Photos from the 2010 Rock County 4-H Fair taken by Gazette photographers.
Three-year-old Gracie Mae Johnson greets cowboy Rob Klebenow from Richfield, WI letting him know that she has a special rope for riding bulls she left at home during the Pro Rodeo at Rock County Fairgrounds Sunday evening.
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Josh Foutch of Eldora, IA lassos a calf and prepares to jump off his horse during the tie down event.
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Jake Weber of Barron and Christian Greenwold of Rice Lake strap on chaps as they prepare themselves before the bull riding event at the Rodeo Sunday afternoon.
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Christian Greenwold of Rice Lake hangs on while bull Big Earl bucks him through the ring during the Rock County 4-H Fair Pro Rodeo Sunday afternoon.
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Spurs, boots, chaps and more were aplenty at the Rock County 4-H Fair Pro Rodeo Sunday evening.
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Kristen Meyer of Clintonville steers her horse around a barrel during the barrel racing competition at the Rock County 4-H Pro Rodeo Sunday.
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Jordan Auker of Byron, IL wrestles a steer to the ground at the Pro Rodeo during the Sunday evening show at Rock County Fairgrounds.
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Kameron Kennedy, left, from Bunkerville, NV, along with a group of bull-riding and bronc-bucking cowboys watch rodeo events and wait for their own turn at the ring.
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After a week full of fair activities, John Tatcher from Lima 4-H dozes off with his cow, Caroline, while using his cell phone.
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Kim Shea poses with her Jersey cow, Mint, who won the award for Supreme Champion Dairy Cow at the Rock County 4-H Fair Saturday afternoon.
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Left to right, Kyle Bennett, Logan Mullan and Dalton Witte could hardly keep anxious hands to themselves awaiting the start of the 16 and under group Fair Food Eating Competition Friday afternoon.
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Laura Prentice cheers on her friend, Kyle Bennett, during the Fair Food Eating Competition.
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A milkshake dipped piece of cotton candy and cheese curd was part of Taylor Koch's "fair food pie" technique in which he smashed and mixed food items at the Eating Competition Friday afternoon, earning a reaction from friend Tom Upham. It didn't, however, quite win him the title of Eating Champion.
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Janesville Gazette journalist Jason Smathers enjoys 11 types of fair food in an attempt to perform in-depth research while reporting on the Fair Food Eating Contest.
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Ring man Lee Twist works the bidding up on the grand champion steer during the meat sale at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Friday.
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Maddie Hodge of LaPrairie 4-H smiles during bidding for her steer at the Rock County 4-H Fair meat sale on Friday.
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Garrett Kietzman of Clinton FFA smiles as Dean George auctions off his Reserve Grand Champion steer at the meat sale at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Friday.
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M&I Bank's Jim Raymond raises a bid during the steer sale at the Rock County 4-H Fair Meat Sale on Friday.
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Dessa Morris of Bradford 4-H coaxes her reserve grand champion pig around the ring during the meat sale on Friday.
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D.J. Waller holds a sign about his steer as auctioneer Ryan George takes a bid during the meat sale at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Friday.
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Ameilia Weger, 9, of Edgerton, eats an ice cream cone in the shade of a giant pig statue advertising "pork, the other white meat," at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday.
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Tyler Rabenhorst-Malone of Whitewater carries a giant stuffed huskey on his back at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday. His friend Evan Welter won the stuffed dog and gave it to him.
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The YoYo ride brings a smile to a fairgoer at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday.
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Colton Conway, 5, of Milton, throws a dart at balloons on the midway at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday.
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Hillary Huisheere of Clinton FFA and her grand champion crossbred steer "Teddy" at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday.
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Sarah Adamson of Milton 4-H and her best in show overall senior Alpine dairy goat "Rapture" at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday.
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Becca Kessler, 17, of Milton FFA, poses her 3-year-old Nubian milking doe "Lollipop" during the grand champion senior goat overall judging at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday.
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Cameron Wellnitz, 9, of Bradford 4-H, rests on his Nubian goat, while waiting to show his other entry, a Saanan goat, at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday. He bought his two goats with his birthday money and this is his first time showing at the fair.
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Anthony Nguyen sings in the Div 3 category of the Star contest at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Scott Schoen sings in the Div 3 category of the Star contest at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Julie Hughes sings in the Div 3 category of the Star contest at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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James Barry sings in the Div 3 category of the Star contest at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Orfordville's Becky Neal performs as part of the Division III group during the Rock County Star contest Wednesday night.
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Erica Kastor of Janesville performs in the Division III group of the Rock County Star competition at the fair Wednesday night.
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Lyle Gors sings in the Div 3 category of the Star contest at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Janesville's Charity Robbins performs Susan Tedeschi's 'It Hurt So Bad' during the Rock County Star competition Wednesday evening.
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Jerry Oscarson sings in the Div 3 category of the Star contest at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Monica Hodge sings in the Div 2 category of the Star contest at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Paige Davis sings in the Div 2 category of the Star contest at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Lexi Ganong sings in the Div 1 category of the Star contest at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Alyssa Dekelver sings in the Div 1 category of the Star contest at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Paige Gors sings in the Div 1 category of the Star contest at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Brooke Neal sings in the Div 1 category of the Star contest at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Brianna Casper in the Division 1 category at the Rock County 4-H Fair Star contest.
