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Sandy Schnepf to
step down as Fair Board Administrator
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July 29, 2015 |
by McKenzie MacDonald
After serving eight years as Boundary County’s
Fair Board administrator, Sandy Schnepf has
decided that this upcoming fair will be her last
in that position. Over the years, Sandy has
gotten to know many, many community members and
has worked with them to provide our county with
a fun annual event that everyone looks forward
to.
For Sandy, being able to give back to the
community has been the most rewarding part of
her job. “It’s the fair,” she said, “It’s the
social event of the summer.” She likes seeing
everyone, young and old, head down to the
fairgrounds and have a great time. It is where
people can gather and visit with friends they
may not have seen since the last fair.
 While
Sandy has found her job to be very rewarding, it
has not been without challenges. She believes
that trying to keep everyone happy with the way
the fair is going is very difficult. “You’re
going to step on toes somewhere along the line,”
she said. Her hope, however, is that while there
may be some underlying issues, those will go
unnoticed and will not be seen by the
fair-goers.
Although Sandy will no longer be the Fair Board
administrator, she is by no means stepping away
from the fair. She hopes to return next year as
a volunteer, which she believes in very
strongly. “If we don’t have volunteers,” she
said, “the fair won’t survive.”
“Life is in chapters,” Sandy said. She considers
spending eight years as the Fair Board’s
administrator to be a chapter, and will consider
any time spent as a volunteer to be another
chapter. In her opinion, change is necessary.
“At some point,” she said, “you need new blood,
new eyes and new thoughts.” The only way to do
that is by recruiting someone who has a
different way of looking at things. “Everything
needs to be shook up every once in a while,” she
said, “in a good way of course.”
To initiate this shake-up, Anna Fuller has been
hired to replace Sandy as the Board’s
administrator. Anna is a lifelong resident of
Boundary County and looks forward to the fair
every year. With that, comes a strong belief in
our fair which, in Sandy’s eyes, is imperative.
As Sandy thinks about stepping down, there are
many things that make her feel very sad. One of
those things, is not being able to work with
many people in the same capacity as she has
been. “Not being out there and a part of the
community” will be difficult for her. “The fair
is an important event,” she said.
This year, the community can expect the fair
that we have always known and loved, with a bit
of added celebration of Boundary County’s
Centennial. “This fair will be the same that
it’s been for many, many years,” Sandy said.
While this chapter of Sandy’s life is coming to
an end, she is looking forward to the next one.
Although she is sad to be leaving her role in
the community she will remember it fondly. “It’s
been a great ride,” she said.
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