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Charlee Carter is Junior Miss Drew County.

This is the first year the State Fair is holding a Junior Miss Fair Queen. Charlee was one of three contestants out of the 10 that competed that the judges chose to advance to the finals on saturday night! She is pictured here with Toni Findley, left, and Allison Neill, right… Dance instructors of Monticello dance academy where Charlee is in her 8th year of lessons.

Vivian Judkins’ ticket was “”pulled out of the barrel” to select her as last night’s winner of $25.00, given away at the Drew County Fair.

To be entered, you don’t have to buy a extra ticket, just come out to the fair.  Your admission ticket enters you in the drawing, and could be tonight’s winning ticket. 

Winner must be present at the 9:15 pm drawing to be eligible.

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Saturday -  1-5 pm – Armband Specials
Thursday Armbands will be Honored Saturday, 1-5 pm
Open Rodeo - 8 pm
9:15 pm, Nightly Drawing forPrize Money in the Breezeway

Sunday - Exhibits and premium checks must be picked up - 2-4 pm

Commercial & Non-profit Winning Float -- Monticello Film Academy

Commercial & Non-profit
1.  Monticello Film Academy
2.  Union Bank
3.  Centers for Youth & Family

Youth Winning Float- It's All About Kid's Childcare

Youth
1.  It’s All About Kids Childcare

Youth Runner-up - MIS

2.  MIS
3.  4-H Poultry

Youth 2nd Runner-up - 4-H Poultry Club "Super Chicken"

Youth Sports
1.  Simmons Bank Pee Wee Football
2.  Union Bank Pee Wee Football
3.  Ryburn Pee Wee Football

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Winner Jessica Savage
1st Runner-up Jessica Talkington
2nd Runner-up Leeza Goudy
Photogenic & Interview Jessica Talkington
Congeniality & Swimsuit Leeza Goudy
People’s Choice Ashley Aiken

0-11 months old – Girls  –  Boys
Winner – Lillian Snow   – Christian Pevey
1st Runner-up – Layna Endsley – Austin Crossett
2nd Runner-up – Dailyn Trotter – Miles West
Photogenic – Layna Endsley – Aiden Harris
People’s Choice – Gracie Hawkins – Aiden Harris

12-23 months old   -  Girls  — Boys
Winner   -  Jaycie Foster – Seth Wilson
1st Runner-up - Rhyse Guthrie – Christopher Strickland
2nd Runner-up – Addison Weeks – Nasir Thornton
Photogenic – Anniston Wright – Christopher Strickland
People’s Choice-  Madison Maize – Carter Reed 

Miss Tot 24-35 month-old  &  Tiny Miss 36-47 months old
Winner -  Allie Regalado  - Annsley Oltmann
1st Runner-up – Chelsea Simpson -  Libby Workman
2nd Runner-up – Caitlyn Hollingsworth – Tiara Colbert
Photogenic – Alyssa Hebert – Annsley Oltmann
People’s Choice – Allie Regalado-  Tamya Simmons

Winner Jaden Young
1st Runner-up Zoe Sudduth
2nd Runner-up India Robinson
Photogenic Kynlee Graves
People’s Choice Kierstyn Camden

Winner Kaylee Phillips
1st Runner-up Trinty Colbert
2nd Runner-up Raygen Bonnette
Photogenic Trinity Colbert
People’s Choice Alexis Reed

 Winner Gracie Mosley
1st Runner-up Madison Sudduth
2nd Runner-up  & Photogenic Kelli Jo Stain
People’s Choice Anazya Lattimore

Winner Lauren VanDee
1st Runner-up Emily Clemons
2nd Runner-up Denashia Correll
Photogenic Gracie Johnson
People’s Choice Abbigal Camden

Winner Dailyn Johnston
1st Runner-up Ashley Berryman
2nd Runner-up Jordan Socia
Photogenic Ashley Berryman
People’s Choice Hailey Maxey

Winner Charlee Carter
1st Runner-up Kaylee Bradberry
2nd Runner-up Shelby O’Fallon
Photogenic Kaylee Bradberry
Interview Shelby O’Fallon
Sportswear Charlee Carter
People’s Choice Alexis Phillips

Vocal Solo winner Tyler Harper
Vocal Group winner Sean Kaminicki and Katie Taylor
Instrumental Group winner Kyle Kaminicki and Jazmine Rivera
Dance Solo winner Emmalee Satterlee
Dance Group winner Monticello Dance Academy ages 11-14
Variety winner Jessica Wishard
Overall winner Monticello Dance Academy ages 11-14
Peoples Choice winner Kristiana Tenorio

Winner Christie Maxey

1st Runner-up Samantha Yarberry

2nd Runner-up Kelly Doggett

 Christie Maxey also won the Photogenic , Congeniality, Interview, and People’s Choice Categories.

