At the 1989 Sonoma County Fair. Show #2

Sonoma County from a chosen spot of all the earth as far as nature is concerned. According to the famed plant wizard Luther Burbank Diverse County with 1,010,000 acres of land and 1574 miles of scenic roadways, Cinema County is rightfully famed for its agriculture Did a culture,

industry and recreation as well as for the amazingly successful ethnic and economic mixture of its more than 340,000 residents on for the forward looking philosophy of its local governing bodies. Now, we invite you to take a closer look at Sonoma County in the eighties with your

host, Rich McGlinchy. Look at that. Yeah. All right. Thank you. Well, welcome back to this town is down. Weeks to know mentality of the 80 took the fair. You know? I'm rich metrology. I'm Theresa McManus. 100 times last week, we had to come back.

It was great. What? My last week last week. We saw animals saw rabbits, lambs. This week we're seeing more of the Chornovil. We'll have the flower show, all kinds of things coming up. You know, the bear ghost to floor weeks on last week you saw. Probably

horse making. You saw the flower show. You saw the exhibit going to see a lot more of that this week. In addition, we're gonna see some magnificent on the carnival, and I hope that you'll all be with more time now to go see more of the

1989. Come on in, China. 14 Days of Magic moments. The Sonoma County Fair, July 24 through August 6th, Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. Welcome back to Sonoma County in the eighties at the fair, we're standing in front of the

ray comic shows. Grand wheel. We're talking toe Linda. Pity Linda. We know that the Senate Ray comic shows is a fabulous set of shows. Carnival atmosphere. Wonderful. But tell us what's new for 1989. Well, we have about six new rides here from last year. We have

what you call a kamikaze. We've got a mega loops. We have a brand new scooter on the show. We have a couple new rides in Kitty Land. We have about a total of about 40 rides here at the show this year. How many vehicles doesn't take

you to get this show around? Well, we have a fleet of trucks about 70 semis to take this show from fair to fair. I'd like to also mention to you that as of July 1st this year were one of the very, very first carnival ever to

put rides into a sea world. We have six rides in the San Antonio, Texas. That's great. You know, this grand wheel really looks inviting. Linda. Well, this grand wheel is one of the largest portable wheels of its kind, and I think we ought to take a

ride up in it about 130 feet up and take a look at the whole midway. Oh, that's terrific. Well, what do you say? Come on with us. You know there's Sonoma County Fair is very, very pleased to have the rate. Comic shows tell us some of

the reasons that the rate comic shows or so upstanding Well, we're very pleased to be here. One of the reasons were so well liked, of course, is the pretty midway that we put on. It's a very clean midway, a very attractive midway, and we have one

of the very best safety records of any carnival around that is That's really marvelous, and I remember years past when we had carnivals here and those kinds over silly were seriously not very well kept, and I didn't always feel they were entirely safe. But this show

has got a terrific reputation. Well, we've won several of very prestigious awards for our safety record. We are very conscious about the safety. We have a lot of high and very thrilling rides. So it's It's very, very important that our people know all about safety and

assembling these rides, and we worked very hard at keeping a good safety record. You know, another nice thing I've noticed in being around your carnival for a few days. Your people are very courteous, People are very nice, and this really is a refreshing change from carnivals

I visited in the past. We have a lot of really nice people that work for us kids that come on grown ups as well that come on every year with us and we have the same ones come back year after year. It's one big happy family.

This is great and you know this is a big circus, and I understand you have more than one unit We sure do. We have two units. This is our yellow unit. And with this yellow unit, we play the Sonoma County Fair. We combine both of our

units to play the L A County fair, which is the largest county fair in the country. We play the Arizona State Fair in the VAT estate Fair, Idaho State Fair. And then we do a lot of still dates in California all summer long. And the Sonoma

County Fair is really pleased to have a mechanic chose. I have heard every fair director, incidentally, say at one time or another. What a blessing. We got those folks because the decline double now is one of the things we're proudest of. While the people at the

Sonoma County Fair fantastic to work with. Hi. I'm here with Enrique Ledet, asthma proprietor here in the Mexican Village High. Enrique. How's it going today? Pretty good. How long have you been here in the Mexican village? It's been 20 years. My last recollection, give or take

a year or two? Well, it's kind of like a little bit of Tijuana. Tell me about where you bring the items in most of our products. Come from like central Mexico and way thrive on handcraft. Part of it would like to have, you know, 10 crafted.

