This week's Out on the Gravel is a beautiful sunrise shot taken on 1350 Road by Kim Umphenour. If you have a photo you'd like to share, send it to linncountynewsreporter@gmail.com.

Adults and children alike enjoyed meeting the animals at the petting zoo at Jayhawk Blast.

Attendees to Mound City’s Jayhawk Blast Saturday, Sept. 12, take advantage of the splash park to cool off from the heat.

Several youth try their luck swishing the net at one of several inflatables set up during Saturday’s festivities.

This gorgeous Out on the Gravel shot was captured by Jenn Hughes at County Road 1095 and 1150 Road. If you have a photo you would like to share for Out on the Gravel, please send it to Barbara at linncountynewsreporter@gmail.com.

The Jayhawk football team competes in a jamboree at Central Heights on Aug. 28. Here the Hawks are facing Anderson County, other teams at the jamboree included Central Heights and Riverton.

The Prairie View football team warms up before some preseason scrimmage action on Aug. 28. The Buffalos’ first game will be at Osawatomie on Sept. 4.

Out on the Gravel this week is by Kerry McCoy of a 2.5-inch long grasshopper that visited her back porch. If you have a cool picture of something, send it to Barbara Proffitt at linncountynewsreporter@gmail.com.

The Linn County Fair & Rodeo wrapped up Saturday night; Friday’s calf scramble had many kids running after five calves with a ribbon attached to the tail. For those who could grab a tag, they earned some cash to take home.

Kids fish Little Sugar Creek by the Linn County Fairgrounds the morning of Aug. 8 in the annual kids’ fishing derby.