Miss Katie crowned Queen!!!!!

What an exciting way to open the 2008 Elkhart County 4-H Fair! Mrs. Katie Sautter, our Sr. Fair Queen representative was crowned the 2008 Sr. Fair Queen!

Many of you will remember meeting her and her granddaughter Mekayla Diehl (the 2007 Fair Queen) at our Mother Daughter Banquet this year.

It was a tough competition with 11 very qualified ladies, but the judges made the right choice! Katie is going to be a wonderful ambassador for the Fair and has already represented the club very well!

Congratulations Miss Katie! We are all so excited and proud of you!!! We look forward to hearing about your week as queen.

Fair Queen's Gala

Tonight was the Fair Queen's Gala at the Fairgrounds. Our club's representatives Bethany Ryder and Katie Sautter introduced themselves and then walked the runway along with the other contestants. In attendance were friends, family, and fairboard members.

Flower Girls

This morning the Room 4-U "Fair Flower Pot Committee" met at Sautters Floral and Landscaping to create the club's entry for the Fair Flower Pot Contest. Our Sr. Fair Queen Representative, Katie Sautter, met us there and helped us with the entire process.

She gave great tips on which flowers would do the best in full sunlight, choosing complimentary colors and the flowers which would mature the most quickly. It was a lot of fun and everyone helped plant the final pot.

Finished!

2008 Elkhart County 4-H Fair Project Check In and Judging Dates

• July 1, 3-5pm (A-L) & 6-8pm (M-Z) - Badge Night at Mrs. Schaubert's House
• July 1, 8am-4pm - Clowning, Consumer Clothing & Genealogy Notebooks due
• July 8, 8:30am-Noon, 1-3pm - Sewing, Foods, Consumer Clothing, & Microwave Judging
• July 8, 8:30-Noon - Genealogy
• July 8, 1-3pm - Clowning
• July 8, Jr. Achievement Notebooks due
• July 11, 9am - Fashion Revue Judging at Northwood High School
• July 12, 7pm - Fashion Revue at Northwood High School
• July 14, 11am-7pm - 4-H Project Check In and Exploring 4-H Check In (all projects except Cake Decorating, Floriculture, Garden and Potatoes)
• July 16, 8:30am-Noon, 12:30-2:20pm - Cake Decorating
• July 17, 9-11am - Floriculture, Garden and Potatoes judging
• July 18-26 - Elkhart County 4-H Fair
• July 28, 11am-6pm - 4-H Project Pick Up

Annual Ice Cream Social

This evening's 4-H meeting featured mock judging and our annual ice cream social. As you can see from these pictures, a great time was had by all!

Katie Sautter to represent Room 4-U 4-H in the 2008 Sr. Fair Queen Contest

Tonight club members had the opportunity to meet Katie Sautter, our 2008 representative for the Elkhart County Sr. Fair Queen Contest. Miss Katie's granddaughter, Mekayla Diehl was the 2007 Elkhart County 4-H Fair Queen.

Miss Katie shared with the club that she is a former 4-H leader and 4-H parent and is excited to be in the contest. After the meeting, Miss Katie spent time getting to know the girls and a little bit more about the club.

Be sure to come cheer Miss Katie on as she competes in the Sr. Fair Queen contest at the Fair Grandstand on Friday, July 18th at 9am!