From a Puyallup Fair press release.

The results are in and the 2007 Puyallup Fair Fine Art Show winners have been selected. The artwork will be on display on the second floor of the Pavilion throughout the Fair.

A total of $3,960 was awarded to 73 artists who submitted artwork into the following categories: sculpture, oil, water media, mixed media, drawing, water media, computer generated, and miniature.

Featured among the large collection of art are the winners of each category. The winners include:

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From a Puyallup Fair press release

If cowboys are tough enough to wear pink, you can too! The Puyallup Rodeo contestants in the Ariat Playoffs of the Wrangler Tour will be donning pink shirts at the Saturday Sept. 8, 1 p.m. rodeo for the Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign to help support breast cancer awareness.

The 2007 Puyallup Pro Rodeo, as well as hundreds of professional rodeos around the country support the courage, strength and determination of those with breast cancer. Many rodeo families have experienced breast cancer and will never forget it. Cowboys and cowgirls competing in Saturday’s 1 p.m. rodeo will show their support by wearing pink.

From a Puyallup Fair press release.

Internationally renowned artist P. Buckley Moss is well known back east and is ready to impress art enthusiasts and Fair guests during the 2007 Puyallup Fair Pavilion Art Show.

Pat Buckley Moss is recognized for her paintings, which depict Amish and Mennonite lifestyles. Moss currently resides in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia but was born and raised in the greater New York area where she attended the prestigious art school, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

Moss will make appearances and be available for signings on Sept. 7-9 at
10:30 a.m.-1 p.m., and 4-6 p.m. More than 40 original paintings will be on display and for sale on the second floor of the Pavilion during the Fair. Prints of her works will be available for purchase on the Pavilion’s first floor.

Moss has been recognized with nearly 50 honors and awards, including “American Mother Artist of the Year,” “Woman of the Year,” and “Distinguished Virginian Award.” She is a role model for the learning impaired and is a benefactor to charities for children.

From a Puyallup Fair press release.

Students from across the state will demonstrate their agriculture skills as they put their talents to work in the various buildings at the fair. Come watch as they vie for ribbons and trophies in over 20 events.

This year, FFA students will compete in the following categories: livestock, horticulture, turf science, forestry, landscape design, agriculture science, agriculture mechanics, livestock judging and tractor driving.

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From a Puyallup Fair press release.

Dare to witness the unusual to the majestic at the Animals of the World Exhibit at this year’s Puyallup Fair.

This year’s exhibit features more than 20 different animal breeds, each having a unique quality pertaining to their origin. The exhibit will be located in the Puyallup Fair’s J Barn, Sept. 19-23.

To appear during the five days of the exhibit will be animals depicting a range of shapes and sizes, colors and stripes. A new addition to the exhibit will be Nigerian Dwarf goats, who are small in stature and have very colorful markings. Other animals will include emus, Watusi cattle, fainting sheep, Navaho Churro sheep, wallabies, and zebras.

The Animals of the World Exhibit provides an educational opportunity for visitors. While the animals will not be available for petting, horns and hides will be made available to provide a hands-on experience.

From a Puyallup Fair press release.

If cooking or baking is your cup of tea, then clear your calendar so you can enter some food contests at the 2007 Puyallup Fair. Even if you’ve never entered before, you have the chance to dazzle the judges, and walk away with the blue ribbon!

To review all rules and regulations, download the premium book, available online at www.thefair.com. Click on Puyallup Fair, then Things to Do. Click Exhibit Entries, Home Arts for all cooking contest rules. The premium book is only available online.

The following contests do not have a pre-registration:

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This advice on tickets from the folks who run the Puyallup Fair.

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This year, The News Tribune has solicited volunteer correspondents to blog for our Web site from the Puyallup Fair, and about 30 readers responded for this opportunity.

We have picked 16 bloggers from diverse backgrounds -- from an eighth-grade horse-rider to a 67-year-old fair veteran to a 16-year-old exchange student from Turkmenistan.

