Farm

Lucknow held its annual Fall Fair this past weekend, which marked the agricultural community's 161st year of celebrating the many hard-working farmers and talented citizens that make it special.

Most assuredly, each and every agricultural fair in this great, girthsome nation is special and unique in its own way, but there was just something a little bit extra awesome about the Brussels Fall Fair this year.

In Huron County, there's no surer sign that summer vacation has ended and the school year has begun than the spectacle of the student foot parade that kicks off the Elementary School Fair each year.

After the cancellation of the Brussels Fall Fair in both 2020 and 2021, the Brussels Agricultural Society returned in 2022, though not at its traditional home of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre.

While the Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador Committee consists of four past winners - Maggie Speer, Nicole Lowe, Hannah Hodgins and Morgan Zoccolante - it's only Speer who is often referred to as the "Fair Mom" by the ambassadors of today.

For Walton's Reg Vinnicombe, this year's Brussels Fall Fair is one of opportunity and a glimpse into the future and the endless possibilities offered up by a newly renovated and expanded Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre.

When she was a kid, Nicole Lowe had to abide by one rule when it came to the Brussels Fall Fair: if she wanted the day off of school to attend the fair, she had to earn it by being part of the annual event in some way.

This year's Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador, Emily Bieman, is no stranger to the Brussels Agricultural Society or to holding an ambassador title within the organization for that matter.

It may have been a bit of a drizzly weekend in Blyth, but that didn't stop the annual Threshers Reunion from going full-steam ahead!