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John Oncken
The huge lobby of Exposition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison was filled shoulder to shoulder with blue jacketed, black pant/skirt, white shirt/blouse-clad high schoolers, on their way from one meeting to another down the long hall and I was sort of in the way.
It was the 92nd annual Wisconsin FFA convention running July 5th through 8th and there were some 3000 FFA members their FFA Advisors and friends in the building and I admit I felt a bit out of place in the big hall of youth.
Note: Because of the pandemic last years convention (like so many other group gatherings), was not held on a person/person basis.
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There s nothing quite like fair season
John Oncken
The 2021 fair season started a couple of weeks ago (June 23-27 at Elroy), and of course I attended the second fair of the season – my favorite fair of all – the Stoughton Fair (June 30-July 4). Would you believe Wisconsin is home to more than 75 county fairs, three district fairs, and of course the Wisconsin State Fair?
My favorite fair
I try to always attend the Stoughton Fair – that’s where us three Oncken kids (me, brother Don and sister Audrey) always exhibited a host of projects over four or five days each summer. Our parents, John and Melva, who provided our project basics from calves to wood, were 4-H leaders.
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