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T2 July 2024 Genesee County Fair

The Genesee County Fair runs July 19-27. Open class horse show returning to fair
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Genesee County Fair returns there will be an open class show series is run completely throughout the week of fair.
this year filled with excite- horse show, The Summer by volunteers. Attendees will be able
ment, anticipation, competi- Kickoff Classic slated for July “Attendees can expect dine on fair foods, take in pig
tions and more. W 26 and 27 during the fair. affordable family fun! It only
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department and shop various
vendors who are bringing
their wares to sell.
Fairogers will be able to
have a kangaroo or parakeet
adventure or ride ponies.
Attendees can also enjoy
the Midway rides, Tuesday to
Saturday.
“There will be two kids’ day
specials on Wednesday and
Saturday with reduced ride
wristbands,” said Topolski.
“The grandstands will be
having several events during
the week of Fair as well.
Those events include Garden
Tractor Pulls & a Power
Wheels Demolition Derby
on Sunday, a 100 Lap Enduro
Race on Wednesday, the
famous Genesee County Fair
Demolition Derby on Friday
and a Tractor/Truck Pull on
Saturday.”
Due to a conflict with the
midway rides this year, rides
will be running Tuesday
through Saturday. To com-
pensate for this change, the
Genesee County Fair is pro-
viding bounce houses from
KK Bounce free of charge on
Saturday and Sunday for kids
to enjoy.
The Fair Queen Contest
will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday,
July 19, and Sunday, July 21,
under the Entertainment
Tent. This year’s fair will fea-
ture nine contestants ages 7
to 17 in six different catego-
ries – Queen, Grand Princess,
Princess, Duchess, Miss and
Little Miss.
“There will be a winner
and a runner up along with
Miss. Congeniality and the
Stephine Tooley Memorial
award presented by her
father, Michael Tooley,” said
Topolski.
Genesee County Fair
Queen contestants all live in
Genesee County, attend a
Genesee County school, or
are a Genesee County 4-H
member. Each contestant
The Genesee County Fairgrounds is illuminated July 28, 2023. This year’s fair runs July 19 to 27.
must provide a biography,
give a speech on an agricul-
tural topic, perform a talent
or showcase what they enjoy.
Additionally, each contestant
is responsible for collecting a
$100 sponsorship.
Once crowned, fair queen
duties include being an
ambassador and positive role
model for the fair.
The show doesn’t stop
there, the fair Talent Show,
slated for noon Saturday, July
20, will feature performances
by groups, individuals, sing-
ers, musical acts, comedians,
jugglers and storytellers. Stop
in at the Entertainment Tent
to enjoy local acts.
For the second consecu-
tive year, the Power Wheels
Demo will feature riders aged
4 to 12 on Sunday, July 21.
“We had a good turn out
last year, but always welcome
additional participants...
There will be two age groups,
4 to 7 and 8 to 12 and all
children must wear approved
safety helmets. Kids can
make decorative changes to
their Power Wheel to make
it look like a derby car,” said
Rose.
Karaoke at the Genesee
County Fair will take place
two nights again this year.
Slated for Monday and
Tuesday evening, contestants
can sign up at 7 p.m. Monday
with the contests starting at
8 p.m. Monday will feature
youth contestants (17 and
under) with an adult contest
to follow. There will be prizes
for the top three contestants
in each category. If time
allows on Monday, there will
be open Karaoke held after
the contest. Tuesday will wel-
come participants for open
Karaoke from 7 to 10 p.m.
The 2024 Genesee County
Fair Parade will kick-off at
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 23
This year’s Grand Marshall
is Le Roy resident Sundae
Duyssen.
“We selected Sundae
MARK GUTMAN/DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO
because of her various and
continued acts of kindness
for the community. Sun-
dae is currently planning a
walk-a-thon to raise money
for the Muscular Dystrophy
Association. Check out steps
for Sundae on Facebook. The
parade will travel through the
Fairgrounds. Come early and
find a good spot to watch!”
said Topolski.
The 100 Lap Enduro is
slated for 6:30 p.m. Wednes-
day, July 24. The cost is $5 per
person, children 4 and under
are free. A Pit Pass costs $30.
The Demolition Derby is
the highlight of the Genesee
County Fair. Slated for 7 p.m.
Friday, July 26 in the Grand-
stands, the Demolition Derby
“draws in the largest crowd
of the week.” The event is run
by Bruce Scofield of Scofield
Transfer & Recycling. Last
year, the event featured 100
cars and it continues to grow
each year. Topolski noted,
“The more cars entered
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Derby cost $15 for adults, $10
for children 5 to 12, children
under 4 are free. A Pit Pass
can be purchased for $60. Car
Entry fees are $40 per car and
includes entry for the Car &
Driver and one crew member
– additional people in pits
cost $60 each.
The Tractor & Semi Plus
events will begin at 7 p.m. on
Saturday, July 27. The cost for
the pulls are $15 for adults,
$10 for children 5 to 12 and
children 4 and under are free.
Pit Pass costs $40.
“We would like the
community to know that we
are a 100 percent volunteer
group that plan and run
the Genesee County Fair,”
Topolski said. “We encourage
everyone to come to the Fair.
It is one of the least expensive
outings that a family can take
this year. ... Once at the fair
there are many free activities
and things to see and do,” she
said.
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2024 Genesee County Fair 4-H Schedule
The theme for the 2024
Genesee County Fair 4-H events is
sports. The following is a sched-
ule of 4-H-related events occurring
throughout fair week.
Saturday, July 20
■ Noon 4-H Rabbit Show (Mer-
ton Building)
■ 5 p.m. 4-H Beef Heifers &
Non-Sale Steers must be in place
■ 6 p.m. 4-H Market Rabbit
Show (Merton Building)
Sunday, July 21
■ 10 a.m. 4-H Beef Show
(Show Arena)
■ Noon 4-H Poultry Show
(Merton Building)
■ 1 p.m. Jaws Football Toss
Contest (Kennedy Building)
■ 2 p.m. 4-H Market Lamb
Final Weigh In (Swine Barn)
■ 6:30 p.m. 4-H Market Hog
Final Weigh-In (Swine Barn)
Monday, July 22
Crazy Hat Day!
■ Noon 4-H Market Goat Final
Weigh In
■ 1 p.m. 4-H Market Steer
Final Weigh In
■ 2 p.m. 4-H Market Lamb
Show (Show Arena)
■ 4 p.m. 4-H Club Exhibit
Judging
