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August 17-22, 2015

30. Learn about a new animal racing event coming to this year’s fair

Page: 8. Monday — Demolition Derby 10. Tuesday-Wednesday — Lynden PRCA Rodeo

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32. The fair brings new incentives to kids who wash their hands diligently 39. Meet two of the fair’s committed superintendents 40. A longtime fair board member reflects on his time with the event 42. The Stagecoach makes the fair’s musical offerings mobile 48. Political groups see the fair as a worthwhile pursuit 50. Kayla Tjoelker is this year’s Miss Lynden Rodeo

14. Thursday — Skillet

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18. Friday — Terri Clark

58. Wayne White returns as the fair’s rodeo announcer on horseback

24. Saturday — Motocross

60. DockDogs make a splash for the first time this year 64. The fair’s wool looms are moving to the Mt. Baker Rotary Building

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Monday

August 17

Demolition Derby

Veterans returning to demo derby New ‘Jump Your Junk’ awards to be presented

Between 60 and 70 entries will compete in this year’s demolition derby.

Randy Makowski has made a name for himself at the Northwest Washington Fair’s annual demolition derby, having been crowned champion last year.

Derby veterans Ben Lagerwey and Richard Hamner are aiming to dethrone him this year, said derby organizer Mike Scholten.

“We’ve got some turf wars coming up,” Scholten said. “Richard and Ben feel some pressure and want to take them out.”

It’s been a few years since Lagerwey has driven in the derby. The same goes for Hamner, who Scholten said is the winningest driver in Lynden derby history with three car derby wins and one truck victory under his belt.

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Jump Your Junk returns to the derby this year with new prizes. the 2015 fair with two new prizes aimed at upping the fun. A new prize will be awarded for style, which Scholten described as “the weirdest thing that happens when you jump.” In addition, a longest jump prize will be given out.

The derby has seen low numbers in the past in the small truck derby, but they’re up this year. In the small cars derby, the number of entries has doubled

from 10 to 20.

The JumboTron that debuted last year will be back as well, along with a few rule changes to balance the competition.

“There are stricter rules this year,” Scholten said. “We’re limited to what people could do to their cars on certain models of Crown Victorias,” he said. “We had to adjust the rules so they wouldn’t do so well every time.”

The derby’s organizers have been busy lately, both planning the fair derby and another upcoming event. There will be another demolition derby, held in Sumas, at the end of September.

The Lynden derby is set to feature 60 to 70 entries, and will kick off the fair’s 2015 grandstand events at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 17.

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Tuesday, Wednesday Lynden PRCA Rodeo

August 18-19

Three Stremler brothers’ lifestyle is rodeo right now Two will compete in saddle bronc riding in Lynden

Cole Stremler gets his grip to try to stay on his buckin’ bronc for eight seconds.

It’s a lifestyle all its own — rodeo is just the public face of it.

The Stremler family can tell you all about that.

When brothers Christian, Cole and Clay Stremler are back in Lynden for rodeo action during the Northwest Washington Fair next week, consider it just one stop — although a special family-heritage one — in their love of the ranching lifestyle.

They could as well be working on the 500,000 acres their dad Mike runs cattle on in central Nevada, or hiring themselves out to another ranch, where the saddle of a horse feels like the most natural place to be.

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Saddle bronc riding is one of rodeo’s roughstock events that lands a score out of 100 based on various horse and rider criteria.

Home is “75 miles on gravel roads” south of Winnemucca, Nevada, too far to go for school every day, so mom Barb homeschooled her boys instead, she said in a phone interview. Barb and husband Mike made this decision for the desert cowboy lifestyle some 14 years ago, giving up the greenness of Lynden, where they both grew up and graduated in the class of 1988 from Lynden Christian High School.

Barb is a daughter of Gord and Janice Bogaard and Mike a son of Lewis and Carol Stremler. (The couple also has three younger adopted children.)

Mike himself dabbled in rodeo’s “wild horse riding,” now mostly a defunct event, in his younger days, so it can’t be totally a surprise that sons Christian, Cole and Clay are so gung-ho about rodeo now.

“Unfortunately, our boys take rodeo more seriously than education,” said mom with a laugh.

On the other hand, Christian, 23, has

completed his college education at Sam Houston State University in Texas after starting at Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, New Mexico, and Clay, 18, is due to be at Mesalands this fall — after rodeo season, of course.

In the Southwest, rodeo is a full-fledged sport in high school and college, with teams competing at the state and national levels. Rodeo can earn college scholarships.

Clay, 18, recently won his third straight title in saddle bronc riding in Nevada and went on to take fifth in the national high school finals in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

This has been a tough year for Cole, 20, who broke a leg just below the knee in April and has been out of rodeo competition since.

Last year, in the brothers’ first year of competing in Lynden, Cole tied for best in saddle bronc riding, sharing an 82 score with Ben Londo of California. Clay did an arena run, but technically his score didn’t

count because he was only 17, under age, at the time.

This year, Christian shows up highest, at eighth place, in the saddle bronc standings of the Columbia River Circuit.

A friend who is “like a fourth brother,” Sam Harper, is a traveling companion (and fellow bronc rider) of the Stremlers as they crisscross states chasing to their next rodeo, Barb said.

“It’s hard for me to keep track of their schedule,” she said. “They’re always together. Usually after a rodeo they’ll text me about how they did and where they’re off to next.”

They have a four-seater van rigged up to carry all their gear while also allowing some on-the-road sleeping space.

“They go from one rodeo to another, sometimes three in a row,” said grandpa Lew Stremler. “They drive all night. It’s not a good way to make a living, but I guess you’re young once and you’ve got to do it.”

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The Mike and Barb Stremler family calls their remote ranch in central Nevada home. But Lynden is home to both sets of grandparents, and grandsons Christian, Cole and Clay were in Lynden a few weeks ago and will be again for the 2015 Lynden PRCA Rodeo Aug. 18-19. Grandma Janice Bogaard says she has had as many as nine young cowboys at a time in sleeping bags in her bonus room, and then they go out for breakfast at the Lynden Dutch Treat restaurant with grandpa Gordon Bogaard. “Man, they put on miles. It’s got to be that they are doing (rodeo) for the love of the sport,” Janice said.

Although they are “poor cowboys,” this is what they are passionate about right now, said their mom. “And all your competitors are your friends — that’s been neat to see.”

