(Tribune photos by Jimmy Kissee)
Click on Photos for Larger Image -- Left to Right:
Feeding time: Abbi Koski of Chesterton feeds a goat a much appreciated
carrot at the Phillips Petting Zoo Monday at the Porter County Fair. Koski
was celebrating her third birthday yesterday at the Fair.
The Leja sisters: (left to right) Jill, 7, Ashley, 13, and Samantha, 10,
show off their horse ‘Spirit’ Monday afternoon in the horse barn at the
Porter County Fair. The Leja’s are from Liberty Township and are all members
of the Liberty Hot Shots 4-H Club. Ashley, who entered Spirit for the first
time in the Junior Division Horse Trail competition this year, will be an
eighth grader at Chesterton Middle School.
Tough task: Natalie Taylor, 17, of Liberty Township participates with her
horse ‘TK’ in the gate exercise in the Horse Trail Senior Division
competition Monday at the Porter County Fair. Taylor, who leases her horse
from family friends Libby and Bill Sanders of Liberty Township, is a member
of the Jackson Volunteers 4-H Club. This is Taylor’s eighth year of
competition.
Over the water: Natalie Taylor, 17 of Liberty Township, walks her horse
‘TK’ over the make-believe water exercise in the Horse Trail Senior
Division, Monday at the Porter County Fair. Taylor, who has participated in
the Trail competition for eight years, is a member of the Jackson Volunteers
4-H Club.
Posted 7/22/2003
