Quotes about fairs (16 Quotes)


    Her background commanded attention. A well-spoken, middle-class woman, she owned her own clothing company, with annual revenue of 15 million. Soon she was being asked to speak about the risks of HIV at local schools and health fairs. At the time, ... I felt like I was doing a good thing.

    We're not aware of anything larger like it in California, including the Central Coast. It's grown to be larger than at least half the county fairs in the state.

    Having the program here on a weekend is a way for parents, who may not be able to get to the fairs, to have their children's information available in case it is needed. I was very pleased to see not only moms, but dads as well. I think the children really enjoyed it. This was a very good learning experience and will help us plan for next year.

    One of our main priorities over the past two months has been to find new positions for our team members. We have hosted two job fairs with over 25 employers participating in each. We have also helped team members contact other community resources, such as Nevada Job Connect, and provided one-to-one counseling when needed. As of today, about 90 percent of our team members have found new positions.

    We're just trying to bring some rides back and bring some fun back to the community. There's not a lot going on (at the fair). Why should people have to drive to Fayette or Franklin County fairs to have fun with their kids


    I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.


    With all the activities we have here at the stadium, we will hit the one million mark this summer. With amateur baseball, professional baseball, soccer, antiques fairs, concerts and the like, we've seen significant attendance at the field. We'll be watching the count, and we expect to see our one millionth guest sometime in early July.

    We've already set aside money for recruiting. We've been talking to principals for several years about going to job fairs and connecting with the colleges. Not all teachers will be brand new we want to lure experienced ones from the other districts. For that, we have, for the last few years, focused on getting our teachers' salary schedule competitive.

    We have fairs and other events in the area. But the basketball tournament is above and beyond anything around here. In the sports world here, nothing can compare to this.


    It's a crying shame we don't play more parks and fairs. I would love to go right to the Chamber of Commerce or whoever they are, so that we could get involved in a different way.

    There's not a lot out there. We're still working on it. It's an ongoing project. We're trying to step it up. But our goal is to continue to look at local colleges that have a diverse population and any career fairs that focus on diversity.


    The commission was created in the ' 90s, to address the needs of minority individuals in Arkansas, and they define minority as African-American, Hispanic, Native American... etc. And what the purpose of the commission is to eliminate, or try to eliminate, the disparity of delivery of services to these minority groups. Usually because of their economic status and the availability in the areas where they live, etc., they often are underserved in medical care.... They (commissioners) have health fairs. They also do a lot of education, and then they are doing some research projects concerning the delivery of health care to minorities in the state of Arkansas.

    We get really busy between Memorial Day and Labor Day because there are all the fairs and amphitheaters and festivals going on all over the place, ... The Beach Boys are kind of synonymous with summer.



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