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BBQ they begin the brisket around midnight and then they “pull it off ” and prepare
to serve it to the judges around 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. the next day.
It can be a meticulous process to cook tasty brisket, Dallas said. “You have to
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check your fire every hour and make sure it is good and level, and then you need to baste your meat with any type of marinade. You are busy the whole time.” The various judging categories include best pork dish, beef dish, side dish, and barbecue sauce. The money that is raised at the BBQ cook-off will be used for college scholarships, awarded to students who are members of the local 4-H club or Future Farmers of America. “Come out and support the kids,” Gonser said. The Frazier Carnival at McGee Park will be open to the public during the BBQ cook-off. The carnival will offer thrill rides, children’s rides, games and carnival food beginning on Aug. 2. Special ride bracelets will be available.
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Goat Costume Contest
A popular event at the fair When Sally Hood steps into the Jerry Connelly Show Ring at 7 p.m. Aug. 8 to host the Goat Costume Contest at the San Juan County Fair, she’ll be celebrating 50 years of participation in the fair. Hood was in 4-H when she was 9 years old and started her own 4-H club at the age of 19. Over the years, she’s watched her children – and now her grandchildren – enjoy many of the same events – and a lot of new ones – each year at the county fair. “It’s just a joy,” Hood said of the fair. “Every year, my entire family takes our campers to the fair and spend a week’s vacation. The fair is family oriented and it’s just a joy for me to be out here and part of it.” The Goat Costume Contest had been a regular event at the fair for many years, but lack of interest took it off the fair schedule. About five years ago, Hood asked the fair board to bring it back, with the promise of taking care of it herself. “The Goat Costume Contest is a lot of fun,” Hood said. “We get the kids and the adults involved and it’s open to everybody. There’s no entry fee and no require-
ments. You just dress yourself and your goat up and you show up.” Last year, 10 adults and 35 youngsters participated in the contest, Hood said proudly. “I get different judges every year and they decide who worked the hardest on the costumes and they decide who wins.” At 11 a.m. on Aug. 10, Hood will be in yet another show ring – this time in the Beef Barn, where she’ll oversee the Stick Horse Race. Participants for the Stick Horse Race must sign up prior to the race. There are eight divisions, with youngsters from the age of 2 through 10 years old participating. There is also a special division for special needs children. “Every kid gets a prize,” Hood said, “and the winner of each division gets a stick horse.” Watching the kids race to the finish line is as exciting for Hood as it is for the kids and their families, who cheer them on. Hood expects to be around for her 51st year at the San Juan County Fair next year. “It’s just such a joy for me and I can’t imagine not being part of it,” she said.