Thursday, July 17, 2025
What’s inside
Lloyd Ex Fair in photos
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Meridian Source staffers captured picture-perfect moments throughout the fair.
Heritage society praises donors
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The Barr Colony Heritage Society welcomes lean-to addition to building.
Junior golfers tee off in Lloyd
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Lloydminster city course hosts Saskatchewan junior provincials.
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Fair captures summer spirit
mind is our hobby horse competition,” she said. “The stands were pretty full for that competi.................................. tion. It was just a new aspect of fair that anyone The Lloyd Ex Fair celebrated a successful year, could participate in, which I loved.” capping off its 120th anniversary. The poultry show also saw major success this While it’s still too early for year. concrete numbers of the event, they “Our poultry show doubled in numlook promising. bers this year from last year,” said “We know we sold over 1,000 Tomayer. “That showed me there’s more wristbands in the prea real desire for that.” sale,” said Jackie Tomayer, The four-day event was general manager at the capped by the return of a Lloydminster Agricultural popular fair event. Exhibition Association, noting she “We brought a grandsaw plenty of happy faces taking in stand show back, the various fair offerings. and come fire“I initially would say it was one of work time, it was our best (fairs) we’ve ever had,” packed,” she she said. said. “The last “We had very few issues that kick on the we dealt with. We just had a drum hapwhole pile of happy people on pened and the grounds and during all the a firework offerings.” went up in She said the fair has the sky.” continued to build on the As history of the Lloyd Ex Fair. plans “What it means to the Lloyd begin for Ex is continuing to build on that next year, tradition, continuing to build on Tomayer the rural routes,” said Tomayer. says one pop“There’s very few organizations ular attracthat can say they’ve been around for tion will be 120 years and done things so successfully returning. for that many years.” “I can conThis year saw some new and returning f i d e ntl y sa y items at the fair. monster “We brought even more agricultural trucks will Spandex Nation frontman offerings this year,” she said, noting a be back next Kid Hollywood rocks the stage on few items come to mind as personal year,” she Saturday night at the Lloyd Ex Fair. highlights. said. Taylor Weaver MERIDIAN SOURCE “I would say a couple that come to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CHRISTIAN APOSTOLOVSKI STAFF WRITER