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Published September 02, 2009, 12:00 AM

Thursday and Friday at the Pierce County Fair


Pop Wagner performed with his guitar under the picnic shelter Thursday afternoon. Among the numbers he presented were songs about the Oklahoma hills and another about a cowboy trying to ride a bicycle,called "The Goldarn Wheel".

  • Pop Wagner performed with his guitar under the picnic shelter Thursday afternoon. Among the numbers he presented were songs about the Oklahoma hills and another about a cowboy trying to ride a bicycle,called "The Goldarn Wheel".
  • Students from the River Falls School District have their eyes glued in on "Gravity Storm", one of the newest rides at the Fair.
  • Members from various Legion posts in the county walk into the Grandstands Thursday for the opening ceremony and the new dedication of the Grandstands.
  • Gunner Asplund of Rice Lake was one of the first to try out "Gravity Storm".
  • Sami Dare had everyone asleep during her hypnosis performance Friday.
  • Dorothy Boleen, Marion Christianson, Norbert Fisher, Sherry Gilles, Janice Girard and Darleen Kerr were named as Pierce County's Most Admired Senior Citizens Friday morning. They are pictured with some of their nominees (from left to right): Marge Binkowski who nominated Girard, Girard, Gilles, Fisher, Laurie Kubera, Ryker and Kyla Kubera, who nominated Fisher, Carol Christianson who nominated Christianson, Boleen, and Vicki Nelson, her nominee. Marion Christianson and Kerr were unable to attend.
  • Harold Fosmo directed his three-year-old twin grandsons as they tried out the Eau Galle-Rush River Sportsmen's Club's fishing tank Thursday afternoon.
  • Cattle got cleaned up in a wash stand outside the arena Thursday afternoon.
  • "Fantasee-Bound Holsteins," owned by Jason and Cathy Deiss of River Falls, had a spot at the end of the cattle barn Thursday afternoon.
  • Future 4-Hers watched a promotional video about the organization inside the Seyforth Building Thursday afternoon.
  • Two people brave the storms Thursday evening.
  • Fairgoers wait out the rain Thursday night in the 4-H foodstand.