Rain Doesn’t Dampen Senior Day at Kosciusko Fair
Judy Ridenour, Khloe Hinojosa and Jerry Davis play bingo at senior day at the Kosciusko County Fair.
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By Madison Hart
InkFreeNews
WARSAW — Lynn Wilkey has been coming to the Kosciusko County Fair for 20 years and volunteering for 13. She started volunteering on Senior Day when she worked at Miller’s Assisted Living and has continued volunteering after retirement.
Lynn Wilkey
Miller’s sponsors senior day at the fair annually, which includes free breakfast, entertainment, bingo, and ice cream.
“The seniors love it because they get in free, and they have all these wonderful events prepared for them … it’s a fun day,” said Wilkey.
Wilkey also loves visiting the barns and seeing the 4-H kids at work. She said she looks forward to getting ice cream at the Leesburg Lions Dairy Bar every year.
“It’s a great county fair … a great place to bring people together and have some fun. Especially if you have kids or grandkids, it’s fun to see them on the rides and enjoy the animals,” said Wilkey.
Other activities at the Kosciusko County Fair on Wednesday, July 10, included:
- Dairy Calf/Feeder Steer show;
- Senior Day Bingo;
- 4-H projects;
- Pie baking contest;
- Poss-ABILITIES showcase; and
- Extreme Monster Truck Madness, which will take place at 7:30 p.m.
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- Jenna Beer wins Grand Champion Steer.
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- Katie Yoder celebrates win with llama Bailey.
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- Audrey Fitzsimmons collects an egg from her hen.
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- Randi Colbert and Khloe Hinojosa judge at the pie baking contest.
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- Luke Tucker wins Reserve Champion Steer.
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- Courtney Drabenstott cleans out horse Zeus’s stall.
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- Caleb Lechlitner prepares sheep for shearing.
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- Sydney Petersen shears Clover the sheep.
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- Olivia Parker gives Brooks the cow a drink.
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- Bruce Spencer, left, and his mentor Harper Brubaker show a rabbit at the Poss-Abilities Showcase.
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- Mentor Morgan Himes, left, and participant Railly Miller at the Poss-Abilities Showcase.
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- Mentor Amy Joy and participant Anna Seewald show a goat at the Poss-Abilities Showcase.
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- Andon Zehring, Carter Grady and Hayden Lechlitner run the 4-H junior leader concessions.
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- Cael Taylor, left, and his mentor Evan Goshert showing swine at the Poss-Abilities Showcase.
