PORT ANGELES — Tickets for the crash and bang of cars in the Demolition Derby go on sale at 9 a.m. today outside the yellow gate at the Clallam County Fair.

Tickets to the derby are $15 in addition to admission to the fair at the Clallam County Fairgrounds at 1608 W. 16th St., in Port Angeles next to Lincoln Park and the Fairchild International Airport.

The Demolition Derby, on the last day of the annual fair, will be in the grandstand at 5 p.m.

Fair admission is $8 for adults, $6 for those 62 and older and students 13 to 17, and $5 for children 6 to 12. Admission is free for children 5 and younger.

Today’s hours are from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the gates and buildings. The carnival will be open from noon to 7 p.m.

At 2 p.m. today will be the fair’s ninth-annual Variety and Talent Show on the Wilder Stage. Performers will compete for $350 in cash prizes.

The rodeo returns for a second day of thrills in the grandstand from noon to 3 p.m.

A variety of other animal shows will entertain. Today’s offerings include costume classes for cats, dogs, sheep and goats beginning at 3 p.m. and a 4-H Horse and Rider Watermelon Eating Contest at 4 p.m.

Dog demonstrations are planned from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Dog Barn. Beekeepers, gardeners and lavender association members will offer demonstrations in the Agricultural Barn, while the Art Barn will offer demonstrations all day and the North Olympic Railroaders operate a train display in the Home Arts Building.

And of course, there is the food.

Among food vendors are those offering specialty egg rolls (with apple pie, peanut-butter-and-jelly, pizza and breakfast varieties), Indian tacos, chicken sandwiches and wraps, deep-fried (almost) everything, seafood paella, kebabs — as per tradition — scones come courtesy of Dry Creek Grange.

For more about the Clallam County Fair, now celebrating its 100th year, see www.clallam.net/Fair.

Brothers Gary Brock, left, and Johnny Callisesi of Port Angeles play a friendly game of bubble ball at the Clallam County Fair. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Nathaniel Baze, 7, at left, talks with Steve Dryke of the North Olympic Railroaders group at the Clallam County Fair. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group

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Levi Breithaupt, and 10-year-old who will enter Greywolf Elementary School as a fifth -grader next year, shows his steer Frostbite at the Clallam County Fair. A five-year veteran of 4-H, Breithaupt has show a variety of livestock at the county fair, including chickens, turkeys and cattle. It was his first year raising steer for the junior livestock auction. “I worked very hard to raise Frostbite and did all the feeding and watering on my own,” Breithaupt wrote. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Even by the first day, some county fair attendees were simply hog-tired. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Faern Tait of Port Angeles shows off Valentina, a 10-year-old alpaca, at the Clallam County Fair. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group

From left, Anabelle Stringham, 4, Nicky Hendrickson, 2, and Wyatt Stringham, 5, enjoy the first day of the Clallam County Fair on Thursday. The Stringhams are from Port Angeles; Hendrickson is from Forks. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group