The three brothers were due to be back in Lynden on Aug. 8 for a wedding. Then

they will head to the Omak Stampede rodeo on Aug. 13-16 before skipping back west for their date in the Lynden grandstand arena on Tuesday, Aug. 18.

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Lynden PRCA Rodeo Records Lynden Rodeo event winners, year by year Bareback Riding 2005 — Bobby Mote, 68 2006 — Cody DeMers, 76 2007 — Kirk Giovanini and Dave Worsfold, both 78 2008 — Dan Ketter, 78 2009 — Dave Worsfold, 78 2010 — Jason Havens, 83 2011 — Brian Bain, 86 2012 — Justin McDaniel, 91 2013 — Ryan Gray, 89 2014 — Grant Denny, 80 Saddle Bronc Riding 2005 — Chance Millin 2006 — Scott Miller and Johnny Hammack, both 78 2007 — Kayle Gray, 80 2008 — Kaleb Asay, 79 2009 — Ad Bugenig and Jake Wright, both 79 2010 — Billy Etbauer, 80 2011 — Kayle Gray, 85 2012 — Heath DeMoss and Louie Brunson, both 82 2013 — Bryce Miller, 83 2014 — Cole Stremler and Ben Londo, both 82 Bull Riding 2005 — Myron Duarte 2006 — Zeb Lanham, 86 2007 — Clint Craig, 82 2008 — Stormy Wing, 89

2009 — Colin McTaggart, 83 2010 — Shawn Hogg, 86 2011 — Laine Baze, 89 2012 — Dakota Beck, 79 2013 — Parker Breding, 71 2014 — Allen Helmuth and Dallee Mason, both 81 Tie-Down Roping 2005 — Jeff Coelho and Paul Cope, both 9.1 2006 — Seth Hopper, 9.0 2007 — Doug Pharr, 8.3 2008 — Kody Curry, 7.5 2009 — Justin Maass, 6.6 2010 — Shank Edwards, 8.6 2011 — Luke Jeffries, 8.1 2012 — Trevor Brazile, 6.9 2013 — Blair Burk, 7.6 2014 — Chase Williams, 7.6 Steer Wrestling 2005 — Michael Stevens, 4.0 2006 — Joey Bell Jr., 3.7 2007 — Les Shepperson, 3.6 2008 — Beau Franzen and Travis Taruscio, both 4.1 2009 — Trevor Knowles, 3.4 2010 — four-way tie of Travis Carnine, Gabe Ledoux, Dean Gorsuch and Brad Johnson, 4.2 2011 — Dean Gorsuch, 3.9 2012 — Dakota Eldridge and Blake Knowles, 3.9 2013 — Travis Taruscio, 3.3 2014 — Curtis Cassidy, 3.7 Team Roping 2005 — Brett Hale/Will Schmidt, 7.4

2006 — Riley Minor/B.J. Campbell, 5.3 2007 — Blaine Linaweaver/Richard Durham, 6.1 2008 — B.J. Campbell/Russell Cardoza, 6.4 2009 — David Key/Rich Skelton, 4.5 2010 — David Key/Brad Culpepper 2011 — Clay Tryan/Travis Graves, 4.5 2012 — Clay Tryan/Travis Graves, 4.7 2013 — Turtle Powell/Dugan Kelly, 4.3 2014 — Chad Masters/Clay O’Brien Cooper, 4.9 Barrel Racing 2005 — Barb West, 15.39 2006 — Linzie Walker, 15.90 2007 — Codi Baucom, 16.22 2008 — Brenda Mays, 16.33 2009 — Sherry Cervi, 16.05 2010 — Kelli Tolbert, 16.25 2011 — Sheena Robbins, 15.58 2012 — Brenda Mays, 15.15 2013 — Brenda Mays, 16.29 2014 — Kathy Grimes, 16.27 All-Around (two events) 2006 — B.J. Campbell 2007 — Brian Garr 2008 — B.J. Campbell and Russell Cardoza 2009 — Ryan Jarrett 2010 — Jim Ross Cooper 2011 — None 2012 — Trevor Brazile 2013 — Blake Eeckard Boldface indicates overall recordholder in event

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Thursday

August 20

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Rock band Skillet ready to ‘give the audience a show’ Rock band choreographs performance for maximum impact

John Cooper, lead singer of the rock band Skillet, tells the Tribune his group puts “everything into the show, feeling

Festivals and fair have a different feel to them than arenas and clubs, according to Skillet frontman John Cooper. the music, feeling the intensity of the crowd.

“You just want to make sure everybody leaves wanting to come back and see you again,” he said. “It has to be more than singing songs.”

He’ll have that chance when the band

takes the stage following Colton Dixon for a Northwest Washington Fair grandstand performance on Thursday, Aug. 20.

Cooper said he has never been to Lynden before, even though the 18-year veteran of the four-piece band including his wife, Korey, has made numerous visits

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Skillet has sold more than 2.5 million albums in the United States. to the Pacific Northwest. And he agreed that playing different venues does bring with it nuances of styles.

“It is true, you do festivals or fairs outside and it is different than a club or an arena,” he said. “It feels different, but

we do the same show no matter what.”

Expect portions of the show to choreograph the music with the lights. “It is more like a theater show with a rock performance,” Cooper said. “We stick to a set list and make it as tight and classy as we

can.”

Whether it’s an arena or a fair, Cooper said, interaction with the fans plays into the choreographed nature of the show, and it all gets enhanced by an outdoor environment. “I love summer time,”

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Skillet aims to put on a theatrical, dynamic show at all its performances. he said. “There is nothing like going to a concert outside.”

For those unfamiliar with the Skillet sound, Cooper recommends checking out “Monster,” “Awake and Alive” and “Hero” as the songs they are most known for.

“In general, I would call us a little theatrical and very dynamic,” Cooper said.

“Some people say it is inspirational rock.”

As Skillet prepared for its slate of summer shows, Cooper was working on writing a new record. Speaking from his backyard in Wisconsin, Cooper was able to look back on a busy stretch for the band. Two highly successful albums — “Rise” in 2013 and “Awake” in 2009 — have helped the band sell more than 2.5 million units in the U.S., garner Christian music awards and top Billboard Rock and

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But Skillet isn’t just a Christian rock band. “I don’t expect it to be a Christian audience, but there will be a lot of those types of fans, which is great,” Cooper said.

“Not only do I like mixing the genres, but mixing the types of people. I like to look out and see all kinds of different people having a good time and breaking down barriers. I will always share my faith and

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People will feel inspired even if it is outside the religious perspective.”

