Teton County Fair 2014

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Teton County Fair ’14

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Pig wrestling Carny life

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Dog show Rabbits Exhibit hall

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English horse show Fair photos Rattlesnake Dave

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Jordan Lutz laughs July 23 after friends placed chickens on her before the 4-H rabbit show at the Teton County Fairgrounds.

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In uniform, Hailey Hardeman, Kole Morris, Ryley Hasenack and Sterling Smith, of the team Pig Pokes, await their turn.

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Pig wrestling is a dirty business. Annika Howard, center, of Girls on Fire, plunged into the muck with her teammates during Thursday’s pig wrestling contest.

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Jordan Hansen, Libby Cooke, Courtney Hill and Gracie Hill undergo a hosing to get the mud off after their match.

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Rosie Kelly, Lauren Martin, Erin McAulifte and Lindsay Zacco of the Ladies of the Boar House team struggle to put the pig in the bin Thursday at the Teton County Fair.

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Wrestlers no match for slippery swine People successfully place a pig in the barrel in a third of the matches at the county fair.

gonna get in a round ring,” Hansen advised the Junior division team Girls on Fire. “Hustle, hustle, hustle!”

As it became clear the girls weren’t going to have a successful match, Hansen brought out some Westernisms.

“You know folks,” Hansen said, “anyBy Johanna Love where else in the world this would be considered child abuse.”

The human half of the pig wrestling The Hog Island Hulas came in third event is improving. place in the Junior division, bested only People successfully placed a pig in by two teams dominated by boys. the barrel in a solid third of the match“We just dove for it,” Hula team memes Thursday night at the Teton County ber Kinzie Castagno said.

Fair. The score was Pigs 41, People 21 at “Yeah, we were being aggressive,” the end of 62 hard-fought minute-long matches. That’s a much better showing Amelia Wilson said.

Aggression seemed to be a key charthan 2013, when the pigs won three-quaracteristic of successful wrestlers. More ters of the matches.

Still, the Double D Pig Wrestling ath- importantly, perhaps, was the willingletes reigned. Match after match, chil- ness to abandon all dignity, get filthy and dren and adults dove for a pig, only to use teamwork.

The fastest men’s team at 13.2 seconds, splash face-down in the slick bentonite clay muck and come up empty-handed.

Ace in the Hole, was made up of familIn a pig wresiar farm boys who tling match, four also have human human wrestlers wrestling experiface off with a ence: Tristan Hansingle pig of simisen, Tyler Friend, lar athletic abilJed Christensen ity and much more and Cade Cooke. practice prancing Yet a women’s through mud. division team Children wresdubbed the Bantle a 15- to 25-pound ditos turned in piglet, juniors face an even faster – Everett Chamberlain time, 9.76 seconds. a 50-pound pig and PIG WRESTLER TALKING ABOUT A PIG Chandler Sachse, men and women grapple with a fullTayler Arnold, grown hog, 150 to Bailey Lerwill and 250 pounds. The humans try to pick up Mindy Kaufman didn’t miss a step as the pig, walk it over to a sawdust-filled they dashed, grabbed and deposited. barrel and plop it in, butt first, in 60 secCreative costumes seemed to help onds or less. some people get in the right mindset The Pee Wee division, ages 8 and for the competition. As usual, the 307 younger, started strong with the first Live-sponsored team won the costume team, City Slickers 2.0, putting the pig contest in the men’s division with Swyne in the barrel right at the buzzer. Three Dynasty. In head-to-toe camouflage and teams got skunked before the Dirt Divas fake beards and mullets, they looked like in sparkly tiaras cut the Slickers’ time in A&E channel “Duck Dynasty” stars. half with a 30-second finish that earned The best-dressed women’s team, them second place. sponsored by Wright Training, hefted The Pig Candy team turned in the balloons on the end of dowels and plastic fastest time with a vocal opponent. The foam barbells to show their strength. team’s pig squealed loudly from first conThe classiest human wrestlers showed tact to barrel in 12.59 seconds. good sportsmanship, like Gerret McDonThe Bacon Eaters came in third ald of Show Me the Bacon, who gave his place despite a significant handicap. pig a good-natured smack on the rump Colin Quinn, one of the team members, after the humans lost the match. stood outside the fence waving his The Ham Hogans won their match, large spatula, leaving his teammates to and before Everett Chamberlain tipped touch the pig. the barrel over to free their pig, he tou“I don’t really like getting dirty,” Colin sled its forelock. said.

“I hope he knows I respect him,” Organizers kept the event moving Chamberlain said. “Maybe he respects along, with barely a minute between me. I think we both had fun.” matches. Veteran rodeo announcer Rex For a selection of “before” and “after” Hansen offered both play-by-play and pig wrestling photographs, go online to color commentary.

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Rob Dupee mans the Ferris wheel at the Teton County Fairgounds. He has been with carnival operator Frazier Shows for 13 years. “I love my job,” Dupee said. “I have a great sense of humor, which makes the day go by fast. My goal is to get people to smile before they get on the ride.”

The carnival

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Frazier workers aim to buck stereotypes.

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un houses with distorting mirrors, risky-looking rides Now Frazier Shows’ concession manager, he has been by that are safe and games that are nearly impossible to Broetsky’s side for 35 years. win — American carnivals play off fakery. But the peo“I remember going to the fair with my mom and loved ple behind the traveling attractions couldn’t be more real. it,” Garry Miller said. “I started working with Steve when Carnival workers, nicknamed carnies, have kept carni- I was 15. After I finished high school I came back to work vals up-and-going since the late 1800s. The driving force for the carnival.” behind mobile amusement parks, they opt for a traveling Traveling with the Millers is their 9-year-old son, Garlifestyle that is often stereotyped. field. Like most carnival children he spends summers The Frazier Shows carnival makes its temporary with his parents. During the school year he lives with his home in Jackson each summer during the Teton County grandparents.

Fair. While some people may think of carnies as con artBroetsky loves the family lifestyle his carnival proists living in ramshackle trailers or broken tents, Frazier vides. He met his wife, a third-generation carny, while workers say that stereotype is inworking a festival circuit. Now accurate. their children work for the carOwner Steve Broetsky said his nival, and while talking to the employees are like any other U.S. News&Guide he pointed out one worker except for the fact that they of six grandchildren who are travlive in state-of-the-art RVs rather eling with him. than houses.