■ 5 p.m. 4-H Market Hog Show
(Show Arena)
■ 7 p.m. Beads, Beads, Beads
Activity (Kennedy Building)
Tuesday, July 23
Wear 4-H Club Apparel Day!
■ 9 a.m. 4-H Market Goat
Show (Show Arena)
■ 1 p.m. 4-H Market Steer
Show (Show Arena)
■ 2 p.m. Energy Bike Activity
(Kennedy Building)
■ 6:30 p.m. Fair Parade
■ 7:30 p.m. 4-H Livestock
Costume Contest
Wednesday, July 24
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■ 11 a.m. Tie Dye Activity
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■ Noon 4-H Gymkhana Horse
Show (Horse Arena)
■ 1 p.m. 4-H Breeding Sheep
Show (Show Arena)
■ 4 p.m. 4-H Hog Show (Show
Arena)
■ 6 p.m. 4-H Market Animal
Awards Ceremony (Show Arena)
■ 7 p.m. 4-H Alumni Master
Showman Contest (Show Arena)
Thursday, July 25
Wear 4-H Green Day!
■ 9 a.m. 4-H Dairy Cattle Show
(Show Arena)
■ 9 a.m. Trail & Showmanship
Clinic (Horse Arena, Time TBD)
■ Noon Watermelon Crawl
Contest (Kennedy Building)
■ 5 to 7 p.m. 4-H Baked Goods
& Ag Basket Silent Auction
■ 6 p.m. 4-H Market Animal
Auction Sale (Show Arena)
Friday, July 26
Wear Your Favorite
Sports Team Apparel Day!
■ 9 a.m. 4-H Horse English &
Showmanship Classes (Horse
Arena)
■ 10 a.m. 4-H Master Show-
manship Contests (Show Arena)
■ 1 p.m. 4-H Working Goat
Show (Show Arena)
■ 3 p.m. 4-H Livestock Judging
Contest (Show Arena)
■ 5 p.m. Vegetable Art Contest
(Kennedy Building)
■ 5 p.m. Flower Arranging
Contest (Kennedy Building)
Saturday, July 27
Tie Dye Day!
■ 9 a.m. 4-H Horse Western
Classes (Horse Arena)
■ Noon 4-H Livestock Skill-a-
Thon Contest
■ 1 p.m. 4-H Scavenger Hunt
■ 3 p.m. Cupcake Decorating
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Genesee County Fair
4-H clubs ready to shine at fair
By MIKE PETTINELLA
For The Daily News
Supported by an enthusias-
tic team of club volunteers, the
Cornell Cooperative Extension
of Genesee County’s 4-H pro-
gram continues to offer a range
of activities for young people
throughout the year and at the
annual Genesee County Fair.
Brandie Waite of Bergen,
co-leader of the 4-H Clover-
bud Club, and Joy Brewer of
Elba, co-leader of the 4-H Fur
& Feather Club, shared that ex-
citement heading into the 2024
fair, which gets underway in
earnest on July 20.
Both clubs – the Cloverbud
for boys and girls from 5-7 years
old and the Fur & Feather that
features small animals – get to
showcase their talents at the
MARK GUTMAN/DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO
fair.
Oakfield resident Bill Taylor and his daughter Payton Williams, 5, look at the rabbits
Although they’re not al-
lowed to compete, the Clover- together July 26, 2023, at the Genesee County Fair.
buds are permitted to enter an alive,” she said. “And we have The club’s market chicken start with poultry or they start
exhibit and meet with a judge, a little introduction – like a show took place on July 6. The with rabbits and then they dis-
Waite said. “would-you-rather-game to try market rabbit and breed shows cover the love for 4-H and agri-
“If the kids want to do that, to get the kids used to each oth- are on July 20 and the poultry culture. And the next thing you
we encourage them to do that,” er because they’re from all over show is on July 21. know they’ve got sheep or goats
she said. “We also, I think for
the county.” Brewer said the club mem- or they’ve figured out a way to
the past five years or so, host a While Waite, who also vol- bers arrive at the fairgrounds raise a steer at a friend’s house
Cloverbud fair tour when we
unteers as a master gardener, a couple days before the fair that has a barn.”
pick a day and then meet at the and Barnaby coordinate the starts and participate during Brewer said her oldest
Kennedy Building to check out
countywide Cloverbud Club, the entire week. daughter, Amelia, now serves
all of the exhibits there.” Shawn Dorman of Bergen “We do our shows right there as a judge for the showmanship
Waite said the tour, sched- leads the Clever Clovers, a local at the beginning of the week portion of the Cloverbud expe-
uled for 6 p.m. July 24, is open 4-H club that offers field trips to mainly because it’s the best rience, and her other daughter,
to all club members and their the little ones. time for everyone,” she said. Jillian, 18, is still involved in the
families. Outside of the fair, the Clo- “It’s a matter of fitting in the club.
“We tour each of the 4-H verbuds are introduced to ag- best schedule so that the most Talking about the 4-H Goat
animal barns and we usually ricultural-related topics such kids have the most opportuni- Club, Miller said 100 goats are
find a youth who is in the Fur & as gardening and horticulture ties to show in their different registered for the fair and 80
Feather Club or whatever and
as well as healthy living, nutri- species and in their different goats will take part in the Amer-
we get them to talk about their tion, self-care and lessons built barns.” ican Dairy Goat Association
project animal and tell the Clo- around crafts, Waite said. These two clubs, along with event on July 27.
verbuds a little bit about their As for the Fur & Feather the 4-H Goat Club led by Joan- “We now have 75 members
project animal and how they Club, Brewer said 56 different na Miller of Barre, contribute to of our club and we have four
take care of it,” she explained. members will be taking part in a 4-H program that lists about days of shows (on the sched-
“Then we make our way back to the fair exhibits this year. 265 members, said Brewer, ule),” said Miller, who grew
the Kennedy Building and have “Our club is for kids that who is assisted by Kathy Win- up as Genesee County 4-H
ice cream.” have rabbits and guinea pigs spear and Kelsey Ferguson. participant. “We have the auc-
Waite, who is assisted by Sta- (Fur) and any type of poultry She said she appreciates the tion show on Tuesday (July
cey Barnaby, said she likes the (Feather) – chickens, turkeys, fact that youth who want to join 23), including about six to 10
traditional aspect of the pro-
geese, ducks,” she said. “Our the Fur & Feather Club don’t dairy weathers for the first
gram. club has — we call them breed have to live on a farm. time, the breeding stock show
“We always start our club classes. So, that would be all of “We quite often joke that our on Wednesday, working goat
meetings with the 4-H pledge the kids that are just raising. All club is the gateway club,” she show for agility on Friday and
and want to keep that tradition together have four shows.” said. “We get a lot of kids that the ADGA show.”

