Art gallery displays Kansas artists` artwork

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September 11, 2014
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Art gallery displays Kansas artists’ artwork
Story By: Alex Veliz
After more than 100
years of Kansas food,
entertainment, and
community participation, the fair has evolved
into one of the most
cherished events Kansas
has to offer. Despite
the fair offering many
opportunities to out of
state participants, one
event is still exclusive
to the citizens of the
sunflower state.
“The Oz Gallery showcases Kansas
artists,” Cathy Dunn,
superintendent of the
amateur division said.
Harboring over
4,070 pieces of art, the
Oz Gallery is one of the
larger spreads displayed
by the fair. Dunn, who
has worked in the gallery for over 23 years, is
in charge of gathering
entries.
“This is probably
one of the best places to
enter artwork,” Dunn
said. “There are 1,000
photography entries and
1,200 painting entries.”
Categories include
photography, sculptures,
and 3-D artwork; wood
carvings, antiques and a
wide variety of paintings. Artists include
professionals, amateurs,
and even elementary
students from around
the state.
“This year 60 paintings, 80 photographs,
and 30 sculptures were
hung in the gallery,” Sue
Franko, superintedent of
the professional division
said.
Working as superintendent for over 21
years, Franko believes
art plays an important
role in the Sunflower
state.
“It is a very important entity for the state
and the city to show
some outstanding pieces
of art.” Franko said.
Roy Hosie, Hutchinson, demonstrates wood carving to Morgan Elementary students. “My favorite part about the gallery is meeting with people about carving,”
Hosie said. Hosie has worked in the gallery for 50 years.
Kim Steinley, 5th
grade teacher at Morgan
Elementary agrees.
“It is important
to expose kids to the
different mediums art
has been made out of.”
Steinley said.
Barbara McGuire,
business major and art
extordinare has found
that art is incorporated
in the business world
as well as for entertainment.
“Art is very important and I have found our
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Kansas native follows the mucial dream
Story By: Dallas Lackey
Jake Gill performs with his bass player, Christian
Vieyra at the Bretz and Young Law Arena.
Every year, the state
fair feature concerts and
music from popular
artists; however, this
year Kansas native
Jake Gill performed at
Bretz and Young Injury
Lawyers Arena, and
has been traveling the
country performing.
“We’ve played in
thirteen states this year,
from the tip of Texas to
South Dakota.” Gill said.
“probably the biggest
crowd we played for was
when we opened for
Jason Aldean in front of
50,000 people.”
Gill writes his
own music, but also
performs covers of other
musicians’ work.
“It’s a country and
rock blend, I kinda have
my own sound, I write
my own music and I still
play covers of and other
artists information, but
we like to showcase our
own stuff.” Gill said.
Before his musical
career Gill owned
his own chiropractic
business.
“I still have a
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September 11, 2014
Ye Olde Newsletter
Old, new food carts park at the fair for big bucks
Column By: Alex Veliz
Alex Veliz, columnist
It’s no secret
that mass amounts of
crowds swarm to the
fair just for a taste of
deep-fried deliciousness, on a stick. From
long lasting favorites
like the legendary Pronto Pup, to new favorites
like deep-fried Nutella,
there may be competition but fair food is a
profitable business to be
a part of.
Just like some plants,
fair foods are seasonal
and may only come
out once a year. Deep
Fried Cookie Dough, a
four-year-old stand 0n
the grounds, only sells
its products once a year
during the Kansas State
Fair.
“On Saturday I sell
6 cases of cookie dough
and every day I sell at
least one,” said Amy
Muenk an employee
of Deep Fried Cookie
Dough.
An old pro that
rivals any other stand
would have to be the
classic Pronto Pup.
“I think its most
people’s favorite food,”
Janet Dick, Pronto Pup
employee, said.
Dixie Wedel the
president of Pronto Pup
has shown that there
is more to Pronto Pup
than just the name.
“It’s fun to meet
people and making
friends that last over the
years,” Wedel said.
The profit is very
important for some of
these people given the
fact that some people
only have 2 weeks to
breakeven at least, for
another year of fair fun.
“The gathering of
people is really what it’s
about,” Dick said.
There is no better
way to gain the hearts
of the people of Kansas
than the tasty creations
made every year by the
State Fair family.
Inmates train purebred, wild mustangs for adoption
Story By: Veronica Norez
The Kansas State
Fair has a lot to offer
making it easy to
overlook things such
as the Wild Mustang
Program located just
inside the E-9 entrance near Expo II.
The Wild Mustang
Program, a group
that was formed after
the Wild Horse and
Burro Act of 1971, is
a group dedicated to
the preservation of
wild Mustangs in the
west and has been at
the Kansas State Fair
for 14 years. It trains
horses with the use
of inmate labor and
allows them to be adopted by the public.
“Mostly the horses
are adopted for pleasure, trail riding, or
saddle clubs, but occasionally we do have
someone looking for
a performance horse.”
said Correctional
Industries Manager,
Dexter Hedrick. “But
mostly we adopt to
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ranchers and farmers.”
Out of the total
number of adoptions,
only 5% don’t work
out.
“About 100 to 150
horses are adopted
each year.” Hedrick
said.
