4-H gets jump on fair judging with preview event

Rock County 4-H returned to in-person judging July 15 with pre-fair judging in selected general projects of clothing and textiles, food review, fashion review, video, performing arts, illustrated presentation and demonstrations. Club judging of community pride and banner projects also took place at American Reformed Church in Luverne. Other projects will have pre-fair judging on July 26 and on July 28, the opening day of the Rock County Fair. “Our numbers are a little bit lower than in the past but are much better than 2020,” said 4-H program director Kelsey Maeschen. “2020 was hard since more of our projects had to be done virtually last year.”