It's Expo Time Again

Once in a while, I take a break and read the newspaper while I'm at work. Of course, I'm always a little behind in reading it. Today was no different. Today I read The Moultrie Observer dated Friday, October 16th. And right there on the front page was the beginning of the article about the city preparing for the Expo.
Well, it's here, Tuesday, the 20th, through Thursday, the 22nd.
This is the 32nd Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition. It gets bigger and bigger every year. If you've ever walked the grounds out there, you know the show gets bigger and bigger. You're feet will tell you so. They're expecting their exhibition space to be nearly filled to capacity with approximately 1,200 exhibitors indoor and outdoor. The paper said attendance last year was 85,000 and they expected favorable conditions to top that number this year.
We couldn't have asked for better weather...a little crisp, but sunny, and no rain. They were hoping farmers who are out harvesting would take a little time off and come to the Expo. They are promised all kinds of interesting events.
There are seminars dealing with farm issues and products, precision agriculture, cotton seed varieties, fertilizers, crop protection,
etc.
This is also the time when everyone finds out who the 20th annual Sunbelt Expo Farmer of the Year will be. And just when you think that is the highlight of the Expo, you find out that NASCAR driver Jeff Burton is there, too.
But I think the event I'd like best to see is the milking contest put on by the deans of various local agricultural colleges.
The paper says the Expo has exhibits for backyard farmers, hunting and fishing enthusiasts, and homemakers.
(How's she gonna tie all this in with the library? you ask.)
Isn't that just like the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library (she says). Every year our events get bigger and better. Like the Veterans Coffee we're planning for the middle of November.
Every year we have items that cater to every person...farmers, fishermen, homemakers, students, small children, businessmen, etc.
You can take a look at our newspapers, listen to audio books while you travel, read biographies of famous people, catch up on current magazines, bring your children to children's programs, enjoy community events, etc.
I sure hope when those people at the Expo are touring around town, they take the time to visit both our libraries...the Moultrie-Colquitt County one and the Ellen Payne Odom Genealogical Library. If they do, they're in for a treat as great as the Expo.
Well...almost.
Source: The Moultrie Observer, Oct. 16, 2009)