Um, we've got, like, an extensive supply of suppliers down there, and most of our stuff is like producing the cottage system. Families make them in their homes and stuff and then, like import them or transport them down toe Tijuana, close to the board to there. And

then that's where we pick him up at, um, what is your hottest selling item here at the fair? Our hottest selling item would probably be our Karachi's or, well, let's see. It's a toss up between the Karachi's and like Corona Corona shirts. The pull over things.

Enrique. What is home for you? Home? Is that down South in sunny San Diego? Nice place. How long have you been on the road for? Um, let's say it's been a year. We've been constantly going from one place to the next to the next to the

next, and it's been like a year in a month now. Oh wow. Well, thank you for joining us, and we'll see if the Blues festival on Saturday the fifth. We'll see more of the fair coming up. How you doing? Everybody in? Welcome back to Sonoma County

eighties. At the fair week to last week, we talked to Jane and all about the fair activities and the marvelous entertainment there was on the schedule for the first week. Now we're gonna find out what's going to take place this week. Jenny, how about giving us

a rundown on what you've got lined up for the second week? Well, we're starting up very strong on Monday evening at seven and nine, we're gonna be having Zazu Pitts Memorial Orchestra era dynamite dance band in the red with theater. Then Tuesday we're moving into our

major headliner of the fair, and that's Johnny Cash and you'll be performing at seven and nine in the Red with theater. That's a paid show. Those tickets or foreign $6 so people could be guaranteed to reserve seats then, Ah, we are also having that week. Gary

Puckett on Thursday in the Red with theater at seven and nine without the union gap. But he'll be there with his man on, and we've just got things going on all week long. On Saturday, we're having our Blues festival featuring John Lee Hooker all afternoon from

noon until six, then Sunday are Oldies Festival with the Coasters, The Drifters and Little Anthony and also on Saturday and said You were having a special treat. We call this the managers choice because this was our fair managers pick. We have a comedy team called Williams

and Read, and they bill themselves as the Indian and the white guy, and they are indeed an Indian and a white guy. And it's a lot of fun that it is. Jane, you've done a marvelous job. How long have you been the entertainment coordinator with been

doing it about six years for about six years. And I can tell you one thing. Since she began doing this job, the entertainment has gotten better. Better and the nice part about it, Jane is you have a tremendous amount of free entertainment. Here we do. We

like to say that you can come through the gate, and as soon as you're into the gate, you should be entertained all day long without ever having to spend another penny. And we think that's true. We've got four free stages on the grounds, with constant entertainment

starting at noon and going until 10 o'clock at night. There's always something for everybody. Well, ladies and gentlemen, you heard it right here from the entertainment coordinator herself. Jane Angle, you heard about the entertainment is going to be at the fair of the second week. Remember,

the fair is a terrific bargain. You pay $4 when you come in. You could spend the entire day fare Gates open at 10 until 10 tonight. But the carnival goes on until midnight. You could see the flower show. You should be the horse races. You can

see all this fabulous entertainment and the only cost involved in any of those things. It's cost coming through the gate. You could also bring your own food to have a picnic company founders go or try food from many different lands to pressure. It's really a wonderful,

fair hope. You come out and see it during the second week and now let's look at some of the other interesting factors going on. It is 1989 Sonoma County Fair. Hi. We're here in the midway where the Rake Amick shows air all around us with a