All of the horses
are brought in from
the western states by
the Bureau of Land
Management wild and
many are trained not
only by workers of
the WMP, but also by
inmates from various
facilities.
“I like being able
to help people and
the horses,” Training
Manager, Dion Pope
said. “I enjoy working
with the men and trying to make a difference in their lives and
the horses lives.”
The inmates fill
out a work application and are trained
for a year to a year
and a half, and then
Sydney Sauer points towards the mustangs from the
Hutchinson Correctional Facility.
they saddle ride to
gently break the horses. This process takes
60-90 days. The men
not only train the
animals, but also give
them their vaccines,
health care, hoof
trims, and hay.
“It gives the men
good, hard work
ethics and helps them
build strong relationships.” Hedrick said.
“It’s rewarding.”
Ye Olde Newsletter
September 11, 2014
Birthing center contributes advice to the public
Story By: Aniston Ramsey
Timing is everything when it comes to
working at the Birthing
Center; however, the
main focus of the center
is their new attraction
known as “Bossy the
Birthing Simulator.”
“The best thing to
offer is the education,”
Doctor Tiffany Lee said.
“Everyone learns from
the simulator and get
hands on experience on
how to gel a cow give
birth.”
Being pregnant
for 279-292 days, the
Birthing Center makes
it as comfortable as possible for the expecting
mothers.
“The best way to give
birth is the natural way,
but they are willing to
help if necessary. If the
cow is having troubles
with the calf. like it
being to big or not positioned right, then we
will intervene.” Lee said.
Diana Iman and
Jessica Chavera are two
students attending Kansas State University who
volunteered for running
the new simulator.
“I like the simulator
because every child
that participates in the
simulator is delighted
and surprised,” Iman
said. “You can see it on
their faces and their big
smiles. I just love it.”
An estimated 10 to
Brandi Taul helps Connor Kelley deliver a calf from “Bossy the Birthing Simulator” on his birthday. “The best
thing about this is that people don’t understand where their milk comes from or how something is born. I think
that’s the best benefit of this.” Diana Iman, K-State University student said.
20 animals are born at
the State Fair each year.
“The owners of the
heifers schedule the timings of the birth, so then
the cattle can give birth
at the State Fair.” David
Simmons, veterinarian
said.
This year, eight
calves, three lambs, and
a little over a dozen
chicks were born in the
Birthing Center, and
three other lambs were
brought by their owners.
“After they’re born,
with the calves, we take
them after their born,
we take them and put
them over in a room
and give them a bottle,”
Iman said. “We check
mom and make sure her
uterus isn’t torn in any
way or damaged.”
Because it’s a learning center, volunteers
are posed with many
questions.
“I get a lot of questions about if the uddersr are the babies and
in their mom’s tummy.”
The Birthing center
has housed many babies
as well as young animals
and will continue to
educate the public about
the gift of life.
an audition tape that I
did on youtube, then
The Voice asked me to
down to do a private
audition. I went four
rounds deep with
producers,” Gill said,
“I decided there might
be something to this,
so I hired a local band
to start playing with
me.”
Gill was previously
asked to perform
at the fair but was
unable to attend.
“We were asked
two years ago and
couldn’t make it work,
so we submitted
our EPK this year,”
he said. “It’s neat to
perform at the fair
because you have a lot
of people come.”
Gill is optimistic
for his future.
“My lifetime goal is
to play on the stage at
the Grand Old Opery;
you have to be invited,
there,” he said. “that’s
a goal of ours, and
I’m hoping within ten
years, I’m there.”
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chiropractic company,
I’m there about ten
hours a week at most,”
he said.
Gill’s beginning
in the music business
started with a single
audition tape.
“Someone sent in
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Ye Olde Newsletter
September 11, 2014
Entertainment travels the streets of the fair
From trash to
talking robots, the entertainment at the state
fair never ends.
Steve Trash performs magic tricks for
the public while Oscar
the robot rolls about
and talks to fair goers.
The Recycle Cycle
provides a nice break
from the hustle and
bustle of the fair to
create a little recycled
music.
The Dare Devil
Divers give the audience the suspense they
need without having to
get sick on the spinning
rides.
Whatever the
entertainment may be,
the Kansas State Fair
provides fun and games
for all fair goers.
Cornelius Glover, Jack Pierman, and Chaz Porter create a beat on the back of the
Recycle Cycle.
Steve Trash performs a card trick for Macy Pitchford in
front of the Denny Stoecklein Water Park.
Taysen Runyon and Elspeth Kammerer get help from
Oscar the robot in the Eisenhower building.
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pany’s logo and artwork
is.” McGuire said.
The youth of Kansas
has also found an interest in art.
“I like how it shows
what people like and the
different colors used,”
nine-year-old Karoline
Johnson said.
Participation is key
when it comes to the art
gallery’s success when
it comes to having a
people’s choice award
and displaying winners
of certain categories, but
a few spectators want
more.
“I would like to see
more explanation about
how the winners are
chosen,” McGuire said.
“and maybe fundraising by selling copies of
certain images to take
home should also be
something to consider.”
From real world applications like business
logos to abstract art,
this gallery has earned
the right to be a part of
Kansas’ biggest event of
the year.
“It’s a joy to work
with the artists and see
and learn technigques
and meeting unique
people.” Dunn said.