Revising renters contract topic at fair board meeting

Editor’s note: This version corrects the second reference to the Great Northern Fair Board and the dates selected for the 2019 Great Northern Fair.

The Great Northern Fair Board discussed and passed Thursday a new policy dealing with insurance and damage to fairgrounds property.

Board Vice Chair Scott Doney, who chaired the monthly meeting held in the Timmons Room of the Hill County Courthouse, said that after an incident this year when a horse damaged a door on the Bigger Better Barn, the board needed to reassess its policy about insurance. The fairgrounds has insurance and renters have liabi...