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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.

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.

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 in the Drew County Fair Parade are……..

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Drew Central’s Devin Horn, winner of the Drew County Fair’s Talent Show in the Variety Category, won the Arkansas State Fair’s District Competition earlier this week, and returned with the other district winners for Saturday night’s competition, where he was selected as the best in the statewide variety category.

Devin, shown here with his State Fair Trophy and prize money envelope, performed Billy Currington’s “I got a feeling”.

Congratulation, Devin!

Miss Drew County, Drew Higginbotham, is competing for Arkansas State Fair Queen tonight at the Little Rock Fairgrounds.

Drew competed Thursday evening at regionals and won a spot to compete for the finals held tonight.

Good luck Drew and represent Drew County well.

Ms. Drew County–Carol Moore

1st runner up & Congeniality Winner–Clarissa Pace

2nd runner up–Amanda Nall

3rd runner up & Photogenic–Jessica Russell

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Youth Division winner-Simmons Bank Pee Wee Football (more…)

And the winners are:(See list below)

Overall WInner-Devin Horn will represent Drew County in State Competition for his vocal and guitar performance in the variety category 

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The winner of the title of Miss Drew County 2008 is Drew Higginbotham.

Drew is the daughter of Scott and Karen Higginbotham.

Drew was also selected as most photogenic.

 

 

 

Taylor Eubanks was chosen as  the 1st Runner Up and swimsuit winner.  Kayla Johnson was chosen as the 2nd Runner Up .

The title of Miss Congeniality was a tie between Ashley Aiken and Shaytrese Byers.

Photographs are courtesy of Carolyn at A Noble Photo.