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DAYTON – Columbia County Fair Board members have appealed to Columbia County Commissioners several times this year, including at last week’s board meeting, to approve a plan intended to make enough improvements to the East Grandstands at the county fairgrounds that the space can be used at events where the newly repaired West Grandstands are standing room only.

Commissioners and County Engineer Andrew Woods are concerned that the current plan, while proposing some critical repairs to the unused grandstands, do not address major infrastructure improvements identified in an engineer’s r...