2011 ECF Parade Marshalls
 - Larry & Cindy Daily -

The Elbert County Fair Board is proud
to have the Daily family as the 2011
Parade Marshals. Larry and Cindy
began in Elbert County 4-H in
1989.They were superintendents for
too many years to count and Larry
was also a Fair Board member for a
period of time. Their daughters,
Jennifer and Heather, were 6 and 3
yrs old when their 4-H journey began.
Having grown up in the city outside of
Chicago, they thought chickens would
be a fun family project. Get a few
chickens show them, gather eggs for
most of the year and butcher some for
meat. How hard could it be?! Well it
becomes an addiction. After chickens
came turkeys and then ducks and geese. What started out as a fun family project soon turned into A LOT of birds, many poultry houses and even a man-made duck pond. Fair time for the Daily’s was a major project. What birds do we take, how do we get them all
there and then, “oh my gosh” the bathing of chickens and turkeys. Yes chickens and
turkeys need baths to look their best for the judge.

The Daily’s took over as superintendents about 5 years after starting in 4-H. The
Elbert County Poultry project grew from old rabbit hutches in what is now the goat barn
to the building they are in today. They did major fundraising and purchased cages that
were suitable to show poultry in then needed tables to put the cages on. Many hours of
building and painting went into the “new” poultry barn. It took a lot of help from other
poultry families to get all of the work done. Volunteers showed up to work on the barn
week after week until it was all done.

At fair time Cindy always felt it should be more than just the poultry barn. Each
year started having a theme with the biggest hit being “Christmas in July”. The barn
was decked out in Christmas decorations and Christmas music was playing throughout
the barn. Other themes included “Eat Beef”, “Patriotic” and “Chicken Info” to name a
few.

The Daily’s have moved on since retiring as superintendents. They continue to
support Elbert County 4-H financially and families still call them from time to time to
gather information. All of their poultry houses have been removed but they still keep
around a few ducks and 1 old goose. Larry stays busy with his taxidermy business,
Cindy is a Health Information manager in Aurora, Jennifer is married and is a hospital
pharmacist in St Louis, Missouri and Heather owns a travel company in Denver. Elbert
County 4-H helped them grow as individuals and as a family.

The Elbert County Fair Board is very grateful to the Daily family for all they have done for the youth of Elbert County.