Country Fairs and Other Things

In only his first ever tractor pulling contest, this young man took second place aboard his single cyclinder Cub Cadet in the 1100 lb kids class at the Harmony Grange Fair.
His pull was 173 feet on a very, very wet course.

Friends and family celebrate what would have been Lindsey Depto's 16th birthday with a balloon release near the park in Hastings.

Northern Cambria Rotary Club presents a check of $1,900 to their district president to be used for hurricane Katrina victims.

A setting sun silhouettes the ferris wheel at the Harmony Grange Fair.

Tea and crumpets are enjoyed by members of the Red Hat Society at The Bake Shop in Burnside, PA.

A Red Hat Momma.

A coal tipple along Route 53 near Fallen Timber.

Russell, the dog, and his transportation system enjoy the day at the Potato Fest in Ebensburg, PA.

If you ever wondered how wooden spoons were made, here is one in progress.

The former Charles Schwab estate, now Mount Assisi, home of the Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular, in Loretto, PA.

This is the pro shop at the Immergrun Golf Course in Loretto, PA. In accordance with the wishes of Charles Schwab, this Donald Ross designed golf course, favors left handed hackers. It is now part of Saint Francis University.

First Day of Fall

VFW Contributes $4,000 to the Glendale Elementary School for
Little Rural Outreach Chemistry for Kids.


People go all out, not matter what the holiday. Welcome to Fall and an early Halloween.


How many pies do you see?


New Growth Art Festival, Indiana, PA before the crowd arrives.


Leroy...this guy has some of the coolest computer painting prints http://www.photosbyleroy.com
That's Leroy in the front, in the jeans and blue shirt.


Folkart Muskee along Route 219 just south of Grampian.


Most people have never seen how a barn is built.
This is the frame of a barn that is being rebuilt.


Snooks Covered Bridge over Denning Creek in Bedford County.
This is a 81 foot long burr truss bridge one mile off Route 56 south of Pleasantville.

The colors are starting to change along the shoreline of Glendale Lake.

Where do the buffalo roam? In this case, they roam just outside of Commodore, PA.

This and That

St. Nicholas Church Homecoming in Nicktown.

Learning by watching, on the job training.

Clay Bowser, Country Western Artist entertaining at St. Nicholas Picnic.

Out of season...in our yard.

Northern Cambria football.

Northern Cambria football first down.

Profile of a cheerleader.

Making hay while the sun shines.

Sweet looking pick-up.

West Branch, Susquehanna at Mahaffey, PA.

Grasshopper on arm of a red chair.

Labor Day Weekend in Cambria County, Pennsylvania

As always, the first couple of pictures on each edition of the blog are what is published in the paper. Today is no different. The rest of the pictures that you will find here this week cover the Labor Day Celebration in Cambria County. The two venues shown here are the 114th Cambria County Agricultural Fair and the Johnstown FolkFest now in it's fourteenth year.

The price of gas jumped 40 cents a gallon in less than 24 hours at this Sheetz store in Carrolltown, PA.

After months of water line improvements in the borough of Northern Cambria, some of the streets are finally being repaved. It's been a hell of a summer on cars and motorcycles.

A former resident of Northern Cambria and her boyfriend were interviewed by Channel 8 at the Cambria County Fair.

The Yo-Yo Chair Swing at the fair.

A fair wouldn't be complete with a chance to ring the bell.

Just off the Midway, are buildings such as these. Here local restaurants and groups provide some good "downhome" cooking for fair goers.

It may not be that old, or have a permanent home, but kids sure do love a "Merry Go Round" no matter where it is at.

Midway Fair.

Anyone for a game of chance?

These ducks obviously aren't all in a row.

Some of the entries in the adult photography competition.

Cephas and Wiggins

"Bowling Green" John Cephas

Phil Wiggins

The Red Elvises - "Kick Ass Rock'n'Roll from Siberia"
These guys are great. They put on one hell of a show. If you want to know more about them, visit the web site and learn all about them.

Oleg "Schramm" Gorbunov

Oleg Bernov

Adam Gust

Igor Yuzov (left) and Oleg Bernov (right)

Rosie Flores

Rosie Flores and Wanda Jackson

Wanda Jackson

The Kissers -- believe it or not a Celtic band from Madison, Wisconsin.

Kari Page - Violin

A shot of the crowd.

Food vendors

A fan of Wanda Jackson goes all out for the rockabillies at the FolkFest.

Marine and young son enjoy FolkFest.

What's a festival without food?