Logan County Fair 2022

2022 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS JULY / AUGUST 2022 Page 71 TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2022 PHOTOS By Nila Smith A s many people already know, the threat of avian flu for birds caused the Illinois Department of Agriculture to eliminate live poultry and water fowl at local and state fairs this year. In response to the decision, the University of Illinois 4-H program announced that youth who wished to show such birds could do so in a virtual setting. Tuesday morning, the Logan County 4-H program presented a live judging alternative that included personal appearances of the 4-H members, presenting their poults via pictures and written materials or with a computer presentation delivered to the judge on a thumb drive. For the show, Logan County resident Bill Bree was the judge, and he met with only two young exhibitors. The first exhibitor was Bhayleigh Osborn. Osborn was showing poultry for the first time at the Logan County Fair. Bree spoke with her quite a while and telling her she was a work in progress. Her bird received a blue ribbon and Bree said that if she stuck with learning about her chickens and taking advice and guidance from more seasoned showmen like Kristina Morrow, she would take home those championship plaques in the future. Continued p Exhibitors present a new kind of chicken show