‘Today was a great day’

Almira Country Fair packs in the fun

ALMIRA — The town of Almira covers slightly more than half a square mile, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, but Saturday all the fun was concentrated in one block. “They’ve changed the parade route this year, trying to focus everything more on the park,” said Almira Mayor Jason Evers, who not only announced the parade but sang the national anthem to kick it off. “The last couple of years it’s really started to grow. This is as good a turnout as we’ve had. There had to have been a couple of hundred (people) … And then we’ll have people in town because we’ve got the Grid Kids playing up on the new football field and then we’ve got it scheduled to have the high school volleyball team play here in town instead of Coulee City, so nobody has to leave town to watch.”