Fair Recap 2007
General Information
- 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
| Department | Open |
Youth |
|---|---|---|
| 4H / FFA Demonstrations |
0 | 51 |
| Antique Machinery |
117 | 0 |
| Baking | 421 | 450 |
| Beef Cattle |
404 | 73 |
| Bees / Honey / Eggs |
50 | 48 |
| Cats / Dogs / Pocket Pets |
31 | 100 |
| Cereals / Forage Crops |
108 |
81 |
| Crafts / Hobbies |
564 | 1,959 |
| Creature Feature |
16 | 65 |
| Dairy Cattle |
11 | 8 |
| Fine Arts |
157 | 195 |
| Floral | 420 | 121 |
| Floral (Dahlias) |
594 | 3 |
| Food Preservation |
325 | 128 |
| Goats / Pygmy Goats |
819 | 268 |
| Grange / 4H Education Booths |
25 | 14 |
| Horses / Long Ears |
375 | 804 |
| Horticulture | 876 | 535 |
| Llamas | 208 | 74 |
| Photography / Slides |
707 | 404 |
| Poultry / Pigeons |
336 | 344 |
| Rabbits | 263 | 385 |
| Sewing | 1,005 | 303 |
| Sheep | 530 | 184 |
| Swine | 0 | 203 |
| Wine / Beer |
113 | 0 |
| Wool |
62 | 16 |
| Total Exhibits |
8,537 | 6,816 |
Premium Point Values
- Adult and Youth: 15 cents each
New Food Vendors
- Baja Grille
- Lylo's Teriyaki
- 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)
- Spokane 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)
- 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)
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).