Tri Rivers Fair Royalty Crowned
KSAL Staff - Thu 09:13 AM 08/09/2012
Zack Blomquist and Rachel Peuchen are the fair king and queen
The 2012 Tri Rivers Fair is underway. A parade through downtown Salina kicked off events Tuesday evening.
Highlights if the first full day of the fair Wednesday included crowning of the 4 H king and queen.
The 2012 Tri Rivers Fair Queen is 18-year-old Rachel Peuchen. She is a recent graduate of Southeast of Saline High School, and member of the Friendly Valley 4 H Club. Rachel has been involved in 4 H for 12 years.
The 2012 Tri-Rivers Fair King is 18-year-old Zack Blomquist. He is a recent graduate of Southeast of Saline High School, and is a member of the Willing Workers 4 H Club. Zack has been active in 4 H for 12 years.
Fair highlights include the rodeo on Thursday night. The demolition derby is Friday and Sunday. A combine demolition derby will be held again on Saturday night.
The Ottaway Amusements Carnival, open class exhibits, and 4-H exhibits are all open daily through Saturday.
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Iamgonnagetu
Thursday 9 August 2012 12:44 Report this comment
You cannot tell the fair is underway. No media coverage then some horse's butt on the fair board schedules the parade a day early for no reason. Then the parade was as bad as last year its time to get a fresh set of people on the fair board.
equineman7
Thursday 9 August 2012 13:40 Report this comment
You got that right and changing the day of the parade was another stupid move by the fairboard. Someone needs to be accountable for that. Wonder if they got enought guts to admit it?
MRH60
Friday 10 August 2012 07:50 Report this comment
I was inside a vehicle pulling one of the 4-H floats. I can tell you, having been at that parade for the last ten years, there were lots more people there watching than in years past so evidently it WAS advertised. And the whole reason it was moved to the evening hours was for the good of everyone involved. The heat in past years has been a real danger, not to mention a fun-killer. It was so much better for everyone, participants AND spectators, to do it in the evening. And no, I am not on the fair board.
Iamgonnagetu
Friday 10 August 2012 08:22 Report this comment
A simple change of the time from from 5 to 6 on Wednesday would have worked. They lucked out on Tuesday but it has been 95 to 100 degrees every evening this year. The parade is suppose to be part of opening night of the fair you go to the parade then on to the fair grounds to attend the fair and carnival. All one could do this year is go home.
MRH60
Friday 10 August 2012 09:46 Report this comment
I guess it is easy to criticize when you have no involvement in something and no idea of all the activities involved that have to be considered in scheduling. As a 4-H club leader, all I have heard is high praise for the change....you can never make everyone happy all the time and some folks you will never make happy ever because complaining is their life.