I was videoing draft horse and farm horse judging Wednesday afternoon when some fairgoers spotted my Chroniclet.com T-shirt and asked me to snap their picture.

Nicole Russo of Elyria, back left, Sarah Majoras of Elyria, back right, and Cassie Riddick of Grafton, front. (Photo by Rona Proudfoot, The Chronicle-Telegram.)

Nicole Russo of Elyria, Sarah Majoras of Elyria and Cassie Riddick of Grafton said they had just checked out the LifeFlight helicopter and eaten some fried veggies.

It was the first day at the fair for Nicole and Sarah, but Cassie had been there all week showing her rabbit, for which she received a blue ribbon.

Nicole and Sarah said they had just checked out the aqua massage and called it “well worth the $3.”

There plans from there? “To rest and relax for the derby this weekend!”

Not long after, I bumped into some friends of mine from Lorain, Tasha Andrewski and her sister Drema Logsdon, who were pulling Emily and Matthew Gose in a Wagon.

Tasha said they’d just grabbed some fair food, and Emily and Matthew were still munching on their cheeseburgers.

From there? They were off to “pet some animals,” they said.

Earlier in the day I had some special visitors at the booth The Chronicle-Telegram is sharing with WEOL-AM 930 and K96, our media partners.

Bonnie Wallace, mother of Chronicle Managing Editor Julie Wallace, stopped by with Mallory, Julie’s daughter.

Tasha Andrewski, back left, Drema Logsdon, back right, and Emily and Matthew Gose. (Photo by Rona Proudfoot, The Chronicle-Telegram.)

Mallory, daughter of Chronicle-Telegram Managing Editor Julie Wallace, came to the fair with her grandmother, Bonnie Wallace. (Photo by Rona Proudfoot, The Chronicle-Telegram.)

Fairgoers packed the grandstand Wednesday night at the Lorain County Fair to see live rodeo action.

The event was a stop on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Heartland Prorodeo Series, which includes rodeos with purses of $30,000 or less, according to the PRCA Web site. The series was created “to encourage cowboys to enter rodeos of all sizes, and to give emerging stars a chance at some big money.”

There were some tense moment just minutes into the show when a bareback bronc rider went down hard. He had to be LifeFlighted to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. His condition was not yet available.

Fairgoers enjoyed more than two hours of rodeo action, which included bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping and bull riding.

Contact Rona Proudfoot at rproudfoot@chroniclet.com, (440) 371-0792 or stop by to see her at the fair. She’s based at the WEOL booth and will be wandering the fairgrounds in a bright gold Chroniclet.com T-shirt.

Think you know your movies and your movie music?

Well, I got the chance to check out the 4-H band in concert tonight in Building 11 at the fair.

One of their great — and incredibly long at 12-plus minutes — songs was “Hollywood Milestones,” a medley of tons of movie classics.

So I’m throwing down the challenge: How many can you name? Post your responses in the comments. Make sure you watch and listen to BOTH videos. (Yes, that’s how long this song is … too long for YouTube!)

A participant in the rodeo Wednesday night at the Lorain County Fair had to be LifeFlighted to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland after he was thrown from his horse and apparently kicked in the head.

Logan Kohler was participating in bareback bronc riding early in Wednesday night’s program when he was thrown from his horse just a second or so into his ride.

Paramedics on hand assisted him immediately.

He was breathing, an announcer said, but he didn’t appear to be able to move.

He “went out the back door” of the horse he was riding, the announcer said, and the horse “did make contact with the cowboy.”

He was placed on a stretcher and carried from the rodeo ring. His condition was not immediately available.

The fair event was part of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Heartland Prorodeo Series.

Contact Rona Proudfoot at rproudfoot@chroniclet.com, (440) 371-0792 or stop by to see her at the fair. She’s based at the WEOL booth and will be wandering the fairgrounds in a bright gold Chroniclet.com T-shirt.