group of friends. We're here to find out what they're here for. Hi. What's your name? David. And what do you like best about? Where? David. I like the livestock. And what particular animal do you like? The best pigs. Great. And your name? Christina and Christina. What

part of the fair do you like that? Rides, rides? You have a favorite ride. A skydiver. I like that one too. And your name? I'm Shelley Fitzsimmons. And showing what's your favorite part of the fare? Definitely the food. Food? And what do you have? A favorite

kind? Uh, cotton candy. Pretty sweet stuff. Your name? Josh. Josh, What do you like? I like the entertainment. And have you seen anybody yet? So far. The fair. Yeah. I like the comedians. Deal your name, John. What do you like that I, like, Come out here

and, you know, seeing all your friends. That's super. There's something for everybody here at the fair. Come on out. It's a great time. Ladies and gentlemen, we're standing in the Larry Albini saddling paddock. I believe it's called Valerio. Beanie Panic. It was named for him in

1988 were standing with a gentleman that you may not see very often, but you certainly hear a great deal from this is Dick Ryland. He's our Sonoma County fair track announcer and decades really nice to have you back winners in your sixties. In be my six

season, you're rich. It is nice to come back and you talk about a nice paddock. This is the best around the fair circuit. Believe me, it is. It's certainly one of the most attractive I've ever seen. It sort of looks like it belongs in one of

the major tracks. Doesn't well, you see a lot of people that like to watch horses, and it's important for the fans. And I watched on the roof and I see a just a multitude of people coming here watching horses. I don't know a lot of what

they look for, but they like to be done and seeing the action, and that's they paid to get in. That's what we should do. Yeah, uh, generally, Dick Riley is going to be a guest on the racing seminar one day, and he will tell you a

great deal about what he does. We don't have time for him to tell you all the things he does today, but you do announce the races and you have a unique way of doing that. You kind of bored yourself up in there, don't you? Well, I

do. You right up with the public. And I love the people, but you have to have concentration a little bit. So I put some newspapers around the windows and a couple of lady said, We don't mind if you do that. What would you change him about

every five or six days? So we know what's going on because we read them from out there. Uh, you've been announcing racing. You also have another background in the race that you've been a jockey gauge. And I believe in other things too. I've done just about

everything from the parking lot that ushering in. I was the jocks Asian did some voiceover for some movies, and I do the TV and radio down it Santa need in Hollywood. And I love to come to the fair, especially this So this is really nice. How

do you go about broadcasting a raise your up there? How do you identify the horses? And how do you make those wonderful calls? Because you're an excellent announced. I believe me. Well, thank you. I I use Crayolas personally of, in other words, that the soaks or

blue I'll use a blue Kriel on my program. But I know most of the colors and therefore I haven't memorized for they come on the track But it's all memory work in its concentration. That's what it is. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being with us.

We were talking with Dick Riley, our track announcer and a very excellent one. And now let's go see some other beautiful 1989 Sonoma County Fair. Hi. We're here in the southern end of the fairgrounds. Right behind us is barbs, Better buns and I'm standing with barber

self high bar. Hi. How you doing this morning? Pretty good. Why don't you give us a little history about how barbs better buns got started? Oh, Lord, it's been a lot of years on the road, about 14 now, to be exact. But about five years ago,

I built this barbs better bun stand and it's been really a fantastic it. We've had great results with their homemade bun for our Polish sausage and chips sandwiches. We've also make our homemade donuts here for the horse people, which is really hit. They just love that.

Well, you're in a sort of an unusual location for the fairgrounds. Nice. Yet unusual. Do you like being in this particular location? Definitely. We've had the support of the horse people for the last five years now. And even though we're really not, like a part of

the fare being not on the main midway, but being down here and they love us, we love them. And I love it. So I guess that's kind of the answer to our location is wonderful. I understand you do quite a few fares. This is how many

years it's Noma County Fair. Have you been here? Like I said, this stand is five years old. So we've been here five years with this Ever since it was brand new. I've been out on the fair circuit about well, 14 years, but eight years in California,

on the California route. And then I also do Arizona. So I have the to routes 67 months over there and five months in California. Wonderful. Well, if you get a chance, stop by the southern end of the fairgrounds and visit barbs better buns behind us is

the racetrack. It's quite a nice view. Come out and see it. You know, affair has many, many things to recommend it. We tell you about a lot of them, such as the exhibits, the Flower Show, the horse racing, the destruction Derby, the rodeo, It almost things.

