1997 Tanana Valley State Fair

Daily News

This section of the Fair web site will be updated by Shaun Peterson-Coley, Laura's Slave Dog, in the wee hours of the morning when he is half dead. Check here for contest results, schedule changes, and daily news.

ALIEN SHOOT OUT:
Four boys and one girl participated in the Alien Shoot Out. A sizeable adult crowd enjoyed watching the heated battle almost as much as the children enjoyed engaging in it. The Tanana Valley State Fair has plans for an enen bigger and better shoot out next year.

BABY SHOW:
The musical refrain, "Oh You Beautiful Doll," applied to over 200 tiny contestants who cometed in the Baby Show at the Tanana Valley State Fair on Saturday, August 2nd. This lively event ran smoothly, thanks to KWLF's disc jockeys, Glenner and Rocky, plus a great group of volunteers.
Zachary Henry (Climber Category; 13-18 mos.) received the title of Harvest Prince. Tristian Vorhies (Infant category: 5-8 mos.) was crowned Harvest Princess.

CABAGE THROW CONTEST:
Fifteen contestants joined in the final round of fun to make the Cabbage Leaf Throw contest a great success. Before an enthusiastic audience, Thomas Iles took first place. The Grand Prize was awarded to Miles West. The winning throw went all the way from Totem Square to the flower pot to win a copy of the fair's cabbage cookbook.

SAUERKRAUT SCROUNGE:
Twelve people participated in this year's scavanger hunt. Craig Landes was the grand prize winner because he discovered the brussel sprout in the bucket of sauerkraut. He received a UAF t-shirt along with the items collected during the hunt. The event ended with a bang when we discovered that someone actually stole the bucket of sauerkraut!

CABBAGE DASH:
The cabbages have landed and 19 fairgoers participated in the Cabbage Dash contest to pick up the cabbages and take them to the grocery store. Kody Borman was the 1st place winner for the 6 & under category, Amy Port took 1st place for 7-10 year olds, and Doug LaValley caputeured first place for ages 11-14.

HERE SUEY, SUEY!!:
Ten contestants competed in the hog call. Our grand prize of a ham went to our returning champion, Glen Clark, who came up from Nenana for the competition. Wow! What a call!! Ya'll should've seen the live pig we had on hand come a runnin!!!

GREAT SUCCESS FOR THE FOOD BANK:
Food Bank Day was a tremendous success despite this year's new Monday date and all day tome frame to get into the fair free with 2 cans of food. We had over 400 boxes of food by 5:00pm compared to 385 boxes last year. Thank-you Fairbanks for another successful Food Bank Donation Day!!!

TALENT SHOW:
We had a full hous in the Coliseum Tent for the first of two rounds of the Talent Show competition.

First place winners in the 9-13 Age Division were:
Erica Chambers - vocal
Will Bergeson - instumental
Esprit de Danse Jr. Company - dance

First place winners in the Multi-Age Division were:
Bourne to Praise - vocal
Esprit de Danse Elementary Co. - dance
Midnight Sun Skippers - other category

KIDS DAY: Tuesday was Kids Day. This was the day where children 12 and under could get into the fair with just a book donation. This event was sponsored by ARCO and all 1588 books donated went to teh Fairbanks Literacy Council. The Fairbanks Education Association held kid's activities for over 350 kids in teh Coliseum Tent from noon till 5:00pm.

TOY QUEST COIN SCRAMBLE:
The fair held two Toy Quest Coin Scramble competitions on Kids Day. Both events has two heats: ages 3-6 and 7-11. All together we had 48 contestants. Chris Port, Kody Wardlaw, Karren Wardina & Nolan Johansen walked away with prizes because they discovered the gold wodden coins.

DOLL SHOW:
This year's Doll Show had 20 categories. One in particular was the special Fair Theme in whihc Laura Bowine won first place for bringing in a "Kiler Cabbage" doll. Kelly Hansen won the doll drawing and walked away with a beautiful porcelain doll donated by Xanadu Gifts.

ALIEN SHOOT OUT:
The second Alien Shoot out proved that this is a fun event! WE had 24 contestants and our grand prize winner of a Super Soaker was so excited he ran off to the midway before we could get his name!

SENIOR LUNCHEON:
Despite Wednesday's rain, the Senior Luncheon was still a success!! Over 1,500 senior citizens enjoyed a turkey dinner donated by Fed Meyer and prepared by the Midnight Sun Chefs Association. Our community seniors were entertained by "Croonin." Sister Marita Soucy, Lois Bruhn, Bill E. Bishop, Dick Sullivan, Miriam Stowell and Lucille Grosacker were our door prize winners.

OVEREASY OR SCRAMBLED?:
The fair had two exciting contests designed for this Thursday's Nissan Buddy Day - the Overesay or Scrambled? egg toss and the Buddy Triathalon. We had 5 teams tossing eggs to their buddies, but Max and Dominic Manning took first place when they walked away yolk free. The Buddy Triathalon had two teams - boys against girls. This event was neck and neck, but Kayla and Trisha Johnson were able to steal first place without a photo finish.

BOOTH THEME CONTEST RESULTS:
Best Appearance (in conjunction with theme): Thermax
Best Overall Use of Theme: Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Most Creative Use of Theme: Fairbanks Community Food Bank
Best Use of Fair Colors: Seventh Day Adventists
Best Use of Cabbages: Etekeok Designs

GOT MILK?:
Seventeen contestants, ages 4 to 37, competed in the Got Milk? contest. Some contestants tried to cram down the peanut butter sandwich, but our winner, Dan Johnson, knew the trick was to eat slow in order to win first.

GETTING 'SLAWED:
The Totem Square crowd got quite a laugh Friday evening when they witnessed eight fairgoers eat coleslw without any hands. An apparently underfed Dan Johnson once again showed the fair his eating techniques and won the grand prize, which was an "I got slawed at the Tanana Valley Fair: t-shirt.

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