Katy Tichenor, of Fairview, fills out information for a duck for her son, Bexton Tichenor, 4, to be launched in the annual duck race at the Wheaton BBQ on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
Ashley Mellow, right, of Cassville, urges her niece, Evelyn Richardson, 2, to grab ahold of the horn of her saddle while riding a horse at the Wheaton BBQ on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.comNolan McNeill, of Wheaton, checked the temperature of chicken halves smoking in the BBQ pit at the Wheaton City Park during the annual Wheaton BBQ on Saturday Sponsored by the fire district, volunteers cooked 1,500 chicken halves and 1,500 potatoes using about three pallets of charcoal in the process. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.comAliyah Martin, 11, of Fairview, was one of hundreds of children who held rabbits at the FFA petting zoo on Saturday at the Wheaton BBQ. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.comWith so many choices to be had, Matthew Earnshaw, right, 4, made his preference known to his mother, Addie Earnshaw, of rural Exeter, as the pair picked out freeze-dried candy from one of the many vendors at the Wheaton BBQ on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.comLily Harris, 4, of the Exeter and Wheaton area, pets a goat at the FFA’s petting zoo at the Wheaton BBQ on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.comLindy Lombard, right, former Wheaton fire chief, loads a bag of meals to go for Joel Mace, of Goodman, at the Wheaton BBQ on Saturday. Sponsored by the fire district, volunteers cooked 1,500 chicken halves and 1,500 potatoes using about three pallets of charcoal in the . Kyle Troutman/ ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
