2012 MSF Queen

2011 Missouri State Fair Queen Meredith Jones fastens the sash onto Emily Wood, this year's fair queen, at the finale of the 2012 Missouri State Fair Queen pageant Friday in the Mathewson Exhibition Center. Wood, 19, of Palmyra, is a nursing student at Moberly Area Community College.

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BOB SATNAN/DEMOCRAT Leslie Birkenholz, 17, of Hopkins, prepares her mule, Pretty Girl, for the hitch competition Saturday outside the Coliseum on the Missouri State Fairgrounds.

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BOB SATNAN/DEMOCRAT Kalee Jobson, 19, and Kaylen Carey, 3, share a ride on the train Saturday on the Missouri State Fair's midway.

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BOB SATNAN/DEMOCRAT Quinton Phelps, left, of the Missouri Department of Conservation, shows off the work done by Ryan Hupfeld, of Jackson, during an Asian carp fillet demonstration Saturday behind the Conservation Building.

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BOB SATNAN/DEMOCRAT The Mule Kicker Cloggers kicked up their heels Saturday at the Touchstone Energy Stage.

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BOB SATNAN/DEMOCRAT Max Fellow, 8, of Columbia, watches as Debbi Wright, a lab manager and instructor at the Institute for Industrial and Applied Life Sciences in St. Joseph, teaches a lesson about the importance of respecting hot and cold temperatures in the laboratory during the agriculture science street fair Saturday at the Missouri State Fair.

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BOB SATNAN/DEMOCRAT Laura Almond, of Brookfield, grooms her Suffolk sheep for showing Saturday in the Sheep Barn on the Missouri State Fairgrounds.

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BOB SATNAN/DEMOCRAT David Cox, of Jamesport, rinses off his Simmental, Perfect Summer, Saturday after returning from the show ring.

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BOB SATNAN/DEMOCRAT Rock-It the Robot interacts with a fairgoer Saturday in front of the Conservation Building. Rock-It's appearance drew a large crowd.

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BOB SATNAN/DEMOCRAT Cody Osborn, 7, of St. Joseph, said he was just "checking it all out" at the farm toy show inside the Moeller exhibition hall, but asked his father, Barry, if he could get the cattle trailer.

Missouri State Fair 2012

FAIRWATCH: Aug. 19

HAL SMITH/DEMOCRAT Ahley Robinson, 20, of Montgomery City, and her little sister, Bailee, 8, watch fish swim by through the glass of an aquarium in the Conservation Building. PIC SLUG:08-20-09 MSF Spoonbill 2