Georgetown Fair, celebrating 70 years, starts Saturday
By Pat Phillips
Friday August 1, 2008
Rick Danzl
Nancy Towner, left, and Linda Cook hang a poster in the Ethel Cunningham exhibit building at the Georgetown Fairgrounds on Tuesday. Towner is the superintendent of children's education and natural history for the fair, and Cook is superintendent of adult hobbies for the fair.
GEORGETOWN – The home ec buildings have been hosed down by the fire department, volunteers are setting up the animal pens, tents are going up and the entertainment is scheduled. The 70th annual Georgetown Fair begins Saturday.
Eight full days of livestock shows, seven grandstand shows and loads of free entertainment await anyone willing to pay the $2 gate fee for adults and $1 for children, ages 6 through 12. It's even got free admission Saturday and Sunday.
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