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NICOLLET COUNTY FAIR GRANDSTAND August 9 – 13, 2017 400 West Un NICOLLET COUNTY FAIR GRANDSTAND EVENT SCHEDULE NTY FAIR GRANDSTAND EVENT SCHEDULE NICOLLET COUNTY FAIR GRANDSTAND EVENT SCHEDULE
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August 9 – 13, 2017
August 9 – 13, 2017 400 West WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY Harness
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TruckSATURDAY andSATURDAY Tractor Pull
THURSDAY Harness Races Truck and TractorSATURDAY Pull Demolition Derby Derby Harness Races Demolition 12:00 p.m. Event Start Truck and Tractor Pull 6:30 p.m. Event Start
Truck and Tractor Pull
Demolition Derby
12:00 p.m. Event Start 6:30 p.m. Event Start 6:30 p.m. Event Start 12:00 p.m. Event Start 6:30 p.m. Event Start 6:30 p.m. Event Start 10:00 a.m. Ticket Salesa.m. Start Ticket Sales Start 3:00 p.m. Ticket Sales Start 12:00Ticket p.m. Ticket Sales Start 10:00 3:00 p.m. Sales StartSales Start 10:00 a.m. Ticket Sales StartMain Gate Opens 3:00 p.m. Sales p.m. Ticket 11:00 a.m. General 5:00 p.m.Ticket All Event NorthStart Gate Opens 4:30 p.m.12:00 All Event North Gate Opens 6:30 p.m.Main Event Start 6:30 p.m. Event Start 11:00 Main Gate Opens 5:00 p.m. All4:30 Event North Gate Opens 11:00 a.m. General Gate Opens 5:00 p.m. Event North p.m. AllGate Event North Gate Opens $5 Admission (Ages 13a.m. and Up)General tax incl. 5:30 p.m.All General Main GateGate OpensOpens 5:00 p.m. General Main Opens FREE (Ages 12 and Under) $10 Admission (Ages 13 and Up) tax incl. $12 Admission (Ages 13 and Up) tax incl. 3:00(Ages p.m.13Ticket Sales Start 12:00 Ticket Sales Startp.m. $5 Admission andAdmission Up) tax incl. Main Gate p.m. Opens5:30 5:00 General Main Gate Opens $5 (Ages 13 5:30 andp.m. Up)General tax incl. p.m. General Main Gate Opens $ 5 Admission (Ages 6-12) $ 5 Admission (Ages 6-12) FREE (Ages 12 and Under) $10 Admission (Ages 13 andp.m. Up) tax incl. $12Gate Admission (AgesUp) 13 and tax incl. 5:00 p.m. All Event North GateUnder) Opens 4:30 All Event North Opens FREE (Ages 12 and $10 Admission 13 and taxUp) incl. FREE (Ages 5 and Under) FREE (Ages 5 (Ages and Under) Premium books available at St. Peter $ 5Sponsored Admission 6-12) $Gate 5by:Admission (Ages by: (Ages Traverse Elevator Sponsored Tire Associates and6-12) UFC 5:30 p.m. General Main Gate Opens 5:00 p.m. General Main Opens $ 5 Admission (Ages 6-12) Chamber, Library & courthouse plus FREE (Ages and Under) (Agessupplied 5 and Under) Bobcat and5Arnold’s of Mankato Ear plugsFREE both nights Premium books available at St.13 Peter $10 Admission (Ages and incl. by: Traverse $12 Admission 13 Up)Society taxTire incl.Associates and UFC FREE(Ages (Ages 5Sponsored and Under) Nicollet Mart and Schmidt’s MeatUp) tax by Mankato Sertoma Sponsored Elevator by: Premium books available at St. Peter Chamber, Library & courthouse plus Gas Bobcat FRIDAY Courtland and Lafayette $ 5Market, Admission (Ages 6-12) 5 Admission (Ages 6-12) and Arnold’s of$ Mankato Ear Traverse plugs both nights supplied Sponsored by: Elevator SUNDAY Stations – OR – online at website! Demolition Derby Nicollet Mart and 5 Schmidt’s Meat Chamber, Library & courthouse plus by Mankato Society FREE (Ages and Under) FREE (AgesBobcat 5 and Under) and Arnold’s ofSertoma Mankato 7:00 p.m. Event Start Enduro Races Market,Sponsored Courtland and Lafayette Gas Open Class Registration is on andFRIDAY Mart Schmidt’s by:Nicollet Traverse Elevator Sponsored by: Tire Associates and UFC 12:00 p.m. TicketMeat Sales Start 12:00 p.m. Event Start SUNDAY Stations –Wednesday, OR –and online at website! August 9 – 11 am-6 pm 5:00 p.m. All Event North Gateplugs Opens both nights Derby 10:00 a.m. Ticket Sales Start Bobcat Arnold’s of Mankato Demolition Ear supplied
