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July 25, 2008

61st-annual Clinton County Fair continues

MORRISONVILLE -- The 61st-annual Clinton County Fair is under way at the fairgrounds in Morrisonville.

Gate admission is $7 for adults and free for kids age 11 and under. Parking is free.

Today is Special Day for Special People and Senior Citizens Day. Seniors age 62 and up pay $3.50 admission. People with mental disabilities are admitted free and councilors/guardians, $3.50, with proof of group required.

Wristbands for Reithoffer Shows carnival rides, good all day, available for $17 with coupon and $18 without.

The Van Dells will perform music from the 1950s and 1960s tonight, with an accompanying Classic Cruisers Car Show with six winners for Best of Show.

Here is today's schedule:

9 a.m.: Open Cattle Show, Denton Publications Cattle Barn; and English Horse Show (dressage at 8 a.m.) at the Saddle Horse Arena.

Noon: Carnival rides start.

1, 3 and 6 p.m.: Pipsqueak's Party Time Clown Show, sponsored by Price Chopper, Children's Stage.

1 to 3 p.m.: Fiddling Friends perform, Curtis Lumber Stage.

1 to 3 p.m.: 4-H Public Presentations, 4-H Building.

2, 5 and 7:30 p.m.: Masters of the Chainsaw Sculptors, sponsored by Paul Smith's College.

2, 5 and 8 p.m.: Granpa Cratchet Show, sponsored by Key R-D Trailer Sales.

2:30 and 5:30 p.m.: Master Gardeners demonstration in the Grange Building.

3, 6 and 9:30 p.m.: Buffalo Barfield's Unherd-of-Entertainment, sponsored by Riley Ford.

4 and 6 p.m.: Misty Creek, Stewarts Shops & Taylor Rental Gazebo.

4 and 7 p.m.: B & C Ranch Adorable Animal Actors, sponsored by Champlain Boat Works at Snug Harbor Marina.

6 p.m.: Horse Bowl Exhibition.

6:15 p.m.: Cops Care program, Curtis Lumber stage.

6:30 p.m.: Coin Hunt in the sawdust pile, $100 added each day, sponsored by HSBC Bank, Adirondack Bank, Dannemora Federal Credit Union, U-First Federal Credit Union, Georgia-Pacific Community Federal Credit Union, Champlain Federal Credit Union, Champlain National Bank and Community Bank.

7 to 9 p.m.: Misty Creek, Stewart's Shops & Taylor Rental Gazebo.

8 p.m.: The Van Dells Show, 50s and 60s music, sponsored by Econo Lodge Inn & Suites and WIRY Hometown Radio on the George Moore's Northern Car Crushers Stage in front of the Akwesasne Mohawk Grandstand. Grandstand admission: $2.

9 p.m.: Master hypnotist Michael Blaine, Curtis Lumber Stage, sponsored by Bizarre Bazaar and Rent A Wreck.

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