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The annual Viola Lions Club sausage supper feeds more than 1,000 people every year even though the club has just 16 members. More than 100 volunteers come together to pull of the event.
The Children of the World International Children’s Choir, composed of 16 disadvantaged children from Uganda, Nepal and the Philippines, perform at Clearwater Evangelical Free Church on Jan. 22, 2012.
The Garden Plain Owls beat the Beloit Trojans 50-34 in the 3A quarterfinals on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.
Highlights as the Garden Plain Owls beat the Wichita Collegiate Spartans 18-15 in the 3A football playoffs on Nov. 5, 2011.
The Sedgwick County Fair Hot Dog Eating Contest, held July 9, 2011.
Highlights from the 2011 Sedgwick County Fair Bull Blowout, July 8, 2011.
Garden Plain's Justina Rausch sings "Undo It" by Carrie Underwood during the finals of the Sedgwick County Fair Idol in Cheney, Kansas, on July 9, 2011. She finished in second place for the second year in a row and has been a finalist the past four years, finishing as runner-up three times.
Amy Birkhofer performs the Etta James classic "At Last" during the 2011 Sedgwick County Fair Idol finals in Cheney, Kansas, on July 9, 2011. She placed third overall.
Wichita's Nina Jerke placed fourth at the 2011 Sedgwick County Fair Idol contest in Cheney, Kansas. Here she sings "Old Glory."
Kaleigh Glanton performs an original song during the 2011 Sedgwick County Fair Idol finals on July 9, 2011, in Cheney, Kansas. She won the event, despite microphone troubles during this performance.