Fair board busy working on this year's event

Members of the Huron Community Fair Board are: (front row, l-r) President Clark Brock, Vice President Gary Protzman, and Secretary Don Wheeler; (back row, l-r) Robby Iseler, Paul Gehring, Sue Smith, Doug Errer and Larry Engelhardt. (Missing from photo is Treasurer Brad Polega.) Photo by Bonnie Perry HURON COUNTY - The 144th Huron Community Fair is scheduled for July 22 through July 28. It's "Good Old- Fashioned Fun for the Whole Family!" - and the fair board already is busy working on plans for this year's event. In fact, the board met in January to begin making those plans. Board President Clark Brock said the group began working on the list of evening and grandstand events at that meeting.

The board met again this past week to draw up its tentative list of Grandstand Evening Events. Brock said a new feature could be Monster Truck Monday, followed with more events the next five evenings. The line-up penciled in is: Tuesday Horse Pulls, Wednesday Bump 'N' Run, Thursday Bull-A-Rama, Friday Night Truck Pulls, with Tractors Pulls rounding out the week on Saturday.

Fred Karg (left) and Orin Engelhardt, former board of directors members, have been actively involved with the planning of the Huron Community Fair for many years. Engelhardt served as president of the board, and Karg served as vice president and secretary. Photo by Bonnie Perry The board also is looking to expand the Draft Horse Show in the area of Haflingers, which are smaller draft horses.

Looking ahead, next up will be such topics as 4-H and FFA activities such as livestock exhibits, as well as advertising and promotion. Brock said the board hopes to be finalizing most of its planning in March.

Huron Community Fair Board Meetings are conducted beginning at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at the Fair Board Office at the Huron County Fairgrounds in Bad Axe.

Fair Baord Officers include: President Clark Brock; Vice President Gary Protzman; Secretary Don Wheeler; and Treasurer Brad Polega. Directors include: Larry Engelhardt; Doug Errer; Paul Gehring; Robby Iseler; and Sue Smith. Others helping out with the annual fair include Cashier-Office Manager Dee Esch; Accountant-Bookkeeper Jeanette Hagen; and Youth Advisor Linda Schumacher.

For more information on the 144th Huron Community Fair, see www.huroncommunityfair.com.