Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. It's
Speaker 1: time now for our community connection right here on this
Speaker 1: labor day, right here on Kay one, the one you trust,
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Speaker 1: I say it's a pretty fair day because we're getting
Speaker 1: ready for the Washington County Free Fair. And with his
Speaker 1: instudio we have Kevin White, Lucas Foster, and Rebecca Moses
Speaker 1: High kids. This is a labor day, but you guys
Speaker 1: have already been laboring getting ready for the Freefair. Habit
Speaker 1: you get labor, been labor of love. Now, Rebecca, we
Speaker 1: got it. We've got a big start tomorrow, don't we.
Speaker 2: We do.
Speaker 3: It all kicks off tomorrow, Tuesday, So that is the day.
Speaker 3: Everyone we'll bring in their indoor entries. So if you
Speaker 3: have canned something, or grown something, or knitted something or
Speaker 3: painted something.
Speaker 4: Please bring it and enter it. Tomorrow.
Speaker 3: Entries will be again. We'll be accepting entries from noon
Speaker 3: to seven tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Okay, so this is closed to the public, right, yes, so.
Speaker 3: It's closed to the public, So just bring your entries,
Speaker 3: drop them off, we'll get them entered. Then Wednesday is
Speaker 3: judging day, so all those items will be judged and
Speaker 3: then we'll get them organized and displayed and ready for
Speaker 3: the public to be on Thursday.
Speaker 1: Kevin, when we bring in the animals here for the
Speaker 1: livestock showers.
Speaker 5: That's Wednesday from four thirty to seven.
Speaker 1: Oh okay, So yeah, there we go. Everybody's and I
Speaker 1: want everybody to know I'm looking into the weather forecast
Speaker 1: and we're going to have pretty good temperatures in the
Speaker 1: eighties for the free fair, which is a little bit
Speaker 1: of a switch from the last couple of years where
Speaker 1: it's been like nine thousand degrees. But it's going to
Speaker 1: be great now, Lucas. We've got some cool things for
Speaker 1: the kids, don't we Yes, tell us a little bit
Speaker 1: about it.
Speaker 2: We have the Children's Barnyard, we have the Southwest Dairy
Speaker 2: Farmer will be there Thursday from nine to two. Well,
Speaker 2: it's like we're going to have story time with a
Speaker 2: donkey and a rabbit. Sutton Avian Live Bird Experience is
Speaker 2: going to be there. We'll get to see quite a
Speaker 2: few interesting things.
Speaker 1: What have we got coming up on Friday.
Speaker 3: So Friday is going We're going to start it off
Speaker 3: with the Farmer's Fraction Breakfast so that we'll have breakfast
Speaker 3: there this year, and then we're gonna jump right into
Speaker 3: the Broiler and Poultry Show and the rabbit shows is
Speaker 3: also that starts at nine, and then we're going to
Speaker 3: have the Oklahoma Blood Institute there, so come donate some
Speaker 3: blood from two to six six point thirty. And we're
Speaker 3: also going to have some reading with rabbits and donkeys
Speaker 3: story time scattered out through the day, so those will
Speaker 3: be happening multiple times throughout the day, so if you
Speaker 3: miss it once there's you know you'll have another chance
Speaker 3: to catch one of those reading times.
Speaker 4: So live animals and reading.
Speaker 3: And then we're we'll have our classic Oh Our Donut
Speaker 3: Eating Contest comes first. That's it five on Friday Friday,
Speaker 3: so I know everyone's excited about that, and then Darry
Speaker 3: goat show, and then we're gonna have all of the
Speaker 3: classic car crews. And when I say classic, I mean
Speaker 3: classics obviously are all welcome, but if you've got a
Speaker 3: sweet ride like bring it in and we you know,
Speaker 3: show it off and we'll be right north of the
Speaker 3: fairgrounds there, so bring those and.
Speaker 4: The pedal pool for all the kids.
Speaker 3: It's gonna start at seven that night, and registration will
Speaker 3: start at six pot thirty. So and then we're gonna
Speaker 3: wrap up Friday with movie night, so we'll have a
Speaker 3: movie at seven thirty.
Speaker 4: We're gonna be watching the original Willy Wonka.
Speaker 1: There you go. This is great, now, Kevin, We've got
Speaker 1: a lot going on here due but folks gotta get bed.
Speaker 1: I understand. We've got some pretty good food coming our way.
Speaker 6: On Thursday will be copenhangs from They're gonna eleven three.
Speaker 4: They're gonna be serving pulled pork sandwiches.
Speaker 6: And then that evening it's our turn, our Airboards fundraiser,
Speaker 6: and it's gonna be good.
Speaker 5: What you got we have roast.
Speaker 3: Mast potatoes, cream beans, and dessert, yeah special dessert.
