Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome media.
Speaker 2: It's time now for our community connection right here on
Speaker 2: Kay one, the one you trust is eight thirty five,
Speaker 2: and by.
Speaker 1: Golly, we've got some fair weather. What do you like
Speaker 1: what I did there?
Speaker 2: And we're talking to the folks from the Washington County
Speaker 2: Free Fair today. We have Lucas Foster and we have
Speaker 2: Rebecca Moses and Hi you kids, how.
Speaker 1: Are we doing good?
Speaker 3: How are you Tom?
Speaker 1: Well?
Speaker 2: I tell you what I'm looking forward to this because
Speaker 2: every time we start talking about the Free Fair, every
Speaker 2: year's got it a little bit of a different theme.
Speaker 2: A lot of things stayed the same, but there's just
Speaker 2: a couple of extras that change in and out, and
Speaker 2: it's always exciting to hear what's coming up. So, Rebecca,
Speaker 2: we have a new theme this year.
Speaker 3: We do. We're having a blast at the Washington County
Speaker 3: Free Fair this year. So we're going to be rockets
Speaker 3: and outer space and all kinds of things that you
Speaker 3: will experience at the fair this year.
Speaker 2: Oh my goodness sakes. Now, Lucas, you've got the children's barnyard.
Speaker 2: He's the chief of the bar yard. So what's going
Speaker 2: on in Chief about the same.
Speaker 4: I'm getting all our animals ready. We're moving the kiddy
Speaker 4: Corral north of the barn this year to make it
Speaker 4: a little cooler for the kids. Learned that we're going
Speaker 4: to try to have some new stuff to just have
Speaker 4: to come and see what it is.
Speaker 2: Alrighty, So we got some of the old favorites and
Speaker 2: a couple of new things that are.
Speaker 1: Kind of kind of cooking right now, right, yep, all
Speaker 1: right now.
Speaker 2: One thing I'm hearing this year is that we've tried
Speaker 2: to what hot dog eating contest? I think we tried
Speaker 2: donuts once, yes, And what do we have this year?
Speaker 3: So to follow with our theme, We're going to have
Speaker 3: a moon pie eating contest this year.
Speaker 2: You did having a blast rockets, we go to the
Speaker 2: moon moon eating pie. All right, I tied it. There
Speaker 2: you go, You're clever.
Speaker 3: Thanks, Thanks, we try.
Speaker 1: So what are we doing this?
Speaker 3: We're going to do this Friday, Friday evening. It's going
Speaker 3: to be a fun, feel packed evening. So Friday, I'm
Speaker 3: going to get my schedule open so I don't mistell
Speaker 3: you anything. So the moonpie Eating Contest is going to
Speaker 3: be Friday at five, same place, same time as always,
Speaker 3: five o'clock under the pavilion.
Speaker 1: Oh wow.
Speaker 3: So along with that that, we're gonna have the Classic
Speaker 3: Car Crews right outside the fence at the same time
Speaker 3: there on Friday evening. And actually we're gonna have our
Speaker 3: friends from next door, the Farm Bureau. They're going to
Speaker 3: be there and they're gonna be handing out free root
Speaker 3: beer floats to the first five hundred people that come by.
Speaker 3: So they're prepared to serve five hundred root beer floats.
Speaker 2: So you're gonna have some folks doing the moonpie eating
Speaker 2: contest and we're can watch and sharing them on We're
Speaker 2: having root beer floats.
Speaker 3: Absolutely sounds Lucas.
Speaker 1: We're there. We are so there. This is gonna be
Speaker 1: this is gonna be great. This is all on the
Speaker 1: Friday Night of the Free Yeah.
Speaker 3: Also, one of the big things Friday Night we can't
Speaker 3: forget is the pedal pool. That's been a hit for
Speaker 3: the last few years and it's coming back and so
Speaker 3: our numbers grow every year. I think we had forty
Speaker 3: five participants last year, you know, riding those tractors and
Speaker 3: participating in the pedal pools. So it's a great time.
Speaker 2: Now, Lucas, I get a kick out of it. I
Speaker 2: mean you've seen some of these little guys. I mean
Speaker 2: you can't tell them no. They'll just keep going and
Speaker 2: going and going until their little legs can't.
Speaker 1: Oh.
Speaker 2: Yes, man, this is something else. And they're so cute
Speaker 2: doing it too. H what a lot of determination right now. Saturday,
Speaker 2: we're doing something completely different.