Wanting to provide care for his “I’ll defend this industry,” he said. grandchildren and other next-gen“These people might look different eration workers, Broetsky has set to other people. To me they look up a day care. no different than the people I see in A first-generation carny, other towns. They are trying to get Broetsky was drawn to the romana paycheck like anybody else.” tic appeal of the carnival — an apGinny Miller, Frazier Shows’ food – Ginny Miller peal Hollywood often represents. manager, wants people to recognize “I’m originally from New York FOOD MANAGER, FRAZIER SHOWS the hard work that goes into setting City,” Broetsky said. “Growing up in up and taking down a carnival. She New York, I was never exposed to said there’s more to carnies than the the county fair. The only portrayal of the carnival I knew stereotype. was the 1960s Elvis Presley movie ‘Roustabout.’”

“I want people to see more of our tightness, family-like Deciding to chase his own idea of a Hollywood dream, lifestyle and the community here,” Miller said. “I would Broetsky joined the carnival in the late 1960s. Aside from like people to not deem us as carnies. We are show peoa short stint in the military and time finishing his college ple, and we work hard to be here.” degree, Broetsky has been a carny, a career that has flourMiller is a fourth-generation carnival worker. Her ished since he now owns Frazier Shows. great-grandfather was one of the first people to run a Like the Miller and Broetsky families, most Frazier “dark ride,” the carnival version of a haunted house. He joined the circuit before rides were operated with motors. Shows workers are longtime employees or carny lifers.

For his dark ride, visitors sat in wagons pulled by donkeys. Ricky Alvera has been with the show for 16 years. He didn’t Miller met her husband, Garry Miller, on the road.

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“I would like people to not deem us as carnies.

We are show people, and we work hard to be here.”

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Ricky Alvera operates the Pharaoh’s Fury ride at the Teton County Fair. He has been with Frazier Shows for 16 years.

“I like that it’s family-owned and family-oriented,” he said of the business. “It’s also nice and clean.”

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expect to travel with the carnival, but when he was down on his luck, it was a lifesaver.

Alvera joined in Arizona, Frazier Shows’ home base. Originally from Chicago, he moved to the Grand Canyon State on his 21st birthday. Three days before Alvera turned 21, his mom died. He had nowhere to go and moved to Arizona to live with his father. Alvera didn’t get along with his dad. The older man drank a lot and was often confrontational, he said.

“I got into a fight with my dad and moved to a mission house,” he said. “A ride supervisor came by the mission. He wanted help and needed carnival workers, so I joined. I’ve been here ever since.”

A ride operator for the swinging boat Pharaoh’s Fury, Alvera likes the order Broetsky designed.

“I like that it’s family-owned and family-oriented,” he said. “It’s also nice and clean. A lot of the ride operators look professional.”

Alvera said Broetsky’s military career paid off, because the business is well-organized. Before work starts Broetsky’s right-hand man, Garry Miller, checks to make sure all employees are clean and in uniform.

Broetsky also makes sure that operators run only the ride they are certified to control.

As wheel foreman Robert Dupee is in charge of the Ferris wheel. A fair wouldn’t be complete without a Ferris wheel. Dupee knows that and takes pride in running one of the festival’s main attractions.

“I put the Ferris wheel together for the enjoyment of the people,” he said. “I love my job. I have a great sense of humor, which makes the day go by fast. My goal is to get people to smile before they get on the ride.”

Dupee hopped on the carnival caravan in his home state, Wisconsin. Like a lot of factories in the Midwest, the one where Dupee worked went out of business.

“The carnival came into town, and I needed some extra money,” he said. “Next thing I know, they asked me if I wanted to travel. I jumped on with them.”

Since joining the carnival Dupee has seen most of the U.S. Broetsky said all carnies love traveling.

“We have a common denominator out here,” he said. “I have a college degree, as do all my kids, but you cannot stick me in an office environment for the next 40 years. There is some attraction to this life, especially when you throw in Jackson Hole, Durango and Santa Fe. It’s like a working vacation.”

Ginny Miller, food manager for Frazier Shows, is a fourth-generation carnival worker. Here she is making candied apples with her son, Garfield, 9, at the Teton County Fair.

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Emily Mahood and her dog, Buster, participate in the agility contest Friday during the 4-H dog show at the Teton County Fair. The pair was named grand champion for the senior division.

Little ladies’ pooches impress judge at fair Mixed breeds dominate 4-H dog show.

By Mike Koshmrl Judge Michelle Newberry was trying her best to inspire the 17 girls who went head to head — and paw to paw — last week during the Teton County Fair’s 4-H dog show.

An American Kennel Club veteran, Newberry traveled all around the United States as a youngster to compete.

“That’s what we did for fun,” she said.

“Family vacations are what we called it.”

Although young men were eligible, not a one participated in the Teton County Fair competition.

The 4-H girls who were persistent, patient and committed to their training clearly stood out.

After the first round of competition, Newberry lent the attentive young 4-H’ers some advice. Some of the girls were displeased with the performance of their dogs, and it was coming through in

Cora Schwabacher, Alise Prestrud and Lily Duquette and their dogs Gismo, Geoffrey and Grace wait to show off their training in the 4-H dog show.

their body language.

“I want this group to show me how

much they enjoy their dog,” she said.

Pups in the 4-H competition mirrored those in Jackson Hole in general. Most were mixed-breed, and many were rescued shelter dogs.

Their handlers, divided into three age groups, were assessed in four categories: obedience, showmanship, agility and confirmation.

At the end of the day, Emily Mahood and her pup, Buster, walked away with the grand champion award in the senior division. Lilly Duquette and her doggy, Grace, won the intermediate age class grand champion. Skyler LaRosa and Sadie came out on top of the junior class.

Elise Prestud and four-legged Geoffrey were the reserve champions in the senior class, Joni Moyer and Teddi won reserve in the intermediate class and Shilah May and Levi were named the reserve champion for juniors.

After a one-year hiatus in 2011, the fair’s 4-H dog show appears to have gained a steady following. Compared with previous years, twice as many kids and their pooches competed in this year’s event.

