Exhibitors displaying their art, flowers, canned food, fresh vegetables, photographs, and numerous items took home rosettes and ribbons from the Central Mississippi Fair last week.
Rosette winners are listed.
Art show: best of show, Linda Carter, Eli Shumaker; creativity, Roxanne Routt, Zachary Calhoun.
Photography show: best of show, E.D. Elmore, Wade Fiedler; creativity, Diane Riley, Carlos Ingram; fair favorite, Nikki Fleming.
Youth: bug shop, Miranda Burchfield, best of show; safety and health, environmental shop, fashion design, specialty needlecraft, horticulture, Miranda Burchfield; agri-business, Jessica Swinney; culinary arts, Lauren Blackstock; needle work, Sara Calhoun; Hobby Shop, Sara Calhoun; visual arts, Wade Fiedler.
Home: quilts, Betty Burchfield; needlecraft, Jeanette Alexander, Judy Wallace; designer woodwork, Jimmy Kellum; hobby craft, Jackie Pullen.
Fin, horn and feather: deer racks-typical, Mike Errington, Brodie Threet, Leigh Ann Norwood; fish-large mouth, Mike Errington, Scott Errington.
Flower show: Maryella Blanton, Ruth Elmore, Stephanie Josey.
Food preservation: Gwen Sims; vegetable show, Connie Brunt.
Other winners were: Roxanne Routt, art; Avery Routt, Lawrence Routt, Hannah Dallas, Molly Swinney, Tori Swinney, Holly Thompson,, Jamall Miller, Anna McCrory,, Evan Miles, Rhett Boutwell, Madalyn Boutwell, Abagail Boutwell, youth division.
Food preservation: Betty Errington, Sherry Dallas, Nancy Josie, William Josey, Bonnie Howell, Ruth Elmore, Sheila McCrory, Tammy Miles, Charles Poindexter.
Vegetable show: Betty Errington, Pat Newsom, Jerry Thomas, George Patton.
Home division: Ann Godfrey, Katherine Ferguson, Jo Betty Thomas, Betty Burchfield,, Bonnie Lee, Jimmy Kellum, Camron McDaniel, Diane Boyette, Joyce McGivney, Heidi Bell, Margarelann Klaver, Beverly Steen, Tammy Miles, Kate Townsend, Jonah, Guy, Mary Lou Faurot, Lisa Massey.
Photography: Miranda Burchfield, Hayes Leonard, E.D. Elmore,, Devin Josey, Nikki Fleming, Diane Riley, Sukie Philyaw, Regina Biggers, Zachary Calhoun , Linda Carter, Wade Fiedler.
Flower show: Ann Godfrey,Tammy Miles.
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Best of Show: Central Mississippi Fair winners claim their prizes
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