Skillet doesn’t stick only to Christian circles, though. The band recently returned from a European tour, playing with bands such as Slayer and Icona Pop. “It is very eclectic over there,” Cooper said about the overseas trip. “The fans like all kinds of different music. It is so great seeing people all over the world singing your songs. It is awesome.”

The recent tour had Skillet making over 20 stops in cities including London, Zurich, Stockholm, Warsaw and multiple dates in Russia, where the band’s popularity has grown exponentially. The tour followed the band’s Uproar Festival appearance in summer 2014 when they joined with Godsmack, Seether, Buckcherry and Pop Evil on stops across the United States.

The “intense, energetic” Skillet show in Lynden will follow a show by Christian artist Colton Dixon, a friend of Cooper.

“Typically we always have people ahead of us or we are ahead of other people,” Cooper said. “I like playing with other bands. I like playing with other artists outside the genre. It brings in a larger audience. It should be a fun night.”

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A recent tour featured stops in London, Zurich, Stockholm and Warsaw.

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Terri Clark

August 21

Terri Clark returns to Lynden stage Artist last performed here in 2006, loves the live setting

Terri Clark enjoys the people and the energy of the Pacific Northwest.

For country star Terri Clark, a trip to the Pacific Northwest is a special experience.

“The people are so salt-of-theearth,” she said. “They just love country music, and it’s just such beautiful terrain to be looking at while you’re playing.”

Clark last performed at the Northwest Washington Fair in 2006, and she will return to the grandstand this year at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21.

Her newest album, “Some Songs,” was released last September, featuring the singles “Some Songs,” “Longer” and “I Cheated On You,” the latter of which Clark said is a big hit at her live shows.

But, despite many artists’ strong desire to play their new material, Clark said she knows how people feel about her back catalog.

“Songs like ‘Better Things To Do’ and ‘Poor Poor Pitiful Me,’ they get good responses because they’re nostalgic now,” she said. “They help people remember a time in their lives when they were being played in their car a lot.”

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Clark plays a variety of songs at her live shows, from classics to newer cuts to covers.

Clark said she loves being part of people’s lives in that way.

“When you’re a teenager, with all the things you go through and how you change, you relate a lot of them to what you hear on the radio at the time,” she said.

Still, Clark plays some songs from

her newest album, as well as a popular cover of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.”

She said she enjoys the energy exchange that happens at live shows better than recording in a studio.

“It’s instant gratification,” she said.

“When you’re in a studio, it’s very te-

dious, and done in bits and pieces.

It’s exciting to see something come to fruition that you’ve spent time on, but when you’re on the stage, it’s like, bam, right in front of you.”

Clark is currently playing dates rather than touring, and she has many weekend runs over the summer.

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Clark gleans inspiration from singer-songwriters working in the music industry.

She has written much of her own material over the years, and personally enjoys country music by acts such as the Zac Brown Band, Little Big Town, Ronnie Dunn and Keith Urban.

“There’s a crop of good male artists coming up that are really traditional

country that I like,” she said.

That said, Clark doesn’t spend a lot of time listening to mainstream country artists. She is drawn more toward singer-songwriters like Jason Isbell who fall into the folk and Americana genres.

Clark said she can take away more from

these artists than the ones populating the mainstream country scene.

“I can learn something from them,” she said. “I feel like you’ve got to keep learning to strive and feed your soul,” she said. “I feel like I can achieve that better by listening to artists that are go-

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Clark refers to her career as a kind of dual citizenship.

Originally born in Montreal, Quebec, she grew up in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

“I’ve had success in the U.S. on the radio, and I’ve also been fortunate to have a lot of Canadian success beyond my U.S. chart success,” Clark said. “I get the best of both worlds.”

After graduating from high school, Clark moved to Nashville and got her start playing at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, a honky-tonk bar located just across the alley from the historic Ryman Auditorium.

In 1994, she was signed to PolyGram/Mercury Records,

and she released her self-titled debut album in 1995, featuring the hit single “Better Things to Do.” Other singles on the album included “When Boy Meets Girl,” “If I Were You” and “Suddenly Single.”

“If I Were You” went on to be Clark’s first number-one hit in Canada. Her debut album was eventually certified Gold and Platinum by the RIAA. She released her second studio album in 1996, titled “Just the Same.” It included hit singles “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” and “Emotional Girl” (another Canadian number-one).

Clark had her first United States chart-topper in 1998 with the lead single from her album “How I Feel,” titled “You’re Easy On the Eyes.” The single “Now That I Found You” also charted very high in both the U.S. and Canada. “You’re Easy On the Eyes” also hit the mainstream Billboard Hot 100.

Since “How I Feel,” Clark has released seven studio albums and five compilations. Four of those albums charted in the top 10 on the Billboard U.S. country album charts, and she has had many successful singles, including “A Little Gasoline,” “I Just Wanna Be Mad,” “I Wanna Do It All” and “Girls Lie Too.” Clark has spent time touring with artists Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Reba McEntire and George Strait. She currently hosts “America’s Morning Show” with co-host Blair Garner on Cumulus Radio NASH-FM stations.

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Clark was first signed by Polygram/Mercury Records in 1994, releasing her self-titled debut the following year.

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August 22

Motocross

Motocross making its fair debut with a variety of jumps and turns Action-packed event will include pros, top amateurs from across the Northwest

The fair’s inaugural motocross event will feature some of the top riders in the Northwest, including professionals from both the United States and Canada.

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Sixteen of the Pacific Northwest’s top motocross riders will charge out of the gates, maneuver the dirt track in tight quarters and soar off jumps in a thrilling, high-octane battle to cross the finish line first.

Motocross is making its Northwest Washington Fair debut this year, giving spectators a chance to witness all of the sport’s fast-paced action-packed excitement.

One analogy for the electrifying, chaotic nature of motocross is Spain’s annual Running of the Bulls, said Tim Koetje of the Mount Baker Motorcycle Club, which is organizing the fair event.

“We actually are going to call the event the ‘Bull Run,’” Koetje said. “It’s going to be a bit like that. With 16 of the top riders in the Northwest coming around the first corner out of the gate, it is going

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The event will take place on an arenacross-style track and includes jumps that will launch riders 15 to 20 feet into the air. A trial run of the planned Northwest Washington Fair course was done a few months ago.

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The event will feature a number of different races, all of which are invitation-only. Each race will consist of 16 participants. to be chaos.”

