Next week’s Warren County Fair will be held over fewer days, but will still feature the same popular nightly entertainment. Organizers are hoping a few changes to the Fair’s schedule will attract a strong turnout for the 62nd annual event. The Fair opens Tuesday, July 5, and wraps up Saturday, July 9, at the Warren County Fairgrounds located on North Highway 47 in Warrenton. This year’s Fair theme is “A Slice of Heaven.” The most notable differences from recent years is eliminating the Sunday opening night and moving the greased pig scramble to the main stage area as a prime-time attraction on Wednesday and splitting the truck and tractor pull into two nights on Friday and Saturday. Other schedule changes include conducting the parade and queen coronation on Tuesday, holding the rodeo on Friday and Saturday and moving the livestock buyers dinner and auction to Friday. The Fair Board adjusted the schedule to help keep expenses down and focus more on the events that had enjoyed strong support in the past. “We’re hoping to get the public to come out and patronize the Fair this year,” Fair Board President Mike Eckhoff said. “We’re hoping to get the attendance up. We kept many of the same events, we just moved them around a little bit.” The parade will continue to serve as the kickoff to the event. It will be held on Tuesday beginning at 6 p.m. The parade route will be the same as last year, starting at Black Hawk Middle School and ending at Warrenton High School. Parking will be available at Holy Rosary School and Rebecca Boone Elementary. The queen coronation will start at approximately 8 p.m. The nightly featured entertainment includes the greased pig scramble on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and the lawn mower derby at 8:30 p.m., the demolition derby and mounted shooters on Thursday at 7 p.m., and the livestock auction, rodeo and mini rods and truck pull all on Friday, all beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday’s activities begin at 10 a.m. with a baby show, followed by frog and turtle races at noon, washer tournament and watermelon eating contest at 1 p.m. and pedal tractor pull at 2 p.m. Later that evening, the tractor pull and rodeo will both begin at 7 p.m. Music will be featured each evening in the beer garden. Eckhoff noted that the rodeo will feature sheep riding for children 10 years and younger. Also, the truck and tractor pull will have a street stock class for local residents to enter. “We’re trying to make it community friendly,” Eckhoff said. “You can come out and participate in the events. We just want to get the community involved. In the past it was more you come and watch.” For the third straight year, carnival rides are included in the paid admission. The fee for the opening day is $8 and increases to $10 on Wednesday and $12 on Thursday. Senior Citizen Day will be celebrated on Thursday with half-price admission. For Friday and Saturday, admission is $15. Children 5 and under are admitted free. A season pass costs $40. In the past, the daily admission ranged from $12 to $18 for adults and $8 to $12 for children. For more information or a full schedule of the Fair’s events, visit www.wcmofair.com.