staff and directors work with others on the annual county 4-H and FFA fair as well as organize the annual regional fair, which Ezzell said requires about 35 temporary staff to help run.

The board typically meets monthly, but the frequency increases as the regional fair nears, with daily meetings while the fair is occurring, which is Oct. 4-9 this year.

The board and staff also manage the finances and maintain the large fairgrounds and the many buildings and structures at 2500 S.E. Main St. That includes renting facilities for various individual and community events from weddings to agricultural-related gatherings to chamber events.

According to tax filings, the nonprofit generated total revenues of $714,281 and had assets of close to $3 million in 2019.

But Ezzell, whose board service has included many prior years as president or vice president, doesn’t focus on the business aspects of the fair.

“I always look forward to the livestock aspect of it,” he said. “Having been on the board for so long, there are kids whose animals I might have bought at the livestock sale whose children and grandchildren are showing now. It really tugs at your heartstrings when you see that aspect

Submitted Photo “The first thing they did the first time I showed up out there was to put a shovel in my hand,” says Calder Ezzell, known to some as T. Calder Ezzell Jr., about his 40 years of service on the Eastern New Mexico State Fair Board Inc.

being passed down from generation to generation.”

He recognizes that the fair is one of Roswell’s largest community events and visitor draws, attracting people because of the carnival, the fair food, the arts and crafts shows, the baking competitions, the Commercial Building exhibits and the live music performances.

But he said he volunteers his time for the sake of the youth livestock shows. This year, due to the cancellation of the youth show at the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque, the fairgrounds hosted a New Mexico Youth Livestock Expo from Sept. 14-17, which drew hundreds of youth and their family members from across the state.

Ezzell said he doesn’t anticipate that the Expo will decrease participation in Eastern New Mexico State Fair livestock activities, but he added that the fairgrounds exist to support youth and that giving them a place to show and sell their animals is what matters.

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ers the most significant, he focuses on the personal.

“My greatest accomplishment in my 40 years on the board was meeting my wife,” he said.

Ezzell is married to rancher and District 58 State Rep. Candy Spence Ezzell (R-Roswell).

“She was the assistant swine superintendent at the 1992 fair,” Ezzell recalled. “She had her foot in a cast from one of her kids’ show steers having kicked her or kicked the gate and broken her foot. So here was this beautiful woman having to hobble around on crutches and help carry feed sacks out to the steers, and I just thought that was an awfully good opportunity to offer to carry a feed sack. I think I was in a three-piece suit at the time.”

Although he was raised on a tobacco farm in Paducah, Kentucky. Ezzell had never participated in 4-H or FFA as a youth. The fair board and match with his wife were his introduction to ranching and livestock shows, which he has participated in as an adult.

Fair manager Leslie Robertson said that Ezzell and the other volunteers are essential to the organization.

“Most people don’t realize only the office staff and grounds crew are paid positions of the fair,” said Robertson. “The board, the superintendents and many other roles are strictly on a volunteer basis. Without the passion and dedication of volunteers such as Mr. Ezzell, the fair couldn’t function. He is committed to supporting the youth and agriculture in the state of New Mexico.”

Ezzell said he is happy to serve the fair, whatever the duty, whether selling admission tickets, carting those unable to walk around the fairgrounds in a golf cart or running money to the gate on a fair day.

“They will probably have to carry me out,” he said about his service on the board. “As long as they’ll have me, I am willing to serve.”

Lisa Dunlap can be reached at 575-622-7710, ext. 351, or at reporter02@rdrnews.com.

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