Meet the 2024 Genesee County Fair Queen Contestants
By KORI SCIANDRA
KSciandra@batavianews.com
The 2024 Genesee Coun-
ty Fair Queen contest will
feature nine contestants this
year ranging in age from 7 to
17 years old.
The contestants each pos-
sess the finesse and poise
needed to represent the Gen-
esee County Fair.
Categories include Miss,
Little Miss, Duchess, Prin-
cess, Grand Princess and
Queen.
Little Miss
Lyza Baker
Lyza Jean Baker, 7, of Ba-
som is entering second grade.
She is homeschooled with
her four older siblings.
Her older sister Layla, 13,
helps her do her hair and
makeup for the pageant
SUSAN MEIR PHOTO
Lyza Baker
and special events. She also
teaches Lyza how to show her
favorite animal, her bunny,
Princess Ophelia. You will
find Lyza in the Merton build-
ing showing Princess Ophelia
for 4-H.
Her siblings, who include
Genesee County Fair
bits, and dairy goats for milk.
Her favorite part about rais-
ing animals is watching them
have babies.
She likes to help her mom
milk the goats. They use the
milk to make cheese, butter,
soap, and her favorite Goat
Milk Fudge.
Lyza attends The Dancing
Place, where she studies bal-
let and tap. This year she is
trying out for the Rochester
City Ballet “The Nutcracker.”
SUSAN MEIER PHOTO
You will find Lyza in the
Kali Martino
rabbit and chicken barn and
Liam, 11; Lexton, 9; and Los- also in the Goat Barn during
son, 4; also like to train their fair. They show Nigerian
Boxadore puppy, Zara, to do
fun tricks.
Lyza and her siblings raise
meat birds, meat rabbits, and
meat goats. They also raise
chickens for eggs, show rab-
Dwarf and Nubian Goats.
Her favorite part of the fair
is camping with friends and
hanging out in the barns,
feeding and watering the an-
imals.
Lyza is in her third year in
the Genesee County Fair Pag-
eant.
Kali Martino
Kali, 7, attends Pembroke
Primary School and will be
going into second grade in
the fall. She lives in Batavia
with her parents, Stephen
and Karen, and she has
two siblings Sophia, 5, and
Giovanni, 2. She also has two
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puppies, Maizy and Teddy.
She has taken dance class-
es since she was 2 years old
in Acro, ballet, tap, cheer
and hip-hop through Divine
Dance. She also plays soccer
and swimming. She started
playing softball for the first
time this past spring and
loved every second of it.
For the past three years,
she has participated in cheer
bootcamp through Pembroke
PYA.
She is also active in her
church’s girls’ club ministry
and has become an Honor
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Queen pleting activity pages, mem-

