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VIDEO: Second Fair Factor contestant is out
Jacob Smith became the second contestant eliminated from Fair Factor 2009. He joines Christopher Malone, who was elminated Tuesday.
A field of five contestants started the competition Monday hoping to win a $500 cash prize from The Lebanon Reporter, RadioMom 91.1 FM and PFC.
Smith said he thought he would be eliminated Wednesday.
"I didn't finish my plate yesterday," he said.
The remaining contestants -- Charity Arnold, Meagan Cross, and Dayna Wadkins -- continued on with Wednesday night's challenge.
Since it was Kid's Day at the fair, the contestants had to play a children's game and eat one of a kid's favorite meals.
First, all for contestants went bobbing for pig feet, then they ate spagetti and meatballs, which was actually live green worms and hog fries. Wadkins was the only contestant to clean her plate.
The winner will be announced at 6 p.m. Thursday on Center Circle.
For Tuesday's event, the contestants auctioned a baked good for the crowd.
Charity Arnold won the auction when her Texas brownies sold for $20, In all, $47 more dollars were raised for The Caring Center.
Charity earned first dibs on the prepared meal, which include eel, pig stomachs, hopping hot frog legs and fish cakes in wasabi.
To start Monday's Fashion Review event, each received a package of animal parts, including tongue, an octopus tentacle, chicken feet and intestines. Then they sewed the parts oo their material and showed off their creations on the runway.
Click on the contestant's name at the right to vote them out of the competition.
The second event begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Contestants were asked to bring a baked good, in honor of the Open Show Baked Good auction. They will begin that day's competition by auctioning off their item, with all proceeds going to The Caring Center. The winner will have an advantage vs. the other competitors for the second part of Tuesday's challenge.
The evening continued with the first-ever celebrity Fair Factor competition. Fair board member JIm Hundley, Sheriff Ken Campbell, Western Boone Superintendent Judi Hendrix, Clerk/Treasurer Debbie Ottinger and Mayor Huck Lewis all joined in the fun.
Each was given a chicken, which they had to pluck, using the feathers to make a head-dress. Then they each stepped off the stage and on to the dance floor to do the chicken dance.
The crowd made donations to The Caring Center to choose the winner. It was Judi Hendrix who came out on top raising $90.75. A total of $188.49 was raised overall.
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Boone County 4-H program honors 10-year members
Boone County 4-H 10-year members were recognized during a special program in the Witham Health Services Pavilion at the Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds Wednesday.
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Grand champ lamb goes for $11,000
After bids for Samuel Mattingly’s grand champion market lamb languished in the low four figures for several minutes at Thursday’s Boone County 4-H Fair Livestock Auction, someone on the right side of the floor at the Witham Health Services Pavilion decided it was time to speed things along.
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Local celebrities race for Kiwanis Saturday
Ten celebrity racers were signed up to race in the Lebanon Kiwanis Grand Prix as of Wednesday, but Donna Boyland of the Kiwanis is expecting several more to sign up before Saturday’s big race.
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Taken by surprise
After hours of working with a menagerie of animals in front of a series of judges, it took Austin Chandler an extra moment to realize that it was his name announced as the 2010 Boone County 4-H Supreme Showmanship Contest winner.
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Kise fire victims need help moving
Some residents of apartments destroyed in a fire Sunday at Kise Estates, in the 1900 block of Lafayette Avenue, have been told they must move out by tomorrow, and they have encountered an unusual problem — a shortage of rental trucks and trailers.
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Gentry, Chandler tops at swine show
Stephen Gentry and Austin Chandler took top honors at the 2010 Boone County 4-H swine show Tuesday at the Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds.
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Nicley done, redux
The 2010 4-H dairy show started without a hitch Monday afternoon, and it ended rather Nicley.
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Poultry project popularity growing
Tuesday marked the largest poultry show ever at the Boone County 4-H Fair, said project leader Doug Akers. More than 300 birds were entered by 80 members.
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LFD’s third station to open in spring
Construction of a $2.25 million public safety building on Hall-Baker Road should begin this September, with completion next spring.
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Park pool hours will change next month
Hours of operation are changing at the Memorial Park Pool.
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