Farm Progress Wrap - Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009

The show

The Farm Progress Show,the nation’s largest outdoorfarm show, begins its three-day run today in Decatur.

The show is being heldthrough Thursday atProgress City USA, adja-cent to Richland Communi-ty College.

Show times are 8 a.m. to5 p.m. today and Wednes-day, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Thursday.

Admission is $10 for adultsand $5 for ages 13 to 17.

Free shuttles are offeredfrom Hickory Point Mall inForsyth and the DecaturPublic Transit System’s trol-ley will be making runs fromits center, 353 E. William St.,in downtown Decatur.

Greater presencePat Quinn was able to slip

through the streets ofProgress Cityas lieutenantgovernor in2007 goingmainly unno-ticed.

What a dif-ference twoyears makefor Quinn who has sincetaken over as governor.

When he returns to theFarm Progress Show asplanned today, he’s sure todraw considerable moreattention. Quinn is amongnumerous visiting local, stateand national lawmakers.

Read about Quinn’s visitin Wednesday’s Herald &Review.

Online updatesThose who communicate

via Internet messagingsites can meet in person atthe Farm Progress Show.Ag Talk, Twitter and Face-book users are amongthose who can receivewristbands at the VisitorHospitality Tent that can beused to identify other usersof those sites.

It’s one of the wayssocial media has made itsway into the show.

The Farm Progress Showhas a Facebook page tokeep those interested updat-ed and the show has been apopular topic of tweetsthroughout the summer.

H&R onlineKeep up with the latest

news from the show as Her-ald & Review reporters willbe tweeting. In addition, StuEllis will be providing dailyvideo updates from the show.Visit www.herald-review.comfor all the news.

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75 cents

Crews scramble to make sure gatesare ready to open

By CHRIS LUSVARDIH&R Staff Writer

ECATUR — Withan ideal week ofweather in theforecast, the Farm

Progress Show is set to getunderway at 8 a.m. today.

Workers scurried Monday to finisheverything up in time for the show butall the work promises to be done as ithas in the past in time for the thou-sands of expected visitors. With many

of the majorexhibitors in placeearlier than nor-mal, the last dayof preparationwent fairlysmooth.

“I’m looking for-ward to openingthe gates at 8:01and watching thecrowd comethrough,” saidMatt Jungmann,the show’s manag-er. “That’s what allthis work is for.”

Among otheractivities as truckscontinued to haulin the final piecesto their displays,some exhibitorswere polishingequipment, testingmicrophones for

presentations and making sure theirelectrical systems worked.

Jungmann is hoping with morecomfortable weather during the show,visitors can focus on learning all theycan from the 600 exhibitors on hand.

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KEEP IT SAFE

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GSI Inc. employees Mike Houran and James McFarland put the fin-ishing touches on one of the permanent cooling stations at ProgressCity USA for the 2009 Farm Progress Show. The 30-foot-round steelstructure is a distinct gold color, so visitors can easily recognize it.

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Organizer hopesto have everythingbeing recycled


DECATUR — Luis Perezenvisions a time when every-thing at the Farm ProgressShow can be reused exceptfor the bathroom waste.

While recycling effortshaven’t yet reached thatpoint, they have greatlyexpanded since the first FarmProgress Show in Decatur in2005. In 2007, 8,286 pounds ofmaterial, including plastic

bottles, aluminum cans, card-

board and mixed paper, were

collected for recycling.

“We plan to have even

more recycling,” said Perez,the recycling coordinator forthe Macon County SolidWaste Management Depart-ment. “We’re trying to throwout as little as possible. Itdoesn’t benefit anybody if itgoes to a landfill.”

In addition to recycling,the solid waste departmentnow oversees the collection,disposal and transportationof all waste from the showand country music concertWednesday. Getting all thewaste collection containers inplace is a project Perez hasbeen overseeing during theset-up for this year’s show.

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Progress City greens up for show

Decatur farmer hasn’tmissed a year’s showin more than 40 years

By ARLENE MANNLEINH&R Staff Writer

DECATUR — Arnold Bork’sattendance record at FarmProgress Shows rivals that ofhis favorite entertainer at theshow, the late Captain Stubbywho had a 50-year run with theevent prior to his death in2004.

Bork of rural Decatur hasn’t

missed a Farm Progress Showsince 1967. And 2009 will be noexception.

His first Farm ProgressShow was in 1954 when Cam-den, Ind., was the site. Thatwas only the second FarmProgress Show.

