Suvery can save you on the cost of a ticket to Canfield Fair

CANFIELD

Fairgoers who enter the 168th Canfield Fair from its busiest entrance gates and complete a survey about the annual event will receive a few dollars off their admission price.

This year is the first for the survey, which is a collaboration between fair and Youngstown State University. It will take about five to 10 minutes to complete, and will require participants to answer questions like, “Why do you come to the fair?” Participation is voluntary.

“It will be a great help to the fair board,” said George Roman III, a fair board director who manages advertising and the grandstand, along with special attractions and concessions. “It will provide us with a lot of information we’ve been trying to gather over the years.”

The survey was just one of many topics up for discussion at Tuesday evening’s meeting of the 17-member fair board. The fair runs Aug. 27 through Sept. 1.

Present at the meeting was Linda Neel, who lives on Fairground Boulevard. She expressed her displeasure over the construction of a permanent manure pit located a little more than 40 feet from her property line and 105 feet from her kitchen window. The Ohio Livestock Manure Management Guide states that such pits should be located at least 300 feet away from neighboring residents.

Read more about the board's discussions in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.