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THE EARLY

BIRD NEWSPAPER

THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER PAPER O OF THE GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR!

Weekend edition

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Sunday, July 28, 2019 • $1

Cousins will serve as king and queen when each candidate stood before the judges to answer a series of questions. On Tuesday, the night of the GREENVILLE – With pageant, the contestants a little less than a month stood before a packed house until the start of the Great at the Lighthouse Christian Darke County Fair, the excitement is building. For Center’s All Season Place to answer questions. The top two junior fair exhibitors, seven girls and top three the excitement was at a fever pitch when they heard boys were selected for the finals and the opportunity their names called as the to answer one more ques2019 Darke County Junior Fair King and Queen. Jacob tion to determine the king and queen and their court. Wuebker, 17, of Versailles, Tory, who competed for and Victoria “Tory” Wuebker, 16, of Versailles, earned the first time in the contest this year, said, “I’m the top monikers. shocked. I was not expectThe Wuebker cousins ing to get queen this year. topped 19 other girls and two other boys to win their I wasn’t expecting to get anything this year. Then, crowns. when my name was called The 23 contestants for queen, I was like, this endured two days of questions. The initial interviews is amazing.” She isn’t the first in her family to serve were held on Monday

as royalty at the fair. Her brother, Kyle Wuebker, served as the 2018 Fair King. Unfortunately, Kyle couldn’t be at this year’s festivities as he is at Boot Camp for the U.S. Marines Corp. Tory also had a sister that served on the queen’s court. Her father was the 1991 king. Jacob served on the king’s court last year as the first runner-up and believes he has an idea of what to expect, but this year he said he is going to “enjoy it a little more.” He continued, “Being king comes with a few more perks than being first runner-up. It is just going to be a blast.” He is also excited about serving with his cousin. “We live right beside each other, so, it will be nice and easy to

Sutton’s Foods closes Union City store rumors swirling around about our decision to close. The decision to close the store was based solely on performance of the store. The store was closed for three months UNION CITY – Kirby and before Sutton’s could get the store Lori Sutton and Josh and Shala back open in 2017. Sometimes Urlage had hoped for more when new customer habits are formed, they expanded to the Union City and are hard to break. Sutton’s community with their Sutton’s Foods grocery store in September was never able to win all the cus2017. Two years into the venture, tomers back that are needed to support a small business.” Urlage the ownership put up a notice continued, “Small businesses on social media Monday evening declaring their intentions to close around the world are struggling with large multi-billion dollar the store at the close of business organizations growing at staggeron Friday, July 26, 7 p.m. ing rates. These corporations can Sutton’s received praise from offer things that the ‘small stores’ community members and village officials for filling a void left when can’t.” He stressed, “There are so many more things a ‘small store’ Marsh Supermarket closed their store. There also was a lot of opti- can offer that sometimes get overmism with having a family-owned shadowed. Small businesses are the back bone of our country.” business back in the community. Urlage expressed the Sutton’s The notice posted to Facebook family sentiments regarding their on Monday stated: “To all our loyal Sutton’s Union employees, “We are beyond sad for all our employees in Union City Customers, City as they are part of our famUnfortunately, due to matters beyond our control we have made ily. This decision was made after the decision to CLOSE our Union three-months of solid work with numerous organizations, and City location on Friday, July 26, experts in the grocery industry.” 2019 at 7 p.m. We would like to “The Sutton’s family did everythank all our loyal customers from the past 2 years. Please accept our thing in our power to make the store in Union City sustainable,” sincere apologies for not being able to sustain our business in this said Urlage. The Arcanum location recently great community. May God conadjusted its hours to 7 a.m. to 9 tinue to provide blessings for all p.m., Monday through Saturday, in Union City!” Sutton’s employed 40 people at and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday. the store when it opened. Contact Editor Ryan Berry at rberry@ Josh Urlage, president, aimmediamidwest.com or (937) 569-0066. explained the reason for the Read more news, features and sports at closing. “The Sutton’s family DarkeCountyMedia.com. understands that there are a lot of

