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Fair Recap 2007

  • Dates - September 5-14, 2007
  • Theme - Un-BEE-lievably Fun for Everyone
  • Attendance - 235,010 (Up 7.41%)
  • Revenue (including ticket sales, booth rentals, food vendor and carnival commissions, livestock entries, sponsorships, etc.) - $2,143,854
  • Vendors - 206 (Commercial), 40 (Food)

Number of Exhibits - TBD

DepartmentOpenYouth
4H / FFA Demonstrations051
Antique Machinery1170
Baking421450
Beef Cattle40473
Bees / Honey / Eggs5048
Cats / Dogs / Pocket Pets31100
Cereals / Forage Crops10881
Crafts / Hobbies5641,959
Creature Feature1665
Dairy Cattle118
Fine Arts157195
Floral420121
Floral (Dahlias)5943
Food Preservation325128
Goats / Pygmy Goats819268
Grange / 4-H Educ. Booths2514
Horses / Longears375804
Horticulture876535
Llamas20874
Photography / Slides707404
Poultry / Pigeons336344
Rabbits263385
Sewing1,005303
Sheep530184
Swine0203
Wine / Beer1130
Wool6216
TOTAL EXHIBITS:8,5376,816
Compared to 2006Up 0.13%Down 2.33%

 

Premium Point Values

  • Adult and Youth - 15 cents each

New Food Vendors

Baja Grille, Lylo's Teriyaki, and Papa John's Pizza.

New Commercial Vendors

Affordable Optics (reading glasses / cleaners), Ain’t It Good Productions (modeling school / talent agency), American Home Partners (owner / builder program), Arbonne International (cosmetics), Arrowhead Products (blacksmith), Attractive by Design (clothing), Auto Glass Express (glass repair), B and B Driving School (driving training), Better Body Fitness (health / gym), Costco Wholesale (membership), Donzell Milam (artist), Embroidery Wholesale (custom embroidery services), Falco Garden Stove (stoves, spas), ICF Specialties (insulated concrete forms), Kitchen Tune-Up (kitchen remodeling), LQ Enterprises (Perfect Lash mascara brush), Mangosteen NW (health), North County Critters (customer covers for yellow jacket traps), Premier Restoration (chimney top dampers / chimney repairs and cleaning), Select Comfort (sleep by number beds), Shore Acres Resort (resort), Slavic Spiritual Center (religious), Solarus Sauna (saunas), Spo County Sheriffs Department (information), Spokane Valley Hub (information), Sprint (cell phone services), Stocking Tree (custom made lamps), Stone Age (wooden puzzles), Stratford Building Corporation (modular home information), Totes on Wheels (tote bags), US Army Recruiting (information), U.S.P.S. (information), Vansant Motorsports (ATVs, 4x4s), Western Classic Old Tyme Photos (photography), and YTB Travel Network (travel information / tools).

Fair Ambassadors

The Interstate Fair selected four young adults to serve as the 2007 Fair Ambassadors. Selected were Ceitleen Albertson (Bonners Ferry), Riley Myklebust (Lewis & Clark High School), Maria Naccarato (Central Valley High School), and Kahla Noel (Cheney High School). The Ambassador's Award, given to any one, any exhibit, or any booth was awarded to Tommy G's Mutton Busting Show in 2007.

Special Award Winners

Each year the Fair gives five outstanding achievement awards to exhibitors at the Spokane County Interstate Fair for their efforts. This year's Red, White and Blue Award winners were

  • Espirit Tech / Alpine College (Auxiliary Building Commercial)
  • Mary Lou's Ice Cream (Permanent Structure Food)
  • North County Critters (Bay 1 Commercial)
  • Savannah's Sweets (Portable Food Booth)
  • U.S.P.S. (Outside Commercial)

The Fair also gave a special award to the food or commercial booth that tied into this year's Fair Theme (Un-BEE-lievably Fun for Everyone) most closely. This year's award was given to Spokane Humane Society (Commercial). Congratulations.

Washington State Fair Commission Black & White Award

Each year the Fair is visited by a State Fair Commissioner who has the awesome responsibility to select one or two outstanding exhibit(s) at the Fair. This year's winners were the Swine Barn (Karen Wilson / Blaine Brown) and Bay 3 (Linda Costich / Leroy and Vicki Nielsen / Louise Wells).