The Wahkiakum County Eagle - Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891

The horse arena will be closed to open riding July 13-15. The Horsemanship Challenge Event will be held on July 14 followed by 4-H Horse Camp.

The second Horsemanship Challenge Series event begins at 9 a.m. on July 14 at the Wahkiakum County Fairgrounds Arena. The break down for the age groups is Junior: 3rd – 5th grade, Intermediate: 6th – 8th grade, Senior: 9th - 12th grade and Adult: 19 years and up. The cost is $25 to run through the events. We have camp sites available Friday through Sunday in the Fairgrounds Park for $16.04 per night per family and stalls to rent for $10 a day per horse for the July 14 event. For Horsemanship Challenge information or a pre-registered time to run the course contact Show Manager Tina Merz at 957- 5368. For camping or stall rental contact Fair Manager Becky Ledtke at 795-3480 .

Fair passes have been distributed to six local businesses to make it easier this year to find and purchase your three day Fair pass. The passes are a bargain, costing only $6 each! We have great musicians to entertain you on the stage every day, multiple food vendors, handcrafted or grown exhibits made by your friends, livestock shows all three days, our park will be full of Model Ts, antique tractors, the trolley, a full size stage coach, view our Gillnet Boat display and River City Forge will be doing blacksmithing demonstrations on the hour all three days. Support your Wahkiakum County Fair by purchasing a Fair pass at the Skamokawa Resort, Sharon’s Pizza and More, Cathlamet Pharmacy, Bank of the Pacific in Cathlamet, the Rosburg Store, the Bank of the Pacific in Naselle and the Fairgrounds office.

The Wahkiakum County Fair received a generous donation from Jon Peterson and Brenda Kanegan last week. This donation will be put to good use as we continue to improve the fairgrounds and get ready for the 2012 Fair. Thank you, Jon and Brenda!

Groups of shoppers stopped by the fairgrounds Rummage and Book sale on Saturday and took home sacks full of treasures! Thank you for your purchases! We will be open just one more Saturday before we pack everything up and seriously start getting the T-building ready for our Fair. Hope you can stop by July 14, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to shop and also watch the Horsemanship Challenge in our arena.

Wahkiakum County Fair now has a Facebook page! You can view our 2012 Fair entertainment schedule, check for new events happening at the Fairgrounds each weekend and we have pictures of our Columbia River Gillnet boat posted on the page.

Like to paint? I just purchased 17 gallons of paint in various pretty colors to brighten up our fairgrounds buildings. We also have 24 stalls that were just built for sheep, goats and pigs that need a coat of paint too. If you have community service hours to complete, help us paint the fairgrounds! Fair time is just a few weeks away give me a call if you have some time to help.

If you need to gain access to the Fairgrounds contact Fair Manager Becky Ledtke at 360-795-3480 and please leave a message. Need some exhibitor tags or an exhibitor number? The Fair office will be open Monday-Thursday noon to 3 p.m. or by appointment if these hours don’t fit your schedule.

The next Wahkiakum County Fair Advisory Board meeting will be held on August 8 at the fairgrounds, 7 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.