FRIDAY Market, Courtland and Lafayette Gas 5:30 p.m.Event GeneralStart Main Gate Opens 11:00 a.m. All Event North Gate Opens 7:00 p.m. Enduro Races Society $12 Admission (Ages 13by and Mankato Up) tax incl. Sertoma 11:30 a.m. General Main Gate Opens Open Class Registration is on Stations – OR – online at website! New this Year! 12:00 p.m. Ticket Sales Start Demolition Derby 12:00 p.m. Event Start $ 5 Admission (Ages 6-12 $5 Admission (Ages 13 and Up) tax incl. FRIDAY Crescent City Amusements Wednesday, August 9 – 11 am-6carnival pm 5:00 p.m. All5 and Event North Gate Opens FREE (Ages Under) 10:00 a.m. Ticket Sales Start FREE Event (Ages 12 and Under) 7:00 p.m. Start Hay Bale Maze and Corn Pile Pit Sponsored by: Tire Associates and United 5:30 p.m. General Gate Opens 11:00 a.m. All Event North Gate Opens SUNDAY Open Class Registration is onMain Demolition Derby 12:00 p.m. Ticket Sales Start Kids Pedal Tractors Farmer’s Cooperative (Lafayette) $12 Admission (Ages 13 and Up) tax incl. 11:30 a.m. General Main Gate Opens New this Year! LikeAll us on Kidsp.m. PowerEvent Wheels Demo SaturdayAugust at 6 Wednesday, – 11 am-6 7:00 Start Enduro Races 5:00 p.m. Event North Gate Opens $ 59Admission (Ages pm 6-12 $5 Admission (Ages 13 and Up) tax incl.
Get all the fair information on Search “Nicollet County Fair” House Fire Evacuation with Fire Dept. Crescent12:00 City Amusements carnival p.m. Ticket Sales Start FREE (Agesour5 newly and Under) 5:30 p.m. General Main Gate Opens redesigned website: FREE (Ages 12 and Under) 12:00 p.m. Event Start for all the updates and pictures! Kids 911 Session with 911 Dispatch Hay Bale5:00 Maze and Corn Pile Pit Sponsored by: Tire Associates and United p.m. All Event North Gate Openswww.nicolletcountyfair.com Admission (Ages 13 and Up) tax incl. 10:00 a.m. $12 Ticket Sales Start dedication for Rich Pehrson New this Year! Kids Pedal Tree Tractors Farmer’s Cooperative (Lafayette) 5:30 Main Gate Opens Funp.m. for all General ages! Admission (Ages 6-12 11:00 a.m. $All5 Event North Gate Opens Like us on Kids Power Wheels Demo Saturday at 6Amusements carnival Crescent City $12 Admission (Ages 13 and Up) tax incl. Get all the fair 5 and Under) information on (Ages 11:30 a.m. FREE General Main Gate Opens County Fair” “Nicollet House Fire Evacuation withis Fire Dept. for everyone at the Nicollet County There something Fair! We hope to seeSearch you all at there! Hay Bale Maze and Corn Pile Pit our newly redesigned website: $ 5 Admission (Ages 6-12 Sponsored by: Tire Associates andpictures! United $5 Admission (Ages 13 and Up) tax incl. and for all the updates Kids 911 Session with 911 Dispatch FREE (Ages 5 and Under) Kids Pedal Tractors www.nicolletcountyfair.com Cooperative (Lafayette) FREE (AgesFarmer’s 12 and Under) Tree dedication for Rich Pehrson Sponsored by: Tire Associates andDemo UnitedSaturday at 6 Kids Power Wheels Fun for all ages!
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11Admission am Harness Racing - $5.00 13 and upCommercial Building Buy at:opens Arrow Ace • Family Fresh • Kwik Trip FREE admission for ages 12 12 pm& under Midway Opens
Open Class Registration Commercial Building Opens Thursday, August 3 pm 10 Midway Opens - Specials 8 am 6-9 pm 4H Shows begin - Held all day 12 Tasting pm Commercial Building opens Locher Brothers Beer 12 pm Bingo with the K.C.’s Pfeffer Tournament 2 - 10 pm
4 - 8 pm Music - Under4 &The 8 pm Sohmer Karaoke 5 pm
Master Gardener, Johnson Hall Tent Jon Smithers Drones & Photography Midway Opens - Specials 6-9 pm
Schmidt’s Meat Market • St. Peter Chamber
All exhibits released & must be picked up by 4 pm.
