Our fair is another example
of the close fellowship we enjoy here in DeKalb County. The fair exemplifies fellowship
of a whole lot of people volunteering their time, working together with civic organizations,
agricultural organizations, art and cultural clubs, local businesses and
schools to produce one of the finest county fairs you will see anywhere in our
region. Year after year our VFW fair is a big success. It is the effort of so
many people representing various entities in our county that make it so
successful, including the efforts of the fair staff and committees headed up by
VFW Fair Chairman, Charles Stephens. The difference in our fair, compared to
other counties in our region has nothing to do with the midway and the carnival
portion , but instead, the well organized, highly attended locally produced
venues.
We treat our fair just like
most everything else we do here in DeKalb County. We get involved and we
participate. If you question this go to any local football game on Friday night
and further more go to an away game and see how many are there from our home
towns. We are exactly how we Americans like to define ourselves. We support the
efforts of our communities in the area of schools, law enforcement, political
offices, volunteer agencies, churches, local civic organizations and clubs. We
support fighting for our freedom and for our way of life. When there is a
disaster we are out in force to help.
Today in this crazy world
where everything seems to be changing minute by minute it is nice to live and
work in a community that has transcended these changes and kept its identity
even in a world of high tech, population shifts and population diversity. We
still seem like the good old USA and for that I am proud to call DeKalb County
my home.
Our award winning fair seems
a little better each year. This year we were blessed with the perfect weather
again. There is something about fall and the fair. Those towns and counties who
don’t get a slot in late September or October are missing part of the joy of it
all. It is great to see pumpkins and Mums adorning the landscape with the clear
blue sky above and just the right temperature. Our region really supports our
fair, I guess because it is the very best fair anywhere around. The crowds are
always good. We always go with our grand kids on Saturday and get the $15.00
all you can ride package. They have so much fun. They are so full of joy and
innocence. It always takes me back to my early “Fair Days” when I was a kid...
Somehow life seems so full of joy at the fair. Happy faces and lots of
laughing, joyful families make a great contribution to that feeling.