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Jordan Lutz shows her rabbit, Boo, July 23 during the 4-H rabbit show at the Teton County Fairgrounds. Lutz was awarded grand champion in showmanship.

Hippity hop huzzah Judges critique rabbits and handlers during 4-H competition.

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e’s not a very nice rabbit,” Mylee McCool confessed. As she spoke, Shadow, last year’s Best Fur Champion in the 4-H Rabbit Show squirmed in her arms.

McCool was just one of about 28 youngsters who participated in this year’s rabbit show and competition, which took place Friday at the Teton County Fair.

Amid the snorting, clucking and general mayhem of the Heritage Arena, rabbits and their owners were judged in showmanship, fur and general rabbit categories.

Although 4-H’ers may have more than one rabbit at the fair, only one may be entered for showmanship.

“Showmanship is judging us and how we handle our rabbit,” said Kelly Flickinger, president of the 4-H Small Animal Club, which includes poultry, guinea pigs and rabbits. The more the rabbit is handled, the calmer it is, suppressing its prey instincts.

Flickinger, 19, graduated from high school this past year and plans to attend University of Wyoming in the fall to study English.

For now though, she helps lead the one meeting and two clinics that happen each month for rabbit 4-H, along with caring for her own bunnies, Ugg (yes, like the boots) and Rue. A lot of rabbit 4-H is learning about rabbits and your particular breed, she said. Fur and general rabbit champions are selected based on the rabbit itself, but showmanship is more complex, requiring in-depth knowledge about your rabbit.

Seventeen-year-old Devan Lamere, a new resident of Jackson originally from Pinedale, agreed.

“It’s a lot more complicated,” she said.

“You have to memorize a lot.”

From diseases to breed-specific information, these 4-H’ers know about rabbits.

After standing calmly in line, rabbit tucked quietly in arms, each individual showed his or her rabbit, handling it and showing off characteristics to a judge while reeling off information.

The fur and general rabbit competitions involved judges handling and petting the animals later on in the evening, when Gracie Tucker’s rabbit, Sadie, was declared Best in Show.

A veteran of seven years of 4-H with horses, pigs and rabbits, Lamere said what she likes about rabbit 4-H is that “you start from scratch with your animal, it’s all your hard work.”

Lucky, Lamere’s Dutch rabbit, isn’t all that lucky, even with Lamere’s Grand Champion award for Senior Showmanship.

The son of a rabbit Lamere’s father originally brought back from Wisconsin in the back of his truck, Lucky had half of one ear chewed off by his mother when he was young. Sometimes mother rabbits will eat their young in times of stress, saving resources in order to have another litter sometime in the future.

All the same, rabbits in Teton County rabbit 4-H are relatively lucky; in other areas of the country rabbits are frequently sold for meat.

“The mentality in Jackson is that they’re pets,” explained Flickinger, ruffling the fur of Ugg, who won this year’s competition for best fur.

Certainly cuddly, the critters sat back as they were preened, pampered and shown throughout the afternoon.

Emily Mahood proudly shows her rabbit, Dot, during the 4-H rabbit show. Mahood received second place in senior rabbit showmanship.

Ashlyn Funk and Kinzie Castagno practice rabbit showing before the 4-H rabbit show at the Teton County Fair.

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Nina Romero tastes bacon and beer cupcakes July 23 while judging food entries in the Teton County Fair exhibit hall. Romero has been judging food at the fair for 24 years.

Exhibit hall boasts creative treasures County residents’ talents shine in pies, Legos, tomatoes and photos.

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ith the precision of a scientist, Teton County Fair exhibit hall judge Ron Cunningham examined each entry in the vegetable division.

A vase of Swiss chard grown by Elizabeth Rinn was “nice” and “had a clean display,” he decided. Cunningham, a university extension agricultural educator from Lander, awarded it a blue ribbon.

He inspected collard greens and kale presented in jars, all varieties of herbs, berries, rhubarb and potatoes, among other crops in the various divisions in the open class agronomy and gardens competitions.

A bushel of shiny red tomatoes among entries of green ones received huge praise from the judge.

“That’s amazing,” he said. In his little greenhouse, he’s just starting to get red tomatoes, he said. “They’re lucky.”

Ray Kominski garnered a first-place ribbon for those beauties.

Cunningham looked mainly for quality, consistency and maturity in the vegetables he was judging. If they had those characteristics, he awarded the produce a blue ribbon.

“It’s nice to see what people have been able to grow in their own yards and gardens,” he said. “Mother Nature sometimes can be a real challenge.”

The exhibit hall was chock-full of wonderful creations.

A 6-foot-long USS Missouri made of Legos by Calvin Nowicki was the grand champion of his division. Karyn Ann Atkins got a division champion ribbon for her delicious and moist Snake River lager cheddar cupcakes with bacon and cream cheese frosting. Joan Wagner got a “best in show” award for her fancy cookies that the judges deemed “not only beautiful but delicious.”

Some judges even offered advice to

Ila Rogers examines an entry in the photography competition. Throughout fair week the exhibit hall is packed with examples of residents’ labors of love and handiwork.

entrants.

“I would suggest using a smaller needle and knit tighter to keep from overstretching,” judge Fritzy Boedecker, of Lander, commented about a large knit cap in the needlework division.

All of the entries in each division — from photography to cake to arts and crafts — were judged based on a Danish system, university extension educator and hall organizer Mary Martin said.

“Every entry is judged on its own merit,” she said.

Some divisions are full of blue ribbons because each item is that good, Martin said.

The only exception to the Danish system of judging are the professional divisions, which are awarded ribbons by ranks, she said.

Oftentimes judges come from out of the county, but Martin also calls upon the valley’s own to judge and determine the winning items.

“There’s no sense of going somewhere else when we have talent,” Martin said.

About 30 volunteers helped the

judges sort through the entries, jot down their comments and affix ribbons to the items on July 23.

The exhibit hall is Martin’s favorite part of the fair, she said.

“It’s fun to see the community spirit,” she said.

People show off what they’ve done, and their neighbors come to delight in their accomplishments, she said.

