Fair board talks repair, revenue and insurance money

Tuesday night’s Great Northern Fair Board meeting included talk about replacing a Bigger Better Barn door that had been broken during a rodeo, more than $400,000 received in insurance claim money and ideas for how the fairgrounds can generate revenue.

A Bigger Better Barn door was broken during the Montana State University-Northern rodeo when a horse got hung up on it by the saddle horn. Its getting caught up caused the horse to “blow up,” Scott Doney said. The door was shattered and brought off the hinges during the melee.

A local company bandaged and hung the door back for $300 un...