The 45th annual Southeast Alaska State Fair opens noon Thursday with the raising of the U.S. flag on the fairgrounds and Alisha Young of Haines singing the Star Spangled Banner.
Although the 18-year-old all-state soprano has performed the national anthem a dozen times or more, including at regional athletic tournaments, she’s still a bit nervous, she said. “It’s a song you don’t want to mess up, ever.”
Young’s performance will cap a day of fair…
