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Blue Bag Media
New cattle
barn, new entry prices at fair
GREENVILLE – Contractors wrapped up work on the new cattle barn Aug.
13. It will be functional but not completed until September. According
to Daryl Riffle, Fair Manager, work has been completed pretty much on
schedule. On Monday morning crews were still active both inside and
outside of the building. The cattle barn will house both dairy and beef
cattle.
Jenna Cline, Darke County Junior Fair Queen who was working in the
swine barn next door, said she was excited about the new building and
couldn’t wait to get in and see it.
Along with the cattle barn in the north end, there is a new first
Friday livestock pattern in effect and visitors need to be aware of a
new entry/exit traffic-pedestrian flow which has been established at
Gate 1. Riffle added visitors will have new people movers (shuttles)
and new ticket prices. The 9-day tickets will be $20 and daily entry
$6. The tickets are color-coded for the first time: blue for males,
pink for females.
“The last ticket increase was in 2002 when 9-day tickets went from $10
to $15,” he said. The $5 increase then went into the capital
improvement fund, as will this price increase...
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