MORNING, DESPITE RAIN, WITH A GOOD TURN-OUT FOR THE 4-H BREAKFAST
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS,
AND THE "SHARE THE FUN CONTEST".
THEN THIS AFTERNOON THE "QUEEN CONTEST".
AT 1:30, THE GRAND MARSHALL, MIKE FRANZEN OF MONMOUTH, AND HIS
FAMILY CAME TO THE STAGE TO BE RECOGNIZED. FAIR BOARD MEMBER
JUDY TONDERUM TOLD ABOUT MIKE AND HIS FAMILY AND HOW MIKE HAS NOT ONLY SERVED ON THE FAIRBOARD (STARTING IN 1994) BUT ALSO
THE OTHER THINGS HE HAS HELP HELPED THE FAIR WITH OVER THE YEARS.
NEXT, THE FAIR FARM FAMILY CAME TO THE STAGE. LaVONNE (AND THE
LATE FLOYD) PETERS FAMILY, OF RURAL ANDREW, COVERING 70 YEARS AS
BOOSTERS AND BACKERS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.
THE FAIR QUEEN CANDIDATES WERE NEXT.
FIRST, A PHOTO OF LAST YEAR'S QUEEN AND RUNNER-UP FAIR PRICESS.
BERNARD, SARA REDMOND.
NICOLE FURNE, DAUGHTER OF JULIA AND RUSS FURNE OF MAQUOKETA.
ASHLEY KRUSE, DAUGTHER OF DIANE AND JASON KRUSE OF ANDOVER.
BROOK LAPKE, DAUGHTER OF BONNIE AND TOM LAPKE OF LAMOTTE.
ERICA TIMMERMAN, DAUGHTER OF KAREN AND TOM TIMMERMAN OF MAQUOKETA.
KATHIE SOLIDAY, DAUGHTER OF SHIRLEY AND CHARLES SOLIDAY OF ZWINGLE.
SOLIDAY WAS VOTED MISS CONGENIALITY BY THE OTHER 4 CONTESTANTS.
KRUSE WAS WAS NAMED 2ND RUNNER-UP.
TIMMERMAN WAS NAMED 1ST RUNNER-UP, FAIR PRINCESS.
SOLIDAY WAS NAMED 2015 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR QUEEN.
FAIR PARADE. FOR THOSE UNABLE TO WATCH IT......IT WILL BE
BROADCAST ON KMAQ AM, FM AND THE KMAQ WEB SITE.
DENNIS VOY