Full- and part-time residents of the county can enter pretty much anything into the competition, even if it doesn’t fit into a category.

“The idea is not to limit the creativity,” she said. “We just ask that it not be exhibited at the fair before.”

The fair also offers small cash “premiums” for entries, which reward people’s efforts.

“Some people donate it back,” Martin said, “and others go buy seed for next year.”

This year the number of entries dwindled a little, and Martin is thinking about starting a “bring your neighbor” campaign to get more people involved.

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English-style equestrians show their stuff ‘It’s just a cool way to ride,’ one horse show competitor says.

By Emma Breysse For two hours the Jackson Hole Rodeo Arena was full of riders, but there was not a spangled belt buckle or cowboy hat in the bunch.

Instead, the boots were high and the posture was impeccable as the Teton County Fair’s English Horse Show took the arena. Competing girls rode with smaller saddles and with both hands on the reins.

“I think it’s just a cool way to ride,” 19-year-old Anna Sullivan said. “The greater connection with the horses, especially.”

Sullivan, like most of the girls in the show, started riding before she started kindergarten and has had one foot in a barn ever since.

Though she has been less active in the show circuit than she once was, Sullivan said she tries to be in at least one show every year. Most years that includes an appearance at the fair.

“At the fair everyone’s supporting each other and having a good time,” she said. “It’s a lot more low-key and fun than some of the other shows out there.”

During the July 20 event Sullivan rode Blondie to a firstplace ribbon and a fourth-place ribbon, but she scratched in her final competition class because the mare seemed to be getting a cold.

The action in an English show may seem more subdued than that of a rodeo, but it takes every bit as much work to succeed.

In a rodeo, form matters, but not as much as using it to accomplish a task.

In an English flat class, form — yours or your horse’s — makes all the difference in what color ribbon you take home.

The idea is to have the best control over your horse with the least visible effort as the judges put you and your horse through your paces.

Depending on which class you’re competing in, one down-turned heel from the rider or head toss from the horse can be the difference between first and second place, or even first and sixth.

Despite the pressure, 7-year-old Coco Ramkowsky beamed throughout her first competitive ride.

Wearing a purple My Little Pony helmet and riding Chance of a Lifetime — Chance for short — the horse

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Catrina Carlson, 10, led by Sierra Scott, rides Molly through the English Horse Show at the Teton County Fair. In an English flat class, the goal is to have the best control over your horse with the least visible effort.

she and her 8-year-old sister share, Coco walked and trotted her way to a fourth-place ribbon in her first-ever time in the show arena.

“I heard it was going on and I wanted to ride my first horse show,” she said. “You get prizes.”

The show at the fair is a good place for the valley’s English riders to show their stuff, and nearly every class boasted at least six riders.

It’s also a fun time to get together with a community that is perhaps less prominent in Wyoming than the Western crowd, but no less tight-knit.

“It’s a great community, and there’s great support,” Sullivan said, speaking as a veteran of the local English

scene. “We know a lot of the Western riders, and we joke about how our style is better, but it’s in good fun. All over this area horse people kind of know each other and support each other.”

Every rider had a cheering section of people who knew her name. Maya Ramkowsky, Coco’s older sister, also rode in her first show at this year’s fair. She picked up a fifth-place ribbon on Chance, earning applause from her father and from family friends who happened to be sitting nearby.

Maya said that if she has anything to say about it, she will be back in the ring before long.

“It’s just exciting being in the ring,” she said. “I think it’s fun. I think my pony likes it, too.”

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Junior Princess Jordan Lutz waits July 23 for the Jackson Hole Rodeo’s special Teton County Fair event to begin.

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In a game similar to “Duck, Duck, Goose” called “Splish, Splish, Splash,” Gabe Robertson, 9, slams Hailey Hardeman, 12, with a water balloon Saturday during the 4-H Redneck Olympics.

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Wesley Hiltbruner, 8, snuggles with a friend’s pig Thursday after the 4-H Swine Showmanship competition. Other 4-H’ers showed off goats, sheep, cows and rabbits.

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The Zipper gives fair-goers a nauseating ride Friday night at the carnival midway.

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Trey Wagner grooms his steer, Leroy, after the 4-H beef show Friday in the Heritage Arena. Wagner and Leroy took second place in the event.

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“Rattlesnake Dave” Richardson shows off one of his slithering friends with a huge rattle during a presentation last week at the Teton County Fair. Richardson has been traveling around the country doing rattlesnake shows for more than 20 years.

Bit by show biz, but not by rattlesnakes Rattlesnake Dave got into the rattler business because tree-trimming was too dangerous.

Before heading back to New York he decided to pay a visit to the Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater, Texas. That was in 1991, he said. He started doing his own rattlesnake show in 1992.

“I never liked snakes,” he said with a mock — it might have been genuine — shiver. “If someone told me 30 years ago I’d be doing this I’d have said no way.”

Bloom, who is as calm and level-headed as Richardson appears to be high-strung, called her fiance the foremost authority on Western diamondback behavior.

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tanding inside his octagonal glass enclosure, Dave Richardson held up a 5 1/2-foot Western diamondback rattlesnake.

“Who wants to see something really dangerous?” he asked the crowd gathered Thursday afternoon outside the Exhibit Hall during the Teton County Fair.

About two dozen hands shot up — mostly boys in the 4- to 14-year-old range.

“You’re seeing it!” said the man who is known as Rattlesnake Dave in at least half the states in the country — including, now, Wyoming.

Richardson and his fiancee, Rattlesnake Cindy (aka Cindy Bloom), pulled into Jackson Hole the afternoon of July 23, having spent six days driving from Syracuse, New York, his hometown. They drive everywhere (a 2006 Samuel L. Jackson movie suggests why air travel isn’t a viable option), logging up to 24,000 miles in their May-to-September season. After Jackson they had a date at the Champlain Valley Fair in Essex Junction, Vermont, followed by a gig in Virginia.

They pulled up to the Jackson hotel where they were staying, their big white pickup hauling a slightly larger RV. Bloom got out to help Richardson maneuver the rig into a parking place. Asked where the snakes were, she pointed to the RV: “On the bed.”

