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Center: Winners in the Junior Miss and Mister Kosciusko competition Monday were (L to R), front row: first runners-up, Benjamin Clark Bryan and Andrea Smith; Junior Mister Rocky Bays and Junior Miss Haley Owen; and second runner-up, Natalie Elizabeth Bryan; standing in back is 2003 Kosciusko County Fair Queen Annette Lamb.
Bottom: Winners in the Miss Teenage Kosciusko County Fair competition Monday were (L to R): Christina Wilson, second runner-up; Miss Teen Kosciusko County Fair Dana Hicks; and Stacey Hatfield, first runner-up.
Miss Teenage, Junior Miss and Mister and senior talent competition were held Monday in the Activity Tent at the Kosciusko County 4-H and Community Fair.
Miss Teenage Kosciusko is Dana Hicks, 13, daughter of Darrell and Cindy Hicks, Warsaw. First runner-up was Stacey Hatfield, 15, daughter of Bob and Chris Hatfield, Winona Lake, and second runner-up was Christina Wilson, 13, daughter of Dave and Nancy Wilson, Warsaw. The teenage competition includes ages 13 to 15.
Junior Miss and Mister Kosciusko includes ages 9-12. The 2003 Junior Miss was Haley Owen, 10, daughter of Randy and Laurie Owen, Winona Lake, and Junior Mister was Rocky Bays, 9, son of Rocky and Tara Bays, Warsaw. First runners-up were Andrea Smith, 10, daughter of Christina and Christopher Smith, Syracuse, and Benjamin Clark Bryan, 10, son of Jeff and Cheri Bryan, Winona Lake. Second runner-up in the Junior Miss competition was Natalie Elizabeth Bryan, daughter of Jeff and Cheri Bryan, Winona Lake.
In the Senior Talent competition for ages 13 to 19, first place in each category goes to the Indiana State Fair and the top three overall winners are selected. First place overall went to male vocalist Paul Crace, Claypool; second place were dancers Hillary Umbaugh and April Kuhn; and third place went to female vocalist Jody Crace, Claypool.
Winners in the individual categories of senior talent were: female vocal solo, Shanda Fredericks, Warsaw; male vocal solo, Paul Crace; vocal group, Megan Singleton and Tracy Smoker, both of Warsaw; instrumental solo, pianist Erin Kantz, Milford; dance group, Hillary Umbaugh and April Kuhn; novelty solo act, Macy Hammer, Winona Lake; and novelty group, Kassie, Amanda, Rochelle and Chassidy Bays, Warsaw.
