Rabbit judging at the Orr Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

State Fair livestock judging underway

The 2012 Jr. Livestock Show at the Illinois State Fair began today with rabbit judging.

John Hawkins

Published: Aug 8, 2012

Twelve-year old Chelsea Wycoff of Piper City was awarded the Champion Rabbit Meat Pen. The White Californians will be auctioned off next Tuesday at the Governor's Sale of Champions.

The Reserve Champion Rabbit Meat Pen was shown by 10-year old Saylor Welsch of El Paso.

On Thursday, the Champion Poultry Pen and Meat Goat wether will be selected for next week's Sale of Champions.

During next week's sale, Illinois Farm Bureau President Philip Nelson will present each of the junior show champions and reserve champions with a framed photo of their accomplishment.

The Illinois State Fair in Springfield officially gets underway Friday morning with the traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Main Gate.

Two award-winning teachers have been selected as grand marshals of this year’s Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade.

Josh Stumpenhorst, a sixth-grade language arts and social science teacher at Naperville’s Lincoln Junior High School, and Annice Brave, a high school English and journalism instructor in Alton, will lead the parade when it steps off this Thursday evening at six o’clock. Both are immediate past recipients of the Illinois State Board of Education’s prestigious Teacher of the Year award.

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