POMEROY, Ohio (WTAP) – The Meigs County Fair is coming up.
The junior fair is a staple of the experience. WTAP talked to junior fair board members about what they contribute to the fair and how they use it as an opportunity to give back.
You can see traces of the junior fair board everywhere at the fair.
Board Member Claire Howard said, “I make a lot of the flyers. I designed the fair t-shirt this year.”
Board Member Jacob Spencer said, “This summer we also replaced roofs on some of the barns so we’re always trying to make improvements to our grounds.”
And those traces go beyond the fairgrounds.
Junior Fair Coordinator Amanda Faulk explained, “After the fair is over, we’ll kind of load up the crew and go to all the local blessing boxes, we have a couple different food pantries in the county, a couple different cooperatives…,”
This is the second year the board’s …