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6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 30, 2018 WOE Fair set to celebrate 86 years of tradition ing the excitement and passion in my daughter, as well as the number of girls who have ap- plied this year for the court, is exactly what I was looking for.” Schwieger says, for much of its history, the fair has been free. In recent years, competi- tion for limited philanthrop- ic sponsorships has become much greater and resulted in a small admission fee to pay for the direct costs of producing the three-day event. They need more vendors, volunteers and sponsors to ensure the success of its 86th year. This year’s highlights are: The Gene Campbell Memorial Lumberjack Show, the Habi- tat for Humanity Weiner Dog Races, the Cottage Grove Bible Church’s Grand Prix Racing, the Royal Court Crowning Ceremony, live performances, demonstrations, ten categories of competitive exhibits, and children’s activities, including the popular pet parade featur- ing a menagerie of critters. For more information, vis- it the fair website at www.woe heritagefair.com By Cindy Weeldreyer For The Sentinel L ocal historians note Cottage Grove has had fairs, festivals and exhibitions since the ear- ly 1900s. Three of the oldest annual celebratory traditions still with us today are the Western Oregon Exposition (WEO) Family Fair (1932), the rodeo (1947) and Bohe- mia Mining Days (1959). Today’s fast-paced, tech- nology-driven lifestyles make it especially challenging to maintain the traditions deep- ly rooted in America’s more agrarian-oriented society of yesteryear. Yet this chal- lenge has not deterred the determined volunteers of the WOE’s board of directors and area coordinators, who annu- ally produce the WOE Family Fair and Lumberjack Show on the third weekend of August; this year’s fair is Aug. 17-19. PHOTO BY GREG LEE According to WOE Board TRADITIONS — Particpant in the annual lumberman event competed during last year’s WOE Fair. president Ken Schwieger, in and the sponsors they recruit.” “I grew up loving tradition, gram and left the meeting as was when my oldest son (now its early years during in the For years Launa Brink has and WOE is one of our local the new WOE Royal Court 21) was able to experience it as 1930s and 1940s, the South Lane Fair drifted around uti- been part of the fair’s barn ac- a child,” she said. “We are still events that brings our commu- Director,” says Johnson. “See- lizing a wide variety of venues: tivities and 4-H Club before taking vendor applications. nity together,” Johnson says. schools, lumberyards, garages, becoming the barn supervisor To encourage more vendors “I got involved mainly for my parks and the Armory. Then, in two years ago. She said it was this year we have reduced our daughter. There is a lot of bul- 1952, the fair was incorporated her then three-year-old daugh- booth prices, which are listed lying going on in our schools these days. as the Western Oregon Exposi- ter who led her to become more on our website.” “Children today don’t know The newest member of the tion, Inc., a title more inclusive active in fair operations. “She was enthralled with WOE Board is Sabina Johnson much about our town’s histo- to participants beyond South the animals after being able to who, like Griffith-Burchfield, ry and why that history is still Lane County. In the mid-1950s, a combi- touch and hold a few of them,” has been a vendor for many valid today,” adds Johnson, who nation of businesses, organi- Brink recalls. “We began plan- years. In an era of widespread says she recalls the three oldest zations and an army of volun- ning our vacations around the cell phone/media addiction, summertime traditions each teers established a permanent fair, so she could participate she believes the fair is an im- having royal courts that pro- home for it on seven acres of and be a part of the barn activ- portant part of Cottage Grove’s moted community service and land donated by local lumber- ities. Now I enjoy seeing other history and preserves a long- volunteerism. “I went to a WOE board man Stanley Daugherty at 2000 children enjoying these whole- standing opportunity to teach some projects, which foster a children and adults the value of meeting to learn why they North Douglas Ave. stopped their royal court pro- Today the site boasts two greater level of responsibility in community participation. 60-by-60-foot buildings, two their lives.” OUT WITH CABLE. 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