Converted from paper version of the Broad Ripple Gazette (v08n17)
INDIANA STATE FAIR
posted: Aug. 19, 2011
The Fair is a great Indiana tradition. It runs through August 21, so get there before it closes. We all watched the tragedy unfold through the night on the 13th, wishing it was a bad dream. Such a sad happening at such a happy place.
George Glunt had the Tractor of the Day on opening day.
Conestoga wagon
John Johnson and Sarah Pursel cabin
Soybeans!
LEGO
LEGO sculpture in the Home and Family Arts building.
Nora Spitznogle's snickerdoodles
Nora Spitznogle's English Toffee
Nighttime at the Midway.
Alice Chalmers and the Stick a Cork in your Jug Band in Pioneer Village.
Robert Hessong describing life in "Ollie's Cabin"
Stasia Demos
John Spitznogle
Time for Fun sculpture by J. Seward Johnson of Auguste Renoir's Dance in the Country by the 4H buildings.
Ball State Jazz Ensemble
Nora Spitznogle in the daily tractor parade
Archie Kerr in the tractor parade
Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Normandy Barn
Making salt water taffy
Fans cheer on the little doggies as they kick up the sawdust track at the Fido 500.