Logan County Fair Queen Pageant contestants announced
Competitions not be open to the public due to Covid-19

[August 03, 2020]   LINCOLN - This coming Sunday afternoon 17 lovely young ladies will vie for three separate crowns at a make-shift, make-do, Logan County Queen Pageant.

The Logan County Fair, which should have wrapped up on Sunday, was canceled due to coronavirus. However, finding new royalty to represent Logan County was still an important part of the annual fair will not go to the wayside.

Logan County Fair Queen Pageant Director Bethany Rademaker and her team of volunteers put together a plan that would permit the young ladies to compete on stage with a limited attendance audience and a great deal of caution to protect the health and safety of the girls and other participants.

The three pageant events will be spread out across the afternoon with the Little Miss competition at 1 p.m., Junior Miss at 3 p.m., and Miss Logan County Fair Queen at 6 p.m.

This year the pageants will take place on the Lincoln Stage. Doors will be open to permit airflow and hand sanitizer will also be available to guests as they arrive and depart.

Each contestant was permitted to purchase up to six tickets for family and close friends. No other guests will be permitted in the audience. Guests are to come in and take their seat, which will be designated and marked ahead of time, and are encouraged not to interact with others. There are also recommendations that there be no gathering before or after the events, and use of public restrooms is discouraged.

After each competition the pageant committee will disinfect all seats before the next round and re-mark the seating for guests.

Contestants

Little Miss Competition:

Aubrey Rogers of Beason.
Daughter of Daniel and Alexandra Rogers.

Lila Cross of Emden.
Daughter of Kent and Julie Cross.

Breighlynn Gill of Lincoln.
Daughter of Joshua Gill and Kelsey O’Connell.

Claire Mileham of Lincoln.
Daughter of Gaige and Brooke Mileham.

Morgan Andrews of Lincoln.
Daughter of John and Kate Andrews.

Jaelynn Hinch of Emden.
Daughter of Jeremy and Jamie Hinch.

Junior Miss Competition:

Jaelynn Anderson of Lincoln.
Daughter of Chris Anderson and Jamie Stephens.

Lyvia Mundy of Lincoln.
Daughter of Stephen and Michelle Henderson.

Alayna Briggs of Emden.
Daughter of H.E. and Angela Westen.

Grace Carter of Atlanta.
Daughter of Adam and Samantha Nagrocki.

Miss Logan County Fair Queen (listed by contestant number):

1 Jayden Lawrence of Beason.
Daughter of Amy and Shawn Lawrence.

2 Faith Doerr of Elkhart.
Daughter of Scott & Marsha Doerr.

3 Caroline Ahrends of Lincoln.
Daughter of Marty Orris and Les Ahrends.

4 Abby Stiefvater of Lincoln.
Daughter of Jeff and Kris Stiefvater.

5 Katie Hunsley of Lincoln.
Daughter of Diane and Mark Hunsley.

6 Grace Skelton of Middletown.
Daughter of Rusty and Stacie Skelton.

7 Shannon Cabit of Lincoln.
Daughter of Colleen and Jim Cabit.

This year the pageant crew did their own photos of the young ladies so as to avoid exposing them to any more people than were absolutely necessary. Photo albums of the girls are provided in today’s edition of Lincoln Daily News.

Good luck to all these young ladies. Regardless of who wears the crown, you are all very special!

[Nila Smith]