Fun at the fair!

Children scream with delight as they are dropped from the "Jumpin' Star" ride on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

Tom Matukewicz, Southeast Missouri State University Head Coach, enjoys funnel cakes and cotton candy with his wife, Lenna and daughters Georgia and Shelby on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

Travis Cox hands his daughter, Mila, her prize on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

"The Orbiter" ride thrills on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

MaKenna Schamburg Friedman rides a pony on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

Chad Lankford with his children (from left) Stella, Emmett and Zetta posing as a "Farmyard Family" on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

Chase Kinder, of the Daisy 4-H Club shows his market steer up for auction on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

Trae Yamnitz, of Meadow Heights Future Farmers of America, shows the sheep he raised from a lamb on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

Children pet "Stunt Dogs" on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

The Carousel is serious business on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

Going for a ride on the Carousel on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

Kinsley Lane enjoys some corn on the cob with her Grandfather, Kevin Watts, on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

Abby Collum and Sam Mehring serve up some spiral fries from King's Taters on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

"The Tornado" ride whips up a storm on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

Children motor along on a ride on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Danny Walter ~ dwalter@semissourian.com)

Elias Jones lifts 170 pounds at the Army tent on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau.)