Cody Adams and Ashley Kinkade were crowned the 2008 Southern Iowa Fair King and Queen Monday evening.

While Adams ran unopposed, Kinkade was in a field of five candidates for fair queen. Kinkade competed against Jackie Veenstra, Nakeesha Van Wyk, Devan Voss and Jaime Williams.

The panel of three judges took their time to select the winners, and besides Kinkade as queen, Veenstra was named first runner-up and Van Wyk was named second runner-up.

Master of Ceremonies Scott Rogers asked the candidates two questions in a non-formal question-and-answer session on stage.

Rogers asked Adams about his experience with the William Penn Concert Band.

Adams said he has played with the university band for a year. University officials asked high school students to join, and he took them up on the offer. Adams plays trombone.

Rogers asked Veenstra about her church mission trip to Jewel, Kan., to help people cleanup after a tornado devastated their community.

Veenstra said that while she was walking through a wheat field, she had found a woman’s diamond necklace that was very dear to the woman.

“It was a great experience. I’d love to go back and do it again,” Veenstra said.

Rogers also asked Van Wyk about a church mission trip she took to Kentucky and Mississippi.

Van Wyk said in Kentucky she had helped a man whose roof had collapsed on his house and, in Mississippi, she helped clean up in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. She said her group spent a week in both places, and besides helping clean up damage, her group discussed religion with the people they helped.

Rogers asked Williams about her TeenServe mission trip.

Williams said her group stayed at a school and then worked on houses for those who were unable to do the work themselves during the day and then worshiped with everyone at night.

Rogers asked Kinkade about her work with the Country Life Center.

The Country Life Center is a local care center and the Teen Council visits the center and helps the residents with crafts and exhibits that are shown at the fair, Kinkade said. The residents said that no kids or animals had visited them, so Kinkade said she brought her dog for the residents to play with.