Photos from the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair taken by Gazette photographers.
Dan Gunn runs a Bobcat in removing bedding from the barns during clean-up a day after the conclusion of the Rock County 4-H fair.
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Travis Earle 17, from Beloit, is a RECAP worker helping clean the barns during fair grounds clean-up after the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair concluded.
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Alexus VanFleet, Jenna Koroll, Marcus Zuniga and Katie Landon (left to right) stack Oreo cookies during the 5 to 8-year-old division of a cookie stacking contest at the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair. The children were brought to the fair by the Beloit YMCA.
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Rock County 4-H Fair President Wayne Flury stacks Oreos during a cookie stacking contest at the 2008 fair.
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Kallista Kuhlow of Bradford 4-H dances like a pig as she and her sisters Courtney, left, and Chelsea perform a skit to sell their six pigs during the meat sale at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Jordan Alf, 18, from Consolidated 4-H, shows a dairy goat before going on to win the Master Showman Contest at the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair. Alf normally shows sheep.
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Evan Marchant, 14, of the Newark Pioneers 4-H club, takes a test on tractor operation, the first leg of the tractor operator contest at the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Ryan Harnack, 14, from Janesville, backs a tractor and trailer into an imaginary barn while competing in the tractor operator contest at the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Michael Petersen, center, of Harmony 4-H, identifies the parts of a tractor as event co-superintendent Jim Stute looks on. Peterson was competing in the tractor operator contest at the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Aaron Barlass, 19, stands next to his grand champion Jersey Marcy at the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Zoe Mattox, 5, from Janesville, holds up a Corbin Bleu sign while waiting for him to come out and perform at the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair.
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The featured attractions at Robinson’s Racing Pigs, performing at the Rock County 4-H Fair in Janesville this week, dive into the water obstacle during one of Thursday’s races. The pigs race around a short course in hopes of being the first to reach the winner’s prize— an Oreo cookie treat. The pigs continue to be a popular stop for fairgoers, and shows run daily at noon, 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m.
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Dr. Dean H. Peterson, the morning veterinarian at the Rock County 4-H Fair, treats a goat with an eye injury Wednesday. Members of the Rock Valley Veterinary Medical Association, including Peterson, donate their time at the fair and use the proceeds for a benevolent fund that awards scholarships to veterinary students and sends veterinarians overseas for charity work.
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Kelly Fairbairn from South Beloit, Ill., says Ronnie Milsap who performed at the Rock County 4-H fair is her favorite singer.
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Evansville FFA members, from left, Jamie Ruchti, Alicia Halvensleben and Margo Beggs rest on their friend Vanessa Wittnebel's Holstein cow in the dairy barn at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday, July 24.
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Maria Bjugstad, left, and Mallorie Phalin, both of Evansville get turned every which way on a ride called ‘Frantic’ at the Rock County 4-H Fair in Janesville on Thursday. This year’s midway features several other thrill rides along with such old favorites as the Tornado, Tilt-A-Whirl, bumper cars and the Ferris wheel.
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Amber Thatcher of Lima 4-H carries her Nubian goat Yanka to the Junior Goat Show ring at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday, July 24.
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Richard Knilans of LaPrairie 4-H and his junior overall champion goat at the Rock County 4-H Fair. View details
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Hannah Halterman of Plymouth 4-H and her grand champion senior dairy goat at the Rock County 4-H Fair. View details
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Kathryn Johnson of Turtle 4-H with her crossbred steer Jack, grand champion steer at the Rock County 4-H Fair. View details
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Jennifer Mitchell of Elkhorn in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Jamie Ridnitzki of Milton in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Kelly Boelter of Janesville in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Amanda Olson of Janesville in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Brent McCarthy of Milton in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Brittany Terrell of Janesville in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Becca Neal of Orfordville in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Monica Hodge in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Kayla Edgar of Janesville in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Brooke Neal of Orfordville in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Brooke Nunn of Janesville in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Alicia Hughes of Milton in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Anne Vandenburg of Janesville in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Katie Pruessing of Walworth in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Cindall Marsh of Oregon, IL in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Brett Schieve of Janesville in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Kayleigh Brancamp of Beloit in the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Derek Duoss and his grand champion market lamb Sisco at the Rock County 4-H Fair. View details
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These young Rock County 4-H fair goers enjoy the Fire Ball ride on the Midway.
