The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Staff were able to fingerprint 175 children at the Knox County Fair between 4 P.M. Friday, August 9th and 4 P.M. Sunday, August 11th.
Each child fingerprinted was given a bag containing numerous fun and educational items, and a “Knox County 911” tee shirt. In addition, a cookie was given to each of the first 120 children with permission from their parent or guardian. The 120 cookies were generously donated by Casey’s in Plainview, Nebraska. The fingerprint card was given to the parent or guardian of the child to be kept.
The fingerprinting of kids hasbeen a tradition at the Knox County Fair that was started by Sheriff Wes Eisenbeiss in the early 1980’s and has been continued by Sheriff Jim Janecek and current Sheriff Don Henery.