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The contestants for the 2020 Colorado County Fair queen pageant are:
Read more2020 Colorado County Fair Queen contestants, from left: McKinsey Smidovec, Emily Elstner, Ryleigh Parr, Savannah Pilsner and Rayel Aiken. Colorado County Fair Queen participants are still selling Jackpot tickets. Proceeds from Jackpot ticket sales will go to the Colorado County Fair Scholarship fund. Please contact one of the Fair Queen contestants to purchase your tickets. The deadline to purchase Jackpot tickets is Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. Colorado County Citizen
Read moreThe 42nd annual Colorado County Fair Parade will be Saturday, Sept. 12 in downtown Columbus at 10 a.m.
Read moreMicah Ehlert exhibited the grand champion commercial heifer that was purchased by Glueck Tree Farm for $3,900 in 2019. On hand for the recognition were, from left, buyer representative Jeff Glueck, Ehlert, Colorado County Fair Membership Queen Bryn Kunz, Junior Fair Queen Caylie Neisner, King Clayton Zinnante and Queen Alexandria Coufal. Citizen archives
Read moreDue to COVID-19 this year, we ask that each buyer and person attending with the buyer fill out a COVID-19 form. These will be available onsite at all gates, or can be obtained from the Colorado County Fair website.
Read moreOn some level, I wish I were more of a hoarder. I know some of the toys I played with when I was so very young are worth a fortune. Of course, they may not have been “like new, in the box” condition, especially after I got through with them. If I didn’t bury them in my sandbox, evaporated them with fire (yes, I used gasoline like a flame thrower on my plastic soldiers) or destroyed them in a “car crash” like no other, I am sure that I could have sold them for insane amounts
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