One-year-old Ruby Dittmer of Grand Ridge seems a little leery of a crossbred lamb during the Kendall County Fair in Yorkville on Thursday, August 2,2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
4-H Poultry Barn Superintendent helper Beth Gemmer (right) help 17-year-old Gwen Gates of Sycamore get her blue-laced red Wyandotte ready for judging during the Kendall County Fair in Yorkville on Thursday, August 2,2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Judge Ben Burkett explains the 4-H poultry competition while showing off a Rhode Island Red chicken during the Kendall County Fair in Yorkville on Thursday, August 2,2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
4-H judge Ben Burkett arranges chicken eggs by place during egg competition during the Kendall County Fair in Yorkville on Thursday, August 2,2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Eli Williamson, 17 of Lisbon shows off his champion ribbon after he won the 4-H egg competition during the Kendall County Fair in Yorkville on Thursday, August 2,2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Eli Williamson, 17 of Lisbon shows off his champion ribbon after he won the 4-H egg competition during the Kendall County Fair in Yorkville on Thursday, August 2,2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
4-H judge Ben Burkett arranges chicken eggs by place during egg competition during the Kendall County Fair in Yorkville on Thursday, August 2,2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
One-year-old Ruby Dittmer of Grand Ridge seems a little leery of a crossbred lamb during the Kendall County Fair in Yorkville on Thursday, August 2,2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
4-H Poultry Barn Superintendent helper Beth Gemmer (right) help 17-year-old Gwen Gates of Sycamore get her blue-laced red Wyandotte ready for judging during the Kendall County Fair in Yorkville on Thursday, August 2,2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Judge Ben Burkett explains the 4-H poultry competition while showing off a Rhode Island Red chicken during the Kendall County Fair in Yorkville on Thursday, August 2,2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
“I got first place!” Tawney Kellogg, 7, squealed with delight Thursday afternoon as she laid eyes on the blue ribbon adorning her winter squash. Little brother John, 6, was just as ecstatic when he spied his first place tomatoes. The Kellogg siblings, of Yorkville, were …
