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Sunshine, smiles at 113th Agassiz Fall Fair

Yearly fair continues to bring community together
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Following last year’s rainy fair weekend, the 113th annual Agassiz Fall Fair had perfect weather and a great turnout. Greg Laychak/THE OBSERVER

After a very wet fair in 2016, the 113th edition of the Agassiz Fall Fair was a success, according to Fall Fair president Victoria Brooks.

“This year was exceptionally good and of course we had very good weather,” she says.

On Sept. 15 and 16 the fair put on its usual variety of games, shows and exhibits. With a beer garden, games of Bingo and rides, there was something for everyone. Kid-friendly events like pony rides, mini-golf, bouncy castles and duck races kept the little ones happy while the beer garden stage brought in some great entertainment for adults including the Chilliwack Harmony Group, Funk Romance and more.

The exhibitor barns displayed the hard work of 4H, where the club showed off rabbits, pigs, sheep, goats dairy cows, calves and the highest poultry turnout Brooks has seen in her 40 years with the fair.

READ: Youth leadership highlighted at 4H

Brooks says the fair sold out of their regular chicken and corn barbecue, as well as the hamburgers and french fries. As always, the midway’s mini donuts were a popular treat, she adds.

According to Brooks, this year’s new act, world juggling champion Matt Henry delighted youngsters with giant bubbles, comedy and of course, his master juggling skills.

Brooks says one of her favorite moments was returning a lost wallet to a man who says it slipped from his pocket at the fair. “He said, ‘maybe in Agassiz it will turn up,’” she says. And it did. “Everything was there. “I always say its people’s smiling faces that keeps me going every year, and he was smiling so much.”

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Agassiz Fall Fair parade winners

Family Fun Float:

1st place: Circus Minimus

2nd place: Vanderspitz

3rd place: Corn Wars

Judges’ Choice:

1st place: Schillemore Family “Moana”

2nd place: Demsky “Sunny Sunflower Farm”

3rd place: Doug Platt

Best Costume Child:

1st place: Sebastian & Henry Taylor (tied for first)

Best Decorated Bikes & Walkers:

1st place: Savannah Prus

2nd place: Audrey Penner

3rd place: Vanessa Penner

Vintage and Classic Cars and Trucks:

1st place: Carol MacKay “Grad 57”

2nd place: Bill Crouch “Tin Lizzy”

3rd place: Richard Heyman

Antique Tractors:

1st place: Ray Ramey

2nd place: Ray Myshrall

3rd place: Dave Allen

Horse and Rider and Horse Drawn:

1st place: Princess Sunflower

2nd place: Brown Family

3rd place: McLachlan Family

Schools & Youth/Children:

1st place: Agassiz Christian School

2nd place: Grad AESS

3rd place: ACE

Community (including seniors and service clubs):

1st place: UBC

2nd place: Valleycare

3rd place: Knights of Columbus

Commercial and Business

1st place: Tony’s Pumpkin

2nd place: Garden House

3rd place: Tulips of the Valley

Bands:

1st place: Harrison Highlanders

Special Mention:

1st place: Bev Coles

2nd place: Ray Ramey

3rd place: Mulder Family “41 Universal Carrier”