Bork remembers those earlyshows were only one day long,though they, too, were mid-week events. And during thoseearly Farm Progress years, ifhe didn’t attend, his father, thelate Amel Bork, did. Theybelieved in supporting agricul-tural events, he said.

“If you were interested inagriculture, you went,” Borksaid.

Those first few years heattended, there were firedemonstrations. Firefighterswould come out and burn offan area and demonstrate theirskills at putting out fires, hesaid.

“That would conclude theday,” Bork said. “When I wasfarming, I’d look at themachinery and pick up what-ever literature I could.”

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RECYCL ING

Some of the places materialsthat are recycled at the FarmProgress Show go:

AREA SCHOOLS: lumber.MIDWEST FIBER: cardboard,

plastic bottles and aluminumcans.

DECATUR CONCRETE: subsoilclay dirt.

DECATUR WOOD PRODUCTS:wood pallets.

CPI ENTERPRISES: glass bottles.

Herald & Review photos/Stephen Haas

TOP: Dave Lucas of Paris uses a trimmer to clear a path between rows of soybeans at the Great Heart Seed display at ProgressCity USA in Decatur. ABOVE LEFT: Andy Kuenstler of Auburn puts the finishing touches on signage at the Beck’s Hybrids display.ABOVE RIGHT: Dan Roush of Roush Trucking of Esmond attaches strapes for a crane to lift a section of a Mathews Co. graindryer from a truck.

Perfect attendance record

The finishing touches


Arnie Bork of rural Oakley holds up a toy replica of a Massey-Harris tractor, just like the one he drove when he started farm-ing. Bork, who hasn’t missed a Farm Progress Show since1967, is excited about this year’s event.

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IF YOU GO

For those want-ing to get to theFarm ProgressShow as it starts,the opening cere-mony begins at7:55 a.m. todaymarking the returnto Decatur. TheTouchstone Ener-gy Cooperativeshot-air balloon isscheduled to flyoverhead.

Don’t forget tobring non-perish-able food items forthe Genuity BrandFood Drive thatbenefits Decaturfood pantries.

Quinn

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Many exhibitors use the FarmProgress Show as a launching placefor new products, increasing interestin the show over the years.

“That speaks to the growth of theevent,” Jungmann said. “People arecoming from around the world. JohnDeere, for example, will unveil a newtractor that people can come for thefirst time to see it.”

Richland Community College isready to play host to the show and itsexhibitors for the third time. As thefinishing touches were put on theshow site Monday evening, a group ofcommunity and business leaders weregiven a tour and saw inside Rich-land’s newly built Center for Sustain-ability and Innovation.

“They have never done anything asmagnificent as they’ve done for thisshow,” Richland President Gayle Saun-ders said of the exhibitors. “They’reexpecting record crowds this year, andit’s an opportunity for companies toshow off their new technology.”

Saunders hopes to see a lot of Rich-land students at the show, seeing upclose the opportunities they couldbecome a part of in the future. The col-lege wants to show everyone, not just itsstudents, what it has to offer in termsof green projects such as the new cen-ter, which has a rotunda shaped like agrain bin and a more than 150-foot tallwind turbine steps away.

“We want to get students ready fornew green jobs,” Saunders said. “Thenatural resources in this area are justperfect. They’re all here, too.”

Saunders said she couldn’t haveasked for better weather come FarmProgress time.

The weather hasn’t fully cooperat-ed throughout the summer as theheat for the most part stayed away.More heat would have helped thecrops slated for the field demonstra-tions grow even more.

“We will be having field demos thisyear,” said Mark Lovig, the show’soperations manager. “It’s probablythe only corn within 300 miles readyto be combined, and we’re darnedlucky to have it. We’re not going tocombine it all because of the coolweather.”

Jungmann said it’s also a little wetfor all the fields to be finished at thispoint.

The show runs through Thursday.

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The streets of Progress City USA are coming to life as vendors arrive with their products for the 2009 Farm Progress Show.

First responderskeep safety in mindIt may not be hot,but weather stillposes health threat

By ANNIE GETSINGERH&R Staff Writer

As Farm Progress Showexhibitors put the finishingtouches on their tents and dis-plays Monday evening, BillWood was hard at work, too,making coffee for his crew ofEMS responders andproviders.

Wood, coordinator of emer-gency medical services at St.Mary’s Hospital, is in chargeof medical services for theshow and “chief coffee maker”for his team, he joked.

With a sweltering 2007 showstill in recent memory, thoseout at the site seemed to relishthe breeze, but attendeesshouldn’t let the beautifulweather leave them unpre-pared, Wood said.

