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Lucille Cody-John had about a month to get the Navajo Nation’s oldest fair ready. She spent it chasing sponsors, clearing weeds and fixing health-code problems on the fairgrounds.

Starwin Holiday was 15 or 16 when he asked his father to buy him a set of hair clippers.

Weather shifted quickly through parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico on Thursday and Friday, bringing rain, dark skies, low clouds and a funnel cloud to several communities.

Over the summer, Tyann Layton won multiple round-robin showmanship competitions at various fairs. Each time, she enjoyed the win for about five minutes before turning her attention to the next one.

Bloomfield’s Jordan Meador has been showing sheep for about seven years and believes raising market lambs is a great 4-H project.