DEPARTMENT 1 – DAIRY
Jersey - Bull Calf
1st – Patrice Knapp
Jersey - Champion Bull
1st - Patrice Knapp
Jersey - Winter Heifer Calf
1st - Patrice Knapp
Jersey - Fall Heifer Calf
1st - Patrice Knapp
2nd - Anna-Marie Stiver
Jersey - Summer Yearling Heifer
1st - Caleb Stiver
Jersey - Spring Yearling Heifer
1st - Patrice Knapp
2nd - Patrice Knapp
Jersey - Winter Yearling Heifer
1st - [...]

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MEDINA — There is an almost imperceptible hiss of the shuttle sliding through the threads of Peggy Eller’s loom.
Seated in a small tent outside the arts hall Friday at the Medina County Fair, Eller brings to life a skill that once was the stock-in-trade of pioneer women. With bright, narrow strips of cloth, a rug [...]

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MEDINA — In a swirl of bright skirts, like pinwheels, members of the Medina Squares dance group took the pavilion stage Friday afternoon at the Medina County Fair to strut their stuff.
The men in western garb offered their arms to the women and swung their partners to the rhythm of fiddle and banjo music. Dancers [...]

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MEDINA — Don’t feel bad if you’ve never heard of a self-propelled hay baler before.
After all, Paul Kovalik has been collecting and restoring vintage farm equipment for a long time and it was a new one on him.
“People say: ‘Holy cow. I’ve never seen one of those,’ ” Kovalik said. “I tell them I’d never [...]

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MEDINA — When you are one of 11 in a litter, feeding time can be quite a frenzy.
At lunchtime Wednesday, squealing pink piglets were trying to make sure they got enough to eat without being pushed out of the way by their brothers and sisters.
After hearing those piglets trying to get nourishment from their mother, [...]

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MEDINA — In a little more than eight seconds, Chance Riley showed his hometown fans how far he has come as a bull rider.
The Seville resident won first place with 80 points — and the $1,900 purse — Wednesday at the South Extreme Bull Riding Association event at the Medina County Fairgrounds.
“This is one of [...]

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MEDINA — When Jessie Witschey stepped up to the microphone during Monday evening’s quest for queen of the Medina County Fair, she never hesitated when asked what group or product she would like to represent as a spokeswoman.
“4-H,” Witschey said, launching into an explanation of why she embraced the ideals of the organization and what [...]

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Logan Salzman drove his No. 4 senior mini quad into his trailer, which has his name and likeness on the side and a special emblem above it.
It’s the same emblem that appears twice on his quad. It reads, “In memory of Kody Salzman. I’m riding your love with me.”
Salzman, 13, was immediately swarmed by family [...]

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MEDINA — Dan Thomas had too much love for smashing up old cars alongside his buddies and too much pride to let an out-of-towner win the first ’80s-and-newer Medina County Fair Demolition Derby.
Best of all, the Medina resident wasn’t shy about admitting it.
“That was one of the things I said to my friends before I [...]

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MEDINA — If robins were real estate agents, this house would be listed as a recycled residence, complete with license plate roof and a fancy front porch perch that used to be a toothbrush.
The house was one of many entries in the Medina County Fair’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Project sponsored by the Medina County Soil [...]

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