“This can be deceiving,”he said, gesturing to theflags flapping above themedical tent on the farnortheast side of the event,as temperatures lingeredabout 68 degrees.

Wood said that althoughthey won’t be enduring theheat they did two years ago,exhibitors and attendees willstill need to be on guardregarding health and safety.Stay hydrated, drink plenty offluids and take the opportuni-ty to get out of the elements inone of this year’s many shel-ters and covered exhibits, headvised. Anyone on medica-tion should make it a priorityto get out of the sun periodi-cally, he added.

“People have got to worryabout windburn,” Wood said.“They think about sunburn,

but they’ve also got to thinkabout windburn.”

He said foot blisters fromtrekking around the show areanother concern.

“They need to do good footcare; make sure they washtheir feet at night after theyget back to the hotel orhome,” Wood advised. “Theyneed to take time and givetheir foot a good massage andlook at it and see if they’restarting to develop a blister oranything.”

At any moment during theshow, Wood’s team, rovingthroughout the grounds andstationed at various first aidtents noted in the show pro-gram, will have about 20 peo-ple. Responders from DecaturAmbulance, the Decatur andArgenta-Oreana fire depart-ments and St. Mary’s Hospi-tal, including emergency roomphysician Dr. Jose Reyes andseveral nurses, are ready todeal with any medical needsthat arise, Wood said.

Since setting up last Thurs-day, the team already hasdealt with a cardiac emer-gency, a head injury and somecuts and scrapes resultingfrom setup.

“This is an industry, andpeople get hurt,” he said.

One thing he’d really like todo at Farm Progress thisyear?

“I want to deliver a baby,”Wood said, reiterating a state-ment he made in an article inthe show program. “I justthink it would be so cool if wegot to deliver a baby out herethis year.”

A cornfield might be a farcry from a cabbage patch, butWood said he’s ready forwhatever arises these nextfew days.


Dan Wayt with Brock bins peels away protective sheets to reveal the company’s logo, which willmake up their service counter.

Dave Mallum and Cheryl Forslund with Xylem Ltd. finish some landscaping on the blocks at the show.


Macon County Recycling Coordinator Luis Perez helps direct theunloading of trash Dumpsters at the site of the 2009 FarmProgress Show. Area Disposal is providing the units to help col-lect trash and recyclables.

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Many days, he’s at the sitebefore sunrise.

“It’s not as simple as justdropping off a box,” Perezsaid. “It’s impossible tounload with all the vendors.We can’t block one of thecompanies setting up for theshow.”

Clinton-based Area Dispos-al Service Inc. crews droppedoff the large containers out-side the Progress City USAgrounds before moving theminto place around the site.

Cindy Laegeler, chief oper-ating officer of Progress City,supports efforts to make thesite as green as possible.

“That’s the best thing thatcan happen to the show,”Laegeler said. “It’s better forour landfills.”

The way waste is collectedduring the farm show is inline with other green-friendlyefforts taking place at Rich-land Community College,Laegeler said.

“It’s something we’ve beendoing at Richland,” Laegelersaid. “This is what we as anation need to be doing.”

Teams from MaconResources Inc., which pro-vides work training for thedevelopmentally disabled, areresponsible for setting up theindividual garbage cansthroughout the site and emp-tying them during the show.They did the same things atthe show in 2007.

“Our primary function willbe to ensure that the site iskept clean, and it’s spick andspan after everything isgone,” said DreuxLewandowski, executivedirector of Macon Resources.“In terms of intensity, thisone is big. Everybody here islike you can see the tension.”

Teams of at least eight peo-ple will be rotating throughoutthe show, sometimes puttingin 12-hour days to get all thework done, Lewandowski said.

Macon County government

leaders have been supportiveof the efforts to expand therecycling and waste haulingat the Farm Progress Show.

“We said run with it,” saidJay Dunn, Macon CountyBoard chairman. “Do thebest you can, and they’vereally done a great job.”

Being involved with theFarm Progress Show is part ofthe county’s efforts to expandits waste collection and recy-cling program throughout theyear, Dunn said.

“We’re trying to get somemore companies and busi-nesses in Macon County touse the Veolia landfill versusthe DeWitt landfill or theChristian County landfill,”Dunn said. “We hope to keepexpanding it. Hopefully, wecan get some nice-lookingdowntown containers for recy-cling and get the businessesto kind of adopt them andtake care of them.”

