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4-H Fair Parade canceled

Sunday, July 17, 2022

The Putnam County 4-H Fair Parade has been canceled due to inclement weather.

Parade officials made the announcement at about 11 a.m.

They stated that there is no plan to reschedule the parade because of logistics with planning and permitting, as well as the Putnam County 4-H Fair upcoming.

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    If the parade planning was devoid of accommodations for inclement weather circumstances, then it wasn't actual planning. Sounds like idiotic and or lazy leadership to me...

    -- Posted by DouglasQuaid on Sun, Jul 17, 2022, at 5:56 PM

  • Sitting in a scorching hot sun with a thunderstorm threatening on the horizon is part of the annual fair tradition. What has become of the hardy folk of Putnam County?

    -- Posted by techphcy on Sun, Jul 17, 2022, at 6:37 PM

  • I would have to agree with DQ on this one.....it's sad that all those participants in the parade have wasted a lot of money just for it to be cancelled without rescheduling. Seems like there should have been a rain date?? It saddens me to see fair become less and less each year. Poor leadership indeed!

    -- Posted by putcoresident84 on Sun, Jul 17, 2022, at 9:22 PM

  • And before y'all come after me, yes in fact I volunteered for the fair for several years and I will tell you that there is no room for forward movement or progress within the fair.

    -- Posted by putcoresident84 on Sun, Jul 17, 2022, at 9:24 PM

  • This really makes me sad. There are towns that have multiple parades a year, and ours cancels the one that we have, that EVERYONE looks forward to. It's just ridiculous that there wasn't better planning for this.

    -- Posted by anymouse on Mon, Jul 18, 2022, at 8:39 AM

  • Why not have it this Sunday?

    -- Posted by Homegrown765 on Tue, Jul 19, 2022, at 12:12 AM

  • They have stated they can’t reschedule due to permits etc. Our parade has to close 2 state highways to have the parade. These permits are planned many many months ahead.

    -- Posted by Nit on Tue, Jul 19, 2022, at 12:46 PM

  • Exactly why you should have an alternate date in the plan.

    -- Posted by Falcon9 on Tue, Jul 19, 2022, at 3:43 PM

  • So how does the Rose Bowl and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade handle possible inclement weather conditions?

    -- Posted by buster9000 on Tue, Jul 19, 2022, at 7:20 PM
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