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<p>LEHMAN TWP. &#8212; Lisa Murray and Madison Hughes were speechless as they watched Alecia Michelle Hansen swing on a rope over 30 feet in the air, with no net below at the Luzerne County Fair.</p><p>Aleica Michelle, the mother of the five-member Hansen&#8217;s Spectacular, a family trapeze show, wrapped a thick rope around her ankle as she swung overhead.</p><p>Then she leaped off her rope swing, and the rope around her ankle caught her in mid-air. She continued to swing by one leg.</p><p>The crowd gasped.</p><p>The Hansen&#8217;s Spectacular was just one of many thrilling attractions at the 54th annual Luzerne County Fair.</p><p>The fair will open at 11 a.m. Sunday, giving the public one last time to enjoy the exhibits, attractions, rides and food. Gates close at 9:30 p.m.</p><p>Sunday is Family Fun Day where children ages 3 to 12 are admitted for $6. Admission is $10 for adults and children older than 13 years old.</p><p>&#8220;There are a lot of different things here this year,&#8221; said Murray, of Dallas.</p><p>The five-day fair was filled with many new exhibits as well as traditional ones, all geared to entertain and educate fairgoers. Carnival rides were provided by S &amp; S Amusements and games of chance offered a variety of fun family activities for all ages.</p><p>Four-year-old Cole Hampel reeled in a shark with a toy fishing pole at a game called &#8220;Drag a Shark.&#8221; He looked up at all the colorful stuffed animals and picked out a gray and pink elephant for his 2-year-old sister, Adelyn.</p><p>&#8220;This is the first time I brought him to the fair,&#8221; said Chris Hampel, Cole&#8217;s uncle.</p><p>Trevor Radvanyi, 10, of Dallas, was on the other side of the fairgrounds at the Raging Bull, a mechanical-bull ride.</p><p>Radvanyi set a new record of 21 seconds for the &#8220;Boys&#8221; category at the ride.</p><p>&#8220;It was fun,&#8221; Trevor said, laughing. &#8220;I stayed on longer than I thought.&#8221;</p><p>In the Dairy Barn, 9-year-old James Grisafi, a 4-H member from Montrose, explained the technique used to milk a cow to Jett Kelsall, 7, and his brother Lane Kelsall, 9, of Hanover Township. A drawing will be held at the end of the fair to name the life-sized dairy cow.</p><p>Candy Eckler and her 4-year-old son, Jackson Gorman, both of Hanover Township, started their fair experience with food before taking in the sites.</p><p>Unwilling to pull away from eating his pierogis to answer questions, Jackson wanted to try the Rainbow Rock fun house.</p><p>Eckler said her favorite parts of the fair are the food and the animals.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Cole Hampel 4, of Sweet Valley, snags a fish at game at the Luzerne County fair Friday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_TTL-09112016-Luz-Cty-Fair-wrapup-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Cole Hampel 4, of Sweet Valley, snags a fish at game at the Luzerne County fair Friday night. </caption0><photoCredit0>Charlotte Bartizek | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_TTL-09112016-Luz-Cty-Fair-wrapup-2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Jett Kelsall, of Hanover, got lessons on milking a cow from 4-H member James Grisafi, of Montorse. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_TTL-09112016-Luz-Cty-Fair-wrapup-2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Jett Kelsall, of Hanover, got lessons on milking a cow from 4-H member James Grisafi, of Montorse. </caption1><photoCredit1>Charlotte Bartizek | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_TTL-09112016-Luz-Cty-Fair-wrapup-3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">For Jaxon Gorman and his mother, Candi Eckler, of Hanover Township, the fair was all about the food and spending time together. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_TTL-09112016-Luz-Cty-Fair-wrapup-3.jpg</photo2><caption2>For Jaxon Gorman and his mother, Candi Eckler, of Hanover Township, the fair was all about the food and spending time together. </caption2><photoCredit2>Charlotte Bartizek | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Eileen Godin</p><p>egodin@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p>Sunday&#8217;s Luzerne County Fair schedule:</p><p>&#8226; 11 a.m., gates open;</p><p>&#8226; noon, S &amp; S Amusement open;</p><p>&#8226; noon, Kiddie Tractor Pull Registration near the Horse Arena;</p><p>&#8226; 12:30, 3:30, and 6 p.m., Agri-Puppets on the Midway;</p><p>&#8226; 1 p.m., Kiddie Tractor Pull near the Horse Arena;</p><p>&#8226; 1 p.m., Horseshoe Pitching Tournament, by the Security Trailer;</p><p>&#8226; 1, 4, and 6:30 p.m., Pork Chop Review in Kiddie Land;</p><p>&#8226; 1:30, 4:30 and 7 p.m., Hansen&#8217;s Spectacular in Kiddie Land;</p><p>&#8226; 3 p.m., Barnyard Olympics in the Horse Arena;</p><p>&#8226; 5 p.m., Tractor Obstacle Rodeo in the Horse Arena;</p><p>&#8226; 6:30 and 8 p.m., Ryan Pelton on the Main Stage;</p><p>&#8226; 8 p.m., the Barn closes; and</p><p>&#8226; 9:30 p.m., fairgrounds close.</p><p>Sunday is Family Fun Day. Children ages 3 to 12 are admitted for $6. Admission for adults and children older than 13 years old is $10.</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Eileen Godin at 570-991-6387 or on Twitter @TLNews.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Sunday, last day to enjoy the Luzerne County Fair