Speaker 3: Yes, Saturday, Saturday evening is going to be exciting. We're
Speaker 3: super excited to bring Boston James to you guys. He
Speaker 3: is a young man from Ulagau that graduated last year
Speaker 3: and he can flat out sing and we're gonna have
Speaker 3: a concert at the from six to nine Saturday night,
Speaker 3: and I'm so excited to have him. We're going our
Speaker 3: f FA local FFA chapters are gonna help welcome him
Speaker 3: and sponsor. They are going to be our sponsors for
Speaker 3: that event. Since he was an f FA alumni for Uligau.
Speaker 3: The Washington County f FAY chapters are going to welcome
Speaker 3: him and welcome our our crowd.
Speaker 1: Lucas, what are the dates of the free Fair.
Speaker 4: It's Thursday, September fourth through Saturday September sixth, so.
Speaker 2: We're getting a good jump on it here. We're going
Speaker 2: to get the roasting heat of August out of the way,
Speaker 2: and we're going to have some nice September weather. September
Speaker 2: fourth kicks it all off, and my goodness sakes, this
Speaker 2: just sounds like you're having a blast.
Speaker 1: Well, I hate to hate to coin that phrase, you
Speaker 1: having a blast? Now.
Speaker 2: A few other things going on out there at the
Speaker 2: Free Fair. You mentioned the cars. They just they the
Speaker 2: car people love this, don't they.
Speaker 3: Yes, we're actually getting some prizes for him this year.
Speaker 3: You know, we've we've enjoyed them coming out and this
Speaker 3: year we're gonna have you know, people's choice and we
Speaker 3: have it come up with all the categories, so if
Speaker 3: you have a clever category or a fun when we're
Speaker 3: all ears, but we've got some stuff for those people
Speaker 3: that bring their cars out and let everybody enjoy them.
Speaker 2: I want to get into the livestock a little bit.
Speaker 2: Lucas Free Fair is a lot of it is about
Speaker 2: the agricultural component of what goes on.
Speaker 1: In Washington County.
Speaker 2: We've been seeing an increase in participation, haven't we when
Speaker 2: it comes to the live.
Speaker 4: Song, Yes, we have just in the times and just
Speaker 4: getting out there more, getting more people involved. That's definitely
Speaker 4: got it more people and getting interested again.
Speaker 2: It's got that, it's got that feel because you know,
Speaker 2: it used to be I'd see a handful of kids,
Speaker 2: you know, five or six years ago, but now I
Speaker 2: mean it's popping. We got we got a lot of
Speaker 2: categories and just a pretty much an open, open deal,
Speaker 2: isn't it.
Speaker 4: Yeah, one big change the horse show. We moved back
Speaker 4: Saturday one, two pm check in at one, so it
Speaker 4: won't be later in the evening. It'll still be more
Speaker 4: involved during the faired instead of more after.
Speaker 1: Okay, that's good. We got a lot of horses around here,
Speaker 1: that's for sure, very very good.
Speaker 2: So we've got everything from Moonpie eaton to root beer
Speaker 2: floats on the free but that's on the Friday night
Speaker 2: of the Free Fair next month, and then Boston James
Speaker 2: in concert six to nine on the Saturday, plus all
Speaker 2: kinds of judging going on too. You go into the
Speaker 2: main area there of the Washington County Fairgrounds, the indoor part, yes,
Speaker 2: and that gets more and more exhibits every year we have.
Speaker 3: We it's a good problem to have to try to
Speaker 3: logistically fit everything in there, but it works. We make
Speaker 3: it work. But we are so excited because we our
Speaker 3: numbers have been up in the last few years, so
Speaker 3: entury on that topic, Entry day is going to be
Speaker 3: September second, so bring your indoor entries in that day
Speaker 3: from noon to seven is when they'll be accepted, and
Speaker 3: then the next day it'll be judged, and then livestock
Speaker 3: entries come in on also on the third that evenings
Speaker 3: and then everything will be in place ready for viewing
Speaker 3: Thursday morning when the fair kicks off on the fourth.
Speaker 2: My goodness sake, besides the freebies, you know the free
Speaker 2: root beer floats, is it gonna be anything else for
Speaker 2: the folks can eat out there?