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Rainbow and an Honor Dai-
sy and is a part of the Prims
group. She has received these
accomplishments by com-
orizing verses, participating
in lessons, and completing
crafts.
For fun, she enjoys jump-
ing on the trampoline, dance
parties with her siblings,
swimming in her pool, rid-
ing her bike, going to Ohio to
visit her grandparents and
cousins, swinging, hanging
out at her best friend Rylee’s
house, helping her nana gar-
den, doing crafts, and playing
outside with her siblings. She
also very much enjoys partic-
ipating in the Genesee Coun-
ty Fair Pageant, as this is her

Have fun second year participating.

When Kali grows up, she
wants to be a teacher and a

at the Fair!
doctor because she wants to
help children learn and feel SUSAN MEIER PHOTO SUSAN MEIER PHOTO SUSAN MEIER PHOTO
better. Carly Hanel Eleanor Hudson Isabella Redden

Miss school. abama Central School. Eleanor wants to be an ag-

Carly Hanel
Carly Hanel, 10, lives with
her mom, Jody, and has an
older sister, Kassie.
More Than Just a "Motorcycle Shop" Carly loves to sing and
Since 1958 draw. She is a proud member
of the East Pembroke Junior
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Grange, where she learns
Her favorite princess is
Cinderella, and she hopes to
go to Disneyland one day.
Elephants are her favorite
animal and aqua green is her
favorite color.
Eleanor Hudson
Eleanor Hudson, 10, is the
daughter of Jeremiah and
She loves to dance and has
been dancing for seven years
at the Dance Center in Medi-
na. She takes Jazz, Tap, and
Pre Pointe Ballet classes.
Ellie plays soccer with the
Batavia Soccer Club, and par-
ticipates in Run Club, Page
Turners, Chorus, and plays
riculture teacher.
Duchess
Isabella Redden
Isabella Redden, 12, is
known to as many as Bella.
She is the daughter of There-
sa Tesch and Andrew Potter.
She lives in East Pembroke

