Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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WOW! It is the middle of October already; if you haven't cashed your fair premium check please do so as soon as possible, as they are void after 45 days. Soon the fairgrounds will be very spooky. Jason Rainey and his crew are putting the haunted house together. Soon the flyers will be up and around town. The cost of the haunted house is $3 per person or if you would like to bring three non perishable food items you can enter for $1. All food donated will go to the local food banks. Haunted House will be open on Thursday, October 30 from 5 p.m....
Greetings from the fair office! All fair premium checks have been mailed. You have 45 days to cash them or they will be void. Thank you to all the exhibitors who entered at the fair. The fair board paid 28 cents per point this year. I would like to let you know of some events the fair will be having in the next few months. On October 30 and 31 we will hold our first annual "Haunted House" at the fairgrounds, also on October 30, we will be having a Halloween Carnival. All games (dime toss, bean bag toss, dart throw, gold fish throw, basketball...
WOW! The fair has been here and gone, I hope everyone who attended had a good time. I heard the kids had a lot of fun walking on the water in the balls. It looked fun. Thank you to all the vendors who were at the fair this year; hope to see you all back next year. Congratulations to Abbie Eaton for being crowned the 2014 Wahkiakum County Fair Queen. A huge thank you to this year’s fair royalty. The six young ladies earned a grand total of over $9000. All of these funds will go back into the fair. Also a huge thank you to everyone who supported...
It's the final count down until fair. The fair grounds are looking great thanks to the many volunteers who showed up to help out at the clean up day. A big thank you to all of you. At this time next week the fair will be under way. So here is a quick reminder that entries start coming in on Sunday, August 10, the granges will get their booths put together. On Monday, August 11, Open class Adult/Youth and 4-H start entering. Enter all still life exhibits except Baking, Gardening and Floral which is entered on Tuesday, August 12. Wednesday has...
Animal entries are in and it looks like we have good numbers, and yes we have some cows in the cow barn. Soon the Superintendents will be working hard to get the buildings and barns ready as fair is coming fast. We still have some open spaces on the gates; if you are interested in volunteering a couple hours let me know. The T-Building is getting ready to be painted, so it will have a face lift for the fair. We will have the final clean up day this Saturday From 9 a.m. until noon with a BBQ to follow. Come help get the fair grounds ready for th...
Animal entries are in and it looks like we have good numbers, and yes we have some cows in the cow barn. Soon the Superintendents will be working hard to get the buildings and barns ready as fair is coming fast. We still have some open spaces on the gates; if you are interested in volunteering a couple hours let me know. The T-Building is getting ready to be painted, so it will have a face lift for the fair. We will have the final clean up day this Saturday From 9 a.m. until noon with a BBQ to follow. Come help get the fair grounds ready for th...
Wow, we only have three weeks until fair! Animal entries are due by July 25. You can mail them to the fair or drop them by the office. I hope everyone enjoyed Bald Eagle Day. The Fair Royalty was busy selling fair passes, raffle tickets and doing their own fund raisers. The Fair t-shirts have arrived and are for sale in the fair office. Clean up days have been set for July 26 and August 2 from 9 a.m. till noon with a BBQ to follow. Anyone wishing to volunteer their time should come to the fairgrounds on these days. We would love to have you,...
Wow, we only have three weeks until fair! Animal entries are due by July 25. You can mail them to the fair or drop them by the office. I hope everyone enjoyed Bald Eagle Day. The Fair Royalty was busy selling fair passes, raffle tickets and doing their own fund raisers. The Fair t-shirts have arrived and are for sale in the fair office. Clean up days have been set for July 26 and August 2 from 9 a.m. till noon with a BBQ to follow. Anyone wishing to volunteer their time should come to the fairgrounds on these days. We would love to have you,...
WOW! Only one more month until fair, I hope everyone has been getting things ready to enter at the fair. If you check out the fair book you will see we have some awesome entertainment coming to the fair this year. We have several new vendors and some special treats for the kids. A HUGE THANK YOU TO Skamokawa Gardens for the donation of flowers to the Fair. They will make the grounds look beautiful. Also a thank you to the volunteers that are planting them. Last week I said we had five young ladies running for the title of Wahkiakum County Fair...
WOW! Only one more month until fair, I hope everyone has been getting things ready to enter at the fair. If you check out the fair book you will see we have some awesome entertainment coming to the fair this year. We have several new vendors and some special treats for the kids. A HUGE THANK YOU TO Skamokawa Gardens for the donation of flowers to the Fair. They will make the grounds look beautiful. Also a thank you to the volunteers that are planting them. Last week I said we had five young ladies running for the title of Wahkiakum County Fair...
Greetings from the Fair Office. Hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather. Last weekend the 4-H had their yearly horse camp. I understand everyone had a good time. The 4-Her's picked rocks out of the arena; a big thank you to all of you. We are looking for gate workers at the fair. If anyone has a couple spare hours and would like to work the gates give the office a call and we will get you set up. We are still looking for new vendors so if you would like to have a booth at the fair give the office a call. The Fair has several girls running...
