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Adair Co. Fair fares well at 2008 state convention

Local show gets prestigious "All Kentucky Fair" designation. Terry Harvey is President of Association. Miss Adair County Fair is state 4th runner up. Wood carving from 2007 AC Fair brings $405 for scholarships. Fair kicks off July 4th. This year's fair will feature Dancing with the Stars, Corn Toss Tournament, Cage Fighting, and ATV Rodeo
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By Greg Thomas

The Adair County Fair was named an "All Kentucky Fair" at the the Kentucky Association of Fairs and Horse Shows at its 61st Annual Convention held in Louisville on January 10-12, 2008. The award is based on the maximum amount of prize money which is paid out in agriculture premiums at the fair.<


br>Kentucky Association of Fairs and Horse Shows President Terry Harvey, Columbia, KY, presided at the Convention.

The local fair also won first place in Kentucky for the slick finish 2007 Fair Catalog.

Nikki Parks, representing the Adair County Fair, won fourtj runner up in the Miss Kentucky County Fair Pageant held as part of the convention.

An eagle wood carving made at the 2007 Adair County Fair, which was donated by the local association, brought $405 in the state associations annual auction to raise $9,000 in scholarship money.

The 2008 Adair County Fair will start on July 4th and 5th this year with the Carnival and the fair getting into full swing from July 7th to 12th.

The Adair County Fair Board is planning somenew events for this year, including a Corn Toss Tournament, Dancing With The Stars, Cage Fighting, and an ATV Rodeo, with many of the traditional favorite Adair County fair events returning.



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Adair Countians prominent at Kentucky Fairs convention



2008-01-20 - Louisville, KY .
AT 61st KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS and HORSE SHOWS: From left, Greg Thomas, Chairman of the Adair County Fair and Board Member of the Kentucky Association of Fair and Horse Show; Susan Lewis, Chairman of the Miss Adair County Fair Pageant; Kassidy Dees: 2006 Miss Adair County Fair, who went on to win the title of Miss Kentucky County Fair in January of 2007; Nikki Parks, 2007 Miss Adair County Fair, who placed fourth in the 2008 Miss Kentucky County Fair Pageant; and Terry Harvey, Adair County Fairboard member and 2007 President of the Kentucky Association of Fairs and Horse Shows.

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Adair County wins for fair catalog, as All Kentucky Fair



2008-01-20 - Louisville, KY .
THE ADAIR COUNTY FAIR RECEIVED TWO AWARDS, one for being an All Kentucky Fair, and another for First Place in Best Catalog "slick finish" in the State while at the 61st Annual Kentucky Association of Fair and Horse Shows. Front row, from left are Marshall Judd, Amanda Long, Terry Harvey 2007 Kentucky Association of Fair and Horse Show President, Thomas Long, and Jennifer Carter. Back row: Billy Pickett, Greg Thomas, and Fay Davidson.

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