4-H foods judging was a highlight on Monday during the opening day of the COVID-19 altered Geary County Free Fair. 4-h members brought their projects in for judging and they will then be taken home. Social distancing measures were in place for the judging as well and face masks were required inside the facilities.
Rylie Ellis submitted Dr. Pepper brownies for judging. "You mix all the dry ingredients and it's just kind of your basic flower, sugar, cocoa powder and salt. Then you pour in a can of Dr.Ppepper and add some cinnamon and chocolate chips, and then you bake them."
Tava Gustafson has multiple projects, including her livestock which she will enter later this week. "My cattle, I have worked really hard with them. I went to junior nationals last week in Kansas City, Missouri and I did okay and I had a lot of fun. I just love them, they're my favorites to work with."
Cody Haycook entered arts and crafts along with photography. "This year I did a couple of paintings and a sketching. The sketching actually inspired the paintings."
Jada Nabus has entries in the fair including swine. " I like pigs a lot. I also have clothing buymanship and clothing construction. I think I did pretty well on those. I got two big ribbons with that."
The fair is not open to the general public this year due to COVID-19, but 4-H members can submit their projects, have them judged and then taken home. In addition to the 4-H'ers, their families can also attend the fair.