Sculpture champions spirit of state fair

Arms raised in triumph with a smile emblazoned across her face, the young girl holds a “grand champion” rosette high in the air as she perches on her father’s shoulders. It’s a touching scene of a moment at the state fair in Douglas. And now it’s captured forever in bronze. “The Champion,” a larger-than-life bronze sculpture of a rancher carrying his prize-winning daughter, will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Monday at the Wyoming State Fairgrounds in Douglas. The sculpture, by Lander artist David Alan Clark, will stand in front of the new horse barn/livestock barn recently constructed at the fairgrounds. Clark, a 1997 graduate of Green River High School, said the sculpture aims to capture the excitement of families competing at the state fair. “Basically, the idea is to kind of celebrate the fact that most of the folks that are involved with the fair are agricultural families,” he said...more