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Youth Safety Program
The KRIS (Kids Recovery
Identification Systems) Project,
created to assist parents, law en
forcement officials, and the com
munity in locating missing chil
dren will showcase its child
safety programs, Friday, Aug. 22
through Monday, Sept. 1, 10
a.m.-10 p.m., in the Exhibition
Hall at the Maryland State Fair.
KRIS has incorporated state of
the art technology and proven
methods of emergency safety pro
cedures into its programs. Its
Video Identification Program, a
one-minute video CD-Rom of the
child for parents to keepon hand,
has been a leading technology in
the child recovery field. Other
services such as Child Finger
printing, Digital Photo Identifi
cation Cards, and the Photo
graphic ID Database (that allows
flyers to be created and distrib
uted to law enforcement agen
cies, the media and community
volunteers) have become indis
pensable tools for police and fo
rensic detectives in emergency
situations.
According to a study released
by the National Incident Studies
of Missing, Abducted, Runaway,
and Throwaway Chidren, nearly
800,000 children were reported
missing in 2002. “We all must do
everything possible to assist in
the recovery of a missing child,
they are counting on us,” said
KRIS president Sha Stafford
Brown. .
Fairgoers will receive free child
safety materials and information
on how parents can promptly
relay pertinent information on
missing children to the proper
The famous Cow Palace is a familiar site for 4-H’ers and fhirgoer families each
year at the Maryland State Fair.
Celebration Of Agriculture At
Maryland State Fair, Aug. 28
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Bring
family and friends to Agricul
ture Day at the State Fair on
Thursday, Aug. 28. Celebrate
the importance of agriculture
and learn how the Maryland
Department of Agriculture has
touched every day lives of Mar
ylanders for 30 years.
The Agriculture Day cele
bration will begin with a private
luncheon at the Administration
Building. During the private
luncheon, the secretary of Agri
culture Lewis R. Riley will give
an historical perspective of the
Maryland Department of Agri
culture and honor those em
ployees with 30 years or more
of service.
State Fair
authorities. Fairgoers will also
have the opportunity to ask ques
tions and for nominal fees regis
ter their children for specific pro
grams.
The KRIS Project, founded by
Maryland State Police Officer
Sha S. Brown, incorporates ex
pert information that his mother,
former Maryland State Police Of
ficer Karen Fortune, utilized in
her years facilitating child finger
printing programs, “Project Kid
Care” for The Johns Hopkins
Hospital, and other child protec
tion programs.
Maryland Agriculture
Ambassador
Twenty-three women between
the ages of 16 and 19, who have
earned their place in the 2003
Maryland Agriculture Ambassa
dor Contest (formerly known as
the Maryland Farm Bureau
Queen Contest) by winning their
county Farm Bureau-sponsored
contests will compete for the
Maryland Agriculture Ambassa
dor title, scholarship and cash
awards valued up to $6,500.
The reigning Maryland Farm
Bureau Queen, Miss Hannah
Amoss of Harford County, will
have the honor of passing the
new title on to her successor, the
2003 Maryland Agriculture Am
bassador at the Maryland Agri
culture Ambassador Contest, Fri
day, Aug. 22, at 7 p.m., in the
Horse Sales Pavilion.
“I feel honored to have been a
part of the proud tradition of rep
resenting agriculture throughout
the state,” said 2002 Maryland
State Farm Bureau Queen Han
nah Amoss. “As we step forward
to the future with our new Agri
culture Ambassador program, I
am encouraged that the legacy of
Following the luncheon, Sec
retary Riley and Deputy Secre
tary John R. Brooks will tour
the fairgrounds and greet fair
participants and visitors, ulti
mately joining the celebration
at the Farm and Garden Build
ing.
Entertainment will begin at
2:30 p.m. featuring Maynard
Huddleston and his strolling
band, a watermelon seed-spit
ting contest at 3 p.m. sponsored
by the Mar-Del Watermelon
Association, and various agri
culture-related demonstrations
and hands-on activities for all
ages.
