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(From Page C-t)year-old Hertz vehicles and new Chevrolet? will be on sale. •Re-roofing, masonry work and new ventilation have been completed at the Draft Horse Barn, Sheep and Swine Barn, Poultry Building/Hall of Health and the Coliseum, Special -drinking fountains, access ramps, renovated restrooms and new sprinkler systems are set in the Dairy Products Building, Dairy Cattle Barn, State Exhibits Building and Hall of Health.“The master plan is to bring them all up to compliance with the life safety codes,” explained Bill Fredericks, the Fair’s property manager and staff member responsible for overseeing the extensive rehabilition. With the new ramping in place, the only remaining corner of the fairgrounds seemingly out ofreach of the handicapped will be the second floor of the Art-and Home Center.Similar work is entailed' in the less extensive and less costly eight rehabilitation projects included in the current State Fair budget. Additional restrooms are being installed in the Beef Cattle and Pole barns, exterior painting has been completed on five buildings, Indian .Village has received six new tribal huts and new stalls are being placed in the Dairy Cattle building.In addition, a guard house under construction at Gate 2 will house the centralized fire-sensing monitors and two-way radio system for security and maintenance personnel.In total, the eight rehabilitation projects will cost $400,000.Two other popular sites will faceacuse Herald-Amerlcan, Sunday, August 9, 1981 C-3alterations. Five elevated tanks (up, more than agt y^r) will the volume of available milk and allow the introduction of strawberry-flavored milk at the Dairy Products Building’s milk bar.Variety Showcase, the forum for amateur talent, has been relocated to the grassy aisle between Youth-, land and the Youth (4-H) Building, a move Director Thomas G. Young believes “will tend to attract people to this end of the State Fair. The old grandstand stage will be used at the site to host talent from 22 counties. an improvement of 16 over last year.The Showcase’s previous home, facing the horse barns, has been transformed into stables for the six visiting Hallamore Ciydesdalcs. The latter have been on display at the Eastern Stale Exposition each year in Massachusetts.After showing off the major renovation projects, Young remarked: it’s what you don’t see that is the single greatest resource at the fair — insuring the physical integrity here.Lauer(From Page C-l)Lauer said although he never feels isolated in the mountains, helege for 1 Vz years, and latched onto the job as “conservation facility supervisor after a stint working on
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Syracuse Herald American
Syracuse, New York, US
Sun, Aug 09, 1981
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