Fair 2009: Draft Horses
Duration: 04:49
Program:
Fair 2009 #4002
Broadcast Date: Aug. 18, 2009
Collection: Iowa State Fair
Harnessing the power of one, two, four or more horses, each weighing around a ton, takes both experience and finesse. We visit Shining Stars Percherons in Altoona, just northeast of Des Moines, for a look at what it takes to prepare for the Iowa State Fair draft horse show. Mitch and Dianna Marquardt, the owners of Shining Stars Percherons were inspired to buy their first Percheron after seeing the horses at the Iowa State Fair in 2000. Today the Marquardts have 16 Percherons and have won top honors in state fair competition against some of the top hitches in the nation.
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Fair 2009: Food Judging - Jams and ... (#4005)
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Fair 2009: 4-H & FFA Sale of Champs (#4006)
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Fair 2009: Fishing Friendzy (#4006)
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Fair 2009: Fair Freedom Rock - Ray ... (#4004)
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Fair 2009: 4-H Sheep Judging (#4003)
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Fair 2009: Big Bear Show (#4002)
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Fair 2009: Marble Shoot (#4003)
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Fair 2009: Quilts, Fabrics & Threads... (#4003)
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Fair 2009: Meet a 4-H Exhibitor (#4003)
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Fair 2009: Side Roads - Everything ... (#4003)
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Fair 2009: Food Judging - Cookies (#4003)
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Fair 2009: Fun Forest - The Rhinestone ... (#4003)
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Fair 2009: Puddle Jumpers (#4002)
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Fair 2009: Queen Interview (#4002)
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Fair 2009: Iowa State Fair Queen Contest... (#4002)
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Fair 2009: Side Roads - It's a FAIR ... (#4002)
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Fair 2009: Pies - Tricks of the Trade... (#4004)
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Fair 2009: Jacobson Exhibition Center... (#4002)
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Fair 2009: 100th Anniversary of Grandstand... (#4003)
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Fair 2008: Iowan of the Day (#3906)
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Fair 2008: Side Roads - Driving a Race ... (#3906)
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Fair 2008: Husband Calling and Mom ... (#3906)
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Fair 2008: Demolition Derby (#3906)
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Fair 2008: Dairy Goat Celebrity Milking ... (#3906)
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Fair 2008: Decorated Diaper Contest/Diaper ... (#3906)
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Fair 2008: Food Judging - Breads (#3906)
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Fair 2008: Tractor Pulls - 7,400 Lbs. ... (#3906)
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Fair 2008: Big Pumpkin Contest (#3906)
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Fair 2008: Cow Chip Throwing Contest... (#3905)
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Fair 2008: Stock Dog Trials (#3905)
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Fair 2008: Side Roads - Our State Fair ... (#3905)
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Fair 2008: Pie Eating Contest (#3905)
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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 ... 03:30
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Fair 2008: Tractor Pulls - 6,500 Lbs. ... (#3905)
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Fair 2008: FFA Student (#3905)
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Fair 2008: Hobby Stock Racing (#3905)
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Fair 2008: Rubber Chicken Throwing ... (#3905)
They used to use a rolling pin, but that proved a bit hazardous in some people’s hands. So today contestants are throwing ... 03:30
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Fair 2008: Art Judging (Fine Art - ... (#3905)
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Fair 2008: Sheep Shearing Contest (#3905)
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Fair 2008: Outhouse Races (#3904)
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Fair 2008: Cookout Contest (#3904)
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Fair 2008: 4-H Swine (#3904)
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Fair 2008: Wood Chopping Contest (#3904)
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Fair 2008: A Master Artist in Wood (#3904)
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Fair 2008: Belgian Horse Show (#3904)
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Fair 2008: Food Judging - Favorite ... (#3904)
Cooking is both an art and a science. But it's even more than that. It can also be about family traditions and nostalgia. ... 03:00
