Great Northern Fair

- Local Headlines.

Local residents are set for a week of fun, entertainment, competition and — the perennial favorite fair food when the Great Northern Fair gets under full steam Wednesday. The activities started months ago with planning and setting up events at the fair, and crews have been working for the last week preparing the grounds and the crews from Royal West Amusements Inc. setting up the midway this week. The fair activities started today, with local 4-H club members — who work year-round to prepare for the culmination of their activities this week — having interview evaluations and the Hill County 4-H Teen and Queen competitors scheduled to be interviewed this afternoon. At 8 this morning local crafters, cooks, artisans and artists started their participation in the fair, with the beginning of entry day for the open class competition, displayed in the exhibits buildings at the fair. For most, the fun really begins Wednesday at noon, with the rides, games and booths opening on the midway, the local food booths starting to serve their wares and the 4-H judging getting under way. The events run each night, with the carnival staying open until midnight through Saturday and closing at 11 p.m. Sunday. 4-H exhibit buildings and barns close at 6 p.m. Wednesday and the exhibits close at 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 5 p.m Sunday. Grandstand entertainment The main entertainment, the nightly shows in the arena, starts Wednesday with the Junior Rodeo at 5 p.m. For $5, fairgoers can see youngsters working at their cowboy- and cowgirlship, emulating their adult heroes and working — who knows? — to perhaps become adult champions themselves.