All Pageants: Entry fee is $25 for the beauty category or $30 if you choose to compete in beauty and photogenic.

If you are competing in the Junior Miss (14-15) pageant, please contact Jessica Milburn at 460-5237 because there are a few changes in that category this year for state fair.

Good Luck

The Drew County Fair Board is honoring 2 local families, both well known for their decades of farming traditions, and both longtime supporters of the Drew County Fair, as the “2011 Drew County Fair Farm Families of the Year.” 

John Wayne & April Ross

John Wayne and April Ross, of Florence, and Dwight and Sherri Witcher and family, of Selma, were honored for their lifelong dedication to farming, and to the Drew County farming tradition. 

Dwight, Sherri, Callie, and Justin Witcher

Both families will serve as Parade Marshalls for the 2011 Drew County Fair Parade.

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The fair’s entrance and parking procedures have been changed this year.

Visitors will enter the fairgrounds from the highway and park, without having to wait in line, in their vehicles.  The ticket booth will be open to sell tickets for entrance to the fair, next to the commercial building, near the livestock/poultry exhibit area.

Another change worth noting, the EHC kitchen will be open during the evenings, only.

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This years fair schedule  set the pageants for September 12-17, with the rest of the fair taking place on Sept 19-24.

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John Wayne & April Ross

Dwight, Sherri, Callie, and Justin Witcher

The Drew County Fair Board voted at their last meeting to recognize 2 local families, both well known for their decades of farming traditions, and both longtime supporters of the Drew County Fair, as the “2011 Drew County Fair Farm Families of the Year.”

John Wayne and April Ross, of Florence, and Dwight and Sherri Witcher and family, of Selma, were honored for their lifelong dedication to farming, and to the Drew County farming tradition.

Both families will serve as Parade Marshalls for the 2011 Drew County Fair Parade.

As the Drew County fair and livestock show continues to recover from the damage caused by a tornado in May of 2009, the fair board is making plans to begin construction of the new livestock barn, hopefully with construction beginning by July,

The new barn will be built on the existing slab in the same area as the old one, using the same concrete slab.

This years fair schedule  set the pageants for September 12-17, with the rest of the fair taking place on Sept 16-9-24.

The fair parade will be on Tuesday, Sept 20, with rides also opening on Tuesday.

There will be a crawfish boil fundraiser, Saturday, to help provide for the fairgrounds’ matching funds for the FEMA re-consturtion money, for the livestock barn

The Drew County Fairground’s educational exhibit building, mysteriously, had it’s roof  ”blown” off, Monday afternoon between 1:30 and 3:30.

The fairgrounds was destroyed , to a large extent, back in May, 2009, by a tornado, and this building’s roof was rebuilt and re-attached, as indicated by the “shinier” tin before the roof-line.

The new roof is now laying in large sections on the north side of the building, and doesn’t provide any clues as to what happened this afternoon.

The Monticello Airport reported no wind gusts Monday afternoon stronger than 15 miles per hour.

There was no electricity or gas hooked up to the building, and an explosion of some type does not appear to be the cause for the damage.

When informed about the damage to the structure, many fair board member’s were in disbelief, after the recent history of fairground’s structures, being destroyed by weather and wind.

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Winning floats in the 2010 Fair Parade were…..

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Toni Findley won the title of Miss Drew County in the annual fair pageant, Saturday night.

Toni also won the swimsuit and interview portions of the pageant.

Toni is the 20 year old daughter of Rhonda Findley, and a student at UAM.

Haley McLemore was selected as 1st runner-up and photogenic.

Lily Burchfield was chosen 2nd runner-up and Miss Congeniality.