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Fair 2008: Side Roads - What you "gotta" ... (#3904)
Paul Berge is on another Side Road at the Fair. Our intrepid reporter is combing the Fairgrounds looking for just exactly ... 03:00
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Fair 2008: Turkey Calling Contest/Duck ... (#3904)
At Pioneer Hall not only do contests recognize old arts and crafts, they showcase skills we still use. Hunters still call ... 03:30
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Fair 2008: Veterans' Day Parade (#3903)
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Fair 2008: Side Roads - State Fair ... (#3903)
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Fair 2008: Stock Car and Truck Races... (#3903)
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Fair 2008: Horse Show - Miniature Horses... (#3903)
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Fair 2008: State Fair Games (#3903)
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Fair 2008: Governor's Charity Steer ... (#3903)
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Fair 2008: Junior Egg Rolling Contest... (#3903)
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Fair 2008: The Dinner Bell - An Historic ... (#3903)
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Fair 2008: Art Judging (Photography)... (#3903)
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Fair 2008: Monster Arm Wrestling (#3903)
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Fair 2008: State Fair Queen Contest (#3902)
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Fair 2008: State Fair Queen Interview... (#3902)
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Fair 2008: Mechbash Robot Combat (#3902)
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Fair 2008: Mr. Legs Contest (#3902)
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Fair 2008: Extreme Canines Stunt Dog ... (#3902)
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Fair 2008: Food Judging - Midwest Living ... (#3902)
You’ll need a strong sweet tooth for this stop. At the Elwell Family Food Center, it’s cookies, cookies, and more cookies ... 03:00
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Fair 2008: FFA Parade of Champions ... (#3902)
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Fair 2008: FFA Swine Judging (#3902)
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Fair 2008: Raising and Showing Goats... (#3902)
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Fair 2008: Youth Rooster Crowing Contest/Ladies' ... (#3902)
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Fair 2008: Silver Ring Making Workshop... (#3901)
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Fair 2008: Side Roads - Farmall Square ... (#3902)
Paul Berge is travelling a Side Road that takes him off the Fairgrounds to Nemaha and 10 years into the past. He’s following ... 03:30
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Fair 2008: The Big Animals (#3901)
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Fair 2008: A 4-H Family (#3901)
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Fair 2008: Tall Corn Contest (#3901)
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Fair 2008: Cowgirl Queen (#3901)
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Fair 2008: Side Roads - Clydesdales (#3901)
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Fair 2008: Marvelous Hat Contest (#3901)
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Fair 2008: Dairy Cattle Show (#3901)
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Fair 2008: Grocery Bagging Contest (#3901)
It seems appropriate that the Grocery Bagging contest was held at the new Budweiser Stage. Beer may not provide all the ... 03:00
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Fair 2008: Corn Dog Chomp (#3901)
This year’s Fair got off to an unusual start. Fairgoers who arrived between 5:00 and 8:30 a.m. on the first day got in ... 02:30
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Fair 2008: Art Judging (Fine Art - ... (#3901)
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Fair 2008: State Fair Parade (#3901)
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Fair 2007: Sale of Champions (#3806)
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Fair 2007: 4-H Grand Champion (#3806)
It’s one of the high points for the young 4-H folks at the Fair. Everyone is excited when the 4-H Grand Champion is chosen ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Sheep Dog Trials (#3806)
The State Fair Stock Dog Trials test the dog and its trainer's ability to control and drive a small herd of sheep or cattle.... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Hog Calling (#3806)
Iowa produces about a fourth of the nation’s pork. So it just makes sense to go to a hog calling contest at Pioneer Hall.... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Big Wheel Races (#3806)
It's the Big Wheel races on the Grand Concourse. The machines and drivers might be a bit small but they’re really, tough ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Husband Calling (#3806)
Pioneer Hall competitions often harken back to the days before modern technology – like the days before husbands and wives ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Cookout Champion (#3806)
With a dash of secret ingredients here and a soak in some special marinades there, bar-b-que cooks from across the state ... 04:30
