2021 Fair

Page 84 2021 Logan County Fair Lincoln Daily News July/August 2021 the University of Illinois. Ruthie Ruhl of Mount Pulaski, daughter of Scott and Gena Ruhl. She will be attending the University of Central Florida. Kyleigh Heinzel of Lincoln, daughter of Tonya McCann. She attends Lincoln Community High School. Lynzie Luster of Lincoln, daughter of Richard and Shelley Luster. She attends Lincoln Community High School. Brooklyn Summers of Lincoln, daughter of Joey Summers and Misty Shreve. She plans to attend the University of Missouri or Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville in 2022. To display their communication skills, which is 40 percent of the score, queen contestants spoke on a topic of their choice. The women shared a range of topics including the importance of 4-H, perseverance, overcoming dyslexia, and being inspired to work in the medical field. One spoke about her diabetes making her stronger. Another said farming has shown her the importance of agriculture and how hard farmers work. Others spoke of having confidence, bravery and trust to overcome anything, and the country showing strength in the hard times last year. Two spoke of living to follow dreams and accomplish more than you think possible plus learning you can do anything you put your mind to because there are no limits. For the pop question, contestants were asked a rather lengthy question. To lead into the question, Kurtz said 2020 was a year like no other. There wasn’t even a Logan County Fair. The question was: Despite the challenges and disruptions we all faced, what is one lesson you will likely share with future generations? Several contestants said they learned it is important to spend time with and hold on to family and loved ones, stay close to those important to you and never forget to say, “I love you.” Other lessons were appreciating every day of their lives, living life to the fullest, and expecting the unexpected. The rest of contestant scoring was based on an interview done earlier in the day plus an evening gown competition to show their stage Continued p