4-H Queen crowned at fair

Seven individuals stand in a line in the center of a dirt arena. Six of them, girls, are visibly anxious and excited; one of them, a boy, is calm and pretty much relaxed.

As the runners-up are announced, those girls' whose names were not called emit sighs of relief that can be heard all the way to the bleachers. The boy still stands, cool as a cucumber.

So was the scene about 10 seconds before the winners of this years' Hill County 4-H Queen and Teen Representative competition was announced Thursday morning.

Mandy Rambo won the Queen position, and Matthew Barkley is this year's Teen Represe...