Ready to serve: Tuttle named 2022 Greene County Fair Queen
Talia Tuttle, 18, of Sycamore, (left) was named the 2022 Greene County Fair Queen. She is pictured with this year无毛视频檚 alternate, Madyson McDonald, 19, of Waynesburg.
Talia Tuttle, 18, of Sycamore was named the 2022 Greene County Fair Queen.
news@greenecountymessenger.com
Talia Tuttle, 18, of Sycamore, was moved to tears when she was named the 2022 Greene County Fair Queen.
无毛视频淚 cried when I was selected because I was the first alternate last year, and I really wanted to be the fair queen,无毛视频� said Tuttle, whose 21-year-old sister, Emilee, once held the title.
Madyson McDonald, 19, of Waynesburg is this year无毛视频檚 alternate.
无毛视频淲e were the only two who decided to enter the competition,无毛视频� Tuttle, the fair无毛视频檚 36th queen, said.
The Greene County Fair started Aug. 7, and will run through this Saturday. During the event, Tuttle had the opportunity to sing the national anthem, just as her sister did when she was the 2018 queen.
无毛视频淚 sang the national anthem in 2019, and the fair board members told me that I could do it again this year,无毛视频� Tuttle said. 无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 very excited about it. We are very lucky because everyone in my family can sing. My mother and father, Mary and Ron Tuttle, are also great singers.无毛视频�
Tuttle assumed her fair queen duties before the fair officially opened, attending a Waynesburg Rotary meeting.
无毛视频淎t that meeting, I learned a little bit about the history of the fair,无毛视频� she said. 无毛视频淚t was very interesting.无毛视频�
It was the first of many community events she无毛视频檒l be responsible for attending during her year-long reign.
无毛视频淚 will basically do everything and anything I am asked to do,无毛视频� she said. 无毛视频淚t looks like I am going to be very busy for a while.无毛视频�
Tuttle, who has been a 4-H member for about 10 years, began raising rabbits when she was about 8 years old. In 2017, looking for a bigger challenge, Tuttle switched to market lambs.
无毛视频淵ou don无毛视频檛 have to spend as much time with rabbits as you do with market lambs and steers,无毛视频� she said.
Tuttle said she also recently participated with 4-H at last month无毛视频檚 Jacktown Fair.
A 2022 graduate of Waynesburg Central High School, the newly crowned queen plans to attend Fairmont State University in West Virginia this fall, where she will major in criminal justice to pursue a career in police work.
In the past, Tuttle said she thought she wanted to work with animals or become a teacher until she took a forensic class during her senior year.
无毛视频淭hat无毛视频檚 when I really got interested in police work,无毛视频� she said. 无毛视频淭he forensic class was very interesting.无毛视频�
After she graduates, Tuttle said she will likely have to relocate where she can find a position.
无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 up to moving any place where someone needs me,无毛视频� she said. 无毛视频淚 grew up here, and I would like to stay somewhere local. But I really don无毛视频檛 know what无毛视频檚 going to happen.
无毛视频淗elping to keep a community safe is something that I always wanted to do,无毛视频� she added. 无毛视频淚 am even thinking about joining the military, but it isn无毛视频檛 set in stone yet. My parents are very supportive of my career plans.无毛视频�
In January, Tuttle will join other county fair queens and represent Greene County in the Pennsylvania State Fair Queen Contest. The yearly event is held in Hershey as part of the Pennsylvania State Fair Association Convention.
The county无毛视频檚 fair queen contest is hosted by the Greene County Fair Queen Program Committee. The committee presented its first $1,000 scholarship last year to Sarah Calvert, the 2019 and 2020 Greene County Fair Queen. Krysten DeBolt, the 2021 fair queen, was awarded the second scholarship at the event. In 2023, both Tuttle and McDonald will receive scholarship awards.