Staff writer Eijiro Kawada, who has covered the fair since 2001, will blog on the opening day, and each of our volunteer bloggers will have a day to spend at the fair during the following 16 days. They will blog live from the fair throughout out the day.

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The following is a list of daily free entertaiment. For more information, check www.thefair.com.

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This advice on free activites from the folks who run the Puyallup Fair.

There are tons of FREE activities to enjoy at the Puyallup Fair. Select the days you plan to visit, and use the handy online Fair Planner at www.thefair.com. Enjoy all the free fun at the Puyallup Fair!

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This advice on tickets from the folks who run the Puyallup Fair.

Again this year, the Puyallup Fair is offering 500 free gate admission tickets to the community. Like the past several years, they can be picked up at the Puyallup Main Street Association (PMSA) booth at the Saturday Farmer’s Market, Sept. 8, 15, and 22 on a first-come, first-serve basis.

To receive a free gate admission ticket to the Sept. 7-23, 2007 Puyallup Fair, customers are invited to shop in the downtown business center of Puyallup, Sept. 7-23. Then bring the receipt to the PMSA booth at Farmers’ Market on Saturday, Sept. 8, 15 or 22.

The Puyallup Fair is providing PMSA a total of 500 tickets to hand out when a receipt is shown, one per person. They will make a third of the total tickets available each of the three days, and they will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

To find out if the merchant is a member of PMSA, ask them, or call the PMSA office at 253-840-2631.

From a Puyallup Fair press release.

Funnyman and TV host of NBC’s “Deal of No Deal,” Howie Mandel has touched all aspects of the entertainment spectrum. He spent six years on “St. Elsewhere,” earning an Emmy nomination, and another Emmy nomination for the eight-year Fox animated kids’ series, “Bobby’s World.” Add to that countless movies and guest hosting network talk shows, and Howie Mandel has become a household name.

Howie Mandel will perform at the Puyallup Fair’s 2007 Columbia Bank Concert Series on Saturday, September 15 with performances at 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Tickets are now on sale at Ticketmaster outlets, online, or by phone (253-627-TIXS in Tacoma, or 206-628-0888 in Seattle, or www.ticketmaster.com).

Golden Circle reserved seats are $40, Infield reserved seating is $20, while grandstand seating is free, first-come, first-seated basis. The seating for this concert does not include Fair gate admission.

Howie Mandel began his business career performing at the Comedy Store on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip. He performed on amateur night on a dare, while taking a vacation from the carpet business he ran. A producer happened to be in the audience and spotted him, and hired Mandel for an appearance on the comedy game show, “Make Me Laugh.”

He soon graduated to TV talk shows and Las Vegas performances, fitting in successful television shows at the same time. He has been a frequent guest host for late night talk shows, as well as “Live with Regis and Kelly.” Mandel has done work in movies, a short stint with his self-titled talk show in the 1998-1999 season, and a full time schedule of concerts and comedy specials.

Just in case you are craving for more numbers after the three previous posts, additional numbers generated by the folks who run The Puyallup Fair.

• In September 2006, there were 582,050 visits to www.thefair.com and www.doozy.net (versus 347,401 visits in September 2005), with 2,749,953 page views.

• In 2006, non-Puyallup Fair events on the fairgrounds accounted for 133events, and 232 event days.

• Hold onto your seatbelt! The Extreme Scream gave 34,907 brave thrill riders a memory they’ll never forget in 2006.

• A total of 58,000 passengers enjoyed the debut of the C.P. Huntington Train in SillyVille in 2006.

• A total of 687,756 students and 109,471 educational employees (teachers and staff) in Western Washington received complimentary tickets to the 2006 fair.

• Last year, 92,386 people left the driving to Pierce Transit. They avoided traffic or parking hassles by traveling to their local park-and-ride lot.

