Fine time at 156th annual Drayton Fair

Fairgoers came out for a fine time in Drayton on the weekend, enjoying a great array of events despite a wet weekend.

“All things considered, I think we did very well,” said Brad Schieck, president of the Drayton Mapleton Agricultural Society.

While the rain washed out the truck pull planned for Friday night and a lawn tractor pull on Saturday, most of the events, including all the livestock shows, went off as planned and were well attended, said Schieck.

“The exhibits did really well,” drawing good crowds all weekend, he noted.

A rain delay Saturday night backed the tractor pull up by about an hour and a half and a problem with the pull boat created another half-hour delay, causing the event to wrap up around 3am.

Schieck said the pullers enjoyed the event, despite the long day.

“Especially the King of the Pull guys, because they’re pretty well all local.”

Sunday’s demolition derby drew as well as in past years, filling the stands with about 1,200 people, Schieck estimated.