FEATURE: 4-H Queen

The 2010 Dubois County 4-H Fair Queen Jan Beyke delivered her outgoing speech Saturday evening during the queen contest at Jasper Middle School.



Ashten Neukam of Huntingburg, center, 18, laughed with other contestants as Southridge High School senior Samantha Boeglin, left, 17, handed her a bracelet that fell off of Neukam's wrist upon giving a celebratory high-five Saturday evening before winners were announced for the Dubois County 4-H Fair Queen Contest at Jasper Middle School. Neukam was named first runner-up.



Kaitlin Emmert of Ferdinand, a 2010 Forest Park High School graduate, right, laughed with Jordan Houchin, a 2011 Forest Park graduate, of Ferdinand, as the two look over a list of 63 questions each could potentially be asked by the judges at the end of their formal wear walk down the runway Saturday evening during the Dubois County 4-H Fair Queen Contest at Jasper Middle School.



Philicity Collignon of Jasper, 7, approached the contestants to ask questions during intermission of the Dubois County 4-H Fair Queen Contest at Jasper Middle School on Saturday. "I want to be a queen someday," she said. "It's fun, and their dresses are so pretty."



Kaitlin Emmert, a 2010 Forest Park High School graduate, smiled as 2010 Dubois County 4-H Fair Queen Jan Beyke crowned her Saturday evening during the queen contest at Jasper Middle School. Emmert just finished her first year at the University of Evansville and will return there in the fall.