Daryck Barnett was the man with the answers Thursday.
That afternoon, Barnett was stationed in the information booth just inside the Gate 2 entry to the Elkhart County 4-H Fair. The job involves fielding fair-related questions from fairgoers.
The most common? “‘Where’s the ATM?’” Barnett said. “Next would be, ‘Where are the restrooms?’”
“After that, I don’t think I’ve had the same question twice,” he added. “It’s hard to believe that they still come up with questions to try to stump you.”
Barnett has been on the Fair Board around 15 years. He works with the golf outing committee. The event, a fund-raiser benefiting 4-H clubs, normally takes place at Maplecrest Country Club in June.
“This year, we had to postpone because of economic conditions,” Barnett said, later adding, “Even though companies were not willing to participate in the golf outing this year, we did receive donations from them totaling more than $700 that still went to the 4-H fair clubs.”
Barnett, an Elkhart resident, is retired from KeyBank.
Elkhart County Fair
July 24, 2009
Daryck Barnett is the Answer Man
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- Doberenz among champs Recent Northridge High School graduate Austin Doberenz shouted “I got a championship” after winning the 19-30 age group championship in the 3-on-3 basketball tournament Thursday night at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair.
- Roaring diesels draw fans The grandstands were full Thursday afternoon at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair, as tractor pull fans were treated to the smoke of roaring diesel engines and the scream of supercharged truck engines powering “tractors” and “trucks” hundreds of feet through wet clay.
- Daryck Barnett is the Answer Man Daryck Barnett was the man with the answers Thursday.
- Some Fairgoers are limiting their spending Despite the recession and a brief period of inclement weather, the Elkhart County 4-H Fair has been bustling throughout its week-long stay.
- Racing and crashing Have track, will travel.
- 3-on-3 finals slated tonight at Fair Players in the 3-on-3 basketball tournament at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair on Wednesday night had to perform like mailmen — they couldn’t let the rain stop them from their appointed rounds.
- Wilson makes ‘redneck’ a good thing Not so long ago, being known as a “redneck woman” would have been considered a bad thing. But that was before country singer Gretchen Wilson took the stage at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair.
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First-time animal exhibitor planning to do it again
With all the food, rides, concerts and booths at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair, it can be easy to forget the effort put in by the hundreds of 4-Hers toward their exhibits and animals.
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The economy is fine at the fair
With all the economic woes, unemployment and general malaise in the business world, the Elkhart County 4-H Fair faced a challenge in 2009 of bringing people out to support the event, spend money and, most importantly, have fun. So far, the fair has seemed to rise to the challenge.
- Seniors get to say Wii Two queens battled it out Tuesday afternoon at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair.
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