DAYTON—On a 2-1 vote, the Board of Columbia County Commissioners on Monday upheld a one-year ban from the Columbia County Fairgrounds for Dayton resident Lee Ann Literal, following an administrative hearing.

Literal appeared at the hearing with her attorney, Mona Geidl, to address the county’s assertion that she was consuming alcohol during a celebration of life memorial service at the fairgrounds on July 21.

County Facilities Maintenance Director Dave Finney imposed the ban on July 23 after two incidents in which Finney claimed Literal was in violation of fairgrounds rules of use.

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