That’s a lot of weight for a small young lady to control, but Zoey LeBlanc, 7, seen here showing her heifer in the Beef Open class, handled it pretty well for her first time at the Rio Blanco County Fair. By the way, she took the Grand Champion ribbon with this heifer and captured Reserve Champion with her other heifer.
The rabbits entered as exhibits at the Rio Blanco County came in all sizes, colors and ear shapes, but these rabbits owned by Del Garner claimed status as the Grand Champion Market Rabbits. In the 4-H/FFA Junior Livestock Auction, Garner’s rabbits were sold with a bid of $200 to Williams Mainstream.
How patriotic this floriculture display at the Rio Blanco County Fair looks as it is laden with red, white and blue flowers, with blue for first place, red for second place and white for third. The flowers themselves offered a wide variety of flowers with an assortment of colors.
From Devil’s Tower in Wyoming to the tropics to a flower garden and a reflective lake to a shot of the wide open green plains, the entries in the landscape photography class at the Rio Blanco County Fair covered a variety of locations, bringing the photographers a wide array of ribbons for their work.
A lot of work goes into getting those canned goods just right, and while Donna Collins may have learned the secret, the ribbons she earned at the Rio Blanco County Fair are much larger than the containers in which she she put her prize winners. On the left is a jar (it is under the ribbons) of her rhubarb-raspberry jelly, which won a first place, a champion ribbon and the gold Best of Show ribbon. On the right is a jar of Collins’ beets (you can barely see the jar), which took a first-place ribbon as well as a champion ribbon.
It is tough to sell those little animals that have probably spent as much time in their seller’s arms as in their cages, but when those rabbits come away from the Rio Blanco County Fair as Reserve Champion Market Rabbit, it means they surpassed many of the bunnies entered at the fair. At left, Jade Miller shows off her rabbits, which claimed the ribbon as Reserve Champion Market Rabbit. They were sold at the 4-H/FFA Junior Livestock Auction for $200 to Williams Midstream.
The market swine varied from 230 pounds to 396 pounds, but Anna Walsh’s swine, which weighed in at 270 pounds, seemed about just right as she took the Reserve Champion Market Swine ribbon at the Rio Blanco County Fair. That ribbon translated to a bid of $2,300 in the annual 4-H/FFA Junior Livestock Auction for the swine, bought by White River Electric.
Like many of the other poultry entries in the Rio Blanco County Fair, there were several varieties of turkeys, chickens and ducks entered into the various classes and categories. Above, Colby Clatterbaugh is showing off his Grand Champion Market Poultry-winning turkey. Clatterbaugh’s turkey brought in a winning bid of $200 purchased by Susan Stout at the 4-H/FFA Junior Livestock Auction.
