Grand Champion honors rewarded at fair

Phillips County 4-H and FFA members were glad to be back to a more normal fair week and to be honored for their hard work on projects at the 2021 Phillips County Fair from July 20-25.

Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion honors for animals, shooting sports, clothing and everything else have been awarded.

Braden Plumb and Lucinda Mares are the recipients of $250 scholarships sponsored by Family Affair. Plumb was the senior overall general projects award winner, and Mares won Grand Champion honors in senior round robin livestock showmanship.

The Holyoke Enterprise will be publishing a keepsake edition with full results of these champion honors, as well as all participant honors from the 2021 county fair.

This special section commemorative piece will be inserted in the Aug. 11 edition of the Enterprise. It will include photos of the Grand Champs and Reserve Grand Champs with their projects, as well as full results from each project area.

In addition, the open class results will be published as part of the special section.

GC and RGC honors that were earned at the fair follow:

4-H general projects

Overall general 4-H project honors were earned this year by Braden Plumb, senior division; Grace Stone, intermediate; and Elizabeth Edge, junior.

Individual GC recognition went to Maggie Kleve, cake decorating; Keirah Nelson, clothing construction; Juan Albino Nuñez, electric; Jessica Owens, foods and nutrition; Alyssa Lock, global citizenship; Ellie Kleve, heritage arts; Elizabeth Edge, home design and decor; Isaac Strauss, leadership; Jayce Boerner, leathercraft.

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