Perez said the departmentwas given $7,000 by the MaconCounty Board for recyclingcontainers at the show. Hewas told to spend as muchtime as needed out at the site.

With all the materialsbeing recycled, includingnewly added glass bottles,pallets, scrap wood and wastesoil, Perez said the programbenefits more places in thecommunity. It took 2 tons ofcardboard to put up just onebuilding on site, Perez said.Fortunately, he said, all ofthat was recycled.

“It just isn’t our depart-ment,” Perez said. “It’s localcompanies that are benefit-ting from waste recycling atthe show.”

The more uses that arebeing found help as Perezmoves toward his goal of hav-ing almost everything at theshow recycled. Food could becomposted on site, he said.

“Food waste is then com-posted into fertilizer,” Perezsaid. “It could then be used togrow the food sold at theshow. That’s really complet-ing the circle.”


Farmers get tosee, learn aboutplanting a newcrop for energy


DECATUR — During theFarm Progress Show, farmerswill be able to educate them-selves about what some seeas becoming a key future partof farming.

An energy-grass educationarea for the first time isplanned along a partial 12thStreet of Progress City USA.Daily presentations areplanned, along with a chanceto see the progress of peren-nial energy grasses that werefirst planted in 2007.

“It really is the progress offarming,” said Gary Letterly,University of Illinois Exten-sion Christian County naturalresources educator. “Thismakes it a more comprehen-sive Farm Progress Show. It’sa location for folks to comesee different aspects and sat-isfy what curiosity they mayhave about producing bioen-

ergy crops and how it mightbe a part of their futurefarm.”

Opening up a profitablemarket for farmers is one ofthe things supporters of theenergy grasses want to talkabout during the show.

“We want to talk to full-time farmers who would liketo plant energy grasses,” saidSteve John, Decatur-basedAgricultural Watershed Insti-tute executive director. “Peo-ple will find a lot of interest-ing things if they come out.”

Smaller scale farmersmight be interested in a grow-ing a few acres of the grassesto heat their own houses,John said.

By the 2011 Farm ProgressShow, John said they hope tohave the area filled with com-mercial exhibitors.

For now, the focus is onestablishing a market anddeveloping farmers’ interest,John said.

“This is something peoplecan start doing today,” Johnsaid. “There has to be a mar-ket for the grass.”

Miscanthus is the tall grow-ing grass that will catchmany people’s attention. Themiscanthus at the FarmProgress Show was first

planted in 2007, followed byrounds in 2008 and earlier thisyear.

It isn’t harvested in thefirst year, but the miscanthusfrom 2007 is more than 10 feettall and is ready to go.

Letterly will also haveinformation about cornmaize, which has a lot ofpotential uses, including ani-mal feed, sugars, cellulosicethanol, gasification andburning in a furnace.

“I don’t know if many peo-ple have done that other thanwith corn stover,” Letterlysaid of burning corn maize infurnaces. “It has tremendousdiversity in what it can beused for.”

Equipment used to plant

the crops such as miscanthus

will be on display, adding to

what can be seen at the

exhibit.


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Grass class


Stephen John, the Agricultural Watershed Institute executive director, along with research associate David Larrick and administrative assis-tant Phyllis Doswell, look through the 2009 planting of switch grass at Progress City USA. The plot will be part of three years of plantingsand growth of the energy grasses.

Concert tickets on saleTickets for the Darryl Wor-

ley concert Wednesday atProgress City USA are still onsale for $10 at www.progresscity.us. Gates open at 5:30p.m., Rock of Ages will playat 6:30 p.m., and Worley willtake the stage at 8 p.m. Tick-ets can be bought from thebox office the day of the con-cert for $15 starting at 3 p.m.

20,000 meals to serveSo how does one go about

preparing to serve an estimat-ed 20,000 people over 3 days?

For the University of IllinoisExtension Macon County’sAmy Leman, the answer iskeep it simple. The menuoffered at the Macon County 4-H and Extension food court willinclude some of the most popu-lar items from previous shows,including pork chops, cheese-burgers, hot dogs and barbecue.

Leman said volunteers areprepared to serve as many as1,200 pork chops in an hour.

“We’ve learned from pastexperiences,” said Bea Hall, a

longtime 4-H volunteer.Homemade Ice Cream from

A B C and D Ice Cream inMount Pulaski will be avail-able. Breakfast items includebiscuits and gravy andmuffins.

The food court will haveabout 100 volunteers per day.