Genuine
about agriculture in a creative Holly Hudson of Alabama. the Tenor Saxophone in the
Hours: way. with her mom, stepdad, Andy
She has a brother, Gabriel, 18. band at O-A. She participated Tesch, and dog, Dozer. Ken-
Tuesday - Friday, 9AM-5PM She enjoys singing karaoke Ellie is a member of the
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Saturday, 9AM-4PM and being part of her school neth and Austin are her older
Full Service Department Genesee County Goat Club Chorus this year.
musicals. She also participat- brothers.
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Goats and shows with ADGA. Ellie loves musicals, with She is waiting to be accepted
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Program in the fall.
Bella has a love for swim-
ming, crafts, dance, French
Bulldogs, the piano, read-
ing, and public speaking.
She dances in Senior ACRO
and Senior Jazz classes from
Dreams of Dance in Attica.
Since age 5, Bella has had
a desire to help her commu-
nity. You can find her helping
the local fire company with
activities and events, collect-
ing donations for organiza-
tions, or giving back to the
community with her birthday
wishes. Her birthday wishes
have been not to get a gift but
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(which is Dec. 22).
on an accelerated pathway,
taking both honors and high
lives with her mother Natalie
Keller. She is the daughter of
She and other children in school courses, earning her David and Rebecca Keller of
the community have helped the Presidential Gold Award. Darien.
make or exceed her goals of She also received Mis- Sara attends Alexander
making gifts and collecting sion Mover Award from her Central School and will be in
donations of food, household Board of Education for ini- 10th grade in the fall.
needs, and blankets for the tiating and raising all the Sara has danced at Dance
local food pantry. Which has funds for inclusion projects Images in Oakfield since
in her school, ensuring every-
inspired other friends of hers 2016. She loves to sing and
to do the same. Because of one felt a part of her school/ dance.
community. Cassandra put
the influential people she has Sara has been a part of her
learned about or been sur- in a handicapped-accessible school chorus and the school
rounded by Bella sees herselfswing in the playground and, swim team.
SUSAN MEIER PHOTO SUSAN MEIER PHOTO She participates in church
more recently, put up sen-
going into the field of educa- Cassandra Judge Sara Keller activities at North Darien Bi-
tion and musical theater. sory walls in her school. This
summer, Cassandra is laying chorus, Girl Scouts, com- Diamond Dance Team for the ble Church and attends Youth
Princess down a sensory path for pre- petitive dancer, and more Batavia Muckdogs. Group there.
Cassandra Judge school/elementary students. recently a game day and Sara enjoys traveling. She
Cassandra Judge, 14, com- Cassandra is a member of competitive cheerleader for Grand Princess has been to seven countries
pleted her 8th grade year at student government, concert, the varsity basketball and Sara Keller and 19 states. Cruising is her
Akron Middle School, where jazz and marching bands, football teams. She is on the Sara Keller, 15, of Darien, See QUEEN T8
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Queen Corrine Rhoads