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Fair 2007: Side Roads - Fair & Unbalanced... (#3806)
Paul Berge is going down a Side Road again. As usual he’s trying to find a short cut. This time he’s looking to “borrow” ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Chainsaw Carvers (#3806)
The Fair celebrates practical and fine arts that use different materials and tools. At Heritage Village meet an artist ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Truck and Tractor Pulls (#3806)
Catch the action from the Grandstand Track as first the 8200 lbs. Super Stocks battle for the blue and then the two-wheel ... 06:00
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Fair 2007: Truck and Tractor Pulls (#3805)
It's the battle of the behemoths at the Grandstand track when the 7400 lbs. modified tractors and the 4-wheel drive trucks ... 06:00
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Fair 2007: Cow Chip Throw (#3805)
Fairgoers had a chance to put their throwing arms to the test this week at Pioneer Hall for the traditional Cow Chip Throw.... 04:00
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Fair 2007: Side Roads - "What ... (#3805)
Paul Berge takes a Side Road at the Fair to create a game show he's calling "What Sounds Like Fun?" 03:00
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Fair 2007: Outhouse Races (#3804)
They don’t have engines, but they’re just as popular with Fairgoers. It’s the run for the golden toilet seat at the The ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: 4-H Market Hog (#3804)
A lot of young hopes ride on the 4-H swine show in the Swine Barn. And there are a lot of hogs for the judge to evaluate ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: Butter Sculptures (#3803)
In her second year as lead sculptor in the butter case, Sarah Pratt takes on Harry Potter and a Jersey cow. Come inside ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Side Roads - Fairly Historical... (#3804)
On tonight’s Side Road, Paul Berge travels into the past. He takes us on a tour of some historical Fair highlights, from ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Governor's Charity Steer ... (#3804)
In this event at the Livestock Pavilion, the competition is really all about helping others. At the Governor’s Charity ... 04:30
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Fair 2007: Timber Team (#3805)
Outdoorsmen -- and women -- are keeping the Paul Bunyan tradition alive and well. Peter Hamlin learns the tricks of the ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Fair Prep - 4-H Winner (#3804)
Meet Allix Tenold, 4-H winner. She started in 4-H when she was 9 and showed horses. Today she and a younger sister are ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Fun Forest - Rickie Rowray... (#3803)
For more than four decades magician Rickie Rowray has been perfecting his craft. Born deaf, he attended the Iowa School ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Veterans Parade (#3804)
The Veterans Parade is both solemn and celebratory. On the Grand Concourse, Fairgoers pay their respects to those who fight ... 04:30
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Fair 2007: Horse Pulling (#3803)
Once a real life practical skill pitting men and horses against dead weight, today the horse pulling contest at the Livestock ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Stock Car Races (#3804)
More dirt track racing with Toby Kruse from the Grandstand. It's the Main Feature in the stock car races. 06:00
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Fair 2007: Buttons the Clown (#3804)
Strolling the Fairgrounds we run into Buttons the Clown and his 1932 Ford Roadster. He loves to make people happy because ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Side Roads - Sounds Like ... (#3803)
Paul Berge decided to take a Side Road to fun at the Fair. Unfortunately, it only took him to trouble. Still, we get some ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: FFA Parade of Champions (#3803)
It’s a special moment for some young Iowans, a proud moment they’ve worked for all year. The FFA Parade of Champions at ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: Pencil Portrait Lady (#3803)
For 25 years, artist Marjorie Muench has been drawing portraits of fairgoers who stop by her space in the Cultural Center.... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Truck Races (#3803)
If it has an internal combustion engine, it can be raced at the Fair. We have the Main Feature in the truck races at the ... 05:30
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Fair 2007: Wind Power (#3803)
In the Fair’s early days, in the 19th century, windmills pumped water. Peter Hamlin shows us a windmill that pumps power ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: Queen Contest (#3802)
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Fair 2007: Stock Cars (#3802)
The Hobby Stock #1 Feature at the Grandstand Track is the second installment of dirt track racing on Fair 2007. Toby Kruse ... 05:30
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Fair 2007: FFA Breeding Sheep (#3802)
There's always a lot of excitement in the barns when young Iowans show their animals. At the Sheep Barn, we watch some ... 04:30
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Fair 2007: Hall of Law & Flame (#3802)
