Enumclaw Courier-Herald, July 16, 2014

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County fair opens at Expo Center Wilkeson comes alive Saturday with annual parade, handcar races By Kevin Hanson Senior Writer

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The King County Fair begins its four-day run Thursday, offering a traditional lineup of carnival rides, entertainment, livestock, commercial vendors and more. The fair gates will be open from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday and Sunday; noon to 10 p.m.

Friday; and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. Admission will be $7 for those 13 and older and $5 for kids 5 to 12. Those 4 and younger are admitted free. Tickets for carnival rides are sold separately, but an all-day ride wristbands are $20. Parking is free. Families planning on attending the fair can save money by going online for advance purchases. Visit the fair website, www.thekingcountyfair.com, and click on “Family Funpack” for a package that includes two adult admissions, two youth admissions and two all-day ride wristbands. Among the fair highlights will be live music

every day. Additionally, daily features include a magic show at 1, 3 and 5 p.m.; racing pigs, also at 1, 3 and 5; and a kid-friendly mutton bustin’ competition at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. The fair will again be operated by Universal Fairs, the Tennessee-based organization that breathed new life into a floundering enterprise. After King County systematically diminished the fair and finally sliced funding altogether, the city of Enumclaw made a one-year stab at offering a summer attraction. Universal Fairs offers its Enumclaw attraction for the fourth year.

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Buckley to talk about tax for roads

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Weather

By Kevin Hanson

The forecast for Wednesday, today, calls for sunny skies with a high to 84 and overnight lows of 60. Thursday should be sunny and 79 with a low to 56. Friday the high is forecast to be 74 and mostly sunny. Saturday and Sunday calls for mostly sunny with highs to 77 and lows to 59.

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Relay Hair

Tayler Anderson, 11, gets her hair done by Ashley Van Dam in support of the Relay for Life event Saturday at J.J. Smith. The Relay of Life website reported 39 teams participated in the Enumclaw’s event, generating more than $44,000. The Relay raises funds for the American Cancer Society and it began in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt walked and ran for 24 hours around a track in Tacoma. Check the Courier-Herald website for a slideshow, www.courierherald.com. Photo by Dennis Box

Buckley residents pay an additional $20 every time they license their vehicles, with the extra money going directly toward city street repairs. But would city roads be better served if a local sales tax increase was poured directly into pavement? That’s the question to be debated the evening of July 29 when members of the Buckley City Council – meeting in their dual role of the local Transportation Benefit District – host a public hearing in the municipal Multipurpose Building. The session is slated to begin at 7 p.m. The entire street issue begins with the realization that existing funding for roads follows an antiquated formula, according to Buckley Mayor Pat Johnson. Gas taxes have been collected and distributed, but – for a variety of reasons – the monetary supply no longer meets the demand. To bridge the funding gap, the state authorized cities, towns and counties

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