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Caden Broege 4, from Clinton visited the ducklings at the Ag Business Council of Rock County tent during the Rock County 4-H fair
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Pam Miller and her daughter Lydia Miller, 4, from Milton watch the ducklings at the Ag Business Council of Rock County tent during the Rock County 4-H fair.
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Milton's Jessica Duoss and her Grand Champion Barrow at the Rock County 4-H Fair. View details
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Els Du Toit works the Kite Flyer ride on the midway at the Rock County 4-H fair.
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Ticket seller Mary Ann Harris, left, was surprised at Gate 1 of the Rock County 4-H Fair when her son Lt. Col. Thomas Behling, who is home from Afghanistan for two weeks, walked in unannounced for a visit Wednesday.
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Thirteen-year-old Jasmine Bianes of Janesville belts out ‘All-American Girl’ by Carrie Underwood on her way to winning the 8- to 13-year-old division title in the Rock County 4-H STAR Contest at the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds on Wednesday. Contestants were judged on overall performance, vocal ability and stage presence. Winners were crowned in three divisions, and each was presented with a check for $1,000.
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Fifteen-year-old Alexis Riemer of Janesville was the overall winner in the 14- to 17-year-old division, singing 'Last Name.'
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Andreamya Hobson, 26, of Rockford, Ill., claimed the adult division title in Wednesday's contest with her rendition of 'Proud Mary.'
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Marie McNall of Milton FFA brushes her barrow Spot before the swine show at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday, July 23.
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Clockwise from left, Caile Johnson, Kelly Fenrick, Rachel O'Leary and Phil Wellnitz pass the time and play a game of UNO in the dairy barn at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday, July 23.
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Hattie Arndt of LaPrairie 4-H washes two of her steers in preparation for Thursday's Beef show at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday, July 23.
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A ping-pong ball bounces off the lip of a colored water filled cup at a game at the Rock County 4-H Fair. Winners of the game won small fish.
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Claire Bever, 9, from Janesville, spins in the air while attached to elastic bands at the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair in Janesville, Wis.
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Taylor Nelson, 15, from Rockford, Ill., and Alec Osborne, 10, from Janesville, steer cars in a racing game at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Kenny Andrew and his wife Shelly met on the Midway in 1976 and got engaged six months later. For them the fair is an annual walk down memory lane.
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The King and Queen of the 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair are Tom Schambow, 17, from Milton, and Julia Van Veldhuisen, 17, from Janesville.
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The 2008 Rock County 4-H Fair Royalty stand on the grandstand after being announced.
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Sabrina Johnson (top), 15, and Anna Trueblood, 12, both with Spring Valley 4-H club, use their free time to play in the corn pile at the Ag Business Council of Rock County.
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Anna Trueblood 12, shows her smile after being cover with corn by Sabrina Johnson 15, another Spring Valley 4-H club member, at the Ag Business Council of Rock County tent.
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Maggie DeGarmo 5, meets a fair animal up close while attenting opening day at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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The First Congregational United Church of Christ located at 54 S. Jackson St. has their first fair booth at the Rock County 4-H Fair and included a not so well known Tallman Family Bible donated by Mrs. William Tallman to the church on Oct. 27, 1869.
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Kenedi Kruckenberg 9, Fulton 4-H, watches her Palomino rabbit after putting it in its new home for a few days at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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RSVP volunteers Alice Hessenauer and Roberta Woods judge barns' decorations from clubs attending the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Meghan Phillips 9, gets her season pass wrist band for the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Blair Arnold, with her nieces, Presleigh Arnold, 4, left, and Delaney Arnold, 6, who said they were sitting with their family crossbred steer to settle him down before they went home Monday . The steer is the entry in the Rock County 4-H Fair of another of Blair Arnold’s nieces, Tianna Mielke, 12.
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Jake Collins carries his woodworking entry for judging on the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds. he made a toy box which he'll give to his baby brother Joe.
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A crew of North American Midway Entertainment workers moves a Bumblebee from a trailer during the Bumble Bee ride assembly at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Autumn Quinn, right, 13, receives two blue ribbons Monday from judge Kristi Williams for her art entries in drawing and painting at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Midway workers assemble the Merry Go Round at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Alexia Jo Monday, 14, who is a member of the La Prairie 4-H, works Monday to clean up her pigs before putting them in their pens at the Rock County 4-H Fair in Janesville.
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