KENTON — The annual Pork Banquet by the Hardin County Pork Producers will be at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 18 at Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative in Kenton. Adult ticket prices are $10, and $5 for 2022 Hardin County Junior Fair Swine Exhibitors, as well as fair workers from the Pork Producers Pavilion, and children. The evening will include naming of the Hardin County Pork Industry Queen and Pork Producers Scholarship recipients, as well as pork dishes and door prizes.
Advance tickets are required. Tickets can be purchased from the extension office by calling 419-674-2297.
The Hardin County Pork Producers are offering up to six $750 scholarships to high school or college students from the six county schools. Applicants must be a son or daughter of a Hardin County Pork Producer or have been a 4-H or FFA member who has or had swine projects at the Hardin County Fair. Questions about the scholarships can be addressed to Steve Searson at 937-407-0785.
The Pork Producers are also looking for 2023 Pork Industry Queen Contestants. Candidates for the title of Hardin County Pork Industry Queen must be age 15-19 as of Jan 1, 2023. To be eligible for the State Pork Industry Queen contest, the entrant must be 17 prior to January 1 of the year they will be competing. Only those who reside on a farm on which hogs are raised and is the daughter of parents now actively engaged in the production of pork will be eligible for the State Pork Industry District III Queen Contest in 2023. Selection will be held before a panel of judges at the Pork Banquet on Saturday, March 18. Questions about the Pork Industry Queen can be addressed to Nancy Weaver at 567-674-0559 or Alyson Purcell at 567-674-4512.
Applications and rules for both the Hardin County Pork Producers Scholarships and Hardin County Pork Industry Queen can be found at hardin.osu.edu or picked up at the Hardin County Extension Office, 1021 W. Lima Street, Kenton. Applications for both the scholarships and Pork Industry Queen must be received either online or at the Hardin County Extension Office by February 24, 2023.