be able to talk to her.” His father was king in 1988. Tory is the daughter of Alan and Sarah Wuebker and represented the Darke County Junior Fair Board in the contest. Jacob is the son of Jeff and Dena Wuebker and represented Versailles FFA. Their court includes first runners-up Jessica Langenkamp, 17, of St. Henry, sponsored by Grade A Kids 4-H Club, and Ian Gehret, 17, of Yorkshire, sponsored by the Darke County Junior Fair Board; second runnersup Deanna Hesson, 17, of Versailles, sponsored by Patterson Patchers 4-H Club, and Nicholas Colby, 17, of Greenville, sponsored by Blue Angels 4-H Club; and third runner-up Emma Peters, 17, of Versailles,

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Victoria Wuebker and Jacob Wuebker (seated) will serve as the 2019 Junior Fair Queen and King. Their court includes (from left to right) Emma Peters, Deanna Hesson, Jessica Langenkamp, Ian Gehret and Nicholas Colby.

sponsored by Darke County Sheep and Lamb 4-H Club. Additional contestants included Allison Armstrong, Hannah Berry, Mackenzie Bohman, Courtney Bucklew, Matilda Earwood, Zoe Harter, Keara Knepshield, Reganne O’Connor,

Autumn Petitjean, Laney Petitjean, Alisha Rismiller, Renea Schmitmeyer, Emily Schmitz, Mariah Troutwine, Emily Scholl, and Lindsey Westgerdes. Contact Editor Ryan Berry at rberry@ aimmediamidwest.com or (937) 5690066. Read more news, features and sports at DarkeCountyMedia.com.

Werner out-shoots six others GREENVILLE — Madison Werner came out the winner Thursday night at the finals of the Miss Annie Oakley Shooting Competition to earn the title for this year at the Darke County Fairgrounds. The daughter of Marla Blume, whose significant other is Jerry Marker, Madison was at the 90-foot mark when she first missed her first chance and then hit the target on her second shot, making her the winner of the coveted title. Also during that round, Lauren Wright aimed for the balloon target and missed both shots, so she earned first runner-up position. The contestants get two chances to hit the balloon target to keep them in competition, and, if they are successful, they move back in five-foot increments, starting at 25 feet away from target. Third runner-up went to Cierra Miller, who won the costume judging on Tuesday night during the preliminaries. She missed her target from 90 feet away. Werner admitted to not having practiced much for the competition. “I practiced a little,” she said. “I got a BB gun for Christmas and wanted to do this contest. I am very proud of myself.” The 15-year-old Werner will be a sophomore at Greenville High School. She is a member of Greenville Rangers 4-H Club

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The top three shooters in the Miss Annie Oakley Shooting Competition this year are, from left to right, the new Miss Annie, Madison Werner; Lauren Wright and Cierra Miller.

(showing horses at the county fair), Greenville FFA, Greenville Bowling Team and Greenville Wavaires. “I also do public speaking,” she said. “I won the recent Rotary Speaking Contest locally and went to regionals, but didn’t place.” Sponsored by the Coletown Signs and Dennis and Stacy Boyd, she is the granddaughter of Gloria Blume, and a “granddaughter” to Richard Marker. Wright, 14, sponsored by the Wright family and the daughter of Clint and Charlene Wright, said she was feeling “pretty good” after the competition, but added, “I was a little disappointed.” “It’s God’s plan,” remarked Miller when asked how she felt

about placing third. Sponsored by Yeshua’s Olde Mill, 18-year-old Miller is the daughter of Michelle Elliott and Mark Johnson. The other finalist, Isabella Gulley, was eliminated from the contest at the 95-foot marker. The youngest of the four finalists at the age of 12, she was sponsored by Fun Bunch 4-H Club and is the daughter of Christina and Michael Gulley of Greenville. The top three girls received sashes, trophies and necklaces, plus monetary prizes. Contact Staff Writer Linda Moody at lmoody@aimmediamidwest.com or at (937)569-4315 ext. 1749. Read more news, features and sports at DarkeCountyMedia. com.


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