Drew County Fair 2010 Baby Show Winners from Sat. Sept. 18th

Girls 0-11 month-old
Winner Anniston Wright
1st Runner-up Nyla Simmons
2nd Runner-up Anna Ross
Photogenic Madison Anderson
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Boy 0-11 month-old
Winner Cayden Dodson
1st Runner-up Jaxon Williams
2nd Runner-up Nasir Thorton
Photogenic Carter Reed
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Girl 12-23 month-old
Winner Soelee Thornhill
1st Runner-up Alyssa Hebert
2nd Runner-up Halle Ross
Photogenic Alyssa Hebert
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Boy 12-23 month-old
Winner Milton Remley III
1st Runner-up Ashton Goodman
2nd Runner-up (Tie) Uriah Martin & Nathon Wallace
Photogenic Uriah Martin
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Miss Tot 24-35 month-old
Winner Annsley Oltmann
1st Runner-up Tanya Simmons
2nd Runner-up Zoi Ella Ross
Photogenic Annsley Oltmann
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Tiny Miss 36-47 month-old
Winner India Robinson
1st Runner-up Jaden Young
2nd Runner-up Kynnlee Graves
Photogenic Jaden Young

Pixy Princess Pageant winners for 2010 are:

Jessaca Mioko Shepherd, winner
Isabel Densmore, 1st runner up
Kelli Jo Stain, 2nd runner up
Karson Kilcrease, photogenic

Pixy Miss Pageant winners are:

Dailyn Johnston, winner
Hailey Cheyenne Maxey, 1st runner up and photogenic
Lauren Van Dee, 2nd runner up

Winners in the Drew County Petite Miss Pageant were:
Taylor Elizabeth Parker, winner and photogenic
Brooke DeLayne Rekow, 1st runner up
Ashley Brooke Berryman, 2nd runner up

In the Junior Miss Drew County Pageant:
Anna Marie Norris, winner
Laurel Ashley Beal, 1st runner up
Jessica Danielle Savage, 2nd runner up
Maisi Alizabeth Boney, phogogenic

Drew County Fair 2010 Talent Show Winners from Tues. Sept. 14th are:

Vocal Solo
Alex Borchardt–winner
Tyler Harper–alternate

Variety
Jessica Wishard—winner
Aaron Jones–alternate

Dance Solo
Bliss Jaggers—winner
Charlee Carter–alternate

Dance Group
Monticello Dance Academy (6)—winner
Monticello Dance Academy (8)—alternate

Instrumental Solo
Kathleen Waddle—winner

Over-All Winner
Bliss Jaggers—winner
Alex Borchardt–alternate

As the Drew County Fair prepares for this year’s festivities, Commercial Fair Booths will again be available to present local business, church, and community organizations products and services to the public.

Contact Jodie at Simmons Bank, 367-5334, for more information.

At Tuesday night’s Drew County Fair Board meeting, the board heard the results of their recent applications to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Board president John Wayne Ross presented documentation to the group showing that FEMA had accepted the total amount of loss/damage as being approximately $556,712.

FEMA is expected to fund repairs to the fairgrounds area and buildings at a rate of 75%, for a total of around $417,534.  This amount includes future funds that will be paid after or durning building construction, as well as money already received to remove the destroyed buildings and debris from the area. The total amount will cover the costs to repair/replace fencing, rebuild the electrical power supply grid, repair the roads, replace damaged miscellaneous items (tables, chair, desks, cattle panels, etc.), re-construct the damaged roof and supports on the EHC exhibit building, and rebuild the structure that housed the old auditorium and cattle exhibit barn. (more…)

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The winners of the Ms. Drew County Pageant, held Saturday night are…..

Winner Meggan LaMarche
1st Runner-up Lou Lambert
2nd Runner-up Amanda Nall
Interview Lou Lambert
Photogenic Meggan LaMarche
Congeniality Amanda Nall

The winners in the Drew County Fair Parade are……..

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Petite Miss, ages 12 & 13
Charlee Carter-winner
Kellie Moore-1st runner up
Laurel Beal-2nd runner up & Photogenic

Junior Miss, ages 14-15
Carol Anne Scogins-winner & photogenic
Dallas Tacker-1st runner up

Winners at the Drew County Fair Talent Show Tuesday night were…… (more…)