Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
The Fair Opens With Variety Of Activities ... And It's Just Getting Going
The camera briefly interrupts the Hawthorne kids as they wait in the Kimball High School auditorium for their turns to talk to the 4-H judge during the Kimball-Banner County Fair. Each was engrossed in a book, preparing to talk with the judge. They are Andrew, Katie, and Timothy. Below: Kimball PRCA Rodeo Princess Giorgetta Varra participates in the fashion revue, wearing the rodeo princess dress that she redesigned. See more photos from the fair on Page B8.
The Kimball-Banner Fair has started with a variety of activities completed. Competitions that are in the record books include archery, clothing, fashion revue, static and the dog show.
Archery competition was completed on Wednesday, with a group of high quality shooters.
In the Unsighted division, Ember White took Junior Grand Champion and Braun Hottell was Reserve. Audrey Ferguson received a purple, and Kolh Hottell a blue.
For the Intermediates, Luke Olsen, Joel Berger, and Alaina Sperslage all received purple ribbons.
Senior Grand Champion in the unsighted was Isaac Olsen, reserve went to Luke Olsen and Jacob Sperslage received a purple ribbon.
In the Sighted Archery category, Junior Grand Champion was Gabe Olsen, reserve went to Ember White and Silas Ferguson took home a purple ribbon.
Intermediate competition resulted in four purple ribbons, including those going to Giacomo Varra, Austin West, Jace Reich, and Jalanna Krakow.
Senior Grand Champion sighted was Kohl Krakow, reserve was Isaac Olsen, and Tyler White received a purple ribbon. Ribbons were based on target scoring.
On Thursday, 4-Hers presented their clothing projects to the judges and modeled their projects in a fashion show. Table setting completed the day.
During the fashion show, Giorgetta Varra, Kimball PRCA Rodeo Princess for 2024, modeled her outfit worn for her PRCA interview and the Queen's showing at Cheyenne Frontier Days
Princess Giorgetta purchased a dress, but it had to be re-worked to fit the codes for the queen regulations. She redid the neckline, then added flair sleeves. Doing her own leather work, Giorgetta added leather belts on the bottom with all the rodeo events designed into it and the waist belt has a flower design.
On Monday, area youth entered their Static projects, including food and photography. McKenzie Castagna, 11, brought her photography project – her photograph was her cousin playing basketball. McKenzie said he loves playing basketball and is really good. The judge told McKenzie that she had a good eye for photography.
Brownies were her other entry. According to the rules, one recipe had to be a mix and the other from scratch or homemade. McKenzie said she liked the homemade ones better, but thought they were more expensive to make.
The local Kimbots entered their handicap bowling ball returner in the Consumer Science category as a Miscellaneous 4-H Exhibit.
Aware of the difficulty that handicap kids encounter in sports, the Kimbots designed a prototype ball returner. A trap door can be opened with a switch and the ball will enter into the U Tube and travel down to the stand for the handicap/wheelchair bowler. Every thing is motorized and operates on wheels and motorized pulleys.
While all the kids in Kimbots helped design the apparatus, Laurel Norberg and her dad made the prototype. A great invention for a compassionate group of Kimballites.
Dog show numbers have increased this year – not only featuring herding dogs, but a Great Dane and a Goldendoodle.
The fair continues throughout the week with livestock showing on Thursday and Friday and the livestock sale on Saturday.