Greetings from the Fair Office. Hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather. Last weekend the 4-H had their yearly horse camp. I understand everyone had a good time. The 4-Her's picked rocks out of the arena; a big thank you to all of you. We are looking for gate workers at the fair. If anyone has a couple spare hours and would like to work the gates give the office a call and we will get you set up. We are still looking for new vendors so if you would like to have a booth at the fair give the office a call. The Fair has several girls running...
Wow, what a car show for those of you who missed it, it was awesome! I would like to thank the Volunteers who came out and did the final touches on the Fairgrounds; you were all amazing and when you were done the fairgrounds looked wonderful. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now it’s time to get ready for the fair. We are always looking for new vendors so if you’re interested please call the fair office and I promise I will get back to you. The Fair Royalty program will soon be getting underway. We have several young ladies that will be run...
I will be out of the office on Monday and Tuesday next week as I will be out of town. I will be in the office on Wednesday and Thursday. We are still looking for Fair Royalty. If you are interested please call Amber Eaton (360)484-3129 or Marietta Montgomery (360)795-3675 or the Fair Office (360)795-3480. The Silver Buckle Series will be happening again this year. The dates are June 21, July 12 and August 16. The car show will be at the fairgrounds on May 31. We will be having a clean up day on May 24. Anyone wishing to come and help may call...
Greetings from the Fair office. The Fair Board has picked the 2014 Fair Theme: Red, White and Moooo! I will be in the Fair office Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. The Easter Bingo was a success. I would like to thank everyone who donated raffle items or their time. The car show is happening May 31 at the Fairgrounds so in preparation for this we will be having a clean up day on May 24 starting at 10 a.m. Anyone who wants to volunteer please come on down. I will be working on sending out vendor applications soon so if you want to be...
Wow, Fair is here. I hope everyone will come out and see all the changes we’ve made at the fairgrounds. The cow barn has been painted inside thanks to Kelly. All the tables and benches have been painted by Janelle. That was a lot of painting, and it looks great. Thank you to both of you. The Fair Foundation painted the youth building floor. Both ticket booths have been re-done and look awesome. Next year the T-Building and stage will have had a face lift that is needed. I will be asking the community members for feed back on the fair. We will b...
WOW! Fair is here next week. We start taking entries on Monday. On Sunday we will be putting on the final touches to the fairgrounds. Anyone wishing to help, please call the office for times. We are still looking for Superintendents for the T-Building; please call the office if you have the time. Fair Office #795-3480. If you haven’t bought your fair passes the Fair Royalty will only be selling them until Sunday. After that the Fair office will have them for sale. Don’t forget to get your Raffle tickets from the Fair Royalty as well, they wil...
WOW! Only two weeks until Fair. Where has the time gone? We still need a couple of Superintendents for the T-Building. We also need gate workers. If you have a few hours and would like to volunteer please call the office, 795-3480. Thanks to all the volunteers who came out Saturday to help with the clean up day. Also thank-you to Deb and Shawn and their 4-H club for their work time today. This year the fair is having a karaoke contest Thursday evening at 7 p.m. Watch the paper for more details. Also the fair schedule and all entertainment will...
Wow what a great turn out for the clean up day at the fairgrounds. I had around 35 volunteers and four fair board members. I would like to thank each and every one of them for their time. Without volunteers our fair would not be successful. So once again thank you very much. We will be having another clean up day soon. Watch the column for the date or if you would like to swing by call the office and schedule a time. (360-795-3480). The fair board has three young ladies running for Fair Royalty: Cheyenne Barton from Puget Island, Mya Kirzy...
Wow! Only six more weeks until fair. The Fair Book will be coming out soon, so get all your exhibits ready to enter in the fair. We still need a few superintendents in the following areas: Beef, Dairy, Adult Baking, Adult Floral, Adult Gardening, and Adult Arts & Crafts. If you would like to volunteer for one of these positions please call the office. Mark your calendars for Saturday and bring yourself to the fairgrounds for a clean up day. Several projects will be going on that day. Keep watching for Fair Royalty events that will be...
Happy 4th of July from the fair. The Fairboard is still looking for fair royalty. The program has changed back to its old way of the Queen/King being chosen on the amount of money they earn. So if you are looking for a way to earn some extra cash this summer give me a call at the office. We need participants from the Cathlamet, Puget Island and Westend areas. I would like to get this program going as soon as possible. We will be having a clean up day on July 13 at the fairgrounds starting at 10 a.m. Kim Nettles will have a group cleaning the...
I want to extend a huge thank-you to Jean Beerbower, Lore Twiet and Courtney Zurick for running the Book/Garage Sale this past weekend. The leftover sale items will be donated to the Mule Wrestling team for their sale this weekend. The Fair Board is still looking for young ladies and gentlemen to run for Fair Royalty. The program has changed format. The winner will now be chosen on the amount of money they earn. The contestants will earn 20 percent commission on all profits they earn. So if you want to earn a little spare cash this summer and...
Greetings from the Fair. Wow, where is time going? It’s already the middle of June. This year the Fair Board is looking for young ladies/gentlemen to run for the title of Wahkiakum County Fair Royalty. Anyone wanting more information should call the fair office. The fair book is a little behind this year. It’s a work in progress; we hope to have it out soon. We are still looking for a few superintendents. Please call the office to see which ones, if you would like to volunteer your time. If you were a superintendent last year and I hav...
