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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE FAIR BOARD

Tuesday, July 9, 1991 · 7:30 p.m. · Fair Board Office

Present: seven members. Absent: one (harvest).

6.

Request of Fasnacht Booking, Wichita. Mrs. Doreen Fasnacht addressed the board regarding use of the grounds on Saturday and Sunday, August 24–25, for a music program of sixteen acts. Mrs. Fasnacht stated that the acts would provide their own sound. Mr. Voth asked how loud. Mrs. Fasnacht stated that it would vary.

6a.

Stage. Mrs. Fasnacht stated that one act will not perform on plywood. The board discussed the old wash rack behind the livestock barns. It was agreed that the wash rack is concrete.

6b.

Fence. Moved by Mr. Voth, seconded by Mrs. Hiebert, that the hay bales remaining after the fair be retained in place as a fence through August 25 and returned to the barns on August 26. Carried.

6c.

Chairs. Mrs. Fasnacht requested the use of three hundred folding chairs from the 4-H building on the evening of August 24. Mr. Voth asked what the chairs were for. Mrs. Fasnacht stated they were for the last band. Mr. Voth stated that the last band could stand. Mrs. Fasnacht stated that they could not. Moved and seconded that the chairs be made available. Carried, Mr. Voth abstaining.

6d.

Lease. Moved and seconded that the grounds be leased to Fasnacht Booking for the sum of four hundred dollars and the cost of cleanup. Carried unanimously.

7.

Adjournment. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Secretary

Accession SQ-91-004

Fair board minutes, July 1991

The board agrees to lease the grounds for one weekend in August, keeps the hay bales, and asks what the chairs are for.

Kind
Minutes
Dated
July 9, 1991
Size
Two pages, typed, carbon copy
Condition
Carbon copy on onionskin. Hole-punched for a binder. One coffee ring.
Provenance
From the fair board's minute book for 1991, released to the archive with the board's permission.
Recovered
September 11, 2026

The fair board met on the second Tuesday of July, two weeks before the fair. Item six on the agenda was a request from Fasnacht Booking. The minutes are reproduced in full.

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