September 11, 2008

SEMO District Fair - Wednesday

Scenes from Wednesday's activity at the SEMO District Fair.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Children bounce high in the air on bungee trampolines at the SEMO District Fair on Wednesday, September 10, 2008.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Taffy is made and sold Malone's Taffy Candy.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Corn dogs are ready for eating at one of the many food stands.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Tony Poynor bites into a gyro.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Jessie Lynn Ritter, 15, sings before the crowd at the Heartland Idol competition.

ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com 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.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Fair-goers browse through the many antique tractors on display.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Gus Garner, 5, of Advance watches fish swim through the hazy water of the Missouri Conservation Department aquarium.

ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com 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.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Diners crowd around the 4-H stand to order food.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Fair-goers make their way through the food stands at the SEMO District Fair.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com The sun sets on the fair grounds.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Van Brooks follows through on a punch to "The Boxer," a carnival game that measures the power of your punch.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Brad Long of Marble Hill fires a gun loaded with cork at cans in a carnival game.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Gizmo, a capuchen monkey, takes a quarter from a child.

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Scenes from Wednesday's activity at the SEMO District Fair.

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