The final numbers aren’t in yet, but organizers of this year’s Island County Fair say the big event in Langley surpassed last year’s fair from the midway and beyond.

“Our food concessions were up. And our pre-sale for the carnival was sold out long before the fair came,” said fair manager Sandey Brandon.

“Everything went very smoothly. This was the best year we’ve had probably in the last six or eight years,” she said.

Dozens of 4-H members packed the fairgrounds with exhibits and animals, and many took home ribbons and trophies.

“It’s been good. I’ve had good luck with my projects,” said Lance Kidder, a 17-year-old from Coupeville who is in the Rock ‘n’ Doodle poultry and the Central Whidbey Cattlemen clubs. His call ducks — miniature waterfowl — won best of show.

Monique Stolmeier of the Whidbey Shepherds had the Grand Champion market lamb for 2010.

“It was her first year in 4-H, and she has done incredible,” said her father, Lucus Noerenberg.

In the sheep barn at the fair on Sunday, Constance Wiseman demonstrated her shearing skills on “Copernicus,” a Gotland Blueface Lustre sheep from Windy Hill Farm in Coupeville.

Nearby in the poultry barn, crowds gathered repeatedly throughout the four-day fair for a chance to see the Chicken Olympics.

“This year we’ve put on nine shows. We’ve averaged about 70 people, and almost 90 percent have not seen it before,” said Matt Hoar, the emcee and lead ringmaster of the Chicken Olympics.

Emergency medical calls were about half what they were last year, Island County Fire District 3 officials said.

There were 59 medical incidents that sent seven people to Whidbey General Hospital, but the injuries were not described as serious, said Jerry Beck, district fire prevention officer and fair commander.