| Washington County Fair | |
|---|---|
 Ride at the 2011 fair | |
| Genre | County fair |
| Date(s) | July |
| Frequency | annual |
| Location(s) | Hillsboro, Oregon |
| Attendance | 109,606 (2012) [1] |
| Website | bigfairfun.com |
The Washington County Fair is an annual event held at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. The fair includes amusement rides, [2] live entertainment, [3] livestock exhibits, [4] and other exhibits. It is held during the last weekend of July.
Pop singer Britney Spears performed at the fair in 1999. [3] In 2012, singer/actress Miranda Cosgrove headlined the entertainment. [5] Due to the planned attendance of the Blue Angels at the Oregon International Air Show, the fair overlapped with the air show in 2013 creating traffic issues with the air show held across Cornell Road at the Hillsboro Airport. [6] The 2015 fair featured hip-hop artist Flo Rida as the main performer. [7] During the 2016 fair, several people reported contracting E. coli, which led to the fair not allowing visitors to pet animals at the 2017 fair. [8] [9]
With 2020's cancellation as the result of COVID-19 pandemic, the event was deferred to 2021.
The Washington County Fair hosts exhibits of farm animals, food, and flowers along with other type of specialty displays. Youth members of 4-H and Future Farmers of America participate by showing their animals and specialty collections. The fair also has an open class for individuals who want to show their livestock, cooking skills, or creative hobbies, but do not belong to an exhibiting organization. Awards are sponsored by local businesses, civic and service organizations, and individual donors. [4] [10] [11]
Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Lying in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city hosts many high-technology companies, such as Intel, that comprise what has become known as the Silicon Forest. At the 2010 Census, the city's population was 91,611.
The Oregon Zoo, originally the Portland Zoo and later the Washington Park Zoo, is a zoo located in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of downtown Portland. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest zoo west of the Mississippi River.
KATU, virtual channel 2, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Portland, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, as part of a duopoly with La Grande-licensed Univision affiliate KUNP. The two stations share studios on NE Sandy Boulevard in Portland; KATU's transmitter is located in the Sylvan-Highlands section of the city.
Paul Linnman is an American former television news reporter and anchor in Portland, Oregon, and radio personality in the same city. He is perhaps best known for his 1970 KATU report on the attempt by the Oregon Highway Division to dispose of a dead, beached whale by exploding it. He worked for more than 30 years as a television news reporter, host and anchor, from 1967–1972 and 1978–2004. He had a talk radio show on KEX 1190 AM from 2003 to 2014, and subsequently has worked as a media consultant.
Hillsboro Airport, also known as Portland–Hillsboro Airport, is the name of a corporate, general aviation and flight-training airport serving the city of Hillsboro, in Washington County, Oregon, USA. It is one of three airports in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area owned and operated by the Port of Portland. Established in 1928, it is Oregon's second busiest airport at over 200,000 operations annually.
KPTV, virtual and VHF digital channel 12, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Portland, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by the Meredith Local Media subsidiary of Des Moines, Iowa-based Meredith Corporation, as part of a duopoly with Vancouver, Washington-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate KPDX. The two stations share studios on NW Greenbrier Parkway in Beaverton; KPTV's transmitter is located in the Sylvan-Highlands section of Portland. However, master control and some internal operations are based at Meredith's West Coast hub facility at the shared studios of CBS affiliate KPHO-TV and independent station KTVK in Phoenix, Arizona.
Reedville is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States, located between Hillsboro and Aloha. Oregon Route 8 runs through the area. The community is served by the Hillsboro School District, with some portions of the area within the city limits of Hillsboro.
Five Oaks Museum, formerly known as the Washington County Museum, is a history museum in Washington County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the Rock Creek campus of Portland Community College (PCC), north of Beaverton, Oregon. From 2012 to 2017, its public exhibit space was located in downtown Hillsboro, Oregon, before it was moved back to PCC, its pre-2012 location and where the museum's research facility had already been located.
