The strongest of the strong gathered for the Monster Arm Wrestling contest Aug. 14 at the Iowa State Fair. Sixty-three men and women participated in the double-elimination tournament.
In the men’s right fly-weight, Donnie Beebe, 45, of Creston placed third and in men’s left fly-weight, Beebe placed second. In women’s right light-weight, Jami Love, 41, of Mount Ayr placed first and in middle-weight, Marla Johnson, of Mount Ayr placed first.
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The quilting division of the fabric and threads contest was judged prior to the start of the Iowa State Fair. In the division with nine-inch quilt blocks, Jackie Orton of Lorimor took home honorable mention.
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Clearfield Lions won the 13th-annual Outhouse Races Aug. 16 at the Iowa State Fair. Team members Celine Beggs, Todd Stoaks, Maddie Mobley, Nick Wurster and Jack Beggs, all of Clearfield, were awarded $300 in cash for besting their competition in speed.
Teams, composed of three pushers and one driver, construct their own outhouses. During the race, teams push the outhouses to a toilet where the drivers must clean off the toilet seat without using their hands. Then, the drivers search for a corn cob buried in a cattle trough, change a roll of toilet paper and return to the outhouses where the teams push them back to the starting point.