Wyandot County Fair planned as junior fair-only for first time since World War II

Joshua Massey’s truck was knocked over the barricade by P47 in the final moments of the mini-truck division at the 2019 Wyandot County Fair demolition derby.

Cricket Memorial donated $4,600 Thursday at the Wyandot County Fair to Pitt Township in memory of Nathan Brewer. Cricket Memorial has donated nearly $75,000 in memorial funds to date.

In her final year to compete, Katelyn Lewis of Upper Sandusky FFA was announced Showman of Showmen champion Friday afternoon. Trent Baum was named reserve champion. The Showman of Showmen competition was held in the arena at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds.

When the Tyson triplets, Nick, Landen and Conner, entered the arena for Junior Show Swine Showmanship in the beginner division, they didn’t expect the outcome would be the three of them in the first, second and third places. The three, age 11, are now in their second year of taking pigs to the fair, something they picked up from their cousins Jarod Fox and Grace Fox. They are members of the Carey Boys 4-H Club, of which their aunt and Grace and Jarod Fox’s mother, Kari Fox, is a co-adviser.

Saturday, Sept. 14 - Community First Bank Day Junior Fair Livestock Sale, arena....….9 a.m. Horse Open Show...…............………… 9 a.m.

The BW Twirlers wowed audiences Thursday evening with a fiery performance outside the Masters’ Building at the Wyandot County Fair.

Friday, Sept. 13 - Mennco Grain Day Wood carvings, conservation building....10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Junior Fair Showman of Showmen, arena.....…...Noon Business Showcase, Masters’ Building.........12-3 p.m.

A red-tailed hawk with Wind Beneath My Wings Raptor Education Center serves as a teacher about birds of prey at the Wyandot County Fair Thursday evening.

Art Connections made the best of a bad situation at the Wyandot County Fair this year. Three weeks before the start of the fair, Art Connections Art Director Amber Kahler discovered the Art Connections booth at the Wyandot County Fair Merchants’ Building had suffered water damage to its ceiling and floor. Thankfully, no artwork was damaged,