Ag Society

Please use the fair office phone, email, or address to make contact with a fair board member.

Senior Fair Board Upcoming Meetings

The Fair Board meeting is held on the second Wednesday of every month at 7pm in the Henry County Event Center Meeting room.

Joshua Rettig

President
Director-At-Large

James Agler 

Vice President
Director At-Large

Wayne Michaelis 

Treasurer
Director

Cinda Bretz

Secretary

Kelly Behrman

Director

Denton Blue

Director

Timothy Brinkman

Director

Lyndon Engler

Director

Todd Fedderke

Director

Jim Flowers

Director

Jeanne Gerdeman

Director

Erynn Gerken

Director

John Poulson

Director

John Ritz

Director

Douglas Powell

Director

Garrett Rettig

Director

Daniel Wachtman

Director

Tricia Gerken

Director

Austin Genter

Director-At-Large

Ashley Klein

Director-At-Large

Dirk Meyer

Director-At-Large

    • Dues are $2.00 annually

    • Includes voting rights

    • Membership must be completed by Aug 31st

    • Available in the Fair Office

Other Personnel

Sarah Shepard

Event Center Manager

Morgan Parcher

OSU Extension Agent

Jim Santa Maria

Groundskeeper

Henry County

Agriculture Hall of Fame

2004 – Daris Mohler, Allen Clady, Jay Huddle

2005 – Bob Cole, Earl Stober, Elmer Cohrs, John J. Miller

2007 – Paul H. Pfau, Leo L. Zenz, Ralph E. Young

2008 – Marten Luther Howell, Walter Seedorf, Earl Short, William Oedy

2009 – Theodore A. Fritz, Robert L. Baker, Albert E. Huber, Lowell G. Leatherman

2010 – George Little, James Bowers, Victor Damman, Victor Sonnenberg

2011 – Henry W. Seedorf, E.H. Bond, Lawrence W. Gerken, Lynn Geitgey

2012 – Robert McLimans, Ervin Meyer, Lawrence C. Gerken Sr., Raymond Rickley

2013 – Gene H. Meller, Eugene E. Rosebrook, Paul J. Schlotterbeck, Mary Ann Creager

2014 – Merle & Betty Bishop, James Homan, Darwin Beck, Johney Ritz

2015 – Larry Agler, Elmer Hastedt, Jack Lugbill, Ed Rosebrook, Jr.

2016 – Jerry R. Davis, Clarence D. Huddle, Eric Klein, Doug Powell

2017 – Lawrence C. Gerken Jr., Walter Delventhal, Eldon Cohrs, Dr. Douglas Burgei

2018 – Theodore “Ted” W. Baughman, Emerson R. Brinkman, Leonard “Bud” Hatcher, John Rohrs

2019 – Donald Maassel, Otto Miller, Jr., John Rettig, Bert Showman

2020 – No recipients named in 2020

2021 – Charles E. Griffith, Arthur Gustwiller, Jr., Laura Rolf, Richard & Esther Storch

2022 – Glenn W. “Sandy” Kieffer, Michael K. Miller, Jerry & Brenda Rosebrock, Thomas Wolf

2023 – Jan R. Leaders, J. Scott Miller, John Schwiebert, Steven J. Roby

2024 – Paul Martin, James C. Meyer, Jeffrey Stober, George Weasel Jr.