Pei ets Clm Well, the Fal
l a
son is upon us an o
o
wrapped up!. O
c wil 8 Fori- i ng pl e ac
and we wrap up with 5 in No- ve
mber!
If you’re feeling lik
provides you lots of opporuni- ties.
e visiting a F ir, Fall t
a
It’s a great time to enj y the wonderf
o
some great Fair food at a number of th css
our Florida F irs and of c urse touc wh
e ionaies wh a
r h bas o pe sinc e your l s e with ol d fiend r
o s
rhaps you haven’t seen at Fair. An
d it’s
always an opportunity to find some new idea th wh YO
at is just
at you’re looking for at UR Fair!
Tat th h oug t about seeing ol h
e wonderf at th
is indusry provides to
ul little bene s t
fit is n you the n yo d
friends reminds me of one of th th
us. Think about it for a mi- nute……if your time in th business has give
Sate or pe
opportunity to visit other Fairs t
/
Fairgrounds aroun rhaps give
d our
opportunity to network wit fols fok rm other Fairs at one
u mmer Work shops, then
u the h
of our Federation conventions or S
2
ul Fall weather, enj y ny o
o
e great Fair c n- o partic
ipat e in
tober l see l
da Fairs tak
unty Fair and Northwest Florida Fair are alre
ady
this c lumn both the Ba r C
d as I write ke
rsdn’ ou n l Forida F ir sea-
Florida Federation of Fairs & Livestock Shows, Inc.
you’re in a somewh t uniq position of having “riends” in alm
a f
r
If you’re lik wh
whe, I suppose a knder way to say that is to sa t
o’ve been around f r a il
e some of us o
i y that if
you’re a Fair indusry vete th th
a r
United States! Tat is an amazing fac
y part of th h
t wh t ran, en you my be able to say
at you’ve got friends in al- most eve
for a minute to ponder t at fac. How many pe know th th
cstoms if you wil, to see wh
any number of c unties ad Sates c lebrate all of te cops, in eveyth ric of th
at different cm unitieo m o
t r
r e
dustries, mu ing ese th
l
That’s exac y what eac attempts to showcs
eir cm unitieo m tl
in
l e us n h
h
at is te fab- s.
sic an h
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own Fair and we have th portunity to see th rece i wonderf
us is invole Americ
k w r f us ae at our e op-
t al bca e o hs ul eve t tat eac .th
an Agric ltural Fair!
is and expe- f t i
h of
vd in…. e Geat u
How lucy are we? I can’t ans er for you but I can t ll you t at on th
e h e towe
ose days,” all I h ve to do is remind mys lf how lucy I am to be workng in t e industry th
ca e Ivus ’e ju th
i
l on somethng be- st hd “oe on f a
i a e h at I’m in, and all of a sd- u
den, it’s a great Fair day in Florida again! G
e and see these Fall Fairs Ric k
t out teehr !
k
I’m about ready to th th
ose days wh row i
en n d
at opportunity in t eir li s? Te opportunity to experiec foods from diff u
at haven’t been gve h
h
erent areas, l
s in n
ne ese great
en you pause h
ople do we i n ve
ue ost evey part of Florid a.
OFFICERS President
Rick Vymlatil CFE, South Florida Fair PO Box 210367
West Palm Beach, FL 33421-0367
Phone: 561-790-5207 Fax: 561-790-5210
rick@southfloridafair.com
First Vice President
Tom Umiker CFE, Greater Hillsborough County Fair Second Vice President
Felecia Chivington, Pensacola Interstate Fair Secretary/Treasurer
Dawn Rowe, Osceola County Fair Immediate Past President
Gayle Hart, Greater Jacksonville Ag Fair DIRECTORS
Paul Davis, Florida Strawberry Festival Wanda Jones, Columbia County Fair Shawn Krauel, Central Florida Fair
Albert Montes, Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo Bill Olson CFE, Greater Jacksonville Ag Fair Charles Pesano, Florida State Fair
David Viers CFE, Volusia County Fair Rhonda Ward, Collier County Fair
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
Justine O’Brien, O’Brien’s Food Enterprises Dennis Lee, The Dennis Lee Show
HONORARY DIRECTORS Danny Raulerson
Florida Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers Market Division
Frankie Hall, Florida Farm Bureau
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lisa Hinton CFE
In This Issue Associate Members (New and Returning)....................................... 43 Attorney’s Corner ............................................................................... 3 Board Meeting Notice ........................................................................ 1 Board of Directors .............................................................................. 2 Convention News ............................................................................. 10 Dream Trip .................................................................................. 15,16 Executive Director’s Message ........................................................... 3 Faircracker Advertising Rates ......................................................... 36 Federation News ......................................................................... 10,12 Federation Family ............................................................................ 35 FFEA Convention ............................................................................ 42 Florida Fair News ................................................... 17,19,20,23,24,25 Golf Tournament .............................................................................. 10 IAFE News ....................................................................................... 30 Important Dates ................................................................................. 3 Legislative Report ............................................................................ 27 Mission Statement ........................................................................... 44 NICA News ...................................................................................... 39 OABA Update .................................................................................. 38 President’s Message ......................................................................... 2 Remembering Those……… ............................................................ 36 Spotlight on our Associates ................................................... 34,37,41 Summer Workshop ...................................................................... 1,5,7 YPI ................................................................................................... 33 Zone II .............................................................................................. 29
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