Monday, August 12th, 2013
Photo by Gary R. Rasberry/The Daily Standard

Lance Orick, in the center, holds his dachshund Snoop, who won the first heat as well as champion ranking overall. Not much for titles, he preferred a strip of jerky waiting at the finish line.

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CELINA - Where can you see wiener dogs race and chickens fly on a warm Sunday afternoon?
The answer is the Mercer County Fair - the same place you go to see livestock, enjoy amusement rides and savor corn dogs, sugar waffles and lemon shakeups. [More]
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