Aurora Place, left, and her sister Maybelle Place hold their Tuxedo cats at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Don “The Reptile King” Riggs shows Toothless at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Don “The Reptile King” Riggs shows Toothless, a black dragon, at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Don “The Reptile King” Riggs shows Toothless at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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The audience reacts to Don “The Reptile King” Riggs showing “Later” at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Madison Keller, from Tennis, shows her cow at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Alivia Sage, from Yelm, runs through a dressage test at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Brynn Kirkpatrick shows her cow at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Frank jumps during an obedience contest at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Exhibitors hold their sheep for judges at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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A young attendee watches a bubble at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Debbie Peters, a member of the Olympia Bee Keepers Association from Elma, talks to attendees as they taste different kinds of honey at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Exhibitors hold their sheep for judges at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Exhibitors hold their sheep for judges at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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People buy tickets at the entrance of the Thurston County Fairgrounds in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Brynn Kirkpatrick leads her cow at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Bailey Mounts leads her cow during the intermediate runner-up competition at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Elowen, a member of the Cloverbuds, poses for a photo with her rabbits, Marshmallow and Clay, at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Don “The Reptile King” Riggs shows an alligator named Later at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Exhibitors hold their sheep for judges at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Layla jumps while competing in an obedience contest at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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A competitor runs through a dressage test at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Aurora Place holds her Tuxedo cat named Ruby at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Bailey Mounts leads her cow during the intermediate runner-up competition at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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A kid rides the swings at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Dover the Tortoise, owned by Reptile Isle, eats hay at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Alivia Sage, from Yelm, runs through a dressage test at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Zane McAferty, from Littlerock, shows his cow during the advanced showmanship at the Thurston County Fair in Lacey on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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