Fair activity wraps up but never really stops

CANFIELD — They build a city for six days, call it the Canfield Fair — and then tear it down and start thinking about doing it all over again next year.

But first, there are a multitude of tasks that have to be accomplished before the 2007 edition of the fair is in the books and its board of directors, each of whom is responsible for a specific area of the fair, can relax.

Several board members on Labor Day reflected on this year’s fair and what stood out about it.

“People were more cooperative this year, from the vendors and other participants to the fairgoers,” said Kathy Bennett, fair board president.

First and foremost, Mother Nature cooperated.

“People were not swimming in mud and it wasn’t too hot, and the vendors were making money,” Bennett said.

She said her first opportunity to relax would be about midnight Monday, when the grounds are pretty much empty.

That doesn’t mean, however, there aren’t a lot of things that have to be done in the next few weeks to wrap up the fair.

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