For the entire duration of the
promoting our State’s number
one industry will continue to ex
pand. This program will increase
the potential for other young peo
ple to gain first-hand knowledge
and experience about the many
opportunities made possible
through agriculture. I particular
ly appreciated the time I spent
learning from educating Mary
land’s diverse farming commu
nity, legislators and the general
public.”
The 23 Maryland County
Farm Bureau Ambassadors vying
for the 2003 Maryland Farm Bu
reau Ambassador title will be cri
tiqued during a two-day competi
tion, primarily on their farm/
agricultural experience, speaking
ability, Farm Bureau knowledge,
personality, friendliness and per
sonal presentation.
The 2003 Maryland Farm Bu
reau Ambassador will be present
throughout the run of the State
Fair to award prizes, and mingle
with fairgoers, dignitaries, and
media representatives. Her re
sponsibilities will continue
throughout the year, as she will
participate in a number of activi
ties representing Maryland agri
culture and the Maryland Farm
Bureau. The runners-up will as
sist the Maryland Farm Bureau
Ambassador with award presen
tations and serve as hostesses for
dignitaries.
Stuntmen Return To Tumble,
Flip, and Fly
Five extreme stuntmen, includ
ing some who have performed in
“Austin Powers,” “Batman For
ever,” “Hook” and other movies,
will perform a variety of high-fly
ing and thrilling stunts during
the Extreme Air Ultimate Stunt
Show, Friday, Aug. 22 through
Monday, Sept. 1 at the Maryland
State Fair. Performances will be
conducted several times each day
during the Fair.
State Fair, the north end of the
Farm and Garden Building is
transformed into a Town Cen
ter where visitors can learn how
agriculture touches their lives
every day in many ways.
Many people don’t know that
the Department of Agriculture
does much more than farming
activities. The agency also en
sures the accuracy of gas
pumps and deli scales, grades
eggs, meat and fruit, controls
mosquitoes, certifies and li
censes pesticide applicators, li
censes horse stables, preserves
farmland, markets food and ag
riculture products overseas, and
much more.
At last year’s Maryland State Fair Beef Stand were,
from left, Peggy Soper, Beth Turner, and Cindy Dickson,
of Convenience Catering.
The Xtreme Air stunt team
will attempt world record triple
and quad somersaults from more
than 40 feet in the air, will be cat
apulted over 50 feet from a high
performance Russian Swing, and
will fall from an 85-foot high
platform. And, this year, Xtreme
Air will add their Rail Soaping
and Grinding Show, a stunt show
invented by them.
“It takes the best stuntmen in
the world to perform from our
high tech stunt equipment,” said
Xtreme Air founder, lead flyer,
trainer, and producer Shawn
Goodner. “The audience will wit
ness the same type of stunts that
they see in the movies. In fact,
they will see more stunts in this
30-minute show than in a two
hour action movie.”
The 122nd Maryland State
Fair, which offers a variety of
livestock and horse shows, mid
way rides, thoroughbred horse
racing, arts and crafts, and home
arts exhibits, runs from Friday,
Aug. 22 through Monday, Sept.
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The Toyota Concert Series will
present three concerts by national
artists. The concerts are free with
admission to the Fair.
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
begins Saturday, Aug. 23 and
runs throughout the fair with live
and/or simulcast races from a va
riety of other tracks around the
country. Admission to the race
track is included in the admission
price of the fair. Parking on the
fairgrounds for a minimal
and free parking at the Park and
Ride location on Deereco Road
are available on a first-come,
first-served basis.
The fairgrounds encourages
use of the Light Rail with an easi
ly accessible Light Rail stop at
the Fairgrounds’ Cow Palace
Gate. For fairgoers’ convenience,
ATM Machines will be located in
front of the 4-H Building and the
Exhibition Hall.
For general information, call
(410) 252-0200, ext. 227 or visit
the Maryland State Fair Website
at marylandstatefair.com.
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