"Cowboy Boots & Family Roots" to honor Haynes' as Grand Marshals

It's fitting that Jerry and Vernette Haynes will be honored as grand marshals of the 2024 Phillips County Fair - it's the same county fair that brought the two together over 40 years ago, creating a lasting legacy of passion, service and dedication to the youth of Phillips County and those surrounding it. The Haynes' are no strangers to the grand marshal honor as the pair were named the same for Sedgwick County's fair last year.

Jerry, who had just returned to Holyoke from college, was serving as the Phillips County fair manager when he met a girl from Ohio who had recently moved to Holyoke an...