Humboldt County Fair set for July 22-28

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.”

“We should have every-thing done in 30 to 45 minutes. It’s no fun for the queens to sit around and wait when they are dressed up and with their escorts and it’s usually hot outside and they suffer, but it’s their night,” Haselhuhn said.

“We will move the 4-H fashion show and awards to Wednesday night inside the south events center, which is air-conditioned and we’ll have a stage and chairs set up inside there,” Haselhuhn said.

“Our idea that night is to have a $5 carnival game ticket to hand out when the kids leave and that will be up to age 18, because 4-H runs up to age 18,” Haselhuhn said.

“We are trying to bring people to the fair earlier in the week so they start com-ing back. We have a free gate. Some fairs aren’t free to enter. Also, by being free, people can come every day,” Haselhuhn said.

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