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Janesville's Angela Sokolik won the Division III title of Rock County Star singing Carrie Underwood's 'Cowboy Casanova' Wednesday night.
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12-year-old Brooke Nunn of Janesville performs Sarah Evans' 'Suds in the Bucket' which won her the Division 1 Rock County STAR title Wednesday night.
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16-year-old Alex Lentz of Janesville, singing Edwin McCain's 'I'll Be' won the Division II title of Rock County Star during the contest Wednesday night.
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Micro-wrestler The Kid, gets some tough moves put on him by fellow micro-wrestler, Jaymazing, as a crowd of enthusiastic fairgoers cheer on the midget wrestling exhibition at the Rock County Fair Wednesday.
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Micro-wrestler Pitbull reaches out to tag in a teammate during the tag-team match of the midget wrestling exhibition at the Rock County Fair Wednesday.
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Micro Wrestling Federation's Ricky Benjamin puts a move on Pitbull during the midget wrestling exhibition at Rock County Fair Wednesday.
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Taylor Brandl, left, and Emily Werhane, both of Clinton, take time to rest and gab near Brandl's show animals in the swine barn at the fair late Wednesday afternoon.
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Ali Luety of Bradford 4-H and her Crossbred barrow, Ed, won Grand Champion at the Rock County Fair swine competition.
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Orfordville's Cole Ryan and Lindsay Hobson take a short nap next to Ryan's Plymouth 4-H show cows in the dairy barn at the fair Wednesday afternoon.
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"It stinks in here Grandpa!" four-year-old Aleena Lopez tells her grandad, Ted Meier as they walk through the swine barn looking for Meier's other grandchildren's show animals at the fair Wednesday afternoon.
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Fans of speed get a hair-raising experience on the Himalaya ride during wristband day at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday.
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Abby Ray, 7, of Milton hugs a LaMancha goat sticking its head out of its pen at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday.
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Cade Badertscher, 11, of Janesville, ponders what concoction of cold flavors he will make at the Super Slush Lab at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday.
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Ryan Gorman of Turtle 4-H primps his Dutch rabbit "Oreo" before the judging at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday.
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Jacob Bobolz of Clinton FFA carries his corn stalk entry for crops judging at the Rock County Fair on Wednesday.
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Sarah Adamson of Milton FFA catches a little rest while watering her Jersey fall yearling dairy entry at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday. She said she was up at 5 am taking care of her two dairy cows and 11 dairy goats.
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Jessica Duoss of Milton FFA and her grand champion wether Stuey, a crossbred at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday.
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Olivia Isenberger of Plymouth 4-H sits between two of her dairy entries at the Rock County 4-H Fair and pets her 2-month-old registered red holstein calf Bridgette in the dairy barn on Wednesday.
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Kathryn Johnson and Trevor Fellows of Turtle 4-H wait patiently to be presented as Royal Court candidates during the Rock County Fair 2010 coronation ceremony.
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From left to right, Mary Wright, visiting from Minneapolis, Lisa Ray and her mother, Carole Salinas, study the pheasant hatchery exhibit on Rock County Fair's opening day.
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Cindy De Lorimier and her grandson, two-year-old Ryan De Lorimier, watch the Diving Ducklings display on the opening day of the Rock County Fair.
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Anne George of Evansville 4-H and Ethan Andre of Newark Pioneers 4-H were crowned the 2010 Rock County Fair Queen and King.
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Bruce Belanger wins a race between a powerful chainsaw and a crosscut saw manned by Bob Chaillier, right, of the Great Lakes Timber Show, and audience volunteer Frank Chism of Milton during the show at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday.
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Terin Nyman, 14, of Orfordville, falls into a pool of cold water while attempting log rolling at the Great Lakes Timber Show at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday.
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Bruce Belanger takes aim at a target during an axe throwing demonstration at the Great Lakes Timber Show at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday.
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Madelyn Olson, 5, of Janesville, rides the Merry Go Round at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday.
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Clay Spooner, 12, of Avon 4-H, washes his hereford steer Pete in preperation for Wednesday's steer show at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday.
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Maycie Denson, 4, of Janesville, pets a goat in the goat barn at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday.
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Jon Jennings visits with a pair of adult emus he has on display at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday.
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Mitchel Delabarre of Beloit-Newark 4-H tugs the rope on his stubborn brown Swiss calf "Starfire" while trying to move it into the dairy barn at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday.
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Gretchen Rusch of Fulton 4-H unloads several of her wethers from a trailer on Monday at the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds.
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Bob Niemeier cleans the outside of a Lemonade and Grater Tater stand in preparation for the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Workers from Mid America Shows wash off the tracks of a ride being set up at the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds on Friday. The fair opens Tuesday and runs through Sunday.
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Alex Brackett feeds a water supply hose into the St. John Vianney food tent while helping set up the Rock County 4-H Fair on Friday.
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Travis Condon with B & M Electric ties up a power line inside the First Lutheran Church food tent.
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