Fair starts with picnic, dog show

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By Brandy Nance (Contact)

Saturday, July 19, 2008

It’s time again for the Lyon County Fair, and this year promises all the action and excitement of past years.

The Lyon County Fair officially opens at 6:30 p.m. Thursday with a Friends of the 4-H picnic. The picnic will be at the Anderson Building and is intended as an opportunity for 4-H to show appreciation to those who support Lyon County 4-H.

The rest of the schedule:

Friday

• dog show, 6 p.m.

July 26

• 4-H judging for clothing construction, scrapbooks and photography, 10 a.m.

• 4-H judging, buymanship, home environment, fiber arts, 12:30 p.m.

• public fashion revue, Anderson Building, 5 p.m.

July 27

• 4-H horse show, Arena; 4-H cat and hand pets, Anderson Building, 9 a.m.

• shooting sports, 10 a.m.

• shooting sports, 1 p.m.

July 31

• wrist band night at the carnival, 6 to 10 p.m.

• pee-wee rodeo, grandstand, free gate, 6 p.m.

Aug. 1

• vet check-in, sheep and goats, 5 to 7 p.m.

• sheep/meat weigh-in, 7 p.m.

• swine weigh-in, 7:30 p.m.

• truck and tractor pull, grandstand, 7 p.m.

• beef weigh-in, 7 to 8 a.m.

• 4-H exhibits and open class exhibits entered in Anderson Building, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.

• Anderson Building closed for judging, 9:30 a.m.

• 4-H foods, 9:30 a.m.

• antique tractor pull, free gate, 10 a.m.

• 4-H entomology, crops, geology judging, 10 a.m.

• horticulture and floriculture judging, 10 a.m.

• 4-H arts and crafts conference judging, 1 p.m.

• sheep show followed by meat goat, 5:30 p.m.

• mud-a-thon, grandstand, 6 p.m.

• Anderson Building open to the public, 7 p.m.

Aug. 3

• swine show, 8 a.m.

• poultry show, 9 a.m.

• kids tractor pull, 5 p.m.

• ranch rodeo, grandstand, 7 p.m.

Aug. 4

• rabbit show, 8 a.m.

• beef show, 8:30 a.m.

• wrist-band night at the carnival, 6 to 10 p.m.

• horse pull, grandstand, 7 p.m.

Aug. 5

• dairy goat show, 9 a.m.

• bucket calf show, 10:30 a.m.

• 4-H animal exhibits released, 2:30 p.m.

• round robin, 6 p.m.

• Buck Rumble & Roll 2008, grandstand, 8 p.m.

Aug. 6

• livestock sale, fairgrounds show arena, 6 p.m.

• wrist band night at the carnival, 6 to 10 p.m.

• Black Tuxedos Band, grass area south of Anderson Building, 7:30 p.m.

Aug. 7

• 4-H Rodeo, grandstand, 6 p.m.

• Hope Community Church Band, grass area south of the Anderson Building, 7 p.m.

Aug. 8

• ATV Races, grandstand, 7 p.m.

Aug. 9

• Demolition Derby, 6 p.m.