It’s hot and dry out, so must be fair time. Baking for the fair was always a challenge. Each time I would bake my favorite food, and it always seemed to fail. Every other time it was perfect, why not for the fair? Not all recipes are appropriate for the fair!!

(Steve Sabato emailed the Stockton Sentinel the SmartAsset information to pass on to the public due to the fact that Rooks County was in one of the Top Ten rankings in their survey.)

GEORGE JENKINS, a member of Helpful Hands 4-H, will be showing his goat, Carmel, at this year’s Rooks County F-H Fair.

RIVVER AND RAVEN LONG pose with some of the chickens they will be showing at this year’s 4-H Fair. Rivver (right) is holding, Picasso, a paint chicken and Raven is holding Miley. They hope to do as well as they did last year.