Congratulations going out to Baylee Denison, who was crowned this week as the Eddy County Fair Queen. Outgoing queen Taylor Salter handed off the crown. Denison’s first official duty was to hand out the ribbons and banners to 4H and FFA members during the awards ceremony at the fair’s livestock barn. Denison is a 15 year old sophomore at Artesia High School. Meagan McKibben, of Carlsbad and Paisley Phillips, of Artesia were the runners up.