I.P.E.

Bryan Burns recently spoke to our club about the Interior Provincial Exhibition & Stampede. Bryan has been the General Manager of the I.P.E. for many years and he explained how this fair runs in a ‘non-profit’ situation each year, as any money made goes back into developing the fair grounds and buildings. The first fair was a very small event in 1899. Last year it hosted about 158,000 people and has returned about 8.3 million to the community. This year’s fair runs from Aug. 31^st to Sept. 4^th – any question you have about the fair can be answered at their website http://www.armstrongipe.com/   (Bryan is on the left in this photo with Rotarian Mike Stamhuis)