The fair has included a small sampling of motocross in the past, often coupled with other entertainment. But for all intents and purposes, this will be the fair’s inaugural motocross event, Koetje said.

The action will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, at the grandstand.

“We’ve definitely done our very best to put on what we believe is going to be the best possible show we can for its first year,” Koetje said.

The event will feature a number of races, all of which are invitation-only.

Each race will consist of 16 participants and last an allotted length of time — five

minutes, for example — plus an additional lap once the time limit is reached.

Highlighting the evening will be two professional classes: a 450cc motorcycle race and a 250cc race. Each of the two will have a $7,500 purse.

“Some of the top (pro) riders in Canada and the United States will be there,” Koetje said. “If you follow supercross at all, some of the names that you see on TV will be there, as well as our true local pros.”

The amateur races will consist of 450cc, 250cc, 65cc and 50cc competition, as well as an 85cc class that’s combined with a “super-mini” class, Koetje said.

“A lot of these invitations are people coming from anywhere in British Columbia, Oregon and Idaho,” Koetje said. “We pulled from all the top riders in the Northwest.”

The event will include some youngsters as well, many of whom compete each week during the summer at Hannegan Speedway in Bellingham. The youngest invitation sent out was to a 6-year-old who is one of the top riders in North America for his age class.

“The caliber of riders is not based on their age,” Koetje said.

And neither is the excitement factor, he added. The weekly Thursday night Hannegan Speedway races span all ages,

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The event will include amateurs as young as age 6. And sometimes the younger races are the most popular, said Tim Koetje of the Mount Baker Motorcycle Club, which is organizing the event. but the younger ones are some of the most popular.

“A lot of spectators come to watch the litte 50ccs,” Koetje said. “They’re just little bikes, you have 4- to 8-year-olds riding them and you’re thinking, ‘What’s a 4-year-old going to do?’

“Then you see them jumping 20 feet

through the air and you’re thinking, ‘Wow, that’s pretty impressive.’”

While termed as motocross for simplicity’s sake, the event will actually take place on an arenacross-style track. Arenacross is a much more compact environment than motocross, which typically takes place outdoors on wide-open, al-

most cross-country tracks, Koetje said.

“Arenacross is a lot tighter course,” he said. “The riders are bar to bar. It’s very close-quarters racing and more technical than motocross.”

The course will include jumps that launch riders 15 to 20 feet into the air. One part will consist of a “rhythm section” of

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smaller jumps, with only 20 feet or so in between each.

But the larger jumps will have much bigger gaps in between — there will be a 40-foot gap, two 50-footers and a 70-footer, Koetje said.

The 70-foot double jump in particular should make for an interesting dynamic. Some riders will attempt to clear both jumps at once — the quickest approach — while others will tackle each individually, Koetje said.

“It’s really aerial,” said Koetje of the course. “A lot of emphasis is on getting over your obstacles so you don’t have to go through them. Timing is everything.

If you don’t time something right, you’re going to get hurt, you’re going to miss it — something’s going to happen.”

The track will be set up in only a matter of hours, with Koetje and his crew under strict time restraints the day of the event. But they had a practice run-through a few months ago, and those who rode the track then had resounding praise.

“All the people who are very familiar with these types of tracks said it was one of the best tracks — if not the best — they had ever raced on,” Koetje said. “So we got the track right. People really enjoyed it and it flows well.

“All the technical stuff happens right

Koetje and his fellow organizers have nicknamed the event the ‘Bull Run,’ as having 16 elite riders packed into such a compact course should offer no shortage of excitement. in front of the crowd and all the speed gets them around the track to right back in front of (the crowd) again. So it should be a pretty intense night of racing.”

The primary objective for the Mount Baker Motorcycle Club, founded in 1925, is to use the event as a means of promoting motorcycles as a sport.

“That’s the main goal,” Koetje said.

“We want to increase awareness of what we believe is a great family sport, and just a great sport in general.”

Tickets for the inaugural event cost $15, in addition to the fair’s price of admission. VIP tickets, bringing special seating, food, beverages and other perks, cost $190 per pair.

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Don’t mind the racing goat Crazy animal races offer fresh 2015 fair entertainment

The race pits a goat, a sheep, a pig and a duck against each other.

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If you had to pick, Pamela Jaeger, administrative coordinator for Great American Entertainment Company, says she’d choose the goat. Goats have some speed, after all. And a little speed sure helps when you have four different animals racing against each other.

In a new attraction for the Northwest Washington Fair this year, expect space to clear on the fairgrounds for the Great American Speedway Crazy Animal Races (GASCAR). It’s just one of many events offered by a company known for bringing animal-themed exhibits to fairs throughout the West.

The Lynden-based fair chose the crazy animal races, which will pit a goat, pig, sheep and duck against each other in a NASCAR-themed — hence the GASCAR moniker — experience. From Goat Gordon to the checkered flags lining the

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When not involved in a race, the animals will be available for display, but not for petting.

With four distinctly different animals pitted against each other, how do these races generally turn out? “You know, the goats are pretty fast, but it does depend,” Jaeger said. “It is all kind of a toss-up. The goats are the fastest, but sometimes the pigs (pull it out).”

Of course, you always have to watch out for that duck, an animal prone to cheat and cut across the track for the win.

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Fair makes hand washing fun Prizes to be awarded to kids who wash hands at multiple stations

The fair will have hand washing ambassadors on hand to help kids wash up properly.

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The Northwest Washington Fair’s organizers know the importance of hand washing, and fairgoers will have more options than ever to keep their hands clean.

“We have added six hand washing stations, and they’re double stations, so it really adds up to 12 more sinks in the mix,” fair manager Jim Baron said.

The new stations double the number available last year.

“They’re primarily at the exit from the animal barns so that when people leave, they can wash their hands,” he said. “We have them in the eating area also.”

Of course, the fair’s restrooms also have sinks for hand washing.

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coincided with the annual Milk Makers Fest for children earlier this year was a factor in adding hand washing stations.

“That’s partially the reason, although over the years, we have continued to add them,” he said.

Health authorities, during the E.coli outbreak that affected at least 25 people, emphasized that proper hand washing is the most effective way to avoid contamination that can be transmitted by contact with animals or animal areas.

The hand washing stations have been provided with help from the Mt. Baker Rotary Club and the PeaceHealth medical network.

“People want to see the fair be a wholesome, great place and a great place for people to go,” he said. “I think that there is definitely an interest on the part of the community in the health of the people that attend the fair. I think most people understand that hand washing is the real key. Proper hand washing.”

