Fair Digest || Attendance clears 170,000 for four days

Attendance clears 170,000 for four days

Canfield

Saturday’s attendance at the 165th Canfield Fair tallied 70,623, bringing the four-day total to 170,046.

The number is down from last year’s Saturday total of 73,926 and the 2010 four-day total of 179,759.

Tickets still available for Shelton concert

Canfield

The grandstand will host music and television star Blake Shelton tonight. Shelton will perform at 8 p.m. in the grandstand. Chris Young will open for Shelton.

Tickets still are on sale at the grandstand box office and range from $29 to $50.

Robinson Family will return in 2012

CANFIELD

The Canfield Fair Board of Directors unanimously approved a motion at its Sunday meeting to bring the Robinson Family singers back to the Canfield Fair.

The family has been performing at the fair for 20 years.

Win a 2011 Cruze today

Canfield

The winner of a fully loaded 2011 Chevy Cruze LTZ will be announced today in the grandstand at the Canfield Fair. The drawing will be at 8 p.m. just before the Blake Shelton concert, and the winner need not be present, according to a news release from Canfield Rotary Club.

Proceeds from the raffle will remain in the Mahoning Valley and benefit Rotary and Hospice of the Valley projects.

For more information about the drawing or the Chevy Cruze LTZ, visit the Rotary Tent at the Canfield Fair, where the car is on display. The Cruze up for raffle is valued at more than $27,000 and was built at the General Motors Lordstown complex.

Medical calls surge

Canfield

The emergency medical service at the fair treated 202 people Saturday.

Andy Frost, fair board member and Austintown fire chief, said the medics had 33 cart runs Saturday, but only eight people needed to be taken from the fairgrounds to the hospital.

Frost said one positive effect of the hot weather is that it seems to deter bees. Only 11 people were treated for bee stings Saturday.