2009 Fair Honorees
"They wear many hats during the Fair and throughout the year. They are essential to the successful operation and running of these programs each year" said Audrey Bannon, the Fair's poultry superintendent. "They help in any way they can."
Stan and Nancy Depner have made the Evergreen State Fair a family tradition. Their children have participated in 4-H and the National FFA Organization porgrams at the Fair, even though their children are grown, they continue to be actively involved.
Beginning with the Turkey Trotters 4-H Club and then the Sky Valley 4-H Club, Stan and Nancy Depner built and donated the waterfowl cages, where the birds are displayed each year during the Fair. They spend countless hours maintaining the display area so that it can be enjoyed by all who attend. They also are invoilved in the Poultry Educational Posters and Showmanship contests, 4-H Small Animal Round Robin, the annual "Duck Day" program and Special Olympics of Snohomish County.
Together and individually, they represent all that is good about the Evergreen State Fair . . . participating, competing, educating, learning, sharing and spreading fun all along the way . . . that's what it's all about! |
The Depners are being recognized for more than 20 years of work and dedication to the waterfowl and poultry departments as well as for their involvement in the Snohomish County 4-H program, which participates in the Fair. 