Vigo Fair Tractor Pull Winners and Draft Horse Show
Vigo County Fair action includes top tractor pull wins by Pulled 253 feet in the Little Tiger to capture 9000‑lb modified and Jack Walters of Carey Ohio winning 12000‑lb super stock with a full 300-foot pull. Afternoon winners include Ronald Shafer 282 feet in 3000‑lb super stock and James Coyne Brown Inc 282 feet in 5000‑lb modified. Tuesday features grand national sessions, Children’s Western Horse Show, pie contest, frog-jumping, and draft horse exhibits. Over 200 pullers from US and Canada compete for $24 000 in NTPA sanctioned event sponsored by Trojan Seed. Draft show runs Wednesday morning with 30 plus entries from Vigo and surrounding counties. organizers aim to make it yearly.
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Vigo County Fair Schedule Highlights Auctions and Contests
The Vigo County Fair agenda spans August 6 to 11 with draft horse events and cooking contests each evening. Key attractions include 4-H and open shows, sheep and beef sales, a demolition derby, gospel concerts, George Jones Tammy Wynette performances, and livestock auctions drawing high interest.
4-H Dairy and Swine Show Winners Highlight Fair
Top winners at the fair include Brenda Baker and Leland Staggs for showmanship. In dairy, Jame Secondino is heavyweight crossbred champion with breed champion status, and Susan Stephens reserve breed champion. 4-H swine results list Sue Moore and Tony Burkeydyle as grand and reserve grand champion barrows. Roxanne Fitzpatrick, Sarah Spence, Vaughn Edwards, Jody Secondino, Mark Witty, Jame Secondino, and Brenda Baker are named among senior placings.
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Skylab 2 astronauts resume medical experiments today
Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma continue experiments in orbit with Garriott planning a sun study using eight telescopes. A record space walk of 6 hours 31 minutes extended by shade deployment showcased the crew’s solar and equipment work while addressing two leaks and a refrigeration issue threatening the station.
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Boat strike dispute in Seattle raises questions
In Washington state, David Wickwire 53 claims he and a companion were watching a sunset when their 18 foot motorboat was hit by a 382 foot ferry. Harbor Patrolman Ken Falk says Wickwire was intoxicated and his boat struck the ferry, Wickwire charged with operating a watercraft while intoxicated.
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