FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 18, 2006
For more information contact:

Tom Lacock, Senior Marketing and Public Relations Specialist
Wyoming Business Council
Office: 307.631.0958

Wyoming Business Council sponsors State Fair events

CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Business Council will feature a strong presence at the 2006 Wyoming State Fair in Douglas, Aug. 12-19. The Business Council will sponsor the Wyoming Products Pavilion, Farmers’ Market as well as the Hay Show to feature Wyoming’s agriculture and entrepreneurship.

The Wyoming Products Pavilion, which sells Wyoming-made products, has moved to a larger location in the Fort Fetterman Building on the fairgrounds campus. The Pavilion will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Aug. 12-17 and from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. on Aug. 18-19. Visitors to the Pavilion can find everything from horse hair pottery to western photography and clothing.

In addition, the Pavilion will host several presentations. Among the offerings are:

• Broken Pine Leather out of Casper will do custom leather demonstrations
• Ila Miller from the Woolie Llama, will conduct a felting demonstration
• Aug. 16, is Wyoming Author’s Day featuring Echo (Roy) Klaproth, Larry Brown, Chip Carlson, Arnetta Baugh, Cat Urbigkit and Bearlodge Writers
• The KC Kids, LLC will demonstrate their “Genuine Dirt Shirts” and make shirts in their booth
• Kay Moyer from Cheyenne will teach leather crafts

The Annual Farmers’ Market will offer fresh produce from around the state from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 19 in the Event Tent. Items include vegetables, natural meat, baking mixes and value-added products such as raspberry syrup and honey. The first 50 buyers will receive a tote bag with their purchase.

Wyoming’s high-quality hay will be on display at the Ag and Natural Resource Center on the fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. High-quality dairy alfalfa, mixed hays for the cow-calf producer and the best grass hay for the high-end horse marketplace will be on display. Hay Show entry will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 14. Judging will take place Aug. 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the judges will give awards by 5 p.m.

Information about the Agribusiness Division of the Wyoming Business Council will be available at the booth in the Ag Resources Center.

The mission of the Wyoming Business Council is to facilitate the economic growth of Wyoming. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.wyomingbusiness.org.

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