It's tough to go direct to end-users when you are likely competing with a person who has almost everything else -- including a sales relationship with your potential customers.

Fairgoers will be treated to one of country music's favorite party-rock bands. The Board is very excited to have booked the Kentucky Headhunters. This will be a show that fairgoers will not want to miss.

Amanda Leonard of Marquette just joined the team this week. She's a high jumper. I saw her jumping in track class and told her she should be on the team.

In order to get into the tournament you have to enter 42 days in advance and Andy didn't do that. The only other way to get in is to get a wild card or to play qualifiers and win, or be a lucky loser if there's a spot. Or if one of the wild cards withdrew before we made the draw.

I'm happy with how the team has performed so far. Now we have some juniors who started with the program - as well as some seniors- who are our leaders.

It's given us a lot of great opportunities to form a long-term relationship with clients, but it's not always a good thing. I know there are a lot of people out there selling with scare tactics, the ones who don't want to see viruses go away. I disagree with that sales philosophy, but I see a lot of it.

Pat is from Floyd, and very well known in the area. Pat has been a fixture at our Fair for the past several years. So we are happy that Pat will again be a part of the Fair.