IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AT THE FAIR YESTERDAY. NEARLY A FULL
GRANDSTAND LAST NIGHT FOR THE CRAIG MORGAN COUNTRY SHOW.
ATTENDANCE SATURDAY WAS 4,435, DOWN FROM LAST YEAR ON SATURDAY WHEN
ATTENDANCE WAS 5,396. LOWER ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR BEING BLAMED DAILY
ON THE HOT WEATHER.
THE BEEF SHOW WAS HELD YESTERDAY AND THE TOP TWO WINNERS ARE SHOWN
BELOW.
TYLER MOOTHART OF MILES HAD THE GRAND CHAMPION, A PUREBRED SIMANTHAL
WEIGHING 1296 POUNDS. HE WILL BE A SOPHOMORE AT NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL IN GOOSELAKE. HE IS THE SON OF SHELLY WILSON AND DOUGLAS MOOTHART AND
A MEMBER OF THE MILES MAVERICKS 4-H CLUB. ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NE
FFA. HE IS GOING TO SELL THE STEER AT THE LIVESTOCK AUCTION TODAY.
HE IS SHOWN BEING INTERVIEWED BY ME IN THE PHOTO JUST BELOW.
IN THE SECOND LOWER PHOTO, I INTERVIEWED GARRETT MOELLER, ALSO OF MILES AND ALSO A SOPHOMORE AT NORTHEAST. HIS PARENTS ARE WARREN AND MICHELLE
MOELLER OF MILES AND HE IS THE SECRETARY OF THE PRESTON TRAILBLAZERS
4-H CLUB AND A MEMBER OF THE NE FFA. HIS ANGUS STEER WEIGHED 1318 POUNDS AND HE WILL TAKE THE STEER TO THE GOVERNOR'S STEER SHOW IN DES MOINES
IN AUGUST.

BELOW IS A PHOTO TAKEN SATURDAY LATE-AFTERNOON AT THE FAIR
IN MAQUOKETA. JEANNIE FLAGEL AND HER HUSBAND,SCOTT, WITH COUNTRY SINGER CRAIG MORGAN. JEANNIE FOR YEARS HAS RUN ON HER OWN, A PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN BALDWIN CALLED "RIVER BEND TROOP SUPPORT. EVERY WEEK, WITH THE AID OF FRIENDS, SHE AHD SCOTT SEND ITEMS TO OUR TROOPS IN IRAN AND AFGANISTAN.
SHE KNEW THAT CRAIG MORGAN WAS ALSO A BIG SUPPORTER OF OUR TROOPS AND
WANTED TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT SHE AND MANY OTHERS ARE DOING HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY. LANNY SIMPSON, FAIR MANAGER AND MARK MILLER, A MEMBER OF THE
FAIRBOARD, ARRANGED FOR JEANNIE TO MEET CRAIG AND THAT LED TO THE
PHOTO BELOW. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP JEANNIE AND SCOTT IN THEIR EFFORTS, GIVE
JEANNIE A CALL. SHE'S ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS AND HELP.