Speaker 1: Oh nice. Nice. We got on Friday.
Speaker 5: Friday is four h.
Speaker 3: Yes, and chicken and noodles, hacking and noodles for lunch
Speaker 3: and meat love dinner for in the even.
Speaker 1: Now, Saturday's kind of like a special day.
Speaker 4: Saturdays. Yeah, they're all special, I know, but I mean, I.
Speaker 1: Mean, yes, this one hasn't really.
Speaker 4: Moved for years have No, it hasn't.
Speaker 3: The Indian women come in and make Indian tacos and
Speaker 3: provide fry bread, and I know everyone. They sell out
Speaker 3: every year, so that tells you how good it is.
Speaker 3: Everybody wants some of their food that they serve there
Speaker 3: at lunch. And then we've added another slot this year,
Speaker 3: so on Saturday evening, Dewey f f A Is going
Speaker 3: to have briskets and brisket sandwich milk.
Speaker 1: That's three D eight. Okay, give you plenty of time
Speaker 1: to slap on a bib and make a mask and
Speaker 1: go away hungry. No, you can't do it.
Speaker 5: Your fault.
Speaker 1: What do you want to add, Kevin? You the cats
Speaker 1: up right?
Speaker 6: They have lemonade yes, oh yeah, freeze dried candy yes.
Speaker 3: And then Cowboy kettle Corn is coming and so he'll
Speaker 3: have kettle corn and other snacks and uh so we're
Speaker 3: looking forward to him being there this year. So there
Speaker 3: you won't be hungry.
Speaker 1: Lucas is over there going yeah, yeah, I'll feed into
Speaker 1: the diet. It'd be good. This is going to be
Speaker 1: a great fair. I can I can already tell whether
Speaker 1: it's in our favor. The excitements there, we've got all
Speaker 1: these new attractions. Plus we're going to have some folks
Speaker 1: sitting up in the front yard.
Speaker 4: So they say yes.
Speaker 3: So we do have a few vendors that are have
Speaker 3: signed up already for the one hundred mile yards, so
Speaker 3: but are.
Speaker 4: On Saturday.
Speaker 3: We're also going to have a bunch of vendors insight,
Speaker 3: so we have a vendor and craft show in the
Speaker 3: north room and we've we've got a good selection of
Speaker 3: people coming. There's jewelry, there's clothes, a boutique, and there's
Speaker 3: tumblers and custom wood making, you know, wooden bowls and things.
Speaker 4: There's just a real big variety of things that are coming.
Speaker 1: That's Saturday, Kevin, I understand we need volunteers for a
Speaker 1: couple of days.
Speaker 6: If anybody like to volunteer, we could some help on Thursday.
Speaker 6: Throughout the day, you might even get switched around to
Speaker 6: different areas so you can variety and help us out.
Speaker 6: We do on Friday night, we do have a home
Speaker 6: football game, so parking maybe a little tight, but if
Speaker 6: you come, you can park to the southwest of the fairgrounds.
Speaker 5: There is a field. Yeah that'll help.
Speaker 1: I've used that before.
Speaker 3: So we're encouraging everyone, us included are we going to
Speaker 3: be trying to use that parking lot just to alleviate
Speaker 3: some of the so we don't get too jammed up.
Speaker 1: You know what, you're going to be busy there because
Speaker 1: you know you've got all the activities that night with
Speaker 1: the pedal pull and with the donut eating.
Speaker 4: Cut and the car and the car.
Speaker 1: And the movie. Man, he's going to be like.
Speaker 3: The a place to be in Washington County.
Speaker 1: My goodness.
Speaker 5: Thanks.
Speaker 1: You know, you guys got to have a good crowd
Speaker 1: share there.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I believe so definitely something for everyone.
Speaker 1: Man, So what time are you guys going into hit
Speaker 1: it All tomorrow?
Speaker 4: Yeah, we're going today.
Speaker 1: Oh you're working today free eight so free. But boy,
Speaker 1: you gotta gotta tell you this fair board here and
Speaker 1: the members, uh they're they're just you guys are just
Speaker 1: really doing the job here because this is gonna be
Speaker 1: a big one. It's gonna be a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: And you're even working Labor day. That's crazy.
Speaker 3: Yes, I want to I do want to shout out
Speaker 3: to our sponsors.
Speaker 4: This year. We had a lot of uh, a few.
Speaker 3: Sponsors really step up and Jensen Tractor they bought the
Speaker 3: back page by our fair book and that allowed.
Speaker 4: Us to you know, get a lot of things done
Speaker 4: this year.
