Local County Fair To Sell Beer

The Miami County Fair will sell beer this year:

The Miami County Agricultural Society has joined a group of about 20 other fairs in Ohio with its decision to sell beer during the 2011 Miami County Fair.
According to Diana Thompson, the Piqua representative of the Miami County Agricultural Society, the decision was made at a recent board of directors meeting. However, the board has been quietly discussing it since the end of the 2010 event, she said.
Thompson said with ever-increasing costs to put on the week-long event, coupled with the drop in ticket sales from the 2010 fair due to the heat, the board had to begin to look into ways to increase revenue.
"It wasn't a decision we made lightly. It really is about budgetary concerns," Thompson said. "That's why many fairs are going in this direction."
She said after speaking with managers at several other fairs - including Auglaize County where beer has been offered for more than 100 years - the board feels more comfortable with its decision.

This sounds good to me.  I'll have to go out there and buy a couple from them.  I'm sure some older folks will be upset, but I like the concept.