The fair is hiring hand washing ambassadors to show children how to wash their hands properly, and incentives will be provided for kids to do it.

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The fair is working with the Whatcom County Health Department to prevent any potential sicknesses that can occur from being around animals. (Courtesy photo/Milk Makers Fest) he or she will receive a prize. Each youngster can carry a passport, and will earn a stamp if they wash their hands at three highlighted stations.

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For these two, fair week is a family affair Todd Rightmire, Alison Mason are two veteran superintendents, like their parents

Stick around the Northwest Washington Fair long enough, and you’re bound to experience something wacky.

There was the time a Guernsey cow headed for the fairgrounds fell out of a trailer near Hinotes Corner on the Hannegan Road. (The cow was OK.) There was the time some piglets got loose and participants had to spend their morning chasing them around the barn. (That was fun, for the most part.)

“There are other stories,” said 4-H beef cattle superintendent Alison Mason, “that just aren’t appropriate to tell.”

Mason and Todd Rightmire know the stories of the Lynden fair as well as anyone. 2015 marks Rightmire’s 22nd year as fair FFA superintendent, a job the agriculture teacher at Mount Baker High School took because the Washington State University graduate simply wanted to get involved early in his career.

It wasn’t exactly a coveted position.

“Honestly, no one else volunteered, and I was a rookie teacher,” Rightmire said in a July interview. “When you’re a first-year ag teacher, it’s like ‘What am I going to do? Am I going to contribute and try to help everybody and help kids?’”

The answer to that question was never in doubt.

Rightmire’s connection to the fair, which runs Aug. 17-22, is blood-related. His late father, Dick, was an FFA advisor at Ferndale High School for 30 years and a statewide FFA officer before he passed away at age 53 in 2000.

Rightmire lists the time spent with his dad as among his finest fair memories.

“I’ve always been involved in the fair from a very young age,” he said.

“My dad was a superintendent for, I think, 24 years before me.”

The younger Rightmire is quickly approaching that 24-year mark, a reality the Ferndale High School graduate never foresaw when he first volunteered.

“I thought I’d do it for a few years,”

A Mount Baker FFA student shows his project pig at the fair. he said. “Well, here we are.”

Mason, with a background in 4-H and FFA, followed a similar path. She graduated from Ferndale High School a year after Rightmire before going on to WSU. This will mark her 11th year as 4-H beef cattle superintendent. Mason’s kids show pigs and cattle. She grew up showing dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep and “pig one year.” It is truly a family affair.

“My mom and dad were the 4-H beef and dairy superintendents when I was in 4-H some 35 years ago,” Mason said. “They stayed with it and the job changed a bit as time went on. When the beef and dairy split up and the beef stayed in the Jansen barn, they took over the open class beef and, of course, kept doing the 4-H beef.

“My dad passed away in June of 2005 and that year I helped my mom,” Mason said. “I’ve been doing it ever since.”

The fair in itself is a grueling event for Rightmire and Mason, as they work closely to make sure everything runs smoothly. Early mornings turn into long days. Sleep is limited. The

preparation starts months in advance.

Balancing duties with a full-time job is a challenge. As with sports, there is occasional drama with students and parents, though Rightmire said the last handful of years have passed by without a hitch.

There is also plenty of delegating.

After all, keeping a barn clean isn’t easy.

“Sometimes you feel like a cop dealing with that,” Rightmire said of delegating. “You gotta do this. You gotta do that. I don’t really enjoy that, but it needs to be done.”

For Rightmire and Mason, one of the biggest benefits is seeing students succeed and build relationships with kids from other schools in Whatcom County.

Mason enjoys interacting with and educating fairgoers. It’s one of the many rewards of giving back.

“I love it,” she said. “I love what the fair stands for.

“It’s the whole camaraderie and competition that you have with other kids that makes the fair the most exciting.”

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Longtime fair board member looks back Deane Sandell showed Guernseys as youngster

Deane Sandell began serving on the Northwest Washington Fair Board of Directors 23 years ago, but his involvement with the fair goes back a lot farther than that.

“I grew up on a dairy farm,” Sandell said. “We had registered Guernseys, so my first memory of the fair was as a young boy.

We would show Guernseys at the fair. That probably started in the very early 1950s.”

When Sandell headed off to Washington State University in 1963, his family was still showing the brown-and-white milk cows at the fair, and he estimates that he showed them continuously for at least 12 to 15 years.

Sandell went on to graduate from Western Washington University. He worked for the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office for 34 years and ended up serving as the undersheriff for about eight years.

When then-board member Ron Vander Yacht was leaving the board to become fair manager, board member Lewis Van Mersbergen, also a Guernsey exhibitor, approached Sandell to see if he would fill Vander Yacht’s vacant seat.

“I thought it would be a nice way to pay back for all the good times that I’d had at the fair, so I did stand for election and got it, and I’ve been on the board ever since,” Sandell said.

The Northwest Washington Fair has changed a great deal since Sandell was a youngster, and even in the years since he was elected to the board.

When he first began attending as a boy in the early 1950s, the Lynden Fair only ran for three days. Over the years, it has increased to six.

Deane Sandell and his dad, Floyd, show off two of their prized Guernseys at the fair in the mid-1950s.

“Another big change is just the amount of people,” he said. “I don’t know how many we used to get, but we now consistently get around 200,000 people, and that’s a big change.”

Sandell said he has enjoyed watching buildings pop up around the fairgrounds year after year, including the Henry Jansen Agricultural Center and the Washington Tractor Arena, especially used for horse events.

“There were just two long wooden structures where (today’s) dairy barn is, and they were separated by maybe 50 feet or so of shavings, and that’s where the show took place, rain or shine, between those two buildings,” Sandell said.

The entertainers brought in by the fair have also changed over the years. Sandell said that for a long time the fair did not bring in big-name acts. His favorite entertainers from across the years are mostly from the classic rock genre, including Chicago and Heart.

Some of his fondest memories, however, date all the way back to his showing days. He and his friends passed the time playing pranks on each other, and one of his very favorite memories is of winning grand champion in fitting and showmanship twice.

“The fair was the highlight of the summer for me as a youth,” Sandell said.

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Local Stagecoach brings traveling tunes to teens Two times each day the mobile stage whips through the fairgrounds

The Big Oak Stagecoach rolls all over the fairgrounds, bringing live music to teens.

