Saturday events wrap up the Vernon County Fair

Jared Liles interviews 6 year old Allie Turner about her calico cat, "Nibbles," during the annual Vernon County Youth Fair Pet Show Saturday afternoon. --Ralph Pokorny/Daily Mail

After a week of livestock and non-livestock shows, plus a host of traditions from the coronation of the Vernon County Youth Fair royalty to a watermelon feed to behind-the-scenes fun like dunking a friend with water or seeing who takes home top honors in the Super Teen Contest, the 2009 Vernon County Youth Fair came to a close on Saturday.

Final events included a pet show in which contestants have a chance to show off their knowledge and love of pets from ducks to puppies and kittens. A highlight of the final day of the fair is the livestock auction. Well attended and lasting until nearly midnight, community members came out to support local youth by purchasing livestock. For more photos of fun at the fair, see Page 6 of today's edition of the Nevada Daily Mail. Watch for full results in an upcoming special section from the Nevada Daily Mail.