100 local 4-H members show general projects at Illinois State Fair in Springfield

More than 100 4-H members from Adams, Brown, Hancock, Schuyler and Pike counties competed Aug. 11 at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield with their 4-H general projects in areas ranging from welding to photography and more.

Six local 4-H members — Marissa Mintle, Everett Hodgson and Claire Taute of Liberty, Elizabeth Hubbard of West Point, Zander Huls of Basco and Jonah Bradshaw of Griggsville — are featured in the accompanying video. The video is courtesy of Bryan Schullian with the University of Illinois Extension in Quincy.

Members who showed at the Illinois State Fair were selected as delegates or alternates at their county level.