Who doesn't like a Fair!
Finally, summer! Are you as happy as I am? For those of us who reside in the tristate region, it was a long, cold winter. And who cares if the temperature went from 52 degrees to 80 degrees overnight. I don’t even mind the humidity index – we have sunshine. But nothing signifies the arrival of summer for me more than all of the festivals and fairs that happen in our region.
Who doesn't love a fair? Corn dogs; elephant ears; rows of cute, cuddly baby animals; weird sideshows; rides, rides, and more rides; and some of the biggest musical talent in the country.
For this issue, we discovered hundreds of festivals and fairs, from the mammoth Ohio State Fair that directly impacts the local economy by $45 million every summer in only three short weeks to the humble carnivals and festivals that dot the maps of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Western New York. The impact fairs have on our local economies, not to mention our spirits, is tremendous. Fairs are simply all-American and a part of our culture that celebrates the wild, happy, and wacky in all of us.
It’s hard to be self-righteous or stuffy when attending a fair. The heat, cotton candy, games, and prizes dismantle the most self-righteous and the Tilt-A-Whirl is excellent at leveling the playing field.
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Some fairgoers have lamented
Some fairgoers have lamented the Wine Court's move from the high-traffic site just off Chevrolet Court to behind the Horticulture building. Jim Moulton isn't one of them. debt consolidation
Moulton and his wife of 33 years, Linda, run Bwana Jim's Wildlife Show, which is set up in the Colonnade, where the Wine Court used to be. The Moultons are thrilled with their location, and attracted 100-plus fairgoers to their free show Friday morning. The show is performed several times a day.
Fair deal
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Syracuse University and the state fair are partnering to offer discount admissions to the fair this weekend for those who attend today's football home opener. Syracuse plays host to Minnesota at noon in the Carrier Dome.
Fans who bring ticket stubs to the fair Saturday, Sunday or Monday can get in for $5, half off normal admission.
Years ago, the Moultons performed their wildlife show at the New York State Fair, but they were nestled in a remote location by the railroad tracks. They didn't return after that. This year, Moulton said fair organizers offered him this prime spot, and he took it. credit card
Bwana Jim's show features an alligator, several enormous snapping turtles, three snakes, a fox, an armadillo, a turkey vulture, an owl and other birds of prey. The twist is that all the birds have been injured and rescued by the Moultons for use in their main business, The Old Red School House Wildlife & Nature Center in Shinglehouse, Pa.
The red-tail hawk, for example, was injured after someone shot its left wing, and the owl was found starving by the side of the road in Tampa, Fla. The snakes and alligators have all been rescued by the Moultons, or donated by people who tried to keep them as pets, but couldn't handle them or found out they were illegal to keep.
"We don't buy the critters, we rescue 'em," said Moulton, 62.
Hooly Hawks, 9, a fourth-grader at Fayetteville Elementary, was among several children chosen to hold a stick with two boa constrictors on it as part of the show. As the snake leaned toward her, its tongue flicking furiously, Hawks leaned back ever so slightly. When it was over, Hawks said it was loads of fun. "I was a little scared because I like snakes, but I don't," she said. debit cards
Postal record at stake
The state fair and U.S. Postal Service want fairgoers to help them break a world record today by mailing more postcards from one location in a single day than ever before.
To break the record, fairgoers will have to send out more than 4,976 postcards. The attempt will take place at the "Record Breakin' Station" near the main gate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Postal officials will provide postcards and sell postage, although people can bring their own postcards as long as the card is mailed from the fair.
Previous record mailings of postcards were held in Haverhill, Mass., with 4,976 mailed in July; and in China's Luoyang City, with 4,493 mailed in April.
All postcards will receive a special one-day postmark, prepared with the support of the Syracuse Stamp Club, that commemorates the Record-Breakin' Station. Postage on the free, oversized postcards that will be supplied by the Postal Service at the fair is 44 cents. Smaller postcards cost 28 cents to send.
The attempt is already recorded with Guinness World Records. Results from this record-breaking effort will be passed on to its London office with additional documentation.