But one of the most important thing at any Sonoma County fair is the livestock and the youngsters ff a in the foreign. The two gentlemen sitting with me have long been champions of both before Agent ff A on the Fed board. They're both members of Moma

County Fair Board of directors. On the right of your screen is Dr Fred Grow vermin. And on the left, the screen is Glenn Klein. And these two gentlemen have Dunmore, in my opinion, to benefit the four H youngsters in the FF a youngster's than any other

two men that have ever served on the bare boards. Glen, uh, what do you think? This 1989 edition? I think rich, This is probably going to be our best one ever. We still have a great number of Children there in the back. It's really pleasing. I

know for both Fred and I to see that the agricultural events just keep getting bigger and better. Well, you know the night. The nice thing about it is the kids are still coming out. I don't think there's quite as many as there were a few years

ago, but it's great, isn't it? Well, it certainly is great, and it's correct. We've dropped a little bit in the numbers, but the Sonoma County is changing and we're becoming more of a metropolitan area. But we still have a lot of kids that are in these

good projects. Dr. Fred, how are you? The last time we had friend on here, we also had a championship cow and it kept answering. This ever started. It did the job for us. Anything rabbits won't talk. Well, that's pretty good, I think. Dr. Government. Fred, you've

been on the board for many, many years. It's always Glenn. Um, what do you think of the United edition of the 1989 edition? I think we've got an excellent fair coming up. It's It's very nice. Uh, the animals are in some areas, like in the hogs,

where we're up in the hog barn this year, particularly even in the open division is is full. Our beef cattle show. We've got, Ah, big split show this year, and I think people have a have a great opportunity to see. A lot of prize winning animals

went up. There are two major days in which they're auctions. What's the one of the two days, or what's the 1st 1 of the 1st 1 will be this Wednesday. Rich will do. Ah, rabbits first and then we're going to run through probably about 600 lambs.

And then a week from Friday will dio all these hogs like Dr Fred says, we're way up on hogs and then we're going to do some poultry and we'll end up with between 80 and 100 beef into you two gentlemen, actually begin your efforts towards making

this a successful fair in regard to the getting youngsters to enter their animals. I really hate to say it, but I I start in January, and I started my calls because a lot of people have budgets they want to put together, and so it really runs,

I'd really say all year long I talk about the auction I was just going to say to A friend once told me that he starts the day after this. There is Yeah, that's right. We start the day after it ends because there's some folks that say,

You know, this year I can't I can't buy but get a hold of the next year And that's when we started working on him. OK, well, ladies and gentlemen, we've been talking to two gentlemen who are very much responsible for F F A and four each

youngster's having affair to come to being able to animals. These dollars go out foreign buyers. They doing just about everything there. Members of the Sonoma County Fair Board, on the left of your screen is inclined. The right of your screen doctor friend government. Now let's take

a look at some other fascinating aspects of the 1989 Sonoma County Fair, just south of Finley Hall and next to the cowbells Red Barn, you confined Uncle Sam's farm here in Uncle Sam's form. We have all kinds of barnyard animals for you. Bring the kids along

and lets pet some animals. We have miniature donkeys. We have two different kinds of rare sheep. There's a Navajo curio sheep and Jacob sheep. They have four, warns each and have lots of wool. Then there's a Vietnamese potbellied pig. I have an interesting character, and we

have regular lambs, baby goats and baby cows. Come by and bring your kids by are just bring yourself by. It's great fun. Now we'll go on and see another part of the fair. We're gonna be talking to the lady on the right of your screen. Name

