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Show 1986 fair reviewed. tion, entertainment and exhibits." Mrs. Maughan added that next year's fair will include a "Community "Com-munity Showcase," a chance for each community in the county to put on a display of what they are all about, their people and their achievements. We're encouraging each city and town to get involved." in-volved." Mr. Blimes told the Chamber that over $10,000 in goods and services ser-vices were donated to the fair this year by businesses. He said 80 percent per-cent of those businesses weren't even in the county, further evidence, evi-dence, he said, of the far reaching effect the fair is having. "Davis County is unique in that we are almost two separate counties, coun-ties, a north and a south. The goal of the fair, and one the county com mission is particularly interested in, is to unite the county." He added that publicizing the fair is also a challenge. "It's gonna take a grass roots effort on behalf of the citizens of the county to spread the word about the Fair. We need each of you to help promote it." In other Chamber business, president Steve Holbrook proclaimed proc-laimed the Block Buster Puzzle Contest a success, and thanked the merchants who got involved. The Chamber is now planning some sort of celebration in honor of the completion of the Main Street project, pro-ject, which should be finished later this month. Several ideas are being considered, including a sidewalk sale and street dance, and details will be forthcoming. By TOM HARALDSEN KAYSVILLE The manager of the Davis County Fair says that even with the success of this year's exposition, the fair has a long way to go to reach its potential. Bill Blimes of Kaysville made those comments during the monthly month-ly luncheon meeting of the Kaysville Kays-ville Chamber of Commerce held last Wednesday at the Pizza Company Com-pany Restaurant. Blimes, along with his wife Sylvia Syl-via and administrative assistant Sharalyn Maughan, addressed the Chamber as part of a countywide effort to drum up support for the fair, and a proposed permanent fairground facility. He said the trio plans on visiting with every community com-munity in the county in the coming months. "Our attendance of 35,000 this year was much better than in the recent past," he explained, adding that attendance has dipped as low as 10,000 in the past few years. "We were glad to be able to hold the Fair at Davis High again this year, and plan to in 1987 as well, though we hope after that to be in our own permanent facility." Blimes is leading a drive for construction con-struction of the Davis County Exposition Ex-position and Activities Center, a multi-million dollar facility that would likely be located on a 140-acre 140-acre site the county owns between Farmington and Kaysville west of Interstate 15. He says such a facility facil-ity would be utilized throughout the year for sports and music events, as well as private parties and weddings. "We would want to have the center to rent out, and it would be something used year round. We've proven that we can get the cooperation cooper-ation of the community for projects we do, and that cooperation would help keep the cost of building such a facility down," he said. Blimes added that county commissioner com-missioner Harold Tippetts is very supportive of such a move, feeling the facility would pay for itself through year round use. "One of the problems we've run into the past two years while holding hold-ing the fair at Davis High is conflicts con-flicts with activities the school has. They've been great to work with, but it would be better for all of us to have our own facility," he explained. ex-plained. Mr. Blimes told Chamber members mem-bers that the purpose of county fairs is "to give everyone in the County a chance to show what they do. Our fair has always been rich with memories and tradition, and we want to keep it that way." Using a flip chart of "purposes of the Fair," she explained that the 3 E's are a part of its goal -- "educa- |