Catch-it-sheep successful for 3 junior 4-H members

Catch-it-sheep competition was new to the arena this year at the Phillips County Fair. 4-H adviser Jessie Stewart, pictured at right, prepares to visit with the winners who are pictured from left, Ainsley Kramer, Jaelynn Miner and Addison Mason. The girls will start corresponding with their sponsors and will get their animals next spring or by sometime in June. They will feed and care for their animals and then show them at the 2021 fair. In next year’s fair, all catch-it-contest winners will be judged on their showmanship, monthly letterwriting to sponsors and interview about their project. Catch-it-goat as well as rabbit and chicken bingo competitions were not held at the fair this year as all applicants could be awarded animals. Catch-it-goat awards went to Wyatt Mason and Holley Ely, while Elizabeth Horsley was named a rabbit bingo winner. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications