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

My adding machine has been working overtime this week as I total up the points on the exhibitor cards for our Youth Exhibitors. The 4-H, Open Youth and FFA exhibitors were very busy creating items to enter into the Fair! The Youth building was filled up with their wonderful exhibits! In the Youth Still Life Departments, Crafts and Hobbies received the highest number of entries with 674 items entered, that’s a lot of crafts.

Educational posters had the next highest amount of entries. Our young exhibitors put lots of time and effort into their posters. They picked interesting subjects and many detailed drawings on the posters helped explain their topic. We have such talented youth in our area and the fair is the perfect showcase for their creations.

4-H Superintendent Carol Ervest and Open Youth Superintendent Amber Eaton put in long days volunteering during Fair time. They make sure the exhibits in the Youth Building are ready for judging and spend many hours arranging all the items for viewing. Volunteering to help Carol and Amber were Bill Karwoski, Patty Dursteler, Marcie Dunham and Courtney Zurick. The Youth Building looked neat, orderly and all who walked through the exhibits totally enjoyed the displays.

Thank you to our adult exhibitors that brought in a multitude of items. You filled the T-building with colorful top quality handcrafted items, yummy baked goods and super healthy garden produce. The gardens were growing good in Wahkiakum County looking over the fresh vegetable entries we received. We all loved the giant sunflower plant that was brought in by Chris Edwards to exhibit. Beer and wine entries were covered with ribbons, indicating some pretty tasty creations. The baked goods department was showing off a decorated cake by Abigale Hartzell. It was a work of art and she received the Wilton Cake Decorating Award for this exhibit. The floral department smelled so good and was absolutely packed with beautiful flowers! In the quilting department we had some exceptionally attractive quilts and sewn items. In fact, I received a call from a visitor to our fair. He wanted to purchase one of the quilts on display.

In the canning division, jars filled with delicious vegetables and jams looked wonderful on their shelves. Exhibitors Chris Edwards and Jan Caliman received Ball canning awards for some of their entries. One of a kind fine art work was on display and photos that caught the perfect picture too. Adult crafters were busy this year creating many cute occasion cards, some nice woodwork and classy jewelry. We had quite a few new exhibitors and I hope they enjoyed displaying their talents at our fair. Your exhibits make the Wahkiakum County Fair interesting and a fun place to visit.

It takes many days to decorate and display exhibits in the Adult Open Class T-Building. Each year I look forward to working with this nice group of friends and family. Thank you Barbara Rose, Joyce Orr, Valle Ledtke, Georgie Billings, Martie Vavoudis, Kathleen Morgain, Shelley Guloeit, Sue Docker, Kylee Johnson, Bryan Ledtke, Mackenzie Stevens, Char Damitio, Sandy Hart, Judy Brawn, Joyce Bolton, Arlene Stefan, Jo Jo and Pat Vernon.

The Fairgrounds is open for limited hours in September. If you need to gain access to the fairgrounds contact Manager Becky Ledtke at 560-0371, or you can call 360-795-3480 and leave a message on the fairgrounds answering machine.

The next Wahkiakum County Fair Board meeting is October 10, 7 p.m., T-Building, at the Fairgrounds in Skamokawa. The public is always welcome to attend.