Fair just around corner: Books now available at local businesses
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The 2004 fair marks the 51st annual celebration, and the first where the fair books are being presented with full color all the way through, including covers, ads and illustrations.
“We’re very proud of this book,” said fair president Steve Grandey. “A lot of work went into it.”
The books, as usual, are free and will be available at all the traditional locations, according to Grandey, including all the local banks, the Farmers Coop, the agriculture extension office, among other outlets.
This year’s entertainment will include up-and-coming country singer Dierks Bentley as its headline attraction. He is probably best known for his No. 1 hit “What Was I Thinking.” Bentley will be performing at Grandstand Arena on Monday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m.
Grandey is proud of the crowds the yearly fair brings to the county.
“We have, in eight days, about five times the population of Warren County on this fairgrounds,” he said. “So there are a lot of people who come to the fair. We draw a lot of people, from other states even.”
Grandey is also proud of the fact Warren County still has a free fair.
“You can park on our fairground and come to the fair and spend all day, and never spend a dime, and see everything that everybody else sees,” said Grandey. “We’re proud of that and we’d like to keep it that way.”
Grandey offered a rather unique invitation to the fair, encouraging all Warren countians to attend.
“We want everybody to come,” said Grandey, adding with a grin, “It’s your obligation, if you live in Warren County, to come to the fair.”
Warren County A&L Fair
When: Sept. 11-18
Featured attractions:
• Dierks Bentley, Sept. 13,
• Little Fairest of the Fair, Sept. 14
• Fairest of the Fair, Sept. 16