It sounds outrageous, but Bloom and a lot of online articles about Richardson’s 22-year career as a rattler handler claim the man “tames” these deadly reptiles. And it appears to be true. During Thursday’s show he pulled a writhing serpent from a barrel using long-handled hooks. Staring kindly into its eyes, he shushed it.

“What a good snake!” he said, his voice gushing with affection and respect. “I could

“These snakes know I’m not going to hurt them.”

– Dave Richardson One of Rattlesnake Dave’s Western diamondback rattlers eyes onlookers from inside the performer’s enclosure during his presentation last week at the Teton County Fair.

kiss him, but I don’t want to get salmonella.”

Snakes smell with their tongues, Richardson explained to the audience. That dark flicker gathers molecules in the air and transports them to a thingy on the roof of the creature’s mouth called a Jacobson’s organ, which translates those molecules into sensory information. Richardson’s shushing probably calms him down more than the snakes; it’s the odor of his breath that the snakes come to associate with his benign presence.

“There are only three reasons a rattlesnake will bite,” he said. “If you scare them, if you hurt them or if they think you’re food.

“Animals can sense if you’re going hurt them,” said Richardson, whose animated style of speaking reflects either enthusiasm or nervousness. “I don’t know how, but they do. … These snakes know I’m not going to hurt them.”

That said, they are wild animals — in fact each winter Richardson goes to west Texas to release his snakes and to gather a

dozen or so new stars for his coming season — and wild animals are unpredictable.

Despite decades of practice, a perfect track record (he’s never been bitten) and a pair of rattlesnake-proof chaps, whenever he put a snake back into its barrel, his sense of relief was visible.

How’s a guy get into the rattlesnake-handling business?

“I used to be a tree-cutter,” he said. “It nearly killed me, so I decided to do something safer.”

That’s the much-abbreviated version of the story, anyway — the full hilariously selfdeprecating version took a good 20 minutes to tell. After getting out of the tree business, he went to Texas to work for a delivery company that specialized in getting hadto-have-it-yesterday parts to appendages of Houston’s petrochemical behemoth. But he couldn’t hack it.

“They’d call me and say, ‘Dave, where are you?’ And I’d be looking at my map trying to figure out where I was.”

MAN OF MANY SNAKES

“We fear them because they are so dangerous,” she said, “but they can become like your dog.”

The fangs of a Western diamondback deliver a dose of hemotoxic venom, a protease enzyme that basically dissolves protein.

One of the big bulls he pulled out could have injected him with 2 to 3 tablespoons of the stuff — more than enough to kill even a big fellow like Richardson.

“Believe it or not I took accordion lessons from the same teacher who taught Myron Floren,” he said Thursday, a reference no one unfamiliar with the Lawrence Welk Show would have gotten, which is to say pretty much his entire audience.

“Wilma Lung was her name. But I wouldn’t practice, so instead I’m playing with prehistoric venomous monsters.

“Well,” he said, “where’s an old guy going to make $8 an hour doing anything else?”

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Cloggers keep folk dance traditions alive Foot-stomping 4-H’ers take the stage several times during the fair.

By Frances Moody Teton Mountain Thunder members have pledged their heads, hearts, hands and health to clogging.

A dance form said to be on its last leg, clogging is one of many practices that 4-H works to keep alive. Jackson’s 4-H foottapping group, Teton Mountain Thunder, is revitalizing the art of clogging, a combination of English, Dutch, German, Irish and Scottish folk dance steps.

Club members took the stage several times last week at the Teton County Fair with a set of dances they have been practicing since January.

Like most art forms founded in the U.S., clogging is not tied to just one culture.

Knowing how the dance intertwines steps from different countries, Teton Mountain Thunder decided to use present-day music to spice up its foot stomping.

In the past Teton Mountain Thunder has performed to country music. Because the club has about a dozen dancers ages 7 to 18, it wanted to select tunes that appeal to that age group. For the fair the club toeand-heeled to pop songs.

The club’s playlist included songs such as Imagine Dragons’ “On Top of the World” and the Ready Set’s “Love Like Woe.” Teton Mountain Thunder member Ruby Rammell enjoys dancing to Top 40 songs. In January, before the group started practicing, she and the other members voted on the type of music. They had a choice between country and pop.

While Ruby likes clogging to tracks she knows the words to, she said dancing to pop music has its downside.

“I think it kind of leans both ways,” she said. “It’s better because lots of kids know the songs, but it’s difficult for us to dance

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The Teton Mountain Thunder 4-H clogging group performs Thursday under the big top tent at the Teton County Fair.

to the right beat.”

Tamara Rammell, Ruby’s mom and the leader of Teton Mountain Thunder, said the club has practiced more difficult steps this year. She thinks her daughter and other members are confusing the music with the steps.

As with most 4-H programs, the clogging chapter is required to work toward a final project. Teton Mountain Thunder’s project was its performances in the fair.

Before taking the stage at the fair, the

clogging posse hit other venues. Every year the girls perform at a nursing home.

“The first year I was clogging and went to the nursing home, I thought it was dumb,” Ruby said. “I was thinking like little kids do. I said, ‘This is stupid,’ but then I saw their faces light up and understood why we go to the nursing home.”

Ruby and fellow clogger Aspen Waldron said community projects apply to the 4-H pledge. After one of the team’s showcases at the fair they recited it to the

News&Guide: “I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service and my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country and my world.”

Aspen said clogging may not solve world hunger or bigger issues, but it brings happiness to the Jackson community. To her that fits with the 4-H motto.

“You’re giving to everyone you can through clogging and making them happy,” Aspen said.

