Call me the 'Corndog King'

To eat one more hand-dipped corndog would risk possible combustion. Another cup of lemonade would surely make my teeth fall out. There is no way I could stomach another cheeseburger – as awe-some as they are – nor does my stomach have room for one more fried onion…well, maybe room for just one.

The 100th Annual Phillips County Fair came to a close yesterday after-noon and in my estimation, it was a huge success. Now I don’t have receipts to back this claim. I don’t know if the four day event was profitable (and by profitable I mean it made the money back that was dumped into it.) My definition of “success” is this: During the nearly 24-hours I spent in Dodson at the fair this summer, the number of smiles on people’s faces were in the thousands. In my book, grins equal good times.

Now my lead paragraph this week referenced nothing but fair food, but the fair was so much more than that (though I do have about five extra pounds on the old belly thanks to the delicacies and I will never look at an Oreo the same way again.) Each show or exhibition was as good as or better than the last. From the free entertainment near the midway to the ticketed events in the grandstands, I can’t think of any other way I would have liked to spend my weekend.

Another highlight I took from the Phillips County Fair was the 4-H and Open Class exhibits. The number of exhibitors rose from the 99th Fair, as did the number of exhibits, and reassured me of what I already know: Phillips County has some talented folks amongst its ranks.

Here at the Phillips County News it is going to take a few weeks to get caught up with everything that transpired in Dodson this week so if you don't see your name or picture in the paper this week, let it simmer. We have a ton of content to try to wrap our heads around but with some dedication and time from the PCN staff – as well as some patience and understand from you, dear reader – we will get ‘er done in the next few issues.

Thanks for reading and, I’ve just decided, if anyone has an extra Chabacon in their fridge, I wouldn’t mind attempting to stomach one more this summer.