Early cleanup shouldn’t be punished
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Editor,
Another season of Pioneer Days and Lake County Fair has come and gone with its ups and downs. It was great to see everyone again at the fair. It was a long, fun and educational nine days beginning Friday with the fishing derby and ending Sunday with the Youth Rodeo and taking and cleanup of fair entries.
Maybe in the future they’ll be separated more or put back together so whoever is not interested in cleaning after the animals can go find something fun to do at Pioneer Days.
Other exciting events were the thrill of using our time wisely. Sunday was the end of a busy week, so I encouraged our 13-year-old daughter, who had busied herself with a steer, heifer, goat, a chicken, two ducks, photography, art, and yarn work for her entries to start cleaning up her fair stuff in between the rodeo events that she was participating in.
I understand that exhibits are ok to leave the fairgrounds at 3 p.m. When my daughter started cleaning, the crowd was minimal and her exhibits were entered in open class with an hour left on the clock. We encountered some resistance from the barn superintendent who threatened that my daughter wouldn’t receive any ribbons she’d won. I am normally passive and usually submissive, but I stood up for us on this one.
Since the cages were clean, we did not put the animals back into them for the final hour but we did not end up taking them from the barn until after 5 p.m. So, if the “exhibitor” does not get her ribbon monies, I will find out what the total would have been and pay it to her myself.
Amanda Symington
Ronan