is Sheila Quince and Sheila. I never can remember the exact title that you bear. What is it? Exhibit an entry coordinator. Exhibit an entry coordinator. Well, just recently, we talked with Dr Fred Government and Glenn Klein. We talked about animal exhibits. We talk about animal shows,

animal showmanship, all the things that go into animal competition out here. And I know you're familiar with that from your younger years. But what else is involved in premium and exhibits out here? Well, it involves anything that's, Ah, competitive, anything that's open for the competition right

behind us. We're Finley Hall. That's where we've got all of our open fine arts pottery, sculpture. We moved porcelain art in there. We also have a little area back there. Will there be junior demonstrations? Ah, the other to exhibit buildings that we have our V g.

Garrett building Annecy craft. DJ Garrett, of course, has all our open HomeArts. When you walk through the door, you come right upon the Exhibitors bake shop where all the open foods are being judged right as we speak. And beyond that, we've gotten all of the clothing,

the ceramics, the hydra count. You've got all the way to the back with the woodworking. There's some beautiful exhibits back there from people that have worked all year on them. And I encourage everybody to go in there and just take a look for themselves and see

the EEC craft building is where all of the junior exhibits are. We've got feature booths with the exhibitors. They're fine arts. They're painting all of their sewing that they've done throughout the year. All of that's an E C craft. But you know, people are coming to

this wonderful fair and see some of the things we're talking talking about in the two weeks of affair May think Well, you know, I do this or that I might be interested in showing some of my stuff at the fair or some of my work. Rather

my stuff, Uh, how would they go about it? What would they do? OK, well, unfortunately for this year, it's too late. We've already received our entries, and they've been judged in their in place and on exhibit. However, in each of the exhibit buildings, we've got an

information booth, and right there we'll have a little spot. If says, if you're interested in learning more about our fair being an exhibitor, sign in. So with each of our buildings, we've got monitors there that can answer any specific questions. We'd also like to encourage people

to go ahead and sign up, and we'll put him on our mailing list and give him information. First thing when it's available next year. We work on our exhibitors guidebook right after the snow, my county fair, and it will be published next May. That's when, uh,

that all that information that's in the exhibitors guidebook is available, and we're right by the phones, ready to answer people's questions and send them all the forms they need. Well, you can see ladies and gentlemen, the exhibits and the animal competition is an integral part of

the fare and, perhaps, in many people's minds, the most important part of any county fair. I've been talking with Sheila Quince, the entry, an exhibit supervisor, entry and exhibit supervisor, and she told me that under time. But Sheila works very, very hard all year round, and

if you're interested, you contact her office next year, and maybe we'll be looking one of your entries in the family. Now back to some other important part of this 1989 Sonoma County Fair. I'm standing here from the tote board at the racing track at the Sonoma

County Fairgrounds, where each day avid fairgoers are either lucky or unlucky placing their bets. How do you go about placing your bet? Do you bet on the color of the horse or the jockeys? Last name. Join rich McGlinchey each day at the fair, a 10 30

for the How Tubes of horse racing. Let's take a peek Now what goes on at his seminars? The I think one of the things that we want to explain to everybody who's at the seminar, and I think it's very important that you know, is how to

read erasing program. First of all, you come to the fair, you pay your money at the gate, come in to watch the races by a reserve seats. If you've never been to the races, and it's surprising the number of people that appear here, you have never

been to listen. And if you've never been to the races, you may not know how to read arresting program or what it means. One thing that's extremely important is that you use the number on the racing program. Many people will read the press Democrat. They'll read

the Chronicle, and in there they will see the handicapped by Larry. Students were by the other handicappers, and they will have a number on the horse now that sometimes if it's a late addition of paper will be the actual post position number. Not always the 11

