Fair Recap 2014
General Information
- Dates: September 5-14, 2014
- Theme: There’s No Place Like the Fair
- Attendance: 189,450 (Up 0.73%)
- Revenue (including ticket sales, booth rentals, food vendor, and carnival commissions, livestock entries, sponsorships, etc.): $2,388,974.39
- Vendors: 239 Commercial, 41 Food
Number of Exhibits
Department | Open | Youth |
---|---|---|
4H / FFA Demonstrations |
0 | 65 |
Antique Machinery |
108 | 16 |
Baking | 303 | 338 |
Beef Cattle |
327 | 88 |
Bees / Honey / Eggs |
72 | 55 |
Cats / Dogs / Pocket Pets |
0 | 0 |
Cereals / Forage Crops |
24 | 4 |
Crafts / Hobbies |
727 | 1,406 |
Creature Feature |
22 | 60 |
Dairy Cattle |
66 | 3 |
Fine Arts |
236 | 712 |
Floral |
525 | 59 |
Floral (Dahlias) |
530 | 12 |
Food Preservation |
448 | 154 |
Goats / Pygmy Goats |
1,048 | 380 |
Grange / 4H Education Booths |
22 | 9 |
Horses | 488 | 343 |
Horticulture | 1,397 | 436 |
Llamas | 320 | 111 |
Photography / Slides |
694 | 635 |
Poultry / Pigeons |
146 | 211 |
Rabbits | 206 | 333 |
Sewing | 1,172 | 247 |
Sheep | 252 | 196 |
Swine | 0 | 140 |
Wine / Beer |
62 |
0 |
Wool | 0 | 0 |
Total Exhibits |
9,195 | 6,013 |
Premium Point Values
- Adult and Youth: 17.6 cents each
New Food Vendors
- Joe Rock Inc. (Donut Hamburgers)
- One Sweet World Company (Deep Fried Pies)
New Commercial Vendors
- Apollo Spas (spas)
- Barton Fiat (autos)
- Bear Creek Lodge (recreation/lodging)
- Bull Guy (bounce house)
- Bustabusta (cosmetics)
- Champion Windows of Spokane (home improvement)
- Clackamas County Tourism (travel)
- Country Homes Power Equipment (spas / fireplaces)
- Dermac Labs / Touch of Mink (cleaning)
- Endurable Energy (home improvement)
- Flippin Family Fun (recreation)
- Granite Transformations (home improvement)
- Hearts and Hands Home Health (health care)
- Hodgson Agency / Allstate (insurance)
- Jade Kingdom Creations (helium walking balloons)
- Jamberry Nails by Teah Moore (cosmetics)
- Juice Plus (household)
- Keypers Cove (jewelry)
- King George Photography (photos)
- KM Resorts of America Inc. (travel)
- LCBCF (cleaning), LYFT (services)
- Makeup Eraser (cosmetics)
- Man’s International (personalized name signs and more)
- Mary’s Creations (crafts)
- Massaging Insoles by Burgess (medical)
- Motion Vision Entertainment (recreation)
- Northwest Farm Credit Services (financial)
- Renewal by Andersen (home improvement)
- Scentsy (household)
- Serendipity Gourmet Dips (food)
- Solar Gem Greenhouses (homes / structures)
- Spokane Area Council Square/Folk Dance (dancing)
- Spokane Fireplace and Home (fireplaces)
- Spokane Valley Fire Department (services)
- State Farm / Dave Christy (insurance)
- Strideline Spokane (socks)
- Studio Dome Inc (mini speakers)
- Styles Extended (clothing)
- Take Shape for Life (health / diet)
- Tesla’s Picture Buttons (photos)
- Visit Spokane (travel)
- We Have Your Flag (flags)
- What’s Next (heat packs)
- Will Roya and Company Inc (novelties)
- Younique (cosmetics)
- Zambalha (clothing)
- Zenith Security (security)
Fair Ambassadors
The Interstate Fair selected four young adults to serve as the 2014 Fair Ambassadors. Selected were Briar Bertoch (Lewis and Clark HS), Katelyn Domitrovich (Cheney HS), Amber Gimlen (Central Valley HS), and Bailey Nachtigal (Davenport HS). The Ambassador's Award, given to any one, any exhibit, or any booth was awarded to Sleep Country (sponsor).
Special Award Winners
Each year the Fair gives four outstanding achievement awards to exhibitors at the Spokane County Interstate Fair for their efforts. This year's Red, White and Blue Award winners were:
- Boyd Walker Sewing Machine Company (Inside Commercial Booth)
- Endurable Energy (Outside Commercial)
- Longhorn Barbecue (Food Booth)
- Watkins (Best Incorporation of Fair Theme)
Best Fair Food Awards
A program started in 2011 has three to five culinary judges from the Inland Northwest present on the first Saturday of the Fair with the task of selecting the best fair food. The 2014 winners were:
- Azar’s for their Greek Nachos (Best Signature Item)
- Charlie’s Cheesecakes for their Salted Caramel Pretzel Cheesecake (Best Dessert)
- Joe Rock Inc. for their Donut Hamburger (Most Creative)
- SandwicHAVEN for their Loaded Mac and Cheese Bites (Best Deep Fried)
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