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NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR

Dwight Yoakam playing at Northwest Washington Fair on Aug. 13

LYNDEN - Country music superstar Dwight Yoakam will play at the Northwest Washington Fair at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13.

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Rising country music performer Hunter Hayes coming to Lynden fair

LYNDEN — Hunter Hayes, the Country Music Association’s Best New Artist of 2012, is coming to next year’s Northwest Washington Fair.

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Northwest Washington Fair: Attendance down, some unrest with new security policy

LYNDEN - Visitors to this year's Northwest Washington Fair saw some new attractions: hot weather, alcohol sales, and an amped-up security policy that drew complaints from at least one group.

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2012 Northwest Washington Fair Saturday

Scenes from the Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden, Wash. on Saturday, August 18, 2012.

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2012 Northwest Washington Fair Friday

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2012 Northwest Washington Fair Thursday

Scenes from Thursday's Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden

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2012 Northwest Washington Fair Wednesday

Scenes from the Northwest Washington Fair, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, in Lynden.

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2012 Northwest Washington Fair Tuesday

Scenes from the Northwest Washington Fair, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, in Lynden.

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Northwest Washington Fair draws families for first day

LYNDEN - Ice cream sandwiches softening in the sun, the stomach-flipping feeling of the rides and getting to see several farms' worth of animals: That's what fair memories are made of.

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2012 Northwest Washington Fair Sunday

Scenes from the Northwest Washington Fair, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in Lynden. Floral, agriculture, baking and canning contests took place under the grandstands.