By PHIL MONSON
HUMBOLDT - The Humboldt County Fair will take place July 22-28 at the fairgrounds in Humboldt.
Jeff Haselhuhn, fair board president, and Kevin Cordray, board secretary, made the announcement last week.
One of the changes that will take place this year will be the crowning of the queen along with the Little Miss and Mister Contest, which have been moved from Wednesday evening to Tuesday evening.
“This will allow for our queen to be able to be there for the whole fair,” Haselhuhn said. “We are trying to get people into the grandstand that night and so we came up with a unique thing. We are going to give away free carnival wristbands for kids, age 16 and under, that come to the queen contest.”
“When they leave, they will get a wristband for two hours of free rides that night,” Haselhuhn said. “We are going to move up the time so the queen contest will begin at 6 p.m.”