"tri-county" fair

Okay, lets talk about this so called "tri-county" fair. It basically sucked. When I was a little girl or even 15 years ago as a teenager, I remember wanting so badly to go to the Collinsville fair. They had rides! At night, driving (or riding) down Main Street meant you would see kids and adults on both sides of the street riding rides, playing dumb carnival games, eating cotton candy, etc. The veterans building was always filled with an arts and crafts show where local artists showcased their handy crafts. i remember tractor pulls (even my little sister Heather Rae got a trophy with a tractor on it for some event with a tractor.) I remember people entering in the "biggest marigold" or "largest tomato" contest. Maybe I was just young so this looked like a bigger deal then it actually was.
This year the livestock barns were busy and that was the only thing. I have no idea what was going on in the VFW building. If there was an arts and crafts show nobody knew about it. I heard there was a parade, that included a couple tractors and Miss Collinsville that lasted like five minutes. I get the idea the "fair" is just the livestock. In conjunction with the fair was "family fun day" on Saturday. This year we had turtle races and weenie dog races. There was maybe ten "carnival" games. basically these consisted of a dunk tank, mechanical bull, duck pond game, cake walk, guess how many is in the jar (what, i don't know), and a couple more dumb games.
Maybe i am complaining for nothing but it was just a big disappointment. Nothing like it used to be. Kinda sad.