Fairs galore on calendar

Thu., Aug. 17, 2006

By Cheryl-Anne Millsap cheryl-annem@spokesman.com

The one thing that is guaranteed to take the sting out of heading back to school is going back to the fair. Here are a few to choose from:

“Wednesday-Saturday: Boundary County Fair in Bonners Ferry. Information at (208) 267-7041 or http://boundarycountyid.org/fair.

“Wednesday-Sunday: Benewah County Fair in St. Maries. Information at (208) 245-0604.

“Today through Sunday: Pend Oreille County Fair in Cusick. Information at (509) 445-1367, (509) 445-1258 or www.povn.com/pocofair/.

“Friday-Aug. 26: Bonner County Fair in Sandpoint. Information: (208) 263-8414.

“Aug. 23-27: North Idaho Fair at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds, Coeur d’Alene. Information at (208) 765-4969 or www.northidahofair.com.

“Aug 24-27: Lincoln County Fair in Davenport. Information at (509) 725-5161.

“Aug. 24-27: Northeast Washington Fair in Colville. Information at (509) 684-2585 or www.newashingtonfair.com.

“Aug. 25-27: Deer Park Community Fair in Clayton. Information at (509) 276-2444.

“Sept. 1-3: Ferry County Fair in Republic. Information at (509) 775-3146 or www.ferrycountyfair.com

“Sept. 7-10: Palouse Empire Fair in Colfax. Information at (509) 397-6263 or www.palouseempirefair.org

“Sept. 8-17: Spokane County Interstate Fair in Spokane Valley. Information at (509) 477-2772 or www.spokanecounty.org/fair

“Sept. 15-17: Garfield County Fair in Pomeroy. Information at (509) 843-3631.

“Sept. 22-24: Southeast Spokane County Fair in Rockford. Information at (509) 291-4716 or www.sespokanecountyfair.org.

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