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September 2018 O THE BEACON ur Communities LOGAN By Myrtle White Community Correspondent The Franklin County 4–H Fair had more than their share of royalty present. FRANKLIN COUNTY By Alice Priessman Community Correspondent [email protected] Sue Lohery and I have had the pleasure of co-chairing the Canoe Fest Princess contest for four years. Work- ing with our county’s young ladies is so rewarding. We’re proud to see all of the past and present participants in this fine group represent themselves as positive role models for their peers and younger girls. The Canoe Fest Princess booth, a fund- raiser for FC CAN, was fully stocked with some of the things little future princesses need to be pampered. In addi- tion to sparkly painted nails, face painting, and of course custom bedazzled tiaras, pho- tos showed the 2018 Frank- lin County 4-H Fair Queen Ingrid Miller, 3rd runner-up in her court Alexa Brehm, Indiana’s Festival Queen Alyson Gouveia, Canoe Fest Princess Shaden Galyen, 1st runner-up Allyson Andre, 2nd runner-up Moorea Nobbe, and Miss Congenial- ity Sophie Garrett. Snow White even made a special appearance. On the fair’s Family Fun night, the Queen court challenged the Princess court to a mud tug of war. The Princesses put up a good fight, but the Queens quickly claimed the victory. The prin- cesses didn’t seem too upset with the loss since they got to play in the mud a bit. We did exceptionally well at the pie eating contest. After facing a whole pie, I’m pretty sure that it will be a long time Page 9B [email protected] Thanks to everyone for reading The Beacon articles and the news. It is all very interesting and good reading. I’m sitting outside enjoying the lovely day. I was watching the farming across the road. Watching them work with all that big equipment is fasci- nating. Sometimes they stop to fix something or just look around and think about what needs to be done next. We live in a rural area in Logan with a lot of farming all around. I could say it’s my favorite spot. before I want to eat a piece of chocolate pie. Thanks for an- other year of special memories and new friendships. On a short gardening note, I planted mint in one of my con- tainers for th