Nathan Marchal, 12, St. Henry, and Noelle Schmitt, 15, Celina, add wood chips to a chicken pen at the fair on Wednesday as part of their housekeeping responsibilities. They both showed poultry and goats at this week's fair.

CELINA - While many youngsters enjoyed kids events at the Mercer County Fair on Wednesday, others were in the barns caring for their animals. Elizabeth Wuebker, 16, Maria Stein, had showed two heifers earlier in the week, and o . . .