You can be certain that you're betting on the horse you want to bet on is picking the horse and then using the number that's on the side of racing program. One of the things I think that most people are not familiar with unless you're an experienced

horse player, is the racing program and what each section of it means Hi. I'm here with Richard Foul, A journeyman jockey. Hi, Richard. How you doing this morning? Pretty good. Tell us what a journeymen jockey means. Well, when your journey mean, that means you're not apprenticed

anymore. And you served either your 1st 40 wins or year. Whatever comes last and you're not allowed the £5 weight allowance anymore. Great. How long have you been doing this? I've been riding Ah, Three countries, about 30 different racetracks and about 3000 races. And I've been

doing approximately five years. And how do you like the snow? My county fair track? Well, I think, and most of papers, They call this the Delmar than North. I think it's one of the nicest tracks we have up here that attracts great crowds. We have good

purses. The condition of the track is really good. It's kind on babies. And basically, it's top notch racing for Northern California at this fair here. Well, thanks, Richard. And good luck to you on the race track. Well, thank you very much. And I hope to see

everybody in the weather circle. Thanks. We'll go back to rich now. Welcome back. to Sonoma County in the eighties. Doctor failed. We're standing in the middle of the carnival grounds. The rate comic shows. We're talking with three handsome young people here. We're gonna find out what

they think about the 1989. What do you think about it, Mike? So far, I think it's pretty great. I love the rides pretty good. I got to Really? I think it's really think is like there's a lot of people here and makes it really exciting. How

about you? Well, we just went on a ride called the Zipper, and I was really fun. It was scary, you know? It was great. I like it. What do you like best about the fair so far? Well, I think I think it's just a lot of

fun with all the people here and the ride. The zipper is great. Yeah. How about you? A lot of friends. Yeah. Yeah, I see a lot of people around you, right? Yeah, somewhat alone all. Can I say that you're giving the 1989 fair a vote of

confidence? Thank you very much, gentlemen. Three young people telling us what they think. In 1989 Now, let's go see some more fascinating aspect of this. 1989. Hi. I'm here in the Mexican village, which is my favorite part of the fare and many fairgoers as well. I'm

here with Maria via Hi, Maria. Hi, Marissa. You have two different food concession stands here in the Mexican village. Is that correct? Yes, that's correct. And how long have you been here in the Mexican village? On and then in this proposal, women for 10 years. This

is how thing here and you have the other stand. The name of the other standards. What cable? Reto? They I don't want this name for my things. Six years already. And is this a family type business for you? Yes, it iss How many members of your

family help you out here at the fair? Well, um, right now it's actually yes, my husband and I. So he listen one and I'm in the other one, but we don't have kids. So that's why I mean, yes, human, I we run and we get helper.

And right now we gotta work helper. So things got Yeah, greatest. It's hard to run a business. Me. You need somebody to trust him. When is your specialty items in each of your two restaurants? Okay, Right here. And it Ball saw this barbecued chicken, and, uh,

this dish. I introduced the chill Evans, and I don't know how what's going to be and and they everyone in cabrito We had burritos. Us she came for and beef. And you serve surveys as well. No, no, no. The services through the other. Consider. Okay, Well,

thank you, Maria, for joining us. And good luck to you here at the fair this year. Thank you. We'll be back later. Well, that just about does it for our second visit to the Sonoma County Fair. Part of what you think of this 1989. Well, I

think was great. Rich, good food. The livestock exhibit was great again. And I got great racing tips from you. Oh, I like to hear that. That is your gentlemen. There's 1989. Sonoma County Fair. Still has a little time to run, So if you have been out

there, come on out. Remember the fair runs from 10 am to 10 PM Cost $4 for adults, $1 for kids, seven through 12 if your sex or under military in uniform, you get and free. It's a wonderful fair. You'll regret it if you don't go out.

So come on out to the fair. We'll be looking for you. We're gonna be here till the very end, right? Right. And we're comfortable. Shoes. Hey. Oh, I knew this would come to an end in a nice way. I know. I like it. My feet of

it.