Fair rodeo bid awarded, board considers combined dog show

WORLAND — The Washakie County Fair Board in finalizing the final few evening spots of entertainment for the 2022 County Fair July 25-30 approved the bid for a youth rodeo and fair rodeo from Cassidy Griemsman for $15,000.

Board Chairman Jeff Lapp noted that the amount was for $1,000 more than last year. All board members noted that they received no complaints about either rodeo last year, the first year with Griemsman as the contractor.

The fair rodeo will be Friday, July 29 at 7 p.m.

The kids rodeo will either be on Wednesday or Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Last month the board had moved to put the youth rodeo on Thursday night. At Monday’s regular meeting, 4-H and County Extension Educator Amber Armajo noted that the junior beef show begins at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday so there may be a conflict for some youth.

The board opted to check with Griemsman if she had a preferred date.

The board made approval of the rodeo bid contingent upon Griemsman providing an official contract by the April 11 meeting.

With the bids for the youth and fair rodeo approved it leaves one night of entertainment open. Board member Sherry Walter said she was approached by the some comedians who would be interested in performing either Wednesday or Thursday night, depending on when the youth rodeo is scheduled.

She did not have costs but would get them for the next meeting.

DOG SHOW

Armajo approached the board asking their thoughts about combining the 4-H dog show with Park and Big Horn County. She said neither county has many entries and combining would provide a better show. Park County Fair is the same week as Washakie County Fair but Big Horn County Fair is a week after.

However, the dog show is usually held prior to the full week of fair.

Armajo said it needed to be a board decision, but added she had not talked to the dog superintendent Tim Trippel or the 4-H members with dogs. In the past few years Washakie County has had an average of four dogs in its show.

Armajo said both Park and Big Horn County were looking at under 12 competitors at each of their shows.

She also noted Big Horn County has more events in their dog show than Washakie County, including obedience, rally and agility.

One idea is to rotate the show each year, one year in Big Horn County, one in Park and the next year in Washakie County.

The board said they liked the idea depending on the day and if the members would not mind traveling.

OTHER BUSINESS

In other business Monday the board:

•Discussed ordering ribbons for fair and set up an office organization and ribbon counting work meeting next Monday.

•Discussed extending deadline for open class entries per a request from the Washakie County Homemakers. The deadline had been at 5 p.m. on Sunday prior to fair. The board extended deadline to 6 p.m. on Tuesday the week of fair. Check in for all open class items is 3 to 6 p.m. on that Tuesday as well.

•The board noted that they have not received any entries for the fair theme and fairbook cover. Deadline is April 5. There is a $50 prize

•The board also noted that they would like more vendors this year and are encouraging food trucks to come to the fair.

•Board member Dani Rice reported that she had just received the contract for the facepainter that will be at the fair for three evenings. The contract will be presented at the April meeting.

•During the Feb. 15 board meeting, the board voted to increase camping fees from $75 to $150 with each camper provided four tickets to the Confederate Railroad concert on Saturday night. Camping is allowed for board members and 4-H and FFA families only.

The contract for the motorcross team, Octane Addictions, was given final approval last month contingent upon approval from the county attorney.

“Octane Addictions (based out of Billings, Montana) is an extreme motorsports company that brings freestyle shows with the best riders in the world,” according to their Facebook page.