Thursday's Internet Edition, August 07, 2008.
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| INCOMMONS BANK OF FAIRFIELD picked up the “Spirit of Freestone” award Monday evening in the Freestone County Fair Parade that kicked off a week of activities. Other parade winners and a recap of the event are on p1-b of this week’s edition. |
A total 130 market livestock projects head to the sale ring after selection in market animal judging Thursday and Friday at W.L. Moody Reunion Grounds in Fairfield.
Show animals include steers, swine, sheep, goats, chickens and rabbits.
Last year the junior livestock auction drew a record bid tally of $365,800. Top selling animal was a steer exhibited by Brady Johnson of Fairfield 4-H Club that brought a winning bid of $9,000.
Record price in the Freestone county sale is $9,600 paid for a steer exhibited in 2006 by Fairfield FFA member Taylor Edwards-Adcock, a Fairfield 4-H Club member.
The sale starts at 9:30 a.m. in the Ike Carden Pavilion at the fairgrounds.
Animals are being sorted in judging Thursday and Friday, with the top entries headed to the sale.
Thursday starts with market sheep judging at 8 a.m., moves on to market poultry at 10 a.m. and market goats at 1 p.m., concluding with the steer show at 5 p.m.
Goats are the largest market division this year, 74 entries, edging out swine with 69 entries.
The two remaining market divisions will be judged Friday, swine at 8 a.m. and rabbits at 1 p.m.
Livestock is not all there is at the county fair, though—-a parade through Fairfield was held Monday, a new Miss Freestone County and Miss Teen Freestone County were crowned Tuesday and the youth rodeo was held Wednesday evening at the fairgrounds arena.
Carnival rides, provided by Reed Expositions, are open every night of the fair.
The horse halter show and youth performance horse show are set for 7 p.m. Thursday in the rodeo arena, and professional rodeo performances open at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights.
Area youth are invited to bring their pets to the Ike Carden Pavilion at 3 p.m. Saturday for judging.
Fair weeks concludes with a grand finale dance, featuring music by Tobacco Road, from 8 p.m. until midnight at the fairgrounds.