Robots, firetrucks and crash test dummies are all in the Hall of Law and Flame for one purpose: to teach kids and their ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: Food On A Stick (#3802)
Food on a stick has come a long way since caramel apples and corn dogs. New this year is the potato lollipop. The State ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Big Animals (#3801)
Huge. Gigantic. Immense. Enormous. Words don't do them justice. The big animals weigh in again at the Fair: the big ... 04:30
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Fair 2007: Fair Prep - Animal Learning ... (#3801)
The Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center is a new addition at the Fair. One of it's big draws is that Fairgoers get to ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: FFA Market Swine (#3801)
We go ringside at the Swine Barn. The young folks from FFA show the results of months of work at the FFA Market Swine show.... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Dirt Track Racing (#3801)
Toby Kruse calls the dirt track racing on the Grandstand track. It's Hobby Stocks and Stock cars in this first race of ... 06:00
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Fair 2007: Tigers (#3801)
In the southwest corner of the Fairgrounds there's a special exhibit. The goal is to help preserve some truly magnificent ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: 4-H Exhibits Building (#3801)
Come along with Dan Kaercher as he explores some of the 4000 exhibits at the 4-H Exhibits Building. 4-H isn't just sows ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Side Roads - Beer Hunter (#3802)
Paul Berge is at it again. This time he’s entering the home brew contest. But he just doesn't seem to understand what ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Side Roads - Corn Dog Kickoff... (#3801)
Paul Berge is traveling his own Side Roads to the Fair this year. Tonight he follows the money trail and finds, what else, ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Canned Fruits (Food Judging)... (#3806)
In the canned fruit contest, it's not about how it tastes but how it looks. Judges in the Elwell Family Food Center pore ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Macaroni & Cheese (Food ... (#3804)
More than a dozen creative contestants try their hand at one of America's favorite comfort foods: macaroni and cheese. ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Spelling Bee (#3802)
There was an impressive amount of respect, mutual encouragement and sportsmanship demonstrated at the State Fair Youth Spelling ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Horseshoe Pitching (#3802)
It has pitchers, innings and shoes. Know what it is? Horseshoe pitching, of course, at the Fair, which has a new home. ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: State Fair Parade (#3801)
Kick off the Iowa State Fair with the downtown parade. It’s a movable party with animals, bands and floats. Tom Lloyd ... 06:00
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Fair 2007: Banana Bread (Food Judging)... (#3802)
Food judging has a new home this year, the Elwell Family Food Center, which used to be the Tourism Building. You can have ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Fair Prep - Master Gardeners... (#3803)
This is the story behind the Discovery Garden at the Fair and the Master Gardeners who create it. 05:00
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Fair 2007: Generations of Cookies (#3805)
Some things at the Fair become family traditions as generation after generation participates. We found one such family ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Fair Prep - Knitting (#3806)
Victoria Wickham is a master knitter. She has over 50 years of experience as a knitter and has won over 70 ribbons at the ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Fine Art (Art Judging) (#3805)
The Fine Art Exhibition at the Cultural Center is a juried show that has 13 classes. 03:00
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Fair 2007: Woodcarving (Art Judging)... (#3803)
The woodcarving judging at the Cultural Center attracted some great work. It's amazing what can be made from a piece of ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Photography (Art Judging)... (#3801)
The Photograpy Salon in the Cultural Center features 25 classes of photographs. We feature the best of the best with all ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Fair Prep - FFA Gardener (#3802)
Meet award-winning FFA Gardener Andrew Dau. He won the prestigious individual FFA Horticulture Championship at this year's ... 05:00
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Fair 2006: Getting Calves Ready to ...
Eldora-New Providence FFA member Austin Haywood shares his ideas about getting his three Angus calves ready to show at the ... 04:48
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Fair 2006: Preparing for 4-H Competition...
Amanda McCrea of Oskaloosa reflects on the importance of her eight-year 4-H membership as she prepares for her final year ... 04:46
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Fair 2006: Fair Prep - Beer Making
Learn about beer styles and brewing methods. Then witness the judging of Iowa’s top brewers -- a tight community of friends ... 05:10
Post Date: August 18, 2009
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