Schools to competeBefore football season

begins, visitors to the FarmProgress Show will be able toshow their school spirit bycheering for one of seven uni-

versities planning to competein a tractor-pull contest.

It will be held on the north-west corner of the showgrounds near the seed plots at10 a.m. today.

The universities of Illinois,Missouri, Wisconsin and Ken-tucky, as well as Purdue, IowaState and Southern Illinois uni-versities, plan to have teams.

The goal is to build the best¼-scale pulling tractor. Forthose who miss the competi-tion, the Illini Pullers willhave be giving demonstra-tions throughout the event.

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In 1960, Bork took over thefarm his father started southof Oakley in 1924, a farmwhere he and his wife, Carol,live today. In 1967, the Borkstook their camper with themto a show for the first time.

“Camping in the corn-fields,” Carol Bork said.“That is really camping.”

What draws Arnold Borkback for every show is acombination of things, hesaid. He enjoys wanderingthrough the exhibits, stillpicking up literature andinformation, and witnessingfield demonstrations. Helikes seeing the machineryand having it demonstratedin the fields. And, yes, it’s anunderstatement to say thingshave changed.

“If you have trouble pro-gramming a VCR, you mighthave a problem with thosetractors,” he said of the newequipment being shown.

He also likes visiting croptesting plots.

“The idea is people willsee (the plantings). You getto get your product beforeyour audience,” heexplained.

When the Farm ProgressShow was near Dalton Cityin 1991, the Borks were thereto help the Macon County 4-H program earn moneyselling beverages. That yearwas cold, rainy and muddy,he remembered.

Carol Bork agreed,adding, “It took me a longtime to warm up after that.”

The first time the showwas at its current Decatursite, the couple volunteeredwith the University of Illi-nois Extension Macon Coun-ty, as they are this year.

“We’ll be out there allthree days,” Carol Bork said.“We’re going to be in theExtension tent, probablywrapping sandwiches ormaybe waiting on people atthe counter.”

After their volunteer shiftcomes free time to wanderthe show. One thing ArnoldBork is certain to do is lookfor an addition to his toytractor collection.

“I usually buy a (toy) trac-tor every year,” he said.

Among others, he alreadyhas a model of the tractorwith which he started farm-ing, a model of the first trac-tor he ever bought and oneof the first tractors he everdrove.

“I was 7 or 8 years old,” herecalled, as he turned thatmemory in his hands. “Icouldn’t even reach theclutch.”

Carol Bork said she does-

n’t have the same record ofattendance as her husband,frequently staying homewith their five children andthe farm.

“I had never been to onebefore I married Arnold. Ijust went because he wantedme to,” she said, but shenever lacked finding thingsof interest.

“I love to watch people. Weall had something in com-mon,” she said. “We all hada farm background.”


Crew travels country makingsure equipment is ready to show


DECATUR — Keeping themassive amount of agricultur-al equipment at the FarmProgress Show sparklingclean is no easy task.

It takes teams of profes-sionals from various business-es to get it all done.

“Everything needs to befingerprinted and cleaned,”said Lonnie Philbrick, a crewmember from Total Appear-ance Exhibit Services basedin Prescott, Ariz. “It’s a funbusiness.”

Philbrick has been doingthe work for about 10 years,but this is her first time atthe Farm Progress Show in

Decatur. Philbrick, who livesin San Diego, arrived inDecatur last week and willstay through the show.

She enjoyed seeing cornoutside her hotel room win-dow.

“We came in last night andseeing a field of corn andlooking out to see how it’s

beautiful,” Philbrick saidabout her impression of thearea.

Total Appearance sendscrews to farm shows through-out the country. After sheleaves Decatur, her team’snext stop is Husker HarvestDays in Grand Island, Neb.

The job allows Philbrick a

chance to travel all over thecountry, spending much ofher time on the road.

“We’re kind of like carnies,”Philbrick said.

Farm Progress Showexhibitors have 200 to 300pieces of equipment to becleaned that Total Appear-ance is responsible for, andthe team consists of about adozen members, Philbricksaid.

She enjoys climbing andthe exercise it takes to cleanall the pieces of farm equip-ment. Being outdoors in thefresh air is a bonus, Philbricksaid.

Rain means the equipmentneeds more cleaning, shesaid.

“That makes a huge differ-ence for us,” Philbrick said.

The business, which start-ed in the trunk of its owner’sPinto, has developed intowhat it is today and is fami-ly operated, Philbrick said.