Corinne Rhoads, 15, lives
tor Club.
She likes to play Ultimate
munity College this fall. She
would like to pursue a career
From T7 in Le Roy with her family, Ka- Frisbee and has competed in in criminal justice and psy-
tie, Tim, and Eva. the State and National Cham- chology.
favorite. She’s participated in 4-H pionships for it. She spends a
For several years, Sara for eight years and has been Queen
lot of time hanging out with
helped her grandpa raise in many clubs such as Family her teammates, going hiking, Gabriella Zocco
goats, chickens, and pigs on Consumer Science, Fur and going to church, and writing
Gabriella Zocco, 17, lives
his small farm. Feather, Dog Club, and Rap- poetry. in Le Roy with her family. She
Corinne has spent theattends Our Lady of Mercy
last four years performing
School for Young Women,
in the circus. She enjoys
where she will be entering her
working with her partner in
senior year. There, Gabriella
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By MIKE PETTINELLA
For The Daily News
For teenagers Maggie Win-
spear of Elba and Makalya
Sugg of Alden, participation
in the Genesee County 4-H
Youth Program and the Gene-
see County Fair has been a fer-
tile training ground for their
future success in the field of
animal husbandry.
Maggie, 18, a 2024 Elba
Central School graduate, and
Makayla, 13, who is entering
her freshman year at Alden
Central School, are in the final
days of preparation of their
livestock before taking part in
the Fair, which is scheduled
for July 20-27 at the Genesee
County Fairgrounds on East
Main Street Road.
Maggie, a member of the
4-H Dairy Club and Chops &
Hocks Club, grew up on her
family farm and has been
involved with the Genesee
County Fair for 10 years. She
has compiled an impressive
record along the way – earn-
ing Master Showman honors
at the 4-H Dairy Cattle Show
and capturing the Best Bred &
Owned trophy for her heifer,
Sable, in 2022.
This year, she said she is
taking care of a herd of 12 cat-
tle. She said it takes much time
and energy to achieve high
marks at exhibitions such as
those conducted at the local
fair.
“If anyone has animals, it
always starts at home – having
to take care of them and hav-
ing to learn the responsibil-
ity of what is needed to have
them look good for showing,”
she said. “And you have to be
able to train the animals, so
it takes a lot of time to work
with the animal, and have pa-
tience.”
Maggie said she will be
Maggie Winspear of Elba with her heifer, Sable, which earned the “Best Bred &
Owned” trophy and was first in her class at the Genesee County Fair in 2022.
showing her livestock at the
cattle show at 9 a.m. on July 25.
“During the whole week of
having the cattle, you have to
get up early and clean them
out and wash them and feed
them,” she said, “On show day,
you kind of do the same rou-
tine but you have to get up a
little earlier to they can dry be-
fore the show. Then, you have
to blow dry their tops (making
their hair stand up) and make
them look ready for the show.”
She said she is proud of
having her name etched on
the Best Bred & Owned trophy
Genesee County Fair
and that she was able to hold
onto it for a full year until the
following year’s fair. For the
past three years, she has been
the Master Showman for the
Dairy Show.
Beyond awards, Mag-
gie said the shows provide a
chance to learn and sharpen
social skills, such as effectively
interacting with others.
“You have so many people
asking you questions, and it’s
just good to get the public to
know what you get to do,” she
said. “It gives a lot of oppor-
tunities for the younger kids
July 2024 T9
MAKAYLA SET FOR long as I can” and then has
her sights set on becoming
THREE ‘PROJECTS’
For Makayla Sugg, showing an IVF embryologist for cattle
cattle is “just kind of what we and still doing show cattle.
do.” “I can get an animal sci-
She said she is excited ence degree or a vet tech de-
gree, usually,” she said, “and I
about the chance to enter
still plan on doing show cattle
a 1,350-pound heifer in the
as well.”
market steer show and two
Makayla said time at the
hogs – at 280 and 240 pounds
each – in the market hog show fair “really gives you social
at the Genesee County Fair. skills like talking to buyers
She also will be putting the and being able to walk up to
heifer in the stockyard classic people to try and sell your
