Varsity Cougar football has ended just two games into the 2011 season, due in part to an injury sustained by the team's quarterback Joey Covarrubias. The Cougar QB suffered a broken leg in the 1st half of game two which put the team down a man for the remainder of the season. Following the loss of Covarrubias, coaches were notified that two additional team members would be unable to complete the season, leaving only 5 players on the roster. Unfortunately, the Cougars were forced to forfeit all remaining games for the 2011 season. The complete story is available in this week's edition (9/17/11) of the Hudspeth Co. Herald. The Fair Association would like to express our appreciation to the Cougar football team and coaching staff for trying to keep the 2011 season alive and we extend our best wishes for a speedy recovery to Joey!

The Dell Valley Hudspeth County Fair Association is pleased to announce the selection of Bonnie Prather Larreau as grand marshal of the 53rd annual Hudspeth County Fair.

Raised on an Otero County Ranch, Bonnie worked sheep in New Mexico and Dell Valley for decades and has run the Sheepherder Bar in Dell City for more than 30 years – needless to say she is an ideal representative of the agricultural and western heritage that the fair celebrates.

Named “Citizen of the Year” in 1991, Bonnie currently serves on the Rio Grande Electric advisory board and has served for nine years as a director of Dell Telephone Cooperative, and she has been a devoted and generous member of the community, helping to raise money for the fair and other community projects and for individuals in need for many, many years.

She brings joy to the people who know her. Though Bonnie likes to remind us that she is “eight years older than Dell City,” you wouldn’t know it by her ready laugh, her eagerness to have fun or her sharp – not to say barbed – tongue.

We look forward to seeing you at the head of the parade, Bonnie!

The 2011 program is now available at various locations through out Dell City, with Fair Association members working hard to get it circulated across the county and surrounding areas over the next several days. It will also be available at the fair information booth during the event.

The cover features a beautiful photograph by Drew Stuart which is certain to make this year's edition a collector's item, so be sure to pick one up.

For those who won't have access to the program until the event, but are planning on entering items in the fair, we have uploaded pdf files containing our schedules, policies, deadlines and departmental information, so that you can review them ahead of time. The links are on the left hand side of each web page. You can view and print the information from your browser, or right click on the link to download a copy to your computer.

The Fair Association has completed our schedule and are now tweaking the minor details, click on the SCHEDULE link at the top of the page to see what we have lined up. Please bookmark our page and visit often as we will be updating the site on a regular basis leading up to Wild West Chile Fest 2011, we are also posting regular updates to our Facebook fan page. Volunteers are always welcome, so if you would like to help out during the event or would like additional information please email us.