BLOOMFIELD – Two Wausa girls dressed for success in the 2024 Knox County 4-H Fashion Show held Aug. 1.
Brening Kumm was named the Steam Clothing 1 Champion in the Clothing Construction area, while Hallie Kumm earned a purple ribbon in Steam Clothing 2 during the event, which was held inside the 4-H Static Exhibit Building at the fairgrounds in Bloomfield. They each received other recognition and ribbons as well.
Representing Knox County at the 2024 Nebraska State Fair, set for Aug. 23-Sept. 2 in Grand Island, in the Steam Clothing 2 Division will be Ella Jessen, Bloomfield, and Hallie Kumm, Wausa.
Advancing to the State Fair in the Beyond The Needle Division will be Starlet Nielsen, Niobrara; Emery Stout, Crofton; Jocelyn Hanefeldt, Center; and Harper Chambers, Bloomfield.
Representing the county at the State Fair in the Shopping in Style Division will be Ella Jessen, Bloomfield, and Aletheia Dumler, Bloomfield.
Representing the county at the State Fair in the Upcycled/Make One/Buy One Division will be Makenah Steffen, Bloomfield.
Championship trophy winners were: - Clothing Construction Area: Ella Jessen, Bloomfield, Steam Clothing 2 Champion; Brening Kumm, Wausa, Steam Clothing 1 Champion.
- Beyond the Needle Area: Starlet Nielsen, Niobrara, Advanced Division Champion; Ella Jessen, Bloomfield, Intermediate Division Champion; Emery Stout, Crofton, Beginning Division Champion.
- Upcycled, Make-One/Buy One & Quilt Quest Art Garment Area: Starlet Nielsen, Niobrara, Advanced Division Champion; Ella Jessen, Bloomfield, Intermediate Division Champion; Emery Stout, Crofton, Beginning Division Champion.
- Shopping in Style: Jazzmyn Wieseler, Crofton, Advanced Division Cham; Ella Jessen, Bloomfield, Intermediate Division Champ; Harper Chambers, Bloomfield, Beginning Division Champ.
- $20 Shopping Challenge Area: Starlet Nielsen, Niobrara, Advanced Division Champion; Ella Jessen, Bloomfield, Intermediate Division Champion; Aletheia Dumler, Bloomfield, Beginning Division Champion.
Other results include: - Beyond the Needle Beginning Division purple ribbon: Jocelyn Hanefeldt, Center, and Harper Chambers, Bloomfield.
- Steam Clothing 2 purple ribbon: Hallie Kumm, Wausa.
- Constructed Accessory blue ribbon: Ida Mandel, Yankton, S.D.
- Upcycled/Make One/Buy One Advanced purple ribbon: Jazzmyn Wieseler, Crofton; Intermediate purple ribbon: Makenah Steffen, Bloomfield.
- Shopping in Style Advanced Division blue ribbon: Starlet Nielsen, Niobrara; Intermediate Division blue ribbon: Dylan Gulbranson, Crofton; Collyns Stout, Crofton; and Zoey Wieseler, Crofton; Beginning Division purple ribbon: Aletheia Dumler, Bloomfield; Beginning Division blue ribbon: Jocelyn Hanefeldt, Center, and Brening Kumm, Wausa.
BLOOMFIELD – The 141st Knox County Fair is ready to rock with some Christian music.
A concert called “Jesus Rocks in Knox” will headline the first day of the 2024 edition of the five-day county fair in Bloomfield on Aug. 7. There will be no admission charge at the front gate, but freewill donations are encouraged.
The event will feature four groups of praise and worship musicians. The Faith Keepers are set to perform at 5:30 p.m., followed by John Hoffman and the Rev. Dr. Jacob Bobby at 6:30 p.m. and Just The Messengers and the Prodigal Sons at 7 p.m.
People who plan to come to the concert – which is in its second year at the county fairgrounds – are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs, though there will be bleacher seating available.
There also will be door prizes and a food stand sponsored by the Bloomfield Bees Booster Club.
Members of The Faith Keepers, a children’s group, are from the Bloomfield, Crofton and Wausa areas, including Hallie Kumm, rural Wausa.
The duo set to play and sing after The Faith Keepers are Hoffman, a Bloomfield resident, and Bobby, associate pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Yankton, S.D.
Just The Messengers — a mix of adults and children from Bloomfield, Creighton, Crofton, Norfolk and Pierce — and the Prodigal Sons — with members from Allen and Ponca, as well as Iowa — will perform together last.
These two groups plan to go back and forth between performing their own respective songs and performing some tunes together – the first time they will combine their talents for a concert like this.
Just the Messengers and the Prodigal Sons also are planning to perform a concert together on Aug. 18 at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Norfolk.
Concert organizer and performer Laurie Larsen, Bloomfield, organized “Jesus Rocks in Knox” with the help of the Knox County Fair Board and Les and Jolene Jessen, Bloomfield.
In case of inclement weather, the event would be held inside the American Legion Pavilion located at the county fairgrounds. If that happens, attendees should still bring their lawn chairs to sit in and enjoy the concert.
