Logan County Fair 2022

Page 274 2022 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS JULY / AUGUST 2022 FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2022 PHOTOS and STORY By Nila Smith and Karen Hargis From simple exercise to Simply Patsy, senior citizens enjoy a special day at the fair F riday morning, the Lincoln Stage area was a delightful place to be for local senior citizens. Senior Day at the fair involved three forms of entertainment, slash activity, for the more seasoned fairgoers starting with a morning of exercise. Georgia Allison leads the Silver Fox program in the community and holds sessions at the Christian Village on a regular basis. On Friday she moved the event to the fairgrounds to encourage local seniors to come in and have some fun while staying active. It was a warm day, but not the hottest of fair week. Nonetheless, the turn out for that portion of the morning was not huge. However, the senior citizen lust for bingo came shining through mid-morning with the entire barn where the Lincoln Stage resides filled to overflowing with seniors. It is estimated that more than 80 local seniors came in to try to win the many gifts that were displayed on tables in front of the stage. The bingo session was come for a while leave and come back do as you wish type event and several seniors stopped in to use bingo as a sit-a-spell before moving on to some other morning activity or to just check out the many exhibits in the showbarns. The 2022 Logan County Fair royalty Miss Logan County Fair Emma Stoltzenburg, Junior Miss Isabella Pollice and Little Miss Luci Bobell stopped in to visit for a while and took their turns at verifying the numbers on the cards of those who claimed BINGO. The bingo event was hosted by the Oasis Senior Center with Oasis staff on hand to assist during the day. Continued p