6A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • AUGUST 22, 2018
Western Oregon Expo Heritage Fair draws record crowd
Senior Queen Chelsie Mundy reacts after hearing the an-
nouncement as queen during the WEO Heritage Fair; fairgo-
ers plant flowers in the expanded kids area.
By Cindy Weeldreyer
For The Sentinel
The stars aligned for the
86th annual Western Oregon
Exposition’s Heritage Fair
and produced the largest at-
tendance in nearly a decade.
Families flocked to the
fairgrounds to take advan-
tage of the free admission
for children 12-years-old
and younger and to enjoy the
expanded offerings for kids.
The weather was perfect,
unlike the triple digit heat
of two summers ago or the
thick smoke from last sum-
mer’s nearby forest fire.
WOE Board Member
Dena Twite was delighted to
see so many locals and out-
of-towners visit the fair last
weekend.
“It’s really exciting that our
attendance is the largest it
has been in a decade,” Twite
said. “Our attendance on
Friday was surprisingly high
and, after a year of planning
and hard work, we are all de-
lighted with that.”
WOE Board President Ken
Schwieger, an eight-year fair
board veteran, is serving for
the first time as board pres-
ident. He said the success
of the fair is due to the year-
round commitment of board
members, volunteers, partner
organizations and sponsors
who work well together with
a strong spirit of camaraderie.
Schwieger said, thanks to
the efforts of Sabina Johnson
and Athena Intros, the WOE
Royalty Court tradition was
revived this year with great
success.
“My personal goal in my
first year as president was to
build up community involve-
ment by increasing activities
for kids,” Schwieger said. “It
was fun to work with mem-
bers of the Boy Scouts and
Royalty Court, who were
our Grange Café servers. I
watched all the Crowning
Ceremony rehearsals and I’m
amazed at their enthusiasm.
They bring new life to the
WOE experience.”
Johnson and Intros re-
quired members of the Royal-
ty Court to complete 20-hours
of volunteer service. Both
Senior Queen Chelsie Mun-
dy and Junior Queen Hailie
Intros had more than 60 vol-
unteer hours invested when
they were crowned in Friday’s
ceremony. They described
Saturday night’s Royal Ball in
the Woodard Pavilion as pure
joy for the nine girls and their
families who participated.
The London Grange spon-
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sored a new Kids Town
area filled with a wide vari-
ety of activities and games.
Schwieger said kids were hav-
ing so much fun it was a chal-
lenge for parents to persuade
their kids to leave. He added
the new baby changing area
was both appreciated and
well-used.
Log House Plants returned
for the 4th year to offer “make
and take” planters on Friday
and Saturday. Greg Lee, of
Log House Plants, said kids
and adults made 150 planters.
The activity was free for chil-
dren and for a donation from
adults. Lee said the money
raised from the adults’ plant-
ers was donated to the 4-H
Club.
Other fair offerings for chil-
dren included: the Bohemia
Mining Days’ Alice in Won-
derland-theme Kids Zone,
gold panning with members
of the Bohemia Mine Own-
ers Association, the Swing-
ing Bridge’s rope bridge and
Cottage Grove Bible Church’s
Grand Prix car races.
For a dozen years, a part-
nership between WOE and
the Cottage Grove Bible
Church provides the popular
Grand Prix Car Races. Kathy
Harris was among 25 church
volunteers who helped the
approximately 70 children,
between the ages of 4 to 14,
build a small wooden car on
Friday and Saturday so they
could participate in the rac-
ing action on Sunday after-
noon.
No country fair is com-
plete without prize-winning
animals, quilts, flowers,
fresh baked and canned food
and vendors.
Barn Supervisor Launa
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Brink said there was a good
turnout this year and all went
extremely well. “We had both
children and adult partici-
pants, the cages were full with
a wider variety of animals,
which included alpacas, goats,
pigs, rabbits, cavies, poultry,
ducks, pigeons and doves.”
Carolin Pettit is another
long-serving WOE Board
member and area superin-
tendent coordinator. She said,
while exhibits were down this
year in produce and preserv-
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