Jenny Shay was crowned queen of the Platte County Fair. Jenny, a 1995 graduate of Park Hill High School, was also named Miss Congeniality by her fellow contestants. She was sponsored by Wells Dairy. Ashley Jenks, sponsored by Platte Professional Eye Care, was named first runner-up. Jennifer Cox, a 1995 graduate of North Platte High School who was sponsored by The Landmark Newspaper, was named second runner-up.
All the smash-up fun of demolition derby provided thrills on Wednesday and Thursday, the first two nights of the 132nd annual Platte County Fair, held at the fairgrounds in Tracy. The heat–with temperatures over 100 degrees–held down the crowds at the fair until Saturday night, when there was an excellent turnout for the mud marathon.
A Leavenworth woman was sentenced to five years in prison by Platte County Judge Ward B. Stuckey. Sandra Lynn Spinner, 25, was convicted by a Platte County jury for committing an act of sodomy. The two day trial ended June 6 with the jury returning a guilty verdict and assessing a five year prison sentence. Prosecutors said the molestation occurred in the bathroom of a family counselor’s office between February and March of 1994.