Crescent City Amusements Grandstand Event
Off Roader Auto Races - Wristband $5.00 Ages 13 & up. Deals FREE for ages 12 & under.
$17.00 until August 8, 2017 • $20.00 at the Fair
All Event Grandstand Pass: $40.00 •Kwik $12.00 ages 6-12 Buy at: Arrow Ace • FamilyAdult Fresh • Thursday, TripAug. 11
DISCOUNTED TICKETS Rich Pehrson Memorial Jake Palmer DJ @ Thompson Building
Music - Under The Tent Grandstand Event
7 - 10 pm Harness Racing - $5.00 Admission 13 and up pm - Close FREE admission for7ages 12 & underBeginnings Band Includes: Harness Races • Truck & Tractor Pull Chamber Grandstand EventSchmidt’s Meat Market • St. Peter 6pm Tree Dedication
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$5.00 Ages 6-12. FREE for ages 5 & under 8 am 4H Shows begin - Held all day PLUS -All event pass gets you in 30 minutes early! Sponsored by Traverse Elevator 12 pm Commercial Building opens & Arnold‘s Implement Doug Ohman 2 - 10 pm Bingo with the K.C.’s Wednesday, August 9 Sunday, August 13 Friday, August 1 1 Pioneer Photography 4 - 8 pm Master Gardener, Johnson Hall All American Pressure Washers $17.00 until August 8, 2017 • $20.00 at the• Arnold’s Fair of Mankato Day Senior Citizens’ Day 11 am Commercial Building opens 4 & 8 pm Jon SmithersEntry Drones & Photography Bobcat of Mankato •August LJP Waste & Recycling •11Tire Associates Friday, August Wednesday, 9 Open Class Registration Parking for Seniors 12 pm MidwaySt.Opens 5 pm 11 am - 6 pm Midway Opens - Specials 6-9 FREE pm Peter Tourism & Visitor’s Bureau •Hall Traverse Elevator Johnson Entry Daybe picked up by 4 pm. 11 am 9 - 10:30Opens am Daycare Day - Preregister at 380-7364 3 pm Building 3 pm All exhibitsKeeley released & must Farm Drainage & Landscaping Supplies MusicCommercial - Under 9 -- The 12 pm Tent Fire Dept. Home Fire Evacuation Training 11 am - 6 pm Open Class Registration 12:00 Minnesota By Ways 12 pm 5 pm Midway Opens Specials 6-9 pm GrandstandMN Event Dept. of Agriculture 7 - 10 pm Jake Palmer DJ @ Thompson Building 1 pm Midway Opens - Specials 6-9 pm 3 pm Commercial Building Opens 3 pm 5:30 7:30 pm Locher Brothers Beer Tasting 3:30 Living The Dream Off Roader Auto Races - $5.00 Ages 13 & up. 7 pm - Close Beginnings Band 12 pm Commercial Building opens 12 pm 5 pm HarnessMidway Opens - Specials 6-9 pm Includes: Races • Truck & Tractor Pull 6:30 pm Pfeffer Tournament FREE for ages 12 & under. 1 pmEvent Seniors Program & Farm Awards Johnson Hall. 6:30 - Minnesota’s Rich Grandstand 5:30 - 7:30 pm Locher Brothers Beer Tasting Sponsored by First NationalFriday Bank & KNUJ Davis Family Dairies • Do-It Best • KNUJ 12 pm Music - Under The Tent • Auto Races. & Saturday Demo Derbies Agricultural Heritage 6:30 pm Truck & Tractor Pull $10.00 Adult Admission 6:30 pm Pfeffer Tournament Rich Pehrson Memorial Music - Under The Tent Nicollet County Bank • Thrivent Financial-Patty Kelly 6:00 pm Sohmer Karaoke $5.00 for ages 5 & under PLUS -All event Music pass gets you United in 30 minutes early! Thursday, Aug. 11 Ages 6-12. FREE Grant from Minnesota - Under The Tent 11 am - 1 pm Flood Plain Four Farmer’s Cooperative Grandstand Event Sponsored by Traverse Elevator 6pm Tree Dedication 2 - 5 pm Wendinger Band (Polka) 6:00 pm Sohmer Karaoke Department of Agriculture 12 pm Harness Racing - $5.00 Admission 13 and up & Arnold‘s 7 - Close Blue Ringer Buy at: Arrow Ace • Family Fresh • Kwik Trip 6:30pm Prayer at Tractor PullImplement Grandstand Event FREE admission for ages 12 &Grandstand under Event Cal’s Towing ••FUN.com • of Locher Brothers Schmidt’s Meat Market •Arnold’s Chamber Friday, August 11Demolition Derby - $12.00 Adult 12 pm Harness Racing - St. $5.00Peter Admission 13 and