This year 4-H youth were also invited to make entries
in the contest. A total of seven chili entries were received
(including two youth) and eight chocolate recipe entries were
received (including two youth).
Celebrity judges included Logan County Board member, Janet Estill;
Lincoln Community High School Culinary Arts teacher, Brenda Silano;
Assistant Superintendent of Logan County Fair Culinary Arts
Department, Jena Read; and Nancy Schaub. Logan County Fair Queen,
Molly Schempp, tallied the scores and awarded prizes to winners.
Top winners (L to R:) Molli Rose Williams, Daniel
Crider, Logan County Fair Queen Molly Schempp, Pam Tibbs, and Carol
Tibbs
The top entries selected by the judges were Pam Tibbs’
chili entry and Pam Tibbs’ chocolate entry with “runner up” chili
awarded to Carol Tibbs. Top youth entries selected included Daniel
Crider with top chili and top chocolate with “runner up” chocolate
awarded to Mollie Rose Williams.
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Crowd favorite winners (L to R): Ethan Bertram, Logan County
Fair Queen Molly Schempp, Val Leinenbach
Those in attendance were also able to vote for their “crowd
favorite” and the winners of crowd favorite were Ethan Bertram’s chili recipe
and Val Leinenbach’s chocolate recipe.
To find out more about the Logan County 4-H Alumni group, future Alumni events,
or to join the planning committee, please contact the Logan County 4-H Office at
732-8289.
About 4-H: Illinois 4-H empowers and prepares Illinois youth for success.
University of Illinois Extension provides 4-H programs in every county in
Illinois, affecting the lives of 200,000 youth each year through sustained
learning clubs, groups and short-term programming.
[Patty Huffer
Extension Program Coordinator/4-H Youth Development] |