What a week it was at the County Fair!
The Kids Parade highlighted the importance of young people to the fair, and agricultural towns everywhere.
There are many annual events to look forward to, and each person has their own personal highlight, one assumes. But for many people, the week of the county fair is very high on the list. From 4-H and FFA kids who finally get a chance to show and sell their projects, to fans of rodeo, motorsports, monster trucks, fried food and big tent entertainment, it’s hard to beat the fair for a concentrated week of bliss. Some of this year’s highlights included the return of the PRCA Rodeo, local drivers in the Monster Truck Insanity night, Kids Day, with its attendant activities and parade, the Kids Market, and a host of other fantastic events.
Obviously, there is too much to fit into a single issue, but we will get as much as we can into this week’s paper, and place the rest in coming weeks. Some of the event tabulation and record-keeping can take a while to process, and so full results from some of the events, and the Open Class categories will have to wait until the next issue of the paper to be presented in their finalized form. In this week’s coverage, we look at the ATV Rodeo, PRCA Rodeo, Royalty, Market Animal Show, Kids Market, and we spotlight Flint Van Buren and his friend Krew.
Coming up will be Open Class winners, Market Sale winners, Caribou’s Got Talent, Kids Day Activities, Parade winners, Vendor Booths, the Hypnotist show, the Quilt Show, the U.S.S. Idaho, the 5K race, and many other areas of the fair. Next week of course also sees the beginning of school, which makes the end of the summer one of the busiest times of the year.
Although there were some periods of high wind and occasional rain squalls, the weather more or less stayed cooler than it might have been without the storm front, and everything ran smoothly. Vendors reported brisk business, and the scheduled events filled the stands throughout the week. Hats off to Caribou County, and the Caribou County Fairboard, as well as the city of Grace and everyone who participated in putting it on for an excellent Fair week!
