MISS ADAIR COUNTY FAIR CAPTURES STATE PAGEANT

The Kentucky Association of Fairs and Horse Shows held their annual convention this past weekend in Louisville, and the Adair County Fair fared very well. Miss Adair County Fair Kassidy Dees was crowned winner of the Miss Kentucky County Fair Pageant, and a local fair board member, Terry Harvey, was elected as president of the statewide association (see related story below). In addition, the fair itself was the recipient of an All Kentucky Fair Award. Dees, of Eminence, won the pageant title over 93 other contestants. Dees is the fourth Miss Adair County Fair to become State Queen since the Jaycees took over the fair. The three others are: Stephanie Michelle Taylor I 1989, Lori Brooke Mitchell in 2000 and Jessica Kay Carmicle in 2001. The Adair County Fair was named an All-Kentucky Fair by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture at the convention. Adair was one of 28 county fairs to win the award, which are given to county fairs who consistently utilize all state funds available. “It was a pretty good weekend for us,” Adair County fair board chairman Greg Thomas said. “We are very proud that Kassidy won the Miss Kentucky County Fair Pageant, and it’s a big honor to see one of our local fair board members elected to lead the statewide organization.” Booking made for 2007 Adair County Fair In addition to recognizing 2006 county fair accomplishments, the annual KAF&HS convention also serves as a starting point for the upcoming year’s fairs, and fair board chairman Thomas said that they booked several things for the 2007 Adair County Fair. This year’s fair will run from July 7 through July 14 (with fireworks as usual on the Fourth of July.) The horse show will start the fair on Saturday night, July 7, with the carnival and fair running from July 9th through July 14th. “We’ve booked Myers International Midways again for this year,” Thomas said. “Plus, we’re having some new events as well as some of the most popular events from previous fairs.” Two new things on the fair agenda for this year, Thomas said, are a Truck Tug-of-War (where two trucks hook together to see which one can pull the other), and chain saw artist Jason Emmons, who will be at the fair on Friday and Saturday nights giving demonstrations and carving two statues (which the Jaycees will sell at a later date) each night. “We won’t be having a full rodeo this year, but we did book one night of bull riding only,” Thomas noted. “And, we’ll be having two nights of demolition derbies again –with small cars on Monday night and the big car derby closing out the fair on Saturday night.” Thomas said that they will continue booking other shows for the fair and organizing other events, and are looking forward to another big fair in July. “We feel like the fair is growing each year, and we want to keep adding things to make it even better,” he said. “Times have changed, and it’s a lot easier for people to get in their cars and travel for their entertainment. We want to try to put on entertaining activities right here in our own county.”