In Washington, PA, my hometown, and seat of the county government we had an awesome County Fair. There were so many animals and exhibits it easily took all day to see everything. I don't know if it's still awesome as it was in the 1970s an 1980s, but The Lane County Fair seems shockingly small to me given the square miles of Washington county are 861 and Lane County comes in at 4,722.
Anyhow, I decided to do my bit for the exhibits and entered 10 things in the textiles show.
We had fun treasure hunting for my 10 items. I just had to fix the collar on this one though!
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In Wash., PA, you got a free day pass for entering--here you still have to pay your 9 bucks to get in. So I was very excited to see all the ribbons I won.
My cash prizes added up to $33, which was exactly enough to pay my and my friend Dominique's way in, buy a funnel cake, and ride the ferris wheel!
We could hear Pat Benatar playing her show from the ferris wheel. That was pretty cool for us girls of the 80's.
Crooked Seamed Scottish Bear didn't win anything, but she did enjoy watching the world go by from the safety of her glass case. She was, however, a little concerned with the psychiatric health of the purple crocheted snowman given the heat that week.
I received 3 First Place, 2 Second, 2 Third, an honorable mention and a Donor Award.
There's no band night, or demolition derby, or truck pulls or anything at the Lane County Fair, but it's better than nothing, and a pretty good deal for just doing my bit! If you are reading this from Lane County, enter some things next year to bulk up the exhibits.
Just be sure your entries are not a nice as mine!
