PORT TOWNSEND — The 14th annual Jeffco Community Garage Sale and Flea Market promises to be a bargain-hunter’s paradise.
It will take over all of the buildings at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds with used items large and small.
“If you can’t find it here, it probably doesn’t exist,” said Sue McIntire, who with her husband, Bill McIntire, is co-managing the event.
The big sale will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the fairgrounds at 4907 Landes St.
Admission is free, although dedicated bargain hunters can purchase a $10 VIP Shopper pass that lets them in at 8:15 a.m. and gets them first crack at the loot.
This year’s event is larger than those preceding it, opening up the exhibition space to accommodate crafts and direct marketers to go along with the antiques, clothes, art and electronic equipment, Sue McIntire said.
As a result, there are 59 vendors this year, up from last year’s 40.
Tanning bed, generator
McIntire said she heard that one vendor was going to sell a tanning bed and another a gas generator.
All of the vendors pay to exhibit, from $50 for a 10-foot-by-10-foot space to $100 for a 10-foot-by-20-foot space.
Table rental proceeds go toward paying operating expenses for the county fair, which this year will be Aug. 12-14.
The Fair Association has its own building, where it sells donated objects to pay for needed items such as new tables, a refrigerator and a stove.
“This helps us get things that aren’t in our budget,” McIntire said.
Tools, clothes — for $1 a bag — and furniture are popular items.
The Fair Association depends on public donations, which McIntire said have decreased this year.
“Usually, we are packed,” she said. “There is not a lot over there right now.”
Things could change, because donations will continue to be accepted from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
McIntire said the group is interested in “anything as long as it’s in good shape.”
“We don’t want to get somebody’s junk that we’ll just need to throw away,” she said.
For more information, go to www.jeffcofairgrounds.com, email jeffcofairgrounds@olypen.com or call 360-385-1013.
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Jefferson County Editor Charlie Bermant can be reached at 360-385-2335 or cbermant@peninsuladailynews.com.
