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Fair gates will swing open Thursday By Kevin Hanson
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elebrating its 150th anniversary, the King County Fairs opens its gates Thursday morning. The four-day event will operate from noon to 10 p.m. the first two days, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday. Billed as the longest-running fair west of the Mississippi River, the event offers a little bit of everything. Now operated by Universal Fairs of Cordova, Tenn., the fair will play host to
plenty of live music, traditional carnival rides, food vendors and commercial booths, barns filled with livestock and plenty of other displays. Special attractions include pig races four times daily and mutton bustin’ competition (small kids attempting to ride sheep) three times each day. Alex Zerbe will put on his family-friendly comedy show at 1, 3 and 5 p.m. all four days and ventriloquist Jerry Breeden, another familyfriendly favorite, will perform at 2, 4 and 6 p.m daily. Children
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Rodeo adds excitement to Expo Center grounds A professional rodeo will add to the excitement of the King County Fair. While the rodeo and fair will be staged at the same time at the same place, they are separate events. Admission to one will not work for both attractions. The Enumclaw Pro Rodeo will begin at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 1 p.m. Sunday. Gates open one hour before the action gets under way. Organizers are bringing back the rodeo, which was a fair staple until a decade ago, as a way to energize the fair and, turn, help local 4-H and FFA youth. Youngsters need a local fair to qualify for the state’s biggest fair in Puyallup and the hope is a rodeo will provide enough interest to keep the Enumclaw fair operating. The local event is affiliated with the Northwest Pro Rodeo Association and is attracting competitors from throughout the Pacific Northwest, northern California and British Columbia. They will compete for $15,000 of added prize money.
Buckley City Council approves two jail contracts
Tyler Salsbury qualifies for U.S. Amateur in Denver. See Sports, page 11
Weather The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies today, Wednesday, with high temperatures near 72 and overnight lows to 53. Thursday’s forecast is for mostly cloudy skies with clearing Friday. Saturday and Sunday’s forecast is for sunny skies with highs to 78 and overnight lows to 54
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A Scottish Celebration
The 66th annual Scottish Highland Games and Clan Gathering took over the Enumclaw Expo Center Saturday and Sunday with a full slate of entertainment, including the pipe and drum bands pictured here. Visitors enjoyed the music, authentic athletic competition, vendors and more. Daniel Nash, Courier-Herald
Buckley’s City Council members approved two jail contracts during their July 24 council meeting, indicating that—for the time being, at least—the city is moving forward with the Buckley jail’s future in mind. Police Chief James Arsanto presented the council with on-call (no guaranteed bed space) contracts with the city of Federal Way and the state Department of Corrections, at a gain of $57 and $60, respectively, per bed per night. Federal Way was one of two cities to drop business with the Buckley jail and contract with the King County SCORES facility. Arsanto cautioned that a contract with Federal Way didn’t necessarily mean the jail would see prisoners from Federal Way. “It looks like Federal Way’s been going back to all the cities it contracted with in case of overflow,” he said, adding that SCORES was presently looking at 300 occupied beds in a 1,000-bed facility. “I do expect DOC will send us some prisoners, though.”
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