As the light fades on another day of the Northwest Washington Fair, an eclectic sound emerges from the grounds. It isn’t a grandstand show winding down, but it is music. And it seems to be moving.

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“We have different artists and acts every year,” Taylor said. “This year, we have a pretty diverse lineup. We have country to singer-songwriter to hip-hop to full-on rock.”

The Stagecoach idea was born out of a need for a change. About seven years ago, Taylor, who has also served as youth pastor at North County Christ the King Church, started The Lounge, a teen hangout during the fairgrounds the week of the fair.

He moved away the following year and the space took a turn away from its original idea.

When Taylor returned to Lynden, instead of continuing with The Lounge, he pitched the idea of the Stagecoach. The fair was on board and Taylor had the truck built within five weeks.

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The Stagecoach event starts twice daily near the poffertjes stand, amassing followers wherever it pops up. make the Big Oak Stagecoach happen. “(The fair) really makes an investment financially for us to be able to provide something free, fun and

unique for teens,” Taylor said.

The fun and unique event starts twice each day near the poffertjes stand. That’s where the Stagecoach initially rolls

out at 4:30 and 9 p.m. “We roll through and amass a following and then we pop up at will,” Taylor said. “It is always unpredictable where we’ll be.”

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“It keeps it a lot of fun and teens have to guess in the confines of the fair where it is going to be.”

Of course, if guessing doesn’t sound like much fun, people can visit the Big Oak Stagecoach Facebook page or soon-to-come Instagram account for the details of location.

In an effort to keep the lineup diverse while welcoming back popular artists, Taylor has created a set of shows that differ daily.

Monday: Montana band Minus Tim, with a singersongwriter vibe, rolls out.

Tuesday: Local country performer Georgia Clark, a “super gifted artist,” makes her fourth trip to the Stagecoach. “I like to give her this platform,” Taylor said.

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Friday: Foreknown is Taylor’s biggest get of the week, as he brings the Portland-based Humble Beast Records artist up from Phoenix to perform.

“He has really revolutionized Christian hip-hop,” Taylor said. “He is fantastic, just very unique.”

Saturday: A bigger-label band from Seattle, Ghost Ship, will promote a brand-new album during its time on the Stagecoach.

Following Saturday’s final Ghost Ship performance, a pair of DJs will take over the Stagecoach to wrap up the fair with a “bonus dance party.”

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Even political issues have their place at the fair Parties, advocacy groups find it worthwhile to keep up booths year after year It can be a lot of work and a little costly, but it’s obviously still very worthwhile to espouse a cause at the Northwest Washington Fair.

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Charlie Crabtree, GOP county chair, is a believer. It’s worth it to “have a presence” at the Lynden fair in order to make contact with people, get their take on political issues, acquaint them with candidates, do surveys and give out information.

Having a machine that makes wearable buttons for the kids helps draw parents in too toward the Republican booth, which is on the fairgrounds’ main north-south corridor.

“We’re able to really connect with that 30- to 50-yearold demographic that are parents and talk to them and get input from them,” Crabtree said.

Democratic counterpart Catherine Chamber agrees it’s worthwhile to set up a booth, line up the volunteers and assemble materials in order to mingle with the passing crowds of Whatcom County. She credits Alyce Werkema of Lynden with being the main fair organizer.

“It gives us the opportunity to talk about our candidates that we support and to hand out literature,” she said.

The booth will help people change their voter understand registration, healthcare and navigate the upcoming presidential nominating process in Washington State. Volunteers will talk about local issues such as a new jail and the 2015 charter review proposals. The party will take any concerns heard at the fair as input into future positions, Chambers said.

“Our party is there to support a wide variety of viewpoints,” she said.

Lynden Human Life has had a booth at the Northwest Washington Fair at least since 1981. “I don’t think we have missed a year,” said leader Juanita Verbree.

She said a base group of people step forward to fill the volunteer slots, “some new and some repeats.”

They are all committed

to this, and keep helping, because otherwise there is so little representation in the public eye for the antiabortion cause, Verbree said.

They “feel obligated” to have a presence, she said, and Human Life generally feels supported at the Lynden fair, although it can spark some controversy too.

Verbree said recent videos suggesting Planned Parenthood deals in selling fetal tissue will add more fervor to the discussion.

The political parties note that before primary elections got moved up to early August, the Northwest Washington Fair was timed perfectly for the full early round of candidates to present themselves to potential voters. The booths are still a good base for endorsed general election candidates to do some campaigning.

And in the case of the north-county 42nd Legislative District, incumbent Reps. Vincent Buys and Lu-

anne VanWerven and Sen. Doug Ericksen will certainly be on hand, Crabtree said.

This year, the Republican booth will do a preference poll on the top Republican presidential contenders.

“We’ll see how Donald Trump does,” quipped Crabtree.

The goal is to have three people filling each four-hour shift, so the cost of getting them into the fair and renting booth space can easily run to $200 to $400 per day for the party, the chairman said.

But he considers the benefit of community interaction to be well worth it, and even politics “adds to the fun of the week,” Crabtree said.

Two other political organizations slated to be at the 2015 fair are Hope 4 Justice, about ending human trafficking and slavery, and Whatcom County Citizens for Freedom, known more commonly as the TEA Party.

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Kayla Tjoelker rode in the June 6 Lynden Farmers Day Parade.

Soon Kayla Tjoelker, 23, the reigning Miss Lynden Rodeo, and her palomino quarter horse Emmett will make their last grand entrance and queen’s ride into and around the arena of the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds.

Kayla and Emmett will lead the equine pageantry of the fair’s Lynden PRCA Rodeo Aug. 18-19.

Growing up on a West Badger Road dairy farm that had horses on the side, Kayla got her first quarter horse for her 14th birthday. She and her dad, Larry Tjoelker, got involved in trail rides and gaming events such as barrels and pole bending with the Nooksack Valley Rid-

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Kayla has enjoyed support from dad and mom Larry and DeeDee Tjoelker.

ers. Mom DeeDee cheered them on, she said.

This past year has been busy for the 2010 Lynden Christian High School graduate. Beside representing the Lynden rodeo, in October 2014 she purchased a Lynden business, The Hen House, a consignment shop of repurposed handmade gifts.

In her year as Miss Lynden Rodeo, she has saddled up and flashed her smile and a wave atop her horse at rodeo events throughout Washington and British Columbia: Coulee City Rodeo, Sedro-Woolley Rodeo, Omak Stampede, Abbotsford AgriFair and Rodeo and Cloverdale Rodeo.