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, we yeah, we have. We've got our Cowboy
Speaker 3: kettle Corn fella is coming back again this year. He's
Speaker 3: got another different menu he's gonna be having available. But
Speaker 3: then we've also got our tried and true meal lineup
Speaker 3: that's always happening in the north room. That for we're
Speaker 3: gonna have the fair Board's gonna have the meal Thursday
Speaker 3: of the fair. We're gonna have roast sandwiches and the fixings,
Speaker 3: and then that evening the same evening as the cattle
Speaker 3: Women's Pie and Basket auction. The four h parent volunteer
Speaker 3: is having that meal. So then Friday, the Bartlesville f
Speaker 3: A they're new to the lineup, They're gonna have lunch
Speaker 3: on Friday, and then Dewey f f A is gonna
Speaker 3: have the evening meal Friday. Indian women are still Saturday
Speaker 3: at the noon meal, and then the Copanaggies have Saturday evening.
Speaker 3: So during the Boston James concert, you can also go
Speaker 3: in and get your gety. It's a one stop shop
Speaker 3: really just it. Just come and be entertained and have
Speaker 3: a meal and free dessert because the we are gonna
Speaker 3: have free floats on Friday, but what we're also gonna
Speaker 3: have a free ice cream Sundays like a Sunday bar
Speaker 3: Saturday evening, so a meal, more ice cream, a concert,
Speaker 3: horse you know, the horse show. I don't know, this
Speaker 3: is gonna be a great It's going to be a
Speaker 3: great time.
Speaker 1: Oh I know that kitchen get a workout every prefair. Okay, done.
Speaker 2: It's like they tag and the next the group comes in,
Speaker 2: you know, and starts all over again. But my goodness sake,
Speaker 2: this is going to be more fun then I can
Speaker 2: remember out there at the Free Fair.
Speaker 1: That's a Dewey and.
Speaker 2: Of course it's coming up on September fourth, and it
Speaker 2: runs through the weekend there, Yes, and it's going to
Speaker 2: be just packed full of fun activities, exhibits and that
Speaker 2: don't forget the livestock show and judging that goes on
Speaker 2: there too. So we've got just about something for everyone,
Speaker 2: we do. And I'm glad that we really take the
Speaker 2: little people into consideration with the with the barnyard and
Speaker 2: then also with a pedal pull, because with that it
Speaker 2: becomes part of their deal and as they grow up
Speaker 2: and become adults and have families, you know, it keeps
Speaker 2: that legacy, keeps that thing going on for generations.
Speaker 3: Right, speaking of legacy, Gary Deckard is going to be
Speaker 3: back again with this with the rope making and the
Speaker 3: corn shugging and all the cow milking. It's not the
Speaker 3: Free Fair without Gary and and his his contribution. I
Speaker 3: think if you haven't experienced that, it's a must all right.
Speaker 1: Once again again, Now, where can we get the book?
Speaker 1: So the Fair books?
Speaker 3: Okay, the Extension Office has hard copy Fair Books. You
Speaker 3: can find it also on County Courthouse dot org. For
Speaker 3: the south end of the county. There are some books
Speaker 3: out at Simple Simon's, the doughnuts shop and the bank
Speaker 3: there in Ramona. I believe does Jensen have.
Speaker 4: Some Tenson tractor and tractor supply both house good?
Speaker 3: Okay, So, and we we do want to give a
Speaker 3: shout out to our sponsors this year. I'm Jensen Tractor
Speaker 3: is on the back on the back page of our
Speaker 3: fair books. So and then Bill Camper and we want
Speaker 3: to Duncan over at Farm Bureau and are We've got
Speaker 3: a huge list of sponsors and so that we will
Speaker 3: as they keep coming in, publish them on our on
Speaker 3: our big banner.
Speaker 1: Okay, very good. And I look you're coming back on.
Speaker 3: The fourteenth, right, Yes, August fourteenth.
Speaker 2: We'll be back again, Okay, because I know that we
Speaker 2: just scratched the surface of this.
Speaker 1: Yes we did, Yes, we did.
Speaker 2: Hey, Lucas and also Rebecca, I want to thank you
Speaker 2: both for coming in.
Speaker 3: Today, thank you for having us all Right, Washington.
Speaker 2: County Free Fair coming up next month. It'll be on
Speaker 2: September fourth. Through the entire weekend, you've been watching and
Speaker 2: listening to our community.
Speaker 1: Can