Lake County's state fair booth won the Gold Award as well as the award for the best design of all the county's booths. Courtesy photo.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County's state fair exhibit received high honors at the fair's debut this week.

On Thursday, July 14, the California State Fair's opening day, the county of Lake exhibit was presented with a Gold Award and an award for the Best Design of all county exhibits, according to Lake County Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer Melissa Fulton.

The Lake County Chamber of Commerce has been responsible for the design, construction and staffing of the exhibit for eight years.

The design was determined by the chamber, using the 150th anniversary of the county of Lake as the exhibit theme. It featured small-scale facade reconstructions of local 1800s storefronts, as well as the Lake County Courthouse Museum and the Lillie Langtry house.

This year three major portions of the exhibit were built by Tim Salisbury Construction of Kelseyville (1800s main street merchant stores), Dave Meek Construction (Lakeport Courthouse Museum) and Jan-Mar Builders (Langtry Estates Ranch House).

On-the-ground construction support prior to and during the Sacramento construction phase was handled by John Fulton with assistance from Walt and Mary Southard.

G&G Printing Service, Pak N Mail, Soul Cooperative and Patrice Wray Graphics handled much of the poster design/printing. Marilyn Holdenried and the Quilt Trail Committee provided artwork for the two quilt reproductions hanging above the exhibit.

Dwain Goforth of the Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum crafted 10 highlights of the county's 150 years into small “story” posters which surround the 7-foot reproduction of the time line.

Several Lake County wineries provided wines for the display and the Lake County Winery Association provided a map of the various viticulture areas in the County.

Bill Groody made the video which depicts some of the historic moments from the Lake County 150 year celebration, the Lake County Quilt Trail story and stories of tribal basket making, pear, walnut and vineyard farming.

RAH Outdoor Signs created the Lake County “sign,” a 7.5-foot-tall reproduction of the LC150 logo designed by Gerri Groody.

Fulton said this is not a complete list of all who have participated; that list will be printed in the Lake County Chamber August newsletter.

The California State Fair runs from July 14 through July 31. There are more than 60 volunteer Lake County Ambassadors who will be telling the Lake County's story to several thousand fair visitors during that time.

At the close of the state Fair, the chamber will return the exhibit to the Lake County Fairgrounds where the builders and volunteers will reconstruct it for the Lake County Fair, which runs from Sept. 1 through Sept. 4, Fulton said.

There is still time to volunteer to be an ambassador at Cal Expo in Sacramento. Fulton said to contact the Lake County Chamber office at 707-263-5092.

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A replica of the Lake County Courthouse Museum that is part of the Lake County state fair booth. Courtesy photo.