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Photos: Opening day at the 2012 Minnesota State Fair

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Gunner Liebl, clipping a lamb
Gunner Liebl, 5, assists his mother Andrea Spray with some clipping of their Registered Columbian ewe lamb on the opening day of the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. The family, from Milan, Minn., were preparing the ewe to show Friday.
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Wine sampling
A judge samples a wine contest entry on the opening day of the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012.
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Gunner Liebl, clipping a lamb
Gunner Liebl, 5, assists his mother Andrea Spray with some clipping of their Registered Columbian ewe lamb on the opening day of the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. The family, from Milan, Minn., were preparing the ewe to show Friday.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
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Exercising the lambs
From left, Catrina Darling, 16, of Eitzen, Minn. and her cousin Cheryl Kirchner, 19, of Calendonia, Minn. take their lambs for a walk on the opening day of the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. The cousins will be showing their lambs Friday.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson