2018 fair-print

2018 Logan County Fair Lincoln Daily News July 29 - August 5, 2018 Page 263 Logan County Fair ends with a bang On Sunday evening the Lo- gan County Fair came to an end with a bang…a BIG bang. It was Demolition Derby night at the fair, and this year saw the largest turnout of cars seen in years, particularly in the Bone Stock Class, where 27 cars vied for a title. Another record setting turn- out was in the Power Wheels Class for kids, where 42 youngsters crashed and banged around the field for several minutes. The timed event ended with every par- ticipant receiving a checkered flag for their efforts. This year in the Power Wheels, there were 14 Wild Card spots that were given away in a free drawing for all kids in the grandstand. Kids were invited to take a ticket free of charge and right be- fore the show began 14 names were to be drawn. As it would turn out there were 15 names drawn. As the selection of cars narrowed, it came down to a couple of cars with either pink wheels or purple wheels, and with color schemes that were a bit “girly.” When one youngster’s ticket was drawn, he came out to the track, but seeing that the selection was not to his taste he told the announcer he thought he would pass on the opportunity. This year in the Bone Stock Class, two very familiar drivers returned to the field, Lincoln Mayor Seth Good- man and Lincoln attorney Jim Grimaldi. Before the show began, Gri- maldi hosted a raffle on the field. He said he would raffle off the passenger seat of his car with the proceeds divided equally between the Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District and the city of Lincoln Fire Department. Grimaldi did a good job sell- ing the raffle and when it came time for the drawing he announced that the total pro- ceeds was $400. Half would be given to each of the depart- ments. In addition, he said that if his car caught fire during the heat, the first department to pull him and his passenger out would get an additional $100 from Grimaldi person- ally. Fortunately, this year Grimaldi’s car did not catch fire, so that $100 did not get paid out. When it came time to draw for the ride, the winner was Peyton Bennett, daughter of Christopher and Lesleigh Ben- nett of Lincoln. Peyton had ar- rived at the fair in open shoes, so Grimaldi called out to the audience for someone to lend her a pair of tennis shoes. The shoes were lent, and Peyton was fitted with a helmet, and ready to go along for the ride. This year, a week or so before the fair, Lincoln Mayor Seth Goodman said he was go- ing to sit it out this year, but hoped to be back behind the wheel in 2019. However, that changed after the Tuesday night Queen Pageant. Kristy Weidhuner was First Runner up at the pageant. During the pageant, she re- vealed that she had a strong desire to participate in the demolition derby at the Logan County Fair. After the pag- eant, Kristy got a call from Mayor Goodman congratulat- ing her on her First Runner Up finish at the pageant. They visited for a bit and talked about Kristy’s interest in the demo derby. That call ended, but soon Goodman placed another call to Kristy. He had decided that he would enter the derby this year after all, and he wanted to offer the passenger seat to Kristy. CONTINUE 00