National Cattle Congress — Local services in Waterloo

I was supposed to have a booth here selling pizza at the fair. When I pulled up this afternoon to set up I found out that there was “no more space for Chad’s Pizza as we didn’t have a contract signed”. I was unaware that I needed to sign a contract to be a vendor as I never received one, was informed I needed to sign one and most events I do don’t include a contract. Since we’ll be vending at two other events this weekend I recently spent $700 on a new piece of equipment for a third location. I had exchanged multiple emails with Karen about being a food vendor for several months. I should have known better due to her lack of communication skills and...

Tonight was "Kids Night"...my 12 and 14 year old nieces were JUMPED by several girls while a large group of kids stood by watching and recording it. Afterwards, my nieces went to the police who not only did not check them out physically, but yelled at them to stop crying and then just left them alone in the beer pavilion. They were terrified. I happened to be there and was able to help them get their parents and safely leave, but not a single cop took down any information or checked them out. I will NEVER go there again - even though I've gone every year since I was born (I'm now 44 years old) and will never let me...

Rodeo was fun, motocross was also great. Rides have improved a little. Overall size of the fair seemed smaller this year. Would like to see more rides in the future. Observed children getting restless. I think this was due to lack of affordable activities. $5+ per person to pop balloons is an outrageous injustice to the kids. Seemed as though someone decided they would rather make $0 rather than charge $1 and get the lines going. I wonder whose bright idea that was to jack up the prices to the point of zero affordability… remember… these games are only fun to children and those children don’t have jobs....