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Okanogan County: Commissioners praise strong fair turnout, flag vendor, safety and capacity issues
Summary
Commissioners and fair staff said this year’s Okanogan County Fair drew a larger-than-usual crowd, with record livestock and poultry entries and robust auction proceeds; the board heard recommendations to tighten vendor rules, clarify FAC membership roles and set registration deadlines to manage capacity and safety.
The Okanogan County Board of Commissioners spent a large portion of its Sept. 10 meeting reviewing this year’s county fair, praising higher entries and auction results while flagging operational gaps that officials say must be fixed before next year.
Fair organizers reported about 2,200 more entries than last year and a chicken barn with more than 400 birds, along with a livestock auction that raised roughly $7,750 in livestock-only sales. One participant described several small-animal sales that produced unusually high per-pound prices, including a goat sold at an elevated per-pound rate and…
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