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Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Planning, preparations being made for Wallowa County Fair
Restrictions
that limited
last year’s fair
deemed unlikely
By ANN BLOOM
For the Wallowa County
Chieftain
ENTERPRISE
—
Although still weeks away,
the Wallowa County Fair is
fast approaching and will
be here before we know it.
And, just like Uncle Sam did
during World War II, your
fair wants you.
The fair wants your
canned peaches, your paint-
ings and photographs, pick-
les and quilts, your hobby
displays, fl owers and plants,
cakes, cookies, eggs and
pies, your lettuce, beets and
cabbages. If you think you
don’t have anything to enter
into the fair, you’re wrong.
Everyone has something
that could be turned into a
fair exhibit. And, although
the fair isn’t until the sec-
ond week of August it is not
too late to start thinking and
planning.
The theme for this year
is: “Making It Happen —
Wallowa County Fair 2021.”
“Whatever your interest,
we have a place for you at
the fair,” said Tera Elliott,
fair board offi ce manager.
The fair, which this year
is Aug. 6-14, was markedly
diff erent last year due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. The
Cloverleaf Hall exhibits
were canceled, but accord-
ing to Wallowa County
Fair Board Chairwoman
Brinda Stanley, the Wallowa
County community can look
forward to a fair that is back
to being what it was prior to
the pandemic.
“We were so thankful that
we were able to hold our
sized-down fair last year, but
I foresee us being bigger this
year than last. We learned a
lot from last year and made
some changes that we agree
will be carried forward this
year,” she said.
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Lela Kunkle presents a ribbon to Devin Schreiber during last year’s Wallowa County Fair. The
2021 edition takes place Aug. 6-14.
east gate of the fairgrounds
between the grandstands and
the food booth. The Wallowa
County Farmers Market will
be set up along the lane on
Thursday, Aug. 12, and will
feature crafts and fresh pro-
duce. On Friday, a variety of
collectible hot rod cars and
old-time farm equipment
will be on display.
“This is a new thing we’re
doing that we think will be a
lot of fun,” Elliott said.
Gail Hillock, who is the
fair board secretary, also
coordinates the open-class
exhibits and entries for Clo-
verleaf Hall. This is her fi fth
year as the open-class coor-
dinator. She said she hopes
for a large number of entries
since the open-class part of
the fair was canceled last
year.
“The open-class aspect of
the fair is for the public,” she
said. “It’s always interesting
to see what our local neigh-
bors have been working on.
Whether it’s photography,
art, sewing, crafts, hobbies,
baking, gardening and more,
please enter your best and
share it with the county.”
Stanley said a lot was
learned from last year’s
fair, and some changes were
made on how the fair was
conducted, many of which
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place concerning COVID-
19, much as was the case last
year. Much of the fair is out-
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mandates, Stanley said.
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changes, one being the Fat
Stock Sale ran so nicely out-
side that we will try to con-
tinue that,” she said.
year, she said that would be
done. It is too early to say
whether the food booth will
be open to the public, she
added.
“We will take whatever
actions are needed to have
a great, but safe, fair. I am
hopeful that when August
comes, we can all know we
are going to attend a very
fun, family-oriented Wal-
lowa County Fair,” Stanley
said.
However, both Elliott
and Stanley mentioned that
things may change if the
state changes its mandates
and protocols involving
COVID-19 regulations.
A county fair would not
be a county fair without
sheep, pigs, horses, beef and
all the other assorted live-
stock that go with it along
with the youths needed to
show them. The youth pro-
grams of 4-H and FFA are a
large part of what makes up
the Wallowa County Fair.
Debi Warnock, the Ore-
gon State University 4-H/
family community health
agent for Wallowa County,
said things are looking pos-
itive in terms of 4-H partic-
ipation at the fair this year.
“There will be an oppor-
tunity for 4-H members
to exhibit and show what
they’ve learned this last
year. They’ll be able to show
their animals and exhibits,”
she said.
As of mid-May, she said
she was looking forward to
a full schedule at the county
fair. She had also received
word that youths will have
the opportunity to show
their animals and exhibits at
the state fair in Salem later
this year.
“That is very exciting.
Things are looking posi-
tive,” she said.
Elliott said anyone who
plans to enter an exhibit in
open class needs to come
to the fair offi ce, located at
the OSU Extension Service
Offi ce, across from the Clo-
verleaf Hall, to pick up an
exhibitor tag (one tag per
exhibit) and sign up for an
exhibitor number (one num-
ber per exhibitor). The offi ce
is open between 8:30 a.m.
and 1 p.m. Questions should
be directed to the fair offi ce
at 541-426-4097. Exhibits
also carry premiums (cash
amounts) for fi rst-, second-
and third-place ribbons.
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