Community Corner
Dixon is Well Represented at Solano County Fair
From Chamber and Downtown Dixon reps to real estate and 4-H groups -- Vallejo Fair involves Dixonites
Touting all the agricultural assests of Dixon including and , the Dixon booth at this year's Solano County Fair is an attractive sight. It helps that it is being manned by people who truly know and enjoy Dixon such as volunteers from the , the , the Dixon Kiwanis Club, local Realtors and even our mayor.
"I enjoy those kinds of things and that's part of my job--to represent Dixon within Solano County but also regionally and statewide. I was able to talk to a number of people," said Dixon Mayor Jack Batchelor. "One woman came all the way from Modesto and saw the pictures and had lots of questions about Dixon and our downtown and the "
He thinks it's fun to talk about the history of Dixon.
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"Another person asked about the Womens Improvement Club and how it got started and how the park got started," he said. "It was really great."
Other volunteers had similar experiences.
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"I didn't leave until after nine the other night because there were so many people that were asking questions about Dixon," said Chamber Administrator Carol Pruett. "It was really busy and I enjoyed myself."
Pruett helped organize staffing for the Dixon booth that has been done in the past by City staff.
But the volunteers weren't the only ones on the scene in Vallejo. Plenty of Dixon youth from the were also there showing their animals--rabbits, pigs, goats, and even cows.
Tanner and Brayden White both took top awards with their goats and had a great experience, according to their mother, Gina White who with husband, Barry, helps out with Tacy and John Currey's Wolfskill 4-H Club. To avoid shuttling their boys each day to the fair, they chose to bring their trailer and camp at the fair like other Dixon 4-H parents.
The event is open today from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and admission is $8 for adults; Over 60 seniors and children 6-12 years are $4; children age 5 and under are free. Military and their dependents with ID are also free.
The fair runs through today at 900 Fairgrounds Drive right off of Interstate 80 in Vallejo. For more information, go to www.scfair.com.