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RESULTS

Sr. $1 Race 1. Claire Andrews

3D 1. Sydney Jordan 2. Jessyka Smith

Egg and Spoon Race 1. Sydney Jordan

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Peewee Poles 1. Dally Wilson 2. Ashlyn Chamberland 3. Falyn Nenna

Fun Night Peewee Costume 1. Lindsey Bonilla 2. Braxton Lees Jr. Costume 1. Alexandra Howard 2. Gracie McNeel

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Jr. Pie Race 1. Bailey Chamberland 2. Alexandra Howard 3. Hailey Hardeman 4. Casey Budge 5. Miah Atwood 6. Kate Budge Sr. Pie Race 1. J.T. Statter 2. Claire Andrews 3. Niki Lynes 4. Judson Colson

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Pig Wrestling Peewee Division 1. Pig Candy 12.59 Bodie Turner, Lucy Turner, Jake Landino, Peter Concanuson 2. Dirty Divas 30.84 Leela Rogers, Megan Brown, Lola Roberts, Avery Binstadt 3. The Bacon Eaters Andrew Howard, Paedon Hare, Colin Quinn, Artiando Olvera Best Dressed: Hula Hooligans Marin Morningstar, Meyers Morningstar, Tatum Graham, Maddy Irvine Junior Division 1. Ridin’ Bulls and Punchin’ Fools 20.98 Derek Grant, Dylan Grant, Seth Wilson, Tipton Wilson 2. Wyoming Pig Pokes 31.95 Hailey Hardeman, Kole Morris, Sterling Smith, Ryley Hasenack 3. Hog Island Hulas Kinzie Castagno, Amelia Wilson, Ruby Rammell, Stevie Taylor Best Dressed: Ham Slam Banks Walker, Peter Goetler, Emiliano Rosas, Jeydon Cox Men’s Division 1. Ace In The Hole 13.20 Tristan Hansen, Tyler Friend, Jed Christensen, Cade Cooke 2. Wilson Hardware Toolz 19.48 Mike Larosa, Craig Stephens, The American Badass, Eduardo Loco Barron 3. Bathwater Bacon Boys 30.32 Luis Mendizabol, Sam Cottrell, Levi Pendalton, Aaron Strader Best Dressed: Swyne Dynasty Harper Hollis, James Blackburn, Chad Brown, Nelson Nolan Women’s Division 1. Banditos 9.76 Chandler Sachse, Tayler Arnold, Bailey Lerwill, Mindy Kaufman 2. Dirt Skirts 16.0 Ashley Steffens, Amber Pfieffer, April Preuss, Maura Bushior 3. Mat Daughter Outfitters 25.25 Torie Castagno, Niki Castagno, Angie Beard, Whitley Beard Best Dressed: Wright Training Dynamite Crystal Wright, Kristen Irvine, Jess Spangler, Hannah Horigan

Division 6 Western Horse Show Adult Showmanship Grand: Cortland Jenkins Reserve: Pam Marboe 1. Jeff Lutz 2. Kari Hall 3. Karin Sieber 4. Tamsen Pruzan Youth Showmanship 13-17 Grand: Sarah Andrews Reserve: Claire Andrews 1. Bridget Frank 2. Rachel Tucker 3. Madison Wilkerson 4. Emma Ballard Youth Showmanship 8-12 Grand: Megan Tucker Reserve: Morgan Scaffide 1. Jordan Davis 2. Charolette Ballard 3. Grace Ballard 4. Jordan Lutz 5. Cate Zocik 6. Bailey Chamberland See RESULTS on page 17

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Mylee McCool, 12, flings a toilet seat like a discus during the 4-H Redneck Olympics.

RESULTS

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Peewee Showmanship 7 and Under Grand: Charley Peterson Reserve: Elliemax Hansen Halter: QH Geldings and Stallions Grand: Sarah Andrews Reserve: Becky Bateman 1. Tamsen Pruzan 2. Morgan Scaffide 3. Lance Bateman 4. Ashley Huskey 5. Grace Ballard 6. Bryce Kelly Halter: QH Mares Grand: Bryce Judd Reserve: Pam Marboe 1. Nate Pruzan 2. Emma Ballard 3. Jordan Davis 4. Claire Andrews 5. Loulou Worthe 6. Jordan Lutz Halter: Colored Paints Grand: Bridget Frank Reserve: Claire Andrews Halter: Noncolored Paints Grand: Cortland Jenkins Reserve: Karin Sieber 1. Pam Marboe Halter: All Other Geldings and Stallions Grand: Kari Hall Reserve: Mills Halpin 1. Lisa Driwer 2. Elsie Hall 3. Gracie McNeel Halter: All Other Mares Grand: Sierra Scott Reserve: Shannon Rogers 1. Catrina Carlson Halter: Best Of Show Grand: Bryce Judd Reserve: Pam Marboe Lead Line 6 and Under Grand: Vada Haling Reserve: Ayla Pressman

JHTRA Class A Grand: Parker Greenlee Reserve: Warner Clayton 1. Isabell Silva JHTRA Class B Grand: Steve Mancia Reserve: Jennifer Mancia JHTRA Class C Grand: Mariam Sanchez Reserve: Eve Dupont Walk/Trot 6 and Under Grand: Ashleyn Chamberland Reserve: Kendall Dickey Walk/Trot 7-10 Grand: Morgan Scaffide Reserve: Charolette Ballard 1. Jarin Pressman

Ranch Horse Competition Open Division 1. Grant Golliher 2. Jim Walter Ladies Division 1. Nicole Budge 2. Kim Harrington 3. Tanya McNeel Youth Division 1. Casey Budge 2. Jordan Bauer 3. Morgan Schwab 1st Year Division 1. Karen Hogan 2. Joanie Zelnio 3. Kimer Jones Cutting Non-Pro 1. Kelby Heiner 2/3. Grant Golliher (tie) 2/3. Jane Golliher (tie) 4/5. Kelly Zelikovitz (tie) 4/5. Mark Hendrickson (tie) Any Horse 1. Nicole Pilster 2. Charleston Heiner 3. Randy Kinsey

4/5. Kelly Zelkovitz (tie) 4/5. Kelby Heiner (tie) Trail 40 and Over 1. Karen Hogan 2. Lance Bateman 3. Kim Harrington 4. Laurie LaMere 5. Deedee Sorsby 6. Harley Wilcox 18-39 Years of Age 1. Kimber Jones 2. Karin Sieber 3. Shannon Rogers 4. Tamsen Pruzan 5. Emily Smith 13-17 Years of Age 1. Hannah Weston 2. Shaeli Funk 3. Cheyenne Wilcox 4. Bridget Scaffide 5. J.T. Statter 6. Emma Ballard 12 and Under 1. Reagan Wilcox 2. Avery Calder 3. Bailey Chamberland 4. Eloise Chapman 5. Ashley Huskey 6. Leo Hillinger

