Attractions at the Utah State Fair include food, rides, demonstrations and — for Tooele County residents — a connection to home with participation from several local performers and organizations.

Stephanie Neumann, who won third place in the Utah State Fair Music Competition last month, performed at the fair last Friday. Neumann is a junior at Grantsville High School and plays the flute.

Kodi Lee of Tooele, who is legally blind and has autism, performed with his band “Kodi and the Chilbodi’s” last Saturday. His bandmates are students at Tooele High School.

Future Farmers of America groups from both Tooele and Grantsville high schools, as well as the county 4-H organization, have participated in this year’s fair at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City.

The Tooele High School FFA has been involved with the “Little Hands on the Farm” exhibit, which is primarily designed to help children better understand the process of how food gets to the grocery store. That exhibit continues through Sunday, and is available from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Ed Johnson, an FFA adviser at Grantsville High School, said on Friday a group of about a dozen students from Grantsville’s FFA will help with the “Little Hands on the Farm” exhibit as well, beginning at about 3 p.m. and going throughout the afternoon and evening.

“They’ll go in and take little kids around and teach them about agriculture,” he said. “Just little things about where milk comes from, because they think it comes from the store.”

Judging for the Junior Livestock competition will be held in the days ahead of the auction on Saturday. Those animals that make the Junior Livestock Auction will be able to be sold, according to Bob Gowans, one of three FFA advisers at Tooele High School.

In addition, Gowans said, THS students have entered floral projects into the fair as well.

Johnson added some GHS students also have exhibited animals as part of the livestock portion of the fair.

In years past, but not this year, students in the ag mechanics program have taken in projects they’ve built into the fair to be judged, Johnson said. Also, in past years students have taken in samples of wheat, alfalfa or garden produce.

According to Tamra Cox, Tooele County 4-H secretary, there are quite a few 4-H kids who have entries in the fair in a variety of areas. About 15 percent of the exhibits they had at the county fair were selected to go to the state fair, she said. Some of those exhibits include livestock.

Fair hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information and a comprehensive schedule of events, visit www.utahstatefair.com.

Sarah Miley: swest@tooeletranscript.com