(Le Mars) — Plymouth County Pork Producers selected their new pork royalty during the annual banquet held Saturday evening at the Willow Creek Golf Course banquet hall. Two girls were picked to represent the county’s pork producers as “Little Miss Pigtails.” They are Savannah Hitchler, the daughter of Jim and Kara Hitchler and Hadley Ellensohn the daughter of Todd
and Lori Ellensohn. This year’s title of county pork princess was given to Jecenta Sargisson and the crown for the 2020 Pork Queen was presented to Kiley Allen.
Artist Mitch Zenk, a native of Le Mars, now residing in California, provided the evening’s entertainment. Zenk had a black colored canvass placed on a spindle. He began painting a scene with the audience trying to guess what he was creating. Zenk would paint the scene upside down, then when finished, he would spin the canvass to its right side up showing the creative work. While painting the scene, Zenk had music playing in the background that was matching the theme. Zenk painted an eagle in front of a flag, a portrait of a cowboy, presumably, John Wayne, and even a portrait of Disney’s Mickey Mouse with an ice cream float.
