Queen Contest

Sykesville-Freedom District Fire Department Auxiliary will have its annual Fire Prevention Queen contest May 17 at the fire hall, Route 32 at Freedom Avenue.Entry deadline is May 10. Contestants must bebetween the ages of 16 and 21, never married, and live in the company's first due response area.The winner will represent the company in parades and will competein the Miss Carroll County Fire Prevention contest in October and Miss Maryland Fire Chiefs Queen contest in November.If she wins either of the fall contests, she is eligible to enter the Miss Maryland Fire Prevention Contest in June 1993 at the Maryland State Firemen's Convention.

From the start of the home economics judging at 8 a.m. Saturday to the drawing for prizes at midnight one week later, the 19 men and women who plan the annual Howard County Fair hope to offer something to interest everyone -- within the bounds of tradition.No major changes are planned in the events that traditionally make up the annual county fair, said Fair Board President Harold "Bucky" Clark, a dairy and grain farmer."We're trying to be an old-fashioned fair in one respect, that we'll have a good representation of livestock animals," Clark said.

Fresh air, ice cream, cows, nervous 4-H'ers and lots of judges will all be in one place beginning today at the 94th annual Carroll County4-H/FFA Fair.Admission to the fair at the Agriculture Center in Westminster is free.Between 18,000 and 20,000 people are expected to attend the event, which runs through Saturday, 4-H Extension Service Agent Robert M. Shirley said.About 600 exhibitors from 4-H clubs and Future Farmers of America groups are expected to bring 9,200 entries to the exhibit halls and barns.