Fair Ideas

Casting a well trained eye on two single-cut flowers entries, judge Carol Hall of Bloomington selects the orange Mexican sunflower as the winner over the purple Chrysanthia entry. Meanwhile, while it might be raining outside, one of the best places to hunker down and look around is the 4-H Exhibiton Hall in the Community Building as Cassie Phelps finds out.

The nine-year-old daughter of Erica Brandon of Greencastle discovers the stage stairs the perfect spot to dry out her butterfly umbrella and hide from most onlookers.