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Sunrise at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Meeker Classic Championship Sheepdog Trials Wednesday.

Waiting for the handler’s signal …

Run, run, run…

Things got underway Wednesday morning with preliminary runs.

Sheep versus dog.

A handler and dog work together to split the sheep during their preliminary run Weds.

Art Contest judge and local artist Pat Daggett discusses merits of several different entries.

The People’s Choice winning art at the Meeker Classic International Art Contest

The runner up artist with her Meeker Classic Art Contest entry.

The winning piece from the Meeker Classic Art Contest

Meeker Classic posters are highly collectible, with a new piece produced each year

The always popular lamb cook off featured several delicious entries.

Arturo Rodriguez’s son watched his father serve lamb tostadas from his perch on this boulder. Rodriguez won the People’s Choice award for his dish.

Winners of the lamb cook-off were Tonya and Jeff Martin of The Mobil Chef, Ordway, Colo.

Dan Francis whipped of a batch of cinnamon kettle corn Saturday at the trials, filling the air around the Toelle’s Kettle Corn booth with a heavenly scent.

Powder River Custom Hat Company sold their wares at the Meeker Classic.

Erik and Penny Llyod of Sheep Camp Wool Mill sold hand spun and dyed wool and other products in the vendor tent at the Meeker Classic.

Range Call Royalty at the Michael Martin Murphey concert held in Ute Park Thursday evening.

Arlene Estes and her pup Deuce searched for scents Saturday in the education tent at Ute Park. The CNCC Canine Sniffers group presented nose work demonstrations throughout the weekend.