Kids ages 16 and under and their frogs competed to see which amphibian would hop the farthest in the Lake County Fair’s annual Frog Jump.
Ainsley Cole, 2, has her frog escape from her during the frog jumping contest at the Lake County Fair in Crown Point on August 12, 2023. No matter what Keeli Ford did, she couldn’t get the little guy to move. She rapidly pounded her fists on the grass behind him, she blew on his back, she begged Chicken Wing to move.Ford and her frog Chicken Wing were one of more than two dozen competitors Saturday morning in the Lake County Fair’s annual Frog Jump.
Many of the kids brought their own frogs with them to the fair, while others got loans from the Conservation building. Folks like Crown Point resident Amber Cole and her son David spent the night before hunting for frogs in the woods. And with their flashlights and fishing poles, they caught a lot of frogs — Cole had to make sure there was enough for her seven kids.
Cole came to the fair with her kids and her mother, Sandy Jansson. The Cole family were wearing matching orange Frog Jump t-shirts from years past. The family has been coming to the fair and participating in the Frog Jump for more than 20 years. Jansson would take Cole to the fair, and now she takes her own kids.
Nowadays, the kids don’t win prize money, but the five kids whose frogs hopped the farthest all won a trophy. Additionally, the top three got gummy frog candy, and the winner earned a frog carrier.
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