show, she said, adding that projects, and just learning a
her younger brother, Colten, lot of responsibilities and be-
has a steer in the show. ing able to do stuff at such a
A fair participant for five young age.”
years, Makayla said she plans “It’s just really awesome
on continuing in 4-H “for as how we’re able to do this.”
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T10 July 2024
2024 Genesee County Fair Schedule
The Genesee County Fair
schedule is packed with fun.
The festivities will fea-
ture a balloon display and
demonstrations by Air
Sculpture all day, every day.
Other events that will run
continuously include Niaga-
ra Down Under, Pony Rides
and the Chain Saw Carver.
Pig Racing shows are
scheduled for 3, 5 and 7 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday; 3 and
7 p.m. Monday; 4, 6 and
8 p.m. Tuesday; 2, 4, 6 and
8 p.m. Wednesday; 4, 6, and
8 p.m. Thursday; 2, 4, 6 and
8 p.m. Friday and 2, 4, 6, and
8 p.m. Saturday.
Fame Racing featuring
radio-controlled car rac-
ing is scheduled at 2, 4, and
6 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 6 p.m.
Sunday and Monday; 5 and
7 p.m. Tuesday; 1, 3, 5, and
7 p.m. Wednesday; 3, 5, and Farm Team Show (Horse
7 p.m. Thursday; 1, 3, 5 and Arena)
7 p.m. Friday and 1, 3, and
5 p.m. Saturday.
Fair Trivia Hunt will be all
day July 20 to 26 at the Exhib-
it Building with daily prizes.
Here’s a look at the daily
schedule:
Friday, July 19
North American 6 Horse
Hitch Classic Series
The cost is $5 for a carload Show Ring)
to the fair on this day only.
Gates open at 2 p.m.
■ 4 p.m. Stockyard Classic
Hog Show
■ 5:30 p.m. North Amer-
ican 6 Horse Hitch Classic
(Horse Arena)
■ 6 p.m. Fair Queen Pag-
eant (Entertainment Tent)
■ 6:30 p.m. Draft Horse
Genesee County Fair
County Fair 6 – Horse Hitch
Class (Horse Arena)
■ 1 to 5 p.m. Free Kids
Saturday, July 20 Bounce Houses
Lor Rob Farms Day ■ 2 p.m. Stockyard Classic
in memory of Richard Goat Show (Livestock Arena)
Barre ■ 5 p.m. Empire Classic
Youth Sheep Show
■ 8 a.m. Stockyard Classis
■ 6 p.m. 4-H Market Rab-
Hog Show (Livestock Arena)
bit Show (Merton Building)
■ 8:30 a.m. Open Halter
■ 7 p.m. Eagles Tribute
Draft Show (Horse Arena)
Band (Entertainment Tent)
■ 9 a.m. Empire Classic
■ 10 p.m. Exhibit Halls &
Youth Sheep Show (Main
Buildings Close
■ 10 a.m. Exhibition Halls
Sunday, July 21
& Buildings Open
■ 11 a.m. Stockyard Clas- Xylem Day at the Fair
sic Sheep Show (Livestock ■ 9 a.m. Open Class Poul-
Arena) try Show (Merton Building)
■ Noon Genesee County ■ 10 a.m. Open Class Rab-
Fair Talent Show (Entertian- bit Show (Merton Building)
ment Tent) ■ 10 a.m. Exhibition Halls
■ Noon 4-H Rabbit Show & Buildings Open
(Merton Building) ■ 10 a.m. 4-H Beef Show
■ 12:30 p.m. Genesee (Show Arena)
■ *Stockyard Classic Beef
Show following the 4-H Beef
Show (Livestock Arena)
■ Noon 4-H Poultry Show
(Merton Building)
■ 1 to 5 p.m. Free Kids
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County Fair.
Bounce Houses tainment Tent)
■ 2 p.m. Power Wheels ■ 10 p.m. Exhibit Halls &
Demo (Grandstands) Buildings close
■ 3 p.m. Patriot Garden
Tractor Pulls (Grandstands) Tuesday, July 23
■ 6 p.m. Fair Queen Pag-
Veteran’s Day & Upstate
eant (Entertainment Tent)
Equipment/Buffalo Bobcat
■ 10 p.m. Exhibit Halls &
Dat at the Fair
Buildings close
*Veterans pay $5 per car-
load from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday, July 22
■ 10 a.m. Exhibition Halls
Senior Citizen Day spon- & Buildings open
sored by the Genesee ■ 4 to 9 p.m. Midway is
County Pomona Grange & open
Scofield Transfer & Recy- ■ 5:30 p.m. Parade Line
cling Day at the Fair Up (Racing Pit area)
*Senior Citizens pay $5 ■ 6:30 p.m. Genesee
per carload from 11 a.m. to County Fair Parade – Around
4 p.m. the Fairgrounds
■ 10 a.m. Exhibition Halls ■ 7 p.m. Karaoke Open
& Buildings Open Mic (Entertainment Tent)
■ Noon Kelly’s Old Timers ■ 10 p.m. Exhibit Halls &
Band (Entertainment Tent) Buildings close
■ Noon Ice Cream Social
(Pomona Grange Ice Cream Wednesday, July 24
Stand – Exhibition Building)
Kids Day & Chapin Manu-
■ 2 p.m. 4-H Market Lamb
facturing Day at the Fair
Show (Show Arena)
■ 5 p.m. 4-H Market Hog ■ 8 a.m. 4-H Meat & Dairy
Show (Show Arena)
■ 7 p.m. Karaoke (Enter- See SCHEDULE T11
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 July 2024 T11