• Washington’s Lottery sold $89,288 worth of tickets at the 2006 Puyallup Fair, up over $8,000 from 2005.

• 27,078 Fair guests enjoyed using 13,539 Value Packs.

• The fair staff are pros at matching lost children/adults! A total of 659 guests were temporarily lost and found last year -- 13% less match-ups than 2005.

• During the 17-day Fair, over 20,000 kids had designs airbrushed on their faces in 2006. That averaged nearly 1,200 faces a day.

• The rodeo had 381 entries with winnings paid out totaling $251,995.95. A total of 36 entries were from Washington. U.S. contestants came from: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Canadian contestants came from Alberta and British Columbia.

Three state-wide youth shows are held during the fair: the 4-H State Fair, the Washington State FFA Exhibition and the Washington Junior Poultry Exposition.

Here's information on the 2006 open class entries provided by The Puyallup Fair (non-livestock departments and youth shows):

• 6,245 – Floral
• 1,108 - Hobby Hall
• 3,500 - Photo Salon
• 1,819 - Home Arts
• 1,416 - Jr./Sr. High Art Show
• 942 - Fine Art Show
• 1,121 - Ag Hort

The fair also was full of barnyard critters in 2005, including:
• 374 – poultry
• 380 – beef
• 502 – goats
• 634 – pigeons
• 384 - dairy cattle
• 639 - sheep
• 593 - rabbits

Prices and calories aren't the only "food numbers" you might be interested in from the fair. Read on and find out about the numbers you'll never have to memorize for your finals at the end of this semester, but you could use them to show off the depth of your knowledge to your friends (some 2005 and 2006 figures provided by The Puyallup Fair).

• Scones dripping with butter and raspberry jam are a tradition for many guests who attend the Puyallup Fair. In 2005, bakers were busy, baking 988,250 scones. That includes 75 tons of flour, 12 tons of butter, and 40 tons of raspberry jam.

• The Puyallup Fair wouldn’t be complete without a burger – 59,883 burgers to be exact!

• Gotta love those Krusty Pups. A total of 13,010 wieners on sticks were dipped in batter and fried. Hey, pass the mustard!

• Don’t call us chicken! Fair guests consumed 40,324 pounds of chicken at the 2006 Puyallup Fair.

• The all-American hot dog did well, with 3,630 served.

• Hamburger Myers’ two food stands served 7 tons (that’s 14,000 pounds) of onions on their burgers. Makes you want to cry.

• The Wilcox Farms cows were busy, since 3,823 gallons of 2-oz. samples of flavored milk were served, over 10% more than last year.

• A&W sampled and sold 66 cases of Fuse and Wired Energy; up 66% over 2005, with sales up 61%.

Here are some "hygiene numbers" provided by The Puyallup Fair.

• The average washing machine uses 55 gallons of water per load. It would take nearly 64 loads in the washing machine using germicidal bathroom sanitizer rather than water to equal the amount of sanitizer used at the 2006 Puyallup Fair—3,500 gallons.

• Since the average domestic cat’s tail length is 12”, you would need to put 1,255,000 cats, tail to tail to equal the length of toilet paper used at the 2006 Puyallup Fair—15,060,000 feet.

• The average bath tub holds 35 gallons of liquid. It would take 22 bath tubs filled with liquid soap to equal the amount used at the 2006 Puyallup Fair—770 gallons of liquid soap.

• If every person who is a Bellevue resident (well, except a few on a business trip) held a garbage bag filled with trash, that would equal the number of trash bags used during the 2006 Puyallup Fair -- 112,500 bags.

• The average man’s foot length is about 9.4”, so you would need 579,787 men’s feet, lined up heal to toe to equal the amount of paper towels used in restrooms at the 2006 Puyallup Fair --5,450,000 feet.

• Fill every seat in Safeco Field for a Mariner’s game 7.8 times, and that is the amount of toilet seat covers used during the 17-day Puyallup Fair in 2006 --365,000 toilet seat covers.