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Staying cool (or not) at Great Jones County Fair
Jul. 19, 2019 7:16 pm
Fair continues through Sunday, with Hootie and the Blowfish tonight
Ryker Hein, 10, of Monticello, sprays water on his steer, Oreo, as he prepares to compete Friday in the 4-H/FFA Beef Show at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
Moonlight concessions employee Spencer Hotchkiss of Scottsdale, Ariz., beats the heat — or at least his shoulder does — as he loads bags of ice into a freezer Friday at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello. The fair continues through Sunday at the fairgrounds in Monticello, with performances by Hootie and the Blowfish and the Barenaked Ladies on Friday night, Chris Stapleton on Saturday night and TobyMac on Sunday night. The full schedule is here. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
Axel Burrack, 2, of Martelle, sips water Friday as he plays on a Kubota lawn mower on display at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
People watch the judging Friday at the 4-H/FFA Beef Show at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
Doug Kurt of Cascade, president of the Jones County Cattlemen, grills hamburgers Friday at the fair's 4-H food stand at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello. The group donated 400 burgers — plus ground beef for loose-meat sandwiches and roast beef for roast beef sundaes — for 4-H'ers to sell at the food stand. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
Baylor Noonan, 3, brushes her brother's steer as her father, Todd Noonan, of Cascade, trims some of the steer's hair as they help Baylor's brother, Tayden Freeman-Noonan, prepare for the 4-H/FFA Beef Show on Friday at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello. The steer is named The Big Red Unit. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
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