Washington County Weekend Post

Photos by Deb Kranitz Top: Pictured are this year's Junior Fairest of the Fair can- didates. From left are 2017's Fairest of the Fair, Anna Lampreur of Cedarburg with 2018 finalists Maria Lee of Mequon, Ava Mueller of Grafton, Amy Jentges of Port Washington and Sky Neighbours of Belgium/ Fredonia. Above: Future Fairests are pictured with 2017's Fairest of the Fair, Kim Mueller, left and Junior Fairest of the Fair, Anna Lampreur, right. From left are Mueller, Patton Shipley of Cedarburg, Abigail Erdmann of Mequon, Mackenzie Burrows of Fredonia, Alexis Lasee of Mequon, Judy Jentges of Port Washington, Lindsay Kroening of Cedarburg, Chloe Reimer of Jackson and Lampreur. Sharla Rae Boehlke of Random Lake, left, and Rachel Gierach of Mequon are 2018's Fairest of the Fair and Junior Fairest of the Fair candidates. The two are pictured with 2017's Fairest, Kim Mueller of Cedar Grove. The final com- petition and coronation will take place at 4 p.m. Aug. 5 dur- ing the Ozaukee County Fair. Ozaukee County Fair royalty Photo submitted For the first time in several years, a Wisconsin Fairest of the Fairs will visit the Ozaukee County Fair. Rebecca Starkenburg, above, will visit the fair between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. She was selected from a field of 39 contestants from county and district fairs throughout Wisconsin at the annual Wisconsin Association of Fairs Convention in January. Starkenburg 20, represents the Lodi Agricultural Fair and is a junior at South Dakota State University majoring in agriculture communications and minoring in animal science and meat science. The Wisconsin Fairest of the Fairs program was designed to select an ambassador for the Wisconsin Association of Fairs, which represents all 76 Wisconsin county, district and state fairs. Ozaukee County's Natalie Salkowski served as the state's Fairest of the Fairs in 2010. She currently serves on the Ozaukee County Agricultural Society Board of Directors. J u l y 2 0 1 7 • W a s h i n g t o n & O z a u k e e C o u n t y F a i r • C o n l e y M e d i a • O Z 3 Join us on the following Sundays in 2017 Sept. 3 Oct. 1 6am-2pm at Firemen's Park, W65 N796 Washington Avenue FREE ADMISSION - Rain/Shine 256020002

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