Meeker County Fair draws thousands
- Ellarry Prentice
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Erin-Lynn Behm's painting of a cow took first place among silk screens in the Brush N' Paint class of the Creative Arts division at the Meeker County Fair.
Bentley Buhr, 3, of Litchfield enjoyed a motorcycle ride at the Meeker County Fair's carnival.
Chad Schackmann pulled his 2011 Chevy Silverado in the truck pull. The grandstand event was interrupted by a storm at 6:30 p.m. Several shivering fans made a run for it when the rain started.
Colette Lusignans, 5, of New Prague, who was visiting family in the Litchfield area, played in a corn pit Friday afternoon in the new FFA building.
Meeker County 4-H member Claudia Frenchick showed her Jersey cow, Circus, Friday morning at the Meeker County Fair. Circus bellowed a long moo for the photo.
Gene Linder pulled his Farmall H a distance of 84 feet in the tractor/truck pull Friday evening at the fair.
4-H'er Glen Tydrich, a member of the Litchfield Satellites, showed a lamb at the fair on Friday. Asked if the lamb had a name, Tydrich said "just call it '978.'" Number 978 was a reserve champion.
Emma Butterfass, 8, of Swanville hugged her family's Holstein cow Friday morning at the Meeker County Fair. Butterfass is the granddaughter of John and Julie Schmitz of Eden Valley, who operate Manannah-Valley Holsteins. The beloved bovine also received a kiss on the nose.
Ellarry Prentice
Ellarry Prentice is editor of the Independent Review.
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