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Picture This: A Weekend at the Washington County Fair

Washington Elementary teacher Jessie Abrecht, left, hugs former student Nevaeh Higgins of Marietta as Mason Brookover of St. Marys watches Saturday. Abrecht was walking with representatives of Marietta City Schools’ employees, administration and school board. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Williamstown resident Daisy Bunner, 3, throws candy from a pickup in which she was riding with 2022 Mid-Ohio Valley Teen Gracie Hatcher and 2022 West Virginia Mid-State Pre-Teen Morgan Metcalf during Saturday’s Washington County Fair parade in Marietta. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Belpre resident Shauna Thompson, left, waves for candy from the Washington State Community College float during the Washington County Fair parade Saturday on Front Street in Marietta. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Frederick Ruland, left, takes a video on his phone of the passing Washington County Fair parade as his wife, Leilani, waves from their porch on Front Street in Marietta. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
A unit representing the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 972 of Marietta walk in the Washington County Fair parade, a Labor Day weekend tradition, Saturday in Marietta. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Kids, goats, a dog and a goose rode in the Washington County Fair parade entry for Oak Grove Christian School Saturday in Marietta. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Local youth enter the arena for the Holstein Show’s intermediate heifer competition Saturday at the Washington County Fairgrounds. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Goats are among the animals being shown at the Washington County Fair from Saturday to Tuesday at the fairgrounds in Marietta. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Belpre resident Blakely Mulligan, 2, pets a sleeping hog Saturday during the Washington County Fair in Marietta. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Jozie Biehl, left, and Morgan Kern wait for Kern’s cattle to be photographed Saturday during the Washington County Fair in Marietta. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Marietta resident Korben Moore, 8, takes aim at bottles in a carnival game during the Washington County Fair Saturday in Marietta. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
The Pride of Belpre marching band performs “Don’t Stop Believing” as they make their way up Front Street in Marietta Saturday during the Washington County Fair parade. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
The Washington County Career Center unit makes its way up Front Street Saturday during the Washington County Fair parade in Marietta. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Mr. Puppet entertains spectators during the Washington County Fair parade Saturday in Marietta. He was also slated to perform Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the fairgrounds. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
From left, Griffin Young, 7, Odin Becker, 4, and Thatcher Becker, 6, participate in the Cake Eating Contest in the Junior Fair Building at the Washington County Fair on Sunday. Young went home with first place in his division, while Odin placed second and Thatcher placed third. (Photo by James Dobbs)
A rabbit drinks water out of its bowl in the Rabbit and Poultry Barn at the Washington County Fair on Sunday. (Photo by James Dobbs)
Two ducks lock bills as they fight over who gets to drink out of the water bucket in the Rabbit and Poultry Barn at the Washington County Fair on Sunday. (Photo by James Dobbs)
Debbie Handschumacher, left, assists her granddaughter, Chloe Schweizer, 11, during the Rabbit Dress Up show. Schweizer entered one of her rabbits in a Halloween costume and the other rabbit was dressed as a prisoner to match her police uniform. (Photo by James Dobbs)
Kim Henry, Washington County Master Gardener Volunteer, creates a fairy garden during her Fairy Garden Demo in the Merchants Hall at the Washington County Fair on Sunday. (Photo by James Dobbs)
One of the finished fairy gardens Kim Henry, Washington County Master Gardener Volunteer, crafted during her Fairy Garden Demo in the Merchants Hall at the Washington County Fair on Sunday. (Photo by James Dobbs)
Washington County Fair attendees ride the Wind Winder on Sunday. (Photo by James Dobbs)

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