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👵 Senior Day at the Fair Today

🥧 Pie Baking Contest Judging at 1pm

🐮 Tonight: Livestock Auction & Mutton Bustin'

Today - Friday, July 31 - FAIR DAY 4

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Storms are possible this morning, but skies are expected to clear to mostly sunny by afternoon, with a high of 88. If you're headed to the fair for Senior Day or the pie contest, the afternoon should cooperate nicely.

The fair's closing weekend looks great: 79 and clear Saturday, then sunny in the low-to-mid 80s through Sunday and Monday. A beautiful stretch to send off the centennial fair.

Today's a special one for Basehor's older neighbors. Senior Day at the Fair, sponsored by the Leavenworth County Council on Aging, runs 10am to 12:30pm under the Big Top - and it's completely free for seniors.

If you've got an older parent, grandparent, or neighbor who hasn't been out to the fair yet this week, today's the easiest day to get them there.

📍 Location: Under the Big Top, fairgrounds

🕙 Time: 10:00am to 12:30pm

💵 Cost: Free for seniors

One of the fair's sweetest traditions happens today. Entries were accepted from noon to 1pm, and judging kicks off at 1pm in the Administration Building. Categories run Youth (18 and under), Adult (19-59), and Senior (60 and up), amateur bakers only, from-scratch entries.

The top pies in each division go up for auction before Friday's livestock sale, with proceeds supporting the Leavenworth County 4-H Foundation scholarship program - so even the pie contest gives back.

📍 Location: Administration Building

🕐 Judging: 1:00pm

⭐ Why it matters: Winning pies get auctioned to support 4-H scholarships

The fair's biggest night for 4-H and FFA families arrives tonight. The Annual 4-H/FFA Livestock Auction runs at 7pm in the Livestock Show Arena - the payoff for a year of raising and showing.

Over at the grandstand, Rodeo Gold brings Mutton Bustin' and Mini Bulls at 7pm too, with a slightly different price structure tonight: $10 adults, $5 ages 6-12, free under 5.

🕕 Buyers Reception: 4:30-6:30pm

🕖 Auction & Rodeo: 7:00pm, both venues

💵 Rodeo cost tonight: $10 adults, $5 ages 6-12, free under 5

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