up• Red Men Club B All Admission. American Pressure Washers Mankato 7 pm Thursday, August 1 0 Doug Ohman St. Peter AmericInn • SouthPoint Federal Credit Union FREE admission for ages 12 & under Senior Citizens’ Day $5.00 Ages 6-12. FREEBobcat for ages 5 of & under. Mankato • LJP Waste & Recycling • Tire Associates 8 am Photography 4H Shows begin - Held all day Tickets go on sale at noon! Will’s Fabrication Pioneer FREE Parking for Seniors Thursday, 10 St. Peter Tourism & Visitor’s BureauAugust • Traverse Elevator 12 pm August 11 Commercial Building opens Friday, 9 - 10:30 am Daycare Day - Preregister at 380-7364 Saturday, August 1 2 8 am 4H Shows begin Held all day 2 -Johnson 10 pm Hall Bingo with the K.C.’s Entry Day Keeley Farm Drainage & Landscaping Supplies 11 am Commercial Building opens 9 - 12 pm Fire Dept. Home Fire Evacuation Training Kids’ Day 12 pm Commercial Building Ballman Roofingopens Coating • First National Bank MN 4 8 pm Master Gardener, Johnson Hall $17.00 until August 2017 •& $20.00 at the Fair MN Dept. of8, Agriculture 11 am - 6 pm Open Class12:00 12Peter pmRobotics Demonstrations Midway Opens By Ways 10 am -6-9 6 pmpm St. - -Thompson Bldg. 1Registration pm - MinnesotaMidway Opens - Specials 2 10 pm Bingo with the K.C.’s Kelly’s Body Shop • Klassic Kustoms • McDonalds 4 & 8 pm Jon Smithers Drones & Photography am Commercial pm - Living Building10opens 3 pm Commercial12Building Opens 3:30 TheCommercial Dream 3 pm Building opens All4exhibits & must beImports picked up 4 pm. Exchange $17. - 8 pm released Master Gardener, Johnson Hallby Farmer’s Nelson • Nicollet 5 pm Midway Opens11- am Specials 6-9 pm Kid’s Pedal Pull by Grandstand, Sponsored by 1 pm Seniors Program & Farm Awards Johnson Hall. 6:30 - Minnesota’s Rich 4 & 8 pm Jon SmithersPheasants Drones & Photography 5 pm Midway Opens - Specials 6-9 pm - Under The Tent Forever • Tow Distributing KNUJ & Nicollet Farmers Exchange Grandstand Event Music Davis FamilyMidway DairiesOpens • Do-It Best • 6-9 KNUJ Sponsored by First National Bank & KNUJ Agricultural Heritage 5 pm Specials pm 12 pm Midway Opens Specials 1-4 pm 5:30 - 7:30 Memorial pm Locher Brothers7Beer Tasting Jake Palmer DJ @ Thompson Building - 10 pm Rich Pehrson 12Dept. pmActivities Off Roader Auto Races $5.00 Ages 13 & up. 1 pm Fire Music Under The Tent Nicollet County Bank • Thrivent Financial-Patty Kelly Music - Under The Tent Grant from Minnesota 7 pm Close Beginnings Band 6:30 pm Pfeffer Tournament Thursday, Aug. 11 3 pm Talent Show - Johnson Hall FREE for ages 12 & under. 11 am 1 pm Flood Plain Four Anderson Seeds • Culligan Water • Four Seasons Includes: Harness Races • Truck & Tractor Pull Truck Wash 7 - 10 pm United Jake PalmerCooperative DJ @ Thompson Building Farmer’s Department of Agriculture Grandstand Event Events Under The Tent 6pm Tree Dedication 2 5 pm Wendinger Band (Polka) Lager’s of St. Peter • Mankato Harley Davidson 7 pm - Close Beginnings BandDerbies • Auto Races. Music - Under The Tent Demo 6:30 pm Truck & Tractor Admission 12 -Pull 5 pm- $10.00 Adult Lollipop The Clown & Reptile ZooFriday & Saturday 7 - Close Blue Ringer Mankato Sertoma Society • M&M Boys Derby ProductsInc 6:30pm Prayer at Tractor Pull Grandstand Event 6:00 pm Sohmer Karaoke 4 - 7 FREE pm Honkabilly $5.00 Ages 6-12. for ages 5 & under PLUS All event pass gets you in 30 minutes early! Nicollet Pull County & Posse • R&R Tire Grandstand Event Frid pm • FUN.com Truck & Tractor - $10.00 Admission - 11 pm Elevator The Whiskies by the Beer Cal’s Garden6:30 Towing • Locher Brothers •Sheriff RedAdult Men Club Sponsored by 7Traverse Grandstand Event City of St. Peter, Police, Public Works & Fire Dept. 7 pm Demolition Derby - $12.00 Adult Admission. Ages 6-12.Federal FREE forCredit ages 5Union & under Grandstand Event PLUS & Arnold‘s Implement Doug Ohman Harness Racing - $5.00 Admission St. Peter AmericInn $5.00 • SouthPoint $5.00 Ages 13 6-12. FREE under. 