In the Poss-Abilities Show, Noah Mattox (left) helps Gavin Paxton (right) work with and show a sheep to the crowd.
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HANCOCK COUNTY — The fairgrounds received a lot of foot traffic last week from visitors and livestock at the Hancock County 4-H Fair.
The fair wrapped up last week and had one of its bigger events, the Supreme Showmanship on Thursday night, which showcased and awarded Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion to the best of the best through the week, which included beef cattle, dairy cattle, Boer goats, swine and sheep. Claire Bishop won Grand Champion and Amelia Stone Reserve Grand Champion.
They also had the 4-H Llama and Alpaca Showmanship, held in the arena at 9 a.m. the next morning, where Ava Gentry won Grand Champion and Lane Bassett won Reserve Grand Champion.
“I just enjoyed the kids having fun,” Jesse Melton, superintendent of the Hancock County 4-H Llama and Alpaca Club said. “My kids seemed to have a lot of fun. A lot more we noticed this year than in the past… All of them commented they had a good time this year.”
A couple new additions to the fair this year were pig races, where the “All-Star Barnyard Revenue” had four pigs race to the finish line where the winner received a treat — an oreo cookie, and the Poss-Abilities Show, which featured kids of all abilities working with sheep, goats and rabbits.
“That was pretty indescribable for me. To be able to watch that and see those kids to be able to show livestock,” Nicole Mann, 4-H Ag Association Board Member said. “It was very heart warming and the community support… the llama barn was full. The community support was just unparalleled to me.”
