Spokane Interstate Fair attendance numbers are down

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Wed., Sept. 15, 2021

The All Alaskan Racing Pigs race to the delight of children and adults at the Spokane County Interstate Fair on Tuesday, Sep 14, 2021, in Spokane, Wash.

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Fair goers walk past a tent covered in political flags at the Spokane County Interstate Fair on Tuesday, Sep 14, 2021, in Spokane, Wash.

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Ollie the Eurasian Eagle Owl clings to his handler Jalen Medina as he is admired by a crowd of fair-goers at the Spokane County Interstate Fair on Tuesday, Sep 14, 2021, in Spokane, Wash. Ollie and Medina came to the fair with an exhibit from The Newport Discovery Zoo in Newport, Ore. The zoo also brought a sloth.

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Bridget Rountree, right, and Iain Gunn, San Diego-based artists who make up the group Animal Cracker Conspiracy, walk through the Spokane County Interstate Fair on stilts on Tuesday. During the first three days of the fair, attendance was down 36% compared to 2019.

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Stilt walker Bridget Rountree of Animal Cracker Conspiracy.Com walks through the Spokane County Fair on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021.

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A fairgoer walks past the rides at the Spokane County Fair on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021.

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Fairgoers walk past the rides at the Spokane County Fair on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021.

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Michael Burnett from Elk, Wash., holds a Funnel Cake he just purchased from Iron Skillet Funnel Cakes during the opening day of Spokane County Interstate Fair, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021.

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Outside the cattle barn, Arena Wells, 12, on left, rinses the soap off her cow Barley as Kelly Cordill, 12, reacts to the overspray on Friday on the opening day of the Spokane County Interstate Fair. The girls from Cheney will be showing their cows on Saturday.

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Mathew Sprague with Conner, 3, and Cassidy, 5, Dettling, spin around the teacup ride on the opening day of the Spokane County Interstate Fair last year.

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