The Great Geauga County Fair Junior Fair King & Queen Candidates 2020

Geauga Junior Fair King & Queen Coronation is Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Jr. Fair Pavilion

Brittany Adams

Brittany is the 17-year-old daughter of Mark and Tina Adams.  She is a junior at Chardon High School where she is a member of National Honor Society and the International Thespians Society.  Brittany has participated in Drama Club, Advanced Choir Groups, French Club, and Model United Nations Club at her school.  She lettered in Academics in 2019 and won the Topper Club Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in 2018 and 2019 and graduated from the 3-year Arthur Holden Leadership Institute program.  She is a member of the American Rabbit Breeders Association, National Holland Lop Club, and Ohio State Rabbit Breeders Association.  At the OSRBA mini-convention, Brittany won the bronze award for Rabbit Judging and second place for the Management Award, both in 2015.  She is a current member of Greener Fields, where she is president, and the Junior Leaders 4-H clubs, and a past member of Girl Scouts.  She is the recipient of both the Junior and the Senior Gold Award for Leadership, the Senior Gold Award for Achievement, and Outstanding 4-H Member Award.  She received her Silver Award from Girl Scouts for cleaning up the fairgrounds.  Brittany has been a member of Junior Fair Board for 5 years, assisting with several shows including the Dog Show, the Rabbit Show, and the Sheep Show.  She organized the Diaper Dash for 5 years.

Garrett Hastings

Garrett is the 17-year-old son of Brenda and Lad Hastings.  He is a senior at Berkshire High School where he is a member of National Honor Society and the varsity track team.  He has been the Berkshire Student of the Month, been awarded the East Geauga Kiwanis Outstanding Freshman Award, and has Academic Excellence Awards in math and science.  He is a member of the Ohio and National Junior Holstein Associations and volunteers at the Farm Bureau booth during the fair.  Garrett’s community service activities include making blankets for veterans, collecting food for local food pantries, being involved in Family-A-Fair, and volunteering to help with various athletic events at Berkshire Elementary.  He is an 8-year member and current president of the Geauga Dairymen 4-H Club, a 5-year member of Breeders-N-Feeders, and has served on Junior Fair Board for 4 years, where he has assisted with the Pygmy Goat and the Style shows.  Garrett has been the recipient of several Gold Medal Awards including Dairy, Poultry, and Public Speaking, been awarded Outstanding 4-H Member, and won the Ambassador of 4-H Award.  In 2019, Garrett was a Showmanship Sweepstakes participant through the Dairy Department.  Garrett also works at his family’s dairy farm where he is involved in the daily care of the cows as well as the 4-H animals housed there.

Kaysie Healy

Kaysie is the 18-year-old daughter of Tim and Stacey Healy of East Claridon.  She is a 2020 high school graduate from Buckeye Online School for Success and Auburn Career Center’s Interactive Multimedia Technology program.  Kaysie is a third-degree black belt in taekwondo with ATA, 2018 state champion weapons holder along with being an instructor at Chardon ATA.  She is active with the Lighthouse UMC youth group, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and Relay for Life events.  Kaysie is the 2019 Geauga County Maple Festival queen.  She is currently serving as president for Our Little Wonders 4-H club, a member of Geauga Beef and Swine 4H Club and as the secretary for Junior Leaders.  Kaysie is the current president of Junior Fair Board taking the helm of virtual meetings this past spring.  She has worked as superintendent of the beef and swine shows along with showing her swine project, small animals and her miscellanies projects. This year Kaysie will be showing a Scottish Highland heifer along with her other projects.  Kaysie has been in 4H since age 5 starting as a Cloverbud.  Over her time with the fair she has enjoyed many community service projects.  Kaysie has found a great service project that involves making mastectomy pillows and donating them with adult coloring books to the Breast Cancer Center at the Cleveland Clinic.

Robert Jefferson

RJ is the 17-year-old son of Al and Jeanne Jefferson.  He is a recent graduate of West Geauga High School, where he participated and lettered in Track & Field in shotput and discus, and is a member of National Honor Society.  Robert also participates in public speaking contests, helps make care packages for the Armed Forces at Christmas, and visits with residents at Maplewood of Chardon.  RJ was the 2017-2018 Maple Festival King.  He has been active in 4-H for 10 years as a member of Geauga Prime Time where he has held the offices of president, vice president and treasurer.  He is a member of Junior Fair Board and assists with the Beef, Swine, Poultry shows, and All Animal Sweepstakes and All Animal Costume class.  He also helps the night of the Livestock Sale with set-up and tear-down.  RJ has shown the Grand Champion Duck for 4 years and the Grand Champion Turkey once.  Also on his list of achievements is Outstanding 4-H member, a Gold Medal in Leadership, and a Gold Medal in Poultry.

Travis Johnson

Travis is the 17-year-old son of Ron and Melissa Johnson.  He is a senior at West Geauga high School where he is a member of the golf team where he qualified for the District competition, the baseball team where he was the Defensive Player of the Year, and the hockey club team.  He is also a member of National Honor Society, Interact Club, sits on the Principal’s Advisory Board, and is a member of Student Council.  Travis is a current member of Buckeye Bunnies and Geauga Dairymen 4-H Clubs.

Elizabeth Love

Elizabeth is the18-year-old daughter of Jim and Gail Love. She graduated this year from Chardon High School with the honor of being one of their Valedictorians.  Lizzie is a member of National Honor Society, received an Academic Varsity Letter, and spent three years on the Chardon Girls JV Soccer Team.  This past year she spent three months studying abroad in Madrid, Spain where she was immersed in the Spanish culture.  She is a volunteer at Trinity Church in Children’s Ministry, she worked and volunteered as a lifeguard at Camp Burton in the summer of 2019. And she has been a volunteer counselor at Camp Whitewood 4-H Camp as well as Cloverbud Camp at Camp Burton.  Lizzie is a current member of Geauga Caprine Kids, and has shown chickens, ducks, turkeys, and rabbits.  This year she joined Geauga’s Best 4-H club to show lambs.  She has been an active member of Junior Leaders, this year as vice president.  She works in the milkshake booth, shops for families for Christmas, and participates in other community service projects.  She is an active member of the Ohio State Beekeepers Association and, along with her family, is active in the Geauga County Farm Bureau.  She is a three-year member of Junior Fair Board, working as a superintendent for the Dairy Goat show, the Pygmy Goat show, and the Dog show.  This year she also serves as their vice president.  In 2017, Lizzie won the Showmanship Sweepstakes competition.  Elizabeth is planning on attending Florida Institute of Technology in the fall, to major in Aviation Management with Flight, in hopes of becoming a commercial airline pilot.
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Elizabeth Smith

Elizabeth is the 17-year-old daughter of Derek and Rebecca Smith.  She is a junior at Hawken High School where she is a Hawken Red Key Tour Council member and tutors at Chagrin Falls Park for community service.  She is a member of the English Setter Association of America, a member of the English Setter Club of Ohio, a member of the United States Equestrian Federation, and a member of the United States Hunter Jumper Association.  Lizzie currently rides competitively for Roberts Stables of the World Equestrian Center and raises show dogs.  She owns the number 2 Border Terrier and the number 5 English Setter in the country.  She is the owner and shows a 2-time Best in Specialty English Setter dog.  Lizzie is a current member of Buckeye Bunnies winning the Best in Show English Lop at the Fair.  She also shows Percherons as a Junior Exhibitor. She won High Point Junior Showman for youth at the Draft Horse show in 2018 and tied for that same award in 2019.  Along with riding and raising show dogs, Lizzie also created her own clothing business that she runs, advertises, and ships herself.