2017 Blaine County Fair: hot, windy and "the best ever!"

The 2017 Blaine County Fair is history. In many ways weather was the 'fair story' with hotter than normal temps, a couple of days of serious wind, a "crash bang" storm with very little rain as a result, then one more relatively cooler day with a mild breeze, but still with temperatures in the mid-90's. Don Richman, Fair Board Chairman, described this year's edition of the fair as "the best ever!"

It was a year of several new features, a return of many old favorites and some expressions of new things that fair-goers might see in the future. The new electronic signs along Highway 2 attracted a l...