6 pm Power Wheel Demo 12 pm and up for ages 5 &Kids Sponsored by Traverse Elevator Will’s Fabrication Pioneer Photography 6:30 pm Demolition Friday, August 11 Derby - $12.00 Adult Admission. Tickets go on sale at noon! & Arnold‘sWashers Implement• Arnold’s of Mankato All American Pressure FREE admission for ages 12 & under
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Home Fire Evacuation Training 2 - Minnesota’s 10 pm Bingo with the K.C.’s 6:30 Rich 12 pm Commercial Building opens Pheasants Midway ForeverOpens • Tow- Specials Distributing KNUJ & Nicollet Farmers Exchange 1 pm 6-9 pm 1 pm Seniors Program & Farm Awards Johnson Hall. 4 - 8 pm HeritageMaster Gardener, Hall Opens - Specials 1-4 pm Agricultural $17.00 until August 8, 2017 • $20.00 at• KNUJ the Fair 12 pm Johnson Midway 12 pm Davis Family Commercial Building opens Dairies • Do-It Best Sponsored by First National Bank & KNUJ 4 & 8 pm Jon Smithers Drones & Photography 1 pm Fire Dept. Activities Grant from Minnesota 1 pm Seniors Program & Farm Awards Johnson Hall. Rich Pehrson Memorial Music Under Nicollet County Bank • Thrivent Financial-Patty Kelly 3 pm- Specials 6-9 Talent Show -- Johnson Hall The Tent Anderson Seeds • Culligan Water Seasons Truck Wash 5 pm Midway Opens pm Sponsored by• Four First National Bank & KNUJ Department of Agriculture Thursday, Aug. 11 11 am - 1 pm Flood Plain FourRich United Farmer’s Cooperative Events Under ThePehrson Tent Memorial Lager’s of St.Music Peter • Mankato Harley Davidson - Under The Tent Music - Under Tent 6pm Tree Dedication - 5 pmThe Wendinger Band (Polka)Zoo 12 - 52pm Lollipop The Clown & Reptile Thursday, Aug. 11 11 am 1 pm Flood Plain Four Mankato Sertoma Society • M&M Boys Derby Products 7 Close Blue Ringer 6:30pm Prayer at Tractor 7 - 10 pm JakePull Palmer4 -DJ @ Thompson Building 7 pm Honkabilly 6pm Tree Dedication 2 - Nicollet 5 pm Wendinger Band (Polka) County Sheriff & Posse • R&R Tire Grandstand Event - 11 pm The Whiskies by the Beer Garden Cal’s Towing • FUN.com • Locher Brothers • Red Men Club 7 pm - Close Beginnings 7Band 7 - Close Blue Ringer 6:30pm Prayer atAdmission. Tractor Pull City of St. Peter, Police, Public Works & Fire Dept.Pull 7 pm Demolition Derby $12.00 Adult Includes: Harness Races • Truck &Federal Tractor Grandstand Event Doug Ohman St. Peter AmericInn • SouthPoint Credit Union Grandstand Event Grandstand Event $5.00 Ages 6-12. FREE for ages 5 & under. 6 pm Kids Power Wheel Demo Will’s Fabrication 7 pm Demolition Derby $12.00 Adult Admission. Pioneer Photography n Friday & Saturday Demo Derbies • Auto Races. TicketsAdmission go on -sale atDoug noon! 6:30 pm g o Truck & Tractor Pull - $10.00 Adult Ohman 6:30 pm Demolition Derby $12.00 Adult Admission. $5.00 Ages 6-12. FREE for ages 5 & under. n i August s$5.00 Friday, 11 k d $5.00 Ages 6-12. FREE for agesPhotography 5 & PLUS under. r Ages 6-12. FREE for ages 5 & under Saturday, August 1 2 n Pioneer a All event pass gets you in 30 minutes early! Tickets go on sale at noon! u P Johnson ro HallSponsored by Traverse Elevator Sponsored byKids’ Tire Associates & Nicollet Co. 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Enduro auto racers team up for Nicollet County Fair By PAT BECK pbeck@stpeterherald.com
