Junior fair king and queen candidates

By Eve­lyn Long -

Final­ists have been named for the Mor­row County Junior Fair king and queen hon­ors. The win­ners and run­ners up will be announced dur­ing the annual Junior Fair King and Queen pro­gram in the Youth Build­ing dur­ing the fair on Tues­day, August 28, at 6:30 pm. The event will be pre­ceded by the Roy­alty Din­ner begin­ning at 5 pm also in the Youth Building.

Queen final­ists are Jor­dan Blan­ton, Amanda Bush, Rea­gan Neviska, McKen­zie Smith and Valerie Tolle. King final­ists are Kyle Hack and Jason Zeigler.

Jor­dan, daugh­ter of James Blan­ton and Rhonda Yontz, rep­re­sents Clover Posse 4-H Club. She is a grad­u­ate of Cardington-Lincoln High School and was active with com­mu­nity ser­vice inde­pen­dently, Oper­a­tion Christ­mas Child, Make it Eas­ier for a Senior and walk­ing dogs at the local dog shel­ter. “Junior fair is impor­tant to me because it has helped make me into the per­son that I am today. Junior Fair helps mold the youth of today into the lead­ers of tomorrow.”

Amanda, daugh­ter of Anthony and Teresa Bush and Jodi Moss attends Mount Gilead High School and rep­re­sents the Mount Gilead FFA. She also belongs to the Coun­try Clovers 4-H Club, Junior Lead­ers and is sec­re­tary with the Junior Fair board. “The junior fair is impor­tant to me because I feel that the orga­ni­za­tion enables me to be my own per­son and express myself in a pos­i­tive man­ner while hav­ing a com­mon ground with my fel­low junior fair members.”

Rea­gan is the daugh­ter of Tim and Mary Neviska, is a grad­u­ate of Buck­eye Online School for Suc­cess and is enrolled at Kenyon Col­lege this fall. She rep­re­sents the Rolling Clovers 4-H Club. She is also a 4-H Camp Coun­selor, belongs to the Mor­row County Poul­try Com­mit­tee, the Mor­row County Lit­ter and Recy­cling Board, the 4-H Advi­sory Com­mit­tee and the Mor­row County Bee­keep­ers. “Junior fair has been a part of my life for the past nine years. It has become one of the most impor­tant parts of me. I’ve met my best friends and learned the best lessons in life through the 4-H pro­gram. It has made me a bet­ter per­son and inspired me to help oth­ers to change the world, one per­son at a time.”

McKen­zie, the daugh­ter of Shel­ley and Jay Smith, attends CArdington-Lincoln High School. She rep­re­sents the Shaw Creek Farm­ers 4-H Club and the Card­ing­ton FFA where she holds the office of sec­re­tary with both groups. She is pres­i­dent of her class, belongs to stu­dent coun­cil and the Span­ish Club. “Junior fair is impor­tant to me because it is an oppor­tu­nity to show off everyone’s hard work and a time for the exhibitor to be proud of every­thing they’ve done.”

Valerie, a grad­u­ate of CArdington-Lincoln High School, is the daugh­ter of Roger and Christy Tolle, She attends Colum­bus State Com­mu­nity Col­lege and rep­re­sents the Rolling Clovers 4-H Club. She is a Boys and Girls Club men­tor, belonged to the Card­ing­ton FFA, the National Honor Soci­ety, and is on the Junior Fair Board. “The junior fair has impacted me in a major­ity of my daily activ­i­ties includ­ing work. The past nine years in the junior fair has helped shape me into the per­son I am today. It has taught me influ­en­tial skills such as pub­lic speak­ing and orga­ni­za­tional skills. I also love work­ing with the younger kids.”

Kyle is the son of Tim and Patty Hack and attends Mount Gilead High School. He rep­re­sents FFA and Show­ing and Grow­ing 4-H. “Junior Fair is impor­tant to me because it’s a great way to meet new peo­ple and develop as a leader.”

Jason is the son of Clint and Tracy Zei­gler. He is a grad­u­ate of Gilead Chris­t­ian High School, and rep­re­sents Show­ing and Grow­ing 4-H Club. He played golf, bas­ket­ball, bowl­ing and track, was on stu­dent coun­cil and was a class offi­cer. “Junior fair is impor­tant to me because it has given me the oppor­tu­nity to show ani­mals, meet new peo­ple and have a good time. I look for­ward to the fair every year.”

Crown­ing the new king and queen will be the 2011 Mor­row County Junior fair royal cou­ple, Lind­sey Hes­sey and Coltin Osborne.

Julia Logan is Mor­row County Junior Fair coordinator.

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