Volunteer's work spans decades at North Idaho State Fair
Merry Ruth Dingman is all smiles as she runs the Mayor's Chocolate Contest on Tuesday, one of her many duties at the North Idaho State Fair.
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Merry Ruth Dingman chats with Joseph Denning of the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office as she sets up the Mayor's Chocolate Contest on Tuesday.
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COEUR d’ALENE — Merry Ruth Dingman knows a thing or two about "keeping tradition alive."
Though she began working in the Fair Office in 1984, the Coeur d’Alene native’s earliest memories of the North Idaho State Fair are rooted in childhood, when her parents were 4-H leaders.
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