Speaker 3: And and Bell Camper bought an ad inside and Farm
Speaker 3: Bureau and Luwana Duncan also and and there's numerous other
Speaker 3: sponsors that we couldn't do the fair without them, everything
Speaker 3: from donated cases of waters to just general donations so
Speaker 3: we can you know, buy the supplies that we need to.
Speaker 4: Put the fair on.
Speaker 3: The cattle women have helped us out. There's just the
Speaker 3: list goes on and we we do have a really
Speaker 3: nice big banner in the in the south room this
Speaker 3: year that has a list of our sponsors also really good.
Speaker 1: Yeah, the way everyone can take a look at you.
Speaker 3: And yeah, so when you're when you're there at fair,
Speaker 3: be sure and take a look because it takes.
Speaker 4: A village not.
Speaker 6: They're pie and basket auction is Thursday night at six pm.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you can't miss that big fundraiser for them.
Speaker 1: How many years that been going on about it? Hundred yes, maybe.
Speaker 4: Not quite a hundred, maybe not, but close.
Speaker 3: And that's that's one of the big attractions every year
Speaker 3: for the fair.
Speaker 4: That's one of those must must have tradition.
Speaker 3: That everybody wants to go and buy a pie or
Speaker 3: a basket, and it is a good time. Those ladies
Speaker 3: do a lot of work getting that stuff put together
Speaker 3: and are so generous to the youth in our community.
Speaker 4: They give and no, and that's just one of the things.
Speaker 3: Nobody ever really gets the full depth of what they do.
Speaker 4: So I'm just saying they do a lot.
Speaker 1: Wow, that's cool. Anything else you like, dad, come see us,
Speaker 1: come see us. Yeah there, yeah, parking is free. Yes,
Speaker 1: just come on in and everything else. Wow, you can
Speaker 1: just just step back and enjoy. And of course, like
Speaker 1: you said, we got all kinds of food there. If
Speaker 1: you walk away hungry, well out. But it is going
Speaker 1: to be something really cool. Now. The Avian the exhibit
Speaker 1: is actually one of my favorites because the little kids.
Speaker 1: I was observing them, they have this thing called the wingspan. Yes,
Speaker 1: and every kid is just stretching their fingers out there
Speaker 1: to the hill trying to figure out just you know,
Speaker 1: I'm as big as a condor, not quite yet.
Speaker 5: And it just wasn't the kids. There was a lot
Speaker 5: of growing ups.
Speaker 1: Oh there were, Yes, there were a lot of grandpas
Speaker 1: there showing off for the grandkids.
Speaker 4: I'll admit I did it.
Speaker 1: You did it.
Speaker 3: I will tell you what bird I got because I
Speaker 3: was kind of disappointed.
Speaker 1: I got Dodo.
Speaker 3: I got a buzzardn't say so.
Speaker 1: You see, you come out there and have a good time.
Speaker 1: Are we gonna have the Delaware Tribe out there this
Speaker 1: year too.
Speaker 5: We're gonna have the Delaware Tribe and Sage Nation will
Speaker 5: be there.
Speaker 1: Also, Okay, green, Green, wonderful. So we get the cultural
Speaker 1: bench from everybody.
Speaker 6: Leave out a tribe with the Cherokee Nation. Speaking of
Speaker 6: people helping out, yes they do Roo yes, yes, interior room,
Speaker 6: yeah they.
Speaker 3: Did, and and some of the parking spots out out
Speaker 3: front they covered that and as well they've also given
Speaker 3: a donation for for us to eventually put towards a
Speaker 3: popcorn machine for the fair Board to have our own
Speaker 3: popcorn maker. So we're so we're very grateful to them
Speaker 3: and how generous they are as well.
Speaker 1: Well, wonderful. This is going to be one for the
Speaker 1: full county. Not does do we, not does Bartleville, but
Speaker 1: the entire county. We want everybody from out south coming
Speaker 1: on up. And I know they'll be there for least
Speaker 1: the livestock, for sure, they always show up for that.
Speaker 1: But come on here for the crafts, come up here
Speaker 1: for the fun, come up here for the food and
Speaker 1: the fellowship. It's all right here, yes.
Speaker 4: You can't. The pet show, that's another thing that's happened
Speaker 4: on Thursday and Thursdays. Thursdays chalked.
Speaker 3: Yeah, the pet show is is Thursday and SBCA is
Speaker 3: going to be there adoptable pets. So it's it's always
Speaker 3: that's always fun to see people and their pets.
Speaker 6: And they have a photo boots, ye bring your dog
Speaker 6: up a cat.
Speaker 1: Well, there you go. I want to thank you for
Speaker 1: coming in on Labor Day and good luck to you.
Speaker 1: And let's hear it for the free fair. How sweet
Speaker 1: it is with the sweet life. All right, thank you
Speaker 1: very much.
Speaker 4: This is