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■ FAIR: Coordinators made
some changes to this year's
event to have less impact on
the Veneta community
By Michael Hines
Oregon Daily Emerald
Leave your drugs, dogs and di
apers at home this year when you
head to the 28th annual Oregon
Country Fair.
The Country Fair in Veneta of
fers something for everyone, fair
officials say. This includes enter
tainment, food and even rentable
diapers, if parents find them nec
essary.
The fair, which begins Friday
and ends Sunday, has made sev
eral changes for this year’s festiv
ities, including a stiff statement
that drugs and alcohol are pro
hibited.
Consistent Country Fair partic
ipants will notice changes be
yond the tougher stance against
intoxicants. All tickets must now
be purchased through Fastixx.
Fair officials did not want people
to arrive in Veneta and be disap
pointed at the gate.
“We anticipate selling out all
three days this year,” Jean
Schauerman, fair advertising co
ordinator, said.
The Country Fair will employ
700 security personnel to manage
the estimated 50,000 or more vis
itors over the weekend. The secu
rity guards are trained to handle
situations in nonviolent ways,
Schauerman said.
Another difference from previ
ous years is that people going to
the fair are being encouraged to
drive to Autzen Stadium to park
for free and ride a bus to the fair.
Biking to the fair is also en
couraged this year. Fair coordina
tors are attempting to have as lit
tle impact on the Veneta
community as possible.
Once inside the fair, Schauer
man promises fun for everyone.
Two more stages were added
to the fairgrounds to bring the to
tal to more than a dozen. The
new stages will be used for
vaudeville acts.
Other entertainment will in
clude concerts by Babes With
Axes, John Hammond and the
Revelators.
Crafts will also be available.
“You can find almost anything
and everything,” Schauerman
said.
Jewelry, woodwork, painting
and nearly every other type of
artwork will be on display.
Another feature of the fair is its
food. The fair will have almost 70
different food booths; the flavors
range from Korean food to
cheesecake.
“It’s some of the best food
you’ll find anywhere in the
Northwest,” Schauerman said.
ARCHIVE PHOTOS
(Above) Music and
dancing acts, such as
this one at the 1996
Country Fair, will be
entertaining the crowd.
(Left) Long lines at the
gate will be a thing of
the past, thanks to a
new rule that requires
all tickets to be pur
chased off-site.
The fair also features some
thing called the Energy Park. It is
an area that specializes in alter
native energy, a important fair
theme. The park provides an op
portunity to discuss and learn
more about recycling and conser
vation.
“We are a very peace-loving or
ganization,” Schauerman said.
The organization even offers
child care, but only for children
not in diapers — for sanitary rea
sons.
Tickets for the fair are $10 for
Friday and Sunday and $15 for
Saturday, the traditionally busy
day. The Country Fair will end
Sunday with flair, Schauerman
said, because some of the most
popular bands will play near the
end of the event.
Schauerman said fair officials
are not worried about bad weath
er.
“The Sun Goddess always
shines on the Country Fair.”
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