For Luke Weber and his team, racing on a budget is the key to off-road enduro auto racing. “As long as you get a cheap car going, it’s fun,” Weber said. Racing eight years, Weber, 35, and his friends in the same age group will run a dozen cars together in the Nicollet County Fair Sunday, Aug. 13 at the fairgrounds. Race time is at noon. Luke Weber’s team includes his brother, Nick Weber of St. Peter, Levi Menk of St. Peter and Blake Geyen of Bloomington. They work together on the cars mostly on weekends in the summer at Nick’s farm house south of Traverse. Luke Weber and other drivers also have co-pilots, who ride in the passenger seats. His is Bryon Shultz of St. Peter. Asked about the role of the co-pilot, Weber said, “If there’s someone coming up behind you, they can let you know. If there’s a red flag, it helps if you don’t see it to stop.” The majority of drivers have co-pilots, but they are optional. Last year Weber competed in three classes. This year he will run in four: a 1996 Volkswagen Jetta in the 4-cylinder races, a 1995 Buick Regal in the 6-cylinder races, a 2005 Chevy Uplander in the van class and a 2005 Kia in the new SUV class. Menk runs in two classes: a Toyota in the 4-cylinder and a Chevy Lumina in the 6-cylinder. He drives the Lumina for his
mail route car and turned it into a race car. Weber’s brother, Nick, will drive in three cars: a Honda Civic in the 4-cylinder, a 1996 Lumina in the 6-cylinder and a S-10 Blazer in the SUV/truck class. The event also will feature a fireman’s heat and a new Power Wheels class for children. The vehicles tend to be smaller. If they get too big, it’s hard to get around the track. There’s only got a small area which is also used for the demolition derby on the previous two nights. Weber acquired the cars from people who want to get rid of them. He doesn’t pay much. Some are free. The most he’s paid is $200. “I wouldn’t pay anything over 200 bucks for a car,” Weber said. Although the cars come right off the street, it takes some work to get them race ready. Last year Luke Weber had to put a transmission in a van. “Some don’t have brakes, some of them the floors all rotted out. It’s simple stuff you can fix if you want or drive it the way it is.” Although not required, Weber installs a halo bar behind the seat, so if he does rollover, the roof doesn’t cave in on him. The doors need to be welded or chained shut. Windows, lights and the interior are removed. Weber doesn’t modify his engines. He leaves them stock. He said he knows enough about fixing up cars “to be dangerous.” Weber tries to carry over
the cars from one year to the next, so he doesn’t have to prepare another one. He has used one car for five years. “You don’t want to put too much money into them,” Weber said. “The cars get banged up pretty good, sliding into each other.” Working at Mike’s Countryside Auto Body Shop in St. Peter, Weber has access to vehicles. He got the van from there. “Somebody totaled it out, and they just left it, said we could have it if we wanted it, and it sat out here for four years,” Weber said. He just took the windows out and it was ready to go. On his 4-cylinder, he painted and made it look nice. All the other ones they might paint them one color, so they look somewhat good and put the number on. At Mike’s, Weber does everything: painting, straightening and bodywork start to finish. He does a little mechanical work, like radiators. Blake Geyen runs a lawn service in the cities. Shultz works on fourwheelers and boats at Dranttel Sales and Service. “If we have problems, he helps us fix the car,” Luke Weber said. Luke Weber said he likes racing because it’s an adrenaline rush. The course has jumps and a obstacles including a tire and a dirt pile to go around in an S-curve. “So that makes it more challenging,” Weber said. “And they wet it down, so it’s muddy and slippery.”