Herald & Review photos/Kelly J. Huff

Mandy McFarlan, an employee of Total Appearance, reaches for the back window of a tractor she and the rest of the crew arecleaning for the 2009 Farm Progress Show at Progress City USA. The dozen woman crew travels around the country cleaningmachinery for indoor and outdoor farm shows. They have more than 200 pieces of farm machinery to get ready before today’sopening and to keep clean during the show.

Lonnie Philbrick, an employee of Total Appearance, works her wayout of a tractor cab after cleaning it.

Carnies of clean

Lessonsfrom 4-H Arnold Bork started his

connection to 4-H in 1943 asa member of the Bois D’Arcgroup, where his father wasa leader and his mother aco-leader.

And it’s also 4-H, whereArnold and Carol Borkserved as leaders for 25years, that brought them atleast two other life adven-tures: flying and skiing.

During a Sale of Champi-ons at the Decatur-MaconCounty Fair several yearsago, there was a chance ina silent auction to bid for ahot-air balloon ride. ArnoldBork placed a bid and wonthe ride as a gift for CarolBork’s birthday.

“We floated across ourfarm,” he recalled, enjoyingthe ride.

So, in turn, Carol Borkbought him a flying lessonfor his birthday.

One was all it took. Sofar, he has passed fourparts of the pilot’s examina-tion process and continuesto learn and fly today.

“It was the same waywith skiing: another 4-Hstory,” he said. “Neither oneof us had ever skied.”

But they were supposedto sponsor a 4-H ski trip.

“We figured we’d betterknow what we were doing,”he said.

So ski lessons it was, eventhough, he added, “I waspast 51.”

And even without 4-Hersin tow, the Borks still ski,returning to the same skisite in Colorado for the last17 years.

They also continue to beactive with helping 4-H.During the Farm ProgressShow this year, they’ll bevolunteering each morningwith those manning thefood booth organized by theMacon County 4-H andExtension Foundation.

WHO WAS CAPTA IN STUBBY

Captain Stubby, whose non-stage name was Tom Fouts,was country humor columnistfor the Prairie Farmer andother magazines. He formedthe country comedy group,Captain Stubby and the Buc-caneers, regular radio guestsfor the WLS Barn Dance. Hedied in 2004, not long afterentertaining for the 50th yearat the Farm Progress Show.

Arnold Bork said during histerm as president of the Sta-ley Retirees Association, he

often told Captain Stubby sto-

ries.

“We would watch Captain

Stubby and then we would eat

lunch,” recalled Carol Bork.

And, by the way, Bork still

counts himself as one of Cap-

tain Stubby’s biggest fans.

“He was my hero. I got to

know him really well,” he said.

He added that without Cap-

tain Stubby, “To me, the show

has never been the same.”Sources: wlshistory.com,

prairiefarmer.com

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#9M204

YOUR PRICE

$24,999$24,999

MSRP.................$45,820REBATE................$3,500DISCOUNT.............$2,321

#9L181

YOUR PRICE

$39,999$39,999


#9S148

YOUR PRICE

$17,999$17,999


2009 SUZUKI

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#9S155

YOUR PRICE

$14,999$14,999


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YOUR PRICE

$24,999$24,999

2009 MERCURY

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2009 MERCURY

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YOUR PRICE

$21,999$21,999YOUR PRICE

$18,999$18,999


2009 SUZUKI

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#9S173


P9088A 94 BUICK REGAL

P9279A1 94 FORD ECONOLINE

P9337A 95 FORD F-150

P9377A 96 JEEP CHEROKEE

7561A 96 DODGE RAM 1500

7382B 97 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS

9S173A 98 FORD RANGER

P9347A 99 SATURN S-SERIES

P9313B 99 CHEVY TAHOE

P8592A 00 PONTIAC SUNFIRE

9M160B 00 CHEVY IMPALA

P8274A 01 OLDSMOBILE ALERO

SP9408A 01 FORD TAURUS

P9336A 01 NISSAN ALTIMA

P9390B 01 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN

9S153A 02 MAZDA 626

P9163A 02 NISSAN SENTRA

7557A 02 JEEP LIBERTY

SP9415A 03 SUZUKI AERIO

P9029A 03 DODGE CARAVAN

8M125A 03 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS

SP9356A 03 LINCOLN TOWN CAR

SP9232B 03 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER

P9417A 03 PONTIAC AZTEK

SP9426A 04 CHEVY CAVALIER

P9289A 04 MAZDA 3

P9279A 04 KIA OPTIMA

P9073A 04 DODGE RAM 1500

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