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R. Harry Booth has been president of the Washington County Fair Board since 2000.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

R. Harry Booth, president of the Washington County Fair Board since 2000, was elected as 2014 president of the New York State Association of Agricultural Fairs.<\/p>\n

Booth’s presidency was confirmed at the NYSAAF annual convention held at the Rochester Convention Center in January.<\/p>\n

The NYSAAF’s mission is to promote and encourage agriculture, horticulture and the domestic arts through annual fairs of member organizations; to further interest in the material and educational development of agriculture and industry in the New York; to encourage and assist in the development and improvement of fairs and expositions; and to foster a spirit of cooperation among its members and to exchange ideas on management and areas of general interest.
\n“I am excited and encouraged as I begin my term to serve you as president of our state organization,” said Booth in a letter to the association. “I encourage everyone to seek out new and innovative ways to promote agriculture at your fairs. The state convention is one of the best opportunities any of us have to network, to teach, and to learn, different ideas and different approaches. Most importantly; do it with a passion.”<\/p>\n

Booth began his participation in the Washington County Fair as a child exhibiting his farm’s produce and livestock. In 1963, he became fair superintendent of the youth vegetable exhibit and in 1986 he was elected to the Washington County Fair Board.<\/p>\n

In 2000, Booth was elected fair board president. He has been re-elected president for the past 14 years and continues to participate in his family’s Polled Hereford exhibit at the fair.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Booth was the recipient of the Liberty Bell Award from the Washington County Bar Association. This award is bestowed to honor outstanding citizens within the local community who have given of themselves to strengthen the effectiveness of the American system of freedom under law, in keeping with the spirit of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

Booth is the current president of the Greenwich Lions, treasurer of the Ashlar Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, a member of the Lake Champlain, Lake George Regional Planning Board, and lay leader of Centenary United Methodist Church.<\/p>\n

He is a former town supervisor for Easton, and has held leadership roles with the Schuylerville School Board of Education, SUNY Adirondack, and the Washington County Farm Bureau.<\/p>\n

Booth is president of Booth’s Blend Compost Inc., a family operated business in Easton.<\/p>\n

For information on the Washington County Fair, call 692-2464 or visit www.washingtoncountyfair.com. For information on the New York State Association of Agricultural Fairs www.nyfairs.org.<\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy Washington County Fair Board<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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