Division 7 Western Performance Horse Show Classes Jr. Western Pleasure 1. Lance Bateman 2. Sandi Eddins 3. Jordan Lutz 4. Gracie McNeel 5. Maarissa Mason 6. Suzy Chadwick Ranch Pleasure 18 and Over 1. Harley Wilcox 2. Deedee Sorsby 3. Tanya McNeel 4. Maarissa Mason 5. Shannon Rogers 6. Kari Hall

Western Equitation 13-17 1. Shaeli Funk 2. Hannah Weston 3. Cheyenne Wilcox 4. Miah Atwood 5. Hannah Linville 6. Sarah Andrews Western Equitation 12 and Under 1. Jordan Lutz 2. Regan Wilcox 3. Gracie McNeel 4. Megan Tucker 5. Morgan Scaffide 6. Bridget Scaffide Western Pleasure 18 Plus 1. Suzy Chadwick 2. Cortland Jenkins 3. Maarissa Mason 4. Pam Marboe 5. Laure LaMere 6. Tanya McNeel Western Pleasure 13-17 1. Hannah Weston 2. Shaeli Funk 3. Cheyenne Wilcox 4. Bridget Frank 5. Hannah Linville 6. Sarah Andrews Western Pleasure 12 and Under 1. Jordan Lutz 2. Morgan Scaffide 3. Regan Wilcox 4. Ashlyn Funk 5. Gracie McNeel 6. Megan Tucker Reining: All Ages 1. Kayla Key 2. Morgan Scaffide 3. Kimber Jones 4. Kim Harrington 5. Cheyenne Wilcox 6. Hannah Weston Western Riding 18 Plus 1. Cortland Jenkins 2. Emily Smith 3. Shannon Rogers 4. Harley Wilcox 5. Kari Hall 6. Abby Smith Western Riding 17 and Under 1. Reagan Wilcox 2. Jordan Lutz Mary Wigg Sportsmanship Award Amber Jones

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RESULTS

Continued from 17

Figure 8 Races 1. Eric Hiltbrunner 2. Joel Tate 3. Stefan Fodor

Rodeo No. 13 Team Roping 1. Clint Damwood/Chad Espenscheid 2. Dallas McGhee/Dustin McGhee 3. Klay Mangis/Jake Mangis 4. Matt Loose/Charlie Putnam

6.930 7.10 11.20 11.23

No. 9 Team Roping 1. Reggie Benz/Simon Tafoya 2. Bob Felkins/Kenny Chambers 3. Boone Snidecor/George Licking 4. Jodi Edwards/Robby Hardeman 5. Bart Westergard/Jim Stoddard

8.02 8.68 11.82 13.07 13.58

No. 8 Team Roping 1. Ilene Wagner/Will Wagner 2. Stacey McKnight/Brent Murdock 3. Zane Meeks/Gene Ray 4. Anthony Uhl/Brent Murdock 5. Connie Tafoya/Bill Lewkowitz

7.21 7.92 10.03 11.01 12.55

Parent/Child Team Roping 1. Arye Espenscheid/Chad Espenscheid 2. Ilene Wagner/Will Wagner 3. Scott Putnam/Charlie Putnam 4. Tayler Holmes/Kelly Holmes 5. Amber Chambers/Kenny Chambers

8.56 8.62 9.84 10.11 11.17

Breakaway Roping 1. Tayler Holmes 2. Jenny Robertson 3. Hailey Hardeman

2.76 3.07 3.57

Peewee Barrels 1. Bailey Chamberland 2. Stevie Taylor Senior Barrels 1. Pam Romsa Open Barrels 1. McKenna Schroeder 2. Crystal Wright 3. Nicole Uhl 4. Carol Petersen Bulls 1. Landon Smith Bareback 1. Tristan Hansen Saddlebronc 1. Orrin Sparkman Miniature Bull Riding 1. Derek Grant Mutton Bustin’ 1. Braxton Lees All Around Cowboy Tristan Hansen All Around Cowgirl Ilene Wagner

19.242 19.801 18.222 17.904 18.177 18.258 18.262

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Megan Tucker of the Bar-B Q Bandits grabs the pig’s leg during the pig wrestling contest.

Senior 4-H Citizenship 1. Emilie Gocke 4-H Clothing Construction 1. Kayli Genzer 2. Kate Budge

4-H Youth Leadership 1. Kylie Anderson 2. Bailie Welfl 4-H Visual Arts 1. Peter Prestrud

Senior Rifle 1. Luke Meagher 2. Sophie Mattson

4-H Small Animal

4-H Fashion Revue 1. Molly Moyer 2. Kate Budge

Judge’s Choice Buymanship 1. Molly Moyer

Pocket Pet 1. Ella Watkins 2. Wyatt Eggett

Intermediate 4-H Foods 1. Bella Morris

Dog Static Exhibit 1. Emily Mahood 2. Joni Moyer

Rabbit Best In Show Rabbit Gracie Tucker

4-H Animal Project 1. Jordan Lutz 2. Hailey Hardeman

Pocket Pet Static Exhibit 1. Ella Watkins

Junior Rabbit Showmanship 1. Ashlyn Funk 2. LIllian Lonneker

Junior 4-H Photography 1. Hailee Brinton Intermediate 4-H Photography 1. Henry Horstmann Senior 4-H Photography 1. Peter Prestrud Junior 4-H Quilting 1. Katie Kuhns Intermediate 4-H Quilting 1. Lilly Brazil

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Senior 4-H Quilting 1. Clara Delahaye

Junior 4-H Cake Decorating 1. Cora Schwabacher 2. Alexandra Gingery

4-H Shooting Sports 1. Spencer Berezay 2. Henry Berezay

Intermediate 4-H Cake Decorating 1. Brayden Levanduski 2. Ashley Brimeyer

Junior 4-H Sportsfishing 1. Nevin Griber 2. Henry Berezay

Senior 4-H Cake Decorating 1. Bailie Welfl 2. Molly Moyer

Intermediate 4-H Sportsfishing 1. Spencer Berezay 2. Julia Mahood

Junior 4-H Citizenship 1. Emma Watkins

Senior 4-H Sportsfishing 1. Trever Swink

Intermediate 4-H Citizenship 1. Ryley Hasenack

4-H Wildlife 1. William Carlson

4-H Shooting Junior Shotgun 1. Derek Grant Intermediate Shotgun 1. Dylan Grant Senior Shotgun 1. Jack Cornish Senior Archery 1. Keegan Bommer Compound Bow Intermediate 1. Kade Hatten 2. Seth Wilson

