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Rock County Fair eating contest brings variety of strategiesSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4:07PMMaybe it was the kid in me, but this challenge was too hard to pass up. I’d have 15 minutes to swallow 15 doughnut holes, 20 cheese curds, a cupcake, a corn dog, an egg roll, a pulled pork slider, two handfuls of cotton candy, a slice of cherry pie, a bag of fried potato chips, a chocolate milkshake and a dollop of cookie dough. My stomach pleaded with my mouth not to do this. My empty wallet ...

Sun Festival starts todaySaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 9:31AMThe Tsawwassen Sun Festival gets underway today. Activities continue tomorrow and Monday will be the event's busiest day of the long weekend. There will be a pancake breakfast to get things going while a parade will roll along 56th Street at 11 a.m. and end up at the fairgrounds at Winskill Park.

StompedSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 12:39AMGrav Weldon It’s been a fun evening, to say the least. Today’s assignment — the Altus Grape Festival. Each year folks come out in droves for lots of grape-centric fun. There’s a grape pie eating contest, amateur winemaker competition, wine sampling ($3 for the glass and as many 1 ounce samples as you want to enjoy from the area’s four wineries) and of course grape stomping. It’s the latter I ...

Celebrating 4H at the Troy FairFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:18PMTROY - Head, Heart, Hands, Health - was being celebrated Friday at the 135th Troy Fair. It was 4H day, a chance to celebrate 4H and have fun after most of the shows and competitions were completed earlier in the week, Bradford County 4H Educator Tia Ste

The Wright County Fair is back and better than ever, Aug 4-8Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:47PMWRIGHT COUNTY, MN – With an overabundance of exciting events planned for the Wright County Fair this year, the festivities are expected to draw in more crowds than ever.

Wright County Fair returns with five-day runFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:56PMLast year, the Wright County Fair Board and Wright County Commission OK'd the change to start the fair in August, hoping the five-day run would be worth the wait.

Laura Ness: Some delicious petite sirahs are out thereFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:14AMYesterday, my lips turned blue. So did my teeth, and blue-purple juice was dripping down my chin.

Fair amount of campaigningFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:41AMYes, it is hot. And yes, it can be crowded at times. But with less than a week left before primary elections, the Cole County Fair -- and others like it -- is one of the final, and often most essential, stops on the campaign trail for any candidate.

Family Fun Day at the Garden City PoolFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:11AMResidents Celebrate Fourth of July On a beautiful Fourth of July, members and guests enjoyed a great day of games, activities and music for the whole family at the Garden City Pool. The pool staff ran games and activities for all to enjoy, including potato sack races, three-legged races, balloon toss, wheel barrel races, watermelon races and face painting, as well as an adult pie-eating contest ...