Updated Aug 12, 2012 @ 02:50 PM
Well, I made it. The 2012 Crawford County Fair has come to its end. It was a long week, a hot week and a great week. Watching the effort the 4-H members put into the care of their animals and the creativity of their projects inspired me, is very positive and of course is fun to photograph. I usually made two trips a day out to the fairgrounds to cover the various activities. I looked forward to what I might find and document. The fair never lets me down. Over the past five years I have covered six fairs and have many visual moments that I am fond of. I am thankful for the opportunity to document the many hardworking, dedicated and talented people that make the fair such a great time for me. I hope my photographs reflect that.
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Hanna Bailey, 6, of Girard, strains to get a little more distance during the Crawford County Fair pedal tractor pull.
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Shayla Sjorlund and horse Beau participate in the 4-H Horse Timed Events Saturday morning at the Horse Arena. Sjorlund, 18, was saluted for being in her final year in 4-H, a member of the Lucky Riders 4-H Club.
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Excited kids take part in a calf scramble Friday evening during the 2012 Crawford County Fair Rodeo in Bill Peak Arena.
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Insects in a 4-H entomology display on exhibit in the Marvin Green Building Saturday.
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Averie Hinton, 6, gives her all during the kiddie tractor Pull Friday afternoon.
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A goat checks out its surroundings Thursday.
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Members of the Rowdy Rider drill team exit Bill Peak Arena after taking part in the 2012 Crawford County Fair Rodeo grand entry Thursday evening.
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Rabbits are judged Wednesday morning in the rabbit and poultry barn.
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Horses peer out of their stalls Thursday at the Crawford County Fairgrounds.
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Garrett Humble, 7, competes in the Pony M-Barrels Saturday morning.
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Aubree Lero, 7, carries the American flag as she rides through Bill Peak Arena during a Rowdy Riders Drill Team performance Thursday evening before the start of the 2012 Crawford County Fair Rodeo.
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Morgan Michael, 13, of McCune, sings the national anthem to open the 2012 Crawford County Fair demolition derby Saturday evening in Bill Peak Arena. Michael, a member of the McCune Girard Young Farmers, also sang the anthem at the rodeos Thursday and Friday as well.
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A Black Copper Moran rooster peers out of its pen Thursday in the rabbit and poultry barn.
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Saylor Worrell, 6, of Farlington, waters the hogs her sister, Drake, 11, and brother, Ryder, 10, would show at the Crawford County Fair.
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Area 4-H members water their animals in the beef barn Wednesday evening.
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A young cowboy watches the action from his horse during the 2012 Crawford County Fair Rodeo Thursday evening in Bill Peak Arena.
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Josh Buckle of Girard crashes in to Brian Scholes also of Girard during their heat in the 2012 Crawford County Fair demolition derby at Bill Peak Arena Friday.
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Chuck Billman of Parsons slams in to Cody “Pickle” Hayden of Pittsburg Saturday night during the 2012 Crawford County Fair demolition derby at Bill Peak Arena. Billman, one of 32 drivers, won the derby and took home the $2,500 first prize.
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Danielle Walsh, a recent Girard High School graduate, competes Saturday in the 4-H Horse Timed Events at the Horse Arena. Walsh was recognized along with Sjorlund for being in their final year in 4-H, both Lucky Riders members.
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Intermediate rider Austin Smith competes Saturday in the 4-H Timed Events at the Horse Arena on the Crawford County Fairgrounds.
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Lauren Hibdon, 8, of Farlington, a member of Bone Creek 4-H Club, shows her meat goat Saturday afternoon during the 2012 Market Livestock Sale at the Crawford County Fairgrounds.
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Riley Fox, 7, a member of the Hepler Hustlers 4-H Club, smiles as pedals during the Crawford County Fair pedal tractor pull Friday.
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Red Dirt Country rocker Bart Crow encourages the audience in Bill Peak arena to clap along with a song Friday night during the second annual Crawford County Fair Red Dirt Country concert. People came from all over the Four State Area to see Texas-based Crow and Stillwater, Okla. -based No Justice
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Lily Zimmerman, a member of Lucky Riders 4-H Club, competes in senior trail on her mare Zips Ultimate Chips, nicknamed Hallie, during the 2012 Crawford County Fair 4-H Horse Show Thursday afternoon. Zimmerman was grand champion in the event.
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Alex White, 8, a member of Lucky Riders 4-H Club, washes his goat in preparation for show Thursday afternoon at the Crawford County Fairgrounds.
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Miranda Hartman, 9, a member of Happy Hustlers 4-H Club, shakes hands with judge Clint Medford after being named meat goat grand champion in junior showmanship Thursday evening at the Lawrence Murphy Show Arena
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Crawford County Fair 2012 Rodeo Queen Sam Sarley, 17, is crowned by inaugural 2011 Rodeo Queen Shelby Lewis during a ceremony at Thursday night’s Rodeo at Bill Peak Arena.
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Crawford County Fair 2012 Rodeo Queen Sam Sarley rides her first lap around Bill Peak Arena after being crowned at Thursday night’s rodeo.
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Seven-time IPRA world champion calf roper Walt White (Ochelata, Okla.) competes Wednesday night during the 96th annual Crawford County Fair Rodeo at Bill Peak Arena. White recorded a time of 9.3 seconds.
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Bareback bronc rider Kyle Sutherland battles the horse Lunatic on Wednesday in the 96th annual Crawford County Fair Rodeo. Sutherland pointed 73 and the recently graduated Sutherland competed in the finals of the National High School Rodeo.
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Houdini, a rare Blue Andalusian rooster belonging to Anna Cicero, Success Express 4-H Club, is one of the poultry entries at the Crawford County Fair. Poultry judging will begin at 10 a.m. today in the rabbit/poultry barn.
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Cormick Logue, a member of the Walnut Wonder Workers 4-H Club, proudly displays his reserve champion ribbon while holding his silver marten rabbit. He has been showing rabbits at the Crawford County Fair for the past three years.
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Fort Scott resident Piper Zimmerman, 5, rides her 25-year-old quarterhorse, Maximus, Tuesday afternoon during the open horse contest at the Crawford County Fair’s open horse competition. Maximus was once a two-time Kansas Ranch Rodeo Association Quarterhorse of the Year.
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Averie Hinton-Evans, 6, of Pittsburg, shows a pony during the pony class, 47 inches and under, event Tuesday afternoon during the open horse contest at the Crawford County Fair’s open horse competition.
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Brazilton resident Ann Lero secures her son, 9-month-old Riley, to Jinx, an Appaloosa that his sister Aubree led Tuesday afternoon during the age 6 and under — 4-H rules — contest at the Crawford County Fair’s open horse competition. Riley’s other sister, Emma, 9, also competes.
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Austin Lallemand, 13, of Girard, a member of the Walnut Wonder Workers 4-H Club, gives his pig, Maggie, a haircut Wednesday afternoon to prepare her for showing at the Crawford County Fair today. All swine and other livestock there to be judged are being kept in new pens in the beef barn this year, a move the Fair Board made to streamline the judging process.
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Emma Fox, 5, Riley Fox, 7, both of Hepler, and Aubry Scott, 10, move hogs into the beef barn at the Crawford County Fair Grounds Tuesday morning. Their extended family has been attending the fair for generations.
