2021-22 Clark County Fairest of the Fair Candidates

Thursday, July 29th, 2021 -- 1:00 PM

The Clark County Fairest of the Fair competition is taking place on August 11th at 7pm in the Dairy Show Arena at the Clark County Fairgrounds.

Five candidates are vying for the position of Clark County Fairest of the Fair. Jaiden Teschner of Loyal will be a Sophomore at Ripon College this fall for physical education and health and coaching.  She is being sponsored by Schecky’s Snack Shack, LLC.  She decided to run because…

"I've always watched it growing up and I just wanted to be a part of it someday.  After COVID year, I figured why not do it? I didn't do much and now I have this opportunity, so I might as well take the chance and go for it."

Maggie McDonald of Neillsville plans on taking some online classes at CVTC next fall.  She hopes to be a Family Assisted Therapist.  She’s being sponsored by Widgey’s Outdoors, LLC.  She decided to run because…

"I originally decided to run because my best friend told me about it.  And she really like the thought of doing it.  We're not used to this kind of stuff.  We don't really step outside of our comfort zones.  But we both decided it was time to step out of our comfort zones, learn new things, new opportunities, meet new people, which will be a lot of fun for us."

Jayda Harrus of Neillsville will be a Freshman at Stevens Point.  She’s currently thinking of going for psychology.  She’s being sponsored by Sniteman Pharmacy.  She decided to run because…

"I had a lot of people that were telling me too.  And I looked into it and I thought this would be a really good opportunity and a really good way to represent, so I thought, 'yeah, lets do it!'"

Kaitlin Thoma will be going to Mid-State Technical College this Fall for Farm Operation.  She’s being sponsored by the Speakeasy Saloon.  She decided to run because…

"Miss Neillsville told me I should really do it.  And I really thought about it and decided I could do it, so I just decided to run."

Finally, Marie Jorgensen will be a Junior in High School this fall.  When she does graduate from high school, she is working toward becoming a forensic pathologist.  She is being sponsored by Ratsch Engineering Company, LTD.  She decided to run because…

"I wanted to be a good role model for younger kids in this community.  And I wanted to give back to this community because it has given me so much."

The recipient of the 2021 Fairest of the Fair title will replace outgoing Fairest of the Fair Janalee Kapusta.  Again, the competition is being held on August 11th at 7pm at the Clark County Fairgrounds.  The public is welcome to attend.

Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.