Tom Barnes Quotes (8 Quotes)

Fairgoers will be treated to one of country music's favorite party-rock bands. The Board is very excited to have booked the Kentucky Headhunters. This will be a show that fairgoers will not want to miss.

This is the first year we have teams that are definitely planning to come up. We have been trying for a couple of years to make this meet happen. This year, it will.

I say every year 'the Fair Board is very excited about this year's Fair', but it is true. We really are excited about every Fair. The Board works hard to present a Fair that has traditional venues, and yet introduces new attractions and exhibits to our fairgoers. Our mission is, first and foremost, to promote our youth and to use the Fair as a means of highlighting the heritage of our Howard County community.

Our Fair has used this type of grandstand admission since 1985. It works very well for our area, as it offers our fairgoers a lot of quality entertainment for the price of one button. If we look at this year's grandstand lineup and price each show separately, like many other Fairs do, the total cost of going to all grandstand shows would be 62. At the Howard County Fair, one 15 button is all that is need to see all of these shows. Your Fair offers the best entertainment deal anywhere.

People are trying to go higher quality -- but maybe not spend as much money -- and being more personal with things. This is making it harder on promotional-items people, because they do better when they can sell a bunch of stuff.

In order to get into the tournament you have to enter 42 days in advance and Andy didn't do that. The only other way to get in is to get a wild card or to play qualifiers and win, or be a lucky loser if there's a spot. Or if one of the wild cards withdrew before we made the draw.

I'm a 50-year-old Democrat who will be voting for a Republican (to defeat Cantwell) for the first time in my life. Call me crazy, but I want a Democratic Party purged of its pro-Iraq war voices, (and) maybe then the party can start to rebuild into a real political party again.

Pat is from Floyd, and very well known in the area. Pat has been a fixture at our Fair for the past several years. So we are happy that Pat will again be a part of the Fair.