2011 Great Northern Fair about set to start

Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson, file photo

Children swing on the Sea Ray at the carnival during the Great Northern Fair in July.

The manager of the Great Northern Fairgrounds said this week that most everything is in place for the fair to start on time Wednesday, July 20.

Repairs to a roof on one of the buildings and to the roads at the grounds are in the works, Manager Tim Solomon said.

He said Hill County commissioners approved a contract to repair the roof on the horse barn.

The contractor is "supposed to have it done by the fair, " Solomon said.

Solomon said that money that had...