The Hillsboro Argus was a twice-weekly newspaper in the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, from 1894 to 2017, known as the Washington County Argus for its final year. The Argus was distributed in Washington County, Oregon, United States. First published in 1894, but later merged with the older, 1873-introduced Forest Grove Independent, the paper was owned by the McKinney family for more than 90 years prior to being sold to Advance Publications in 1999. The Argus was published weekly until 1953, then twice-weekly from 1953 until 2015. In early 2017, it was reported that the paper was planning to cease publication in March 2017. The final edition was that of March 29, 2017.
Shute Park is a municipal park in the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Acquired in 1906, the 13-acre (53,000 m2) park is the oldest park in the city. Located at southeast Tenth and Maple streets along Tualatin Valley Highway, Shute Park includes an aquatic center, a branch of the Hillsboro Public Library, and a community center. The park once had a pavilion that contained a roller skating rink, and was the center of civic activities before the opening of the Washington County Fairgrounds. Named for businessman John W. Shute, the park at one time included land on the east side of the highway that consisted mainly of a baseball field.
The Oregon International Air Show - formerly the "Portland Rose Festival Air Show" - is an annual event held in Oregon, United States. The event began in 1988, and has an average annual attendance of 55,000. Profits from the show are distributed to local charities.
Anna Song Canzano is an American broadcast journalist who works at KOIN-Television in Portland, Oregon. She previously worked at Portland's KATU and Los Angeles' ABC NewsOne and held an internship at KABC-TV in Los Angeles.
Cornelius Pass Road is an arterial road over Cornelius Pass in the Tualatin Mountains west of Portland, Oregon, United States, also extending several miles to the south. Running north–south, the road stretches between U.S. Route 30 (US 30) on the north and Blanton Street, just south of Oregon Route 8 (OR 8), on the south. The road passes through Washington and Multnomah counties, crossing the Tualatin Mountains at Cornelius Pass, 581 feet (177 m) above sea level. TriMet's MAX Light Rail line travels over the road on a bridge.
Colt Keliikoa Lyerla is a former American arena football wide receiver and convicted felon. He played tight end at the University of Oregon for the Ducks but left in October 2013 due to personal reasons. He signed with the Green Bay Packers after going undrafted during the 2014 NFL Draft. He was a member of the Arizona Rattlers and Portland Steel of the Arena Football League. He also played for AS Carcassonne in the Elite One Championship rugby league.
Walnut Street Park is a small municipal park in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened in 1998, the park covers 2.5 acres (10,000 m2) along southeast Walnut Street several blocks east of Tenth Avenue in a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood.
The Forest Grove Leader was a weekly community newspaper in Forest Grove in the U.S. state of Oregon. Started in 2012, it was published by the Oregonian Publishing Company, which also published The Hillsboro Argus newspaper and continues to publish The Oregonian. The free publication competed with the News-Times in the city, a suburb of the Portland metropolitan area. In January 2016, it was combined with two other newspapers to form the Washington County Argus, but the Argus ceased publication only 14 months later, in March 2017.
Sonrise Church is a non-denominational Christian church in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Founded in 1980 as Sonrise Baptist Church, the church is located in the Orenco neighborhood and has about 1,200 worshipers at its main campus, a former industrial building. The main church grounds also house a winter homeless shelter and a community garden.
Susan McLain is an American politician. A Democrat, she currently serves as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from District 29, representing Cornelius, Forest Grove, and parts of Hillsboro. She served as a councilor for Metro, the regional government covering the urban portions of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties, for 16 years, first winning election in 1990. She was an unsuccessful candidate for Washington County commissioner in 2006. She was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2014, defeating Republican Mark Richman.
Jerry Willey is an American politician who is currently a Washington County Commissioner and was the 41st mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon, a position he held from 2009 to 2017.
Armand Richard Vial is an American lawyer and Nonpartisan politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives. He previously represented the 26th district, which covers parts of southern Washington County and the west end of Clackamas County.
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