By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – August 8, 2021 Oh My Goodness! Sounds like this year's County Fair is well worth the time and financial investment. Are you surprised that there wasn't a last minute cancellation due to the horror of horrors, "THE DELTA VARIANT"? Looks like the Fair Board put their big boy pants on and money won out. Have to laugh as the usual suspects, Kevin Hendrick, the progressive mouth piece at the local Democrat Central Committee, Eric Weir our "medical expert" of Crescent City's bureaucracy, and the local Mega Non Profit out on Washington, Sutter Health, are all posting "dire warnings" about the recent surge of Covid cases and the need to be safe "if" you plan on attending the County's Fair. Of course, not to forget our local ecoterrorists and recycle nut jobs under the leadership of Director Tedd Ward out at the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority and finally our Medical Propagandists at the County's Department of Public Health and Emergency Services will also be sitting this one out due to the overwhelming impact the Covid surge "may" have on their ability to provide services. One thing that is noticeable about all the hype over being "safe" while attending the fair, is that masks are available, plenty of masks, excessive cleaning has been undertaken, additional hand sanitizing stations, and, this is important, additional portable toilets are to be made available. But keep in mind that Sutter's twenty five bed capacity is in "surge condition", no mention of the other twenty five beds that could be available if it weren't for Sutter's concern over their bottom line. And you might not have been able to have your trash disposed of next week at the transfer station if the DNSWMA's employees were infected with Covid. One couldn't help but notice the weekly Facebook postings by the County's "nannies" taking the Fair Board to task over "not cancelling the Fair entirely", but what are you going to do? The fat lady had already been prepped to sing. Seriously, folks, the County Fair is a great place to reconnect with friends and relatives. The entertainment value after a bleak nineteen months is well worth the effort to go to this year's Fair. Even the Public Health's "Dash Board of Doom" bears little resemblance to the spikes in December and January of 2020. Nationwide Deaths are down as are hospitalizations. Ask yourself, "Do you know directly someone who has had Covid?" Not a friend that knows somebody who knows somebody, but do you know somebody who has had Covid, let alone the "DELTA VARIANT". The answer may surprise you. We have all experienced the advice of "experts" at one time or another, counseling us to refrain from life itself, and yet here you are. You probably have a better chance of driving your car and a negative out come than going to the Del Norte County Fair this year. Attend and partake. Don't let the nannies of Del Norte County spoil the fun. Surly there will be enough of that in the months to come, October is typically the start of virus season every year. It's just now, we are testing and contact tracing our way through the winter months. After all we must keep the Department of Public Health and Emergency Services earning their bloated salaries, not to forget Tedd Ward in clover, Kevin Hendrick's progressive dream alive, Eric Weir's stint as the City's CEO meaningful, and Sutter's bottom line well padded. Has anything been forgotten? Oh, Yes, If you wish to be vaccinated, it may not be happening in the Fair, just nearby, and well protected from those that just want to enjoy themselves at the Fair.