{"id":24843,"date":"2025-12-10T09:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=24843"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:47:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:47:46","slug":"sunrise-rotary-hosts-fair-board-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/24843-sunrise-rotary-hosts-fair-board-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise Rotary Hosts Fair Board President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><div>(LEFT TO RIGHT: PROGRAM CHAIR BILL ELVING, FAIR BOARD PRESIDENT PHIL HARTKE, AND SUNRISE ROTARY PRESIDENT RYAN WYCKOFF)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Effingham Sunrise Rotary Club recently welcomed Phil Hartke, who shared exciting news about the future of the Effingham County Fair\u2014and it\u2019s looking big! The Fair Board recently purchased Fair Meadows Farm from the Carl Becker family, adding a sprawling 60 acres designated for major fairground expansion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Planned improvements include:<br \/>\n\u2022 Year-round camping<br \/>\n\u2022 An indoor arena<br \/>\n\u2022 Additional stables<br \/>\n\u2022 Expanded Thresherman crop area<br \/>\n\u2022 \u2026and much more in the works!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Phil\u2019s lifelong dedication to the Effingham County Fair and his enthusiasm for its next chapter were contagious. His presentation gave members a renewed sense of excitement for what\u2019s ahead as the Fair continues to grow and evolve for future generations.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(LEFT TO RIGHT: PROGRAM CHAIR BILL ELVING, FAIR BOARD PRESIDENT PHIL HARTKE, AND SUNRISE ROTARY PRESIDENT RYAN WYCKOFF) The Effingham Sunrise Rotary Club recently welcomed Phil Hartke, who shared exciting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sunrise Rotary Hosts Fair Board President - 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