Alfred Kimmet, 6, eyes the two lollipops he found in a pile of hay on Wednesday at the Kids Corner of the Southwest Washington Fair in Chehalis.
Alfred Kimmet was so excited about the two lollipops he found during the Penny Scramble on Wednesday morning at the Southwest Washington Fair.
Then the 6-year-old child remembered to count the one in his mouth.
Kimmet, his three siblings, and about a dozen other children partook in the event, which sent them wading into small piles of hay in search of candy, coins and other trinkets, at the Security State Bank Kids’ Corner.
Everyone seemed to have a different strategy for how to find the best prizes. Younger participants tended to go in on all fours, if not face first, while the older kids picked up fistfuls of hay and shook through them like a prospector panning for gold.
The Kids’ Corner featured a number of activities for the youngest of fair patrons.
Lewis County Solid Waste Utility operated a three-hole miniature golf course featuring obstacles made out of recycled materials such as old tires and plastic yogurt containers.
Devon Schey built the course and was there to supervise its use. Only donated carpeting used to mimic a golf course and wood used to frame the holes came from sources other than what the waste utility sorts through every day.
As the Penny Scramble wound down, many children filtered off to play with Legos, blocks or whatever else caught their eyes.
Kimmet had other plans. There was, after all, a coupon for a free ice cream cone burning a hole in his pocket.
