Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Knife River Company brought the last load of concrete on Friday that was needed to finish the two horse barn walkways! This second pour was just as big as the previous pour, but we were experienced concrete workers now, so it seemed to go a little faster. Bill Chamberlain drove his backhoe to the cement truck, the bucket was filled with concrete, he drove into the barn, dumped the concrete, then the crew pushed it into place. Thanks to our cement project crew: Ed Stevens, Mark Cothren, Jerry and Valle Ledtke, Mike Antijunti, Cody Vik, Dave and...
The Fairgrounds was full of activity last week-end. Dan Wakefield brought his Boy Scout Troop from Puyallup to camp at the Fairgrounds Park. The group of seven scouts and three adults volunteered to give us some help with the projects we are doing as we get ready for our Fair. The scouts painted, denailed boards, used the weed eater, moved lumber and helped to build some animal pens in the new barn. The scout troop likes using recycled materials, they were very happy with the materials we had to build the pens with. Some of the pens we set up...
The sun was shining last Saturday and Sunday, so I put the rummage and book sale signs out on the highway. We had people stopping by both days and purchasing some of our many used books and rummage sale treasures. We will be planning a sale each week end in the month of July. At these sales, I will be selling raffle tickets for the two cords of firewood from the alder trees that were cut up and stacked last month. I am raffling the cords separately; you can purchase tickets for cord one and cord two. The tickets can also be purchased at the...
The Fairgrounds arena is ready to use and looks great! Fairgrounds handyman Ed Stevens received some help with this project from volunteers Georgie Billings, Barbara Czarnecki and Sven Antijunti last week. The project called for 50 plus holes to be dug in the rocky ground and we sure appreciated their help. The turnout paddock areas on the right side of the arena are in place and stabilized. Time to start a new project! The rusting metal in the horse barn stalls was in need of some serious help. Horse barn superintendent Valerie Antijunti is...
The Fairgrounds arena is ready to use and looks great! Fairgrounds handyman Ed Stevens received some help with this project from volunteers Georgie Billings, Barbara Czarnecki and Sven Antijunti last week. The project called for 50 plus holes to be dug in the rocky ground and we sure appreciated their help. The turnout paddock areas on the right side of the arena are in place and stabilized. Time to start a new project! The rusting metal in the horse barn stalls was in need of some serious help. Horse barn superintendent Valerie Antijunti is...
The final legislative budget included $1,750,000 per year for 2012 and 2013 for the Fair fund. That is a decrease of $250,000 per year, but considering the cuts made to other programs and the original budget proposals, it is very good news. Better news. The capital budget included $1,000,000 for health and safety grants for county fairs. That is more than double what has been received in the past. This money can be used for plumbing, electrical, ADA, lighting, fencing, etc… projects that need to be done on our fairgrounds. I would...
Last week the plans for the entertainment stage, that the Fair Board would like to have built, were given to Chuck Beyer who manages the Building and Planning for Wahkiakum County. He will redraw the plans so a contractor can look at his blueprints and build the stage at the Fairgrounds. Soon we will have a new entertainment stage! We have been using cedar shavings in many landscaping projects on the Fairgrounds. The shavings smell good and are a red cedar color that looks really nice in our flower beds. We also like to use the shavings in the...
Early Saturday morning a group of seven volunteers arrived at the Fairgrounds to complete a painting project. They spent the day painting the inside of the horse barn stalls red and leveling the ground inside of the stalls. At noon the volunteers took a break and were served a gourmet lunch by Lois Wakefield. Lois brought enough food to feed all the volunteers working on the horse barn and everyone else volunteering on the various projects on the Fairgrounds that day. The barn is looking great thanks to Horse Barn Superintendent Valerie Antijun...
I have heard that rainy weather doesn’t stop people from traveling to rummage sales; I know that this is a true fact now. Even though it was raining so hard it was knocking blossoms off flowers, at 10 a.m. cars started pulling up! They came to shop, visit and look over the projects going on at the Fairgrounds. We had neighbors, friends and travelers stop by and everyone left with sacks of treasures. Many were amazed at the variety of items that have been donated to support our Fair. Special thanks to Jerry Ledtke and Ursula Petralia for v...
This Saturday at the Wahkiakum County Fairgrounds in Skamokawa there will be a used book and rummage sale in the T-building from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The sale will have hundreds of books that have been donated by people and organizations in our community, including lots of good reading for adults, teens and children. Want some information about years past? We have three sets of encyclopedias. Each set is an education about past history. If you enjoy reading, don’t miss this sale! At our rummage sale we have lots of good useable donated items f...
The Wahkiakum County Fair Board's Easter Bingo was a successful fund raising event! By 6:30 p.m. the multi-purpose room at the grade school was filled with people ready to play bingo. The first number was called, the room turned quiet and all attention was focused on watching bingo cards. Each bingo game winner would take home a big delicious ham or two fresh frozen chickens! After 10 rounds of bingo, it was time for some raffle tickets to be drawn. The generous donations from our community were piled high on a table, raffle ticket numbers call...
The Fairgrounds were the site of the Wahkiakum County Fair Board's Used Book and Rummage Sale last weekend! We had lots of people stop by and purchase books and other good, useable items that were for sale. It was nice to visit with everyone that stopped by, seemed like a mini-fair get together. We plan on having used book sales and rummage sales at least once a month. Our community has donated items we still need to pick up for our next sale in May and we will also be receiving 20 boxes of good books to sell at this sale. Watch this column...
I have a message for the many people who have inquired about the Silver Buckle Series Game Show. We are planning the Game Series! I will have the three event dates in my Fair column next week. This year we plan to run these events at each game show: Poles, Figure 8, Key Poles, Speed Barrels, International Flags and Texas Barrels. We may add another game event or two to the above list. I am studying three new patterns that I think would be fun for the gaming crowd. If you have a horse gate key and would like to volunteer to run the patterns in...
