Brooklyn Gould, Queen of the Clay County Agricultural Fair Pageant. Photo by Brooklyn Gould.

The Clay County Ag Fair Queen for 2018 is Miss Brooklyn Gould.

Brooklyn Gould is the daughter of Brian and Christie Gould of Clay, and granddaughter of Clinton and Beverly Nichols of Procious, Chuck and Joyce Drake of Grannies Creek, and Doye Gould of Clay. She is a senior at WVU, majoring in Special Education, and is a member of the Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society. She’s been involved in the Agriculture Youth Fair since she was eight years old. This will be her last year participating in the fair.

Brooklyn says “Farming is a family tradition that all of my family has enjoyed.” She enjoys working with her animals, planting and harvesting the family garden, and putting up hay. Brooklyn states, “It’s always an honor to represent the fair and I would like to invite everyone to come out and support our local youth, without our supporters this fair would not be possible.”

The Clay Ag Fair will be held this coming weekend at Maysel Park on July 27 and 28, 2018. The opening ceremony will be at 6:30 p.m. The Market Swine Showings will be on Friday evening. Other animal showings, which include rabbit, goat, chicken, and calf will be held on Saturday afternoon, starting around 1 p.m., and the livestock auction will be held Saturday evening at 7 p.m.

Other pageant winners are as follows:

Under one queen: Brynlynn Taylor

13-24 months queen: Jaylee Huffman

5-7 yrs queen: Libby Dawson

8-12 yrs queen: Jazmine Foster

Teen queen: Gracie Woods

And of course our queen: Brooklyn Gould

Jaylee Huffman was crowned queen of the 13-24 months age category. She is the daughter of Shawn and Jessica Huffman, and sister to Brandon and Skylar Swindler of Cross Lanes.

Brynlynn Madeline Rose Taylor was the winner of the Clay County Agricultural Fair Pageant in the under one category. She is four months old and the daughter of MiKayla Ramsey and Donald Taylor of Bomont. She is the granddaughter of Vicki Ramsey of Lizemore, and Lynna and Scoot Taylor of Bomont. She is the great-granddaughter of Rose Cottrell of Lizemore. This was her first year in the pageant and she will continue to be in the following years. Photo by MiKayla Ramsey.

Gracie Woods was crowned Teen Queen at the pageant. She is the 13-year-old daughter of Randall and Felicia Woods of Lizemores.

The Ag fair pageant is open to participants from newborn to 12 years old, and is open state wide for participants. For teen (13-15) and queen (16-21) the contest is only open to young ladies who live, attend school, or work in Clay County.

Make sure and attend the Clay Ag Fair this year and show your support for local, young men and women who have a passion for farming and livestock!

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