Schedule (Show Arena)

From T10
Goat Show (Show Arena)
■ 10 a.m. Exhibit Halls &
Buildings open
■ Noon 4-H Gymkhana
Horse Show (Horse Arena)
■ 12:30 p.m. Small Fry
■ Noon to 9 p.m. Midway
Open
■ 1 p.m. 4-H Working
Goat Show (Show Arena)
■ 3 p.m. 4-H Livestock
Judging Contest (Show
Arena)
■ 7 p.m. Demolition Der-
by (Grandstands)
Showmanship & Western
(Horse Area)
Schmigel
■ 7 p.m. Screaming Diesel
Mini Mod Tractors completion of the Screaming
■ 7 to 11 p.m. Nerds Gone Diesel Shootout
■ 8:30 a.m. NIOGA Dairy
Showmanship Show (Main Shootout Semi Pulls, Modi- Wild (Entertainment Tent) ■ 10 p.m. Exhibit Halls &
Show Ring) fied Pick Up, Street Pick Up, ■ **Fireworks at the Buildings close
■ 10 a.m. Exhibition Halls
& Buildings open
■ 10:30 a.m. NIAGO Dairy
Show (Main Show Ring)
■ Noon to 9 p.m. Midway

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■ 7 to 11 p.m. BB Dang
Grange, in memory of Duane (Entertainment Tent) (Grassy Area behind I-Got-
Schmigel It)
■ 10 p.m. Exhibit Halls &
■ Noon to 9 p.m. Midway ■ 3:30 p.m. Small Fry
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■ 2 p.m. Color Wars
(Grassy Area behind I-Got-
It)
■ 4 p.m. 4-H Hog Show
(Show Arena)
■ 4 p.m. Faith at the Fair
(Entertainment Tent)
■ 6:30 p.m. 100 Lap En-
duro (Grandstand)
■ 10 p.m. Exhibit Halls &
Buildings close

Thursday, July 25
First Responders Day &
Baskin Livestock Day at the
Fair
*First Responders pay $5
per carload from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m.
■ 9 a.m. 4-H Dairy Cattle
Show (Show Arena)
■ 10 a.m. Exhibition Halls

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T12 July 2024 Genesee County Fair

Genesee County Fair has had many locations

By RYAN DUFFY
History with the HLOM
The history of the Genesee
County Fair is lengthy, dating
3282 West Main St. Rd. • Batavia, NY 14020 back to 1840. It has been moved
to many different locations
Monday - Friday Phil Hinrich throughout its existence, before
8:00 - 4:30 Since 1989
finally settling in its current lo-
this day began in 1855, when it
was formed as a reorganization
of the original group in accor-
dance with state law.
The public arm and crowning
achievement of the agricultur-
al society has always been the
county fair. The first fair in the
these early exhibits were farm
tools, instruments and livestock.
However, in 1841, household
goods, such as hand-sewn quilts
and other domestic products
were also put on display.
In 1843, a fundraising plan
was raised of having each mem-
Railroad.
In 1890 the fair found its
home at Exposition Park, as the
property at West Main and Lew-
iston Road was purchased from
Frank Redfield. This would be
the home of the fair until 1940,
when the property became Bat-

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The fair’s most notable past
home was called Exposition
Park, which today is the Batavia
Downs Gaming & Hotel proper-
ty. Exposition Park had several
landmark buildings, along with
the racetrack and grandstand.
The Genesee County Fair
cannot be discussed without its
parent organization, the Gen-
esee County Agricultural Soci-
ety. The first agricultural society
was organized in 1840 with its
officers Theodore C. Peters and
Chipman P. Turner. That version
of the society disbanded after
the fair in 1849.
The Genesee County Agri-
cultural Society that still exists to
county was held in 1840 on the
farm of C.W. Van de Bogart in Al-
exander, where it was also held
the following year.
The fair at that time was held
later in the year, in October, at
the end of the harvest season.
The fair was created to show
off the agricultural abundance
of Genesee County.
After moving from Alexan-
der, the fair made its home at
the Genesee House at Main and
State streets in Batavia, the site of
the mall today.
Another early component
of the fair was the exhibition
of new products, either hand-
made or manufactured, a com-
mon site at today’s fair. Many of
ber donate 50 cents each year to
support the fair, which could go
towards premiums and expens-
es.
The location of the fair
changed several times over the
next few decades, both within
the Batavia village limits and
also around the county. From
1842 to 1859 the Genesee Coun-
ty Fair was at the following sites:
West Main and Oak streets, East
Main, Walnut, and South Jack-
son Streets in Batavia, Bergen
for a single day in 1852, and then
back in Batavia on Ellicott Street
beginning in 1859. This would
be the longtime home of the fair
until 1890, when the property
was sold to the Buffalo & Geneva
avia Downs. It was known as the
Genesee County Agricultural
Park. The property was expand-
ed around the existing track.
Permanent buildings were built
over the years, including Floral
Hall, Grange Hall and the log
cabin. Floral Hall was the main
exhibition building, which over
time, came to display all of the
new technological marvels of
the early 20th century. The log
cabin was home to historic ex-
hibits by the Holland Purchase
Historical Society. The property
was perfect to house the teem-
ing crowds coming in their new
automobiles to watch all of the
events, including races, parades,
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