Iowa State Fair Video: Page 22
Fair 2008: Husband Calling and Mom Calling Contest
(Aug 22, 2008)
Strange sounds are coming out of Pioneer Hall again. The kids are calling their moms; the moms are calling their husbands; and Peter Hamlin is listening.
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Fair 2008: Demolition Derby
(Aug 21, 2008)
It’s been a few years since we last saw this at the Fair. Get ready to collide, crash and smash. The Demolition Derby at the Grandstand is making a comeback.
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Fair 2008: Dairy Goat Celebrity Milking Contest
(Aug 21, 2008)
More people in the world drink goat's milk than any other kind. We wonder if they have as much trouble getting it as the celebrities with Jeneane Beck.
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Fair 2008: 4-H Grand Champion Steer
(Aug 21, 2008)
At the Livestock Pavilion, it's the 4-H Grand Champion steer judging. This is not only a highlight for some 4-H competitors but for the Iowa livestock industry as well.
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Fair 2008: Decorated Diaper Contest/Diaper Derby
(Aug 21, 2008)
It really doesn't matter what these contestants do at the Riley Stage. They're cute no matter what, whether they're racing in diapers or sitting around in decorated ones. It's a fun time.
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Fair 2008: Food Judging - Breads
(Aug 17, 2008)
When it's hot and humid, baking bread can be a challenge. Some contestants at the Elwell Family food Center were up at 4 am just so their dough would rise. The division is Red Star with Whole Grain Breads - Whole Grain Yeast Bread/Rolls
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Fair 2008: Tractor Pulls - 7,400 Lbs. Modifieds
(Aug 17, 2008)
They're revving up the engines getting ready to pit unbridled horsepower against an immovable object. Once again, it's the gear-grinding tractor pulls at the Grandstand Track.
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Fair 2008: Big Pumpkin Contest
(Aug 17, 2008)
At the Fair, bigger is often better. Take, for example, the quest for the Blue Ribbon for the biggest pumpkin. We find the big pumpkins just outside of the Agriculture Building.
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Fair 2008: Stock Dog Trials
(Aug 17, 2008)
Dogs helping herd other animals goes back centuries. At the stock dog trials in the new outdoor arena, humans and their dogs continue this ancient partnership.
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Fair 2008: Side Roads - Our State Fair on the Silver Screen
(Aug 17, 2008)
Paul Berge takes a Side Road where the Grand Concourse and Hollywood Boulevard meet and learns how a book put "our state fair" on the silver screen.
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Fair 2008: Pie Eating Contest
(Aug 17, 2008)
Some people seem to think it’s fun to eat without things like knives or forks or even hands. We think it’s funny to watch the pie eating contest at the Riley Stage.
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Fair 2008: Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
(Aug 17, 2008)
August 14 was Iowa Park and Recreation Day at the Fair. One of the contests was bubble gum blowing. Even though when some of us were kids our parents frowned on bubble gum, big bubbles were winning prizes at the Riley Stage.
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Fair 2008: Tractor Pulls - 6,500 Lbs. Super Stocks
(Aug 15, 2008)
It's smoke-blowing, mud-throwing, heavy metal time at the Grandstand Track. Some of the best drivers in the nation come here for the tractor pulls. It's what we like to call the "battle of the behemoths."
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Fair 2008: FFA Student
(Aug 15, 2008)
For Iowa’s young people in FFA, the Fair isn’t just about competition. It’s also about all the work and learning that lead up to the big day in Des Moines.
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