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Fair 2008: Tractor Pulls - 7,400 Lbs. Modifieds (#3906)
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. 05:00
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Fair 2008: Big Pumpkin Contest (#3906)
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. 02:30
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Fair 2008: Cow Chip Throwing Contest (#3905)
Up at Pioneer Hall, it's the cow chip throwing contest. 03:30
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Fair 2008: Stock Dog Trials (#3905)
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. 04:00
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Fair 2008: Side Roads - Our State Fair on the Silver Screen (#3905)
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. 03:00
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Fair 2008: Pie Eating Contest (#3905)
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. 03:30
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Fair 2008: Bubble Gum Blowing Contest (#3905)
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 ... 03:30
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Fair 2008: Tractor Pulls - 6,500 Lbs. Super Stocks (#3905)
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." ... 06:00
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Fair 2008: FFA Student (#3905)
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. 05:00
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Fair 2008: Hobby Stock Racing (#3905)
If speed is what you like, our next item is right up your alley. Toby Kruse has the call for some more dirt track racing on the Grandstand track for the A Main feature for Hobby Stocks. It's the Deery ... 05:00
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Fair 2008: Rubber Chicken Throwing Contest (#3905)
They used to use a rolling pin, but that proved a bit hazardous in some people’s hands. So today contestants are throwing rubber chickens up at Pioneer Hall. 03:30
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Fair 2008: Art Judging (Fine Art - Youth and Junior Exhibition) (#3905)
We return to the Fine Art Exhibition at the Cultural Center. This time, we’re enjoying the creations of the younger generation whose talent seems to know no limits. 03:00
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Fair 2008: Sheep Shearing Contest (#3905)
A lot of things may be automated these days. But at the Sheep Barn, it still takes a human being to shear a sheep. It also takes determination, strength and quickness. Contestants shear four sheep ... 04:00
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Fair 2008: Outhouse Races (#3904)
The course is short and intense; the competition can get really dirty. And Fairgoers really seem to enjoy the Outhouse Races on the Grand Concourse. 03:30
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Fair 2008: Cookout Contest (#3904)
The contestants arrive early to set up their grills and prepare their tables. It's the Cookout Contest at the Iowa State Fair. It's one of Peter Hamlin's favorite contests; Peter loves to eat and talk. ... 05:00
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