News : Benton County Fair Queen Candidate: Emily Ingalls

Emily Ingalls

Emily Ingalls is the daughter of Loren and Patricia Ingalls. She has two older brothers, Aaron and Tristan and her older sister Machaela. She lives outside of Van Horne and attends Benton Community. Emily is 17 and will be a Senior in the Fall.

Emily is actively involved in 4-H and FFA. In FFA she has participated in several Career

Development Events with her favorite being Conduct of Meetings where she received Gold at SubDistricts and Districts and received Silver at state. Through 4-H she has received Outstanding Senior member for her club the past two years. Emily has also participated in Choir, Show Choir, Dance Team, Track and Field, Speech, Musical and Play.

She also loves to help anyone in anyway she can. One way is by volunteering her time at the Central Presbyterian Church. Emily also enjoys being a group leader for St. John's Lutheran Church during their Vacation Bible School in the summer. Through 4-H she has been blessed with many opportunities to help the community. Such as collecting pop cans and donating the money to the Newhall First Responders.

Emily loves to spend a lot of her time working with her goats, her two horses Theo and Bonnie and her dogs Roxi and Oakley in the summer getting them ready to show at the Benton County Fair and the Iowa State Fair. The Benton County Fair is Emily's favorite week during the summer as it is a time to show off everyones hard work and what they have accomplished throughout the year. Emily is certainly looking forward to her first year running for Benton County Fair Queen.