At each rodeo, she has done the Queen’s Run with other attending royalty, helped with any fundraising events and been available for autographs.

As she completes her year in the role, Kayla says she has enjoyed “most everything” of being involved in family-friendly rodeo.

“It was fun traveling and meeting people.” She counts as a favorite activity going to schools and interacting with children. “Kids love rodeos and horses. The little girls look up to the queens.”

“I encourage everyone to come to the rodeo and have a great time,” she said.

Kayla relinquishes her crown and sash — and chaps too, actually — to a new queen in a pageant held later. That competition consists of giving a speech, being tested on both Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) and local rodeo knowledge, and being able to perform the illustrious Queen’s Ride.

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Young Life BBQ Barn a community effort Redone building has been a big all-around boost to this group Slow-roasted barbecue beef sandwiches, special-recipe baked beans, homemade pies and more.

The fair’s Young Life BBQ Barn provides fairgoers with mouthwatering meals, but it wouldn’t be possible without a community effort. Each August, approximately 400 volunteers offer their services during fair week to help run this food booth. “(It’s) one of the coolest things about the Young Life booth,” said North Whatcom County Young Life area director Monica Zylstra. “It is an all-hands-ondeck community effort.”

Young Life breaks each fair day into three shifts of about 20 volunteers each — kids and adults alike — who prepare the food and take orders. The BBQ Barn also recruits specific volunteers to arrive at 6 a.m. each morning to slow-roast the barbecue beef and prepare the booth.

Another group comes in to help make the nine five-gallon bins of barbecue sauce the barn uses over the week. And Young Life volunteer bakers across the north county provide the homemade pies.

Yet community involvement is responsible for more than just the day-today operation of the booth.

Through the 2011 fair, the Young Life BBQ booth was located on the backside of the Mt. Baker Rotary Building, near the fair’s east gate. It was a nice setup, Zylstra said, because they were able to use the Rotary Building’s back kitchen.

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The Young Life BBQ Barn offers slow-roasted barbecue beef sandwiches, special-recipe baked beans, homemade pies and more. traffic. “When they closed that gate, we kind of became more of destination,” Zylstra said, “and not (something) people would necessarily walk by.”

Interested in a more centralized location, Young Life began looking at moving into a building in the middle of the fairgrounds, opposite the clock tower. The fair’s response: “If you guys want to remodel it, you can.”

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“We actually have a plaque on the side of our barn that has all the names of the individuals and businesses that donated time, money or services to help make that happen,” Zylstra said. “We paid very little to have (it) redone, because this community — businesses and people — got behind us and wanted to donate it to

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Following the 2011 fair, Young Life moved its booth to a more centralized location and renovated a building into the current BBQ Barn. make it happen.”

In addition to the improved location, another major benefit of the new building is a much easier setup process leading up to the fair. Whereas with the previous building they had to store everything off-site, now it can all remain in the BBQ Barn year-round.

“It was more of a rigorous set-up,” said Zylstra of the old process. “We had stuff in trailers and in a storage site on another part of the fairgrounds.

We had to bring everything (over) to set up.”

Now everything is already on-site leading up to the fair, which Zylstra said has been “awesome.”

The preparation begins about two weeks prior to the fair with a group of volunteers who clean dishes, wash the area, bring everything out and set up the booth. As the fair nears, Pepsi makes a visit to ready all its products. “And we usually come in (once more) the day before and just make sure everything’s ready to go

before we open the window on Monday morning,” Zylstra said.

The BBQ Barn takes a community to put on, but the community certainly benefits as well.

“We say our food is the freshest and healthiest at the fair,” Zylstra said. “And many people have agreed.”

In addition to the aforementioned food, the BBQ Barn sells local corn, a grilled beef and cheese sandwich, Polish dogs, hot dogs and mashed potatoes. The barn also offers a roast beef dinner plate, which consists of sliced beef, mashed potatoes and choices of either beans or corn.

“That’s been a really popular one, with so many people being gluten-free these days,” said Zylstra of the dinner plate.

“We have a nice selection for people who are gluten-free to enjoy good, healthy food at the fair.”

And the booth benefits Young Life communities across the north county, as the

money raised helps the organization operate throughout the year.

“We want to have Young Life happening in every school in our community,” Zylstra said. “Our goal is to have thriving teams at every school that have leaders who are reaching out to kids. So the money that we raise goes to our Young Life operating fund to help make that happen and pay the staff.

“Everything that we do is pouring into our leadership

and into the community to help raise awareness and get people involved in our communities so that Young Life can happen, and happen for a really long time.”

If interested in volunteering at the BBQ Barn this year, contact North Whatcom County Young Life at 354-4807 or northwhatcomyl@gmail.com. Volunteers receive a free meal and a ticket into the fair for that day.

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Wayne White, of Oregon, back as rodeo announcer Wayne White, of Creswell, Oregon, will be the Lynden PRCA Rodeo announcer this year. In so doing, he returns to the job he had in Lynden’s first year, 2005.

If his voice sounds familiar, that’s because it is.

White is the radio voice for Whatcom County’s Laurel Farm and Western Supply store. Actually, he does this kind of commercial voice work throughout the Northwest.

White has his own history in rodeo.

As a teenager, he competed in all the roughstock events. Upon turning pro in 1970, he concentrated on the bull riding event of PRCA. For seven years he competed in rodeos all over the United States and Canada.

“Rodeo is an unbelievable learning experience and has affected the course of my life in a big way,” he can say now.

He still enjoys traveling and meeting new people, whether as an event announcer or radio voice, or through his Wild West Events company that can supply everything needed for a Western-themed set-up.

• The Lynden rodeo welcomes “Dan-

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DockDogs making its splash this year

World’s premier dog jumping competition is open to local canines If your dog enjoys jumping off docks into water, then DockDogs is the perfect way to see how your pet’s athletic abilities stack up against other canines.

DockDogs, the world’s premier canine dock jumping organization, will be coming to the Northwest Washington Fair this year for the first time. Dogs of any size, shape and breed will have the opportunity to compete in various events while soaring off a 40-foot dock and into a pool of water.

The “Big Air” competition, essentially the equivalent of the long jump, features dogs running down the dock and diving into the water after an object. The dog with the longest jump, measured electronically, wins.

There will be 18 total Big Air heats — three apiece Monday through Thursday (at noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.), three on Friday (11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3

p.m.) and two more on Saturday (11 a.m. and 1 p.m.).