Saturday we had a group of 10 volunteers painting the horse barn stalls and poster wall. Horse Barn Superintendent Valerie Antijunti bought blue paint for the poster wall that matches the color of the metal on the outside of the barn. The inside of the stalls were painted red, the color made them look very clean and bright. At noon the volunteers took a break from painting and were served a picnic lunch with hamburgers barbecued by Lois Wakefield. The volunteers worked until they ran out of stalls that were ready to paint, a combined total of...
Saturday we had a group of 10 volunteers painting the horse barn stalls and poster wall. Horse Barn Superintendent Valerie Antijunti bought blue paint for the poster wall that matches the color of the metal on the outside of the barn. The inside of the stalls were painted red, the color made them look very clean and bright. At noon the volunteers took a break from painting and were served a picnic lunch with hamburgers barbecued by Lois Wakefield. The volunteers worked until they ran out of stalls that were ready to paint, a combined total of...
Saturday we had a group of 10 volunteers painting the horse barn stalls and poster wall. Horse Barn Superintendent Valerie Antijunti bought blue paint for the poster wall that matches the color of the metal on the outside of the barn. The inside of the stalls were painted red, the color made them look very clean and bright. At noon the volunteers took a break from painting and were served a picnic lunch with hamburgers barbecued by Lois Wakefield. The volunteers worked until they ran out of stalls that were ready to paint, a combined total of...
After several great people were nominated, the votes were counted and the Fair Board chose to dedicate the 2011 Wahkiakum County Fair to Lois Wakefield! In the 2011 Fair Premium book there will be an article with background information detailing Lois’ involvement with our Fair. Lois volunteers many hours each year organizing 4-H events and activities before and during our Fair. She transferred her enjoyment of 4-H Club activities to her children, and then to her grandchildren. Joni, her daughter, is a 4-H Horse Club leader and each year her g...
The Wahkiakum County Fair is an event enjoyed each summer by our community. Our Fair creates part time jobs each summer that are filled by local people from our community. Teenagers are hired during Fair time to keep the Fairgrounds looking trimmed up and clean. Many organizations set up at our Fair for their major fund raising event of the year. Our Fair plays a vital role in economic development for small businesses. For many businesses the Fair is an opportunity to show and sell their products to the community. The Fair is a great place to i...
Flowers are already starting to bloom at the Fairgrounds and its only March! Soon Fair time will be only a few short months away. Now’s the time to start putting your craft projects together that you would like to exhibit. If your garden areas can be worked up early, you will be able to plant vegetable seeds and have a beautiful crop of vegetables to bring to Fair. Think about what you would like to exhibit at the Wahkiakum County Fair this summer and make it happen! Start your projects now and you will have lots of items to exhibit! Can you at...
The Wahkiakum County Fair Board has an open position on the board! We would like to find a person with new ideas for Fair time events to fill this position. Someone with time to dedicate to the Wahkiakum County Fair and to the Wahkiakum County Fair Board fund raising events. Want to get involved? Call Neil Beerbower at 849-0001 or email Neil at nbbeer@live.com. You might be the board member that gets new and interesting things happening at the Fairgrounds this year! Winter seemed like it was over, then I noticed we were going to have snow and 2...
The Wahkiakum County Fair Board’s first fund raising Event in 2011 is the Valentine Diamond Dinner planned for February 12, at the Skamokawa Grange Hall. We held our first Valentine Dinner committee meeting and assigned the various tasks that need to be done to make this dinner extra special for all who attend. The planning committee members are Martha Backman, Cheryl Backman, Blair Brady, Jean Beerbower, Neil Beerbower, Bill Coons, Jerry Ledtke, Gregg Carlson, Becky Ledtke, Carrie Kennedy and Mike Backman. This is a great committee of e...
We have some great news! The Wahkiakum County Fair Board has a tax deductible Wahkiakum Fair Friends account with the Wahkiakum Community Foundation. Your donation to the Wahkiakum County Fair is tax deductible and your contribution will ensure that our community enjoys our historical Fair each summer. Please send your tax deductible contribution to the Wahkiakum County Fair, P. O. Box 1, Skamokawa, WA 98647. Make checks payable to the Wahkiakum Community Foundation with a note on your check directing the donation to the Fair Friends account....
3 has been a great year! The Wahkiakum County Fair Board members have enjoyed working with the volunteers that show up when we need help on our projects. We appreciate our community faithfully attending our fund raising events and look forward to planning the 2011 Fair! We wish our friends and neighbors a “Happy New Year!” T-building project news: Wednesday afternoon the temperature climbed up to 55 degrees, which means interior paint will actually dry. I gathered up my family Jerry, Bryan and Valle, asked them if they would like to spe...
We are sad to hear former Fair Manager Sandi Nelson has passed on. She was our Fair Manager for many years not so long ago. Sandy and her husband John always took time to walk around the fair and look at every animal and still-life exhibit. Each superintendent was thanked for the many hours they volunteered decorating and displaying exhibits. We all looked forward to the Fair entertainment each year. Sandy would get a big name band to come and play on our little stage. The bleachers would be full of people, all ages, sitting together rocking...
The “2011 Fair Theme Contest” is getting close to ending! We need more ideas from our community so we can pick an interesting theme for our 2011 Fair. If you would like to enter the “2011 Fair Theme Contest” please call 795-3480 or send your name, phone number and theme idea to E-mail: wahkiakumfair@centurytel.net or Address: Wahkiakum County Fair, P.O.Box 1, Skamokawa, Wa 98647. The Fair Board will select the most creative theme and award two Fair T-shirts and two Fair passes to the contest winner in January. (Last years’ theme was “Blue Jea...
