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raised from $5 to $6 this year. That price hadn’t previously increased in about 15 years, Wofford said.

Of course, relocating the fairgrounds has been another long-term possibility since a $400,000 study was granted to the city of Yuma last year. Different locations were suggested last June. In July, it was estimated that constructing new facilities at a new site would cost around $94 million.

Obviously, that would be a multi-entity undertaking and isn’t likely to happen in the next decade or so. But it is another idea.

For now, the fair will remain at 2520 E. 32nd St., teeming with sausage, cinnamon buns, rides and smiling faces for six days in April.

“I’d like to thank the community for supporting the fair for 65 years, and still coming out and enjoying our small town fair,” Wofford said. “Those are memories they’re going to take with them for the rest of their lives.”