There will also be an “Extreme Vertical” competition set for 5:30 p.m. on Friday. This is essentially a high jump where dogs lunge to snag a “bumper” suspended in the air. The height increases by two-inch increments with each grab until one dog is crowned champion.

Rounding out the action will be the “Speed Retrieve” at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. In this competition, dogs will be clocked to see how fast they can run down the dock, jump into the water, swim to the end of the pool and retrieve an object held by a modified extender arm.

The outdoor world record for the Big Air competition is 31 feet, the Extreme Vertical outdoor world record is 8 feet, 10 inches, and the Speed Retrieve world record is 4.751 seconds.

DockDogs began as a filler act for ESPN’s Great Outdoor Games in 2000.

Back then, there were only 27 recorded teams (dog and owner) that participated in the sport, according to DockDogs vice president Brian Sharenow.

But after the current ownership took over in 2005,

participation tripled within a year. And now there are more than 50,000 teams worldwide.

DockDogs runs more than 200 events per year, split between 10 rigs, each of which includes a custommade trailer that serves as the dock. With eight rigs in North America, DockDogs has up to eight events in eight different cities across the United States and Canada in a single weekend. They also have a rig in the United Kingdom, and another in Australia.

Every owner that competes — whether for a championship or just for fun — automatically becomes a DockDogs Worldwide member. That gives them a membership number and means

that participation in every competition counts toward points and rankings.

DockDogs holds eight annual regional championships that feed into a world championship each November.

“Some people travel a circuit all over the country and do events,” Sharenow said. “Some people just do regions. And then there are some people who come out locally, just for fun.”

Yet as Sharenow explains, sometimes those in the latter group end up experiencing success they never thought possible.

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DockDogs will impress and entertain in any number of ways at the 2015 Northwest Washington Fair. come out and do this every week,” Sharenow said. “But some of the top jumping dogs we have in the entire country were people that just decided to bring their dog out and try it, and the next thing you know they were hooked.

“So we always encourage people to come and try it out. You never know when the next world champion is going to pop out of somewhere.”

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Make way for the wool Fair’s wool looms can stretch wide in the Mt. Baker Rotary Building

More space. More demonstrations. More weavers. The wool will come alive this year at the Northwest Washington Fair.

The wool exhibit has long been tucked away in a small room in the Henry Jansen expo building near the sheep, with a limited array of looms and weavers for display at any given time. That all changes this year.

The Mt. Baker Rotary Building, located on the opposite end of the property in the northeast corner, will host the weavers this time. “And they are pleased,” said Leslie Anderson, the fair’s organizer of exhibits.

“It gives them more space.”

The Rotary Building has seen multiple uses in recent years, everything from hosting historic exhibits to, most recently, accommodating a sitdown restaurant. But 2015 will prove quite different, with the weavers taking over about twothirds of the space. The remaining area will be used for backof-house type storage, allowing the weavers to be the only show in the air-conditioned building.

“They will have hands-on kids’ activities and larger and better demonstrations,” Anderson said. “The displays will be much different and laid out differently.

“It is a dramatic change.”

Jenni Jimmerson, the section’s first-year superintendent, also a longtime weaver and member of the Whatcom Weavers Guild, is tasked with formulating the detailed plans for presenting a schedule of activities and events within the space.

As for the former weaving home in the Jansen barn? It will turn into a superintendent’s office for those working with animals in the barn.

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We’re proud to be a sponsor of the Lynden Jr. Livestock Auction.

We offer a great selection of tires:

Good luck kids!

• Car and Light • Semi Truck • Farm • Small/Industrial

Our trained technicians offer: • Alignment • Brakes • Shocks • Suspension

LOCALLY OWNED • GREAT SERVICE • COMPETITIVE PRICING!

WALLGREN TIRE CENTER – LYNDEN 210 Birch Bay-Lynden Road • 354-1446 www.lesschwab.com

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Asphalt Paving Quality with Integrity Locally Owned & Operated Since 1982

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Asphalt Paving • Driveway & Road Building • Parking Lots • Site Prep & Clearing • Environmental Cleanup Utility Installation & Repair • Retaining Walls & Rockeries • Vacuum Excavation • Excavation & Demolition 2 3 8 0 G r a ndview R d., F er n dale 98248 • Resid ential & C om m ercial • wr swe b.c om

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RECYCLING & COMPOSTING SERVICES / MULCH & TOPSOIL SUPPLIER

Be A Champion In Everyth ing You Do!

Choosing to recycle can reduce your garbage up to 30%. Recycling these materials will cost you less than throwing them away by reducing your garbage pick up & utilizing green services.

Green Earth Technology makes water filtering compost with these recycled materials. Used as mulch, G.E.T. compost can reduce your weeding and watering as well as enrich your soil!

YARD DEBRIS All compostable yard debris: grass, weeds, leaves, branches & seasonal items.

NO Plastics, pet waste or trash of any kind...

Thanks!

NEW DRIVEWAY!

FOOD All foods including meat scraps, dairy, seafood, fish, shells & bones.

Meadowlark Rd.

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Pole Rd.

Hannegan

PAPER All food-soiled or compostable items including pizza boxes, to-go cartons, napkins, paper towels, plates, cups, bowls & utensils.

Questions?...please call! 360.354.4936 774 Meadowlark Rd., Lynden ••• OPEN M-F 7:30-4:30 • Saturday 8:00-1:00

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From Local Producers to Your Table BelleWood Acres

Nature’s Path

Lynden, WA

Blaine, WA

Hempler’s

Ferndale, WA

Lummi Island Wild Lummi Island, WA

Double R Ranch Cascade Cuts

Boxx Berry Farms

Loomis, WA

Bellingham, WA

Ferndale, WA

Erin Baker’s

Bellingham, WA

Ralphs Greenhouse Mount Vernon, WA

Penn Cove Shellfish Coupeville, WA

Feeding Pacific Northwest Families Since 1933 It takes a special kind of community to grow a store like ours. Thanks to loyal customers who care about local quality, Haggen has been able to support Northwest farms, ranchers, fisheries and businesses for almost 82 years. Together we make a sustainable local food economy.

Visit your local Haggen Northwest Fresh • 64 Locations in Washington and Oregon www.haggen.com ©2015 Haggen, Inc. • 150608-04

Scene & Herd

Watch for these exciting new Lynden businesses Coming soon to the historic Waples Mercantile Building!

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OVERFLOW TAPS

LYNDEN

Opening Winter of 2015 • Downtown Lynden, Washington