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Standard Fair contest fares well
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Owen Wiser gets a laugh picking up ducks with his mom Shannon. This won first place in the fair photo contest.
The Southern Standard received more than 60 entries in two competitions with free ride tickets at the fair up for grabs courtesy of Kissel Entertainment.Folks were given two ways to win with trivia and photo contests. Eliminating several of the written submissions from consideration was the question: “Who was the first president of the Fair Board?”Per the fair book, which held all the answers, the Fair Board has had eight presidents since it was organized in 1954: Clifford McClain, Bernard Henegar, Phillip Grandey, Tom Woods, Wilson Womack, Steve Grandey, Kevin Lawrence, and current president Kenneth Medlen. Rounding out the remaining answers:• Which country music performer will take the grandstands after Faith Jackson?