Intermediate Rabbit Showmanship 1. Jordan Lutz 2. Julia Mahood Senior Rabbit Showmanship 1. Devan LaMere 2. Emily Mahood Poultry Best In Show Poultry Nevin Griber Junior Poultry 1. Nevin Griber Intermediate Poultry 1. A.J. McCool

Traditional Bow Intermediate 1. Seth Wilson

Senior Poultry 1. Emily Mahood

Compound Bow Junior 1. Nevin Griber 2. Tipton Wilson

4-H Dog Show

Traditional Bow Junior 1. Tipton Wilson 2. Tag Abel Junior Rifle 1. Henry Berezay Intermediate Rifle 1. Ashley Brimeyer 2. Spencer Berezay

Junior Dog 1. Skyler LaRosa 2. Shilah May Intermediate Dog 1. Lilly Duquette 2. Joni Moyer Senior Dog 1. Emily Mahood 2. Alise Prestrud See RESULTS on page 19

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RESULTS

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4-H Livestock Horse Junior Horse Showmanship 1. Stevie Taylor 2. Brody Hasenack Intermediate Horse Showmanship 1. Hailey Hardeman 2. Ryley Hasenack Senior Horse Showmanship 1. Devan LaMere 2. Keith Holmes Junior All-Around Horse and Rider Bailey Chamberland Intermediate All-Around Horse and Rider Ryley Hasenack Senior All-Around Horse and Rider Devan LaMere Walk/Trot All-Around Horse and Rider Riley MacFarland Intermediate All-Around Working Cow Horse Casey Budge Hailey Hardeman Senior All-Around Working Cow Horse High Point J.T. Statter Beef Market Beef 1. Shane Lucas 2. Kirby Castagno

Senior Beef Showmanship 1. Reegan Castagno 2. Brayden Castagno

Senior Round Robin Showmanship 1. Reegan Castagno 2. Brayden Castagno

Grand Champion Teton County Beef Tag Abel

Open Class Grand Champions

Swine Market Swine 1. Sadler Smith 2. Brayden Castagno Junior Swine Showman 1. Derek Grant 2. Justin Castagno Intermediate Swine Showmanship 1. Kinzie Castagno 2. Dylan Grant Senior Swine Showmanship 1. Brayden Castagno 2. Reegan Castagno Lamb Market Lamb 1. Wyatt Dieckmann 2. Wren Buchenroth Junior Lamb Showman 1. Eliza Wilson 2. Elias Rammell

Agronomy and Gardens Hay Bales: Jackson Land and Cattle Vegetables: Ray Kominski Fruits: Tillie Robertson Herbs: Robin Christensen Best of Show: Tillie Robertson Floriculture Cut Flowers: Suzanne Pilgrim Centerpieces: Robin Christensen Interpretive: Elizabeth Rinn Dried Flower Arrangements: Marlene Lang Potted Plants: Elizabeth Rinn Best of Show: Marlene Lang Food Preservation Jelly: Marlene Lang Jams, Marmalades and Preserves: Carter Watsabaugh Pickles and Relish: Elizabeth Rinn Miscellaneous: Marlene Lang Miscellaneous: Marlene Lang Best of Show: Donna Martin

Best of Show: Paschall McDaniel Painting Adult Acrylic: Leeann Stone Adult Watercolor: Rosemary Jones Adult Oil: Albert Nelson Adult Pastel: Teri Billingham Intermediate (Ages 13-18) Acrylic: Adele Fang Best of Show: Heather Goetz Drawing Adult Pencil: Cyndi West Ages 13-18 Pencil: Aliea Ednie Best of Show: Cyndi West Youth Photography Ages 12 and Under: Alyssa Moyer Ages 13-18: Sarah Bentlage Best of Show: Alyssa Moyer Open Class Photography People: Doug Lowham and Bonnie Koehn Place: Kathy Rains Things: Carolyn Dessin Photoshop: Bonnie Koehn Best of Show: Kathy Rains Professional Photography People: Jeffery Kaphan Best of Show: Jeffery Kaphan Pottery and Ceramics Ceramics: Carolyn Hunter

Intermediate Lamb Showmanship 1. Olivia Wilson 2. Amelia Wilson

Needlework Knitted Articles: Corie Rybak Crocheted Articles: Josie Reed Tapestries and Wall Hangings: Bob Reed Best of Show: J. Copper

Senior Lamb Showmanship 1. Isabella Wilson 2. Claire Andrews

Quilts Machine Quilted: Susan Garrity Best of Show: Susan Garrity

Arts and Crafts Beadwork: Carolyn Dessin

Round Robin Showmanship (Six species)

Home Furnishings Original Woodwork: Jeremy Budge Original Woodwork Natural Wood: Anders Rae Best of Show: Jeremy Budge

Junior Beef Showman 1. Gracie Hardeman 2. Tipton Wilson

Junior Round Robin Showmanship 1. Gracie Hardeman 2. Derek Grant

Intermediate Beef Showmanship 1. Kirby Castagno 2. Hailey Hardeman

Intermediate Round Robin Showmanship 1. Hailey Hardeman 2. Kirby Castagno

Youth Paint/Draw Ages 2-7: Palmer Wentzel Ages 8-12: Paschall McDaniel Ages 2-7 Refrigerator Art: Madeline Lettick

Leathercraft Leathercraft: Ray Kominski Best of Show: Ray Kominski

Miscellaneous Crafts Most Unusual: Howard Schwartzman Papercraft: Robin Christensen Any Other: Roy Short Youth: Calvin Nowicki Any Other: Elizabeth Rinn Craft Mosaic: Elizabeth Rinn Best of Show - Toys: John Branca Best of Show - Any Other Craft: Roy Short Best of Show - Papercraft: Robin Christensen

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