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Meet Me in St. Charles

e St. Charles County Fair included turtle races and baby pageants

Words by ROSALIND EARLY

Photos by REUBEN HEMMER

At the end of July, St. Charles embraced its farmer’s side with a nearly weeklong hootenanny known as the St. Charles County Fair. There were carnival rides, award-winning eats and a beauty pageant — for babies.

There was also plenty of livestock in the spotlight with a petting zoo, breeding contests and races with turtles and frogs. Other highlights included ventriloquist acts, magicians, a circus, mimes and two demolition derbies: one for riding lawnmowers, the other for cars. n

A CELEBRATION OF THE UNIQUE AND FASCINATING ASPECTS OF OUR HOME[ ]