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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2006-08-30, Page 11ti News The Huron Expositor • August 30, 2006 Page 11 Seaforth Fall Fair expanding into Sunday with new lawn tractor pull and car show Junior ambassador contest and miniature horse show also new events this year Susan Hundertmark amatemmo With four new events and a fourth day added to the usual three-day event, the Seaforth Fall Fair is growing this year. "The fair is expanding into Sunday this year," says Seaforth Agricultural Society member Steve Fritzley, who is helping to organize a lawn tractor pull and a car show, two new eventsoffered on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m. As well, a junior ambassador pro- gram is being offered for teenagers going into Grade 9 this fall and a miniature horse show will be offered on Saturday at 1 p.m. Anyone with a lawn tractor, including children under 12 if they're accompanied by an adult, can enter the stock class of the lawn tractor pull. Lawn tractors must have func- tioning brakes with the grass -cutting deck either disconnected or removed and riders must have a helmet and shoes. But, the numbers are limited to 15-20 entries so interested partici- pants are asked to call Steve Fritzley at 527- 0797 with a $5 entry fee. "It'll be first come, first served," he says. Along with the stock class, a modified class will be offered for lawn tractor enthusiasts across Ontario who have modified their garden tractors with -four cylinder car engines or motorcycle engines. "It's something differ- ent and if it works, we'll give it another try next year," says Fritzley. While events at the fair are usually free, a $5 admission fee for adults and $2 for chil- dren 5-12 will be charged to pay for prizes for the lawn trac- tor pull. The car show, being held at the same time as the lawn tractor pull, is being offered for anyone with a vehicle they want to display from antiques to hot rods. While there is no entry fee to dis- play a vehicle, spectators will be. asked for a $5 admission fee. The junior ambas- sador competition will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. for teenagers interested in gaining some experience in pub- lic speaking and being interviewed. "A few other fairs are doing this and we want- ed to give our younger girls or chaps a chance to try it. It's mainly for the experience," says organizer Gwen Good, who adds that the idea was current ambassador Kora Bennett's. While contestants in the fair ambassador contest have individual sponsors, Good is hoping to find someone to sponsor the whole junior ambassador event. Junior ambassador contestants will be asked to give one to two -minute speeches on the fair and will be interviewed by the judges. So far there . are two entries. Another first for the Seaforth fair is . a miniature horse show, being organized by Martha Mills, of Sarnia and Jim and Gene Baynham, who raise miniature hors- es in Seaforth.: Gene Baynham, who has helped to organize the minia- ture horse show at the Clinton fair for the last few years, says minia- ture horses are rising in popularity in Canada. "They're big in the U.S. and there are quite a lot of them around now in Ontario. Last year, there was a miniature horse show for the first time at the CNE," she says. Held on Saturday at 1 p.m., the miniature horse show will have 17 classes from weanlings to senior horses and including horses in hal- ters and pulling carts. Baynham is expecting entries from across Ontario, including Belleville, Guelph and Owen Sound. Miniature horses in the show will be 34 inches at the withers or short- er and Baynham is hoping they will be a good draw to the fair. "They're very sweet little things. There's something about them that hooks you. 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