SEMO District Fair - Day 1

Fred Lynch

Saturday, September 12, 2015

The SEMO District Fair opens Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.

Fairgoers enjoy the carnival rides on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Ken Bollinger of Marble Hill, Missouri drives a 1938 John Deere A tractor in the antique tractor pull presented by the Egypt Mills Antique Tractor Club on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Jim McCormick of Jackson drives a 1949 Oliver 88 tractor in the antique tractor pull presented by the Egypt Mills Antique Tractor Club on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Wade Wilkinson of Marble Hill, Missouri drives a 1957 Oliver 88 tractor in the antique tractor pull presented by the Egypt Mills Antique Tractor Club on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Cody Schremp of Jackson drives a 1950 Farmall H tractor in the antique tractor pull presented by the Egypt Mills Antique Tractor Club on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Cody Schremp of Jackson goes to park his tractor with his niece, Grace Abernathy, after competing in the antique tractor pull Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Dewey Welker and his granddaughter, Addy Beth Burns, of Fredericktown, Missouri watch a balloon rising above the SEMO District Fair on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Kylee Brown of Rolla, Missouri won a mirror as a prize Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Lizzie Kight shows her dwarf rabbit to Morgan Hake and Avery Hake, all of Advance, Missouri, in the poultry tent Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Two cockerels are on display in the poultry tent Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Fairgoers ride Full Tilt on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Fairgoers take a ride on Cliff Hanger Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)