Alger County Fair begins a weekend of festivities

CHATHAM, Mich. (WLUC) – The Alger County Fair kicked off brilliant and early Friday morning in Chatham as youngsters and households got here from throughout the U.P. to affix within the festivities.

In addition to agriculture and animals, the truthful gives an assortment of distributors, meals, dwell music, video games, and a pageant. Organizers say the truthful highlights every little thing Alger County has to supply and is a direct illustration of the realm.

Lots of labor behind the scenes goes into the truthful itself, particularly the animals, explains Stevie Suhs, a livestock showwoman.

“These kids work really hard with their animals; they spend all year with these guys, so it’s really special to everybody to have people to come out and watch these animals perform,” Suhs stated.

Organizers like Paul Naasz, the Alger Fair Board president, additionally stress the significance a good like this has on the group, and the way in which it brings folks collectively.

“We all work together. We all pull together to get it all done,” Naasz stated. “The fair provides economic stimulus to the community, and the community provides support back, and it just brings people together. That’s what we all want to do is all come together and have fun.”

The truthful continues till Sunday.

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