Enduro auto races have their ups and downs as this photo shows in last year’s Nicollet County Fair. (Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald)
Racing on a dirt track surrounded concrete walls, the cars can reach speeds up to 50 mph in the dry straightaways. But they run slower in wet conditions. What makes it entertaining for the crowd? “It’s entertaining because you don’t know what’s going to happen,” Luke Weber said. “Somebody might roll over or hit each other. It depends on how wet and slippery it is.” Heat races last 10 laps, consolation and championship are 15 laps and take about 20 minutes or longer. The crowd watches as race cars motor around the track in last year’s Nicollet County Fair. Luke Weber has rolled his cars three times, but he never has been injured. The halo bar is a horseshoe and keeps the roof from falling in. Prizes range from $30 to $200 plus a trophy. Weber said he does it for the fun of it. “If you win money, it’s just an added bonus.” Brad Guth and Charlie Rustman are organizing the event. Any questions, contact Most endurace race cars have a co-pilot as well as a driver. Brad Guth at 507-351-5630 or guthbrad@yahoo.com
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Annexstad aims for title of ‘Princess Kay of the Milky Way’ quent days. There are 12 finalists in all, chosen after a May event involving more than 50 county dairy princesses. The dairy princesses gave a speech, participated in a 10-minute interview and answered question in a 5-minute mock media interview. They also sat in on workshops and networked. Annexstad’s passion falls in line with the role of the Princess Kay. “I love being able to talk about what my family does every single day,” she said. “I like talking and public speaking. I participated in speech in high school. Speaking comes naturally to me.” The role of dairy princess requires public appearances, including at St. Peter’s Fourth of July parade. Here, Emily Annexstad, left, was joined by fellow Dairy Princess Stacey Schugel, center, and ambassador Jennifer Wear. (Herald file photo)
Nicollet County Dairy Princess Emily Annexstad is a finalist for the state title of Princess Kay of the Milky Way. (Nancy Madsen/St. Peter Herald)
Through her childhood, she was also involved in agricultural organizations, including 4-H, FFA and Minnesota Junior Holstein Association. She started showing at the county fair, with a calf, at age 6. She’s been on the high school FFA dairy judging team and talked to a lot of agricultural professionals for career exploration. “Being a dairy princess allows me to combine my knowledge and passion for the dairy community with public speaking skills,” Annexstad, 19, said. Her skills and interests also led her to double-major in animal science and agricultural communication and marketing at the University of Minnesota. “I love being able to communicate and talk with people, but I also think the science aspect is really interesting,” she said. She hopes to have a career in which she can combine them. This year’s Princess Kay will have a full plate, with college education, dairy promotional activities and school visits through NFL partnership Fuel up to Play
60. The Super Bowl’s location at U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, in February, will likely add more to that last program’s piece. “With the Super Bowl being in Minnesota in 2018, I would expect that Princess Kay will have some sort of role in advertising that program when it’s here in her home state,” Annexstad said. Dairy has always surrounded her on the family’s dairy farm in Norseland. But she said 4-H and fairs kept her interest growing. “I think I credit showing and giving livestock talks and being able to look up to older 4-Hers as what really got me interested in dairy in the first place,” she said. “I love helping with chores now, but I went through a stage when it was not my favorite thing.” The Annexstads have been faithful attendees to the county and state fairs, which was reinforced once Emily and her brothers, Matthias and Leif, were showing animals. “My family has gone to the fair for as long as I can remem-
ber,” Emily said. “We missed one year for corn silage, but it’s always something I really looked forward to, just going and eating cheese curds and getting to see Princess Kay.” At both, she said, there are friends that she sees once a year, which is another draw. “There’s pretty good ice cream at the county and state fairs, too,” she added.
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the coronation and their heads carved in butter. Since that inspiration, Annexstad became a dairy ambassador for two years before serving as Nicollet County Dairy Princess, now in her second year. Princess Kay serves as a spokeswoman for dairy products and dairy farms in Minnesota. Midwest Dairy Association, which represents 7,400 dairy farm families in 10 states, manages the program. Princess Kay is named the night before the opening of the state fair. Her head is carved in butter during the first day, while each of the other finalists have their likenesses carved on subse-
