SEMO District Fair - Wednesday

Children bounce high in the air on bungee trampolines at the SEMO District Fair on Wednesday, September 10, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Gus Garner, 5, of Advance watches fish swim through the hazy water of the Missouri Conservation Department aquarium. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Oxygen tank and all Edgar Moll, 83, of Jackson, participates in the Senior Hitch, a timed event leading a team of mules around barrels at the SEMO District Fair Wednesday. Moll was the oldest to participate and landed a time of 2:07. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Diners crowd around the 4-H stand to order food. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Fair-goers make their way through the food stands at the SEMO District Fair. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

The sun sets on the fair grounds. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Van Brooks follows through on a punch to "The Boxer," a carnival game that measures the power of your punch. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Brad Long of Marble Hill fires a gun loaded with cork at cans in a carnival game. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Gizmo, a capuchen monkey, takes a quarter from a child. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Taffy is made and sold Malone's Taffy Candy. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Corn dogs are ready for eating at one of the many food stands. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Tony Poynor bites into a gyro. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Jessie Lynn Ritter, 15, sings before the crowd at the Heartland Idol competition. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Hope Massey, 9, of Marble Hill, right, waits anxiously with her grandmother, Donna Mouser, to show her sheep, Nutterbutter, at the SEMO District Fair Wednesday. It is Massey's first year with 4-H. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Fair-goers browse through the many antique tractors on display. (Aaron Eisenhauer)