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Betty’s Column
LOCAL NEWS
Fair association elects off icers; honors volunteer of year
The Ogle County Fair Association’s annual meeting was held Nov. 13 at the Ogle County Farm Bureau auditorium. In attendance were 4-H and adult volunteers, Ogle County Fair Association members and board members.
T h e a nn ua l m e e t i n g i s h e l d t o review the past year’s fair and to elect new directors to the Ogle County Fair Association’s board.
“The weather was great and the attendance at the 2021 fair was excellent,” said Tom Simpson, Fair Association president.
Simpson said the 2021 Ogle County Fair was very successful thanks to 4-H club members, FFA members and contributions from individuals and businesses.
“All volunteers should be very proud of what you do at the Ogle County fairgrounds to make it look and function as a top-notch fair,” he said.
Lisa Schultz of Oregon was presented the Ogle County Fair Association’s 2021 Volunteer of the Year award. The award is given in recognition of exceptional volunteer work throughout the year at the fairgrounds.
Brad Larson, Rosanne Hurst and Chris Carter were reelected for threeyear terms on the Fair Association board.
Other continuing board members are Simpson, Brenda Holm, Carol Magnuson, Rita Dauphin, Lyle Hopkins, Daryl Cave, Nathan Magnuson and Dave Engelbrecht.
Other fair officials include fair Superintendent Dennis Alderks, of Chana; Assistant Superintendent Jon Sheely, of Oregon; and fair veterinarian Dr. Tryne Pfieffer, of Rochelle. Lisa Schultz, right, is presented the Volunteer of the Year award by Ogle County Fair Association Board President Tom Simpson. Ogle County Fair Queen Emma Thurow, right, poses for a picture with pageant director Michelle Jozefowicz.
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but other items also are needed, Monica Miller said. There’s a large need for hygiene items, as well as blankets and tarp, she said.
T h e C a l d w e l l C o u n t y S h e r i f f ’s Office – which sent them the list of desired items – will handle distribution of the donations, Monica Miller said.
The couple plans to drive the donations down on Friday night, she said. They’ll likely stay through Sunday to help search for people who still are missing.
“We’re going to be making more than one trip,” Joe Miller said. “There are people out of town that are coming back that want to send stuff, so we’re going to make another trip.”
Items they’re looking to deliver include: coats, warm clothing, thermals, socks, underwear, shoes, diapers, baby products, feminine produ c t s , t o o t hp as t e , t o o t h b r u s h e s , shampoo, razors, shaving cream, body wash, deodorant, Q-tips, hair brushes, c o m b s , b o b b y p i n s , b a n d a g e s , Neosporin, Bactine, water, Gatorade, staple foods, canned goods, nonperishables, packaged snacks, tarps, trash bags, storage totes, brooms, mops and other cleaning items.
Donations can be dropped off at 215 W. Washington St. in Oregon between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. until Dec. 16 and until 3 p.m. on Dec. 17.
If unable to drop off donations, contact Joe or Monica Miller via their business, Kneez in the Breeze, and they’ll arrange pickup.
Kneez in the Breeze’s Facebook page is www.facebook.com/motorcyclegoods.
LOCAL HISTORY
Aplington House’s upstairs is on the 2022 ‘to-do’ list
The trolley ride was a big success for Polo and I have been i n t e r e s t e d i n i t s i n c e i t arrived. I can look out my front door and see it each day.
The first time I thought I was seeing things since it is not every day you look out your door and there is a trolley as big as life a block away.
It was very nice that we were able to use the trolley for our Polo Christmas Celebration. I had all the places on the national register written up for Polo a couple of years ago and it did not take long to pull them up on the computer. I highlighted the important facts and added some other places of interest.
Mike Faivre and Beth Wiegmann gave the information on the trolley since I knew my voice would not hold out to do such a thing. I was correct since we had three trolleys full of people and each trolley held 40 people.
I stayed back along with Paula Faivre and we visited with people in the museum. We decided at the last minute to add Aplington House and Ted Boddiger took care of that.
I was sorry we did not decorate Aplington House for the holidays because it was always fun to wrap the stair banister in lighted greenery and put up a tree. I used to be able to do things at the last minute but those days are gone and with my knee, I am just barely able to do what is necessary.
Ted said we had 30 to 40 people at Aplington House and many of them are now the younger people. Most of them had never been to either of the museums. It was nice to see all of them that afternoon and they are all amazed at what Polo has to offer.
The back room upstairs at Aplington House does not have electricity. You have to plug in a drop cord with a bulb at the end. This happens to be the room that has all the children’s things and Ted said the people found that most interesting.
This room has a perfect piece of linoleum on the floor and it looks like a rug. People today do not know about linoleum especially the young ones. This room needs electricity and all the children’s things probably need to be moved to the center room. There is work that needs to be done up there.
When we finish with all the Native American projects, we need to address the upstairs of Aplington House. By then I hope to have my knee redone so I can hasten up and down the steps. With the museum, there is always something that needs to be done. We do not run out of projects.
This week Charlie, Linda and I gathered at Aplington House and went through Christmas ornaments from the basement. We kept the Shiny Brite ornaments for a tree at Aplington House for next year.
We took a tote of California ornaments to the other museum that went with the white tree my brother had sent from California a number of years ago. You will have to wait until next year to see them again. They are most unusual in very bright California colors.