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Nicollet’s Krohns to be celebrated as county Farm Family of the Year By NANCY MADSEN nmadsen@stpeterherald.com The Krohns keep farming because they love it. Warren and Rachel Krohn with their sons, Brent and Bryce, joke about the long hours that crops and hogs inevitably bring. “It’s just something you like to do,” Warren said. “If you didn’t like it, you wouldn’t do it.” Brent said, “We work with a lot of good people and that helps make everything go.” The family is the 2017 Nicollet County Farm Family of the Year. They will be recognized during the Nicollet County Fair at 1 p.m. Aug. 11 in Johnson Hall. The annual farm family recipient is chosen locally by a group of past Farm Family of the Year recipients and is based on their demonstrated commitment to enhancing and supporting agriculture and community involvement. “The farm families receiving this year’s honors exemplify what makes Minnesota agriculture strong,” said Bev Durgan, Dean of University of Minnesota Extension, in a news release. They bring innovation, science and hard work to farming. They care greatly about the land and animals and delivering quality products to consumers worldwide.” The Krohns’ farm began in 1950 when Warren’s parents, Melvin and Vivian Krohn, bought 160 acres about six miles north of Nicollet in Granby Township. The farm has had dairy cows, Holstein steers, sows, finisher hogs and chickens. In 1978, Melvin and Vivian sold the dairy cows; in 1982, Warren took the lead on the farm. “My dad still helped,” he said. “He said, ‘Have it parked and ready. I’m not getting dirty no more.’” In 1992, Warren and Rachel added Prairieland Pork, a 1,200-
sow farrowing site, and Krohn Pork, four 1,000-head hog finishing barns. Prairieland Pork was sold in 2012. They now custom finish hogs for Wakefield Pork, Gaylord. “We have good family bonding time in the hog barns,” Rachel said. Over the years, the methods and technologies have changed. Equipment is bigger and computerized. “It is better, but it can be harder to figure out when something isn’t working,” Bryce said. Brent said using manure to fertilize has brought savings. “It’s one of the highest-quality fertilizers,” he said. And GPS and variable-rate seeding and fertilizing are more efficient, Bryce said. The family members agree they enjoy working with each other. “We each have a job,” Brent said. When they plant, Warren runs the digger, while Bryce takes the planter and Brent the sprayer. Those can be 20-hour days. Throughout the year, Brent takes the lead on paperwork, while Warren focuses on the animals and Bryce the equipment and maintenance. Brent and Bryce also have jobs off the family farm. They run a custom manure application business, Granby Pumping and Application, and raise crops near North Mankato. Bryce is a journeyman electrician and Brent has a structural engineering business with a partner in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In their few spare moments, they also DJ as BKDJ. “We’ve got about 15 weddings this summer,” Bryce said. They enjoy the time together and visits from Brent and Bryce’s sister Kelsey Horn and her husband Justin and children Karis and Logan. The Krohns are involved in Minnesota Valley Lutheran
The Krohn family was named Nicollet County Farm Family of the Year. From left, son Bryce, father Warren, mother Rachel and son Brent farm about six miles north of Nicollet. (Nancy Madsen/St. Peter Herald)
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Pedal pull popularity: Kids continue to love the ride By DANA MELIUS dmelius@stpeterherald.com Isabella Schultz of St. Peter won the girls age 4 bracket in the power pedal pull at the recent Elysian community celebration. (Richard Rohlfing/Correspondent)
Watch out for young Isabella Schultz if she enters the upcoming Nicollet County Fair’s kids pedal pull competition. The 4-year-old already won the Fourth of July action at Elysian. It’s part of a growing industry, with the Minnesota State Pedal Pulls competition. The competition also is between different pedal pull organizations. D&S Pedal Pulls in Fairmont is an official sanctioning body for the Minnesota State Pedal Pull competition Sept. 10 at the McLeod County Fairgrounds in Hutchinson. The Fairmont group is sponsoring the August 11 pedal pull competition at the Nicollet County Fair, according to Ron McCabe, a director on the Fair Board. There’s also state pedal pull competition Sept. 12 at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights. But before any youngster
can set their sights on the state action in Falcon Heights, a kids pedal puller needs to finish in a sanctioned local or regional competition. Top three finishers in those can elect to move on to the state and national competitions. The official competition for the National Pedal Pullers Association and the 2017 National Pedal Pull Championships September 23 in Mitchell, South Dakota at the Corn Palace. Isabella isn’t the only area youngster to keep an eye on during the Nicollet County Fair, which runs August 9-13. The kids pedal pull is typically held 11 a.m. during the fair’s Saturday Kids Day, according to McCabe. The 2017 events are still being finalized. Minnesota 2016 champions from the region included Eric Nourie of St. Peter, who won the 7-year-old boys competition. Sister Natalie Nourie placed second in the Minnesota girls 10-yearold statewide competition. and
also placed fifth nationally. Others Minnesota champions from the area included Dylan Petricka of Montgomery. He went on to place fifth nationally. Daniel Lorenz of North Mankato won the 2016 Minnesota 9-yearold boys competition. The competition has become so popular, adults behind the scenes have been lining up dozens of pedal pull action throughout southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. C&S Pedal Pulls, the Nicollet County Fair sponsoring group, has scheduled at least 45 such competitions -- 9 in June, 23 in July, 9 in August and 4 more in September, trying to sneak in a few additional chances for kids pedal pullers. Last year, five Minnesota youngsters went on to win national pedal pull titles. For more information on Nicollet County Fair events and the annual Kids Day, see the fair’s website.
Brock Pugh of St. Peter made a run in the 3-year-old class at last year’s Nicollet County Fair. (Herald file photo/Pat Beck)
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