Fair pricing more family friendly

After getting push-back on last year’s prices, the Big Horn County Fair Board on July 1 voted to make grandstand events more affordable for the upcoming fair. Admission to paid grandstand events will be $10 per person; children 7 and under will be free. Tickets will be available at the gate. Cash and checks only, but cash is preferred. There will be an ATM on the fairgrounds. 

Fair books are available at Minchow’s in Lovell; the fair office, MTR and the extension office in Basin; and Ace Hardware and Lynn’s in Greybull.

After discussion with the board, fair event planner Dusty Miller, audience members and pig barn superintendent, the pig show will be held in the pig barn this year. 

Camping prices will remain the same as last year. Reservations are currently open. They are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Google forms for the reservations are on the fair web site: Bighornfair.com. 

In other business:

• An ad for the beer garden bid runs in the July 9 (today) newspapers. Bids are due July 14. 

• The public is invited to help on clean-up day July 16. A meal will be provided from 3-6 p.m. 

• Parade entry forms are due July 27. No late entries will be accepted. Email basinchamber@gmail.com for a form. 

• Miller said sponsorships continued to come in. Some of the sponsors didn’t make the deadline for the fair book. They are aware of this and were given the opportunity to have their ad in the day sheets. 

• Miller is working with the county maintenance staff to move the free stage, set up a two-way alley for the animals for the sale and coordinate job duties for the grounds during fair week. 

• The opening ceremony is back this year. There is a tryout.