2021 Fair

2021 Logan County Fair Lincoln Daily News July/August 2021 Page 87 often, Queen Faith said she had an amazing year. She has learned to carry herself like a queen. Queen Faith thanked God, then people like the fair board who chose to still host the 2020 pageant; plus the many sponsors like Cheri of Simply Elegant, who provided her gown. Queen Faith said she was also thankful to her family for encouragement and all they did for her. She appreciated the various pageant directors for their help and advice. She then thanked Junior Miss Grace for being a ray of sunshine and Little Miss Aubrey for being beautiful, smart and spunky. As Queen Faith ended her farewell speech, she thanked all the friends who supported her. Finally, the judge’s decisions were announced. Caroline Ahrends was crowned Miss Logan County Fair 2021, Jaelyn Anderson was crowned Junior Miss Logan County, and Sofia Farmer was chosen as the new Little Miss Logan County. Other awards for the queen contest were presented to First Runner-up Jayden Lawrence and Second Runner-Up Rachel Brackney. The Dean Bruns Memorial Miss Congeniality Award was given to Rachel Brackney. Crowd’s Choice and the individual who connected with the most businesses was Kyleigh Heinzel. Other awards for the Junior Miss contest were First Runner-up, Alayna Briggs; Second Runner-up, Myah Bowman; Crowd’s Choice, Jaelyn Anderson; and most raffles tickets sold, Alayna Briggs. Other awards for the Little Miss contest were First Runner-up, Emmary Grenlund; Second Runner-up Lillian Rademaker; Crowd’s Choice, Ayleigh Urish; and most raffle tickets sold and most photogenic, Lillian Rademaker. This fall, Queen Caroline will be a freshman at the University of Illinois majoring in elementary education with a minor in Spanish. She hopes to teach in a bilingual elementary classroom. Ahrends’ hobbies include spending time with her friends, running, playing soccer and arranging plants. She also enjoys listening to audiobooks and plays both the flute and sousaphone in ensembles. Her international travel has included Haiti, Japan, and Costa Rica. Queen Caroline joined by Junior Miss Jaelyn and Little Miss Sofia will reign over the remainder of the Logan County Fair attending numerous events and presentations handing out ribbons. The fair royalty will also represent Logan County at various events during the year with Queen Caroline competing in January for the title of Miss Illinois County Fair. [Angela Reiners]