Card, Dean Named Monona County Fair Royalty
Grell, Bruning Named Miss Congeniality
The Monona County Fair was held last week, and a number of kids in our area received crowns during the coronation part of the fair.
In the elementary portion of the coronation, Genevieve Card (daughter of Amy and Tim Card of Onawa and granddaughter of Sharyl and Dave Bruning of Mapleton, Alice Card of Sioux City, and the late Jim Card) was crowned Little Princess.
"I was surprised and happy when they called my name to be Little Princess," said Genevieve. "I just smiled and smiled."
Genevieve's favorite part of the fair involved furry little animals that hop around.
"My favorite part of the fair was passing out ribbons at the rabbit show and petting the bunnies."
Another tyke with ties to our part of the world also received a crown. Adalynn Dean (daughter of Jayce and Braden Dean of Mapleton and granddaughter of Jane and Jay Ingram of Danbury, Kathy and Kirk Lacy of Mapleton, and Jason Dean of Smithland) was the first runner up.
"I was really surprised and excited," Addy said concerning being called as first runner up.
Like Genevieve, Addy's favorite part of the fair involved furry animals, but they weren't rabbits.
"The dog show," she commented. "I liked all the cute dogs and getting to hand out the trophies."
Addy also liked "the jumpy pillow," a large inflated pillow on which multiple people could jump.
"It was the best week of my life," exclaimed Camryn Bruning.
Young Camryn Bruning (daughter of Melissa and Jeff Bruning of Mapleton and granddaughter of Sharyl and Dave Bruning of Mapleton) rounded out the Little Princess portion of the program as Little Miss Congeniality.
Camryn immensely enjoyed the foam party during the fair, but her favorite part in relation to being named Miss Congeniality was getting to be on the royal court with her cousin (Genevieve Card) and riding in the parade.
The high school portion gave the Miss Congeniality sash to Emily Grell (daughter of Anna and Jamey Grell of Danbury, granddaughter of the late Yvonne and Fred Grell and the late Bernice and Wilmer Knutson).
"It was almost more special to get that than anything else because the girls voted me for that, so i was really happy and just grateful," stated Grell.
Along with her usual fair rituals such getting her projects judged, modeling her clothing projects, and participating in presentations, Emily spent extra time at the fair this year helping hand out trophies and ribbons at different livestock shows and being an ambassador to the fair.
"My favorite part was getting to be a part of all the different parts of the fair, meeting all the people, and hanging out with all the kids," she added.
Congratulations to all of the ladies.
We will print all fair results after we receive Woodbury County Fair results in mid August.
Photo by Mackenna Chapman. Thank you!