PRESENTING THE CHECK • Jamie Garrett, Fair Coordinator, left, and LouAnn Thalman, present the $10,000 annual check to county commissioners Chad Winn, center, Rick Carlton, and Byron Woodland. They also showed the picture from last year's sold out derby which will be used to advertise the fun event.

By Rebecca Dopp
Times-News Correspondent

Jamie Garrett, Fair Coordinator, and LouAnn Thalman presented the annual $10,000 check to the county commissioners to pay for their share of the cost of the bleachers at the rodeo fairgrounds.
"We're here to pay for our part of the payment we pay every year in June," Garrett said.
The fairground replacement bleachers were paid for by a Community Impact Board (CIB) loan.
The loan was for zero percent interest and the contract is to be repaid in 30 years. Some of the CIB money also came in the form of a grant which does not need to be repaid.
The money amounted to approximately $1 million.
It is being repaid by the county, the county fair's demolition derby proceeds and by the Ute Stampede proceeds in a three-way agreement that calls for each entity to pay $10,000 each year.
Garrett also submitted two names of new fair board members that needed to be approved. Those names were Mary Ward and Susan Lunt.
She also showed commissioners the list of the volunteers who would be helping at the Juab Extreme Racing event which is to be held June 28th at the fairgrounds. It was a very long list of volunteers, and well appreciated.
Chad Winn, commission chairman, asked how tickets sales had been going for the racing event.
Garrett said they were about the same as last year, but expected more people to buy tickets the day of because it was general admission for the whole arena.
They then showed the commissioners the picture they wanted to hang up to advertise the derby. It was the Times-News' front page picture from last year's derby showing many open-mouthed spectators as a car backed up onto another car.
"We had a lot of great pictures, but this one was the best," she said.
Last year's derby was the first one to sell out and they wanted a picture to show that. It will be displayed at the county building.