Blue ribbon winners all

As the 2022 Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo wraps up today, we’re handing out a blue ribbon to all the Flathead Valley youth who showed off their hard work and talent this week in the barns and exhibit buildings at the fairgrounds.

From raising animals over the last several months and years to perfecting their talents for submissions in the fine arts and culinary skills categories, it’s great to see youth taking part in an endeavor that provides so much opportunity.

For Michelle and Morgan Baker, who serve as swine superintendents, the process leading up to and at the fair for youths in 4-H and FFA is more about the experience than the end results of what ribbon they might earn.