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Images: Opening day of the 2011 McHenry County Fair

  Paul Kasin inspects prize stuffed animals as his twin brother Pete watches from the Duck Race on the carnival game midway. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Antique tractors sit in the foreground. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Jordyn Butler, 20, reacts as she is named Miss McHenry County Queen at a pageant Wednesday at the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock. She is from McHenry. At right is first runner up Kogan Murphy, 17, of Crystal Lake, and at left is third runner up Olivia Morrissey, 19, of Woodstock. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Jordyn Butler, 20, reacts in the seconds after she is named Miss McHenry County Queen. At right is 2010 Miss McHenry County Queen Mary Ellen Walter. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Jordyn Butler, 20, gets her sash as she is named Miss McHenry County Queen from 2010 queen Mary Ellen Walter. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Jordyn Butler, 20, of McHenry, waves to the crowd after she is named Miss McHenry County Queen. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Eventual First Runner-Up Kogan Murphy, 17, of Crystal Lake, faces the judges on stage at the McHenry County Queen pageant. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Eventual Second Runner-Up Irina Tuluca, 17, of Lake in the Hills, makes a point onstage at the McHenry County Queen pageant. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Fourth Runner-Up Madelyn Walter, 19, of Hebron, takes the stage as she is announced as one of the finalists in the McHenry County Queen pageant. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Longtime pageant photographer Don Peasley lines up the court after the Miss McHenry County Queen pageant. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Carnival rides spin at the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  A crescent moon hangs over the Ferris wheel at the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com